From as soon as it was released I'd been waiting to return to Sonic with 'Frontiers,' but it wasn't a Day One for me. 'Forces' left me feeling pretty empty about the future of modern Sonic games, but it's really great to be able to say that yes, 'Sonic Frontiers' is as good as the modern games have ever been, objectively speaking. It's a bit of a shame that pushing the envelope so much doesn't mean a more innovative game for such a flagship series, but all of that aside, I got to run around grassy plains with an old favourite character, listening to my favourite music, parkouring through sporatically placed obstacles while gradually getting better and faster at doing so. Sonic is back, and the future is bright once again.

I have a lot more to say, but I'm smarter than to talk about Sonic too much publicly. I liked it, brass tacks.