As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.
This article is a damn joke. I get that you guys don't like sonic, but for you to go and say that this game is bad with your only statements being that people's opinions are wrong? Wtf. This isn't even the first time you've done something as stupid as this. You've been called out for doing so, yet you feel the need to do it again. Do you want your company to fail? It sure seems like this. This "author" needs to be fired asap. You are literally a disgrace to the PlayStation name. This whole site makes me f*cking sick.
@get2sammyb was it really? So then what was that article that you made one day sh*tting on the game after only 12 seconds of revealed Gameplay all about then? Was that a joke too? If so, then why not take it down?
I think this gameplay looks good. I know I'm wrong. I was wrong about Crash not being on PS4, and I was wrong on FF7 not getting remade. I embrace my wrongness.
I remember Sammy was hating on darksiders also.like really.this game is better than Diablo.overwatch.now you got people on this site divided some say it look good.while others say it doesn't look good.it's ok if you don't like sonic.I don't like Mario.or metroid or Zelda.but I'm not going to a video and say it's sucks
What the crap is this article? Really? What is this article? This is the laziest thing I have ever seen on a games site. What a huge middle finger to people that actually write stuff up.
I genuinely hope you don't get paid for this. I was merely just starting to look at this site a little more as the PlayStation alt. to NintendoLife that it is, but if idiocy like this is what's to come, then I am not going to bother visiting.
EDIT: If you are just "messing around", at least add a couple lines of your own to actual press coverage. There is absolutely NOTHING here. You slapped on a video and a ho-hm insult, and called it an article. That is just disgraceful.
And Lmao on the hate that Sammy is getting! Let me tell you the list of things he achieved with this simple short article with a video: 1-Made me aware of an unknown game. 2-Made me laugh. 3-Made me aware that I shouldn't spend time or money on said game. So...shush. Don't be whiny
@BLP_Software She really annoys me. She's been such an edge-lord the past couple years or so, and it's incredibly cringy. Can't take her seriously at all.
Anyway, back on topic. I don't like Sonic games in general, and this one is no different. Maybe I'm just weird, but I find them incredibly dull.
@Highself The problem with this "article" isn't Sonic. It's one thing to do a generic Sonic Sucks article. It's another to upload a completely blank piece that has less substance to it than either a tweet or either one of my responses to this page. The article itself is absolute trash, and it says a lot when I tolerate what others would usually flame over. But at least those others were actual freaking articles.
This looks better than that classic gameplay from a while back, but it’s still pretty drab. I’m still reserving full judgement for when the game is out and reviews are in, but right now things aren’t looking great, in my opinion.
@get2sammyb Sammy what did you do?! What have you done?! I've literally never seen the Push Square comments look like this before! Way to stir the pot man 😂
We all have rose-tinted spectacles from time to time, but I fear Sonic fans have had rose-tinted laser eye surgery. Even the best games in the series weren't very good, and the word "classic" gets bandied around like it's confetti when discussing pretty-alright-at-best platformers like Sonic 2. This one will be no different.
Another string of disappointing reviews - as though, at this point, anybody is expecting good ones - and another thirty-five year old sat behind his computer, wearing his Sonic the Hedgehog hat and his red sneakers, typing frantically into his keyboard about how the world has it in for Sonic, and how the critics just don't "get it".
Sonic Mania was a blip. An anomaly. A pretty okay reminder of some pretty okay games from a time when things were pretty okay for a lightning fast hedgehog who wanted nothing more than to stand up against tyranny, with his hopes and dreams for a better tomorrow for all animal-kind. Those hopes and dreams have been crushed under a metric tonne of poorly implemented three dimensional adventures, creepy relationships between humans and animals, and an expanded cast of characters that absolutely nobody, anywhere, including the characters themselves, actually likes.
I say all this not as a harbinger of doom or someone relishing the downfall of a genetically modified super-hedgehog. I, too, was one of you. I loved that little blue guy. But the first step to getting help is in accepting you have a problem. I accepted it. Every time I cringed as I said, "Well, it's not that bad..." as I continued to play a game I'd long since grown tired of, I knew, deep down. Every time my facial ticks barely concealed my contempt whenever the game referred to Doctor Robotnik as Eggman, I knew, deep down. Every time I had to make excuses for a blue, naked-except-for-his-shoes, anthropomorphic hedgehog gittin' it own with a human princess, I knew, deep down.
