Sonic Frontiers

 PlayStation 5
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8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2952 Ratings

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  1. Glowz
    Dec 3, 2022
    7
    The game was great but I do have some issues the pop in of the rails and platforms really breaks my immersion also I don't think the graphics live up to next gen but also theirs a switch port. The cutsenes kind of disappointed me but glad to see the blue blur's games stepping and getting new footing
  2. xxAxisxx
    Dec 10, 2022
    7
    Vorweg: Ich habe noch nie einen Sonic-Titel gespielt. Dieser sah interessant aus und ich war gespannt, was Sonic in einer "Open-Zone" so zu bieten hat.

    Grafik: absoluter durchschnitt, nichts besonderes, aber (bis auf manche Wettereffekte) nicht schlecht. Weltendesign: Die Zones sind nicht nur generisch, sondern auch trist designt. Noch dazu, die Welten machen KEINEN Sinn. Während in    Vorweg: Ich habe noch nie einen Sonic-Titel gespielt. Dieser sah interessant aus und ich war gespannt, was Sonic in einer "Open-Zone" so zu bieten hat.

    Grafik:
    absoluter durchschnitt, nichts besonderes, aber (bis auf manche Wettereffekte) nicht schlecht. Weltendesign:
    Die Zones sind nicht nur generisch, sondern auch trist designt. Noch dazu, die Welten machen KEINEN Sinn. Während in klassischen 2D Games es darum geht, kreative Level zu designen, funktioniert das hier überhaupt nich. NICHTS in der Welt macht Sinn, sämtliche Rails und Bumper etc sind einfach nur in die Welt geklatscht und dienen dazu, das Movement von Sonic voran zu treiben. Schön und gut, es funktioniert, aber diese müssten Sinnvoll in die Level integriert werden. So wirkt es für mich falsch und stört gewaltig das Gesamtbild, das ohnehin nicht überzeigen kann. Gameplay:
    Die 2-D-Level sind das Beste am Spiel, und auch da kann es nicht mit den Großen Titeln der Serie mithalten. Die "Rätsel"... Ernsthaft, sowas war schon vor 20 Jahren nicht neu.
    Die Kämpfe... Zumindest die Bosskämpfe sind stark, schade dass der Rest so stark abfällt
    Und wer immer sich dieses bescheuerte Sammelsurium an Marken, Münzen, Zahnrädern und sonst was ausgedacht hat, mir fehlen die Worte. Einfallsloser, dröger und sinnfreier gehts kaum.

    Story: Kein Nennenswerter Faktor, weiter im Text

    Mein Fazit:
    "Ganz gut" beschreibt das Spiel perfekt. Die deutlich besseren Wertungen wurden klar von nostalgisch verklärten Fans geschrieben (zumindest die meisten)
    Wer Freude an hirnlosem Sammeln hat und sich einfach fix durch die Level bewegen will, wird viel Freude haben. Das Grundgerüst des Spiels ist aber eine absolute Frechheit, und es ist mir unbegreiflich, wie man heutzutage noch so ein einfallsloses Spiel entwickeln kann, das doch einen so großen Namen trägt. Die Richtung stimmt, aber leider hat sich der kleine Blaue Igel in der Weite ganz schön verrannt. Mal schauen was der Nachfolger bietet    … Expand
  3. DogpackStudios
    Dec 28, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sonic Frontiers is a mixed bag for me. The setup is the worst one I have ever seen for a story. The game has a Open zone that is barren visually and is full of stuff to do. Pop-In is very noticeable in the Open Zone. The Cyberspace stages are terrible. They have different controls then the Open Zone and can't be customized. There is only 4 stage themes. Green Hill, Sky Sanctuary, Chemical Plant, and Random City (Not it's real name). The last one is a random city! This does not make sense with the reason why stage themes and layouts are reused because they are pulled from Sonic's memory or some crap. The final boss is a failed Gamecube game! The worst final boss ever! The combat is alright. Big's fishing minigame can break the entire game if you would like to skip the Cyberspace stages. The story has to many call backs. The story is great though. The best the characters have been since Sonic Unleashed. The Father, Daughter relationship between Dr. Eggman and Sage made me sad. Why is a red moon planet ai thing the main villain after all? You stop like a rock and fly off rocks in the Open Zone. Cyberspace 1-2: Flowing has the most unreasonable S Rank time than the rest of the game? Why did that happen? There are three forest worlds in the game. Kronos Island, Rhea Island, and Quranos Island which is just Kronos Island. There is really only 3 islands instead of 5. This game is unfinished. I will remember it as a mixed bag. I do see potential though.… Expand
  4. ChelseaFFC
    Jan 19, 2023
    7
    I would personally give this game 7.5.
    I had fun with frontiers I enjoyed the story and especially the references to past sonic games. The writers for this game need to remain for the following games in the future. I enjoyed sonic characterisation but the supporting cast of tails, Amy, knuckles Eggman and sage were very well done and stayed true to their characters from previous games    I would personally give this game 7.5.
    I had fun with frontiers I enjoyed the story and especially the references to past sonic games. The writers for this game need to remain for the following games in the future. I enjoyed sonic characterisation but the supporting cast of tails, Amy, knuckles Eggman and sage were very well done and stayed true to their characters from previous games (namely the games of the 2000 era), of course, minus sage because this game was the introduction to her character I hope she returns for future games

