I'm actually apart of that 0.2 percent! I haven't finished the video yet but the main thing I remember is collecting the 100,000 rings by replaying the same level for hours on end and just turning my brain off during it
I’m also one of the few who has this platinum. I’m surprised since the plat isn’t even hard at all. It’s just so mind numbingly boring that no one bothered going for it.
@@mastertrainergamingSo do I. I found this one of the easiest platinums I’ve gotten, but just incredibly tedious. This game is just not fun and ridiculously easy (and short. It’s great when most of your stages are barely 2-4 mins, yeah? 😂)
The biggest problem with some of the boss stages is that the clock is STILL ticking between phases. That's what I hate most about the Death Egg Robot boss and was glad I did that first.
I love how everyone is united on what the worst trophy to get is haha - I was unemployed for a month in early 2018 and that was the only motivation I had to crack on with Ring King. I STILL haven’t returned to the game since
Personally, I feel like the best grind spot for Ring King is Prison Hall. Being an earlier stage, it's easier, you can collect 999 rings in about the same amount of time, and you don't have the double boost quick time events. It is awful, though. By the time I cleared the rest of the list minus that one, I was sitting at about 51,000 rings. This means that yes, you have to just play the same stage over and over again at 999 rings until it eventually pops. Congrats on clearing the list.
I used imperial tower and it was a very boring experience, really bad design to have to just grind out the same level over and over again, even when everything is is 100% completed
The Ring King is the worst one for me as well. I like to grind Imperial Tower because you end up with 999 rings at the end of it if you take the burst path as a wolf, but maybe it's better to play Arsenal Pyramid, like you said, since that stage is a lot easier to do without messing up. Edit: I loved doing the Sonic Generations 100%, so I hope to see that next. Unfortunately, I had an issue with the Time Attacker achivements for almost a whole year, but eventually I got lucky and it worked!
Yeah, I think Arsenal Pyramid is just the right balance between easy and quick tbh. I still fluffed it a lot, but thats what happens when you dont watch the screen haha! I got all achievements on Generations on my Xbox 360 years and years ago, but I dont have that or the account anymore, so I'll likely be getting a Series console for the achievements in time; I dont know when I'll do Generations, but I'll definitely be doing it at some point!
Great Video!!! As someone who is trying to get the platinum trophey for this game I gotta say so far its hasn't been that bad just boring. I kinda had fun getting the red,number and moon rings in the stages . The only think I'm not looking forward is beating the stages in a certain time (especially classic sonic cause his stages are the worst in my opinion). I'm not looking foward for the rings achievement, I haven't even got ring collector yet 😓. But nonetheless great video earn my sub!!
I actually felt the most fun when doing the timed missions. Its where Sonic really shines in general; speeding through, trying to beat your previous time. No matter what the game is, using your limited controls and getting to the end as best as possible is funno matter what! Thanks for the sub, more soon!
I really don't remember suffering with the Ring King achievement... though I admitedly played more Sonic Forces than probably anyone on the planet, so I believe I just got it naturally
As some French Content creators I know said resumes what this game really is: An Insult! To the Fans, the developers, the consumers, and to SEGA, literally EVERYONE!
I went through a bunch of Sonic games back in June on Steam to get all the achievements - had to finish this one, Lost World, and Colors Ultimate. I will say this one was the hardest of the three; I even used Hedgemod Manager to cut down the grind for those last few Ring collection achievements (who the hell thought claiming 100,000 was a good idea?!?) and that STILL took an obnoxious amount of time. Kudos to you for doing it legit!
I got to be apart of that 0.2% a little over a month ago, along with 100%ing the game itself, one of the WORST experiences of my life, respect the hell out of you, its hard
@@mastertrainergaming oh god.... welp, good luck with that too, I've also done that 100%, if you do it, props and respect to you, if not, then I'll be at your funeral, its that bad
I really appreciate your kind words! I'm going to work through some of the Playstation trophies but also get an Xbox for some of the games like Unleashed, 06 and Generations, which will be cool :)
Forces had so much potential, but due to either poor planning or lack of time or resources, it ended up falling short. At least with Frontiers, things are going in the right direction again for the video games. I never attempted to 100% Forces (mainly due to my lack of interest) so more power to you for doing so. Especially since it looks tedious and painful.
Yeah, as much as I dislike this game, I'll always stand by that the story and Infinite have a massive potential that was just not realised at all. With Frontiers, I'm hopeful for the future of the 3D Sonic games.
@@mastertrainergaming I was so angry with how the game was done, ESPECIALLY with Infinite. Infinite has such a cool design, voice, AND set of powers! They totally ruined it! >:(
Really well played i did this in a single sitting speedrun last year took me 32 hours to do when i went in for a first playthrough and it was something let me tell you i could get that time down a lot if i practiced
As someone who 100% forces on Xbox. I wonder what they were thinking when making achievements and why they decided it was a good idea to make 3 different collectibles that can only be collected after all of the previous collectibles are already collected.
When this game was coming out. I was around 13 in high school and was ecstatic for this game. When it came out, I really enjoyed it and thought it was really good. Replaying it years later, turns out younger me was wrong and this could’ve been better, I still find it somewhat fun but it could’ve been a LOT better.
Awesome video man, always love a good trophy hunt. That grind... looks painful, haha. Good on you for making it through, I reckon I'll be doing it myself at some point
I literally kept playing the last oc level on hard mode to get 999 rings each attempt until I got Ring King. That achievement took me a long time to complete.
