episodeshadow

[episodeshadow]

I would love Infinite to be in the next “Mario and Sonic at the Olympic whatever-games” as a playable character!!!

[episodeshadow]

this isnt as funny as i hoped it would be but you can have it anyway enjoy lads

[episodeshadow]

I wonder if Infinite created some Shadow Replicas just to destroy them immediatly, since he (probably) holds a great hatred for the ultimate life form and also so he can tell himself that he isn’t weak.

[episodeshadow]

??????

[episodeshadow]

What did we learn today

[episodeshadow]

yknow i can almost understand why there was a fake metal sonic in forces considering the whole war scenes that have like, a bunch of metal sonics, but uh. where was the real one during all of this? why was he not invited to this party? what was he doing? maybe he was on a tropical vacation. maybe that’s where blaze was too. i hope they had a nice time

[episodeshadow]

So, uhm, about that Super Sonic DLC…

The files are already in the game apparently.

Keep reading

[episodeshadow]

Shadow: lol you weak

Infinite:

[episodeshadow]

How episode shadow went

[episodeshadow]

I love this new persona of Infinite where he throws a tantrum pretty much whenever things don’t even remotely go his way

[episodeshadow]

death egg in sonic forces: gets completely blown up entirely

death egg in sonic forces like 2 minutes later: pretty dented but otherwise fine

[episodeshadow]

If Infinite was going to get an redemption how would you like to see it happen? he deserves love and support to get through what he went through and has the potential to be redeemed and fix the damage he did, he just needs someone too care for him and help him

aaaa well, lemme see. i’ve stated in a couple of asks prior to this one that i can see gadget/the avatar going to search for infinite post-forces; hence why they left!! since infinite vanished and his fate remained a mystery, i find it plausible?? after a while of determined seeking, i imagine gadget would finally find him, alone and in hiding while recovering or smth. since being defeated, he’s adopted his desperate “i’m not weak” mindset even further because he took it hard and is desperately trying to tell himself otherwise from what he thinks. he expects no pity from gadget and is surprised when he’s told that he’s not weak at all; that defeat still doesn’t make him weak, and most certainly not pathetic.at first he rejects gadget’s attempts at aiding him because he thinks he shouldnt need help, but gadget persists. as annoying as it is he can respect the determination at the very least and is almost just a little touched that someone came back to look for him after all his terrible deeds. gadget is determined that nobody gets left behind, not even infinite. he reassures him often that he’s strong, that he can still better himself as a person, and that there’s a second chance. it takes a while for infinite to truly believe it, probably a few months or so, but he appreciates having gadget by his side. gadget shows him love and compassion and positivity, and teaches him there is beauty in the world. its pretty slow burn to the point infinite doesnt even notice his outlook changing at first.the resistance and most people in general are wary and sceptical of infinite but he gradually proves himself by committing good deeds and helping to rebuild their world, even if he can’t undo his past actions; which he heavily regrets. gadget doesnt brush off how bad it was for infinite’s sake, but he does make sure to let infinite know they dont need to define him if he continues to better himself and tries to be sure he isnt dwelling on it too much. i can also see any surviving members of the jackal squad seeking out infinite too, and they also show him support. idk sdfggf im a lil sleep deprived rn and this isnt even anything solid im just kinda rambling, sorry kind anon but i rly appreciate the ask regardless !!

[episodeshadow]

Yeah yeah, we get it

[episodeshadow]

ok im still letting a lot of the game sink in and while i had a genuinely good time playing forces theres a couple things i just gotta get off my chest as criticisms.

spoilers under the cut

ok so gameplay wise, i liked it! especially custom hero and tag team stages. modern sonics stages were almost as good, but there were times when reactions wouldn’t happen, or trying to turn was less responsive, he just felt a little too loose and slippery, but still pretty good. the classic stages were alright but after playing some of mania they just felt kinda eh :/

ok

one thing that bothers me is how tails was written... he’s depicted as helpless and can’t fight back, completely ignoring how capable he is.  in sa2 when he thinks sonic is dead his reaction is to fight eggman more determined than ever because sonics not there so he has to act alone.  in forces.. well knuckles says that he lost it a little but its not really said what.. but he isnt helping the resistance.  tails would have been at the forefront of the war effort with knuckles amy and the rest but instead hes off doing god knows what because?? and i know if he really thought sonic was dead it would be a lot for him to handle but i dont think the way they portray him accurately represents that. he only comes back when he finds classic. and anytime he is approached by an enemy he only ever cowers away even though its established he is very capable of defending himself in a fight. i dont feel like this game did any favors for tails. :/

also.. why is classic there? like story wise it just didnt feel like his presence was a big point in the plot, overall tails and classics little side story felt like just that - a side story that didnt quite gel w the rest of the story.  he was added to appeal to the 2d sonic fans but i feel like that wasnt necessary.. we just got mania, and if they hadn’t tried to shoehorn him in the dev team couldve spent more time working on modern sonic and custom hero’s gameplay and really adding depth.  instead, we get classic gameplay that feels just a bit too lackluster and modern gameplay that, while enjoyable, felt a little too shallow.

