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Sonic Frontiers

Sonic Frontiers

Sonic Team·Released Nov 7, 2022·Single player

Platforms
Xbox Series XPS4PCPS5Xbox OneSwitch
Genres
PlatformerAdventure
Critic65/100
Across 8 reviews
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About

Worlds will collide in Sonic the Hedgehog’s newest adventure. An experience like never before, accelerate to new heights and experience the thrill of high velocity open-zone freedom. Battle powerful enemies as you speed through the Starfall Islands - landscapes brimming with dense forests, overflowing waterfalls, sizzling deserts and more!

Reviews

10 reviews
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Nintendo Life
Oliver Reynolds·Nov 10, 2022
Critic40/100
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Sonic Frontiers is a brave new direction for the series, but this first 'open-zone' entry misses the mark by quite a margin. Traversal and combat annoyances plague the experience from start to finish, while structurally the game offers up very little variety, instead leaning on repetitive fetch quests that get exasperating after the first island. As far as the Switch version goes, it's quite comfortably the worst option available to fans, with graphical compromises that make it impossible to recommend if you're able to play it anywhere else at all. If you're going to get this game, we implore you to try it out elsewhere.

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Eurogamer
Alan Wen·Nov 7, 2022
Critic75/100
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Despite the joys offered, Sonic Frontiers is a hot mess of a reinvention that can't commit to its new direction

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Oscar Taylor-Kent·Nov 7, 2022
Critic40/100
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Sonic Frontiers features the kind of lightweight yet engaging storytelling that should easily enrapture fans young and old – though I'd hate to be a child forced to play through some of the abysmal platforming featured throughout. Was taking Sonic open world an ambitious endeavor? Yes. Did it pay off? Absolutely not.

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GameSpot
Richard Wakeling·Nov 7, 2022
Critic70/100
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Sonic Frontiers marks a bold new direction for the series, meshing traditional Sonic action with an open-ended approach to progression and exploration across its semi-open world.

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