I’m part of the 0.2% did it back in high school about a few months after the game released. I beat the game and decided to go for it since all the hard challenges were all I needed to do. In summary, getting plat in Frontiers was a harder flex than this fucking game.
@@mastertrainergaming I know it was easier, I’m saying I’d rather claim platting Frontiers over Forces because at least Frontiers was more enjoyable to 100%
there's a funny video where someone beats two levels with one hand, mainly by Boosting. oh, and i like the way you made your second Avatar look like Amy!
Mmmm, thats a great way to put it. It has enjoyable moments, as I mention in the video; getting the timed missions done was enjoyable in some cases. But its not a good game, its just functional really.
I commend you brave soldier! Currently on my way to 100%ing every Sonic game on steam right now and recentley started the forces grind. This is definatley a low point especially after slogging through colors ultimate. Loved the video, can't wait to see more
@mastertrainergaming not so much a grind as just kind if boring. Replaying the whole game for challenge mode, the asteroid coaster boss S rank is notoriously a NIGHTMARE to get so prepare for that. Other than that really not the worst, just a little boring and back-tracky :) I think doing colours ultimate and forces back to back was just not the play haha
The whole tease of Chaos 0 is one of the worst offences in Forces. Marketing implying these epic boss fights were in there, only for next to nothing to happen.
I breezed through the game in like a day and felt no desire to return to complete it. You’re much stronger than I am, and you have 100% earned the right to wear the gamer hat
One of the .2 percent here! I'm absolutely certain that it being so low is not because it's difficult, but because it's _just that bad_ of a game. Probably better than Boom, but nothing else. As for my grind spot, I used the Avatar level you play to free Sonic. I don't remember what it's called, but it's early, and I could easily bank max rings each time. Still a massive pain though.
The Sonic Forces Platinum trophy was one of the first ones I got on the PS4, honestly I didn't find it that difficult, just time consuming. Sonic Generations gave me a little more work and Sonic Unleashed I couldn't even imagine doing it.
I just platinumed this game 2 days ago, and I honestly kinda enjoyed learning the stages and playing better over time as a result (don't get me wrong, it's still a flawed game). I'm surprised no one considers grinding out Secret 6 for Ring King. With the void wispon and bird species' double jump, you can optimize your run to finish the stage in under 20 seconds with 360 rings
I got this game at launch and got the platinum before rather easily before moving onto a new game, and I enjoyed it. The only thing I didn't really like was clearing the final boss sequence in 4.5 mins. I had to look up a big for a strategy on that one.
Glad to be a part of the 0.2 percent! The worst moments for me were completing the final boss in 270 seconds and that awful rings/enemies grind. The Platinum playthrough also kinda killed my interst in the game completely, so now I can only stomach playing it for a couple of minutes (even though I got the trophy 5 years ago).
This platnium trophy seems easy but my god the grind is insane Having to play all stages AGAIN for 4 times??? And 100K rings took me no joke 2 hours of straight grinding but I eventually got it and it's DLC
Yeah, I'm doing Mania atm and loving it; the trophies are made pretty well and promote exploration well. Thats how trophies should be done, not boring grindfests
I'm also part of that 0.2% with the Plat trophy and I remember how many days it tooked me to finish that damn ring grind. Among all the Sonic games I had plat'd, Forces was the worst one, by far.
Lets goo 💪🏾 I got the plat for this game 😇 I didnt know the percent was so low, I just love Sonic too much lol I should have did Arsenal pyramid, I did the I think second to last stage (you use hover wisp on it and it has a very sad like song, the light is fading from our workd or something like that.) and thats how I got ring king. It deff was a grind.
As someone who got the last collectibles yesterday this vid hits close to home, i only have a few time trails and then the 100k rings left til i get plat
Thanks to a certain uh... Global Pandemic, I was finally able to get this Platinum on PS4. Glad I wasn't the only one who braved their way through it. Cheers all!
I have Sonic Forces on Xbox One, so I have got all achievements. And yes I agree, the ring grind is SO BORING!! I think I was listening to reddit stories when I was doing that.
I'm glad somebody else agrees Forces had good ideas (particularly Infinite) but almost definitely got screwed over by... something behind the scenes. Before Frontiers I was convinced Sonic Team was trying to bring "modern" Sonic back to the 2000s with Forces but just couldn't and that it would hopefully mean the next game would actually be good, and then it was.
Ugh, the ring grind killed me back when I finished this game in 2017. Sadly I know I’m crazy enough to do it again whenever I feel like finishing the Steam version.
As a huge sonic fan, Forces was such a huge disappointment. Saying it was made by the generation team was a farce. Also side note, Im the first platinum earner on Forces 😂
The funny part is, they stretched the truth as thin as possible. The old staff was infact involved at some point, just of course they were gone by the time actual physical development was done.
I haven't played Sonic Forces (nor do I have any plans to), but that 100K ring achievement reminds me of the Pop 100K Puyo in Puyo Puyo Champions. I don't know why Sega wants people to grind their games til they aren't fun anymore.
15:29 Someone should of told him about Imperial Tower... Hover Wispon, One and a Half Minutes and a guaranteed 999 rings halfway through the stage. (1500+ rings if there was no damn ring cap...)
