Some may consider this a bad thing, but a lot of people love the Sonic games for its cast of characters. This is the first time weвЂ™ve seen proper integration of SonicвЂ™s friends in a mainline Sonic game since Sonic the Hedgehog 2006. The last improvement is a double-edged sword, as itвЂ™s also an example of how they messed up: the return of SonicвЂ™s grand cast of characters. It isnвЂ™t much, but itвЂ™s certainly an improvement. Rather than seeing Sonic do a silly pose, we are treated to a custom scene for each quick-time event. The camera completely changes to something resembling an in-game cutscene, while you have to time a button press. These parts of Sonic Forces are actually fun! Another element that Sonic Forces does better than past games are the quick-time events. In Forces, the only obstacles are on the platform itself, and thereвЂ™s nothing to crash into at the end of the platform, which was the problem in Lost World. It reuses the Super Mario Galaxy-esque revolving platforms for a few sections, but does them better. Interestingly, Forces does incorporate a few ideas from Sonic Lost World. ItвЂ™s not even a particularly fun section, but it was at least a slight change to the gameplay that weвЂ™ve been used to for close to 10 years now. In this section, you can move in a 3D space at your leisure вЂ“ not just left, right, or forward as you normally would. For example, there is a single avatar stage where the camera is side on, but is at a slightly higher angle. Overall, the level design isnвЂ™t a step in the right direction, but there are some small moments in Forces that are better than what weвЂ™ve seen before. Sonic Forces has a slight glimpse of forward thinking level design. WeвЂ™re left with a visual style that complements both the classic feel of Green Hill, as well as the gritty look of City (great name, by the way). Sonic Forces seems to blend the art style from Lost World, and something more realistic like Unleashed. It used a lot of flat, vibrant colors that made it look much more cartoony than its predecessors. Say what you will about that game, but itвЂ™s hard to argue that the art style wasnвЂ™t gorgeous. ItвЂ™s clear to see that this game succeeded Sonic Lost World. It isnвЂ™t just the extra power that improves the visuals, but also the art style. Being the first Sonic game on the current generation of consoles (barring the retro-style Sonic Mania), it would be inexcusable for this game not be the best looking in the series. Firstly, itвЂ™s hard to fault this gameвЂ™s graphics. There are some definite areas of improvement, and a couple glimpses of progress that arenвЂ™t fully realized. To be fair, some parts of Forces show that Sonic Team was committed to innovating. Introduced in Sonic Unleashed, the вЂboost-formulaвЂ™ gameplay, as some like to call it, was improved from game to game, so it would have been safe to assume that Forces would follow the same upward trend. Sonic Forces mostly returns to the style of Generations, allowing us to play as both modern and classic Sonic, while also introducing a new character, the avatar. Sonic Lost World threw all of that out of the window and tried its own thing, for better or worse. Sonic Generations did a great job of integrating the classic Sonic gameplay alongside the modern style. Sonic Unleashed introduced the modern Sonic formula.

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