Sonic Frontiers is a Disappointing Mess
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- Опубліковано 20 лис 2022
- There’s a new 3D Sonic game in town, and I NEED to talk about it… Good thing I beat every 3D Sonic game in a week in preparation.
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Music:
Infinite’s End - Sonic Forces
Theme of Sonic the Hedgehog - Sonic 06
Cyberspace 3-4 - Sonic Frontiers
Sound Test - Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Metallic Madness Zone (Act 1) - Sonic Mania
Cyberspace 4-2 - Sonic Frontiers
Amalgam - Undertale
Cyberspace 3-5 - Sonic Frontiers
Egg Fleet - Sonic Heroes
In Broad Daylight - Chibi-Robo
Cyberspace 4-4 - Sonic Frontiers
Ares Island - Sonic Frontiers
Final Boss - Sonic Frontiers
Gallery - Danganronpa V3
Werehog Battle Theme - Sonic Unleashed
Dark Rebirth - JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
Chaos Island - Sonic Frontiers
Undefeatable - Sonic Frontiers
Kronos Island - Sonic Frontiers
The Last Scene - Sonic Adventure 2 - Ігри
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I'm sad he didnt enjoy frontiers
Not because he doesn't share my opinion of the game
But because the man went through 13 sonic games in 7 days only to be rewarded with disappointment.
Well then that's on him. Majority rules and the metacritic reviews don't lie. This guy just hates everything.
@@Valstrax420 A majority of his videos are positive. What're you talking about?
But theirs a DLC roadmap
@@Valstrax420 fucking fanboy
@@spaceace9103 Exactly!^^
It is playable so that is already a win for Sonic fans
you're real for this one eduardo
@@yakkocmn he so is real for that one
Despite Forces being playable and yet despised? Your logic doesn’t make sense
@@theminecraft2516 Forces was playable? Come on that game played itself 90% of the time, despite it working well it was literally NOT playable
@@theminecraft2516 the forces problem it's playing itself. It have playing illusion. It's fake. I even not talking about plot. The Frontiers made only for fans. Yes for other nonsonicfans this game will seem boring with old graphic and somewhere bugged.
yakko lore is getting intense, we've gone from "behold! childlike wonder!" to "i can no longer put my faith into the video game industry"
He'll come back to that when an original, not Green Hill using, 2D or 3D Sonic game approaches.
@@metalsonic3044 so basically never?
@@kneesurgeryenthusiast6915 listen i am an sa3 believer ,and there is nothing you could do to stop me.
@@metalsonic3044 well, your loss.
@@metalsonic3044superstars amirite
"being a sonic fan is getting fed dog food for a decade and then getting a piece of burnt toast as a treat" brutal but so true 😆
*i feel that*
I feel like this is also true for Pokemon fans to a lesser extent.
I was just watching that moment when i was reading this
But I like burnt toast :(
@@fluttzkrieg4392 no pokemon fans are eating everday pasta, sometimes its diffrent kind of pasta but its still pasta with no flavour or sauce
Tbh, if I had to suffer thro ALL 3d Sonic games in a week....
A Sonic game would have to straight up cook my dinner to impress me.
LOL 🤣
SegaSonic Popcorn Shop?
@@MIMI88571
Hey, so I did the thing you said and all I ended up with is a Burnt House, all I wanted was some Crispy KFC Chicken. 😢
Now, the most important question: Where does the soundtrack rank on your tier list?
As a complete experience, I probably give it a high B or low A. The overworld tracks aren't bad by any means but I just wasn't feeling the vibe gameplay-wise, same with the combat music. Cyberspace, titans and final boss go crazy, so they're carrying most of the rating.
Understandable but the find your flame is too good
First Place: Unbreakable
Second Place: Break Through it All
Third Place: Find Your Flame
Forth Place: I'm Here
Fifth Place: Dear Father
Huh that’s lies find your flame first undefeatable second and what do you mean for the last song
K
Frontiers felt like a proof of concept, and I think that is exactly what it is
Frontiers felt like a good game, and the critics say that
@@kitarmix8129 I mean I never said it was a bad game, if you want my honest opinion I absolutely loved every minute of it, but the open world felt more like an experiment than anything made in confidence which I believe is exactly what it was, but it paid off because besides Chaos Island each of the open zones were an absolute treat for my adhd brain and I had a blast playing them
@@LuciaLaVA no need to respond to that guy, he’s been fighting a one man war in the comments. A mega fan who thinks Sonic shits gold.
Yeh but a proof of concept should NEVER be $60
@@rosemarytulip355 I agree, and I doubt Sonic team wanted to release a proof of concept for 60 dollars but we all know Sega is no better than Nintendo when it comes to these things
I have no idea why I enjoy your Sonic videos an uncanny amount, but they're all very well made
I actually like when Yakko makes comparisons, because it's likely to be a better game I've never heard of and can now try out.
yesss I'd never heard of Solar Ash before this, now it's goin on my wishlist for sure
I've had Solar Ash on my radar for a while but now I know I'll definitely want to check it out
I knew about Solar Ash but I’d never seen gameplay before, and holy hell that looks fluid and beautiful and I want this game now. Thanks yakko.
I'm waiting for a switch release since forever.
@@meethepie YES play it, i have screaming this game since this was announce
I don't know, i really didn't ever have a problem with the story when it came to the characters that mattered. it was really fun to see the characters interact in a way they normally don't. It was the koco stuff that did not really hit.
OK, but what the characters actually end up DOING is just a bunch of overdramatized fluff, fanservice and "Yo, look, guys, we know we took Tails off the rails!". Then PUT HIM BACK ON NOW instead of MAKING US AGE ANOTHER FIVE YEARS first.