@mastertrainergaming Pretty much, skip the first hover capsule, then after the first spring, you use hover for the rest of the level, flying over everything and getting lots of +10 rings along the way. Edit: Just tried it again. For the level, it's 1:45 after optimising the run, but you don't have to sit through double boost every time. Prison Hall with void is also an option to get 999 rings for around 2 min. Either way, mixing it up the level every so often is better than grinding the same stage.
Same, I love ticking off achievement boxes, especially when they get you to do really fun little challenges (I think Unleashed and Mania do this really well, excited to make videos on them!)
You can beat Infinite in like 30 seconds (not counting transitions from phase 1 to phase 2) as the Avatar by using the Burst wispon, waiting until he lands, the melt him, literally. You can do this for both phases. I did this on Nintendo Switch. I don't know if it's different between consoles, but probably not.
Yeah I just straight up wasnt paying attention, was really sick whilst recording the footage. Not a massive excuse, but yeah, not the best recording of it hahaha
Honestly i can sum up this platinum and achievement collection in one word. GRINDING. No joke this game you will be literally GRINDING your life to finish some of these achievements because the game doesn't keep track of the new unholy trinity: Rings. Enemies. And avatar exp
The lowest point for me was nabbing all the red rings in Classic Sonic's Green Hill; specifically the one near the end of the level where you have to launch yourself onto a platform that breaks if you're not quick enough.
@@Makaibros I got a CD compliation of songs from that era of Smash, and there are some incredible songs that work reaaaally well for this type of content.
@@mastertrainergaming In this boss especifically You don't jump when he ground pound the arena You just focus on not getting hit When the boss ground pound the arena you will automatically be launched, and then you hit him
Me and my brother played this game all in one sitting yesterday, and OH MY GOSH IT WAS SO BRAIN ROTTING! The best way I can explain it, was like we were playing a bad beat 'em up game where all you do is mash the X button for 3.2 hours and then it's over. I was super tired by the end of it, this game is literally just the game of all time.
14:27 this damn mission is making me want to stop going for platinum for this game idk who got payed for that 😭 Edit I did yesterday it wasn’t that bad
I'm apart of the 0.2 percent and got that in 2021. I'm also a speedrunner, so completing the speedrunning missions were very easy. Ironically, I played this game a lot more than Sonic Mania (I have nothing against Sonic Mania, I just couldn't get myself to play it often). Sonic Forces was ironically a fun game to speedrun but sucks ass playing casually. For completing missions, I opt for drill (with the abilities to stop on a dime and gain a burst of speed after stomping) as it's objectively not only the best wispon but is also stupidly OP in offense (deals a lot of damage to bosses), defense (just holding the charge makes you invincible), and movement (self-explanatory). As for getting ring king, I opt for hover with the magnet ability, and I chose Imperial Tower because its short (duh) and all the rings are in the air, most of them being I believe 10 rings. By the end of the level, you'll always have 999 rings.
This game has been on my list incomplete since April. I really need to get it done. Will be such a relief to finally get it done. I'm glad I finally have confirmation that I just need to play the same level for the ring trophies.
Yeah, I've seen people say Prison Hall and Imperial Tower are also good for rings, but I personally found Arsenal Pyramid an easy yet boring grind. Your call. Get that platinum!
@@mastertrainergaming Yeah I will be going back to it. The rings was the thing putting me off but now I realise it's not hard and just a grind. I don't mind a grind as long as I have plenty of podcasts to listen to while I play.
I wish, i had all achievements in forces, but i must replay the whole game because for the achievement, where you must clear all missions (the xbox hasn't count 1 mission and i don't know which one) and that's why i haven't the last achievement. But yeah, the ring achievement has also taking me many days to get the amount of rings, even with the purple wisp's power.
I remember doing this! If I remember, the hardest part for me was Classic Sonic chemical plant, speed running the final infinite fight and ofcorse any time I played as Classic Sonic in general.
Chemical Plant was hard, but only because the physics suck so badly that it didn't get where you intended half the time. Glad Superstars handles better.
I’m a point two percent player. Got my platinum when the game was free in PS+. I don’t remember a particular trophy being a pain, just a whole lotta grind and restarts.
I'm part of it. Also I have all Sonic's platinum. The most terrible and difficult one is the Sonic and All Star Racing Transformed for psvita and Sonic Unleashed for Ps3. Sonic Forces was actually enjoyable to me.
For the two bosses that the avatar fights, you should have given him the burst wispon. All you do is hold down the trigger button, and the stream of fire from it never goes away till you let go of it. You can easily shave off half of infnite's and the death egg's helath by doing so making the progress a whole lot faster
@@mastertrainergaming I mean the game does give you Asteroid capsules lol,but i second preferring Burst for that fight and really most Fights in the game
@@xamp_exclammark that’s what I hate about the OC levels. You can only use the wisp tied to the respectable wispon. If you get one that doesn’t match it, they don’t do diddley squat
I platinum this game a few months ago and posted it on UA-cam and remember how annoying it was with the 100k rings but I don’t forget it cuz platinum is a platinum 😂😂😂
now i feel bad as i beat this game and got the plat in about a month... kinda was enjoying the music and just kept replaying some stages, that and miscounted the timer for the final boss and got that bad boy down to if memory serves like 3 mins... this was one of the more easier plats for the sonic ps4 era of games, even easier then sonic generations imho,
I'm actually apart of that 0.2 percent! I haven't finished the video yet but the main thing I remember is collecting the 100,000 rings by replaying the same level for hours on end and just turning my brain off during it
Yeah, theres a reason why I called it the horror. Its just so tedious.
