Turns out that guy who did that recent study linking violence and video games the journo sites cling to... got exposed for being a fraud in the medical community and is in the process of having his papers removed from medical journals.
I'm currently on Ares Island (2nd Island) I'm only 12hrs deep into ONLY because I'm taking my time, having fun doing the challenges, the exploring, side stories, and 100% the islands. I'm having so much fun with this game! I've played all the Sonic games and this has been the best Sonic game in years!
That’s how I was with the first Sonic Adventure. I see a lot of people comparing Sonic Frontiers to Sonic Unleashed but it feels more like Sonic Adventure 1. Sure I like to go fast during action stages but there are so many secrets and fun world-building when exploring and it actively rewards you for it with upgrades, Chao eggs and even additional Sonic games. Sonic Frontiers seems like that to me on a larger scale making you want to explore the world and solve its mysteries with so much room to make your own choices.
Hope you feel better soon man. And I completely agree with you, this is Sonics grand return to form. It’s fantastic we have a great sonic finally. It’s been a long time coming.
You may have noticed this, but if you play 3-1, it may look like Green Hill, but if you pay attention to the layout, it's actually Green Forest from SA2!
First Sonic game I’ve spent full price on since Sonic Heroes when I was 12. It’s the best he’s controlled since Sonic Adventure 2 and my biggest hope is that Sonic Team can take this format and push it further next time. I’m so glad they finally got a win.
@@justahedgehog5079 I’ve played through it yeah it was alright but I’m not a fan of the werehog parts and the boost gameplay has lost its novelty for me at this point.
@@KonohaRamenNoodles well that's a shame. Despite the werehog stages, why would you not like the Day stages? For me, it's really fun and enyojable, very good for replayability
I'm loving this game and the rails are one of my favorite parts haha! The combat is addicting, everything about this game is addicting! Great video man!
This is the best Sonic Frontiers review by FAR! Everything you said hit the nail on the head, this game is amazing and I think a lot of people are going to not buy this listening to nit picks by other reviewers. You truly have to get your hands on it and experience it first hand to know how amazing it is, I never have fun exploring in any game but I do in Frontiers, it’s so calming and there’s no urgency pushed upon you, you can do whatever you want at your own pace, and the way the mood switches from peaceful to hardcore heavy metal anime style boss battles is so soul shocking it almost makes you emotional lol this is a glorious Sonic game!
Haven't played it yet, but plan to sometime in the near future. To me this looks to be a near ideal entry level game to introduce new fans to the modern Sonic gameplay style. It's experimental, but not to the point where it's a detriment to the experience. The moveset looks to be condensed nicely so every mechanic has a chance to be utilized as much as it can with the open-ness of the world and its challenges. Then it ties in the traditional levels with boost style and all to show how movement translates in that style. Again, I haven't played it yet, but looking forward to it.
I agree with you Matty. I am a MASIVE fan of Sonic, and THIS game right here, is awesome. The ONLY thing that's off to me, is the constant pop in but then again there isn't any new game that comes out that doesn't have glitches like this, so I'm sure that will be fixed pretty quickly in an upcoming patch. Don't know about you but the open world sections of this game kind of give me Death Stranding vibes. Hope you're feeling better soon too, man.
As a new and small youtuber myself, I really appreciate the subtle details in this video…the Sonic Adventure 2 music in the back ground…the blue lights for sonic..good stuff
The tone of the story was like adventure 1&2. I hope this stays and we're past the campy sonic era! Having the world be vast with long stretches of miles would be a bad thing but since Sonic moves so fast its way more bearable. The random obstacles in the air look terrible so I hope in the future they can implement more organic looking obstacles to the world that fit the worlds different themes. The sonic boom song animation from long ago was so cool and made Sonic going fast in an open world a dream to play. They just need to do some different things to nail it better. Also cyberspace is very fun but theyre very short. Make less cyberspace levels and make them over 2x longer like the unleashed and generations stages and also make the S rank time more akin to 1-2 than the usual steamroll it is. Unleashed still has the best polish and boost stages imo but this game is a very good step in the right direction!
Gotta say among the reviewers I trust (including you) they all pretty much shat on sonic frontiers which I get but your perspective is so much better (like you mentioned you've been through the ups and downs of sonic history) Positivity is a rare thing these days. 😁🙌
I think the issue people have with the floating rails (even if they don't realize it) is that the art style of the overworld is pretty realistic and the rails break that immersion. If the art style was more stylized like some of the previous games it's much easier to suspend your disbelief. It doesn't really bother me personally, but I would say the art style they chose for the hubs work against it in this regard.
