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SONIC FORCES
FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS
BY MATT CABRAL

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ince first racing onto the Sega Genesis more than 25 years ago, Sonic
the Hedgehog has starred in more
sequels, spin offs and side stories than you
can shake a gold ring at. Two of the speedster's more recent entries, Sonic Colors and
Sonic Generations, however, have stood out as
favorites of the franchise's faithful following. It
makes sense then that the Blue Blur's next outing will borrow elements from both of these
popular games.
The forthcoming Sonic Forces features a
darker tone, complete with a destroyed city
that wouldn't look out of place in the zombie
apocalypse, but balances the doom and gloom
with a number of fun, familiar features from
the aforementioned entries. For starters, as in
Generations, Sonic's seat-of-the-pants pace will
be complemented by his ability to jump, boost
and lunge into baddies without skipping a
beat. The fan-servicing fun doesn't stop there
though, as Sonic refuels his screen-clearing
power by collecting wisps, the vibrant, alienlooking little guys from Colors.
While Forces is looking to the past to push
the series forward, the ambitious entry's not
without new ideas and fresh features. Most

notable is the game's trio of speed limitcrushing main characters. On top of modern
Sonic, who's tasked with saving the dystopian
city, players also will haul hide through more
traditional, side-scrolling stages as classic
Sonic.
Perhaps even cooler, a new, player-created
character will also do their part to help the
spiky-haired hero set things right. Sporting a

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PUBLISHER SEGA
DE VELOPER SONIC TE AM
PL ATFORMS XBOX ONE, P S 4,
S WITCH, PC
RELE A SE DATE 11.07.2017

number of cosmetic and gameplay-tweaking
attributes, this customizable protagonist -
which can be a bird, bear, cat or hedgehog
- will apparently play a significant role in the
game's story.
We can't wait to save the world as a
pair of Sonics, as well as our personalized
anthropomorph, when Forces hits the ground
running this fall.
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