@@CarbonRollerCaco i don't think there were overdramatized stuff
@@kitarmix8129 super sonic momento
But that's the thing...they don't interact. They just...talk and exist as holograms.
@@lProN00bl they interact, having a character development, you just can't acept the new melancholic tone
Thank you for that ending bit Yakko. It was fittingly somber, yet cautiously optimistic, and really sold the point in a way that words can't, well as your closing was written.
That intro with the mirror was very well done. Like a great gag but also just expertly shot and edited.
While I really really liked this game I can see why you didn't. To me, I never felt hamstrung or forced, I felt like I was playing in one big Sonic level with tons of paths. Exploring wasn't a focus for me, but mastering the island's layout was. The combat was simple but I strung together cool combos with timing and finesse, even if it wasn't needed. The story and its characters felt natural to me, and the callbacks felt as though they rewarded me for staying with this franchise by finally treating all of the games as if they're part of the same universe for once.
So with all of those feelings it makes me sad that a game I really like landed with a thud for you. I respect your opinions so I get where you're coming from. For me this isn't just a "promising first step", because the idea of playing something that could one day be good holds no appeal, but rather just a game that held my interest and attention till the end. Hopefully there comes a day where everyone who plays a Sonic game feels this way instead of just half of the players.
This is how I feel about it too, I’ve played better games, but I’ve played many, many worse
I ended up trying the demo but when the first turn in green hill came round i realised that sonic turned for himself, felt weird to say the least. -first time playing a sonic game idk if it's normal-
why would you need to care about the island's layout? you spend remarkably little time on the ground, just using rails to basically fast-travel from one set piece to the next. there's not much to figure out
@@frozenfeet4534 because it feels so good to be able to get across the whole island off memory
I like you, you are perfect. So much respect to you
the atmosphere being bleak and everyone seeming sad kinda fits what's happening imo and Flynn isn't foreign to sumber tones with Sonic characters(IDW metal virus arc)
+ even if it's tone down Sonic still shows confidence and smile to every situation
@@grantchampaign Now, Sega just sucks.
Sega wanted this came to come out in 2021.
Sonic team had a rough development with this game.
First basically making Forces 2, deciding to scrap this idea, remake everything else, and call Ian, they wanted more time to make the new, they only got 1 year instead of 2 as they wanted.
IDW sonic 's metal virus arc is 🗑
@@grantchampaign you mean IDW?
I don't really get what you criticizing?
My point is that bleak tones aren't foreign to Sonic in general and that it can work/ it has worked in the past
They have Free Updates for frontiers now.
@@grantchampaign ehh, they are middle of the pack between the big japanese developers. They were definiteely lacking in the 2010's, but them showing the ability to actually delay a game, listen to fan feedback over design, and actually utilize their extremely talented fandom for real games in the past 4 years show they are slowly coming around.
Capcom and Bamco does it better, but they are still way ahead of Square, Koei Tecmo, and especially Nintendo and Konami in that regard.
Your nitpick over being able to customize Sonic's controls in the open zone gameplay just baffles me. I understand your reasoning in terms of expecting the game developers to set up the controls and mechanics a certain way, but the option is there for the sake of accessibility and allowing the player the option to customize the controls to their liking. That's further why recent games even allow the player to change button mapping of the controls and/or how the camera works. Using your logic, one would be complaining about being able to change button mapping and the speed and angle of the camera because you expect the game developers to have them all set up a certain way without you having to change them. It ends up being ridiculous reasoning to me and once more comes off as you nitpicking and trying to find something to complain about. Same for when you're complaining about the story and not being able to take it seriously because it involves "colorful, oversized, talking animals" and further claim that the characters just feel "sad" when that's not entirely the case if you actually paid attention to the story. There are somber moments, but the story isn't entirely gloomy and depressing. Other than nitpicks like that, you still brought up some interesting critiques here and there about Frontiers.
Changing your control scheme is not the same as changing the gameplay. One is changing what buttons do what action, the other is changing Sonic's movement itself. You're comparing things that can't be compared.
They should've utilized the climbable mountain mechanic more. Lots of the pathways led to nowhere not even collectibles. Especially disappointing on the one on the 4th island that spanned across an entire side of the mountain over a bottomless pit and literally just ending at the edge of the map and pushes you off. Like no way was that the way it was intended to end
My favourite areas in the game were those where you could climb with no restrictions. That huge cave formation in island 5 and the basalt columns in island 3 come to mind, they're just so fun to wall run on. Really wish this mechanic gets expanded on in the next game
Don’t even get me started on the musical scores. Absolutely goosebump inducing!! I really can’t wait!
I actually really enjoyed Frontiers. I am one of the people who liked Cyberspace levels. I like the level design and hopefully we get more original zones. The Titan boss fights are the best part in my opinion.
I'm looking forward to what Sonic Team are going to make in the future.
Me too, they should keep this formula going forward.
Jiggling car keys in front of you might be fun to you too.
I liked cyberspace a lot, but I didn't really like the titans
@@christiangraulau8107 didn’t like the titans? Wtf is wrong with you. That shit is the hypeest boss fight maybe ever
@@tehCostHD they’re basically glorified cutscenes and have very little strategy or challenge to them, which I 100% can appreciate. For example, I really like the shark mini boss which is also basically a glorified cutscene. But I would prefer the bosses at the end of each island to be more challenging. But I also can acknowledge it could be my fault, for example I could make it more challenging for myself by going in with less rings, so I might come to appreciate them more whenever I replay the game
I respect your opinion, I personally think it’s the best sonic game to come out since Generations
Which I think speaks more about the franchise that both this and the video are correct.
I don't believe it means you think it actually is a good game.
Exactly right??