It's over, people. Put the hedgehog down. Take him to the vets, get him the injection, and watch him slip softly into the night. Goodnight, sweet prince. You've earned your rest.
After watching the recent videos of this I've cancelled my pre-order, the 2D sections look dull and the 3D parts basically play like 2D anyway for the most part but what's with all these other characters? I just want to play as Sonic and when you see the videos of a certain plumbers game that is due out, well this just looks incredibly dated at best by comparison
@johncalmc what was the last Sonic game you played though, other than Mania? Some of the newer ones have been pretty good. Not amazing by any stretch but nice to play on a Saturday afternoon. I'm hoping Forces hits around the 6's average and should therefore be "not bad".
I would agree with you more if every game since Adventure 2 was a 2/10 but that hasn't really been the case..
@kyleforrester87 The last one I played was that mad one where there were four of you and Knuckles looked like an upside down triangle with bandages on his hands. It was garbage town. Although, I did somewhat enjoy Sonic 4 for a while but I never finished it.
Its not really much of an article, just a statement. Its not what the author wants it to be therefore it must be cr*p. What the author has done is the same as judging a book based on what the cover is like.
@get2sammyb never change Sammy. If I wanted a paid off opinion I'd go to the big mainstream American sites. The snowflake replies have made my day. Personality over bland, keep it real.
@get2sammyb I’ve no interest in this game, but somehow I have read all the comments, so it’s not all a loss. I love the dry humor. I’m pretty sure you can take a series I love and smash it playfully like this and I’d still laugh and just roll my eyes. So don’t fret, I think most of us got the whole tongue in cheek, hyperbolic sarcasm. At least it took our attention off loot boxes for a while.
Lol I don't know what's worse people raising their pitchforks and axes being insulted by a joke article
or @get2sammyb thinking Sonic was ever good there is no such thing as good sonic game (except sonic 2)
And i have a Question Are Sonic's arms blue this time and will I be able to play as Sonichu this time.
Well I thought it was funny. Never understood people that have vitriol about an opinion on a genre or fictional character.
You should see the rubbish I get flung at me for liking walking sims. I don't go off on a sweary rant. I just sit back, do up my wooly cardigan, drink a hot herbal tea and continue to read the Guardian.
Looks fun to me. I just wish the whole game was 3D... I don't like the looks of the 2D segments. In a recent Digital Foundry video, they covered a new fan built 'open world' sonic game that looked amazing. that's what I want! Sonic Adventure 3 please.
This site is hilarious!Only been skimming the comments but the fact that Taylor Swift has somehow become subject matter in a Sonic article proves to me this is the site I'm going to stick with.
Oh and seeing that video just reminds me, I still haven't bought Sonic Mania yet.So that's good advertising for a probably better game.
Beg to differ; it's the most enjoyable comment thread so far this week.
The fact that Pushsquare publishes the occasional tongue-in-cheek article and has genuine interaction with its readers is what I'm here for. Keep taking the risks guys, I think the majority of your readers really appreciate it.
@get2sammyb Legitimately speaking, I think some people are tired of every review site, professional or otherwise, ripping into Sonic without anyone really batting an eye. That "Sonic Was Never Good" thing with IGN was a blatant example. It feels like it's safe to trash Sonic, so to speak. I can live with the opinion as long as it's fair, but it doesn't feel like that all the time.
This article was a joke. Sarcasm on the internet is hard to see, but this felt like a silly article from the title. It helps that it's impossible to take "deal with it" seriously on web forums.
This game looks about as bad as every other 3D Sonic game. I won't say Sonic was never good, but 3D Sonic has only ever been mediocre at best. I'd rather just continue to see Sonic Mania games. That was fun.
