For example, tracing a circle around some enemies can stun them. It can be used to interact with the world in various ways. Sonic Frontiers’ demo threw me into the deep end and my half hour with the game didn’t illuminate much.Īt some point, I was instructed to use a skill point to unlock an ability called Cyloop, which lets Sonic draw a line behind him as he runs. This early area of the demo was heavily tutorialized, explaining that I could play in “action” or “high-speed” mode, that I had a map, and that I would need to solve puzzles to earn skill points, collect seeds, vault keys, and little creatures called Kocos, and that I could reclaim Amy Rose’s memories via some kind of tokens. The booth attendants at the preview event were unable to provide any supplemental information or context about any aspect of the game, so please bear with me through some guesswork.) Image: Sega (The demo was confusing in many ways, including featuring the wrong button prompts for the controller I was given, and being presented in a weirdly low resolution and in windowed format. This seemed to be early in the game, after what appeared to be an introductory level that resembled a traditional Sonic course. The demo began with Sonic waking up in a lush green field and being informed by a disembodied voice that he’d successfully escaped Cyber Space.
#SONIC FRONTIERS GAME FULL#
Now, we can finally talk about what may or may not be the full scope of Frontiers’ gameplay. This is the same demo that resulted in a handful of amusingly befuddled previews earlier this month, since reporters were required to keep a major chunk of the game secret. I played Sonic Frontiers earlier this month, exploring the open areas while hunting for portals to Cyber Space. But within those open zones are portals that transport Sonic to Cyber Space, an alternate dimension where he gets to sprint, grind, and jump through traditional 2D and 3D Sonic levels that are actually quite fun. Yes, Sonic Frontiers is an open-world Sonic game, or, as Iizuka calls it, an “open zone” game. Sonic Team studio head Takashi Iizuka recently told VGC that these fans simply “don’t understand what this new gameplay is.” And he’s right - until Tuesday, fans haven’t seen the larger scope of Sonic Frontiers, because a large part of the game has been under embargo. Fans have expressed skepticism over what they’ve seen of the Sonic the Hedgehog’s next game, even calling for its delay. The game currently doesn’t have a release date, so until Sega announces it, expect it to come out during the 2022 holidays.Sonic Frontiers has been in the headlines lately, though maybe not for the reasons its developer or Sega would prefer. For those considering the game, the release date may work against Sonic Frontiers. Sonic the Hedgehog fans are a loyal bunch, so a crowded release week probably wouldn’t stop people from getting a new Sonic game normally, but the mood for Sonic Frontiers has been iffy at best since its launch. 8 release, with God of War Ragnarok slated to release the following day for an unusual Wednesday launch. Ubisoft’s long-in-development Skull and Bones is also slated for a Nov. Sega’s official marketing for the game on all store pages simply states that it will be released in Holiday 2022.Īssuming the game is released in November, it will be released at a pretty busy time as far as game launches go. It’s worth noting that the game’s listing on the PlayStation Store also listed a release date for the game late last year, saying the game would be released on November 15th, which is also a Tuesday. Combined with the fact that it’s not just a date at the end or beginning of the month, a release date seems much more likely, but again, it’s not confirmed at this point. He was previously listed as September 1st, a date that fell on a Thursday and seemed more like a placeholder date than anything else. The updated Steam information was posted to the Steam DB directory, which recorded a change made on July 19th, where the store API release date for Sonic Frontiers was updated. As of now, Sega hasn’t officially announced anything to indicate if this information is accurate, so all we know for now is that the game is slated for a holiday 2022 release.
The game’s Steam listing was recently updated with some behind-the-scenes changes, revealing a November 8th release date.
Sonic Frontiers doesn’t currently have a release date, but if the updated information in one of the game’s store listings is anything to go by, we may have a better idea of when it might be released.
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