The new Sonic basically lets you play as fan art
A common complaint among Sonic fans — stick with me, friends — is that the series, over the decades following the original trilogy, has been hamstrung by a ballooning cast of supporting characters: Shadow the Hedgehog, Jet the Hawk, Espio the Chameleon, Beam the Rabbit, and Vector the Crocodile. If it sounds like I made those up, that’s because one is absolutely fake. But which one?
My point is that the Sonic brand needs better characters. For Sonic Forces, the latest entry in the franchise, Sega has decided to pass the buck. Fans will, for the first time, be given tools to create their own playable Sonic character.
The toolset is surprisingly robust for a platformer. First, you select a base animal type: wolf, rabbit, cat, dog, bear,…