    the open world was fun, I loved the environments especially the first two islands, the controls in the open world game were solid and well done.
    the music for this game is phenomenal and I would recommend purchasing the soundtrack
    the cyberspace and fishing were a nice addition to the game bite-size versions of the boost stages from prior games although with the boost being depowered.

    However, this game has some issues that I would strongly recommend that SEGA (sonic team) fix for future entries in this series if they are to continue with the open-world gameplay.
    The controls in the cyberspace levels were not that great which is strange because the open-world controls were excellent in my opinion even without adjusting the sliders.
    the placement of the obstacles was odd and doesn't go with the environment. instead of placing obstacles anywhere (like the floating rails or platforms), they should've been built into the islands so they look like they're part of the island itself.
    for example, the platforms on ares island should've had sand on them or resembled a canon and the ones from Kronos island should've had leaves or vines
    I wasn't a fan of the over-excessive 2D on chaos island and how my camera got locked into 2D immediately when entering an obstacle course section.
    one major issue I had was the pop-in for a 2022 game it was unacceptable and sonic team needs to work on their engine issue to avoid this or come up with ways to make it less obvious as other developers have.
    the combat was alright but I wish there was more depth to it    … Expand
  5. XLinkX
    Feb 15, 2023
    7
    Great ideas came when making the game but the unnecessary introduction of old sonic mechanics are the thing that ruined part of this game for me.
    I'm talking about the cyber space levels,they are so out of tone in relation to the rest of the game,they feel unoriginal and from what I felt the controls and sonic movements are made for the open world,not for these mediocre levels that they    Great ideas came when making the game but the unnecessary introduction of old sonic mechanics are the thing that ruined part of this game for me.
    I'm talking about the cyber space levels,they are so out of tone in relation to the rest of the game,they feel unoriginal and from what I felt the controls and sonic movements are made for the open world,not for these mediocre levels that they put to increase the level of hours.
    It wouldn't be a big problem If they were optional,but they aren't, the rest of the game is pretty fun,and both the boss battles and music are crazy good.    … Expand
  6. Smooth1e
    Feb 15, 2023
    7
    This is a solid game. it's not the greatest sonic game, but honestly It's a lot better than what we've been getting.
  7. Tweetyty
    Mar 24, 2023
    5
    A thirty dollar game pretending to be worth sixty dollars. Try to buy it on sale.
  8. NightmareYT
    Aug 10, 2023
    7
    Good game. Could've been better, I would've liked some of my nitpicks with speed being oddly slow in a sense but also it's just a few things that annoyed me that others probably won't be mad about. DON'T PAY FULL PRICE FOR THIS GAME THOUGH! IT'S NOT WORTH 60 DOLLARS!
  9. diealegend
    Apr 6, 2023
    6
    The game could’ve been polished up better. The enemies do not look interesting to look at all. They look like they were made last second. There was good ideas installed in this game like open zone and a attempt at a good story. The story failed to be interesting compared to games like sonic adventure, sonic adventure 2, and even the worst sonic game of all time sonic forces. But this gameThe game could’ve been polished up better. The enemies do not look interesting to look at all. They look like they were made last second. There was good ideas installed in this game like open zone and a attempt at a good story. The story failed to be interesting compared to games like sonic adventure, sonic adventure 2, and even the worst sonic game of all time sonic forces. But this game just had a better playing style than forces I will admit. But overall drag shouldn’t be pleased with this. Sonic adventure 1 & 2 style of gameplay are the key to these games with a great story. Even sonic the hedgehog the game from 2006 was better than frontiers despite all the fixes it needed. Sega please make a great sonic game it’s overly needed. The chao garden & sonic adventure and other cool sonic games await us but only if you start trying to be greater than what has been done already. There hasn’t been a great story since after sonic adventure 2… with exceptions of 2006 sonic. Please bring the great hedgehog back.… Expand