I actually agree but frankly, kinda speaks volumes of the quality of Sonic games lol.
It is the best game since generations but that is a very low bar to clear
Honestly I think a year later and a completed update cycle, I really think Sonic Frontiers for its flaws, authentically remedies the storytelling and characterization of the franchise and brings it back to an Adventure style world. He has his attitude again but also is way more serious again and subdued the ridiculous jokes and puns. While acknowledging his history with these characters. And Eggman and his relationship with Sage was also very endearing. I get it's flaws. I really do. But I think this is what Sonic has been in the past in a more successful manner. I do agree that corporations do not deserve our leeway, but I think a step in the right direction is more impactful than you're giving credit to. That said I did think the same exact way when the game dropped. I think we are so ready when a sonic game drops to just bash and shit on it that we can't genuinely appreciate what's actually successful in a modern 3D Sonic game
that outro was so well done, very cinematic! i could just feel how he put his hope and passion away into the closet while thinking back to all the good times he had with it. kinda gave me disney/pixar-esque vibes
I actually have to say I've had a great time with this game. Probably top three Sonic game for me. I love the open zones and little paths that reward with memories, and it was always fun to run around but stop to do them. It's like "curated speed," it's fast and feels fun to play as it bounces you around a ton.
That’s my thoughts as well. It was super fun, but just not enough to be the best of the best.
of course you like it cause its copied from good games lol
jokes aside, i hated those levels cause sonic controls and handles so badly
@@user-bb2op9he1x i actually love how sonic controls in this game. as soon as i let loose of the stick he is instantly stopping? He is not sliding over the ground anymore wheen i try to stop??
@@callmesnowboo So you actually HATE momentum. You're supposed to PUSH THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO BRAKE in those older games. How is that not intuitive? Or are you just lazy or afraid of slipping some other direction? Like, EXPERIMENT IN SAFE SPACES for once. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE FOR.
Sonic isn't supposed to be that much about stop-and-go, though.
"The End" didn't start talking to you at the very end. This disembodied voice was heard as the first thing when Sonic woke up on the Island. And it kept directing him to destroy the Titans, and the Towers. In fact, Sonic was tricked into saving his friends by doing actions that released it from it's prison. That was the whole point that he realized only in the end. And then he said that even knowing that, he'd still do it.
Just pointing out The End was in the story earlier.
But I would like it better if it had a different form than a Moon. And if we could actually see it in the flashbacks. Sega's insistence on "creating mystery" by hiding appearance of antagonists is stupid. The Deadly Six were first shown as silhouettes, despite they were plastered all over the marketing material. And their physical reveal meant nothing. Infinite's face without the mask was completely hidden in Forces, despite he turned out to be a completely new character who we couldn't have known. And then in the prequel comic, he reveals his face and it's of course no big deal. And here in Frontiers, we are presented an ominous invisible enemy that can shoot lasers from space... and then it's a Moon. Ok... but I doubt that showing how this enemy looks beforehand would change anything. It's still new enemy we never saw before. How would seeing it few hours earlier take away anything from the mystery?
I guess that they didn't show it earlier because if we thought the Moon being the big bad guy was stupid the entire game, we would then assume it's gonna get subverted in the end. And when it would not, then it would feel much worse. Now the disappointment was unexpected, and so it didn't last that long.
Not that this changes much, but I'm pretty sure some of the promo art for Frontiers featured two moons in the background, with The End being one of them. Pretty sneaky, I liked that.
Fecto Elfilis from Kirby and the Forgotten Land would have been better suited for this game, fits the art direction better than the moon behind the slaughter (fnaf joke, everything purple can be equated to the purple guy aka the man behind the slaughter) I can't believe that a Kirby boss would be more at home in a Sonic game, and it's a boss that somewhat is similar to the final boss in Sonic 06 with it being two parts fused (Mephiles and Iblis forming Solaris for Sonic 06 and Fecto Forgo and Elfilin forming Fecto Elfilis for Kirby and the Forgotten Land) and now I can't stop thinking about how a Kirby game took inspiration from the buggiest Sonic game.
Yeah honestly don’t know why they have a boss like that with no supporting suspense or support for it. Like the moon gradually providing supportive buffs to enemies or always being a constant in the game, either by showing up frequently or always being a bold set piece.
@@reddemon6668…because it was rushed.
@@shannonhill3356 they had a large enough dev team, bigger than sonic unleashed. They also had enough time to develop the game since their last project. How was it possibly rushed?
Regardless of rushed development, decisions made throughout the first levels are not a part of rushed development but simply errors of design or developmental choices. Inconsistencies with world development, gameplay of the initial cyber worlds, and inconsistency with assets that include rails and platforming (Working as pop ups, seemingly elevated in the air without reason nor supported/ bonded by the environment itself) are all part of the reason why this game has so many glaring issues. But again, it all depends on the individual, to me it’s these points that break the game but there will always be people that support it regardless of the issues presented. We can all agree that this is at least better than forces
My god that sonic impression you did was so good, I cant stop replaying it
Awesome video. I really like what Frontiers is doing, but I think the game could use some some serious improvements if the dev team wants their newest game to be amazing. I will say this, for all the issues this game has, this game feels like a very good foundation for a future Sonic game that could improve on it and be a much better experience. And I really like your perspective on the game even if we have some different views on it.
I think the main problem with the game is the physics..not all the time in the first 2 islands the physics are good but in the third island..aka the one tails was in it..the physics are kinda inconsistent I mean not all the time but sometimes it is about inconsistent like when you are running on a ground you somehow send you off flying and ofc..the pop-in issues other than that I really liked everything else about this game..I had fun time with this game over although I had some frustrating over solving the puzzles and some skill issue I had which is normal
"It sure is a video game" should be on the packaging.
