Sonic Forces does not try. Yes, the character customization is neat, and the reuniting of characters from across the series is a fun idea, but Sonic Forces feels tedious to play through. The gameplay for Sonic and your custom avatar are playable, but the stages are so short and the controls feel like "press a button to win" at many times throughout. Classic Sonic has the stiffest and least pleasant control scheme, and it feels like these levels happen a lot more often than the other two. The stages (and the whole game) are too short to be memorable, and while there are some gimmicks towards the latter stages of the game, many of them frustrate than add any type of excitement to the gameplay. Sonic Forces is unapologetically half-assed, ranging from boring to unplayable throughout its run-time.