Sonic Frontiers is a Disappointing Mess 

It is playable so that is already a win for Sonic fans

Tbh, if I had to suffer thro ALL 3d Sonic games in a week.... A Sonic game would have to straight up cook my dinner to impress me.

I'm sad he didnt enjoy frontiers Not because he doesn't share my opinion of the game But because the man went through 13 sonic games in 7 days only to be rewarded with disappointment.

yakko lore is getting intense, we've gone from "behold! childlike wonder!" to "i can no longer put my faith into the video game industry"

Now, the most important question: Where does the soundtrack rank on your tier list?

the atmosphere being bleak and everyone seeming sad kinda fits what's happening imo and Flynn isn't foreign to sumber tones with Sonic characters(IDW metal virus arc) + even if it's tone down Sonic still shows confidence and smile to every situation

"being a sonic fan is getting fed dog food for a decade and then getting a piece of burnt toast as a treat" brutal but so true 😆

Honestly I think a year later and a completed update cycle, I really think Sonic Frontiers for its flaws, authentically remedies the storytelling and characterization of the franchise and brings it back to an Adventure style world. He has his attitude again but also is way more serious again and subdued the ridiculous jokes and puns. While acknowledging his history with these characters. And Eggman and his relationship with Sage was also very endearing. I get it's flaws. I really do. But I think this is what Sonic has been in the past in a more successful manner. I do agree that corporations do not deserve our leeway, but I think a step in the right direction is more impactful than you're giving credit to. That said I did think the same exact way when the game dropped. I think we are so ready when a sonic game drops to just bash and shit on it that we can't genuinely appreciate what's actually successful in a modern 3D Sonic game

I actually like when Yakko makes comparisons, because it's likely to be a better game I've never heard of and can now try out.

They should've utilized the climbable mountain mechanic more. Lots of the pathways led to nowhere not even collectibles. Especially disappointing on the one on the 4th island that spanned across an entire side of the mountain over a bottomless pit and literally just ending at the edge of the map and pushes you off. Like no way was that the way it was intended to end

While I really really liked this game I can see why you didn't. To me, I never felt hamstrung or forced, I felt like I was playing in one big Sonic level with tons of paths. Exploring wasn't a focus for me, but mastering the island's layout was. The combat was simple but I strung together cool combos with timing and finesse, even if it wasn't needed. The story and its characters felt natural to me, and the callbacks felt as though they rewarded me for staying with this franchise by finally treating all of the games as if they're part of the same universe for once. So with all of those feelings it makes me sad that a game I really like landed with a thud for you. I respect your opinions so I get where you're coming from. For me this isn't just a "promising first step", because the idea of playing something that could one day be good holds no appeal, but rather just a game that held my interest and attention till the end. Hopefully there comes a day where everyone who plays a Sonic game feels this way instead of just half of the players.

I actually really enjoyed Frontiers. I am one of the people who liked Cyberspace levels. I like the level design and hopefully we get more original zones. The Titan boss fights are the best part in my opinion. I'm looking forward to what Sonic Team are going to make in the future.

I actually have to say I've had a great time with this game. Probably top three Sonic game for me. I love the open zones and little paths that reward with memories, and it was always fun to run around but stop to do them. It's like "curated speed," it's fast and feels fun to play as it bounces you around a ton.

Solar Ash is a game that I just fell in love with. The movement, art, and character design were all brilliant. It just speaks to heart machine's pure skill and talent they have behind them. I hope that someday Sega is able to make a Sonic game flow as well as Solar Ash.

I respect your opinion, I personally think it’s the best sonic game to come out since Generations

Can’t even acknowledge the fruits Sonic Teams efforts that show can ya, or at least give them points for trying to make an effort in showing improvement.

The height of my disappointment was when Sonic got corrupted, the way Tails talked made me think I was going to play as the other characters, but then they started holding hands around Sonic and undid everything we just did to get them out. edit: OMG I can't believe they did a 180 and with the recent announcement. I'm eager for the update.

As a Brazilian, I've been seeing many a Sonic being launched through the sky and landing near my home. It's very unsettling.

