@Thedylan0602 Sonic Fan: I am glad to hear that. We need more people like you to carry excitement for this game.

Well I'm excited too. I'm just a bit afraid of saying it because I usually have a bad feeling things won't always turn out like I hope they will.

The only thing I really do care about a Sonic game is the story, and this one seems to be a dozy.

Well, I can chalk up two main complaints I have.

• Not enough flexible variety when it comes to making Custom Avatar.

• The Classic stages look like they were made for Sonic Lost World.

I plan on keeping it to that two and not over-complain for a game I've yet to play.

@Mystic, that's because they designed the levels around Lost World's flow. lizuka said it himself.

But why? It was the second most poorly recieved modern Sonic game of our time next to Rise of Lyric.

Lizuka also said that what made Sonic gameplay so great was it's reliant on momentum through rugged terrain and angles, which was what Sonic Lost World and (to a degree by what is shown) Sonic Forces lacks.

It's why Project: Sonic 2017 Debute teaser specifically said "From the team that brought you Sonic Colours, Sonic Generations". Because Sonic Lost World barely passed as a Sonic game.

If anything I'm now compelled to add a third complaint to my list now that you mentioned it:

• The stages look flat with little appeal.

Probably because purchasing things for your custom avatar will be a requirement for the game, thus why the stages we've seen seems to be very generous when it comes to rings.

OK so yeah, I can complain about some of what I've seen so far. But I want to remain optimistic about it. I could complain that Green Hill Zone and Casino Forest look like early Sonic Lost World stages, but it could be these are the first stages in the game which is normal for the game to hold your hand for the first two levels in.

Maybe later stages for Classic Sonic will be more fleshed out like they were in Sonic Generations.

And yeah the new stages for all three characaters introduce seem to be overly generous with rings at times. But that can be because lives are no longer an issue thus "death" being the loss of your rings be the major draw-back of the game. You probably need those rings to buy equipment for your avatar.

But again I believe these stages are beginner stages. I'm sure the later stages will be more fleshed out and the over-all story will really bring these stages together.

two things one: When was this recorded, there are no enemies in this zone. Two: wish they fused balloon park from sonic 3 multiplayer instead of casino night with the wood zone.

The lack of enemies in Casino forest makes me wonder this games development history. If I remember correctly they had been working on it since lost world. So not having enemies means that they showed a really old version of the level or they didn't start as soon as they said.

I (sort of) agree with you Lucky. There is a few enemies while the spike-balls could be regarded as the staple threat of the stage.

I know Casino stages are usually generous with rings, but Casino Forest appears too generous with the rings, with little cost for being greedy. 0:38 and 0:45 for example. Especially 2:08 which covers a large area with excessive rings.

And let's not forget Tag Team version of Green Hill Zone where Sonic and his new friend enter the pyramid base. That place had rings through the wazoo!