Why i HATE Sonic Frontiers

Sonic Frontiers is bland, uninspired, and disappointing, failing to justify its £55 price point.

The game features a split design pairing traditional linear Sonic Adventure-style stages with modern open-world exploration zones.

The open-world atmosphere is bleak, depressing, and empty, featuring muted green grass, rain, melancholic piano music, and barren mountainous terrain surrounded by water.

Open-world activities include platforming, collecting rings, solving puzzles such as moving statues, hitting speed boosters, and unlocking abilities through a shallow skill tree, while combat relies monotonously on evading and spamming homing attacks against geometric robots and minibosses.

Sonic Frontiers received a rating of 4.2 out of 10, with a cyberpunk city featuring elevated highways and street-level shops viewed as a missed opportunity and superior alternative.

Game reception, overall rating of 4.2 out of 10, and pricing considerations.

World design, aesthetic atmosphere, and the missed opportunity for a cyberpunk city setting.

Gameplay loop split between linear stages, open-world activities, and repetitive combat encounters.

Daniel played Sonic Frontiers for about an hour before becoming bored and turning the game off.

It remains uncertain whether Sonic Frontiers stays entirely within the rocky mountainous island setting or introduces different stages later in the game.