I’ve been a fan of Sonic my entire life and it’s so disheartening to see gameplay like this after the passion that went into Mania. Or any other high profile 3rd party game tbh. The backgrounds look great and the art design for the level brings a nice different take to Chemical Plant but that gameplay is terrible. Honestly we’ve all played enough games to know how this plays just by watching it. It’s not only mostly on auto pilot, the homing attack and drill power takes away just about any agency you’d have to take out these enemies outside of pressing the button to use the attack. And that’s just the beginning really. Honestly as fans of the franchise like myself I wish we’d see less of people defending this type of thing rabidly and more criticism of what’s wrong (respectfully) so we can get better games. Don’t we want better games?
@playstation1995 ok I had to watch the video again to see if I missed something good...I didn't! Game looks boring, graphics are okish, enemies stay still like bowling pins! But Sonic fans are like 'omg GOTTA GO FAST! If it goes fast it's gud'. Well guys let me tell you something...3D Sonic games suck! And in the 20 or so games released from the Sonic franchise only 3 or 4 are good, like the first one and Sonic Mania. Get over it guys and check the reviews
@SuperNictendo you think with your brain, not with your heart! Most people here are blinded by nostalgia and can't accept that Sonic is gotta be the franchise with the most crap games out there! Sure it's got some good ones but boy...it has so many bad ones! And this one seems like more of the sames! To me Sonic only works as a 2d platformer! When you try to put it on 3D it doesn't work well, the transition isn't as good as, for instance, Mario
I think it looks decent enough, but of course everyone is entitled to there own opinion. My advice is to stick to your own guns and not get offended when someone disagrees with you.
I finally got around to buying Sonic Mania this week. This article has served to remind me of the sort of guff I simply don't have to tolerate any more. Thank you.
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It could be worse!!! it could be yet another 2D Sonic remake from 1991!!!! Or Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
2D Sonic was so 1990's and dated....
Get over it and move on!!!
I'm not kidding, this looks great ! Can't wait !
@xj220_afiles
Haha, just kidding — fair play, I'm glad you're looking forward to it.
This article is a damn joke. I get that you guys don't like sonic, but for you to go and say that this game is bad with your only statements being that people's opinions are wrong? Wtf. This isn't even the first time you've done something as stupid as this. You've been called out for doing so, yet you feel the need to do it again. Do you want your company to fail? It sure seems like this. This "author" needs to be fired asap. You are literally a disgrace to the PlayStation name. This whole site makes me f*cking sick.
Language - get2sammyb
@Olivier_wmv Please mind your language, I'm only messing around. <3
@get2sammyb was it really? So then what was that article that you made one day sh*tting on the game after only 12 seconds of revealed Gameplay all about then? Was that a joke too? If so, then why not take it down?
@Olivier_wmv Oi, watch the swearing. Don't mind the complaining, but that's twice now.
I think this Sonic Forces gameplay is good.
@ShogunRok is cursing banned on this website or something? I legitimately didn't know
@Olivier_wmv Yeah, no swearing please. Forces everyone to come up with more creative ways to express their anger, which is good for the brain.
I think this gameplay looks good. I know I'm wrong. I was wrong about Crash not being on PS4, and I was wrong on FF7 not getting remade. I embrace my wrongness.
I kinda lost interest at this point w Forces...
Why am I here? To watch the comment show?
what kind of nonsense is that.are you hating on the game.wow really.
@Olivier_wmv Sammy hating on sonic.whatever.it's looks great.better than Dragon age inquisition
For some reason it reminds me of Metroid: Other M. Not in a good way, either.
I remember Sammy was hating on darksiders also.like really.this game is better than Diablo.overwatch.now you got people on this site divided some say it look good.while others say it doesn't look good.it's ok if you don't like sonic.I don't like Mario.or metroid or Zelda.but I'm not going to a video and say it's sucks
Lol, I still got mixed feelings for this game.
What the crap is this article? Really? What is this article? This is the laziest thing I have ever seen on a games site. What a huge middle finger to people that actually write stuff up.
I genuinely hope you don't get paid for this. I was merely just starting to look at this site a little more as the PlayStation alt. to NintendoLife that it is, but if idiocy like this is what's to come, then I am not going to bother visiting.