That is actually a fair point I didn't acknowledge myself. I had no issue with floating platforms because its traditional in a sonic game. I just came off demon turf which has tonnes of floating platforms but that is a very cartoony game. It being realistic in the hub world does I suppose make it look a lot cheaper, like its babies 1st little big planet level or something.
Sonic Adventure had rails floating above the street while cars were driving past I strongly disagree. People are complaining about a game with a blue hedgehog with super speed running around collecting rings to get faster is insane
Central City must've been some wacky city having a road that literally loops around into an apartment (City Escape) and highways that leads to pits and corkscrews (Radical Highway and Mission Street) + all those floating cylinders for whatever reason. It's probably gonna be better if they made some of the platforms look actually supported though, but oh well
Bro I’ve been following retro rebound since u started doing the sonic things and I was always like he deserves more subs I had no idea you had another main channel 💀💀💀
I hope you feel better man. Also yeah sonic frontier is an awesome game. Plus I love the fallout 4 compass on the top of the screen. The free room is fun and the music is amazing! Also those robot bosses are pretty fun. In my opinion the best modern sonic games is unleashed and frontier. honestly I hope that we get a sonic game with the Mobius freedom fighter story line one day. In my opinion that’s the best version of sonic.
One thing I loved about SA2 is the fact that you went faster on the rails if you actually followed the curvature of the rail (balancing via the control stick).
As for the floating rails. I feel as though they could have taken a page out of final rush from sa2. Just put some floating rings around the floating rails to imply some sort of hover tech.
I’m enjoying the game. Obviously some stuff could be improved but the groundwork is there. The cyberspace levels are amazing. Wish they’d fix pop in though. Playing on PS5. Hope you feel better bro!
Only have a couple hours in so far but I’m really enjoying it. From the get go I’ve thought that the whole floating rails and springs thing is perfect in an open Sonic game. It doesn’t stop the flow of the game when you’re running around which I think is really important for any Sonic game
I really like the game too. It's fun just running around as sonic and the boss fight kinda feels like a shadow of the colossus type of way to beat them. It's a great game, and I hope more of this foundation is built upon. Best sonic game and its fun to see my daughter play it on her switch as well. But judging from the handheld mode, cause she only has the switch lite. It doesn't look that good with low fps and just doesn't look great, so I let her borrow my steam deck to play it and she seems to be really enjoying it more.
sonic on the genesis one of the first games I remember, it's been really fun watching my son learn this game and enjoy it.. after all video games are for kids! happy to see the optimism!
Finished the game at 100% at around 20-21 hours. This is my favorite Sonic game, and everytime I think about the story I start crying. Dear god I hope Sega never lets Ian Flynn go!
@@DamashiTheKaotic Can you describe why? I am kind of curious now, I can't the people who make the games these days really making anything that even approaches "great" territory.
Even though I'm just a casual Sonic fan, it's still exhausting. Been downplaying this release because i didn't want to get burned. I'm very happy this one is decent. Probably will pick it up.
Dude Matty you gotta get in on the comics! I fell off but the first print series was absolutely amazing! They introduced Turbo Tails and Hyper Knuckles. They get so dark and deep and focus on other characters. Plots are amazing. The specials were great and this is all not even mentioning the absolutely beautiful artwork used. I used to buy 2 copies so I could make Pogs out of one of them they were so well drawn.... lol
Great video bro, hope you get better. And yeah I think this is a pretty good game, but also needed a lil bit more time in the oven. Story for a Sonic game is never really a main focus, but I feel the characters are sorta back to how they were before, which I miss. And I love Sage and how she adds a bit of depth to Eggman. Music is great, duh. The combat took me by surprise. In the beginning it looked stiff and robotic. While it still shows some of that, it's nice that it can be creative, and some of the animations fit well. The movement for Sonic seems to be the best it's been for a while, but I think the complaint from how he moves through the world. Like when you're running on some rock or bosses, there's a lot of clipping. Speaking of the world, them rails. Now, I love me some rails and springs in a Sonic game, but it doesn't complement the world itself. Taking some grassy Plains, and slapping some Sonic assets on it doesn't add up to a Sonic level, for me at least. It's fun to bounce every which way on them, but the world itself isn't memorable or have character. The camera is only really a problem when you try to control it, but then it takes control too. And the pop. I'm sure that'll get patched up, still looks bad tho. The enemies are fun and varied, so you'll have plenty of way to deal with them. And Cyberspace. Definitely not as linear as I thought, but could be more branched out. Seems to me they focused hard on how Sonic plays, and less on the world he played in. While the cyberspaces were colorful, you'll spend more of your time on the islands themselves. Branches as grind rails would be nice, jokes aside. It just need a theme and more ways to interact with the world other than bounce, zoom, grind. Definitely a step in the right direction, but for as much praise as this game gets, there are flaws. Sega should listen to the criticism, both good and bad, and move forward with it. Take what works and build from it. This was just me looking from the outside tho. I haven't played it and can only give a base critic. But I am pleased to see the direction it's going in. 6/10. Lemme know what ya think
This game was really fun, as a massive platformer fan they really executed this game well and im not a big sonic fan but now i am. Definitely a great improvement over the last main sonic game from 2017
I'm glad this game is getting some love and with all the big titles coming out along with God of war ragnarok. I'm having a good time playing both at the same time.
