Note: This review
contains spoilers for Sonic Forces.
After the original Sega Genesis titles, Sonic the Hedgehog went through endless experimentation, including the original jump to 3D with Sonic Adventure, but there didn’t exist a true follow-up to Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles. Dimps made an attempt to recapture the Genesis era with Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I & II in 2010 and 2012 respectively, but the project was cancelled before they could develop an Episode III. Then, in 2017, Sega would release Sonic Mania, a game that was widely considered a true follow-up to Sonic the Hedgehog due to its deliberately retro style that aimed to replicate everything about the classic games, down to the physics and gameplay. Now that I’ve finally had a chance to play Sonic Mania, thanks to a PlayStation Plus subscription, I can totally see the hype and how well it modernized this style of game, but some annoyances still popped up here and there.