Same, I did that method for an Entire Night.
Prison Hall, Void Wispon
I’m also one of the few who has this platinum. I’m surprised since the plat isn’t even hard at all. It’s just so mind numbingly boring that no one bothered going for it.
@@muffetmissulena6540 Yeah, exactly why I called it the horror. Its the most tedious thing to do, I dont blame people for not lpatinuming it
As someone who got every achievement in forces, I can agree I regret it.
We are the 0.2% and we regret so much
Welcome to the club. I think 06 is better than Forces.
@@Katakuna15
and then there is project 06
a fan game remaster I so recommend
@@creeperchumsworth1219 I played P-06 and I loved it.
@@mastertrainergamingSo do I. I found this one of the easiest platinums I’ve gotten, but just incredibly tedious. This game is just not fun and ridiculously easy (and short. It’s great when most of your stages are barely 2-4 mins, yeah? 😂)
The biggest problem with some of the boss stages is that the clock is STILL ticking between phases. That's what I hate most about the Death Egg Robot boss and was glad I did that first.
Yeah I got angry haha
I love how everyone is united on what the worst trophy to get is haha - I was unemployed for a month in early 2018 and that was the only motivation I had to crack on with Ring King. I STILL haven’t returned to the game since
I dont blame you! Its definitely the worst.
Personally, I feel like the best grind spot for Ring King is Prison Hall. Being an earlier stage, it's easier, you can collect 999 rings in about the same amount of time, and you don't have the double boost quick time events. It is awful, though. By the time I cleared the rest of the list minus that one, I was sitting at about 51,000 rings. This means that yes, you have to just play the same stage over and over again at 999 rings until it eventually pops.
Congrats on clearing the list.
Thank you! I found Arsenal Pyramid a much easier grind but yeah, Prison Hall and Imperial Tower seem like good spots too
I used imperial tower and it was a very boring experience, really bad design to have to just grind out the same level over and over again, even when everything is is 100% completed
@@BobbyWoody429 Oh, let's not even kid ourselves there. Ring King is boring, no working around that one.
The Ring King is the worst one for me as well. I like to grind Imperial Tower because you end up with 999 rings at the end of it if you take the burst path as a wolf, but maybe it's better to play Arsenal Pyramid, like you said, since that stage is a lot easier to do without messing up.
Edit: I loved doing the Sonic Generations 100%, so I hope to see that next. Unfortunately, I had an issue with the Time Attacker achivements for almost a whole year, but eventually I got lucky and it worked!
Yeah, I think Arsenal Pyramid is just the right balance between easy and quick tbh. I still fluffed it a lot, but thats what happens when you dont watch the screen haha!
I got all achievements on Generations on my Xbox 360 years and years ago, but I dont have that or the account anymore, so I'll likely be getting a Series console for the achievements in time; I dont know when I'll do Generations, but I'll definitely be doing it at some point!
I vaguely recall that I played the Avatar Death Egg level a whole bunch
I remember there being a ex stage for capital city/metropolis which gave you 999 rings in about about 20 seconds...even still it was painful
@@sonicrunn3r895same
Oh my God I laughed so hard during certain parts, especially watching you grind Rings like a mad man 🤣🤣
Glad it was entertaining! I've got more of these videos cooking!
Getting all the achievements for me wasn’t bad. I did the smart thing of replaying stages with good music and watch Breaking Bad on the side.
This is the way
@@mastertrainergaming that is the only way to preserve your sanity playing sonic feces (haha funny joke right? right????)
@@Damian-cilr2 XD?
@@Damian-cilr2It's not a joke, it's reality.
this is what i did but i was watching prison break
0:00 Intro
0:27 Beat The Story
6:53 Get All Collectables
14:13 The Horror
17:30 Conclusion
Yeee
Great Video!!! As someone who is trying to get the platinum trophey for this game I gotta say so far its hasn't been that bad just boring. I kinda had fun getting the red,number and moon rings in the stages . The only think I'm not looking forward is beating the stages in a certain time (especially classic sonic cause his stages are the worst in my opinion). I'm not looking foward for the rings achievement, I haven't even got ring collector yet 😓. But nonetheless great video earn my sub!!
I actually felt the most fun when doing the timed missions. Its where Sonic really shines in general; speeding through, trying to beat your previous time. No matter what the game is, using your limited controls and getting to the end as best as possible is funno matter what!
Thanks for the sub, more soon!
I really don't remember suffering with the Ring King achievement... though I admitedly played more Sonic Forces than probably anyone on the planet, so I believe I just got it naturally
Thats fair! My suffering came from grinding it as quick as I could, but if you enjoyed playing the game then it wouldn't have felt like that :)
As some French Content creators I know said resumes what this game really is: An Insult! To the Fans, the developers, the consumers, and to SEGA, literally EVERYONE!
Yeah we gotta make sure that Sonic Team know not to make a game like this again for real
@@mastertrainergaming
I doubt they'll ever truly learn.
I went through a bunch of Sonic games back in June on Steam to get all the achievements - had to finish this one, Lost World, and Colors Ultimate. I will say this one was the hardest of the three; I even used Hedgemod Manager to cut down the grind for those last few Ring collection achievements (who the hell thought claiming 100,000 was a good idea?!?) and that STILL took an obnoxious amount of time. Kudos to you for doing it legit!
