I fully 100%'d this game and have viewed everything it has to offer so this is just my personal experience
Sonic Frontiers has it's shortcomings and flaws but it's a game I ultimately found fun, the ambition and tone of this game is what I've wanted from a sonic game in over 10 years and is part of why I liked this game despite it's flaws but we'll get into the game itself
Story:
it's a return to form of a more serious and grounded sonic story. it reintroduces the players to the cast in the way they should have been written since around sonic colors, the game also adds lore pieces and explains things from previous games and this game which I think is really neat and Eggman + Sage is easily one of the best character moments in any Sonic game and I don't want to spoil for why
Gameplay:
it's definitely a janky game but ultimately I personally enjoyed the open world zones and I think this should be the future for sonic games. my main gripe about it is that a lot of the collectibles aren't really needed which makes exploring sometimes feel wasteful but overall I thought it was fun and it's very fun to control sonic within this environment even on hedgehog engine 2 which has problems, Cyberspace is pretty meh-bad in most areas but it can be fun sometimes.... the lore reasons for why is cool but it is boring to see radical highway,sky sanctuary,green hill and chemical plant over and over. I feel like a lot of the shortcomings of this game's gameplay is both due to inexperience with a new gameplay style and budget. for context this game only had 60 people working on it which is abysmally low for a high grossing franchise, but overall I enjoyed the gameplay
Music:
It's fantastic and that's all that really needs to be said. Cyberspace levels have bopping music and the Metalcore/Heavy Rock tracks in the boss battles are blood pumping
Conclusion:
it's a fun game and despite it's flaws like I said I personally enjoyed it. what it tried to go for and what this game represents makes me optimistic for the future of the franchise if they really do improve and get this formula right, this game will be heavily divisive between fans and non-fans just due to some people still arguing over how they think sonic should be in tone and play in general. it just depends on who Sega and Sonic Team listen to for the future of the franchise
Sonic Frontiers has it's shortcomings and flaws but it's a game I ultimately found fun, the ambition and tone of this game is what I've wanted from a sonic game in over 10 years and is part of why I liked this game despite it's flaws but we'll get into the game itself
Story:
it's a return to form of a more serious and grounded sonic story. it reintroduces the players to the cast in the way they should have been written since around sonic colors, the game also adds lore pieces and explains things from previous games and this game which I think is really neat and Eggman + Sage is easily one of the best character moments in any Sonic game and I don't want to spoil for why
Gameplay:
it's definitely a janky game but ultimately I personally enjoyed the open world zones and I think this should be the future for sonic games. my main gripe about it is that a lot of the collectibles aren't really needed which makes exploring sometimes feel wasteful but overall I thought it was fun and it's very fun to control sonic within this environment even on hedgehog engine 2 which has problems, Cyberspace is pretty meh-bad in most areas but it can be fun sometimes.... the lore reasons for why is cool but it is boring to see radical highway,sky sanctuary,green hill and chemical plant over and over. I feel like a lot of the shortcomings of this game's gameplay is both due to inexperience with a new gameplay style and budget. for context this game only had 60 people working on it which is abysmally low for a high grossing franchise, but overall I enjoyed the gameplay
Music:
It's fantastic and that's all that really needs to be said. Cyberspace levels have bopping music and the Metalcore/Heavy Rock tracks in the boss battles are blood pumping
Conclusion:
it's a fun game and despite it's flaws like I said I personally enjoyed it. what it tried to go for and what this game represents makes me optimistic for the future of the franchise if they really do improve and get this formula right, this game will be heavily divisive between fans and non-fans just due to some people still arguing over how they think sonic should be in tone and play in general. it just depends on who Sega and Sonic Team listen to for the future of the franchise
AngryExpo
1 year ago