{"id":125481,"date":"2022-06-06T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-132539"},"modified":"2022-06-06T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T18:00:00","slug":"talking-point-should-sonic-frontiers-be-delayed-we-discuss-its-bizarre-debut-and-fan-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/06\/06\/talking-point-should-sonic-frontiers-be-delayed-we-discuss-its-bizarre-debut-and-fan-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: Should Sonic Frontiers Be Delayed? We Discuss Its Bizarre Debut And Fan Reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After what feels like a lifetime of waiting, we’ve finally been treated to a glimpse at what the gameplay for Sonic Frontiers<\/a> will look like \u2014 two glimpses, in fact! Thanks to IGN’s month-long coverage deal with SEGA, we now have a better idea of how exploration and combat will work in the game, with the two core aspects given their own spotlight in separate videos (scroll down for them).<\/p>\n

The internet isn’t short on opinions, and the backlash has been fierce, if not entirely unexpected. We’ve also got opinions; oh boy<\/em>, do we have opinions!<\/p>\n

Two of our writers \u2014 Alana and Ollie \u2014 got together to discuss a handful of questions detailing their thoughts on the initial gameplay footage, along with their hot takes on the obvious Breath of the Wild<\/a> inspiration and whether SEGA should just bite the bullet and delay the game.<\/p>\n

There are a couple of polls at the bottom \u2014 feel free to let us know your thoughts there and in the comments section. But first, here’s what we think…<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve had two gameplay videos for Sonic Frontiers. What\u2019s your overall take on what you\u2019ve seen so far?<\/h3>\n

ALANA:<\/strong> *gestures at thin air*<\/em> What is<\/em> all this? I have so many more questions after what we\u2019ve seen so far. It feels like Sonic\u2019s just been dropped into an entirely different game series and I don\u2019t really know what to think. I was at least intrigued when Frontiers was announced; as in, how will SEGA pull off \u2018open-world Sonic\u2019? But Sonic\u2019s core gameplay has always been \u201cget from point A to point B\u201d and this just feels aimless. Sonic and aimless don\u2019t really go together.<\/p>\n

OLLIE:<\/strong> Yeah that\u2019s spot on. I think what I\u2019m lacking at the moment is context. We\u2019ve seen Sonic running around a nice-looking environment, but to what end? What\u2019s the point of it all? Even if the gameplay videos just had someone narrating to say \u201chere\u2019s what you\u2019re doing, this is what the combat looks like\u201d, I might have gotten a better idea of what the heck is going on. As it is, I just don\u2019t see anything to really get me excited for its eventual release.<\/p>\n