Sonic Frontiers

i cried 8/10

Could not even finish the game (on the 4th world mobs that are necessary to climb a tower do not respawn, even with reloads, restarts, death resets, etc...). Otherwise feels half-baked and badly tested in many aspects. Forced camera is terrible in some places, difficulty widely imballanced, some design decisions (rings are not reset after boss battle loss? You have to save before the battle, quit the game and load from save instead). Could have been a nice experience, even if half as short, but the lack of testing made it into my #1 most infuriating game.

Frontiers is a game I enjoyed very much, despite it's flaws. It's a game that sets a formula and gameplay style that if given more time in the oven could result in the best 3D Sonic gameplay seen to date, but what we have here is solid enough to be considered good, not great, but good and with very high peaks. It's a game that is clearly unpolished and rushed in many areas, which can be seen with the pop-in in the overworld, the lackluster animation in the optional cutscenes, the physics sometimes doing very weird things depending on the terrain, the re-use of old level designs for most cyberspace levels, having some issues with doing specific special combat moves while platforming due to their button mapping, having the last 2 islands clearly be cut content from the first one, and having a very underwheling final boss (Tho, they did make a new one for the free DLC). Despite that, what the game does well is enough to not at all make me regret the time I spent with it, especially with all the free updates and additions they made post-launch. Running around the islands, collecting things, exploring, listening to the amazing soundtrack, seeing more of the surprisingly well written story, and leveling up to get cool new moves was always fun enough to keep me going. It's a simple gameplay loop, and it does get somewhat repetitive at points, but nevertheless enjoyable for what it is. My favorite parts were the optional challenges that were legit challenging and therefore engaging, and the incredibly hype boss battles at the end of every island. I will say, if you're into the modding scene, this game benefits quite a bit from it. It's not a case like Colors Ultimate or Origins where modding it is basically required to get a proper game, but some of the flaws I've mentioned do get ironed out and allow for an even better experience. My recommendations are the Vanilla+ and Island Tweaker mods, as they do a lot to improve many aspects, but the most notable are lessening the pop-in and re-tooling animations and physics to greately enhance gamefeel. Given the price it's at now, I say the game is more than worth it. I avoided it for quite a while due to not having much faith in Sonic for the last few years and came out pleasantly surprised. Here's hoping this is just the beginning of even better things to come.

so peak 10/10

Um dos melhores (se não o melhor) jogo de Sonic que ja joguei, um mundo aberto legal demais de se explorar, musicas magnificas, batalhas de chefe lindas demais, narrativa boa. Minha unica reclamação é que o Boss final é mais facil do que deveria embora a musica e a luta sejam impecáveis

good game doesnt run on a laptop at all

This game is definitely in my top 3 sonic games of all time, i love this game to pieces and the music to this game is on a WHOLE OTHER LEVEL, and the story? Absolutely beautiful. This game deserves a round of applause.