EDIT: If you are just "messing around", at least add a couple lines of your own to actual press coverage. There is absolutely NOTHING here. You slapped on a video and a ho-hm insult, and called it an article. That is just disgraceful.
@Olivier_wmv nintendolife is very salty as well. Especially cause Switch is getting the gimped down version. But handheld mode yeah? Lol
What a garbage lazy article this is.
That was a funny title that much I must admit ! People should ease in, we've all known Sonic for years it pretty much is a running joke at this point.
On the flip-side @get2sammyb , ending the article with Deal with it pretty much asks for hatred.
I'll probably skip this game.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I enjoyed Sonic Generations, but there's something about Forces that drives me away from it.
@get2sammyb You give so much personality to this website, Sammy. ☺️ Don't listen to the uptight stressed out haters, rock on! 🙏💃
WOW looks so good! Not...
Anyway the last Sonic game was the best in years, why go back to this crap?
And Lmao on the hate that Sammy is getting!
Let me tell you the list of things he achieved with this simple short article with a video:
1-Made me aware of an unknown game.
2-Made me laugh.
3-Made me aware that I shouldn't spend time or money on said game.
So...shush. Don't be whiny
@AyeHaley that's not hating.Sammy was wrong.that wasn't funny at all.no wonder why he likes Taylor swift.now she sucks
@AFCC that's not hate playa.when you wrong you wrong.I don't like Zelda.but I'm not hating.once again Sammy darksiders is a great franchise
@RyanSilberma Sammy should go play Nintendo games like arms so he can write nonsense like that word up son
@playstation1995 You wish she sucks.
I actually laughed quite a bit at this
Come on, we've had one good Sonic game this year. You're lucky if you get two good ones in a decade, so two in a year isn't going to happen.
@BLP_Software She really annoys me. She's been such an edge-lord the past couple years or so, and it's incredibly cringy. Can't take her seriously at all.
Anyway, back on topic. I don't like Sonic games in general, and this one is no different. Maybe I'm just weird, but I find them incredibly dull.
@get2sammyb Your article is making dedicated Sonic fan voices heard...at least in these comments haha
I feel like there's a not-so-hidden agenda here at PushSquare were they want Modern Sonic to fail so that Classic Sonic can thrive...
The article is just asking for hate.
Love the site though!
@Highself The problem with this "article" isn't Sonic. It's one thing to do a generic Sonic Sucks article. It's another to upload a completely blank piece that has less substance to it than either a tweet or either one of my responses to this page. The article itself is absolute trash, and it says a lot when I tolerate what others would usually flame over. But at least those others were actual freaking articles.
I love this site so much. Never change!
I concur. This is bs. Leave the hate for Twitter or FB.
I'm just here for the It's Always Sunny gifs.
@get2sammyb
Okay, so what do you really think about the game?
This looks better than that classic gameplay from a while back, but it’s still pretty drab. I’m still reserving full judgement for when the game is out and reviews are in, but right now things aren’t looking great, in my opinion.
@get2sammyb Sammy what did you do?! What have you done?! I've literally never seen the Push Square comments look like this before! Way to stir the pot man 😂
'Tis a silly article, if only due to the fact it'll put casual readers to the site off. In my opinion, of course
We all have rose-tinted spectacles from time to time, but I fear Sonic fans have had rose-tinted laser eye surgery. Even the best games in the series weren't very good, and the word "classic" gets bandied around like it's confetti when discussing pretty-alright-at-best platformers like Sonic 2. This one will be no different.
Another string of disappointing reviews - as though, at this point, anybody is expecting good ones - and another thirty-five year old sat behind his computer, wearing his Sonic the Hedgehog hat and his red sneakers, typing frantically into his keyboard about how the world has it in for Sonic, and how the critics just don't "get it".
Sonic Mania was a blip. An anomaly. A pretty okay reminder of some pretty okay games from a time when things were pretty okay for a lightning fast hedgehog who wanted nothing more than to stand up against tyranny, with his hopes and dreams for a better tomorrow for all animal-kind. Those hopes and dreams have been crushed under a metric tonne of poorly implemented three dimensional adventures, creepy relationships between humans and animals, and an expanded cast of characters that absolutely nobody, anywhere, including the characters themselves, actually likes.
