Sonic Entropy

Sonic Entropy is a 3D action platformer created by Sonic Team and published by Sega. The game released in June 2021 as a celebration of Sonic's 30th anniversary. It was released on the Xbox Series X and Playstation 5, with a Nintendo Switch port releasing in September.
== Story ==
The game proper begins in a tutorial zone above the Neo Death Egg, showing the controls of the game and introduces the playstyles of Sonic, Tails and Knuckles individually. Going further into the Neo Death Egg, Dr. Eggman's evil plan is revealed. By snagging the 12 Temporal Diamonds, he is able to gain control of the flow of time, which he proclaims he used to build the Neo Death Egg from scratch. "Put it simply, with these diamonds in hand, I have all the time in the world," he gloats to Sonic and friends. Sonic rushes in to stop him, only for Eggman to activate the machine behind him, the Aeon Scrambler, to transport his enemies back into the distant past. As he tries to suck the trio, Sonic runs out of the Neo Death Egg, only to realize that Tails and Knuckles are barely hanging on. As the two are about to get sucked into the Scrambler, Sonic rushes in to help them. However, by slowing down, the Aeon Scrambler successfully manages to obtain all 3 of them, and transports them back to the Stone Age. Eggman, having noticed that the Scrambler's abilities have taken a massive toll on the Neo Death Egg, decides that he needs to go back "on-world" and work out the kinks. 
Meanwhile, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles are transported to what looks to be barren plains and sparse jungles. While they try to get their bearings in this strange place, a giant mammoth Badnik starts to chase them. As they are about to run, the mechanical monstrosity slows its actions down to a crawl. "Must be a misfunction," Sonic guesses, only for the robot to speed up immensely and move quicker, almost as someone sped it up manually. The mammoth crashes into a nearby jungle, causing Sonic and friends to chase after it. Thus starts the new adventure. After fighting the mammoth in a crystal cavern, the Badnik explodes releasing 2 strange creatures from out of a capsule. The 2 introduce themselves as Ticker and Tocker. They bestow their abilities on Sonic and his friends, leading to some extra gameplay variety.
From then on, the narrative changes to that of collecting the Temporal Diamonds in the past, leading to them falling out of Eggman's grasp in the present. With each world, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles have to stop Eggman's influence on the past or retool it to create a better future. They meet different characters along the way, some even being ancestors to established Sonic characters. Meanwhile, intermissions happen where Eggman uses his Temporal Diamonds to take over Sonic's world piece by piece. However, he is unaware of the efforts to stop his plan, orchestrated by Shadow, Rouge and Omega. They try to successfully obtain all the Chaos Emeralds while Eggman is unaware, hoping their powers will stop him and counter the Diamonds as well.
After Sonic, Tails and Knuckles have gathered all the Temporal Diamonds from the past, Ticker and Tocker have enough power to transport them to the present day, albeit a few days after the initial Aeon Scramble incident, where they find Eggman and his Badniks terrorizing the last unconquered land. Thinking he has enough power to no longer need the Temporal Diamonds, Eggman decides to attack the heroes with his new superweapon, the Egg Annihilator. Using the powers of the Diamonds to their advantage, they make short work of the machine. The doctor takes note of this, and then immediately attacks the trio when their guards are down. Once again having all the Temporal Diamonds under his command, Eggman decides to add them to his machine, causing him to have complete control over time. All seems lost, however, Shadow, Rouge, and Omega throw the Chaos Emeralds at the fallen heroes. Now, as Super Sonic, Super Tails, and Super Knuckles, the heroes fight one last battle against the Egg Annihilator. Once they succeed, Ticker and Tocker gain control of the Temporal Diamonds and send Eggman off into the far past, "where nothing worthy of conquering exists". Tails snarkily remarks that Eggman will attempt to try and make the best out of his situation anyway, knowing that inevitably he will find a way out. Ticker and Tocker reassure our heroes that the doctor won't bother them for a long time. They celebrate afterwards. Depending on how much Sonic and friends have improved the past, more characters will join the party.
The post credits scene shows Eggman making some primitive technology from wood and stones, only for a T-Rex to chase him offscreen.
== Gameplay ==
The main gameplay will focus around Sonic, Tails and Knuckles traversing many unique locations. Each character has direct skills and weaknesses. Sonic has the best speed, average combat, and poor airtime. His levels are linear obstacle courses based around his insane speed which was created to push the limits of the next-gen hardware. Tails has the best airtime, average speed, and poor combat. His levels focus more on platforming and puzzles. Knuckles has the best combat, average airtime, and poor speed. His levels are combat-centered and have mild exploration moments. The characters can attack as well, in a beat-em-up style reminiscent of Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Boom. The central gimmick is the addition of Ticker and Tocker. Ticker can speed up time, causing obstacles and puzzles to move at a faster pace. Tocker can slow down time, making obstacles and puzzles move slower. The game balances situations that utilize both abilities, and they are a central part of boss fights. The intermission levels feature individual stages focusing on one character of Team Dark. Shadow's playstyle is similar to Sonic's, but utilizing more combat sections. Rouge's playstyle is similar to Tails', but has more speed-centered elements. Omega's playstyle is similar to Knuckles's, but with more platforming sections. Elements of all 3 will steadily bleed into the main trio's gameplay, pushing the characters' movesets to their limits.
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