I understand why there is so much pop in. Because of the way Sonic works (he's pretty fast), they need special engine tech for streaming textures fast enough for the game to keep up especially on Switch. Game engines like Unreal or Unity don't have this feature set and would quickly break down with this fast movement. So while yes, the pop in does suck, they had to use the same engine from Sonic Forces to make this because of those features and it's honestly very impressive that they were able to make these open world zones with what they had. I am fully expecting the modding community to pop off with this game, there are already some large scale projects in the works that I won't talk about in this comment due to heavy spoilers. But once you beat the game, check them out on Twitter, they're doing some impressive stuff.
I was just as surprised as you! I kind of overlooked the last few 3d sonic games. But gave Frontiers a shot and I am really enjoying playing it and it's fun to explore the openworld section then mastering the more traditionally style levels. It's great! I do feel some critics are so jaded by Sega and the sonic franchise you won't be able to ever persuade them to like it though haha
SkillUp damn near killed my anticipation for this game, he wasn't too impressed with it. But a fair number of other reviewers had positive things to say about the game. In the end I'm glad I picked it up. I'm having fun with it. Especially the cyber levels. Getting those S ranks are equally stressful and fun, and they're very well designed. Can't say it's the best game ever or anything, but it has definitely gripped me. It's a fun Sonic game you can play casually and relax to.
It’s 39.99 on Amazon now. Let’s just say I’m glad I waited. But I can wait some more. I’ve never been a fan of Sonic, but I hear it’s a lot better than their past releases. I’ve been burned before by them so I was super wary. Open Zone is what they call it.
My problem with the Sonic Frontiers situation is the critic reviews on Metacritic. It's like these professional critics don't give high scores unless it is God of war or souls like game. The critics gave Frontiers an average of 72 right now on Meta Critic. The Users have it at a 9! The critics game GT 7 an 87 and the users gave it a 2.1 because of the massive amount of issues at launch and gameplay issues. So I can't stand the critic reviews anymore and Sonic Frontiers should be an average of 80 on Metacritic at the least!
EXACTLY!! We are playing as a blue hedgehog running at a million miles an hour; wgaf abt floating rails. It’s a video game built for fun. The 1st Sonic on Sega Genesis had random loops and springs scattered in a world and coins in mid air; that of course isn’t realistic in real life. WHOOOO CARES!! If it’s fun that’s all I need. “Rails in mid-air…” 😒Let’s get back to just being gamers and have fun.
I guess the floating Rails looks off putting from an open world perspective as opposed to the linear of other games. Like from a different angle or perspective, which may be why it seemed weird. i got over it, was too busy using them and the other challenges to care that much in the long run.
Great game! As a sonic adventure area fan this was such a great step in the right direction. My fa oriented thing is the story and the writing and the voice acting. A more serous story and acting is so good in sonic! Like adventure 2 story is peak cause it was serous. Still some work but over all great. The only huge thing I do hate about this game is the 2d sections. They aren't fun and in the cyber space 2d sonic doesn't feel good to play at all. They have messed him up largely so other than the 2d stuff it's fantastic
They really need to fix the pop in and make quality of life improvements, Im not sure if it’s limitations of the engine but maybe they just didn’t have enough time. Hopefully their is a future patch that fixes a lot of the pop in problems. The pc version does have some issues and the menu screen is a pain im the ass to navigate on pc.