I say all this not as a harbinger of doom or someone relishing the downfall of a genetically modified super-hedgehog. I, too, was one of you. I loved that little blue guy. But the first step to getting help is in accepting you have a problem. I accepted it. Every time I cringed as I said, "Well, it's not that bad..." as I continued to play a game I'd long since grown tired of, I knew, deep down. Every time my facial ticks barely concealed my contempt whenever the game referred to Doctor Robotnik as Eggman, I knew, deep down. Every time I had to make excuses for a blue, naked-except-for-his-shoes, anthropomorphic hedgehog gittin' it own with a human princess, I knew, deep down.
It's over, people. Put the hedgehog down. Take him to the vets, get him the injection, and watch him slip softly into the night. Goodnight, sweet prince. You've earned your rest.
I'm still going to play it though.
After watching the recent videos of this I've cancelled my pre-order, the 2D sections look dull and the 3D parts basically play like 2D anyway for the most part but what's with all these other characters? I just want to play as Sonic and when you see the videos of a certain plumbers game that is due out, well this just looks incredibly dated at best by comparison
@johncalmc what was the last Sonic game you played though, other than Mania? Some of the newer ones have been pretty good. Not amazing by any stretch but nice to play on a Saturday afternoon. I'm hoping Forces hits around the 6's average and should therefore be "not bad".
I would agree with you more if every game since Adventure 2 was a 2/10 but that hasn't really been the case..
Edit: I saw your second comment. Damn straight.
@kyleforrester87 The last one I played was that mad one where there were four of you and Knuckles looked like an upside down triangle with bandages on his hands. It was garbage town. Although, I did somewhat enjoy Sonic 4 for a while but I never finished it.
Well, at least it doesn't have loot boxes!
Sorry
What?! A joke?! On a gaming website?! Let me get my pitchfork...
Its not really much of an article, just a statement. Its not what the author wants it to be therefore it must be cr*p. What the author has done is the same as judging a book based on what the cover is like.
@johncalmc Sonic Adventure 2 Battle.
That game is legitimately a timeless classic. Could play that game today & it would still hold up as a 'classic'.
@johncalmc i think that's Sonic Boom and yeah i played that too and it was bad but somehow i still had fun, i must be wired wrong
@get2sammyb Yet, he still wears that Sonic belt to EGX every year XD
God, this thread did not go well. 😅
@get2sammyb never change Sammy. If I wanted a paid off opinion I'd go to the big mainstream American sites. The snowflake replies have made my day. Personality over bland, keep it real.
@get2sammyb I’ve no interest in this game, but somehow I have read all the comments, so it’s not all a loss. I love the dry humor.
I’m pretty sure you can take a series I love and smash it playfully like this and I’d still laugh and just roll my eyes. So don’t fret, I think most of us got the whole tongue in cheek, hyperbolic sarcasm. At least it took our attention off loot boxes for a while.
...but it DOES look pretty bad guys. Come on. It made me smile.
@BLP_Software yup Taylor swift is horrible.
Is it just me or does it look heavily aliased? looks like its running on a ps3.
Deffo no where near the standards of Ratchet & Clank polish.
@Flaming_Kaiser @BLP_Software Taylor swift is horrible.believe that.word up
Lol I don't know what's worse people raising their pitchforks and axes being insulted by a joke article
or @get2sammyb thinking Sonic was ever good there is no such thing as good sonic game (except sonic 2)
And i have a Question Are Sonic's arms blue this time and will I be able to play as Sonichu this time.
Well, it looks miles better than those POS Knack games you champion so much.
Will likely outsell them by week1 too
@BraveFencerZan And we've never, ever made countless jokes about Knack!
Well I thought it was funny. Never understood people that have vitriol about an opinion on a genre or fictional character.
You should see the rubbish I get flung at me for liking walking sims. I don't go off on a sweary rant. I just sit back, do up my wooly cardigan, drink a hot herbal tea and continue to read the Guardian.
Wow this site continues to impress with its thoughtful and provoking articles about games.....