  10. Sonicandmario
    Jul 3, 2023
    7
    This game is a bit buggy but rarely at time glitches. This game is fun doesn't take itself too seriously but is not too cheesy either. This game is fun and would 100% recommend it if your a sonic fan
  11. MetaMikeG
    Jul 18, 2023
    7
    The people giving this game perfect scores are clearly delusional sonic fanboys or just infants, no in between. I’m a sonic fan, I have been since the day I could comprehend video games. But to say this game is perfect or truly great is actually hurting the franchise, if Sega thinks they did an amazing job with this game, things are never going to get better. This game is “great” for aThe people giving this game perfect scores are clearly delusional sonic fanboys or just infants, no in between. I’m a sonic fan, I have been since the day I could comprehend video games. But to say this game is perfect or truly great is actually hurting the franchise, if Sega thinks they did an amazing job with this game, things are never going to get better. This game is “great” for a sonic title, but compared to other games, it’s honestly laughable.. laughable with some great aspects, it’s very wonky at times and poorly level designed (some worlds far more than others) there’s tons of questionable decisions I can’t fathom why the developers would make, easy little tweaks here and there that would’ve made the game much better. I’m not going to go into excruciating detail, but those that have played it know what I’m talking about and how many poor design choices and bugs there are. I get it, making a game about someone who runs super fast is challenging.. it’s in a league of its own in many ways, but there’s no excuse for some of these things. Especially when it took over 5 years to make this game !!! The only reason this game gets a 7 from me and not a 6.5 is because of the amazing titan fights and overall soundtrack.. it may even be just a 6 if it wasn’t for those. Is it a step in the right direction?? Compared to horrendous, stale, boring titles like sonic forces. Yes, definitely. But Sonic Team has A LOT of work to do for their follow up game.. here’s hoping the last DLC pack brings some more fixes and replay value to the table with it’s probably real ending to the game. (I hated the ending we currently have btw)… Expand
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#5 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2022

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70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 90 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 90
  2. Mixed: 32 out of 90
  3. Negative: 6 out of 90
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 24, 2024
    60
    The idea and vision of the game is absolutely fabulous. In practice, however, the game is brought down by its execution, which you can see through after a short while and then the game has nothing to surprise you with. [Issue#324]
  2. PSX Extreme
    Feb 22, 2023
    30
    There is nothing remotely redeeming about this game. Nothing that even the most die-hard loyal Sonic Fans would or should advocate for. I hope that one day someone who cares enough about this franchise could give us something-anything of substance. A fan can hope, can’t they? A fan can hope.
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  3. GameOver.gr
    Feb 4, 2023
    80
    Finally, after almost 25years of half measures and mostly mediocre titles, Sonic has finally reached the 3D levels of gameplay it needed to reach. Yes, the pop in is absolutely inexcusable and the ancient gatekeeping grindy methods damage the flow of the game for no reason, but a wonderfully built base exists here, with a highly entertaining adventure in wonderfully melancholic world and a surprisingly well founded story, thankfully clean of Sonic’s annoying 3rd tier friends!
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