I have only a few major gripes in my first 1.5 hours. One: Ye gods the graphics are rough. Pop-in, blurry/grainy textures for days, 60FPS cap on PC and can't even maintain crisp edges... It's ugly in a tech sense, and there wasn't much work done to reconcile the classic Sonic graphics with the semi-realistic regions. The cutscene that plays when you max rings is ridiculous and every cutscene looks like it's recorded in 720p. Two: Movement can be a bit janky. The hard 45 degree angle for boosting when you're holding a sideways movement key feels bad, platforming isn't that precise and sometimes the double jump and boost jump don't work, aerial movement feels sluggish, springs are incredibly slow and literally cause you to fail stage S ranks... But the rest of it feels good, so when it doesn't, it's pretty jarring. Three, the stage balancing is wack. 1-2 being known as one of the hardest stages to S-rank is ludicrous (a lot of it due to the spring thing), but apparently future stages are way easier? Huh? And why the heck does the introductory cinematic-camera Sonic run contribute to the timer? At least the non-timed stuff is great. Overall though... It's actually a pretty good time. I've never been a Sonic fan at all, but it's not bad by any means. It's silly fun and feels good to just tear across the landscape, the pseudo-spectacle-fighter combat is great. It's more of a win than a loss and I don't understand why some reviews just plain hate this.
I am not a huge Sonic fan. I have always liked him and I played the old Genesis games a TON. But saw the downfall of modern Sonic for so long that I was really hating on this game before release. Happy to say I was totally wrong! I am loving it so much thus far. Not far in at all but I see the game loop and it’s been fun and I feel cool playing as Sonic.
Im not a sonic fan, but this game just looks like a game made to have fun. Like just drop in and have a good time, compared to what "quality" game nowadays, cinematic 3rd person story games.
Awesome review Matty, looking forward to playing this game over the Xmas break! Quick question: do you have any plans to play Sonic Colours/Colours Ultimate? Played it for the first time recently and absolutely loved it; would love to hear your thoughts!
People complain about floating rails like they are not realistic. Blue hedgehog that travels at super sonic speed , I think realistic isn't in the cards.
I never really understood everyone’s problem with the floating rails have they never played a sonic game every phonics game has floating rails to grind on just up in the air
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holy pwople are addicted in this picture use to be fortnite now sonic fronteirs😊
Turns out that guy who did that recent study linking violence and video games the journo sites cling to... got exposed for being a fraud in the medical community and is in the process of having his papers removed from medical journals.
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I'm currently on Ares Island (2nd Island) I'm only 12hrs deep into ONLY because I'm taking my time, having fun doing the challenges, the exploring, side stories, and 100% the islands. I'm having so much fun with this game! I've played all the Sonic games and this has been the best Sonic game in years!
Totally agree!! 🥰
That’s how I was with the first Sonic Adventure. I see a lot of people comparing Sonic Frontiers to Sonic Unleashed but it feels more like Sonic Adventure 1. Sure I like to go fast during action stages but there are so many secrets and fun world-building when exploring and it actively rewards you for it with upgrades, Chao eggs and even additional Sonic games. Sonic Frontiers seems like that to me on a larger scale making you want to explore the world and solve its mysteries with so much room to make your own choices.
It's nice to see Sonic actually getting a good 3D game it's been a long time.
I didn’t expect the game would be this fun to be honest. I’ve been playing it waiting for the almighty Ragnarok to be delivered.
Dude my bro finished this game in 12 hours, 100% the islands, took his time with it, and took 12 hours to finish the game
Hope you feel better soon man. And I completely agree with you, this is Sonics grand return to form. It’s fantastic we have a great sonic finally. It’s been a long time coming.
Bro this game won't outsell mario odyssey which means sega fails again
I’m on Chaos Island currently, I think this game is absolutely phenomenal! If it’s not the best Sonic game, it’s definitely one of them!
You may have noticed this, but if you play 3-1, it may look like Green Hill, but if you pay attention to the layout, it's actually Green Forest from SA2!
@@timlyons3420 No shit, all the Cyberspace levels have the same layout as previous Sonic games.
@@brawler5760 chill out
First Sonic game I’ve spent full price on since Sonic Heroes when I was 12. It’s the best he’s controlled since Sonic Adventure 2 and my biggest hope is that Sonic Team can take this format and push it further next time. I’m so glad they finally got a win.
Wait, have you tried Sonic Unleashed?
@@justahedgehog5079 yeah, why?
@@KonohaRamenNoodles did you like it? Haven't you 100% the game?
@@justahedgehog5079 I’ve played through it yeah it was alright but I’m not a fan of the werehog parts and the boost gameplay has lost its novelty for me at this point.
@@KonohaRamenNoodles well that's a shame. Despite the werehog stages, why would you not like the Day stages? For me, it's really fun and enyojable, very good for replayability
I really missed taking sonic seriously. Thanks for the review! I look forward to playing this game.
