Sonic Forces
| Sonic Forces | |
|---|---|
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| Franchise | Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Developed by | Sonic Team |
| Published by | Sega |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch |
| Release date | November 7, 2017 |
| Genre | Platform |
| Details | |
| Played by | |
| Featuring | |
| Intro theme |
"Green Hill Zone" by TOY |
| Outro theme |
"Egg Reverie Zone" by Tee Lopes |
| Original run |
November 8 – December 25, 2017 |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
| Episode length | 14–28 minutes |
| Playlist | link |
| Playlist length | 5:16:32 |
| The Super Sonic Let's Play | |
| Preceded by | Sonic Mania |
| Followed by | Sonic Shuffle |
Sonic Forces is a 2017 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It is part of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, and a partial sequel to Sonic Mania, released earlier in the same year. The gameplay, reminiscent of Sonic Generations, allows for the player to control both "classic" and "modern" versions of Sonic, with the former's stages inspired by the 2D games, and the latter's by the 3D games. A third, unnamed character only referred to as the "Avatar", is customizable by the player, and has a unique playstyle inspired by the use of various tools and weapons. The plot, primarily set six months after the world was conquered by a group of villains led by Eggman and the mysterious Infinite, follows Sonic and his allies as they lead a resistance against Eggman. A DLC pack named "Episode Shadow", released the same day as the game, serves as a short prequel to the story, with the player controlling Shadow the Hedgehog.
Sonic Forces was covered on The D-Pad before its release in an episode of The D-Pad Reacts focusing on its announcement trailer, released on July 26, 2016. The Nintendo Switch version of the game was then played in full upon its release, as the forty-sixth game in The Super Sonic Let's Play. The LP consisted of 17 episodes; 16 covering the main story, and a bonus episode covering Episode Shadow, released on weekdays from November 8 to December 25, 2017.
Episodes
This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused on October 30, 2023.
| TSSLP# | TDPR# | Title | Length | Host(s) | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 4 | "HIT THE GROUND RUNNING - The D-Pad reacts to Sonic Mania & Sonic Forces" | 10:40 | Rick, John, C/J | July 26, 2016 |
| TSSLP# | Episode | Title | Length | Player(s) | Commentator(s) | Release date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 342 | 1 | "We Need the Scary Violins" | 17:53 | Rick, Ben | John | November 8, 2017 | ||||||
| 343 | 2 | "This Seems Like I'm Doing Things" | 16:16 | Rick | John, Ben | November 9, 2017 | ||||||
| 344 | 3 | "Itchin' for a Bitchin'" | 15:54 | John | Rick, Ben | November 10, 2017 | ||||||
| 345 | 4 | "Nighttime in the Asteroid Belt" | 17:20 | John | Rick | November 13, 2017 | ||||||
| 346 | 5 | "Your Insistence Is Futile" | 20:02 | John | Rick, C/J | November 14, 2017 | ||||||
| 347 | 6 | "Space Pork Apple Play" | 14:12 | Rick | John, C/J | November 15, 2017 | ||||||
| 348 | 7 | "Carnivals Are in the Woods" | 16:38 | C/J, John | Rick, Sarah | November 16, 2017 | ||||||
| 349 | 8 | "We're All Gonna Die, Hooray!" | 17:33 | Rick | John, C/J, Sarah | November 17, 2017 | ||||||
| 350 | 9 | "The Shitty Topaz" | 14:55 | John | Rick, C/J, Sarah | November 20, 2017 | ||||||
| 351 | 10 | "That's a Lotta Damage" | 16:34 | John, Sarah | Rick, C/J | November 21, 2017 | ||||||
| 352 | 11 | "Every Five Years" | 24:00 | Rick, C/J, John | Sarah | November 22, 2017 | ||||||
| 353 | 12 | "Gotta Go Slow" | 19:10 | John | Rick, Ian, Ben, Lindsay | December 11, 2017 | ||||||
| 354 | 13 | "Fanfiction: The Game" | 17:06 | John | Rick, Ian, Ben, Lindsay | December 12, 2017 | ||||||
| 355 | 14 | "So Bad It's Good" | 15:57 | John | Rick, C/J, Ian, Ben, Lindsay[a] | December 13, 2017 | ||||||
| 356 | 15 | "Good Thing We're Not Normal" | 17:58 | John | Rick, Ian, Ben, Lindsay | December 14, 2017 | ||||||
| 357 | 16 | "Friending Him to Death" | 28:25 | John | Rick, Ian, Ben, Lindsay | December 15, 2017 | ||||||
| Episode Shadow | ||||||||||||
| 358 | * | "I AM NOT WEAK" | 26:39 | C/J | Rick, Ben | December 25, 2017 | ||||||
Gallery
Trivia
- Sonic Forces is the 250th game to be played on The D-Pad.
- The "Episode Shadow" episode of the LP was uploaded as one of the channel's 2017 Christmas specials, and uses a Christmas-themed version of the usual thumbnail.
Notes
- ↑ In this episode, C/J appears only in an on-mic phone call.