Sonic Forces: Episode Silver

"Defy the Robotnik Dynasty!" -Tagline- 
Sonic Forces: Episode Silver is a action and platforming game with some high speed stages as well. It was developed as a prequel to Sonic Forces and, except for a few cutscenes, takes place solely in Silver's timeframe. This game deals with what the world would have been like if the Resistance had lost, and how Silver discovers that he, and everyone, can change things for the better.
== Story ==
The game opens at night with a view of the moon which is then obscured by a column of black smoke. The scene pans downward to show a sprawling and smog filled city which is a crazy blend of amusement park, factory complex and prison, the city go's on and on over every horizon with no end in sight, Eggmanland was complete. The city is patrolled by Emperor Eggman Nega's robots who keep everyone in line. 
A cloaked figure with a hood covering his face walks through the streets, he suddenly hears a commotion nearby and stops to see what it is. Some Egg Pawns are beating a human citizen for smiling, Nega wants all his workers to be soulless like his machines. Some other citizens are standing around watching, but nobody tries to help. The camera zooms in on the cloaked figure's hand which clinches into a fist, the hand has an odd cyan marking on it. 
Suddenly the figure makes up his mind and throws off the cloak revealing himself to be Silver, the Psychokinetic Hedgehog. He uses his powers to first capture and then destroy the Egg Pawns, the other citizens run away and Silver then helps the man back to his feet just as sirens are heard coming there way.
Silver: "Run down that alley, I'll draw them off."
Citizen: "Thank you."
As the man escapes Silver hovers up onto a roof and the first stage begins. This stage looks a lot like the Zoah Colony in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, but you can also see a large roller coaster in the background (a section of the roller coaster makes an infinity symbol, a reference to Infinite of course). The player as Silver must destroy the robots sent to capture him and get to the Goal Ring by running along the city's rooftop and using telekinesis to hover from section to section. The music for this stage is "Moonlight Battlefield", which is also the music for Aqua Road in Forces.
After getting through the stage, Silver arrives at his apartment/cell where he lives with his parents. Silver sees the smart doorbell with the camera in it that Eggman had made everyone get. he hesitates but then figures that it hasn't been long enough for Nega's computer to identify him yet and go's in.
Silver's Mom: "What happened Silver?!, I saw your face on the news."
Silver: " I just couldn't stand by anymore Mom, what Eggman Nega does is terrible and no one ever does anything about it."
Silver's Mom: "Silver, your father has been doing something about it for 200 years."
Just then there's a blue flash in the middle of the room and Shadow Chaos Controls in. Shadow drops to the floor with his Inhibiter Rings landing beside him.
Silver's Mom: "Shadow!"
Shadow: "I'm ok, I had to blast through a battalion of robots to get in warping range."
Shadow stands up and puts the Rings back on his wrists.
Silver's Mom: "Honey, we need to move."
Shadow: "Why?"
Silver's Mom: "Silver saved someone from Nega's robots, it won't long until he's identified."
Shadow looks at Silver and says "Is this true Silver?", Silver shuffles his feet a little but then proudly says, "Yes!"
Shadow: "I'll find a place for you to hide dear, it'll still be a while before the robots come, but first I need to say something to you son."
Shadow then walked into the next room. Silver was a little shocked, Shadow didn't call him that often and Silver always thought he was a disappointment to his father. Silver followed Shadow into the room. 
Shadow: "Silver, you are a hero." 
Silver was shocked. 
Silver: "But I've never dun anything except work in the factories, and pull that stunt earlier." 
Shadow: "I have been just waiting for you to do something like that, to prove you were ready. Silver, son, 200 years ago there were many threats to our world, aliens, ancient monsters, sentient robots, and always the founder of the Robotnik Dynasty, the first Dr. Eggman. There were also many who fought to defend the world." 
Silver: "You were one of them?" 
Shadow: "Most of the time. The most famous hero was called Sonic, but finally the Dr. discovered a power that allowed him to beat Sonic and conquer the world, that wasn't the end though, not yet. A Resistance formed and freed Sonic but the Dr. used this power to make a Virtual Reality Sun to crush the Resistance. I warped away at the last moment, but everyone else, my team, was gone. That day I vowed to make the Dr. and his empire pay for what they had dun and I have fought them ever since. But, the people were used to having others defend them, 'The Earth is cracked open? don't worry Sonic'll handle it.' Of course some had joined the Resistance, but now that was gone they just didn't care. And without anyone else fighting even I, the Ultimate Life Form, couldn't stop it. But you can Silver." 
Silver: "What, how?" 
Shadow: "This isn't the first time this era has been ruined. It happened many times before but you always travelled back in time to remedy things. But you don't remember it because every time you did so you removed the reason you went back in the first place, so to you all those earlier trips never happened, only those alive at the time you travelled back to know that you've been among those who have saved them again and again." 
Silver: "But, how could I go back in time?" 
Shadow: "We both have the power of Chaos Control, everyone with a pure heart can use Chaos Control with a Chaos Emerald, but only we can do it without emeralds, however they do make our abilities more powerful. In you the Ultimate Power has morphed into Psychokinesis so we have different abilities, but, if we each had a Chaos Emerald we would have enough combined power to make a time rift back two centuries. All the emeralds are kept in Eggman Nega's fortress, so, it's time to pay the Doctor a house call." 
Silver: "Yeah!" 
Silver holds up his hand for a hi five. 
Shadow: "Don't push it." 
Silver: "Right." 
The two leave the room and stage two begins.