The height of my disappointment was when Sonic got corrupted, the way Tails talked made me think I was going to play as the other characters, but then they started holding hands around Sonic and undid everything we just did to get them out.
edit: OMG I can't believe they did a 180 and with the recent announcement. I'm eager for the update.
I mean, the developers did say only Sonic was playable in multiple interviews
I didn't know that because I avoided all spoilers.
yeah that was disappointing, the way you were looking so tired and beat up prior to that made me expect the cyber corruption was actually going to lead to something interesting. Some new gameplay mode or boss, just anything special or novel. Instead they did absolutely nothing with it? Makes it seem like they were planning something but had to cut it for lack of time.
Sounds about right. I don't think Sega would let other characters have their fun.
In the same dire situation in Black Knight you got to play as the other characters in Last Story tradition so that could have been nice.
my first video by you was the sonic 3D challenge you did, ever since that video i’ve watched stuff all the way back to the league vids and original sonic games. you’ve definently become one of my favorite youtubers with the quickness.
The ending to this video made me feel more than any Sonic game in the entire time I’ve been alive
I think you're my favourite content creator right now. You're almost at 400k buddy, keep it up!
12:15 Correction, it isn't a 2nd version of the first island, it is the same first island, and 4th island, they share a map and you can out of bounds and go explore the other 2 islands without any objects loaded in.
Honestly they could have done themselves a favour and make it clearly the same island that you just return to and a barrier drops or something, such as after shutting down the towers on the "Rhea" or NW of same island.
Which explains why, because I 100% completed the first island, Rhea Island was also 100% completed. That makes more sense.
@@glitchtemporary2893 No, that's just because Rhea has no puzzles.
Goofy ahh sonic team.
It’s a step in the right direction, literally a new frontier.
I had a blast with this game, calling it disappointing feels like the antithesis to how I feel about it.
Those fights, the atmosphere, the writing, I haven’t seen a sonic game pull at my strings quite like this in over a decade.
I can only hope they refine this further someday into a game that’ll put sonic next to Mario in the heights of videogame history.
I’ve never seen somebody gaslight themselves into liking something this hard since pokemon sword and shield.
@@sablonanime650 This might sound ridiculous but I think they just enjoy the game
I understand this sentiment, and it's one that I really WANT to share, but getting back to where Sonic was in the early 2000s doesn't feel like it puts him on the map in 2022 - nor does he get anywhere near Mario in my eyes. It's disappointing because I expect so much more from AAA titles - if Sonic only takes one step at a time, he'll just continue to fall behind again.
@@sablonanime650 Sonic Frontiers is a good game
@@sablonanime650 Yes, people are too dumb to know what games they enjoy or not. Goofy ass take.
The amount of copium in this comment section is unbelievable
That's how you know this is fan base is really desperate for a Sonic game. It doesn't matter even if it's mid, fans will defend anything.
@@marcusmayo Including Unleashed, which at best, is mediocre
@@thefastcommenter7774excuse mua?
@@_TRB_ It is though
With The updates and the biggest one coming soon, that comment didn’t age well
Remember the time sonic vs mario was an honest debate
I feel this game should have adaptive music that changes based on speed and also better speed mechanics that involve building and retainging momentum
The game kinda have that, everytime u get a emerald the music theme of the islands Change, so inch island have 7 versions of their themes, the bosses also have that but is more noticeable in the Super Sonic battles
Did you and the 15 people who voted for your comment even play the first level of this game??? It does have adaptive music... When Sonic speeds up so does the music
Wasn't very noticeable then
@@DefinitelyNotYourDad no it did not, and I have 100%ed the game
@@acesamm That doesn’t prove anything. Anyone can search gameplay and check themselves.
The blast to the past you gave me with that Line Rider joke was uncalled for
Solar Ash is a game that I just fell in love with. The movement, art, and character design were all brilliant. It just speaks to heart machine's pure skill and talent they have behind them. I hope that someday Sega is able to make a Sonic game flow as well as Solar Ash.
Solar ash was such an unbelievable experience and just a wonderful game in general, if anyone happens to read this i 100% recommend it. I do not know what the other commenter is saying because its not in fact a roguelike at all
Man, I finally played Hyper Light Drifter over the summer and had a lot of fun with it despite not really liking a lot of 2D Zelda-likes.
Guess I gotta get to Solar Ash now, too.
@@milapiepers502 wait, is not? Last time I checked I was told it was a rogue-like, wtf.
Good thing because I have way too many rogue likes in my library.
You may be thinking of Hyper light drifter, which also isn't a roguelike but I kinda feel like it was lumped in with them for some reason?
Completely unrelated to the topic but I dislike the name roguelike for these games as its basically just “arcade-like” instead of resembling Rogue or other traditional roguelikes
@@BlueKanary nah, I did play HLD and know it is not a rouge like, I was talking about Solar Ash which for some reason someone told me is a rogue like, thing I didn't like to know at all.
I have enjoyed playing Frontiers so far. It’s not an amazing game by any means and there’s a lot of problems, especially with the art style, level design, and storytelling. I think that in general, however, it’s a lot of fun to blast around a big open zone at high speeds. I just kinda wish there was some more color to it all.
"then why call it a COMPASS??!!" That one hit home
This was a wonderful Review of Solar Ash, definitely need to get on that game. I loved Hyper Light Drifter
Your smile at the end while looking at that Sonic hoodie actually stole me a tear, I kinda felt the same as you especially after finishing the game... You can see Iizuka and his team somehow actually tried to move things forward this time, the whole "One Way Dream" ending song openly being a message from them tells it alone, it's in the end a somewhat cool tech demo that might lead to something really good in the coming years, yet it sadly feels and clearly is an half-baked one, too much hit and miss on too many fronts, and I'm saying this considering the fact that I actually managed to appreciate the game as a whole even with all the problems it has, playing it I've been able to mentally go back when I was a little 6 y.o. girl playing Sonic Heroes for the first time, or when I was 11, playing the Megadrive classics and the Adventure games.
