Game News Sonic Frontiers: Fans are disappointed and are mobilizing on social networks!
Teased and then announced last December, Sonic Frontiers will have waited until June 2022 to finally show itself. The new adventure of the blue hedgehog, which will take place in an open world, has, for the first time, been illustrated with gameplay.
SEGA has big ambitions for Sonic Frontiers, which is part of a more general context of re-emphasis blue hedgehog. Both films were a hit, the Sonic Prime series is coming, all carried by a brand new game from Sonic Team.
Two gameplay presentations for Sonic Frontiers
During the gameplay presentations that took place last week, we discovered vast environmentscomposed of numerous and strange structures, verdant plains, and a Sonic running, jumping, rolling and sliding around. Without the boosts, Sonic admittedly needs a bit of time to get up to speed, but then we see him speeding through the area. We also had a little preview of the fights, during which Sonic faces strange robotic creatures. He rolls, swoops down on his opponents at full speed and uses many techniques to overcome it.
Disappointed players ask for a postponement!
However, these two gameplay videos are far from having convinced the public and the fans. The title is still in development, but players quickly made their displeasure known. Besides the clippingwhich makes decorative elements appear at more or less long distance, the players denounced a lack of art direction in environments, structures “put there” without any apparent logic, feelings of limited speedand have, for many, had the impression of seeing Sonic move from one point of interest to another in a structured game “dated”.
“Sonic Frontiers seems to have automated an open-world game”. “Based on this video, I’m worried about Sonic Frontiers. I was so excited, I’ve waited five years for this, and I’m not happy. I feel like a, go there, do this” can we read in the comments The broadcast of the video presentation of the fights did not really help matters, since the negative opinions were numerouspointing in particular to their “softness” and the rigidity of the animations.
Generally, players seem quite worried by what has been shownalbeit just short snippets, likely captured in an early game area. In an attempt to shake things up, fans started the hashtag #DelaySonicFrontiers (Delay Sonic Frontiers)which was repeated several thousand times on Twitter.
#DelaySonicFrontiers
I’m actually proud of the Sonic fandom for finally deciding that they deserve better than what they’ve been getting for over a decade. Maybe stop being so whiny about it but you’ve got the spirit!“Jack!” (@TheJCGreen) June 4, 2022
Do players have a chance to be heard by SEGA?
Fans are hopeful of being heard by SEGA, for several reasons. First, there is the case of the movie Sonic. During the broadcast of the first trailer for the feature film, the appearance of the blue hedgehog had triggered such a wave of protest that the entire design had been revised. Then players can build on precedents, starting with the one created by Halo Infinite.
Presented in the summer of 2020, the game did not convince at all, pushing the studio to postpone the release for several months in order to respond to criticisms and expectations. It is not yet known if SEGA will react to these requests, or if the team has complete confidence in its project. The answer should not take too long, since Sonic Frontiers is expected in the fourth quarter on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.