Your smile at the end while looking at that Sonic hoodie actually stole me a tear, I kinda felt the same as you especially after finishing the game... You can see Iizuka and his team somehow actually tried to move things forward this time, the whole "One Way Dream" ending song openly being a message from them tells it alone, it's in the end a somewhat cool tech demo that might lead to something really good in the coming years, yet it sadly feels and clearly is an half-baked one, too much hit and miss on too many fronts, and I'm saying this considering the fact that I actually managed to appreciate the game as a whole even with all the problems it has, playing it I've been able to mentally go back when I was a little 6 y.o. girl playing Sonic Heroes for the first time, or when I was 11, playing the Megadrive classics and the Adventure games. I can only rise my hopes up and pray SEGA that our beloved blue blur can finally, completely escape this dumpster he's been thrown in almost 12 years ago with his next game...

While I think there's criticisms to be had about a story that isn't easily accessible for new players, I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing for it to be one where hardcore fans are the only ones to get the most out of it due to references/call backs. As a hardcore Sonic fan who has been with this franchise since the early 2000s and have experienced majority of Sonic's adventures right down to the most obscure stuff, it felt great to see these characters bring up past adventures. It felt GREAT to see the lore actually freaking acknowledged after so long of being ignored. When was the last time Knuckles brought up the Echidna race and his internal feelings on why he guards the Master Emerald in a 3D Sonic game? Oh... Sonic Adventure... back in 1998. I never felt that it was too much since the characters always tried to reference back to specific moments that made sense to reference such as SA1 Tikal flashbacks and the memories Knuckles had while imprisoned in Frontiers, or Sage bringing up Neo Metal as a reason for Sonic and Eggman to work together now. But anyways, I'm not expecting the constant references to be the norm moving forward in games, though, I could be wrong seeing how SEGA has created a team dedicated to Sonic lore internally. If we get more lore acknowledgment and stuff similar to the Ancients that expands the story of Sonic more, than I'm all for it.

One thing I like about sonic Frontiers is how it presented the name "Open Zone" for level design that resembles Banjo-Kazooie's type of level design, previously I used to refer to it as "Recontextual Level Design" but Open Zone fits better.

That's the worst part, Sonic Frontiers just sort of...happened. Regular gamers have already forgotten about it. Not to mention, it comes out after Sonic Forces, Sonic Generations, and Sonic Colors. AKA, the game that went to space, the game that went through time, and the game that did a world War. This game felt like a small sidestory, and after the end of the game, it felt like you could ignore this story entirely.

Kinda wish Sonic's movement felt more like the game Spark The Electric Jester. Specifically the 3rd one. That game is like almost everything I would want from a Sonic game.

I hope people get the one message in this video. . . PLAY SOLAR ASH ITS BASICALLY A BETTER SONIC FRONTIERS

Wait till he gets to the Pokemon scarlet review.. For real, why does every critique essay about this game sound so contradictory, like because blue hedgehog is not even an argument.

I have no idea why I enjoy your Sonic videos an uncanny amount, but they're all very well made

I have a feeling this game is gonna have the sonic unleased treatment in that people will hate it at first then after some years go by it will become liked by the majority.

Thank you for that ending bit Yakko. It was fittingly somber, yet cautiously optimistic, and really sold the point in a way that words can't, well as your closing was written.

I personally was hooked on the game when it first came out I believe the music was fitting having a natural orchestral genre to represent the ancients and their old but extremely advanced technologies and sonic discovering it all and I really enjoy how the characters interact with one another and how they aren't making bad jokes and people like knuckles have their main roles back and they are there own characters like when Amy actually argues with sonic and questions his decisions at one point

"then why call it a COMPASS??!!" That one hit home

I actually really liked this game, way more than most of the 3D games

Considering the state of Scarlet and Violet, that pokemon bit near the beginning is both hilarious and a bit foreboding in that context.

that outro was so well done, very cinematic! i could just feel how he put his hope and passion away into the closet while thinking back to all the good times he had with it. kinda gave me disney/pixar-esque vibes

I disagree with your statement about the sliders. Sonic 3D got always criticize for its controls and finally having the ability to tweak your movement I find resolved the issue for a lot of folks

"Sonic Boom was canon??!" was my legitimate reaction to that line, too.

