"Rental Avatar" Feature Shown Off in New Sonic Forces Footage

Using a kind of Metroid screw attack in the first video, while the second video is as much Spiderman as it is Sonic..

HD portable Mario and Sonic game in my work bag. Good times!

Well long as we can share creations too. I'm sure it be fun to view the purposely bad creations as well...

I'm gonna have to buy the game just to enjoy the Avatar themes soundtrack. These themes are just begging to be used in a AMV.

Surprisingly, you can still get a pair of Soap shoes for about as much as a Switch. Tough choice.

Awesome, SO looking forward to this game! The avatar gameplay looked really fun, and I love the idea of short cutscenes during the level. I can totally picture myself doing the same levels over and over again. XD Soundtrack is great, too!

Is this even a Sonic game anymore? Modern Sonic entries are so confusing.

I have this, Doom and Mario on preorder. I'm not sure how I'll manage to play them all, but I'll sure enjoy the "struggle"

I'm so happy we're finally getting more stage footage from this game! I have good feelings about Forces.

Might not be as good as Sonic Mania, but it's not Sonic Mania to begin with.

Sod Avatars and Wispons can I just play as Sonic?

@tabris95
It has rings, springs, dash panels, badniks, loop-de-loops, classic styled checkpoints etc. Does it really look too dissimilar to any of the 3d sonic games since 2008? or even the adventure series?

After Sonic Mania became the most highly praised Sonic game in years, it'll be interesting to see the response to Forces. The question is, will it matter?

Hi all
Looks like the sonic colours power up are back
But dose not look as good as colours hope im wrong
Like to see good sonic 3d games

I'd rather just see Sonic myself, that character doesn't feel right to me. Gameplay does look very much like Sonic Colors.

Was looking forward to Sonic Forces but not quite sure what to think now. Guess I'll see what the reviews say.

I'm predicting this game will be mediocre at best, while Sonic fanboys in denial will put it in the "elite" category like they did with Colors and Generations .. which also were mediocre. Enough with the 3D sonic games, they're all terrible.

Not happy about the focus on the Avatar or the fact this game looks like it’s going to be spending 80% of its time in 2D when it’s meant to be a 3D Sonic game.

We have Sonic Mania for 2D. The fact that Forces appears to spend most of its time in 2D reeks of no confidence from Sonic Team in their product.

How many uninspired, critically-panned 3D Sonic games will Sega pump out before consumers finally admit that Sonic doesn't work in 3D? I fear a massive letdown from this game, especially after how amazing Mania was...

I’m always stuck buying a sonic game hoping it’s good. Colours wasn’t bad. I’m skeptical on this one. I love sonic.
I didn’t get sonic mania because i desperately want a new modern sonic... that is at least playable.

It all looks rather confusing, keeping track of your character in that boss fight looks a nightmare. Whilst I didn’t like the game, I do wish they went for the art style used in Sonic Lost World - that was clear, fun and a better representation of the 2D classic games.

@yeayeanaynay Sonic Mania's file size isnt big enough.

Sonic could work in 3D ( even think this game would have worked in 3D), its just that Sonic Team are getting the wrong ideas.

@Kingrat That is all true and I think Sonic Team has the same thought as you but the sonic formula takes a lot more than that short checklist to make it work. Modern Sonic, especially lately, is extremely stop and go, which breaks the flow of the game. Why are there so many 2D sections in a modern style Sonic game? The physics aren't designed around it so it's essentially just Classic style gameplay done worse. Why is there such a strong focus on combat and taking out lines of enemies? This is executed much better in the two Freedom Planet games because again, their game is actually designed around these aspects while Sonic is not. Sonic is about momentum, light platforming, and light level exploration to discover secrets and the quickest and most rewarding routes. It is not about rings, badnicks, speed boosters, and loops.

The avatar stage screams spectacle over substance.
Remove the uneeded cutscene trying to build tension, unnecessary tricks performed by the whip, and the boost-driven loops and your left with hallways involving spamming the same attack over and over again connected by grind rails and whip targets.

Spectacle isn't inherently bad or mutually exclusive to substance. But at least in some instances when spectacle is used in Sonic Adventure, like running down a skyscraper or snowboarding from an avalanche, the game didn't always take control away from you.

Sorry for sounding negative, it's just that each level they show turns out to be even worse than the last. I'm tired of seeing Sonic Team missing the point so badly and half-hazardly trying to please everyone.

@yeayeanaynay Sonic Adventure is an acceptable, yet very flawed game. It has not held up over the years.

Sonic Utopia is a good example imo @yeayeanaynay

Why is it called Wispon all of a sudden? Why not just Wisp abilities? The second level looks pretty cool, but the cutscene in the middle...that's a bit weird.

@Biff_ARMStrong

Not all 3D Sonic games are terrible.
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Heroes
Sonic Colors
Are very good 3D Sonic games.

You know ARMS is a pretty weak IP from Nintendo.