I played Sonic Frontiers, because you can't 

Jacob inventing speedrun tech for a game that hasn’t released yet purely because of pride is amazing

5:50 The accuracy and ease with which the Amogus is drawn is honestly kinda terrifying

4:43 Honestly the fast travel mechanic could have been 1. Click on location 2. Sonic runs off screen 3. Fade to black 4. Cut to new destination 5. Sonic runs to the middle of screen 6. Sonic looks at the camera and gives a thumbs up 7. Sonic says "Now that is fast travel" Would have been great

"I heard japanese snickering behind me over the among us and, I just didn't want to press my luck." Made me cackle

I find it hilarious that both Jacob and SomeCallMeJonny were in the same room together and BOTH assumed each other were just another game journalist.

finishing the level and the game telling you you're terrible honestly is the Sonic experience (at least for me)

“Look, ramps!” “We can use them as ramps!” “Aren’t you supposed to be the smart one?”

"So looking back, i could have saved a few frames by..." this, is why i love speedrunning so much.

5:55 "I heard Japanese snickering behind us" Dev1: "You think he figured it out yet?" Dev2: "he's drawing an among us. Of course he hasn't figured out we invited him as a joke."

"so looking back, I coulda skipped a few frames" Quite possibly the best ending to a video I've seen in a while

6:50 Fun fact: 1-2's top paths are actually often slower than the bottom paths, which fucks with "common Sonic knowledge" that the top path is always fastest.

5:49 I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with you having the power to be able to say you were the first person in the world to draw an amogus with the cyloop

Unironically, alpharad getting hyperfixated on one level in the beginning of the game is more telling to me that I’ll like this game than probably every review all those game journalists make combined.

You know it's a good Sonic game when it completely destroys your self esteem at the end of the stage

For anyone that wants to know, there IS fast travel in this game. You just have to reveal the entire map of the island to use it.

10:16 I love how sonic just has a little happy dance when he gets a chaos emerald

i could imagine game journalists watching him play and wondering how he makes progress literally as fast as sonic

"Shout out to the scramble who saw full shaft" I died 😂💀

Some of the footage on that 1-2 S rank run looked super clean, especially running on top of the structure at the end. Also 10/10 amogus drawing.

Using ramps as ramps is brilliant to be frank. Who would’ve thought?

The funniest part about all this to me is that flying a bunch of people out to Hawaii to playtest a game feels like exactly the sort of thing that Alpharad would come up with as a video idea.

11:00 …”so looking back I probably could’ve saved a few frames by skipping *end” that had my dying from laughter

No no, I respect the story. It's like a _"come for Sonic Frontiers, stay to hear about Alpha exposing himself to golfers"_ type situation, y'know? Also funny how Johnny and Alpha both thought they were the only content creator there, _loooooool._

Imagine just being that game Journalist just hearing the person in front of you having a sigh of relief and congratulating himself because he got an S rank in a cyber space level

Having the Sonic official account being an Alpharad fan is probably one of my top 10 favorite Alpharad traits

Ok honestly I do love the energy that the little dance that sonic does when getting a chaos emerald brigns to the game. I always loved games with like a "dark yet goofy/happy about it" mentality to it. ... maybe this is why I like kirby

the delivery at the end with "I could probably save some frames" was top tier comedy

2:43 love how he mentions they all game journalists and records the other RU-vidr at the event

1. I love that someone on Sega is just mutuals with Alpharad. 2. Sorry to hear about that hospital trip, hope you're feeling better.

How do I tell Sega you are the only reason I am going to buy this game? You make it look fun

2:42 "Since the entire room was full of game journalists" *immedietly zooms in on SomecallmeJohnny's head*

every other type of these videos has the words"I played so you don't have to", however here, the title is "I played sonic frontiers because you can't", This means sonic frontiers truly is the game of all time

5:40 probably the best use of this joke I’ve seen. Actually got a good laugh out of me lol

This is probably the most new gameplay i've seen of this game at once so far and all i have to say is, i am very excited for this game

i find it funny how alpha spent 1 hour of the 5 hour demo on a stage he's gonna have to re-do when he gets the full game

5:23 imagine if smash sonic had that kind of moveset, it would be a huge improvement Also I kinda dig that new deep voice for Sonic, its different

I cant believe Jacob can casually leave a Hospital mid recovery, go to Hawaii, play a game before launch, and make a video on it, all just for a simple tax-write off.

8:30 oh hey Johnny, so that's the boss fight you didn't want to spoil in your video lol

Jacob is going to have PTSD (Post Traumatic Sonic Disorder) from 1-2, may we all soon realize the nightmare we're in for

“I felt really stupid and I needed to out myself on this one” a sweet king

Hope you get better Mr. Rad!

The ability to draw in this game basically makes this game a 10/10

9:01 I laughed so hard, Alexa though I told her to turn the lights on, and I woke up my whole house!

2:56 I understood that jab against ign. Bravo sir

After travelling on planes for 13 hours today the travel vlog section really resonated with me

1:52 Jacob: I saw a bird Jaiden: **Excited internal screaming intensifies**

4:30 I audibly went "OH WHAT THE FU-" before catching myself. Uncomfortable, YES.

8:49 "this fight felt incredible" Oh hell yeah

Imagine you're at a resort, taking time away from your hellish cashier job. You decide to take a walk at the golf course, to feel the breeze on your skin, and the grass under your feet. You stroll along, admiring the lush green surrounding you. Then, suddenly, you see Alpharad, in his birthday suit. I cannot think of any tasteful way to end this story.

