User blog comment:WaterKirby1994/What Gens Should Have Been & Why Forces is Better/@comment-477304-20171115154609/@comment-477304-20171115234021

There are definitely problems with how Sonic and the Avatar play in the game and they are definitely not in Generations. I had to replay Generations after playing through Forces just to see if I was remembering it through rose-tinted spectacles, luckily enough I wasn't.

The levels definitely feel short in comparison to Generations, some of that may be due in part to the levels themselves lacking in interesting and exciting moments, maybe that makes the levels feel shorter because not much happens. It's an issue either way.

True, there are some automated sections in other Sonic games, but this one takes the cake. Some sections didn't even need to be automated, yet they are for reason and not needing to turn when going around corners is a very odd decision which doesn't exist in past games.

If you don't notice this, then all the power to you. But I and many others see these flaws and it's perhaps the main reason people are so disappointed in this game.