I can only rise my hopes up and pray SEGA that our beloved blue blur can finally, completely escape this dumpster he's been thrown in almost 12 years ago with his next game...
What I meant to say is that, as janky and unfinished it turned out to be, you can definitely see this game has heart, that they managed to make, putting aside its countless slips and falls, feel Sonic like Sonic again after all this time.
On a side note, still talking about how much the game can be utter crap sometimes now, I don't know if you knew, but that final boss fight (a really lackluster one at that) with THE END is... exclusive... to hard mode... Yes, if you play the game at normal difficulty you'll get SUPREME (the t-shirt branding) as a final boss (the whole Super Sonic space purple Moon destroying thing plays out AS A CUTSCENE), and with it being literally the worst of all the four titans... WELL... well uhh....
a tech demo sold at 60 dollars, eh? so noble.
I don't know man I finished it recently and I'm pretty sure it's my new favorite Sonic game. I loved everything about it.
I watched your previous Sonic video a while ago and somehow never got around to watching this one! Now I'm here! Sad to here you didn't like it much but glad your still a Sonic fan!
Your videos are always so, so good. This is probably the most interesting approach to a review I’ve ever seen, and that closing shot really hit. Please keep doing what you do, it’s absolutely one of a kind.
21:35 holy heck Yakko, I just adore the delivery of your comic relief mane. Gets me actually chucklin in every single of your videos
love the neon white shout out!! fav game of 2022 for sure
That's the worst part, Sonic Frontiers just sort of...happened. Regular gamers have already forgotten about it. Not to mention, it comes out after Sonic Forces, Sonic Generations, and Sonic Colors.
AKA, the game that went to space, the game that went through time, and the game that did a world War.
This game felt like a small sidestory, and after the end of the game, it felt like you could ignore this story entirely.
*looks at the biggest sales for a Sonic game in a DECADE* - I wouldn't call it "happened". This is a strong running start for a new type of Sonic games. Yes game itself is not a MASTAHPIECE but a solid foundation to build upon. And thanks to awesome sales - SegaSammy finally starts throwing funds at Sonic Team.
Debatable. The story links it up to Sonic Adventure 1 & 2 making it that much more important. The game is ambitious and not to mention the first time a Sonic comic writer penned the story for a game.
colors was a 2D with trash story, "went to space" is simply nothing, generations was just sonic going to places with no context, frontiers explained where did the chaos emeralds come from and eggman had a daughter, thats already enough to put it above "went to space" beyond, it is the biggest sale for a sonic game in a decade, thats not "happened"
"Ah yes, we could entirely ignore the plot of a fricking purple moon that's about to destroy the entire earth all because Eggman couldn't resist tapping into ancient technology that was sealing said entity, which is a kind of a running gag that has been happening ever since SONIC ADVENTURE."
Yeah, I agree with you bro. Sonic Frontiers just sort of happened, just like Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, etc. Literally any Sonic games after Sonic 3 & Knuckles just exists without any sort of explaination WHY IT HAPPENED.
@Super Gamer 2000
Tell me,
What was the moral lesson of the game?
At 16:13, that minigame is not referencing Nier Automata, but yes Ikaruga. The reason for this, is because of the Light/Dark shot mechanic (or polarity mechanic) which is the main attraction of Ikaruga. Worth checking out, as it is an extremely hard shoot em up!
that awkward moment yakko already knew about ikaruga (I watched the vid)
the redemption arc is real
It clearly looks like the hacking minigame from Nier Automate (and it literally also is a hacking minigame in Frontiers) just with the main mechanic from Ikaruga.
@@python_l5367 I am literally baffled as to why those games were copied in Sonic Frontiers besides Ikaruga being a notable Dreamcast and GameCube cult classic. Is it so you can play as Tails, Knuckles and Amy as the update roadmap (oh, joy) suggests without actually playing LIKE them? That'd be a CLASSIC Sega move.
As a Brazilian, I've been seeing many a Sonic being launched through the sky and landing near my home.
It's very unsettling.
Have no idea what people see in this game, it felt like the series going through a midlife crisis. It's trying to get back that cool confidence it had in the Adventure era but it just feels so forced and inorganic, and like they only have a surface-level understanding of why the Adventure era games were so great. It was much more than just the fact that they had serious stories and vocal music.
well put together video. I loved the idea of the game, but then i got bored before I was done with the first super sonic fight =w=
That ending summarized the video really well and was super well written
While I think there's criticisms to be had about a story that isn't easily accessible for new players, I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing for it to be one where hardcore fans are the only ones to get the most out of it due to references/call backs. As a hardcore Sonic fan who has been with this franchise since the early 2000s and have experienced majority of Sonic's adventures right down to the most obscure stuff, it felt great to see these characters bring up past adventures. It felt GREAT to see the lore actually freaking acknowledged after so long of being ignored. When was the last time Knuckles brought up the Echidna race and his internal feelings on why he guards the Master Emerald in a 3D Sonic game? Oh... Sonic Adventure... back in 1998.
I never felt that it was too much since the characters always tried to reference back to specific moments that made sense to reference such as SA1 Tikal flashbacks and the memories Knuckles had while imprisoned in Frontiers, or Sage bringing up Neo Metal as a reason for Sonic and Eggman to work together now.