17:29 Man, I'd take everything Ian Flynn says with a grain of salt. He's been blaming shit on mandates since the dawn of his career, to shift any criticism he gets onto Sega. Apparently one at one point Sega had to make an public statement saying that they do not have hard rules for their IPs when third parties are handling them. They're are more like suggestions. Look, I'm not denying there were any mandates for Frontiers, but I wouldn't take anything Ian says as gospel. Besides, if Ian had is way with Frontiers' story, I'm sure it'd be a lot more darker than it was.

I don't know man I finished it recently and I'm pretty sure it's my new favorite Sonic game. I loved everything about it.

I think the bulk of the issues really do just come down to needing more structure in some places and more freedom in others. Frontiers makes a lot of progress, but it's all just thrown into the pot and needs time now to really get cooking. More structured and real areas over these big empty fields while maintaining the control they've started to give and easing up on the rails is the balance they have to strike. And the story could use more shakeups and dynamics through not always just being two characters talking. Have them do stuff and really get some dynamic craziness in there. In other words, use Frontiers as a base and make Sonic Adventure 3. Give them all the time and resources they need to expand where this story let off with everyone going off and doing their own thing in new places.

I'm gonna add one more comparison: The End looks like they came out of The End of a Kirby game

Generations + unleashed day levels+sonic colors levels = peak sonic gameplay

This reminds me a lot of the sonic adventure era. There were the people who called them the best in the series and others who said it's where sonic started going downhill. Opinions are very mixed.

You know what this game's world design feels like? GTA V custom races. A beautiful world map with random geometry haphazardly strewn about.

Sorry for comparing ahead of time. Spear me if you must. I don't play games like Sonic for a hard challenge. I have other games for that. It's like how I don't need Pokémon to be tough either. The difference is that Sonic Frontiers actually works. It's got enough style and substance for me to want to buy it soon, and most of my friends who got it have good stuff to say about it. As long as it's engaging enough, I can see myself pouring a lot of time into this, and unlike a certain OTHER game, it has all the basics from a AAA dev team!... I'm sorry. Gen 9 just gets me viscerally upset.

I don't mind the past references that much, but that's mostly because the way it is used, while frequent, is much better than the failed execution done in Sonic Forces, and I understand why it can be somewhat annoying. Really, it'll depend on if they keep relying on this technique in future Sonic games.

Bro Zineth, an indie game from like 2012 developed by a studio that vanished off the face of the fucking Earth, does an infinitely better job of mixing its parkour elements into the world in a way that actually feels like natural design instead of thrown about at random

Nailed my thoughts on the game. I still haven't gotten over the absolute disappointment that was the final boss, could only think "That was it?"

I think it's a good game, though it's pretty clear that this is moreso a test for a future 3D open area sonic game. though my main issue is mostly just... the movement. moving sonic doesn't feel right

I don’t really understand the sliders debate, like it’s just customizable controls. Freedom to the player.

I would have expected Kirby to have a purple moon as a final boss, swap the final bosses in Frontiers and Kirby and the Forgotten Land and you get a more fitting final boss who's name is Fecto Elfilis. If you check the Kirby wiki you will see that Fecto Elfilis would look more at home in a sonic game. I don't know why a boss would look better in a Kirby game, and vice versa.

Sonic frontiers honest review from a true Sonic fan: Story: 8/10 Gameplay: 7/10 Music: 10/10 (and don’t debate me on this 💀) Character choice and design: 6/10 Location and sites: 6.5-7/10 Overall game: 7.5-8/10

I knew we were going to have a difference of opinions when you said that "the fourth island was a welcome to change of pace"

I actually enjoyed Frontiers, the gameplay is fun, a mix of 2d platformer and 3d 'open world', the soundtrack is amazing, the graphics are not THAT bad and overall pretty solid game i liked it.

I just beat it today this morning. I think the end fight was too hard probably because of how huge the ramp in difficulty was. I still loved it.

I have enjoyed playing Frontiers so far. It’s not an amazing game by any means and there’s a lot of problems, especially with the art style, level design, and storytelling. I think that in general, however, it’s a lot of fun to blast around a big open zone at high speeds. I just kinda wish there was some more color to it all.

