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[L.O.R.D]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbIO4uO7awg

loving this trailer so far, this is the english dub version

the japanese version released week ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLV9-imr9SY

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Sonic forces is the best game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

The wait is getting harder. This and Mario Odyssey seem so far away.

 

[sanstesy]

This is so generic. They need to go off-the-balls dumb with the story just like 06 to make it work.

 

[Kouriozan]

I saw it at 35€ on Amazon France so I said "why the hell not?"

 

[Yukinari]

I want Silver to get kicked in the back of the head.

Also still only showing the same zones we've seen since the reveal.

 

[L.O.R.D]

at 1:06

silver: "we have to show them that strength doesn't just comes from numbers"

1 second later

 

[Hasney]

This is so generic. They need to go off-the-balls dumb with the story just like 06 to make it work.

If Sonic has full intimate relations with a human this time, I'm in.

Otherwise, based on what's been shown so far, I'm out until it's much cheaper.

 

[Chase17]

commander of strategy Knuckles is hilarious.

 

[Tank Jr.]

But can they save the world from Denuvo?

 

[Caffeine]

japanese dub is better

 

[RockmanBN]

Don't know why this looks bad graphically. I remember the previous games looking good on their respective consoles like Generations and Colors.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

If Sonic has full intimate relations with a human this time, I'm in.

Otherwise, based on what's been shown so far, I'm out until it's much cheaper.

It's $40.

Don't know why this looks bad graphically. I remember the previous games looking good on their respective consoles like Generations and Colors.

It unfortunately has to scale with the Switch's horsepower :/

 

[Piers]

Nice job with the left in Sega logo jingle at the beginning.

 

[Hasney]

It's $40.

Yeah, I'm talking like 5 bucks Steam sale level.

 

[Neoxon]

Is that Matthew Mercer as Infinite?

 

[Tank Jr.]

Yeah, I'm talking like 5 bucks Steam sale level.

Sega isn't shy about putting Sonic games in Humble Bundles either.

 

[The Silver]

Hey hold on, where's Blaze?

 

[Heroman]

Why do Sonic games have stories?

 

[Jimnymebob]

Is that Matthew Mercer as Infinite?

I think on the first trailer with him, it was Liam o Brien. I've not watched this yet, but I'd guess it was still him.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Hey hold on, where's Blaze?

I asked that in the last thread.

Silver but no Blaze? Come on Sonic Team?!

at 1:06

silver: "we have to show them that strength doesn't just comes from numbers"

1 second later

I came to post this.

Also having a character creator has made them go crazy with the NPC's. The image above has all those guys in the back in the same pose.

Also these guys,

Don't really match Tails well. They seem more Sonic Boom style.

 

[Squishy3]

Is that Matthew Mercer as Infinite?

It's Liam O'Brien.

I can't believe nobody at Sonic Team could come up with a better Sonic OC to use than the one they've been using in the trailers also.

 

[Okami Haundo]

I wasn't really paying attention to this, but this trailer reminds me of Sonic Adventure... That, plus the $40 price and solid looking gameplay on Switch might have me sold. It's either this for RE: Revelations 1/2.

 

[Triforce141]

It's nice to hear a Knuckles voice that has a calm and slight serious tone like Scott Dreir back in 2004 unlike the loud (and often times idiot) brute Dan Green and Travis Willingham had up until this trailer.

 

[Yukinari]

Why do Sonic games have stories?

They want to see if they can outdo Shadow and Sonic 06 for worst story in a sonic game.

SA2 is like them stepping on the line and not crossing it. Theyve crossed it since then.

 

[Village]

I saw like a fake trailer recently that's much better than this. This was sorta neat though, the game.... looks uh rough still though

Why do Sonic games have stories?

People like them

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Why do Sonic games have stories?

To be blessed with moments like these:

 

[Mesoian]

This is so generic. They need to go off-the-balls dumb with the story just like 06 to make it work.

It seems to be another serious story set in the boom universe. Those NPC's are straight boom design. And yeah it's all a little cringy.

But the gameplay looks...okay. I'm not super sold yet but considering they're only showing off two stages prerelease...it's not the worst...

We'll see, all we can do now is wait and lament how unorganized sega and atlus are when it comes to a multiplatform release.

Why do Sonic games have stories?

Sonic fans REALLY like them. They just used to be more...implied opposed to being so direct.

Now that the archie comics are pretty much over, Sonic fans need to get their story where they can.

 

[patrickthehedgehog]

I'm really starting to wonder why they're only showing the same three stages over and over. Does Sonic Team have some big surprises for us in the final game? Hopefully they're good surprises.

 

[Thores]

This looks stupid, but in a really entertaining way. I'm here Day One.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

That crab boss does look cool.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

This looks terrible.
Just....terrible.

 

[Heroman]

This is so generic. They need to go off-the-balls dumb with the story just like 06 to make it work.

No they don't, these games don't need story .

 

[Seik]

God damn, they always show the same footage/stages.

This upsets me a bit. :/

 

[Mr. Smiley]

Hey hold on, where's Blaze?

I asked that in the last thread.

Silver but no Blaze? Come on Sonic Team?!