I got to be apart of that 0.2% a little over a month ago, along with 100%ing the game itself, one of the WORST experiences of my life, respect the hell out of you, its hard
Im puttingmyself through 06 too at some point
@@mastertrainergaming oh god.... welp, good luck with that too, I've also done that 100%, if you do it, props and respect to you, if not, then I'll be at your funeral, its that bad
Great video! Respect the dedication and cant wait to see more of this style from you in the future.
I really appreciate your kind words! I'm going to work through some of the Playstation trophies but also get an Xbox for some of the games like Unleashed, 06 and Generations, which will be cool :)
Forces had so much potential, but due to either poor planning or lack of time or resources, it ended up falling short. At least with Frontiers, things are going in the right direction again for the video games.
I never attempted to 100% Forces (mainly due to my lack of interest) so more power to you for doing so. Especially since it looks tedious and painful.
Yeah, as much as I dislike this game, I'll always stand by that the story and Infinite have a massive potential that was just not realised at all. With Frontiers, I'm hopeful for the future of the 3D Sonic games.
@@mastertrainergaming I was so angry with how the game was done, ESPECIALLY with Infinite. Infinite has such a cool design, voice, AND set of powers! They totally ruined it! >:(
Really well played i did this in a single sitting speedrun last year took me 32 hours to do when i went in for a first playthrough and it was something let me tell you i could get that time down a lot if i practiced
Thank you! Thats...a lot of time!
yeah i didn't know how hard it was going to be until i was already a good way through it @@mastertrainergaming
As someone who 100% forces on Xbox. I wonder what they were thinking when making achievements and why they decided it was a good idea to make 3 different collectibles that can only be collected after all of the previous collectibles are already collected.
Artificially increasing playtime of the game maybe?
@@mastertrainergamingYeah, If I made a “triple A” game that takes 2 hours to complete I’d honestly have implemented the same feature 😅
When this game was coming out. I was around 13 in high school and was ecstatic for this game. When it came out, I really enjoyed it and thought it was really good. Replaying it years later, turns out younger me was wrong and this could’ve been better, I still find it somewhat fun but it could’ve been a LOT better.
Glad you can still find fun in it!
This video made me buy the game on PlayStation just to go platinum, thank you
Sony should pay me a commission hahaha
I’ll be so honest I absolutely loved getting this platinum when I did it, my top 5 favourite platinum trophies I’ve achieved
Thats awesome!
Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory is probably in your top 5 then
I really regret doing this twice, once on Xbox and the other on Steam. Around 50 hours of my life I will never get back
TWICE?? You poor thing.
*SEGA:* You got the "Freedom Fighter" trophy!
*Me:* 😠How dare you speak their name, stand where they once stood...
I thought the same!!
Awesome video man, always love a good trophy hunt. That grind... looks painful, haha. Good on you for making it through, I reckon I'll be doing it myself at some point
Thank you so much! I wish you the best!
I literally kept playing the last oc level on hard mode to get 999 rings each attempt until I got Ring King. That achievement took me a long time to complete.
I just saw that another Sonic game I'm planning on doing has a trophy called Ring King and I'm frustrated
I’m part of the 0.2% did it back in high school about a few months after the game released. I beat the game and decided to go for it since all the hard challenges were all I needed to do. In summary, getting plat in Frontiers was a harder flex than this fucking game.
Idk I found Frontiers easy to platinum (so much so that I'm gonna do it again for this channel)
@@mastertrainergaming I know it was easier, I’m saying I’d rather claim platting Frontiers over Forces because at least Frontiers was more enjoyable to 100%
Congratulations DUDEEE!!!!! I looked at the trophy’s on PlayStation I just can’t do it myself but nice platinum!!
Thanks! 😁
You are an absolute madman. I couldn’t even do this with all the willpower in the world.
And I'm gonna do it for all the Sonic games I can get my hands on too.
@@mastertrainergaming have you done SA2 yet? Because that’s the game I’m trying to 100% at the moment
Not for beef but this platinum is EXTREMELY easy, its just at lot grindy and sometimes grindy, but I have this. Its not a big deal.
Besides a few time trials, it was absolutely easy. Its a boring, tedious grind that most players dont (rightly) put up with
there's a funny video where someone beats two levels with one hand, mainly by Boosting.
oh, and i like the way you made your second Avatar look like Amy!
Knock off Amy haha
Wow, didn’t know I was part of that >1% that have the Platinum lol. I think the Game can be Enjoyable but I wouldn’t call it Good.
Mmmm, thats a great way to put it. It has enjoyable moments, as I mention in the video; getting the timed missions done was enjoyable in some cases. But its not a good game, its just functional really.
I commend you brave soldier! Currently on my way to 100%ing every Sonic game on steam right now and recentley started the forces grind. This is definatley a low point especially after slogging through colors ultimate. Loved the video, can't wait to see more
Sonic Colours Ultimate is one of the next titles I'm considering (after Mania), is it a real grind then?
And thank you, I really appreciate that! :)
@mastertrainergaming not so much a grind as just kind if boring. Replaying the whole game for challenge mode, the asteroid coaster boss S rank is notoriously a NIGHTMARE to get so prepare for that. Other than that really not the worst, just a little boring and back-tracky :)
I think doing colours ultimate and forces back to back was just not the play haha
@@TwoEzDragon Ahhh I get what you mean. I forgot about Egg Shuttle haha.
