The fine folks at Nintendoros loved the game, scoring Sonic’s open-zone adventure an immersive 9/10, saying (via machine translation): “Sonic Frontiers is a brave game that sets new standards for the franchise. While it has some flaws, such as a world that feels a bit repetitive at times, it’s extremely fun. Without a doubt, the best Sonic game in years and a right step in future”. Taking a slightly more cautious approach, Nintendo Insider awarded The Blue Hedgehog a 7/10, praising the game’s exciting direction but acknowledging that it needs some work: “Raw around the edges and disappointing in more ways than one, but an exciting new direction for SEGA’s blue mascot, one that Sonic Team would be smart to latch onto, refine and explore further.” Now on PlayStation 5 reviews and our friends at Push Square have awarded Sonic Frontiers an 8/10, saying it “Rates right up there with the best Sonic games ever made” despite its flaws: “While it has minor issues, the overall package of Sonic Frontiers mostly hits the mark, with satisfying gameplay, a story that will please longtime fans, and an absolutely stunning soundtrack.” Game Informer felt similarly, giving the game a 7.75/10, believing that this is the basis for Sonic to continue, though bemoaning the pop-in in the open zone areas as well as the feeling that the areas were not “optimized for exploration”. : “While the open-zone design sometimes lacks cohesion, the islands do a great job with the core gameplay loop. Exploration rewards you with memory tokens to advance side character stories, but aside from the lore stories and map reveal , cleaning every corner of an island is rarely as fruitful as I would like it to be.” Finally, GamesRadar was a bit more disappointed in their 2/5 review. Praising the writing but criticizing the game’s cycle, the publication felt that “there are glimpses of what could have happened”: “Sonic Frontiers features the kind of light but engaging storytelling that will easily captivate fans young and old – though I wouldn’t want to be a kid forced to play through some of the weird platformers that pop up all over the place. It was an ambitious effort to Sonic open world? Yes. Did it work? Absolutely not.” Remember, this is just a handful of thoughts floating around in the wild about Sonic Frontiers right now. We’ll be on our way soon, joining the circuit of opinions that form out there once we’re done with the game. But it seems that, early on, this opinion is everywhere. You’ll be able to decide too, as Sonic Frontiers launches on Switch tomorrow, November 8th. How do you feel about the early reviews so far? Let us know! Related games
