In a recent livestream for the upcoming Sonic Forces, it was announced that those looking for some hands on time prior to release will have their wishes fulfilled in the form of a demo, which is actually out now in Japan. However, the sampler -- which restricts play time to a minute -- won't be made available outside of the Land of the Rising Sun.
A slide from the presentation gives a rather odd reason for the Western omission, too. "We understand that there are probably some different sensibilities between how Western consumers would react to a 60 second demo of a game versus how Japanese consumers would. In particular, we know that it might seem like a really weird thing for those out here in the West. That is probably the reason you won't see the demo coming out here in the West."
Apparently we can't handle 60 seconds of Sonic "fun". It's not like we're really missing out on anything though, right?
[source resetera.com]
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They have to limit it to 60 seconds because otherwise everyone will realise how shite it is.
That's so weird. Can anyone that knows Japanese sensibilities better, tell me why they would like a minute long demo?
@NinjaWaddleDee They probably don't necessarily like it, they're just more willing to accept it, whereas Westerners will try it and go straight on NeoG---Reset Era to whine.
Full of cr*p. Better stay away from this one.
I had enough of it with the zero second demo, rather not waste my time with 60 seconds
60 seconds isn't a demo. These people are smoking some excellent drugs, which probably explains why Sonic Forces looks the way it does.
60 seconds? Probably takes longer to download than to "play".
Wow so much negativity as usual on Sonic Forces. The "demo" played great, it's essentially Sonic Generations 2 - which is not a bad thing by any means.
But it's cool to hate on Sonic, so go for it.
You can keep your sixty second demo.
Matter of fact, you might as well keep the whole game.
@get2sammyb "Stop being a hater!!!"
Then i remember Sonic Boom...
"Oh, you are right, carry on..."
well the demo is actually out in the SEA region in English/Chinese/Korean/Japanese. So it is out in English.
Gotta go fast..
Especially if it's only a minute.
Reminds me of those classics demos on smash Bros for Wii. Why don’t you try a 30 second demo of a 20 year old game to see if you like it?! No?
I like your site and read it daily but don't understand the campaign of negativity against Sonic Forces. Generations was well received and as I understand it Forces uses a similar, updated engine. Is it going a bit too far to call it 'bad' before you have played the finished game? Looking forward to your review of the game.
I tried the demo on the Switch and its just like every other 3D Sonic game, its a bit weird having a 60 second demo that largely plays itself though. The modern Sonic part was ok, the classic Sonic level was pretty good and the Avatar bit was dreadful. Oh and the presentation from booting the game to playing was embarrassing compared with Mania.
@get2sammyb so Japanese gamers will put up with any old bullocks? That would explain an awful lot..
I've been a staunch defender of Sonic Forces, but this has me worried...
@Fight_Teza_Fight why it's obviously just a gimmick on SEGAs part, Sonic is all about speed so a timed demo would make sense from a marketing point of view
like "are you fast enough?"
@get2sammyb I played the demo on my Switch and Forces is basically a messy auto runner. The graphics looked decent though ...for a Sonic game.
@FullbringIchigo It could be or it could be like how Sammy said.
60 seconds isn't enough to form an opinion, so as a demo it fails imo.
I don't play demos & I avoid gameplay trailers so I'm not sure how this will come out. Loved Sonic Generations so I'm cautiously optimistic, but I'll be waiting for reviews.
Wasn’t the Sonic Unleashed demo on the PS3 time restricted as well? I believe it was 60 seconds too...
You could get pretty far into the level in 60 seconds, and part of the challenge of the demo was trying to push farther each time.
So no one thought of increasing the length of the demo? I mean, it can't be worse than Knack 2's demo. Got bored of that so fast.
I think that if push square score forces a 7/10 or higher then Sammy should be forced to play all the poor sonic titles from across the last ten years back to back as penance
Ehh, the demo lasts longer than a couple of PSVR games I've bought.
Funny how I can hear Palpatine's words, when I read something related to this game : " I can FEEL your angER ! It gives you FOCUS ! Makes you STRONG ! Use it ! STRIKE ME DOWN !! " XD
I don't know, am I the only one who still think this game can be good ? Generations was good in my book. Not just OK, definitly good. As far as I can tell, FORCES seems to take this way... Don't you think ?
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