I assume Sonic Forces’ character creation will be pretty enjoyable as well, as it looks pretty competent judging by the trailer alone. In several other games like Spore, The Sims, or whatever else you can think of, character creation is sometimes the best part of the whole game. Honestly speaking I think the idea of creating your own Sonic character that you can then actually play as in-game sounds pretty neat. It will certainly add fuel to the fire that is Sonic ridicule and parodies. There’s just such a prominent amount of controversy and internet memery surrounding the Sonic OC community these days, so much so that people will automatically draw parallels between that community and this newly unveiled OC creator. While I think it’s completely fine to be an OC creator, and personally appreciate that people enjoy Sonic’s design philosophy enough to provide their own take on it, I still have to admit that this is probably the worst possible time for a character creator or an “OC creator” to be implemented into an official Sonic title.

I find the artist Omiza-Zu on DeviantArt for example to whip up some very well designed, competent and at times quite adorable OC illustrations.īecause of all the cringe surrounding the Sonic OC community though, Sonic Forces’ newest introduced feature will and has already proved controversial both among fans and the general public. Of course this is not to say that there aren’t any good Sonic OC artists out there, in fact if you just do some quick digging around you’ll be able to find several OC artists with a better grasp on the visual arts, and maybe even several designs you actually enjoy looking at.

However when there’s as much bad and cringeworthy artwork relating to a franchise as there is with Sonic, then that’s going to leave some kind of impact with both its fans and the general public who happen to stumble across it. That’s not to say that if you happen to be like this yourself then you’re automatically a lesser person for it though, and I think absolutely anyone of any skill level should be allowed to draw whatever they want and enjoy doing it without being ridiculed or mocked for it. The existence of OC creators in general isn’t the problem though, the problem lies in how much of the Sonic OC community consists of autistic children who can’t draw.īecause of this the Sonic OC community is absolutely flooded with cringeworthy, goofy and downright weird or creepy looking designs that have made several bystanders question the overall sanity of Sonic fans, and you could certainly say that we have OC creators to thank for that. The Sonic fanbase as a whole isn’t exactly considered a very good one to begin with, and the existence of the OC community certainly hasn’t helped matters.

It’s a very big, as well as a very vocal part of the online Sonic community, and as such it has garnered quite the reputation for itself, unfortunately though that reputation is exceedingly negative these days. Sooooo….yeah, we recently received two brand new, shiny trailers for the upcoming Sonic game “Sonic Forces”, one gameplay trailer and one conceptual trailer, and what a concept it is! Basically you’ll now have the power to create your very own, canon OC Sonic character and play as him/her in Sonic Forces, and well, to be quite frank I’ve got some very mixed feelings on this new development…….obviously.Īs an adult and seasoned fan of Sonic I know a thing or two about the current Sonic fandom, so I realize just how substantial the Sonic OC or “Original Character” community truly is withing the fanbase (as in anyone who draws original character designs using the general design template of Sonic characters).

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