User blog comment:WaterKirby1994/Why Sonic Forces is the Right Path for Future Sonic Games/@comment-24014422-20171117170320

I don't think going in the route of Sonic Forces would help a lot for the next Sonic games. I feel like going in the route of the Adventure series or of Unleashed would be better. There was much depth in it in gameplay and the story was balanced. The characters' model and visual were better handled and they don't appear to be as dull as they appear in Forces. As Sonic Forces just followed Sonic Lost World's formula rather than the Modern era, and I have noticed that many time.

Overall, I see the Avatar's inclusion in gameplay fitting, although I have yet to play the game myself. I also see that Roger is not good at voicing Sonic at such serious scenarios as you say, too. Which is also a point that made me love Sonic 06 and Unleashed since the voice actors back then did great job in them.