User blog comment:WaterKirby1994/Why Sonic Forces is the Right Path for Future Sonic Games/@comment-25826354-20171116164510

I think this is starting to get a little tiring. Listen, I'm fairly certain that most of the people on this website don't hate Sonic Forces. I myself like it quite a bit. The soundtrack is great, the gameplay is more or less good, the plot, whilst a bit cheesy and underwhelming, is still the best in the entire series since Unleashed, the Avatar is a great mechanic, the visuals are amazing and there are some well designed levels in there that are extremely fun to play. But there are multiple flaws that keep this decent game from being great. It's level design is for the most part underwhelming, especially in Modern Sonic's, certain characters like Chaos that were prominently featured in promotion are barely in the game, an entire boss fight is rehashed, and Classic Sonic and returning stages are shoehorned in for no reason other reason than nostalgia, when Forces was marketed as a "brand new experience".

As I've mentioned before, it's not a sin to prefer Forces over Generations, but your reasoning just doesn't make sense, and has virtually nothing to do with the game itself, instead choosing to focus on how the game doesn't reference obscure games and other media, when it's a celebration of the VIDEO GAME. Generations has it's flaws e.g. It's too short or the plot is just an excuse to bring back old levels ect. But these flaws are far outweighed by the many positives like music, level design, gameplay and more.

Again, think what you think, I and nobody else has a problem with it. But know that the people who don't agree with you ain't mindless Forces haters. There are good things in Forces that I hope Sonic Team builds on in their future games. But there are also plenty mistakes that I, we, hope that they learn from. There are those out there who I do think are far too harsh on the game, and I will defend Forces when necessary. But it's far from the best Sonic game. It's far from the best 3D Sonic game. Our rankings are different, but not inherently wrong. Mine is just shared by more people.