Sonic Forces Demo Playable at PAX West

[Shiny Gems]

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2017/08/29/sega-pax-west-line-up-sonic-forces-demo-confirmed/

Here it is. Just wanted to let you all know that you can play a demo at PAX West this Friday if you are in Seattle. Appears tag team may not be included, since the article says there are only three stages. I wonder if we will get a new trailer by then?

[sonicdudeatdawn]

we might get one new reveal. meh let us wait and find out!

[Dee Dude]

I'll take it with a grain of salt this time.

I wont expect anything but mere gameplay of the same levels.

The very least I'll hope for is one new level this time.

[Cornelius Fudge]

Wait, there's an actual fuckin demo in Seattle? One that I can actually go to and it had to be Sonic Forces of all things?

Hopefully they add one extra level or at least happen to provide the "full version" of Park Avenue for Modern Sonic if they haven't already.

[mikeblastdude]

Well that's cool. I'll be there at PAX West, so I'll likely try it out and try to keep an open mind when playing it. With that said though, I've been playing so much Sonic Mania lately that I can easily see myself being unimpressed with what I play in Sonic Forces.

[Sega DogTagz]

1 hour ago, Cornelius Fudge said:

Hopefully they add one extra level or at least happen to provide the "full version" of Park Avenue for Modern Sonic if they haven't already.

We've seen the full version. Its just that criminally short. Even for a first stage.

 

They could hit us up with a Park Ave Act II tho. That would help ease the development burden of making more Modern Sonic stages... surprised we didn't see that in Gens actually.

[Red Hot Jack]

How many chances are we'll see a new demo? Aaron said in the stream we'd get news very soon...

Also I think Aaron mentioned the stage is called Sunset Heights now, instead of City Heights, is that true?

[The Deleter]

1 minute ago, Jack the Rookie said:

How many chances are we'll see a new demo? Aaron said in the stream we'd get news very soon...

Not very likely. Nakamura's tweets (and one of the streams iirc) are pretty focused on TGS, which should start around september 21st. Probably the most likely time a new demo or information will drop, all things considered.

 

[Red Hot Jack]

Still, Aaron teased some news "very soon", even if it's probably not a new demo.

[The Deleter]

*shrug* Could be another music piece or boss track, in that case; idk. I'm just talking in terms of demos.

[Shiny Gems]

3 hours ago, Jack the Rookie said:

Still, Aaron teased some news "very soon", even if it's probably not a new demo.

When did he say that, exactly? And where? I'd like to know.

[Bobnik]

15 hours ago, CrystalStorm51 said:

Appears tag team may not be included, since the article says there are only three stages.

https://twitter.com/RubyEclipse/status/901149840544890881

Aaron says otherwise.

[Shiny Gems]

20 minutes ago, Bobnik said:

https://twitter.com/RubyEclipse/status/901149840544890881

Aaron says otherwise.

Thanks for the heads up. So, Tag Team is there after all.

[James Cloud]

51 minutes ago, CrystalStorm51 said:

When did he say that, exactly? And where? I'd like to know.

Latest livestream but only briefly he also said in a past one that preorder news would happen around early fall which is funny because fall starts this weeks Friday.

[Shiny Gems]

2 minutes ago, James Cloud said:

Latest livestream but only briefly he also said in a past one that preorder news would happen around early fall which is funny because fall starts this weeks Friday.

How long ago was the latest livestream?

[Graystripe2000]

Yesterday. Also, I checked my calendar, Fall doesn't start untill the 22nd of September.

[Shiny Gems]

2 minutes ago, Operationgamer17 said:

Yesterday. Also, I checked my calendar, Fall doesn't start untill the 22nd of September.

Oh, that's good. So I take it we'll get the early Fall news sometime at the Tokyo Game Show, then?

[James Cloud]

1 hour ago, CrystalStorm51 said:

How long ago was the latest livestream?

Yesterday

and yeah well get something around then but still of course look out before.

 

[Shiny Gems]

So, who's going to play the demo at PAX West today?

[Shade Vortex]

I got back from PAX, and of course by the fact that I'm posting in this topic, you could guess correctly that I played the Forces demo while I was there.

My thoughts?

Oh boy here we go again. I might as well just copy paste every presumption and assumption made about this game because it's basically all true.

The stages were short, linear, and they spammed the hell out of enemies, and without the wispons they become boring, mind-numbingly easy albeit time-consuming homing attack chain fodder. The partner character's jump is definitely different than both Modern and Classic Sonic, and not in a good way. it feels slower, heavier, and doesn't seem to carry as much momentum- something I thought I'd never say about a modern Sonic game, considering well, there's not much momentum to jumping as it is already... Plus there was a hell of a lot of automation in the form of springs and speed boosters.

It wasn't terrible or outright bad by any means but by this point I've come to expect more from Sonic Team, especially after how Generations improved upon Unleashed/Colors' level design- while this seems like a clear step back. There's a few cheap deaths, especially in the partner character's stage...

On the bright side, I spoke to Aaron Webber again, got him to autograph my PAX badge, and won a Sonic Forces Concept Art poster by answering a trivia question during the stage show. Even better, one of the staff hooked me up with a Sonic Mania physical instruction booklet after enough persistence of coming back to the booth throughout the day.

[LunchPolice]

Thanks for the detailed impressions.
I'm going to go into this game with expectations at zero and keep an open mind. Good thing the price is reasonable.

[Whatever the WhoCares]

Aaron Webber just confirmed that there aren't any hub worlds. 

 

[Dee Dude]

Aw man, that's a shame.

I'm still looking forward to the cutscenes set in the resistance base though, character interactions are practically guaranteed in them.

[Guest]

27 minutes ago, Whatever the WhoCares said:

Aaron Webber just confirmed that there aren't any hub worlds. 

 

No Hub worlds? Man that's really a bummer - after all this production time. I feel sorry for Aaron too, it must really be difficult constantly trying to market this game positively when it's impossible to avoid its problems.

"This isn't Sonic 06" - honestly at this point I'd prefer Sonic 06

[James Cloud]

27 minutes ago, Whatever the WhoCares said:

Aaron Webber just confirmed that there aren't any hub worlds. 

 

Meh oh well doesn't need it