User blog:WaterKirby1994/Why Sonic Forces is the Right Path for Future Sonic Games

Here's Part 3 of my Trilogy & I admit that Forces has its flaws, however bashing it will only make Sonic Team abandon the good aspects of the game. The Custom Hero for example needs to appear in several more Sonic Games. We got Shadow playable for the 1st Time in several years, which is obviously a step in the right direction because we have been stuck with just Sonic in mainseries games since the voice change. DLC for Forces can still make more stages & more characters playable & even give us those 2 boss fights we've been wanting, although more likely they are going to be saved for the sequel. As for controls sure Classic had some control problems, although do we really need Classic to keep returning in Modern Games?

The Story was good even if the lines got cheesy at times, although that's because Roger Craig Smith isn't good at voicing Sonic at serious moments like his 2 predecessors were. I won't stand for Forces to get bashed while Gens gets praised like no tomorrow. Interestingly enough I was able to find a possible place where the Perfect Chaos boss fight could have gone between stages 24 & 25. Yes Cream & Vanilla could have been healers in the story, we could have gotten an epic final battle with Infinite as well, however the reason we didn't was because some awesome stuff has to be saved for the the next game.

The Sonic Series story may have very well begun its rise to the climax in Forces. As for why the end felt anticlimactic it's the reason the Avengers didn't fight Thanos at the end of the extremely popular Marvel Movie "The Avengers", it's better left saved for a later movie or in Sonic's case game. We haven't seen the end of Infinite just yet, as long as we stop the Forces Bashing entirely he'll be back next game. We just have to want Infinite back, want Forces to get a sequel in a couple of years, want the story to get more serious, then Sonic Team will deliver.

The problem however is the Sonic Fanbase, it's full of speedrunners who don't care about quality just as long as they can go fast. They rush through levels too fast to actually appreciate them, just like they did when they overlooked the epicness of several of Forces stages & the story itself. We as a fanbase are too divided in opinions, Sonic Team can't understand us as a result. We need to come together for the good of the Sonic Series, we need to come to some understanding that we all can agree to for the Sonic Series Future.

I Personally want the next game to bring back Chao Gardens, to allow the Custom Hero to visit them & raise chao. having ingame shops where you can spend rings you save up from playing stages would be good, so there could be a clothing store as well as the Black Market. Shadow & Knuckles as playable characters are a must. I would like to see Blaze in the game & play as her as well, although if she raises chao she shouldn't use her flames in the Chao Gardens. I want the stages themselves to be awesome like the stages in Forces are.

More boss fights against fakes created by the Phantom Ruby would be enjoyable such as Sonic vs Fake Sonic, Sonic & Custom Hero vs Fake Perfect Chaos, or even a boss fight where you have to fight Chaos Zero, Shadow, Gemerl, & Metal Sonic at the same time. An Infinite Fight where Infinite creates fakes of other characters to attack you while he attacks from long range then goes down to try to finish you off allowing you to attack would be awesome. Another possible epic Infinite Boss would involve you avoiding Infinites attacks & Red Cubes as you climb a giant Infinite like those that appeared in Stage 16 Capital City.

Overall Forces was a great game & we should hope that Sonic Team will do even better for the next game. I hope that the next game comes even closer to capturing the awesomeness of the Dreamcast Era. Essentially Chao, several playable characters with a couple different playstyles, & stories that weren't heavily comedic. It would be awesome if other members of the community agreed with me & if Aaron Webber ended up seeing this.