and thats another point i wanna make, is time.  the whole game feels rushed, both plot-wise and game-play wise.  the game itself is not long, i cant remember how many hours it took but it was not many, the stages were all. pretty short. it would have been cool to see a few more locations maybe? and more variety of boss fights or at least showing up in the stage. like why add chaos in the game and then not use them at all.  shadow wasnt a boss fight but he got his dlc so. metal and zavoks fights were ok too. they just. couldve done more. theres only so much story/cutscenes, with the passage of time just shown as text.  it doesnt really let the player feel  the consequences.  oh sonic spent six months in prison? its fine tho here he is again five seconds and one cuscene later.  it wouldve been stronger if we got to see at least a little bit of what happened in those six months.  how battles were lost. its implied a lot of people died, and while they likely wouldnt have shown that, they could have depicted the struggle.  the heroes fighting against eggman but without sonic they find themselves outmatched and caught off guard for the first time, and they tell themselves its ok its just one battle.  But slowly, over time, they win less and less, they see more and more people in terror realizing that this man who they saw as just a ridiculous scientist whos always defeated is suddenly a much more real threat.  We are told that 99% of the world is conquered by Eggman, but I don’t know if it’s just me, but it’s kind of hard to see that.  I just think it would be easier to get emotionally invested and really feel the sense of danger and urgency if we could actually get to see what led up to the point they were at.  They were all inside one bunker.  How did the whole planet become under an iron grip of Eggman that there were hardly any safe places to group?  I also can’t help but feel like the world was “reclaimed” too quickly.. all you had to do was take out the base and the whole area was free again? was the base the only thing that eggman had there? sure you take out enemies in the area but somehow it doesnt feel quite so impactful.  Although i will admit they do acknowledge this during the end, how the effort isn’t over and theres still a lot or work to be done.

likewise, theres just a lot of elements in the game that seem like they are supposed to be dramatic but don’t carry a lot of weight because they were not given time to stew... sonic was thought to be dead for six months but we don’t see them struggle without him and he seems just fine when he comes out of the prison; he’s ready to jump right back into action.  you could have just said he went on a space vacation and the effect would be essentially the same.

then theres the episode shadow dlc, where infinites “backstory” comes up.  we are told that infinte is a mercenary and was working for eggman, as a part of his army?? he was defending eggmans base, the rest of his squad had already been taken out by shadow.  shadow beats up infinite, infinite gets pissy bc he lost and decides hes not gonna be weak anymore, wears a mask and has the ruby.  Why did he react like this? He yells out that he’s not weak, almost like a mantra, even though Shadow never specifically called him that, just worthless and pathetic (damn, Shadow, chill).  Had he been called weak before? A problem he was already dealing with and Shadow just drove him over the edge? We don’t know. Actually, there’s a lot of stuff we don’t know about Infinite. He’s a guy, he was weak but then he wasn’t, and ? That’s it, the game doesn’t divulge anything about the Jackal Squad, we don’t know where Infinite came from, and we don’t even get to see his face in-game.  Although it could be argued that they left his story vague on purpose so that we could all apply our own theories, but.. there’s just so little to go on.  It’s hard for me to come up with specific questions because there’s hardly anything there to ask about.  

that was the main issue with me, everything was rushed.  i think i was expecting the game to go a lot deeper than it did.  Forces seemed to just gloss over a lot of the kind of details that would have made the story so much more gripping and worth getting emotional over.  Instead it felt more like going over a bulleted list of events; the cover summary instead of the novel.  Maybe I was expecting too much but I do think that they had a lot of potential that just wasn’t used to the best it could have been.  The story was there, it just, needed to be fleshed out a lot more. I’m sure there’s some plot holes too but I can’t remember off the top of my head.  Basically, I was hoping there would be... more.

ok thats what i wanted to say, i know im forgetting things and i dont know that any of that made sense but i just wanted to express the things i felt could have been done better/ be improved... i enjoyed the game despite all these things though and now that i typed up this lil mini essay im free to focus on the positives! :)

[episodeshadow]

this is a very good face in general but

the ear!!

[episodeshadow]

infinite’s backstory be like

[episodeshadow]

sonic 06 and sonic forces both happened because shadow beat someone up and forgot who they were