As a sonic fan I got my nitpicks but EASY 8/10 LOVED IT & as time goes on I'm sure I'll appreciate it more
This game is something I wanted even as a non sonic fan.. This game made me a sonic fan
I'm loving this game and the rails are one of my favorite parts haha! The combat is addicting, everything about this game is addicting!
Great video man!
This is the best Sonic Frontiers review by FAR! Everything you said hit the nail on the head, this game is amazing and I think a lot of people are going to not buy this listening to nit picks by other reviewers. You truly have to get your hands on it and experience it first hand to know how amazing it is, I never have fun exploring in any game but I do in Frontiers, it’s so calming and there’s no urgency pushed upon you, you can do whatever you want at your own pace, and the way the mood switches from peaceful to hardcore heavy metal anime style boss battles is so soul shocking it almost makes you emotional lol this is a glorious Sonic game!
10 hours in I’m absolutely loving this game. I think it’s my new favorite and the best
Haven't played it yet, but plan to sometime in the near future. To me this looks to be a near ideal entry level game to introduce new fans to the modern Sonic gameplay style. It's experimental, but not to the point where it's a detriment to the experience. The moveset looks to be condensed nicely so every mechanic has a chance to be utilized as much as it can with the open-ness of the world and its challenges. Then it ties in the traditional levels with boost style and all to show how movement translates in that style. Again, I haven't played it yet, but looking forward to it.
Gameplay-wise, yes.
Story-wise? They're in for a history lesson.
I was not planning on playing this game but after watching this video I wanna give it a try
I hope you feel better man, but it's good to hear that the game is good.
Get well brother, you are the only one who opened my eyes to the fallout and eos amazing games thank you
I agree with you Matty. I am a MASIVE fan of Sonic, and THIS game right here, is awesome. The ONLY thing that's off to me, is the constant pop in but then again there isn't any new game that comes out that doesn't have glitches like this, so I'm sure that will be fixed pretty quickly in an upcoming patch. Don't know about you but the open world sections of this game kind of give me Death Stranding vibes. Hope you're feeling better soon too, man.
As a new and small youtuber myself, I really appreciate the subtle details in this video…the Sonic Adventure 2 music in the back ground…the blue lights for sonic..good stuff
The tone of the story was like adventure 1&2. I hope this stays and we're past the campy sonic era!
Having the world be vast with long stretches of miles would be a bad thing but since Sonic moves so fast its way more bearable. The random obstacles in the air look terrible so I hope in the future they can implement more organic looking obstacles to the world that fit the worlds different themes. The sonic boom song animation from long ago was so cool and made Sonic going fast in an open world a dream to play. They just need to do some different things to nail it better.
Also cyberspace is very fun but theyre very short. Make less cyberspace levels and make them over 2x longer like the unleashed and generations stages and also make the S rank time more akin to 1-2 than the usual steamroll it is.
Unleashed still has the best polish and boost stages imo but this game is a very good step in the right direction!
Gotta say among the reviewers I trust (including you) they all pretty much shat on sonic frontiers which I get but your perspective is so much better (like you mentioned you've been through the ups and downs of sonic history)
Positivity is a rare thing these days. 😁🙌
I think the issue people have with the floating rails (even if they don't realize it) is that the art style of the overworld is pretty realistic and the rails break that immersion. If the art style was more stylized like some of the previous games it's much easier to suspend your disbelief. It doesn't really bother me personally, but I would say the art style they chose for the hubs work against it in this regard.
Meanwhile other Sonic games going for a similar style like the Sonic Adventure games do the same thing. I guess it’s more of a technology based thing.
That is actually a fair point I didn't acknowledge myself. I had no issue with floating platforms because its traditional in a sonic game. I just came off demon turf which has tonnes of floating platforms but that is a very cartoony game. It being realistic in the hub world does I suppose make it look a lot cheaper, like its babies 1st little big planet level or something.
Spot on
Sonic Adventure had rails floating above the street while cars were driving past I strongly disagree. People are complaining about a game with a blue hedgehog with super speed running around collecting rings to get faster is insane
Central City must've been some wacky city having a road that literally loops around into an apartment (City Escape) and highways that leads to pits and corkscrews (Radical Highway and Mission Street) + all those floating cylinders for whatever reason.
It's probably gonna be better if they made some of the platforms look actually supported though, but oh well
Bro I’ve been following retro rebound since u started doing the sonic things and I was always like he deserves more subs I had no idea you had another main channel 💀💀💀
Hope you get to feeling better Matty
I hope you feel better man. Also yeah sonic frontier is an awesome game. Plus I love the fallout 4 compass on the top of the screen. The free room is fun and the music is amazing! Also those robot bosses are pretty fun. In my opinion the best modern sonic games is unleashed and frontier. honestly I hope that we get a sonic game with the Mobius freedom fighter story line one day. In my opinion that’s the best version of sonic.
