Sonic Frontiers - the game

[Keyboard Koala]

1 minute ago, MW_Jimmy said:

 

Balan was last year.

 

Hence the edit

[Qazimod]

Just now, MW_Jimmy said:

 

Balan was last year.

 

My post mentioned Balan but I forgot it was last year.

 

 I'M BAD AT COMPARISONS RLLMUK I'M SORRY.  

[Strafe]

Some dude on Twitter claims to be playing it on deck just fine.

 

 

There’s no steam review or footage out in any case as far as I know.

[Haribokart]

Qaz confirmed as a time traveller.

[Keyboard Koala]

1 minute ago, Qazimod said:

 

My post mentioned Balan but I forgot it was last year.

 

 I'M BAD AT COMPARISONS RLLMUK I'M SORRY. 

 

Balan was that bad it could still be the worst game of 2022 as well I reckon!

[alex3d]

5 minutes ago, Down by Law said:

Lets all focus on the one extremely negative review from an outlet that no one's heard off because the desire for this to be a bad game by middle aged men is simply so strong that there must be some truth to it. Also the thread title is an embarassment.

 

 

As I wrote, Metacritic 74.

 

The Eurogamer review does read kind of bad though...

https://www.eurogamer.net/sonic-frontiers-review-new-open-zone-direction-still-constrained-by-old-flaws 

[Bobbi Champagne Jr]

Skill Up isn't a fan - 

 

[Popo]

Ah well. Back on the cycle, everyone. 

[alex3d]

Those pop-ins are insane. 

[Strafe]

They just need to make pop in canon

[Paulando]

I just don’t get what the overworld is so dull and lacking in colour. Can’t imagine what went through the mind of whoever made that decision.

[Keyboard Koala]

That'd be my main gripe too. The levels look so empty. As if they forgot to place items and enemies in it.

[alex3d]

The empty overworld was a major criticism after the first teaser/trailer. Shame they haven't been able to change it.

[Down by Law]

24 minutes ago, Popo said:

Ah well. Back on the cycle, everyone. 

 

I mean...2 whole points behind current forum fave MW2, that's got to be a win surely 

[Sarlaccfood]

Thread title does not match contents.

 

Might call the ASA. Came in expecting to read the game getting a right kicking.

[Wiper]

I'm fascinated by the OpenCritic Rating there — I wonder whether the Fair|Strong threshold is the 59%|61% recommend, or the 74|76 average rating.

 

Also, this variable response is wildly better than I was expecting, given the preview footage and, well, the body of work it's a part of. I'll probably actually give it a go; after all, it's simultaneously slightly better and dramatically better than best open world platformer Mirror's Edge Catalyst, per OpenCritic:

 

[Alan Stock]

Yeah the contrast in the environments between the realistic open world and the bright structures for Sonic to play on is so jarring. They could have just boosted the vibrancy of the environments at the very least, it's like a kid got Shadow of the Colussus and started making a Roblox game inside it!   

[NecroMorrius]

I assume the PC modding community will have this all sorted out in a year or two.

[bear]

Even the harsher reviews I've seen say that at the very least then Sonic Team have the basis for what could be a good sequel and it feels like it's a been a long time since we could say that about a Sonic Team game. 

[Mr. Gerbik]

Linneman is enthusiastic about the big boy console versions, both in terms of looks and gameplay - less ao about the Switch version fwiw.

 

 

[JoeK]

Honestly think it looks like one of those godawful games you see on Steam that uses stock assets from Unreal/Unity without any idea of how it fits together. 

[Quest]

Linneman thinks Generations is good, so I wouldn't trust him on this.

 

 

 

[Paulando]

11 minutes ago, Moz said:

I assume the PC modding community will have this all sorted out in a year or two.

 

Yeah, Steam Deck it is then.

[Mr. Gerbik]

 

 

 

[Mr. Gerbik]

Just now, Quest said:

Linneman thinks Generations is good, so I wouldn't trust him on this.

 

 

 

Ah, he's one of those potty Sonic fans

 

Spoiler

 

 

[JoeK]

I have a lot of time for John, but artistically speaking, this is a shockingly bad looking game. 

[deerokus]

It's amusing reading the review summaries. One says the platforming is abysmal, another says it's one of the best open platformers you can play. 😐

[thesnwmn]

23 minutes ago, deerokus said:

It's amusing reading the review summaries. One says the platforming is abysmal, another says it's one of the best open platformers you can play. 😐

 

These two things can be true. If every open world platformer until now has been dreadful then you can be a terrible platformer and still the best of that lot.

 

Instead it's probably just a classic 7/10. Some people find things to like and overcome some things they don't. Others are the reverse.

[deKay]

 

[Mr. Gerbik]

Just now, deKay said:

 

Sold!