Looks fun to me. I just wish the whole game was 3D... I don't like the looks of the 2D segments. In a recent Digital Foundry video, they covered a new fan built 'open world' sonic game that looked amazing. that's what I want! Sonic Adventure 3 please.
@RyanSilberman Well it's like the guy works at comission lol
@shogunrok hehe, of course you have....like their review scores :]
I'm just poking fun too by the way. This need not be a one-way street heheh
This site is hilarious!Only been skimming the comments but the fact that Taylor Swift has somehow become subject matter in a Sonic article proves to me this is the site I'm going to stick with.
Oh and seeing that video just reminds me, I still haven't bought Sonic Mania yet.So that's good advertising for a probably better game.
@get2sammyb "God, this thread did not go well."
Beg to differ; it's the most enjoyable comment thread so far this week.
The fact that Pushsquare publishes the occasional tongue-in-cheek article and has genuine interaction with its readers is what I'm here for. Keep taking the risks guys, I think the majority of your readers really appreciate it.
@get2sammyb Legitimately speaking, I think some people are tired of every review site, professional or otherwise, ripping into Sonic without anyone really batting an eye. That "Sonic Was Never Good" thing with IGN was a blatant example. It feels like it's safe to trash Sonic, so to speak. I can live with the opinion as long as it's fair, but it doesn't feel like that all the time.
This article was a joke. Sarcasm on the internet is hard to see, but this felt like a silly article from the title. It helps that it's impossible to take "deal with it" seriously on web forums.
This game looks about as bad as every other 3D Sonic game. I won't say Sonic was never good, but 3D Sonic has only ever been mediocre at best. I'd rather just continue to see Sonic Mania games. That was fun.
I’ve been a fan of Sonic my entire life and it’s so disheartening to see gameplay like this after the passion that went into Mania. Or any other high profile 3rd party game tbh. The backgrounds look great and the art design for the level brings a nice different take to Chemical Plant but that gameplay is terrible. Honestly we’ve all played enough games to know how this plays just by watching it. It’s not only mostly on auto pilot, the homing attack and drill power takes away just about any agency you’d have to take out these enemies outside of pressing the button to use the attack. And that’s just the beginning really. Honestly as fans of the franchise like myself I wish we’d see less of people defending this type of thing rabidly and more criticism of what’s wrong (respectfully) so we can get better games. Don’t we want better games?
@JohnnyBastos Pathetic bare bones excuses for articles like these are actually frequent?
Wow, that settles it. I'm not visiting this site anymore.
@RyanSilberman please do stay away If all you’re gonna do is b*tch and moan Jesus Christ.
@playstation1995 ok I had to watch the video again to see if I missed something good...I didn't! Game looks boring, graphics are okish, enemies stay still like bowling pins!
But Sonic fans are like 'omg GOTTA GO FAST! If it goes fast it's gud'. Well guys let me tell you something...3D Sonic games suck! And in the 20 or so games released from the Sonic franchise only 3 or 4 are good, like the first one and Sonic Mania.
Get over it guys and check the reviews
@SuperNictendo you think with your brain, not with your heart! Most people here are blinded by nostalgia and can't accept that Sonic is gotta be the franchise with the most crap games out there! Sure it's got some good ones but boy...it has so many bad ones! And this one seems like more of the sames!
To me Sonic only works as a 2d platformer! When you try to put it on 3D it doesn't work well, the transition isn't as good as, for instance, Mario
@get2sammyb Wow, that's unprofessional, even for you.
Can't believe people are actually crying about him basically saying a sonic game is sh*t. Haha
I think it looks decent enough, but of course everyone is entitled to there own opinion. My advice is to stick to your own guns and not get offended when someone disagrees with you.
I finally got around to buying Sonic Mania this week. This article has served to remind me of the sort of guff I simply don't have to tolerate any more. Thank you.
Good to see that the spirit of SammyClassicSonicFan lives on in the sonic fanbase.
@Gremio108 Comparing Sonic Mania to this game is like...my god! Sonic Mania is good, this one looks like crap!
It looks like Sonic 4 in 3D.
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