Haven't played it yet, but it looks great! I'm glad people are enjoying it so much
One thing I loved about SA2 is the fact that you went faster on the rails if you actually followed the curvature of the rail (balancing via the control stick).
Appreciate the honesty. Also am I the only person who remembers the chaos gardens.
As for the floating rails. I feel as though they could have taken a page out of final rush from sa2. Just put some floating rings around the floating rails to imply some sort of hover tech.
My man Matty working so hard he works even when he is sick. ❤Much love for this one Matty! Make sure to drink lot of water brotha
We were waiting for you matty 😏 glad to hear its good! Ill be picking up on friday
I was so skeptical but im having a blast... this formula with more playable characters and polish would be amazing
I’m enjoying the game. Obviously some stuff could be improved but the groundwork is there. The cyberspace levels are amazing. Wish they’d fix pop in though. Playing on PS5. Hope you feel better bro!
Giganto boss battle music fucking SLAPPED HARD AF, was so good!
Only have a couple hours in so far but I’m really enjoying it. From the get go I’ve thought that the whole floating rails and springs thing is perfect in an open Sonic game. It doesn’t stop the flow of the game when you’re running around which I think is really important for any Sonic game
I really like the game too. It's fun just running around as sonic and the boss fight kinda feels like a shadow of the colossus type of way to beat them. It's a great game, and I hope more of this foundation is built upon. Best sonic game and its fun to see my daughter play it on her switch as well. But judging from the handheld mode, cause she only has the switch lite. It doesn't look that good with low fps and just doesn't look great, so I let her borrow my steam deck to play it and she seems to be really enjoying it more.
sonic on the genesis one of the first games I remember, it's been really fun watching my son learn this game and enjoy it.. after all video games are for kids! happy to see the optimism!
I won hundred percent the first and second island and I’m about halfway through the third island and I’m absolutely loving this game
Finished the game at 100% at around 20-21 hours. This is my favorite Sonic game, and everytime I think about the story I start crying. Dear god I hope Sega never lets Ian Flynn go!
That... was a joke, right?
@@HardwareFahrrad Not a joke. I haven't had a Sonic story hit me like this since battle.
@@DamashiTheKaotic Can you describe why? I am kind of curious now, I can't the people who make the games these days really making anything that even approaches "great" territory.
@@HardwareFahrrad you're asking about the story? Because, well, there's no way to tell you about the story without spoiling it
@@Colecionador7162 ok
Even though I'm just a casual Sonic fan, it's still exhausting. Been downplaying this release because i didn't want to get burned. I'm very happy this one is decent. Probably will pick it up.
I liked this vid, good job bringing more perspective to this game!
Dude Matty you gotta get in on the comics! I fell off but the first print series was absolutely amazing! They introduced Turbo Tails and Hyper Knuckles. They get so dark and deep and focus on other characters. Plots are amazing. The specials were great and this is all not even mentioning the absolutely beautiful artwork used. I used to buy 2 copies so I could make Pogs out of one of them they were so well drawn.... lol
Matty you have one of the best reviews for this game
I just like that Sonic CONTROLS well again. That for me, makes it a hit.
Great video bro, hope you get better. And yeah I think this is a pretty good game, but also needed a lil bit more time in the oven. Story for a Sonic game is never really a main focus, but I feel the characters are sorta back to how they were before, which I miss. And I love Sage and how she adds a bit of depth to Eggman. Music is great, duh. The combat took me by surprise. In the beginning it looked stiff and robotic. While it still shows some of that, it's nice that it can be creative, and some of the animations fit well. The movement for Sonic seems to be the best it's been for a while, but I think the complaint from how he moves through the world. Like when you're running on some rock or bosses, there's a lot of clipping. Speaking of the world, them rails. Now, I love me some rails and springs in a Sonic game, but it doesn't complement the world itself. Taking some grassy Plains, and slapping some Sonic assets on it doesn't add up to a Sonic level, for me at least. It's fun to bounce every which way on them, but the world itself isn't memorable or have character. The camera is only really a problem when you try to control it, but then it takes control too. And the pop. I'm sure that'll get patched up, still looks bad tho. The enemies are fun and varied, so you'll have plenty of way to deal with them. And Cyberspace. Definitely not as linear as I thought, but could be more branched out. Seems to me they focused hard on how Sonic plays, and less on the world he played in. While the cyberspaces were colorful, you'll spend more of your time on the islands themselves. Branches as grind rails would be nice, jokes aside. It just need a theme and more ways to interact with the world other than bounce, zoom, grind. Definitely a step in the right direction, but for as much praise as this game gets, there are flaws. Sega should listen to the criticism, both good and bad, and move forward with it. Take what works and build from it. This was just me looking from the outside tho. I haven't played it and can only give a base critic. But I am pleased to see the direction it's going in. 6/10. Lemme know what ya think
This is the best 3D sonic game since Heroes and it really feels like it was the long last evolution/sequel of Sonic Adventure
I’m really enjoying just hitting the rails and other obstacles collecting those memory fragments littered all over.