Thanks for commenting on the art design! It's a detail a lot of people cross over (or excuse).

i understand all these critiques even if i disagree, but i think context is extremely important here. factual criticism is important, but the fact sonic team is severely understaffed and below budget to make good games from sega NEEDS to be mentioned. i don't want to dismiss just talking about raw problems with the game, but this fundamental problem i feel is being ignored too much and more people with influence need to start pointing fingers at sega themselves for giving sonic team the most basic of ingredients so this literally the best they can do.

I like this game, despite its problems, but dang I just want to see another game like mania, not gameplay wise, but just a polished,all around amazing experience that everyone can see and say "yep, this game is amazing" and not have to bring up a bunch of problems that bog down the experience.

This was a wonderful Review of Solar Ash, definitely need to get on that game. I loved Hyper Light Drifter

I love sonic frontiers. Call it what you want, but I loved every 20 hours I spent trying to beat the game. And the soundtracks, I could listen to “I’m Here” for HOURS on end. But yes, while the parry kind of sucked, I loved the perfect parry they added in the new story update. (I also thought the Super Sonic V2 was sick as heck) and this may sound cheesy, but I kind of felt bad for eggman at the end, it showed that maybe Eggman wasn’t fully a bad guy, and he cared for Sage. Great game, I still play it all the time

the sad part is the new pokemon scarlet and violet that just dropped makes this burnt toast seem like a cupcake.

I hope this game sells well anyway to convince Sega that it was worth it to give freedom to the developers and maybe they will improvive things in the next game.

Personally I loved this game, I loved the touhou style fight for the final boss as well as the total banger theme songs for the titan fights. And I just couldn't get enough of trying to draw stuff with the cyloop function. The stages in this aren't as challenging as unleashed stages so that's a minus for me but I still enjoyed them a lot. This is definitely one of the better sonic games, it's nice to see a change up of the formula that while not perfectly executed still worked well. Looking for forward to obtaining the platinum for this game. I really loved the change up they have had for sonic's character in this game as well. He sounds a lot more mature than in other games, that really stuck out for me.

How are people failing the rails? HOW!? Just flick the stick left or right, GOD DAMNIT!!!

The blast to the past you gave me with that Line Rider joke was uncalled for

I’ve been dodging this video for nearly a year, because I loved Frontiers. And now, I’m finding myself agreeing with everything you’ve said. I just… I like this game. It’s just okay, and I’m content with that. Maybe it’s just that I was going in with low expectations and was surprised that I had fun with it, but in spite of all its problems, I like it. And all of your points are valid reasoning for being disappointed! What the hell, I’m a Sonic fan, I’m supposed to be a dick! Great video.

I think the weird disconnect between the way Sonic looks and the way the environment both looks and sounds kind of fits with how Sonic is an outsider on these islands. This is Sonic in a world not his own, and the crazy rock kicking in during these boss fights where the environment tries is kick out the outsider is Sonic metaphorically pushing back against the environment that's trying to kick him out. Even with the themes of Cyberspace leaking into the real world, it explains why the weirdly out of place rails and other obstacles keep popping up only after Sonic interacts with the cyberspace since it seems to pull from his memories. Idk if any of these supposed thematic choices are intentional but that's the way I look at it anyway. I enjoyed this game probably more than I should have being realistic, but the inner sonic fan in me was just glad to have a new game he could have fun playing since he hadn't gotten one since 2013

Wait so people hate the game now.

No cities or enterable buildings were you can see inside or outside from inside. Just empty landmass of course its gonna be boring

The amount of copium in this comment section is unbelievable

Humbly request that you make a full video about Solar Ash, and give it an SEO-friendly title and thumbnail about it being “Sonic done right.”

If frontiers is a disappointing mess, I'd love to see how he'd name a video about the new pokemon games lmao

I am grateful towards Sonic Frontiers for making me want to play Solar Ash instead

While I promptly disagree with your sentiment I basically expected it when you dismissed the Boost formula in general. You don't like Modern Boost gameplay and even though I think Frontiers is an amazing step in the right direction for Sonic I understand this game is definitely not something you'd like. Just me watching your videos in general just clued me in so it makes 100% sense. Respect your opinion, but yeah 100% disagree as a fan who has played every game under the sun.

