The game formerly known asProject Sonic 2017is now titledSonic Forcesaccording to Sega. The upcoming 3DSonictitle is highly anticipated as Sonic Team’s follow-up toSonic Generations,Sonic Colors, andSonic Lost World. It’s only fitting that Sega released an all new trailer in tandem with the title announcement, featuring gameplay fans of Sonic Team’s previous titles will recognize.
InSonic Forces' first gameplay trailer, players are shown what Sega is calling the “Modern” Sonic experience. This will be one of three different styles of gameplay withinSonic Forces, the second of which is “Classic,” and the third currently being a mystery. The Modern Sonic experience is much like the3D gameplay from Sonic Team’s previous titles, including a reworked Boost feature, multiple paths for Sonic to take, and the return of Wisps.
Other revelations include the setting of at least one level withinSonic Forces. This war-torn world is described as a timeline where Eggman, AKA Dr. Robotnik, won. Considering Sega has already shown thatSonic Forcesfeatures multiple Sonic the Hedgehogs, it makes sense that there are some timeline and parallel dimension shenanigans going on. Perhaps that third, mysterious gameplay style will feature theSonicthat originates in this broken, lost world.
Sega also confirmed that a new engine was being used forSonic Forces. It has been several years sinceSonic Teamput out its own game after all, and those were largely for thescaled back Nintendo platformsof their respective eras. BringingSonicback to modern consoles would definitely demand an updated engine, and the effort certainly shows in the trailer, with tons of explosions, and great view distance across the cityscape.
Perhaps the best news from the day is thatSonicForces remains on schedule to be released this holiday season. Sega also confirmed that more information onSonic’s 3D platformer will be released in the months to come. Just looking at the calendar, that sounds like Sega iss looking at E3 in June, or the weeks prior, to debut more of the game’s features and its release date.
Sonic Forcesis planned for release this holiday season on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC.
