Sonic Frontiers
Race across the Starfall Islands, choosing between exploration, battles and puzzles, then enter focused Cyber Space stages; Sonic's movement trail also becomes a tool for enclosing targets with Cyloop.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.4 / 10
About this game
Sonic Frontiers sends Sonic across the Starfall Islands in search of his separated friends. Its open zones place traversal challenges, battles, puzzles and side quests around the landscape, letting you decide which activity to approach. Solving island puzzles can reveal the map and new routes, while entrances to Cyber Space lead into high-speed stages whose completion provides keys for further progress. Combat combines dodges, parries, counters and combos, with skill-tree upgrades adding to Sonic's repertoire. Cyloop turns movement into another action: run a loop around a target to trigger an effect based on what you enclose. Forests, waterfalls and desert landscapes frame the journey between island exploration and the more focused Cyber Space challenges.
Collected in series
Sonic the Hedgehog is SEGA’s action franchise starring its speedy blue hero. Running, jumping and learning the terrain connect adventures that range from side-scrolling courses to 3D stages and open islands, with different entries giving speed and exploration their own balance.
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AI review
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An exploratory take on Sonic for players who enjoy choosing the next challenge between speed stages.
Open zones could make movement feel exploratory because puzzles reveal routes and Cyloop gives a running path an additional purpose. Cyber Space supplies a more focused stage structure, while battles ask for attention to defensive actions as well as combos.
Strengths
- Cyloop could make route drawing useful beyond simply reaching a destination.
- Open-zone activities and Cyber Space stages offer different ways to focus on Sonic's movement.
Weaknesses
- Players seeking continuous speed stages may find the switches to puzzles and combat less appealing.
Who it is for: Players interested in fast traversal who also enjoy exploring, solving environmental tasks and learning combat actions.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Choosing island activities between Cyber Space stages gives players scope to alternate exploration with concentrated action challenges. | Reviewed | 6.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Cyloop and defensive combat actions may reward treating movement as both a way through the world and a way to handle encounters. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Forests, waterfalls and deserts could give the island journey a changing sense of place around the traversal challenges. | Reviewed | 8.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Selectable control styles and one-button Auto Combo offer ways to adjust the input demands to a preference for precision, speed or simpler combo execution. | Reviewed | 5.3 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- SEGA
- Publisher
- SEGA
- Release date
- Nov 8, 2022
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Adventure · Primary genre
- Tags
- Story-drivenInvestigation3D GraphicsExplorationSlow BurnLinear LevelsThird PersonSolo-friendlyPuzzle SolvingMain Story 10–20 Hours
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Side viewThird person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideNov 8, 2022
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideNov 8, 2022
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
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