But anyways, I'm not expecting the constant references to be the norm moving forward in games, though, I could be wrong seeing how SEGA has created a team dedicated to Sonic lore internally. If we get more lore acknowledgment and stuff similar to the Ancients that expands the story of Sonic more, than I'm all for it.
it just felt like it was disjointed as hell
The only references going forward will be Green Hill.
@@j19aiden91 RIP it's getting old thanks to frontiers using it a MILLION times
@@SonicApocalypseGaming and I'm certain it'll be back for tje next game
@@j19aiden91 unfortunate, i even tolerated them reusing it in forces because they changed some of the aesthetics and it had even the TINIEST smidgen of plot relevance, but there's no excuse for frontiers doing it imo
Ok, that closing scene and outro were just done right!
Generations + unleashed day levels+sonic colors levels = peak sonic gameplay
Sonic colors had good level themes but trash level design
I hope people get the one message in this video. . .
PLAY SOLAR ASH ITS BASICALLY A BETTER SONIC FRONTIERS
Kinda wish Sonic's movement felt more like the game Spark The Electric Jester. Specifically the 3rd one. That game is like almost everything I would want from a Sonic game.
more people need to play that game
Spark sucks
@@TheDaidai05 I've been meaning to play it
@@Therealones745 well you must be bad at it lol
@@omen4304🤣
I personally was hooked on the game when it first came out I believe the music was fitting having a natural orchestral genre to represent the ancients and their old but extremely advanced technologies and sonic discovering it all and I really enjoy how the characters interact with one another and how they aren't making bad jokes and people like knuckles have their main roles back and they are there own characters like when Amy actually argues with sonic and questions his decisions at one point
Very glad to see someone make the comparison between this and Solar Ash. I initially assumed we were going to be getting something like Solar Ash's bosses, only bigger and better and more Sonic-like, but that really wasn't what wound up happening here. If anything, it just makes me appreciate Solar Ash more, and makes me want to go back and replay it again.
Is Solar Ash really that good?
@@EdgardR. Yes. A lot of criticism might come from the fact that it was created by the studio that made Hyper Light Drifter, and Solar Ash is nothing like their previous game. If you like Sonic games and you go in without the expectation that this is the next Hyper Light Drifter, you'll probably like Solar Ash.
Solar Ash is one of my favorite games of the past few years, glad to see someone else shouting it out.
@@parchmentengineer8169 complaining that solar ash is nothing like hyper light drifter is like complaining to capcom why resident evil and megaman are different.
Super sonic bosses are pretty good tho
I just beat it today this morning. I think the end fight was too hard probably because of how huge the ramp in difficulty was. I still loved it.
My only complaint is the boss on the final island. They definitely rushed that. But i loved this game all around, just needs a QoL update
17:29 Man, I'd take everything Ian Flynn says with a grain of salt. He's been blaming shit on mandates since the dawn of his career, to shift any criticism he gets onto Sega. Apparently one at one point Sega had to make an public statement saying that they do not have hard rules for their IPs when third parties are handling them. They're are more like suggestions. Look, I'm not denying there were any mandates for Frontiers, but I wouldn't take anything Ian says as gospel. Besides, if Ian had is way with Frontiers' story, I'm sure it'd be a lot more darker than it was.
Finally! Someone else who agrees with my take.
Open zone is a great idea, a second game with better exploration and experimentation would be perfect. I love frontiers so much but if they did this and polished a lot of the added features it would be a perfect game
I knew we were going to have a difference of opinions when you said that "the fourth island was a welcome to change of pace"
After seeing you beat ALL 13 sonic games, THIS was THE review I was waiting to see as my most interesting take. Im talking more so than Dunkey!
I need to play Solar Ash, thanks for recommending it!
The panic at sonic boom being canon was so genuine it caught me off guard
I'm gonna add one more comparison:
The End looks like they came out of The End of a Kirby game
I actually really liked this game, way more than most of the 3D games
I believe the wording you are looking for is that you like how expensive the game feels . A fantastic looking game with no gameplay is like a car with no engine . As much as i hoped that sega would nail this game and make us a game we would be proud of as a community it appears i was too ambitious.
@@TheFallen092 maybe they just straight up like the game?
I like it too. Been having fun with it when I play it in the morning before work. It’s not the best sonic game but it’s fun.
@@TheFallen092 "Expensive" Isn't a word I think anyone would use to describe Sonic Frontiers ha. there is always the one who projects their own opinions onto others lol.
@@TheFallen092let people like things
Considering sonic team have been doing boost formula games for over a decade I feel like they may not be used to letting sonic be free, which is why there are so many restrictive areas that would work better in a more on rails experience.
You mentioning line rider brought a wave of nostalgia that I didn't think was possible.
I disagree with your statement about the sliders. Sonic 3D got always criticize for its controls and finally having the ability to tweak your movement I find resolved the issue for a lot of folks
Isn't the point that it shouldn't be up to the player to get Sonic to feel right? Sure you can customize it to how you like it, but that's because they couldn't figure it out themselves. You shouldn't have to tweak the game values to get it to feel right. If many other studios can get their movement to feel good within their own games, then so should Sonic Team. It's just a band aid solution to a larger problem for Sonic games.
@@kiramaticc This, so damn much. Giving the player the wheel in something they could never, never know is pathetic. The player didn't make the physics, the player didn't design the levels. It is IMPOSSIBLE for the player to " get Sonic to feel right ", because not even the designers know what that means.
