Sonic Frontiers was easily one of my most anticipated games of the year, and i can definitely say my anticipation payed off. This game is a weird case for me though because realistically speaking this game isn’t perfect (especially for reasons like the pop-in issues), but i can’t help but view it as perfect due to being a long-time sonic fan and also just overall being really glad we finally got a sonic game other than mania that’s better than just being average or mediocre after so many years. The story, music, gameplay, and many more of the new additions to the series all made me enjoy this game so much. One of the reasons why I loved Frontiers so much is because of how it really focused on the characters. Amy, Knuckles, and Tails all got so much character development and they became way more fleshed out as characters due to sonic team actually putting the focus of the story on the characters. My one complaint about the game however is i didn’t find much enjoyment in the cyberspace levels, but i literally just skipped almost all of them and got the chaos emerald keys from the fishing minigame, so it’s not gonna make my score any lower. Frontiers is absolutely 20 steps in the right direction for the series, and i’m very excited to see what sonic team decides to do next for the franchise.