You should be used to that.

 

[Mesoian]

I'm really starting to wonder why they're only showing the same three stages over and over. Does Sonic Team have some big surprises for us in the final game? Hopefully they're good surprises.

If this game is still basically generations 2, which there's no reason to assume it wouldn't be, I'd guess they're trying to keep the remixed stages a secret similar to how Mania did.

No they don't, these games don't need story .

By hook or by crook, the 3d sonic games wouldn't be as popular as they are if it wasn't for the horror show that is the official sonic story handbook.

Sonic certainly doesn't need THIS LEVEL of story to be a good game, but it's what a lot of modern day sonic fans are now here for. It's kinda of sad, but that's where we're at.

People getting ready for this game in the same way they get ready for a Tommy Wiseau movie.

 

[Demon Lizardman]

That crab boss does look cool.

Shame all you do is run away from it and a few quicktimes later it dies.

 

[papertoonz]

i know this doesn't look the best but fuck day 1 for this

i'm sure there is gonna be atleast one good thing to come out of this

at 1:06

silver: "we have to show them that strength doesn't just comes from numbers"

1 second later

 

[L.O.R.D]

I asked that in the last thread.

Silver but no Blaze? Come on Sonic Team?!



I came to post this.

it's funny because in the japanese trailer they didn't say this, he said:
"there is hope, do not get discouraged"

 

[Piers]

They want to see if they can outdo Shadow and Sonic 06 for worst story in a sonic game.

SA2 is like them stepping on the line and not crossing it. Theyve crossed it since then.

And it's probably no coincidence that we're getting this kind of tone in Forces with the Sonic 06 director/writer Shun Nakamura in the same hot seat again. Edit: Producer for Forces, sorry.
Why they'd let him near the franchise again is anyone's guess.

 

[Giga Man]

Seriously, why is Classic Sonic in this game? Unless someone tells me what Classic Sonic's role in the story is, I'm going to continue to believe that he is a detriment to this game. He can't just be there to appease classic fans. That's what Sonic Mania is for, and it's a damn good game. If Classic Sonic has no business being in this game, I hope his levels are optional as I didn't care much for them in Sonic Generations.

Another problem I have is with the character creator and its lack of body types. They all look the same with different heads, which is unfortunate and limits creativity.

That crab boss does look cool.

That is legitimately the coolest thing I've seen in the game. I also really like the gameplay I'm seeing with the custom character in this video by IGN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HStmu3qJ2kM

 

[canocha]

at 1:06

silver: "we have to show them that strength doesn't just comes from numbers"

1 second later

I thought this was done using Garry's mod or something.. then i watched the trailer!

 

[Triforce141]

Also these guys,

Don't really match Tails well. They seem more Sonic Boom style.

It seems to be another serious story set in the boom universe. Those NPC's are straight boom design. And yeah it's all a little cringy.

I say Forces' NPC design is actually worse than the Boom spin-offs, they at least had different anatomy, outfits and facial features like a beard to stick out from each other.

These are the custom character with slight modifications and nothing else

Edit: Even Sonic Unleashed's human designs don't look all that modular, places like Holoska and Mazuri might have had similar looking outfit designs for the characters, but they all stood out from each other

They look almost as if they were ripped out of ToonTown.

Pretty much

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

And it's probably no coincidence that we're getting this kind of tone in Forces with the Sonic 06 director/writer Shun Nakamura in the same hot seat again. Edit: Producer for Forces, sorry.
Why they'd let him near the franchise again is anyone's guess.

Believe it or not, this only makes me more excited.

No they don't, these games don't need story .

Dawg, even fuckin Mario Odyssey is embracing story this time. Sorry but that's just what the world wants.

 

[RockmanBN]

I say Forces' NPC design is actually worse than the Boom spin-offs, they at least had different anatomy, outfits and facial features like a beard to stick out from each other.

These are the custom character with slight modifications and nothing else

They look almost as if they were ripped out of ToonTown.

 

[RecRoulette]

To be blessed with moments like these:

Yep.

 

[Shadio]

I preferred the theme music when it was instrumental.

 

[Mesoian]

Seriously, why is Classic Sonic in this game? Unless someone tells me what Classic Sonic's role in the story is, I'm going to continue to believe that he is a detriment to this game. He can't just be there to appease classic fans. That's what Sonic Mania is for, and it's a damn good game. If Classic Sonic has no business being in this game, I hope his levels are optional as I didn't care much for them in Sonic Generations.

Another problem I have is with the character creator and its lack of body types. They all look the same with different heads, which is unfortunate and limits creativity.



That is legitimately the coolest thing I've seen in the game. I also really like the gameplay I'm seeing with the custom character in this video by IGN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HStmu3qJ2kM

Huh. Wisp power is now a character trait...

I don't know how I feel about that.

Also, you're forgetting that Forces is basically generations 2.

 

[cordy]

Sonic's story was never really the problem. It's that cheesy 90s Saturday morning cartoon shit we expect.

The problem is it's execution mixed with the gameplay mixed with the characters. They gotta fix that shit up.

 

[Berordn]

That crab boss does look cool.

It's just a chase sequence with a QTE at the end.