The rails kind of reminds me of Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart which is pretty cool to me, I always liked playing around on them
All i know is that with this game coming out im excited to see what a more funded and polished game, maybe even sonic adventure 3
Thanks for this review matt.
This game rules... I bought gow Ragnarok and this, and I've been playing Sonic more. It's just so fun to play!
Great review. Thanks.
This game was really fun, as a massive platformer fan they really executed this game well and im not a big sonic fan but now i am. Definitely a great improvement over the last main sonic game from 2017
Using meteor herd as background music… you’ve truly become one of us
Just picked it up on amazon's black Friday fir £30. Great deal! Looking forward to trying it
I'm glad this game is getting some love and with all the big titles coming out along with God of war ragnarok. I'm having a good time playing both at the same time.
I’ve been waiting for this one!! 👀
I just gotta throw out there. The Shadow game was on my list of favorites to this day.
I understand why there is so much pop in. Because of the way Sonic works (he's pretty fast), they need special engine tech for streaming textures fast enough for the game to keep up especially on Switch. Game engines like Unreal or Unity don't have this feature set and would quickly break down with this fast movement. So while yes, the pop in does suck, they had to use the same engine from Sonic Forces to make this because of those features and it's honestly very impressive that they were able to make these open world zones with what they had. I am fully expecting the modding community to pop off with this game, there are already some large scale projects in the works that I won't talk about in this comment due to heavy spoilers. But once you beat the game, check them out on Twitter, they're doing some impressive stuff.
I was just as surprised as you! I kind of overlooked the last few 3d sonic games. But gave Frontiers a shot and I am really enjoying playing it and it's fun to explore the openworld section then mastering the more traditionally style levels. It's great! I do feel some critics are so jaded by Sega and the sonic franchise you won't be able to ever persuade them to like it though haha
SkillUp damn near killed my anticipation for this game, he wasn't too impressed with it. But a fair number of other reviewers had positive things to say about the game. In the end I'm glad I picked it up. I'm having fun with it. Especially the cyber levels. Getting those S ranks are equally stressful and fun, and they're very well designed. Can't say it's the best game ever or anything, but it has definitely gripped me. It's a fun Sonic game you can play casually and relax to.
It’s 39.99 on Amazon now. Let’s just say I’m glad I waited. But I can wait some more. I’ve never been a fan of Sonic, but I hear it’s a lot better than their past releases. I’ve been burned before by them so I was super wary. Open Zone is what they call it.
Hope you feel better!
Sonic Frontiers is getting a dlc roadmap for 2023, including a juke box, playable characters and a new story mode.
Any at the end of the game mentions sticks the badger from sonic boom this is EXTREMELY STRANGE
Get better soon Matty!
CONGRATULATIONS MATTY
My problem with the Sonic Frontiers situation is the critic reviews on Metacritic. It's like these professional critics don't give high scores unless it is God of war or souls like game. The critics gave Frontiers an average of 72 right now on Meta Critic. The Users have it at a 9! The critics game GT 7 an 87 and the users gave it a 2.1 because of the massive amount of issues at launch and gameplay issues. So I can't stand the critic reviews anymore and Sonic Frontiers should be an average of 80 on Metacritic at the least!
EXACTLY!! We are playing as a blue hedgehog running at a million miles an hour; wgaf abt floating rails. It’s a video game built for fun. The 1st Sonic on Sega Genesis had random loops and springs scattered in a world and coins in mid air; that of course isn’t realistic in real life. WHOOOO CARES!! If it’s fun that’s all I need. “Rails in mid-air…” 😒Let’s get back to just being gamers and have fun.
This game looks more funn then god of war
I bought both and been playing this moee
No, Matty. You stay sexy and stay safe. Hope you feel better. I’m so glad you enjoyed Frontiers!
