Sonic Frontiers - Before You Buy

Sonic Frontiers (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S/One, Nintendo Switch) is an open world Sonic adventure with a new..."spin". Let's talk.

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[Iluhvahtar]

I love to watch a "before you buy" after I buy, but before I play.

[wag-wankenobi]

I think "a step in the right direction" is absolutely the best way to describe this game. Not amazing, not awful, lots of promising progress that just needs another go and a bigger budget.

[disruptive_innovator]

To hear they actually got the speed and control down in the game is good news. For some reason newer Sonic games forget to nail those fundamentals, which blows my mind because that used to define the feel of the old games.

[Roshiyoshiiii]

With the road map confirming more playable characters this is the best 3D Sonic game we have had yet i cant even believe it

[BeerNationHustle]

PS Plus Game Catalog for December gang, where we at?

[koalafisher]

This game could have an amazing sequel. Game is a great leap in the right direction.

[zJoriz]

These Before You Buy videos are one of the modern things I'm thankful for. Getting on YT and seeing if a game's worth buying... that didn't exist when I was a kid. Even if the conclusion often is "yeah, nah, this isn't for me", I'm still grateful others are putting in the not inconsiderate amount of work required to find that out.
Thank you.

[jadenbrown]

Here I am, a grown man, anticipating Sonic like a kid again. Man it feels great though.

[NeoPotato]

If they ever make a Sonic Frontiers 2/open zone style sonic game, I'm all for it. The skeleton for this new generation of sonic gameplay is pretty solid.

Include momentum based physics, adding bigger more denser biomes, a bigger skill tree and increasing the difficulty of the game can easily put Sonic back on the map. And please have Ian Flynn be the writer from here on out.

[GameFreakX]

They could have mitigated the “random floating structures” problem by making the level design materialize after you activate a switch. The game’s theme around digitization would have made it really easy.

[bozoman]

I feel like they could’ve done a game focused in a city, which would justify the abundance of rails (although apparently there is an in-game explanation for the rails on each island), but it is a great concept that could definitely be expanded upon

[charlesroseman]

The reason this game appeals to me is that I like the way Sonic seems to control. I liked the movement of the Adventure series more than the almonst-on-rails Boost series and this game is looking like a combination of both in a good way.

[JayGotGameBruhXL]

I really see the potential this game has in terms of its impact on future 3d sonic games. I truly believe this is a step in the right direction and I'm excited to see what Sega does with this formula. This review has made me a tad bit disappointed in quite a few things though as I thought this game was really gonna be really really good, but it's just good enough essentially. I'm still gonna play it as a Sonic fan and I'm sure I'll like it.

[Infinityflow]

After completing the game, I can say I absolutely loved it. It was just very fun. All the things I got to do and the type of world I was in just made me feel like sonic. In my eyes, that made whatever fault it had feel insignificant. Sonic is just a beast who is able to break physics completely in this game, and I think that is a good thing in this case. His homing attack goes against gravity now. I personally did enjoy the combat because of the variety of moves I could pull off against the mini-bosses. I didn't feel like it was tedious because, like botw, It was really up to me to decide how much of it did I want to do. I didn't need to fight all the bosses or clear all the stages if I didn't feel like it. Above all, sonic handles like a dream in the overworld. Others have complained that he handles poorly in the cyber stages, though that wasn't my personal impression of it. Overall, it made me feel like sonic, which is an amazing feet. I think this is a great new direction for sonic to go into. They just need to refine it more. Hopefully they dont abandon it, like they did with other styles in the past.

[levimcreaddie]

It's a sonic master piece for me. Can't wait for next sonic. 20 hours in and still loving it.

[DefNotMyBurner]

Honestly being a Sonic fan, it gets my attention because of the sheer effort alone. Sega truly tried to make a Mario Odyssey esque game with Sonic and I can appreciate that. Throw in a Player Creation map mode that players can share online and this game's lifespan just increased a good 1-2 years, not including DLC.

[ryanboyle]

Sonic adventure 2 is my favorite, story line was cool and they seemed to nail it aside from a few quirks, excited to play Sonic Frontiers

[FflawedMetalhead]

I love that every modern Sonic game comes with a huge list of caveats and things to be aware of. Thankfully this Gameranx is here!

[briangallardo]

Jake and falcon reviewing games is like having a nice conversation with an intelligent person. I just love their reviews

[LittlestLilly]

I do appreciate the transparency in not knowing whether or not you'd be able to explain the game and your thoughts in as much of an unbiased manner as you could. Great video!