"The World of Speedsters"
Sonic Frontiers and Sega:
Sonic Frontiers is the first open-world platformer video game in the series, developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega was released on November 8, 2022, for PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox series X, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
The Sega Begins:
The Story of the game opens with a blurry blue trial flying towards Starfall Island with exceptional speed to recover the Chaos Emeralds.
During the venture, Sonic, the main character of the game comes across an alternative world or some may say the parallel universe called the "Cyber Space" where he encounters a mysterious girl Sage after falling through the wormhole. Over the course of the game, Sonic and his companions come to understand what lies ahead of them and how would they want their futures to turn out.
The Five Planets:
The Seven Chaos Emeralds
- Right through the game, Sonic discovers and explores 5 different Planets to collect 7 Chaos Emeralds, while taking down a variety of different Bosses and Enemies called the Titans.
Vault Keys
- Sonic needs to gather and collect all the possible collectibles to progress the story, which essentially unlocks "Vaults" containing the Chaos Emeralds and the "Vault Keys" to traverse
Gears Of Titans
- The 2d and 3d Levels of the game. The "Gears" in the game are accumulated by taking down the Titans by roaming the open world. The ''Tokens" Sparks which Sonic is known for are useful and sometimes mandatory to make his way to the other side of the levels.
Skill Tree
- His stats of Sonic can be increased by offensive and defensive Seeds and with the help of the Koco creature, the capacity for carrying Rings and Speed can be increased tremendously resulting in the progression of the Skill Tree that has been introduced in the series for the very first time can unlock the traditional and classic Sonic moves and combat.
Mechanics and Exploration:
Mini Games Functionalities
Players who would like to play the game without spending a lot of time exploring can progress through the story by taking part in a mini-game which is present in every zone that can be accessed by entering the portal by spending purple coins scattered in the open world which essentially can be used to buy coins to upgrade the skill levels and progress the story without too much of exploration of the planets.
Game Mechanics
These features and the mechanics of the game can be functional who want to play the game in a more traditional and classic way without explorations. There were some levels that were absolutely nonsense, in my opinion, the level where some sort of pinball chases you down was entirely ridiculous as it depends entirely on the character's luck to pass and avoid the pinball
Furthermore, there was a point in the game where Sonic must carry Koco while the Spike Towers were slamming the grounds which became quickly annoying after some time in that particular part of the level of Sonic Frontiers.
The Feel Of The Game And My Verdict:
In my opinion, Sonic Frontiers is a fantastic game with a terrific story, level, and character designs that brought something new and exciting to the table by moving from a 2D traditional Sonic Video game to a 3D modern open-world formula in the series with challenging and exciting quests keeping on board old and new players of the series.
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