fuck hahaha, comparing this to Solar Ash was unexpected but BRUTAL

I 100 percent ed this game as well and I personally loved the game except for the 3rd world and I thought the super sonic fights were amazing and it’s probably my favorite game of the year although I do recognize it’s many manny and I mean large amount of flaws

Remember the time sonic vs mario was an honest debate

I’m really hoping newer Sonic games will take the right lessons from this game because it’s a right step for the franchise in decades

It’s an unfinished game

I mean the question if Sonic can work has been answered already, and obviously not by Sonic himself. I played an indie game this year called Spark the Electric Jester 3, and I really believe it fulfills the promise that Sonic was never quite able to deliver on. It's tight, high speed, momentum-based gameplay but with level design that respects your knowledge of the controls. It's not just a matter of holding forward and dodging left and right or transitioning to 2d whenever the level actually wants you to platform, it's just big levels that let you do so much if you know how to play around the game's systems. I think the best example I can think of is a level that's essentially a big hole with you running around the rim of each layer and falling down to the next. The thing that prevents you from falling down to the end in one go is a system that makes you take fall damage if you fall for long enough uninterrupted, and you die on the spot once a meter fills up, even if you're still midair. The game gives you plenty of ways to prevent that meter from filling up, though, with stuff like air dashing and using certain abilities. If you're smart enough, you can actually fall all the way down and beat the level in a fraction of the time it would take to do normally. It's a game that respects you enough to give you a move set that can completely break certain levels, but is still fun to go through correctly, and doesn't expect you to figure these things out until you do. Looking back at Sonic Frontiers, here they give you a kinda fun move set that only shows off its protentional in the only cyberspace with any difficulty to S rank. Otherwise, it's all the same boring motions repeated across every single encounter. Heck, I didn't even mention the combat in Spark 3, a combat system that once again rewards you for understanding the systems, allowing you beat bosses in a single combo if you figure out how to string things together correctly, unlike in Frontiers where it literally doesn't matter what you chain together because it's always going to work and not really matter either way. Anyways, I hope whoever reads this understands what I'm trying to say and decides to give it a shot. I would recommend getting the whole franchise, since the story across all 3 games is actually really refreshing, and a lot more interesting and engaging than what you would expect from a 3d platformer. Go check it out!

Sonic frontier was one of the games ever

More like a "Sega hire this man" for me it was a "Sega you hired the WRONG man". They should hire the guy that made *_Sonic Utopia._* A MOMENTUM driven "open zone" to play around and do Sonic stuff (with loops and more things being PART of the design and not random obstacle courses because, I guess the civilization of Jell-O People really liked their rails or something.

POV: The entire comment section disagrees (respectfully) I personally really enjoyed the game most of my core issues are tiny flaws that together make the game worse but the overall experience was fun for me. For a 60 person team, 18 of them being animators, on a open world game I’d say that this was a pretty admirable effort. It’s clear that around Chaos Island they were running out of time as the first 2 Islands were pretty cool. They probably could have just kept the last 2 islands as part of Kronos instead of splitting them, that way they could get away with less challenges but more spread out as well as a pallet swap. There’s even evidence that THE END was supposed to be a far grander boss fight than it was. Some improvements I’d say I want to see in the next game: More emphasis on momentum, in the games code it’s actually already in the game to some degree all you have to do is the equivalent of changing a 0 to a 1. I think the boost can stay but as a reward you get for Max Rings like how the power boost is now. Make the plot not mystery based, I like what frontiers did although I feel as if the first open world title shouldn’t have been melancholic, it should’ve been upbeat and lively. The world feels a bit dead in Frontiers because well… that’s the point BUT that doesn’t mean it’s a good thing as there’s a lack of real infrastructure and NPCs because they all kinda died along with their civilization. The next game should take a mix of the real world aesthetic and fuse it with the creativity of Sonic Heroes levels for a perfect mix that would keep things interesting as well as let the environments have signature elements such as loops and corkscrews to work with the refined momentum. Cut cyberspace, it’s a cool concept to keep the boost as a special stage only thing but unless the design and control is greatly made more fun, I don’t want it, even it it would only be 7 of them Refine the combat and make it flow more with Sonic’s signature style, the super moves are cool but it breaks the pace in how you traverse the world as well as at times it can be a bit clunky. As well as make the parry timed. Let Ian Flynn be the main writer of the story, the character dialogue he did was pretty great to me(even if it was filled with references) I wanna see what he can do with the full plot of a game like how he has in the comics If those are implemented the next could easily be top 2 3D Sonic games. Most of these changes either require a medium level rework, cutting and more focusing the content, or straight up starting fresh for the story which had to be done anyways. I have my gripes with the game but what Frontiers does well it does REALLY well. The potential is there. They just need the time and guidance to make it happen. I like the game, I do, but it can EASILY have a much better sequel especially since they are actively listening to feedback. So while I disagree with the video on some points I think others are valid even if they didn’t effect me the same way. Now is the time to be critical of not only the bad but the good as well

