Sonic Frontiers: World Premiere Gameplay | IGN First

The moment you've all been waiting for is here! Sonic Frontiers gameplay debuts right here as part of IGN First for the month of June.

This is an IGN timed-exclusive.

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[OldClassicGamer]

Looks very interesting but it feels a bit empty and too stiff with many things just popping up as Sonic runs.

[NIMPAK]

This is a pretty impressive looking fan game. Sega should hire them.

[DeanoSauruzRex]

Sonic has to be the only gaming franchise where the movies actually do better than the games.

[tacomaster]

It just looks...souless.
As with every new Sonic game, we have our hopes for it to be redeeming for the franchise but aren't even surprised to be disappointed by the end result anymore.

[ClassicColdFish]

Looks like one of those fan made sonic games I've been seeing for the past 10 years

[samirbelica]

It’s really weird to see Sonic so slow because of how large the map is. Really puts into perspective at how big the “zones” in Sonic games truly are

[UnexpectedGamer]

Those structures floating randomly in the sky look so weird. It feels like the devs simply didn't want to bother with creating a world that felt organic and natural.

[phenix]

This game could redefine the 3D Sonic games, but my goodness it needs another year or two of development

[gat]

As a massive sonic fan, it pains me to see how we're still struggling with basic movement and actions in 2022.

[zombecreative]

Floating rails and colored walls plastered on a natural environment is a clear sign of how rigid Sonic’s movement is limited to. If the goal is open world then just allow Sonic to bounce off trees, run on walls, etc like he does in the cutscenes. The Physics should be the main focus for developing the gameplay

[wooferjr]

This game looks more like a Sonic simulator. Think about it, a huge open world with empty fields, and obstacles, and platforms without any context.

[KressalakTheWolf]

Someone at Sega was probably so happy that they got the demo build up and running for the first looks, excited to implement the story, further mechanics, more music tracks, secret characters and optimizations, then they die a little on the inside when they are told by higher ups that this is the game and ships soon.

[xecrald]

It was a really bold creative decision to take a franchise known for banging music and give it no music at all.

[andrewkoontz]

I'm laughing so hard right now there's no way someone at SEGA looked at this footage and said "Yup, this is the perfect reveal footage for our game"

[greeniecapvideos]

This game doesn’t need a delay. It needs a whole overhaul!

[SwitchUpYt]

The Switch version will lag let’s be honest

[Ape_Tero]

This is a concept that feels amazing in theory. But in practice, it very much lacks a unique characteristic or objective. There's a multitude of games that already offer this option to just roam around empty fields with sparse objects to interact with.
If they followed the idea of Sonic Adventure, and just made medium sized areas to have fun with or interact, like in Mario Odyssey, that'd be fine. But this is not that, and doing a step puzzle isn't something that I'd equate to Sonic.

[OVP]

They should have focused on fluidity in his movements.
and a lot of attack and dodge formations that you can chain together.
would make navigating an empty oasis more enjoyable.

[DeltaDubs]

It would be great if they had this and had enemies, bosses, village areas etc. But also had missions that included the liner levels so it's the open world we fans have been asking for with their signature craft sprinkled in.

[xandtheironminer]

This looks really cool! Aside from the emptiness, the random placed crap, the lack of enemies, the lack of pretty much anything, the bird being faster than Sonic, makes Sonic Speed Simulator look like a masterpiece, it looking like it's version -1.5, and... well, everything. Everything but the grphaics.