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Sonic Forces Debut Gameplay Video Has Death Egg Robots Destroying City

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Sega has released the first gameplay video for Sonic Forces, the game formerly known as Project Sonic 2017.

The video shows the Blue Blur bolting through a city under siege, collecting rings, using his homing attack to destroy enemies and, of course, leaping between platforms. All the while, Death Egg Robot sentinels can be seen in the background toppling buildings and launching bombs.

Sonic Forces is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch in late 2017. It runs on a brand-new engine that Sega is calling "The Hedgehog Engine 2." The game's new name, meanwhile, is a reference to the battle between the forces of good and evil.

In other Sonic news, Sonic Mania has been delayed from this spring to summer. A more specific release date hasn't been provided yet, but Sega showed off the game again, teasing new enemies, preorder bonuses, a collector's edition vinyl album, and the return of the Flying Battery Zone. You can watch a video of that here.

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"The whole city's on fire... AGAIN!"

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I was reading the headline thinking "Why is Sonic forcing a debut gameplay video?" Why so pushy, Sonic?

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Not a fan of sonic on rails..

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look nice I do hope sega actual makes game worthy of be called sonic though

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It looks ok... but thats all. They should reboot the entire franchise, rethink it.

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@Pupchu: Yes they should. When Sonic first came out Eggman was called Robotnic they need to get back to that. Eggman is a dumb name. Robotnic is a name that tells you what he is doing turning everybody he can into robots. Also, why does it look like he is on earth. He has his own planet he lives on called Mobuis. He has no need to be on earth at all.

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I honestly don't have any problem with this game just as long as that terrible camera from Sonic 2006 doesn't show it's ugly face. I still ain't gonna get this game until it hits the bargain bin though (just like every other 3D Sonic game since Sonic Heroes).

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To all the 2D lovers complaining about this game. Sonic Mania is releasing as well so why are you guys even complaining??? As long as this support 60fps and resolutions upto 4K on PC, day 1 buy for me.

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There's a TTG episode about this. Making everything too dark & gritty for no good reason...

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I think people clamoring for an old 2D Sonic game are blinded by nostalgia. Those games were not good.

You go fast for 5 second and then run into a wall or enemy you had no way of knowing was there. It's a constant stop and go experience unless you memorized every level and every enemy position.

The idea is good and it's fun to watch Sonic go fast, but they've never pulled it off and they never will.

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@VooDooPC: You could play them all with three buttons. Go forward, go back, jump.

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does it have chao along with a chao garden... I miss that little mini game

On a side note seems they are making 2 games (3d and 2d) to appeal to different taste of fans, but ultimately if each version appeal to said fan bases, those who will win is the fans who like both versions..

Its similar to Nintendo when they were killing it with 2d marios few years back and gave us Mario Galaxy to those that loved the 3d mario

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Damn, a lot of people upset about this.

These were the same people who made Colors and Generations, so It should be one of the better Sonic games.

You'd think we'd be happy for a Sonic game like this after coming from two Sonic Boom pieces of shit.

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@xenomorphalien: Yeah but those same people also made Sonic: Lost World and Sonic 2006.

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Puts every other game released this year to shame!

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@moonco: Excuse me, Life of Black Tiger takes that crown.

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@xenomorphalien: I was being serious lol. The graphics are amazing - if Forces has many branching paths and slows things down from time to time with platform sections instead of just running fast in a straight line, then Sonic might be my favorite game this year.

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@moonco: Maybe, I have faith that this will be a good game, but best game this year? I think Zelda has that on lock.

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That looked a lot like running in a straight line.

I feel like Sonic has enough character that a story driven, 2d/3d brawler/adventure game would be a big hit. You could throw the token classic sonic level in for good measure. Either way I would like to see sonic branch out from what it was and become more like - Sonic the cartoon is now a game.