Is it me or I didn’t rlly notice the pop in? I was running around so much and fast I wasn’t exactly looking at the sky
I love how matty sound like he just smoked a pack of cigarettes Lmfaooo
Fishing is really op got all my skills to level 99 just by fishing lol
I guess the floating Rails looks off putting from an open world perspective as opposed to the linear of other games. Like from a different angle or perspective, which may be why it seemed weird. i got over it, was too busy using them and the other challenges to care that much in the long run.
Diggin the raspy voice Matty, keep it
"It feels like Sonic Generations in its design as well"
Sonic Unleashed: *Am I a joke to you?*
Not gonna lie brother, you kinda sound like Stevie-O's cousin, great video, keep it up and get well Matty!
Got me hype Matty
Mattys doing his best shaggy impression today 😂❤
Been waiting for this! Take it away!
Great game! As a sonic adventure area fan this was such a great step in the right direction. My fa oriented thing is the story and the writing and the voice acting. A more serous story and acting is so good in sonic! Like adventure 2 story is peak cause it was serous. Still some work but over all great. The only huge thing I do hate about this game is the 2d sections. They aren't fun and in the cyber space 2d sonic doesn't feel good to play at all. They have messed him up largely so other than the 2d stuff it's fantastic
They really need to fix the pop in and make quality of life improvements, Im not sure if it’s limitations of the engine but maybe they just didn’t have enough time. Hopefully their is a future patch that fixes a lot of the pop in problems. The pc version does have some issues and the menu screen is a pain im the ass to navigate on pc.
Just here to say wow! What a masterpiece.
I have only a few major gripes in my first 1.5 hours.
One: Ye gods the graphics are rough. Pop-in, blurry/grainy textures for days, 60FPS cap on PC and can't even maintain crisp edges... It's ugly in a tech sense, and there wasn't much work done to reconcile the classic Sonic graphics with the semi-realistic regions. The cutscene that plays when you max rings is ridiculous and every cutscene looks like it's recorded in 720p.
Two: Movement can be a bit janky. The hard 45 degree angle for boosting when you're holding a sideways movement key feels bad, platforming isn't that precise and sometimes the double jump and boost jump don't work, aerial movement feels sluggish, springs are incredibly slow and literally cause you to fail stage S ranks... But the rest of it feels good, so when it doesn't, it's pretty jarring.
Three, the stage balancing is wack. 1-2 being known as one of the hardest stages to S-rank is ludicrous (a lot of it due to the spring thing), but apparently future stages are way easier? Huh? And why the heck does the introductory cinematic-camera Sonic run contribute to the timer? At least the non-timed stuff is great.
Overall though... It's actually a pretty good time. I've never been a Sonic fan at all, but it's not bad by any means. It's silly fun and feels good to just tear across the landscape, the pseudo-spectacle-fighter combat is great. It's more of a win than a loss and I don't understand why some reviews just plain hate this.
Love how much you've been enjoying the sonic series recently
This game is god damn amazing
Get well soon matt
you sound like a real man when you are sick
I am not a huge Sonic fan. I have always liked him and I played the old Genesis games a TON. But saw the downfall of modern Sonic for so long that I was really hating on this game before release. Happy to say I was totally wrong! I am loving it so much thus far. Not far in at all but I see the game loop and it’s been fun and I feel cool playing as Sonic.
the way you talk about tackling the asura boss, made me realize more people suck at this game than they'd like to admit.
Are we not gonna talk about the Death Star In the background around 6:50? 😂😅
If they fix the pop-in this will be a purchase for sure
You convinced me to check it out, now get some sleep, damn.
Im not a sonic fan, but this game just looks like a game made to have fun. Like just drop in and have a good time, compared to what "quality" game nowadays, cinematic 3rd person story games.
Awesome review Matty, looking forward to playing this game over the Xmas break!
Quick question: do you have any plans to play Sonic Colours/Colours Ultimate? Played it for the first time recently and absolutely loved it; would love to hear your thoughts!
People complain about floating rails like they are not realistic. Blue hedgehog that travels at super sonic speed , I think realistic isn't in the cards.
Just wish listed it on steam now so I'll wait for sale,I want it but not for its current price.
I almost have to wonder if the pop in is intentional as to not make the screen too busy
I’m just sad that Chris chan will never get to play this! 😂
Matty’s sick voice kinda nice lmao
I never really understood everyone’s problem with the floating rails have they never played a sonic game every phonics game has floating rails to grind on just up in the air
Because it looks so thrown together, like devs just placed a bunch of assets everywhere, it doesn’t flow into the environments naturally