Yeah, sounds like a bit of a rough back to back set. Done Frontiers yet?
I don't know what was worse, chaos not getting a boss fight or zavok being a weak point for a giant bee boss
The whole tease of Chaos 0 is one of the worst offences in Forces. Marketing implying these epic boss fights were in there, only for next to nothing to happen.
I breezed through the game in like a day and felt no desire to return to complete it. You’re much stronger than I am, and you have 100% earned the right to wear the gamer hat
I'll never drop the gamer hat
6:50 I KNEW THAT WAS COMING YESSSS LAD
One of the .2 percent here! I'm absolutely certain that it being so low is not because it's difficult, but because it's _just that bad_ of a game. Probably better than Boom, but nothing else.
As for my grind spot, I used the Avatar level you play to free Sonic. I don't remember what it's called, but it's early, and I could easily bank max rings each time. Still a massive pain though.
Yeah, its absolutely because of the tedium of playing this game.
He seriously read every comment, huh. Honestly, respect the commitment.
Thank you!
I swear it was more than 0.2% (somehow part of)but that ring trophy was different
That's what it was saying on my PS5
The Sonic Forces Platinum trophy was one of the first ones I got on the PS4, honestly I didn't find it that difficult, just time consuming.
Sonic Generations gave me a little more work and Sonic Unleashed I couldn't even imagine doing it.
Yeah, its not a hard one to do, its just time consuming.
Gens and Unleashed will be fun videos to make
I just platinumed this game 2 days ago, and I honestly kinda enjoyed learning the stages and playing better over time as a result (don't get me wrong, it's still a flawed game). I'm surprised no one considers grinding out Secret 6 for Ring King. With the void wispon and bird species' double jump, you can optimize your run to finish the stage in under 20 seconds with 360 rings
Hmmm thats a really interesting strategy for the Ring King trophy!
This game is super rough. I’m actually having trouble with it myself
I got this game at launch and got the platinum before rather easily before moving onto a new game, and I enjoyed it. The only thing I didn't really like was clearing the final boss sequence in 4.5 mins. I had to look up a big for a strategy on that one.
The ones who platnumed team sonic racing are in the history books
I will join the 0.1% soon, its already in the works
True Pain: Gather every Sonic Forces Achievement/Trophy across all 3 platforms.
No I'm not doing that
Glad to be a part of the 0.2 percent! The worst moments for me were completing the final boss in 270 seconds and that awful rings/enemies grind. The Platinum playthrough also kinda killed my interst in the game completely, so now I can only stomach playing it for a couple of minutes (even though I got the trophy 5 years ago).
Yeah, I never wanna touch this again
This platnium trophy seems easy but my god the grind is insane
Having to play all stages AGAIN for 4 times??? And 100K rings took me no joke 2 hours of straight grinding but I eventually got it and it's DLC
Yeah, its a grind. Its not hard, its just boring as hell.
The number and silver moons is what stop me oh and a few timed missions
Some of the timed missions are rouughhhhh
@@mastertrainergaming tbh almost miss trying
I am on my way to getting the platinum trophy, but holy moly it is a pain. I also have been playing the game since 2020, so I understand.
One of us! One of us!
Best of luck with finishing the platinum!
I remember getting this on the Xbox. I feel your pain on that ring collection. Such a massive grind and unnecessary achievements.
Yeah, I'm doing Mania atm and loving it; the trophies are made pretty well and promote exploration well. Thats how trophies should be done, not boring grindfests
@@mastertrainergaming 100% agreed there.
oh my Lord I forgot how mind-numbing this game really is
Yeah pretty much
I just got this Platinum Trophy about fifteen minutes ago. A loveable and dreadful grind all at once.
Part of the 0.2%!!
I'm also part of that 0.2% with the Plat trophy and I remember how many days it tooked me to finish that damn ring grind. Among all the Sonic games I had plat'd, Forces was the worst one, by far.
I have the Platinum on Sonic Forces and yes it was a nightmare to get 😫
It certainly was!
Idid this on Nintendo switch. How you ask? I KNOW! Also I used the cube with ring buff it is overpowered for rings😊
Interesting strat!
I used to play this game but after I got everything done I got bored of it I even got all the missions on s rank which I’m at least proud of.
Also this is I think the first sonic game I played if you include sonic 1, 2 and 4
Well, look; if this is one of your first Sonic titles, you've got a wealth of good games to experience ahead of you!
Lets goo 💪🏾 I got the plat for this game 😇 I didnt know the percent was so low, I just love Sonic too much lol I should have did Arsenal pyramid, I did the I think second to last stage (you use hover wisp on it and it has a very sad like song, the light is fading from our workd or something like that.) and thats how I got ring king. It deff was a grind.
Yeahhhh awesome! That last stage is a really good one for rings too; I just found Arsenal quicker!
As someone who got the last collectibles yesterday this vid hits close to home, i only have a few time trails and then the 100k rings left til i get plat
You can do it!
Thanks to a certain uh... Global Pandemic, I was finally able to get this Platinum on PS4. Glad I wasn't the only one who braved their way through it. Cheers all!
Great work!
Cant wait for more content!
Thank you! Gonna start working on it soon!
this game is the modern Sonic 06, it's going to get its P-06 eventually and people are going to love it
Hopefully.