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Im not particularly a Sonic fan but why on earth have they gone with the same shitty 3d formula of Sonic adventure from the Dreamcast???. If they want to make Sonic great again it needs to go back to a 2d styled game Nintendo still pumps out superb 2d Mario games and there is still a huge audience for that type of gameplay, SEGA are messing their mascot up once again.

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@metalion: "If they want to make Sonic great again it needs to go back to a 2d styled game Nintendo still pumps out superb 2d Mario games and there is still a huge audience for that type of gameplay"

They are. This is one of two games from the franchise coming out, and the 2D throwback looks awesome!

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@metalion: This game isn't for you. It's for us who like 3d Sonic. Sonic Mania is being made to appeal to you 2d classic fans.

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@sirdood18: 2 sonic games in a year is crazy. The brand is already tired. They should make 1 per generation. Like 5 years apart.

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Incredible how they've copied the exact same template they been using for almost 2 decades. Hot damn devs, innovate SOMETHING, ANYTHING!!

Honestly, if it weren't for a some touched up but not great graphics, I wouldn't even know this is a new Sonic and would think it's an older game.

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Sonic just doesnt work in 3D...when will SEGA learn?????

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@soul_starter: Sonic adventure 1,2 , Sonic werehog ,colors and generations YEAH it does not work ..........

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@wexorian: None of them apart from the Adventure titles were that good, some were outright terrible.

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@wexorian: No it doesn't. Those games you just mentioned sucked in comparison to the 2D classics.

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@Prats1993: to each their own. Could just say "not my type of game" i personally loved sonic adventure 1&2 and sonic colors was dope af

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oh boy, a game purely based on speed. In order to maintain 30 FPS, it will have to be at 420p on X1.

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@caseyrybek: Such a troll comment. Someone didnt played Forza Horizon or Motorsport games.

If this game doesnt run at 1080p/30fps then its entirely up to Sega devs and not up to the X1

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@sladakrobot: You're right, it was a troll comment. Guilty. I have an X1 and X1S and have played Horizon and Motorsport but it's not as simple as you've made it out to be. 3rd party devs easily obtain 1080pm/30fps on PS4 games CONSISTENTLY but the same exact game rarely meets the same baseline on X1. It's not like they go over to X1 and say, "Hmmm....we've decided to make this game inferior to the same exact game on PS4...." Remedy, with a lot of creativity was able to pull it off with Quantum Break but it shouldn't require this level of creativity on a "next gen" console. I assure sure, Microsoft agrees with me which is why Scorpio is releasing late this year. Those of us who purchased a base X1 bought something slightly better than the 360. It's as simple as that. How's that for trolling?

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@caseyrybek: its not next gen anymore its current gen. Also idk what games your playing but almost all the x1 games i play are 1080p with 30-60 frames

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@caseyrybek: Titanfall 2,Tomb Raider,Battlefield 1...all 3rd party...all technically great games. Sonic is far less demanding.

First you admit you trolled and then you ask how that was trolling?

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This looks pretty good. It has a arcade type look and feel to it. I'm looking forward to this

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@louixiii: Sega was best with arcade games...maybe a good sign?

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@sladakrobot: I hope so. I would love for this game to be great.

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Looks beautiful! The graphics and the setting look amazing! But wished it had more exploration and platforming, like the Sonic Adventure games but aiming to be a better depiction of the Genesis games translated to a 3D world, if that makes sense.

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@acid_rush: Yeah it looks good, but still not in the Adventure format that I wanted..

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I just watched the video. I noticed Red Star Rings and what looked like a Wisp capsule.

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Could they just get the people who made Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 to make a new one instead? Those were honestly my favorite Sonic games because they had sort of an open world adventure.

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This did not work the last time around why would they do it again with explosions?

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So its a endless runner...Poor Sonic...They just don't know how to make a good modern game.

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I can't wait to play the Switch version of this game.

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Let's hope it's more like Sonic adventure 1,2 or at least Sonic colors .

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@wexorian: I think I saw some elements from Sonic Colors in the video.

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