10:15 Thank you Alpharad, this is the exact Moment where I´m dead set to buy this game. No joke, this exaggerated swagger of a wacky woohoo Needle Mouse boi akin to a certain demonslaying Pizzaman is all the reason I need(aside from the gameplay and promising story of course^^)

7:15 Amy adventure 2 battle flashbacks

5:05 *CRAP WE GOTTA RETURN IT TO TEMPORAL TOWER BEFORE TIME STOPS!*

0:40 alpha got pulled over by TSA because they thought he had a bomb. now alpha is DROPPING bombs

Alpharad coming out of the Sonic Fan closet is my favorite arc so far.

The second he sat down, I felt it. “He bout to talk about where he could have shaved off a few seconds in 1-2” and lo and behold in true vegeta fashion

The fact that you and SomecallmeJohnny thought you were the only RU-vidrs there.

The fact is this game actually looks good and fun, good job Sonic Team!

That part where sonic hedgehog’d all over the place and then spun was easily one of the cinematic moments of all time

I love the vlog portion of the video, and I think that it would be cool if you did more of stuff like that

that joke at the end is probably one of the best ive heard from alpha in a while thank you jacob

Alpharad is better than any game journalist because he asks questions only real gamers would such as “can you draw an among us?”

It’s always safe to say Alpharad never misses with his videos

2:22 I’m now unironically very excited to learn that fishing is in the game lmao

8:37 Ah yes, famous RU-vidr content creator “Some CallMeThatGuy”

"my day started with the usual tradition of staring at the ceiling while being half awake for approximately three hours" goes unreasonably hard

9:28 The act of name-dropping Touhou may not be overly cool or hype on its own, but I have to to throw my gratitude out there for anybody having a following as large as yours still making references

This is probably a way better review of the game than any journalist could ever hope to write.

Don’t want to show off, more like give tips. I have found out the mechanics and how this game technically works in accordance to speed. The reason the level was so difficult is because of the fact that in a Sonic game we are conditionalized to think that the top-most route in a sonic game is considered the “fastest” route. That however is not true in Sonic Frontiers 1-2. The dash rings and the springs and your own boost speed is technically making you slower. The fastest forms of travel are actually mostly the dash tracks. They are the only form of consistent momentum and when you hit multiple of them at a time they make you go faster. In Frontiers 1-2, the speed works differently when running than in the air, which, honestly, I actually love about this game because Sonic is meant to run fast, not fly fast, which is what everyone is trying to do. If you want to know, Dash tracks are the speedrunner’s best friend and it allowed me to get a 00:53.00 on 1-2.

traveling to Hawai just to play Sonic is just such a huge flex

Imagine being sonic just starting puberty at the rightful age of 17

The fact that he had Pyoro as a profile pic makes him an S-tier human in my book

10:06 "But then...when you beat it...uhhh........................" Me: "It goes Balan Wonderworld on you."

Get well, alpha. Thanks for the great content.

At 9:35 Sonic performs a drift. Well worth the purchase seeing a nod to a challenge from Sonic Unleashed

I don't even know how you completed 1-2 in 55 secs

8:55 Guess what... *I'm hanging onto the other side I won't give up till the end of me-*

2:33 "Until I realised, I had the input plugged into the output and the output plugged into the input" Of all the things I've seen or heard on this channel, this is probably the one that I felt most called out for, and that's saying quite a lot by Alpharad standards.

Gotta admit, that Among Us trail was really clean

2:00 Is the best part by far

1-2 gives me Metal Harbour vibes. Early level, impossible to S-rank without consuming the entirety of your sanity supply for the week.

I have the mental image of Son Heg Hog just walking up to Alpha’s house and saying “Stop recovery” “Why?” “BECAUSE THE GAME JOURNALISTS ARE COMING!”

10:10 I see they learned from the best, Balan Wonderland

That 1-2 stage was hard for me too, I eventually beaten it on a bunch of tries. I feel your pain man, your not alone!!

I cannot believe that Cyber Space act 1-2 is ridiculously hard. Dude, it took me 5 mins to get an S Rank

2:42 is that somecallmejohnny And that second level busting people's balls is hilarious.

I sure hope that popular content creator Jacob Alpharad doesn't have a bad experience with a sonic game because when has that happened?

on god I haven't been this excited for a sonic game in a long time, like i'm just so ready to get my hands on it

the best part about all this is at the end he's pointing out that he could have skipped the spring at the start to save time and he's actually correct

He already has the 1-2 world record, can't wait to see him play the full release

The thumbnail implies I'm happier than Alpha, so I call that a win

That guy #1 being SomecallmeJohnny is great 😭 Don’t worry Alpharad, he is a professional. Not some game journalist.

2:42 VERY quick shot of some call me johnny 🤣

8:56 I refuse to believe that SEGA or the voice actors were that dumb.

Sonic: "Look, ramps." Tails: "We can use these as ramps." Me: Yes, this floor is made of floor

Sonic Frontiers releases a day before God of War: Ragnarok. I don't know who is in charge of selecting the release date for this game but they're absolutely mental and I kind of love it.

loved the video man i'm hyped for frontiers even more now

I was worried it would just be a giant empty open world. Good to see there is variety

If I had to sit on a plane for 7 hours while a kid in front of me sang Baby Shark, WHILE CRYING, I'd likely become a *professional punter.*

"I played Sonic Frontiers, because you can't" JOKES ON YOU BECAUSE IT'S RELEASED NOW.

Windmill Act 1 was also extremely brutal with the S rank, and that was a tutorial stage.