A short preview of Sonic Frontiers was sufficient to get of us speaking about Breath of the Wild once more, however now that now we have extra footage, it’s clear what this upcoming recreation is all about. Sega lastly listened to YouTube feedback and employed a type of “remade in Unreal” guys.
Sega shared a good chunk of Sonic Frontiers gameplay this morning, displaying off a number of the shenanigans the blue hedgehog will stand up to in his subsequent journey. Sonic collects rings. Sonic dashes by way of verdant fields. Sonic grinds floating rails. Sonic climbs (after which ultimately runs up the perimeters of) historical towers. Sonic solves simplistic puzzles for collectible knick knacks.
Principally, it’s all the pieces you’d count on from an open-world recreation, solely with just a few extra pace traces.
However is that what Sonic followers really need? The franchise used to delight itself on its distinctive character, and I’m not getting any of that from this early Sonic Frontiers footage. The sport seems to be good, don’t get me incorrect, it’s simply bizarre to see Sonic in a melancholy world that appears cobbled collectively from bits and items of different video games when his complete vibe was “Mario is outdated and drained, I’m the brand new punk rock hotness.”
In the event you had confirmed me Sonic Frontiers final week and advised me a fan reimagined Sonic with Unreal inventory belongings and even that somebody merely modded the blue blur into Xenoblade Chronicles, I wouldn’t have argued. It so completely achieves the identical degree of lifelessness as numerous “practical, high-definition Sonic with god rays and puddles” demos on YouTube that I’m half-convinced it’s a parody of these movies.
All that stated, Sonic Frontiers nonetheless has quite a lot of time left within the oven. Whereas there’s no concrete launch date, Sega says it’s coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X/S, Nintendo Swap, and PC later this yr.
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