The Sonic modding scene truly is wonderful
even sonic 06 is more fun than this lol
@@mastertrainergaming didn't Forces Overclocked come out soon after I said thst
You sir are a trooper, this game upset me so much I same day returned it to gamestop lol
Hahahahahaha! I dont blame you honestly, this wasn't worth my time or patience
I have Sonic Forces on Xbox One, so I have got all achievements. And yes I agree, the ring grind is SO BORING!! I think I was listening to reddit stories when I was doing that.
Yeah, I put on a couple of chaomix videos and phased out
Good music in the background i love prise!
Glad you like it! Music choice is so so important in these videos
I'm glad somebody else agrees Forces had good ideas (particularly Infinite) but almost definitely got screwed over by... something behind the scenes. Before Frontiers I was convinced Sonic Team was trying to bring "modern" Sonic back to the 2000s with Forces but just couldn't and that it would hopefully mean the next game would actually be good, and then it was.
Yeah, I really love the concepts. It's just completely fluffed
Ugh, the ring grind killed me back when I finished this game in 2017. Sadly I know I’m crazy enough to do it again whenever I feel like finishing the Steam version.
Best of luck!!
I got every achievement in this game on Steam a few days ago. My friend is mad at me for it.
Well, the hard part is over. At least you never need to grind rings in Forces again! I salute you!
As a huge sonic fan, Forces was such a huge disappointment. Saying it was made by the generation team was a farce.
Also side note, Im the first platinum earner on Forces 😂
Yeah, they knew exactly what they were doing with that original teaser.
Wow, thats awesome! You were the first to go through pain, I respect it!
The funny part is, they stretched the truth as thin as possible. The old staff was infact involved at some point, just of course they were gone by the time actual physical development was done.
As a person who has had this platinum since 2017, I have to say, I still see rings in my nightmares.
bling bling, bling bling bling
I remember grinding that pyramid level. I almost gave up but remembered I paid money for this game and plowed through. It was bloody painful
Its so tedious!!
3:26 I love that part of your video
I haven't played Sonic Forces (nor do I have any plans to), but that 100K ring achievement reminds me of the Pop 100K Puyo in Puyo Puyo Champions. I don't know why Sega wants people to grind their games til they aren't fun anymore.
Yeah, its a weird genre of achievement/trophy. Like, why the unnecessary grind?
15:29 Someone should of told him about Imperial Tower... Hover Wispon, One and a Half Minutes and a guaranteed 999 rings halfway through the stage. (1500+ rings if there was no damn ring cap...)
Is that one and a half minutes with ending screens/reloading the level?
@@mastertrainergamingprobably both
@mastertrainergaming Pretty much, skip the first hover capsule, then after the first spring, you use hover for the rest of the level, flying over everything and getting lots of +10 rings along the way.
Edit: Just tried it again. For the level, it's 1:45 after optimising the run, but you don't have to sit through double boost every time. Prison Hall with void is also an option to get 999 rings for around 2 min. Either way, mixing it up the level every so often is better than grinding the same stage.
I remember plating the game last year. Decided to just get the other trophies. Spent an hour doing the final boss Speedrun it was hard.
Also part of the 0.2 percent. Getting the platinum was the most fun part of this game for me. I’m a big checklist guy when it comes to games.
Same, I love ticking off achievement boxes, especially when they get you to do really fun little challenges (I think Unleashed and Mania do this really well, excited to make videos on them!)
You can beat Infinite in like 30 seconds (not counting transitions from phase 1 to phase 2) as the Avatar by using the Burst wispon, waiting until he lands, the melt him, literally. You can do this for both phases. I did this on Nintendo Switch. I don't know if it's different between consoles, but probably not.
Yeah I just straight up wasnt paying attention, was really sick whilst recording the footage. Not a massive excuse, but yeah, not the best recording of it hahaha
I've done this and the defeat badnicks and collect ring achievements were the bain of my existence
I found badnik destroying was pretty fine; I smashed it out with Arsenal Pyramid grinds.
@@mastertrainergaming what about the rings?
Honestly i can sum up this platinum and achievement collection in one word.
GRINDING.
No joke this game you will be literally GRINDING your life to finish some of these achievements because the game doesn't keep track of the new unholy trinity:
Rings.
Enemies.
And avatar exp
Yeah this is a grind and a half, but the main one is rings. I got the rest whilst grinding the rings.
The lowest point for me was nabbing all the red rings in Classic Sonic's Green Hill; specifically the one near the end of the level where you have to launch yourself onto a platform that breaks if you're not quick enough.
See I didn't mind that stuff really, mainly because the skill based stuff was kinda enjoyable
14:13 i wonder what the music is supposed to be, it's been in my head for a while
Its 'Wrath of the Reset Bomb' from the Smash Bros 3DS soundtrack. I thnk its from Kid Icarus Uprising?
@@mastertrainergamingyeah it's the song, thanks
@@Makaibros I got a CD compliation of songs from that era of Smash, and there are some incredible songs that work reaaaally well for this type of content.
After S raking this game, I still have a lot of achievements to do
Best of luck
If you plan on doing sonic unleashed I promise you will have a hard time 100% that’s games
I absolutely plan on it, just not yet. I remember going for all achievements years and years ago, so we'll see how that turns out.
2:26
As a Guy who really liked sonic forces back in the day I say Skill issue
Hahahaa fair but also its kinda janky.