@@kiramaticc but sonic has been proven multiple times to be different from other games: one thing is having a common middle of the road speed like in the other platformers and then give some sort of power up or upgrade to make the movement feel faster compare to tge average speed; sonic on the other hand is always fast and have some sort rhytim to it, and what can feel easy to manage to some, its not the same for others. Its the reason why they gave a run button in Lost World, its because they got so many complaints about the movement. Besides, to have tge sliders to work, they need the base movement to also work, xnd frontiers controls very good to most people. The sliders help in case someone wants to tweak some of the movement or make it more comfortable, its not a sign of not trusting the controls
@@Peroshy Yeah I feel like a lot of people don't understand how even the simplest decisions can affect the design of a game as a whole.
Letting the player tweak Sonic's movement may sound good on paper, but overall is very restrictive in terms of the entire game's scope. If Sonic Team decides to bring this idea forward into future Sonic games, that means they have to design around the fact that players can have different movement values. This will most likely lead to more simpler levels and challenges designed around movement because it's essentially impossible to design anything remotely complex for hundreds of different configurations for Sonic's movement, which effectively limits the potential of the game as a whole.
@@lupinthenerd439 True he has, but remember that it's devs's job to make your character move nice and to make sure the controls and movement is so smooth, Sonic is no exception to this.
As much as I enjoy the game and 100% twice. I think this is the most 7/10 game I’ve ever played
Most Sonic games are 7/10 or 8/10's, people like these games so much because it's Sonic, and that isn't always a bad thing, Sonic carries charisma wherever he goes to, the franchise gameplays both 2D and 3D were totally different than most things that came before, you can put Sonic in Assassin's Creed and it still would have the chance to be considered good
@@kue5053 Some of them are, sure, but I honestly think Frontiers is more like 5 or 6. I don't feel like it's a good game on really any level, and basically every issue mentioned in this video was felt deeply when "playing."
Because it didn't feel like I was actually "playing" the game half the time, as the game plays itself. Why even go "open zone" when you're clearly not given the tools to explore or play it in any way other than one specific, heavily linear route?
@@corey2232bro what 😭
After just looking at the last videos intro I chuckled seeing this video up
The most common opinion of this game I heard is "This feels like a tech demo made in Unity with Sonic plopped into it"
Sonic has a very interesting world design, they could've made a 3D stilized world :c
Oh you know where they do it? IN ROBLOX, THERE'S A ROBLOX SONIC GAME THAT DOES THAT CORRECTLY :|
I assume you're talking about speed Sim, and yeah, that experience's world feels more unique than frontiers. And that's because Speed Sim embraces the sonics levels are designed, instead to the awful to look at "floating everything" in frontiers. It's like how you don't question the architecture choices in Mario Odyssey because the rest of the series is like that, too.
Sorry for comparing ahead of time. Spear me if you must. I don't play games like Sonic for a hard challenge. I have other games for that. It's like how I don't need Pokémon to be tough either. The difference is that Sonic Frontiers actually works. It's got enough style and substance for me to want to buy it soon, and most of my friends who got it have good stuff to say about it. As long as it's engaging enough, I can see myself pouring a lot of time into this, and unlike a certain OTHER game, it has all the basics from a AAA dev team!... I'm sorry. Gen 9 just gets me viscerally upset.
Sonic frontiers honest review from a true Sonic fan:
Story: 8/10
Gameplay: 7/10
Music: 10/10 (and don’t debate me on this 💀)
Character choice and design: 6/10
Location and sites: 6.5-7/10
Overall game: 7.5-8/10
This is the Sonic Roller Coaster Tycoon.
i am only just learning there is a bullet hell section of the end because my game just skipped that and went straight to the final cutscene, so i just assumed the final boss was a quick time event
One thing I like about sonic Frontiers is how it presented the name "Open Zone" for level design that resembles Banjo-Kazooie's type of level design, previously I used to refer to it as "Recontextual Level Design" but Open Zone fits better.
Just checked the video that gave me the name "Recontextual Level Design" and was for a different type of levels lol, but now instead of recontextual I will call it "Flipping The Castle" as done in Castlevania SOTN.
I don't know, i think it's really just a open world game. "open zone" feels like another term for marketing, i mean xenoblade chronicles 3 has a similar structure to its open world in that it is just divided in huge maps and i don't see anyone saying it is anything but a open world game.
@@brotbrotsen1100 Sonic boost games are fun to play on the PC, but when I have a good controller I miss the momentum of the 2d Sonic games and Sonic Adventure.
@@brotbrotsen1100 Can't be true open world, the game literally gates your exploration behind progress.
@@brotbrotsen1100 It's definitely a marketing thing. It seems to be working on the assumption that there is no middle ground between linear and open world games which was never the case.
I don't mind the past references that much, but that's mostly because the way it is used, while frequent, is much better than the failed execution done in Sonic Forces, and I understand why it can be somewhat annoying. Really, it'll depend on if they keep relying on this technique in future Sonic games.
Tbh bro I think there was way too many references. Think about it: was mentioning sticks, tangle, deadly six, zavok, omega, and dark gaia really neccesary?
Thanks for commenting on the art design! It's a detail a lot of people cross over (or excuse).
I just discovered your channel today, watched 3 videos and am so happy and surprised how similar our gaming experiences have been, you even played and enjoyed even solar ash
The video we were all waiting but were not prepared for
While I promptly disagree with your sentiment I basically expected it when you dismissed the Boost formula in general. You don't like Modern Boost gameplay and even though I think Frontiers is an amazing step in the right direction for Sonic I understand this game is definitely not something you'd like. Just me watching your videos in general just clued me in so it makes 100% sense. Respect your opinion, but yeah 100% disagree as a fan who has played every game under the sun.
That lathat shot at 23:53 was actually really sad when I finally got to the end of the game.
Ngl, hit me a bit hard.