Hardly a sonic game when I honestly feel I can run faster in real life. The bosses in the game boy sonics were more interesting.

Haven't watched yet, but I'll give my two cents. Edits made, here's my final thoughts. I wouldn't call it a disappointment. All things considered, the game did what it did very well, and I all things considered came out of my experience with the game having enjoyed it. I enjoyed navigating the open world with Sonic's speed, racing over the hills of Kronos, the Mountains of Chaos, and the dunes of Ares. I loved fighting most of the guardians. I loved going through the mini obstacle courses scattered throughout the world, which almost seamlessly lead into one another in many cases. The characterization and story in this game is stellar, and at least in the characterization sense, is some of the best we've seen in two decades. I will say that Cyberspace was extremes. It was either really good, or terrible. Some stages were good and fun, some were actual torture, and it always came down to the source material for the stages. The best stages, imo, was the handful of original stages and the Adventure stages. For some reason, Sonic just felt like he handled better there than he did anywhere else in Cyberspace, and it was fun to play through those stages. The bad, however, comes in the game's cut content. There's not much to see, but it's very clear as you play through that some stuff just didn't make it. Kronos Island was cut up into Ouranos and Rhea, and some dialogue triggers on Ouranos indicate this without a single doubt that yes, it was originally Kronos (in case the antagonist talking to you normally during this island after the events that happened prior wasn't clear enough). There's also some things that just feel wrong. Giganto has a handful of unused attacks. Every battle after Giganto requires the game to enter some weird cutscene mode for the QTEs instead of it being real time, which slightly takes you out of the experience due to the loading. Knight for some reason lacks its laser beams that shoot from its shoulder in phase 2. Supreme pulls out its rifle in the intro and goes into a sniper stance only to use the thing a total of once in the entire fight while recycling Giganto's moveset, but now with projectiles. Not to mention the fact its Evangelion wings just vanish after the phase transition. And then, there's The End. Everything around this fight, from the intro monologue, to the tutorial text saying "Titans", plural, and just the general vibe of the fight reeks not of laziness, but of an unfinished battle that HAD to have something out the door for release. I also totally agree about Sage's interactions with Sonic. For as much as I love Sage as a character, the constant "there would be no point in telling you" was a really stupid story choice. But other than that, I definitely feel the character interactions were the high point of the story. The main story itself was neat, with the ancients and all, but the thing that really got me was the individual character interactions. Amy is no longer a lovestruck stalker, and is now a kindhearted but stern girl who believes in doing the right thing no matter what. Knuckles is back to being a friendly rival, who's outwardly abrasive and somewhat aggressive towards Sonic, but has a soft spot for him. Tails has been turned from this mockery of himself that the last decade has painted him as to a kid with serious self-confidence issues, who begins taking the steps towards fixing his issues his writing has had in the last 10 years. Eggman has had some of the best characterization he's ever had. We got insights into his private thoughts, we saw his classic super ego that lead him to believe he could control The End, but we also got to see a side of him that we never saw, which is the softer side of him that came out thanks to Sage. Sage is probably my favorite part of this game's story. She's certainly not perfect, and a lot of her writing is a bit scuffed, but my love of her is more focused on what she'll do moving forward in the story, and how she'll affect Eggman's character. Not to mention, she was just a fun character in general, once she dropped the "Emotionless, Calculating AI" act. Ian Flynn's goal with Frontiers felt like it was less about telling a complete story that stuck 1:1 with what Sega intended for the script, and more like a grand attempt at finally bringing sonic's world back into one coherent piece for the first time in two decades, with a myriad of references. This is also seen in Tailstube. Frontiers clearly had the goal of just giving Sonic a world again, instead of the string of disconnected plots we've had since the fallout of 06. But despite the negatives, I enjoyed the game. It has its flaws, but it also has a large wealth of genuinely good things about the game that gave it the mass acclaim among fans and to an extent, critics, that its gained thus far. I feel like too many people these days have gotten locked into the mindset that "Flawed = Bad" when these things exist on a spectrum. A game can be flawed, but its merits and the game's design and gameplay can make it good. A game can be flawless, but if the game itself isn't inspired or entertaining, being flawless won't stop it from being bad. I'd never call Frontiers a masterpiece, but I'd happily call it a good first step. And clearly, Sega agrees. As a result of Frontiers' success and acclaim, they've allocated more funds and manpower to Sonic Team. I don't want to look at this game as a missed shot, because I don't think it missed at all. Rather, I see it as the beginning of something amazing to come. After all, as Sonic Team said in their message to the fans that was the second credits theme. We're only at the beginning of this One Way Dream.

