{"id":125507,"date":"2022-06-08T01:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T01:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-132639"},"modified":"2022-06-08T01:35:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T01:35:00","slug":"relax-the-sonic-frontiers-preview-footage-is-from-an-early-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/06\/08\/relax-the-sonic-frontiers-preview-footage-is-from-an-early-build\/","title":{"rendered":"Relax, The Sonic Frontiers Preview Footage Is From An “Early Build”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sega has shared a first look at Sonic’s new “open-zone” adventure Sonic Frontiers<\/a><\/strong> over the past few weeks via an exclusive deal with IGN.<\/p>\n

These previews have raised a number of concerns about the current state of the game, but fans of the blue blur have now been urged to calm down. In case you missed it, IGN’s latest round of Sonic footage revealed how the gameplay in the “hands-on” preview<\/a> is in fact from an early build.<\/p>\n

IGN’s senior editorial producer Mitchell Saltzman elaborated on this briefly throughout a new eight-minute clip – starting by making reference to the Sonic Adventure<\/a><\/strong> song ‘Open Your Heart’ by the Japanese-American rock band, Crush 40:<\/p>\n

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“If you’re worried about how the blue blur will fare in this unfamiliar genre, I think Crush 40 put it best – open your heart, it’s gonna be alright.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Later on, in the same preview, Saltzman confirmed the footage is from an “early build” while at the same time admitting there’s a bit of a clash between objects (including how they just “pop in”) and the very naturalistic art style – with hopes it can be improved in the final version of the game and “beyond”:<\/p>\n

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“…of course, it’s worth emphasising that this gameplay and the version that I played were from an early build.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Despite some issues, IGN believes Sonic Team has “hit upon a winning formula” and while there’s still apparently “work to be done” before its holiday release later this year, the outlet is confident Sonic can make the move across to an open-world experience:<\/p>\n

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‘Ultimately, my time with this early build answered the one question I had on my mind – will Sonic’s one-of-a-kind gameplay translate into open-world? The answer is a resounding absolutely.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What are your own impressions so far of the Sonic Frontiers’ previews? How are you feeling knowing that this footage is from an “early build”? Are you expecting more from the final build, or are you prepared to hold back on any serious judgment until Sega reveals more about Sonic’s new 3D adventure?<\/p>\n

Leave your thoughts down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Image: SEGA Sega has shared a first look at Sonic’s new “open-zone” adventure Sonic Frontiers over the past few weeks via an exclusive deal with IGN. These previews have raised a number of concerns about the current state of the game, but fans of the blue blur have now been urged to calm down. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}