It’s been a long wait for actual details on Sonic Forces, formally known as Project Sonic 2017. SEGA finally lifted the curtain at a SXSW panel today by sharing a bit of gameplay and details.
SEGA aired a trailer for Project Sonic 2017 at its panel for the series at SXSW today. It was the same video from last summer, but with something new at the end.
Is Sonic going to be a part of some force that includes his supporting cast playing major roles in the story again
They also said it's following in the footsteps of Colors and Generations . . . Both of which are just below an 8 on Metacritic. Might not be a great game, but this should at least be a good one.
For those wondering, they showed a brief gameplay clip that's currently only available off-screen. The non-off screen version is being made available tomorrow morning.
From what I've seen from the few seconds of gameplay, it reminds me of Unleashed and that's not a good thing.
It's not that bad. Sonic Unleashed still has a 6/10 on Metacritic . . . And it was the nighttime levels that were truly horrendous. I played Unleashed and yes it was horrid, but the daytime levels were it's saving grace. If it was just daytime levels it easily would have been a 7/10, which isn't great, but it's perfectly enjoyable. Either way, they stated in the stream that the gameplay is Generations/Colors, both of which were received well.
Colors winds me up. Sure, its way better than most recent Sonic games but, aside from the odd DS title and Generations we kind of knew most would be pants. Colours was.different, had.some cool ideas and yet they still only managed a decent game when , for once, it could have been really good.
Im still a sucker for Sonic, though, so no doubt Ill be on board twice this year.
Sonic '06 is basically Sonic Adventure 3 in all but name but definitely in structure
Saw some off-screen footage, and I am very happy it's similar to generations. That was probably my favorite sonic game in the last 10 years so I hope this will be good.
With the two titles confirmed for the event, could Project Sonic 2017 finally get a name? And could Sonic Mania get a release date? More information revealed in the official reveal.
Can't wait to see Sonic 2017. Don't why it took long for them to show it. Probably because Sonic has a much much large fanbase with Nintendo so they waited for the Switch to be fully revealed.
Didn't think of it like that. I thought it was odd that Sega quick to say that 3D Sonic was coming to the Switch but were quiet about Sonic Mania coming to the system.
So excited for Sonic 2017. I loved Generations and Unleashed with the daytime levels so I hope it's in the vein of those games. Lost World was pretty meh and I found it overly frustrating with the movement. And let's not get started on Boom.
Lets see what kind of F***up gameplay theyr gona introduce.
Being a massive Sonic fan, i am very much looking forward to both games. Hopefully they don't try and reinvent the gameplay in Project Sonic 2017 and just stick to what works like we got with Generations.
I'm also hoping for more of serious tone to the storyline this time around too. Recent Sonic games have been a bit too kiddy friendly too me, i much preferred the more serious tone that we got in the Adventure games.
If you grew up gaming in the mid-to-late Nineties or early 2000s, there’s no way you could have avoided the 3D platformer. Those were the days: Mario 64, Crash Bandicoot, Banjo-Kazooie, Spyro, Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper. Heck, even Gex, Croc and Ty the Tasmanian Tiger weren’t that bad. Somewhere around the mid-2000s, though, the genre was over-saturated with low-quality movie tie-ins and sub-par clones, making it hard to see the wood from the trees. Obviously, there's the odd Mario platformer or HD remake to tide fans over – as well as some promising releases last year, such as the Ratchet and Clank remake – but publishers and developers wrongly assumed that consumers have all moved on from the genre. Until now. here are five reasons that prove 2017 will mark the revival of the 3D platformer.
Tell me about it. I am tired of shooters in general.
Right now I am playing Yakuza 0, Gravity Rush 2, Super Mario 3D World, and I hoped on Minecraft with my buddy this weekend. It has been a blast.
Tell me about it. She-it. i was tired of fps back in 2006 on ps3 after finishing Call of Duty i was done with fps . it was ok for First time tryer, but not to make permanent daily gaming . Right now I'm playing Rayman Legend,injustice gods among us, R&C ,Knack ,Super Street Fighter 5 , Project cars,Drive Club, J-stars victory ,
Gran Turismo Sport when release . F1 2016, Dirt Rally , Madden 2015
Tired of open world Only games as well .
Yeah, but there's no denying they underwent a major decline after the PS2 era and now we're seeing a resurgence. Yooka-Laylee, Mario Odyssey, the Untitled Sonic, and Knack 2 all this year is great.
Its been a good long while since I've played a 3D platformer that I loved. I hope 2017 changes that.
Are you implying that despite the various awesome 3D platformers we've had in recent years prior to 2017 that the genre was somehow dead
They used to rule the roost. Having them reemerge is great, but they are far from king.
I wonder what the third playstyle will be
Why not just create a game like the classic Sonic levels
I don't see how plot wise they can bring back past and present Sonic once again
3rd option is b
Sonic forces looks so good, just like sonic generations. actually i like 3D sonic games more than 2D ones.