19:50 This entire segment has such massive "Hey Lois remember the time" energy and that being in a Sonic game is fucking bizarre.

Anyone else watching this after the first update wishing he can review it again

I was not expecting this game to be one of the most divided upon Sonic fans, like legit you seem to ethier find this game fun but flawed or find really dissatisfied I think we can at least agree on one thing tho and that's Sonic Team need more money and man power

My biggest problem with the game is actually the 2d and how backwards the cyberspace levels are if you really think about it. They take leaps forward with control in the open zones and then you get these bite sized levels that control like ass to favour boosting and homing attacks to win. Turning still sucks as well. It’s getting old really fast for this franchise and it’s like two different developers were working on this game and one dud who forgot how 2d works.

The panic at sonic boom being canon was so genuine it caught me off guard

Yeah I didn’t find frontiers that interesting & just very lazy in somethings. If they do another world zone game, I hope the levels looks way more creative & not lot of random platforms everywhere in bland places.

Fucking hell, is this a Sonic game or an unorganized collection of Hotwheels playsets?

Man, Sonic Frontiers could learn a thing or two from Family Guy about obscure references and cutaway scenes. I hardly understood any of the references, but it was usually funny! I just didn't care about the old game references in this game. You know what would be my favorite new Sonic game? A Sonic Adventure collection. (I could even argue for a collection going through Heroes and Shadow game, but I won't.) It doesn’t even need to be remastered! Just put them on Switch. We already have 3 different remasters of every game's starter stages.

Bruh I just got the game and i seriously feel like we played a different game

Sonic Generations was like 5 hours long, barely... and I enjoyed every second of it. Sonic Frontiers is what 30 hours? I got sick of it in less than 5. What's wrong with quality over quantity devs? It's clear that sonic frontiers is trying to tick certain boxes but forgetting to tick the important boxes as a result and actually try to make a good, high quality game. Man it was so disappointing.

i know many would disagree w this review considering how they feel abt the game itself, but it should be reiterated that one of the main criticisms is that the game is still fundamentally flawed; it's a fantastic sonic game but it is not a fantastic game per say. praising the game for being a step in the right direction is fine but a step in the right direction does that mean that fans should be satisfied w the overall quality of the game. it's fine to enjoy the game like i did, but sega still needs to step up their game.

Though I enjoyed the game, it doesn’t really have much replay value once it’s over, until the dlc comes out. It’s probably my favourite 3D sonic game, that’s honestly not saying much, since most of the 3D games aren’t very good. Glad I got it on the Xmas sales definitely not worth full price.

Sorry man, can't dislike this one even if I tried. I LOVE it. I really don't know what you mean by "Sonic doesn't look like he fits in this world"

"Being a Sonic fan is like eating dogshit for a decade and then being fed a piece of burnt toast for a treat" lmao true

It's definitely a big step in the right direction, from what I've played. I never got to experience the past decade of sonic but from what I've researched and and saw, this game is a flawed masterpiece and I can't wait to see what sonic team can come up with next

This perfect encapsulated my thoughts about this game. I played the entire game but it wasn’t was I wanted out of a sonic game