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Sonic Forces
Lost Valley
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Lost Valley is the first stage in Sonic Forces. This stage is a re-imagination of the Green Hill Zone from the original Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Mega Drive.

The stage features the picturesque paradise with green fields that Green Hill is known for. After the area fell under Dr. Eggman's rule however, it has become dry and sandy due to the heavy desertification caused by Eggman's industries. It shares the same appearance with Green Hill, Arsenal Pyramid, and Guardian Rock.

Overview

Lost Valley is an overall peaceful and natural landscape with block-based brown mountains in the background and a lightly clouded blue sky. Like its original incarnation, the stage features countless blocky hills in all manner of sizes and arrangements. Much of the stage is also covered in green-striped grass (including on shuttle loops) that moves with the wind, and the soil itself is covered in checkerboard patterns in different shades of brown.

The stage has several tall palm trees, bright flora like purple flowers and moving sunflowers, hard-pointed bushes, square-leafed ivy, and different types of Totem Poles with all manners of facial expressions. There are also a couple of wooden scaffolds. Destroyed Death Egg Robot sentinels can as well be seen, along with sandworms that now inhabit the desert.

Lost Valley has one major difference from its original incarnation: the bright lake that dominated the scenery in the background has been replaced with a sea of scorching sand, and all the area's waterfalls have turned into sandfalls, as if a desert is sprouting from the stage itself. As the player gets further into the stage, the landscape becomes more dried-out and the desert gains more prominence. Also, the dried-out lake has formed deep canyons and caves in-between the hills. What looks like pyramids can also be spotted in the background.

Gameplay

Lost Valley is a fast-paced stage with an overwhelming number of enemies, such as Egg Pawns, and obstacles, such as Sandworms and spikes. The stage also has Wisp Capsules with White Wisps for the player to charge their Boost Gauge with.

There are a number of pathways in the stage to choose from, whether it be if the player wants to go along a higher route or a lower route. Standard objects in Green Hill include Springs, Ramps, Boosters and shuttle loops.

Description

The stage begins with Sonic speeding through Green Hill. Eventually, he will jump through half-destroy loops.

The higher route in this stage include numerous floating platforms. There is also the basic center route, or the top pathway which is the most dangerous because of the Sandworms.

The player will eventually encounter automatic Winding Tunnels that go through large hills. Once on the other side of these tunnels, Sonic will slide down a sand fall. From here, the player has to blast through a shuttle Loop to a wooden scaffold and then run across a sandfall before blazing to the goal.

Trivia

  • The background of the stage is similar to Desert Ruins from Sonic Lost World (specially in Zones 1 and 4).
  • The music for the stage is an alternate instrumental remix of "Fist Bump" which was also featured in Sonic Forces: Speed Battle.
    • Additionally, before the official reveal of the stage's name, it was found in the game files of Sonic Forces: Speed Battle.
  • During the stage, Sonic says "Green Hill's looking a lot more like Sand Hill right now". Coincidentally, Sand Hill was a stage featured in Sonic Adventure.

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