User blog comment:Myself 123/Sonic Forces is Generations behind/@comment-1981371-20171209083528/@comment-25826354-20171209194956

It's nowhere near that bad I'd say. I do think it's a step down from Generations, but it has quite a few merits and features that I like even better than Generations. The levels, if poorly designed, are at least amazing to look at, the Hedgehog Engine 2 is a step up, the music is great, the plot, although underwhelming, is still a PLOT, which is better than Generations, which was little more than an excuse for Sonic to go to the past, and, minus one or two lines, the voice actors have improved since they've first started out. It's not the best Sonic game, far from it, but I'd never call it one of the worst.