History NightmareFuel / SonicForces

[[caption-width-right:350:[[HumongousMecha Humongous Mechas]], SceneryGorn, and the world facing its DarkestHour...[[MoodWhiplash definitely one of the happier]] ''[[BlatantLies Sonic]]'' [[DarkerAndEdgier games]]!]]

* It's likely due to the game's rating and the fact that SEGA and Sonic Team didn't want to go ''too'' far with the dark themes (considering the entire game is essentially taking place in the middle of a war and we already see Infinite kill several people on screen), but the idea of Sonic being essentially tortured for months is disturbing at most. Sure, it's kinda glossed over and he looks and acts absolutely fine like it never happened, but he's only 15 years old - ''he's still a child''. Just goes to show how bloodthirsty Eggman can be. He won't just let Sonic die, [[WouldHarmAChild he'll do it as slowly and painfully as possible]].
** Becomes NightmareRetardant when you learn that that was an [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore English localization embellishment]] and the Japanese version never mentions torture.

* The simple fact that ''[[TheBadGuyWins Eggman]] [[CueTheFlyingPigs won]]!'' After countless defeats at the hands of the Blue Blur, Eggman finally had his one good day and managed to conquer 99% of the world, with only pockets of resistance rising against him. The transition from the IneffectualSympatheticVillain we got from ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' and ''Videogame/SonicLostWorld'' games to a world-ruling dictator is jarring, to say the least.

* [[ContinuityNod Fun is]] [[VideoGame/SonicCD infinite]] [[BlatantLies with]] [[BigBad Infinite]]. Let us count the ways:

* [[ContinuityNod Fun is]] [[VideoGame/SonicCD infinite]] [[NightmareFuel with]] [[BigBad Infinite]]. Let us count the ways:

** Even the simple Egg Pawns look incredibly menacing. Since their debut in ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', the Egg Pawns have been designed to basically resemble a robotic Eggman, giving them unique weapons and giving them a wide range of expressions, making them too cute to take seriously. Here, they have been redesigned to every bit resemble the soulless automatons they are. Their design is a simple ghostly white body with glowing red eyes or a red visor. Their movements are stiff, militaristic, and entirely mechanical. The first cutscene with them had them marching towards Tails and some civilians, preparing to kill them. Thankfully, Sonic arrives at the nick of time.

** Becomes NightmareRetardant when you learn that that was a [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore localization embellishment]] and the Japanese version never mentions torture.

* The simple fact that ''[[TheBadGuyWins Eggman]] [[CueTheFlyingPigs won]]!'' After countless defeats at the hands of the Blue Blur, Eggman finally had his one good day and managed to conquer 99% of the world, with only pockets of resistance rising against him. The transition from the IneffectualSympatheticVillain we got from ''VideoGame/SonicColors'', ''Videogame/SonicLostWorld'', and the ''Videogame/SonicBoom''-games to a world-ruling dictator is jarring, to say the least.

*** Speaking of Death Egg Robots, the final boss is Eggman piloting a Death Egg Robot... only it looks absolutely '''nothing''' like the Death Egg Robots we've come to know and love, looking more like a huge mechanical, yet almost organic-looking version of [[VideoGame/SonicBoom Lyric]] fused with [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Dark Gaia]], and it's powered by an overclocked Phantom Ruby, basically making it a RealityWarper. Also, after defeating the first two phases, the robot shuts down... only for a smaller robot that resembles a freakier version of the Nega Wisp Armor from ''Colors'' to emerge from its chest in a frightening ShoutOut to the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' franchise.

** The Avatar's first meeting with Infinite. A flashback shows the Avatar and his squadmates fighting in vain against Infinite. Infinite simply responds by firing a sweeping laser beam from his hand... [[GoryDiscretionShot and the camera cuts to a White Wispon clattering to the ground right next to the frightened Avatar.]] Yes, we have just witnessed a ''Sonic'' villain actually '''''murder people onscreen'''''. It only gets worse when the Avatar grabs the Wispon and attempts to continue the fight, but is obviously too scared to do so. All the while Infinite delivers a crushing BreakingSpeech, relishing in his terror. [[Creator/LiamOBrien Liam O'Brien's]] chilling voice acting captures the scene.