SonicFrontiers represents new hope for the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Our review:
Sonic the Hedgehog has been enjoying a huge renaissance over the last few years thanks to Paramount's highly successful movies, but it's been a while since fans of the video games have had something to celebrate. Developer Sonic Team is well aware of that fact and has been hard at work trying to turn things around. The developer's latest is Sonic Frontiers, which is the most ambitious game the character has starred in since 1998's Sonic Adventure.
One of the biggest changes for Sonic Frontiers is that players will spend the majority of their time exploring"Open Zones." Each of the Starfall Islands acts as a big, open world to explore, and there are a number of items Sonic must seek out in order to progress.
While most of the gameplay in Sonic Frontiers takes place in the Open Zones, the aforementioned Cyber Space stages provide a more traditional Sonic experience. These areas feature a mix of 2D and 3D, and include familiar environments and enemies from past games. Beating these stages unlocks a Vault Key, and players will need a bunch to obtain the Chaos Emeralds on each island.
One of the biggest problems Sonic Frontiers has is that its gameplay loop can get a little frustrating. Sonic explores each island, helps a friend recover their memories, finds all seven Chaos Emeralds, fights a giant foe, and then does it all over again on the next island. Having to do this all over again for each island is likely going to prove tedious for some players. The sheer number of items to collect can get a little confusing, too.
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