This perfect encapsulated my thoughts about this game. I played the entire game but it wasn’t was I wanted out of a sonic game
I think the bulk of the issues really do just come down to needing more structure in some places and more freedom in others. Frontiers makes a lot of progress, but it's all just thrown into the pot and needs time now to really get cooking. More structured and real areas over these big empty fields while maintaining the control they've started to give and easing up on the rails is the balance they have to strike. And the story could use more shakeups and dynamics through not always just being two characters talking. Have them do stuff and really get some dynamic craziness in there.
In other words, use Frontiers as a base and make Sonic Adventure 3. Give them all the time and resources they need to expand where this story let off with everyone going off and doing their own thing in new places.
Make the rails, like cyber-esque, or made out of the world around them. Hell Sonic Adventure 2 the game that introduced rails, did that, and we had like interstate highways with loopyloops in them for some reason, but they stayed in the visual theme of the enviroment even if they are absolutely absurdist acts of civil engineering. Random ass loopyloops is just part of the sonic universe, we can accept that, as long as it looks like it's part of the temple or landscape or whatever. These things can work mostly as is, just gotta season them a little and add some flavour.
@@TheJadeFist A good example is final rush, in final rush of SA2, the rails looked different to fit the environment
@@SeleDreams or City Escape, in which they were hand rails for the stairs. The two jungle levels they were vines.
the sad part is the new pokemon scarlet and violet that just dropped makes this burnt toast seem like a cupcake.
After the algorithm blessed me with "Every 3D Sonic Game" I waited with BAITED BREATH for this video to come out
Can’t even acknowledge the fruits Sonic Teams efforts that show can ya, or at least give them points for trying to make an effort in showing improvement.
i understand all these critiques even if i disagree, but i think context is extremely important here. factual criticism is important, but the fact sonic team is severely understaffed and below budget to make good games from sega NEEDS to be mentioned. i don't want to dismiss just talking about raw problems with the game, but this fundamental problem i feel is being ignored too much and more people with influence need to start pointing fingers at sega themselves for giving sonic team the most basic of ingredients so this literally the best they can do.
I appreciate your perspective and I think that SEGA needs this criticism in order to make better future games. I do think that you were too hard on the story. I actually felt something from this game, and I was genuinely engaged. I do think the writing kinda carried, but thank god we have a capable writer again. I think the callbacks were necessary for us to actually have some sort of continuation in the series for the next game. Ian Flynn was basically doing his best to fix up the terribly presented stories of the past decade, and he succeeded imo. I do think that the story around the endgame fell apart, but it picked itself up right in the final scenes to be excited for the future
They are listening to the feedback
@@Thehunter905 Yeah and they'll totally learn all the right lessons THIS TIME around, right?
@@Neoniq41 I mean yeah I hope they get it right the next game. As long as they have enough budget and time then we could get a Sonic game that's more than good.
I think it's a good game, though it's pretty clear that this is moreso a test for a future 3D open area sonic game. though my main issue is mostly just... the movement. moving sonic doesn't feel right
Yeah idk why they nerfed his gameplay..and made him slower in this game like you have to boost to go fast but then again that wasn't really a problem it still has that fast paced gameplay but the fact they nerfed his speed gameplay in frontiers was Abit disappointing
bro it is the first time in years i've seen ur content, the video ive seen was the one where you ranked localized jojo names, (i ❤ blueford btw) and now that i see your recent and persona 5 content i am in love with ur channel
I have a feeling this game is gonna have the sonic unleased treatment in that people will hate it at first then after some years go by it will become liked by the majority.
If they can polish the game and for the love of god make an actual good final boss them this might be up there with sonic adventure 2
Nope.
Honestly, I doubt Frontiers will be given a lenient treatment. Like Origami King, it actually comes close to a good game under its franchise while still maintaining many of the bad elements of everything else, and might even just by a coat of paint splashed over a turd. The fact that it comes close means that Frontiers will be the most contentious game in perpetuity until people become tired of Sonic.
@@iantaakalla8180 you know what?
I don't care if I'm gonna get hate,I don't care if it's not like the 1st 3 games,Origami King was a blast and I wish more people appreciated it
Yes,even the old ones are good,yes,Sticker Star was a travesty,but the last 2 ones have a certain charm I really like about them
Not perfect by any means,but I'll say they are a sort of "guilty pleasure" for me,and if I'm being completely honest I... surprisingly have more unpopular opinions when it comes to Mario than Sonic
@@duckthemightyknight364 Sonic adventure 2 finale boss is not unique dumb head
I hope this game sells well anyway to convince Sega that it was worth it to give freedom to the developers and maybe they will improvive things in the next game.
Wait till he gets to the Pokemon scarlet review..
For real, why does every critique essay about this game sound so contradictory, like because blue hedgehog is not even an argument.
Bro this is what you get for playing indie games: they gave you the expectation that video games should be "good" and "fun" and *checks notes* "playable"
How are people failing the rails? HOW!? Just flick the stick left or right, GOD DAMNIT!!!
Lol skill issue
Considering the state of Scarlet and Violet, that pokemon bit near the beginning is both hilarious and a bit foreboding in that context.
sigh. yup
Pokemon is similar to the Sonic franchise, both highly respected and beloved franches that sell really well that are completely neglected and exploited by their respective publishers that just cobble together these games on a shoestring budget to make maximum profiit. We need to stop buying these games and review bomb them instead of just accepting these sloppy ass games
@@danculbert6349 frontiers is being review bombed, it's just being bombed with positive reviews. Sonic and Pokemon will never be good and their own fanbases are the reason
@@danculbert6349 Unfortunately the fans have accepted mediocrity a long time ago.
Don't expect neither franchises to improve in quality.
And that’s why big titles are negative indicators of quality save, let’s say, Mario, Zelda, Kirby and maybe Pikmin