Sonic Frontiers to Bring 'Sonic to the Next Level' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 February 2022 / 2,857 Views
Sega last December announced Sonic Frontiers will launch in holiday 2022. It is an open-world title that Sega describes as an open-zone. It is developed by Sonic Team Japan and led by Sonic Forces director Morio Kishimoto.
Sonic Team creative officer Takashi Iizuka in an interview with GamesRadar discussed the game. He says the team is focused on taking Sonic to the next level.
"We focused on bringing Sonic to the next level and ensuring that he's fully represented as the character that fans know and love while still making his new form exciting," said Iizuka.
"We pay extremely close attention to getting all the little Sonic details right to make sure that Sonic's signature speed and characteristics remain consistent across every gaming iteration. With Sonic Frontiers, we'll introduce new combat styles to bring Sonic's signature dexterity onto the battlefield, and the new exploration options obviously play into his iconic speedy nature."
He added, "With Sonic Frontiers, we are challenging ourselves to deliver an all-new style of Sonic action adventure. We're once again expanding the Sonic Universe, bringing in new environments and additional features, to create a totally new type of open-zone experience."
Sonic Frontiers will launch for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam in holiday 2022.
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That actually doesn't fill me with confidence. The time to take things to the next level is once you have already established a firm foundation and mastered the basics. With 3D Sonic, they're hit or miss (more often miss) already in a linear setting, so may be a bit early to take off the training wheels.
I feel about this in much the same way I felt about all Sonic games released post Sega leaving the console business: hope for the best, expect the worst.
was there ANY gameplay shown here? It all just looks like a CGI cutscene.
50K ultra retinal resolution graphics with ultra-eye-cone contrast at liquid framerates (1280 frames per second).
Sonic of the wild
I wouldn't be surprised if the Switch versions gets delayed.
I just want Chao Garden bro. Can we just get a Sonic game where it's main focus is just Chao Garden? Please
Im staying optimistic with this one. I actually think this is what Sonic needs, an open world to suit his speed.
Well, not this time from Sonic Forces...
Sonic Mania was the last ray of hope, after it's release quickly forgotten. Skepticism is the best way to judge later.
I really just don't think Sonic gameplay works with 3D worlds. Sonic is too much about blowing through environments quickly with fast paced action and platforming, not exploring and needing to constantly change direction. They should just be making gorgeous great fast paced 2D Sonic games, with either real nice 2D graphics or polygons. Sell 'em at $40 a pop. Probably the closest thing in 3D that would work well with Sonic is an on-rails or on a limited track type of game.
I'm waiting for some gameplay but it may be actually quite good. I just hope Sonic won't interact with humans and that there's wont be too many dialogues cuz obviously, nobody gives a damn about the scenario in a Sonic game.
Yeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhh, good luck.
Will Sonic finally recover its place of relevance?
No. There's no place of relevance left to recover.
That makes me sad.
Spoiler: The "Frontier" is a metacritic above 80
Heh. :) Some of the FPS-boosted Sonic games might have scored an 80 or above, had they launched with that level of frame-rate performance, based on the Digital Foundry analysis/review of the FPS Boosted experience. They raved about them.
