Throw in a custom character on the belief that players would rather be some dude who knows Sonic than Sonic himself, then make sure that character’s playstyle utterly kills fluid momentum, and for the first time even the most unblinking of Sonic’s fans might start to agree with all the uncharitable things said about Sonic Team as game designers. Reduce environment design to the question: “what if x, but y?” (i.e “what if Green Hill Zone, but sand?”). Reduce level designs to kill pits and straight lines. Reduce movement and player input to single inputs and instant win buttons. The worst thing you can say about Sonic Forces is that it shows a fundamental lack of understanding on every conceivable level regarding what Sonic games are or why people play them. The best thing you can say about Sonic Forces is that its story, peppered generously with moments of Sonic characters bathing your mute freak of a custom character in unearned praise, is that it’s genuinely and consistently hilarious. While Sonic ‘06 failed to deliver on its design ambitions, at least it had ambitions - Sonic Forces failed to deliver on the discarded McDonald’s pencil maze it calls a design, or even muster the willpower to finish pencil-sketching the maze. Sonic Forces - PS4Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) for the PS3 is not on this list because it doesn’t have a trophy list, but despite what you may have heard about its famously unfinished design, it would not have taken last place. The best Sonic the Hedgehog games on PS5, PS4, and PS3 So let's get into it - the top 21 Sonic games on PS5, PS4, and PS3!

Don't get me wrong, I would talk about all of them if I could, but my contract with TrueTrophies is very particular about the length and frequency of my Sonic the Hedgehog essays. So that means no Game Gear titles, no Sonic '06 (it still makes an appearance), no Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, etc. To help narrow this list down (yes this is a shortened list), we decided to exclude any Sonic games that you cannot earn trophies for on a PlayStation console. While some say SOAP shoes are the best, others won’t budge on their love for Big the Cat, and I respect these positions equally - hopefully you’ll extend my wordy adoration the same courtesy. Excited to see where Frontiers lands on the list!Īiring public opinions on Sonic the Hedgehog can be a dangerous game - the Sega mascot's fan community have the power to perpetuate debates over games that don't even exist, like Sonic Adventure 3, so imagine how they feel about games that do exist.

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