@@mastertrainergaming In this boss especifically
You don't jump when he ground pound the arena
You just focus on not getting hit
When the boss ground pound the arena you will automatically be launched, and then you hit him
Me and my brother played this game all in one sitting yesterday, and OH MY GOSH IT WAS SO BRAIN ROTTING! The best way I can explain it, was like we were playing a bad beat 'em up game where all you do is mash the X button for 3.2 hours and then it's over. I was super tired by the end of it, this game is literally just the game of all time.
Its absolutely a Sonic game that is available to play, I'll give it that as well
14:27 this damn mission is making me want to stop going for platinum for this game idk who got payed for that 😭
Edit I did yesterday it wasn’t that bad
Currently at *the horror* phase ! Then got episode shadow to look forward to! Getting prepped for generations remastered x shadow, yeah boy !
Awesome! Best of luck with the horror!
Remember deciding to do this for a laugh and to kill time till a new game released. I regret that decision
I dont blame you for the regret
3:39 music pls?
Gaur Plains from Xenoblade Chronicles
@@mastertrainergaming thanks a lot ^^
I'm apart of the 0.2 percent and got that in 2021. I'm also a speedrunner, so completing the speedrunning missions were very easy. Ironically, I played this game a lot more than Sonic Mania (I have nothing against Sonic Mania, I just couldn't get myself to play it often). Sonic Forces was ironically a fun game to speedrun but sucks ass playing casually. For completing missions, I opt for drill (with the abilities to stop on a dime and gain a burst of speed after stomping) as it's objectively not only the best wispon but is also stupidly OP in offense (deals a lot of damage to bosses), defense (just holding the charge makes you invincible), and movement (self-explanatory).
As for getting ring king, I opt for hover with the magnet ability, and I chose Imperial Tower because its short (duh) and all the rings are in the air, most of them being I believe 10 rings. By the end of the level, you'll always have 999 rings.
Nice tips, I've seen some speedruns where drill is used and its mad. I couldn't do well with it but Im not a speedrunner haha
This game has been on my list incomplete since April. I really need to get it done. Will be such a relief to finally get it done. I'm glad I finally have confirmation that I just need to play the same level for the ring trophies.
Yeah, I've seen people say Prison Hall and Imperial Tower are also good for rings, but I personally found Arsenal Pyramid an easy yet boring grind. Your call. Get that platinum!
@@mastertrainergaming Yeah I will be going back to it. The rings was the thing putting me off but now I realise it's not hard and just a grind. I don't mind a grind as long as I have plenty of podcasts to listen to while I play.
@@GameQuestUK Thats it, its not hard just boring. Podcasts make it miles easier!
I wish, i had all achievements in forces, but i must replay the whole game because for the achievement, where you must clear all missions (the xbox hasn't count 1 mission and i don't know which one) and that's why i haven't the last achievement. But yeah, the ring achievement has also taking me many days to get the amount of rings, even with the purple wisp's power.
Ahh that sucks!
I remember doing this! If I remember, the hardest part for me was Classic Sonic chemical plant, speed running the final infinite fight and ofcorse any time I played as Classic Sonic in general.
Chemical Plant was hard, but only because the physics suck so badly that it didn't get where you intended half the time. Glad Superstars handles better.
@@mastertrainergaming Bro I know. When the the physics stop you dead in your tracks after a huge hill hurts me.
I’m a point two percent player.
Got my platinum when the game was free in PS+.
I don’t remember a particular trophy being a pain, just a whole lotta grind and restarts.
Tedium is a pain sometimes
I'm part of it. Also I have all Sonic's platinum. The most terrible and difficult one is the Sonic and All Star Racing Transformed for psvita and Sonic Unleashed for Ps3. Sonic Forces was actually enjoyable to me.
All the platinums?? Awesome! I'll be joining you at some point, thats what I'm doing with this channel!
Glad you enjoyed Forces plat!
For the two bosses that the avatar fights, you should have given him the burst wispon. All you do is hold down the trigger button, and the stream of fire from it never goes away till you let go of it. You can easily shave off half of infnite's and the death egg's helath by doing so making the progress a whole lot faster
Yeah, fair call! I always thought Asteroid was quicker for Death Egg, but you live and learn!
@@mastertrainergaming I mean the game does give you Asteroid capsules lol,but i second preferring Burst for that fight and really most Fights in the game
Drill is better for Infinite 2. You two shot him with it.
@@xamp_exclammark that’s what I hate about the OC levels. You can only use the wisp tied to the respectable wispon. If you get one that doesn’t match it, they don’t do diddley squat
I platinum this game a few months ago and posted it on UA-cam and remember how annoying it was with the 100k rings but I don’t forget it cuz platinum is a platinum 😂😂😂
Platinum trophies are the end goal haha
Cool Video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Me too.
Funny you mention that they should retcon Infinite, because they definitely did that with Silver and Blaze
Oh yeah haha. Why was Silver here in Forces?
The ring trophy reminds me of getting a million lums in Rayman Legends for the last costume
I've heard about that, I have no intention of doing it
now i feel bad as i beat this game and got the plat in about a month... kinda was enjoying the music and just kept replaying some stages, that and miscounted the timer for the final boss and got that bad boy down to if memory serves like 3 mins... this was one of the more easier plats for the sonic ps4 era of games, even easier then sonic generations imho,
Yeah, it was easy (aside from some timed missions). But its so boring.
Had I just gotten the game and was already struggling with the 5th red rings in the FIRST level 😂
Man I ain’t even focused on the story