He also talks about it here, where the translation says he'd like to "challenge the level design without boosts like the [Adventure] series". In other words, Kishimoto is thinking about a game that swaps out boost for something closer to the Sonic Adventure games. What do you think? Would you like to see the boost mechanic go away? What do you want the next game to be like? Tell us in the comments section below. Worlds are colliding in Sonic the Hedgehog’s newest high-speed adventure! In search of the missing Chaos emeralds, Sonic becomes stranded on an ancient island teeming with unusual creatures. Battle hordes of powerful enemies as you explore a breathtaking world of action, adventure, and mystery. Accelerate to new heights and experience the thrill of high-velocity, open-zone platforming freedom as you race across the five massive Starfall Islands. Jump into adventure, wield the power of the Ancients, and fight to stop these new mysterious foes. Welcome to the evolution of Sonic games! Please install “Adventurer's Treasure Box” and “Explorer's Treasure Box” before starting A NEW GAME. Please note that the contents will not be validated if it's installed AFTER COMPLETING THE TUTORIAL. Please ensure that the most recent patch is installed before installing DLC. To play this game on PS5, your system may need to be updated to the latest system software. Although this game is playable on PS5, some features available on PS4 may be absent. See PlayStation.com/bc for more details.

Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) may take longer to reach you. Our next stop is Xbox Series S and Xbox One X. The Scorpio machine offers a higher resolution than Series S but today's junior Xbox matches its bigger brother in terms of visual settings - swings and roundabouts then. Basically, on Xbox One X, the game seems to use a dynamic 1800p resolution while Series S instead targets 1440p so the older machine produces a sharper image. However, if you look closely, you'll spot some visual discrepancies - trees, for instance, are fuller on Series S along with other benefits like superior screen-space reflections. However, pop-in seems to be roughly the same between the two and there aren't that many other visual flourishes so they wind up looking pretty similar overall. Title Sonic Frontiers Genre New Frontier Action-Adventure. No. of Players Single-player Supported Platforms The Starfall Islands are home to strange creatures Sonic has never encountered before. Use the all-new battle system and skill tree upgrades in Sonic Frontiers to fight strategically, combining moves such as dodges, parries, counters, combos, and the new Cyloop ability to take down mysterious foes and colossal titans.Please install the “Adventurer's Treasure Box” before starting a new game. Please note that DLC content will not be validated if installed after completing the tutorial area. Next up on the version rundown are PS4 Pro and PS4. Both versions seem to aim for 1080p so they're much lower resolution than the other versions we've already examined. In fact, the numbers seem to line up with Sonic Forces to some degree as the PS4 Pro support in that game was also limited. They also use the medium quality settings like One X and both are capped at 30 frames per second. In this regard, PS4 Pro does take the lead overall as it holds the 30fps target more consistently versus base PS4 which does tend to drop frames here and there - however, once again, the 30fps cap comes replete with inconsistent frame-pacing, ruining the fluidity. So how about the Xbox One S? This turns in a slightly lower resolution topping out at 900p, it seems, and it uses the lower quality settings like Xbox One X so trees are less detailed than PS4 like this while SSR is reduced in quality. It's OK but it's not great. Poor frame-pacing? Of course, it's there.

Adventure across the Starfall Islands and see what each has to offer at the speed only Sonic can deliver. Blaze a trail as you see fit and discover side quests, solve puzzles, scale enormous structures, go fishing, and encounter a friendly face or two along the way… Of course, a lot of design decisions will be made and then changed during a game's development, so who knows what the next 3D Sonic will be like. We imagine it'll at least build upon the more open structure of Frontiers, but beyond that, we'll just have to wait and see. Honestly, the visuals in Sonic Frontiers mirror the game design in the sense that they're exceptionally interesting but uneven. I really can't say enough good things about the lighting model and expansive vistas but it's a shame Sonic Team wasn't able to get the pop-in under control by release. After a lengthy development period, Sonic Team's latest creation has finally arrived and after doubts and fears about the quality of the title based on early trailers, I'm happy to say that Sonic Frontiers is a good game - a really good game. However, there is a massive asterix attached to that in that it depends very much on where you play the game. The experience ranges from sublime to, well, Nintendo Switch, where the compromises made are problematic in many ways. Whatever they do with Sonic, it needs to be a pinball machine at heart. 1-3 was. Frontiers is. And I can't think of much in between that remembered that about it. It's the core, and it's been missing. Except generations, but Generations was just 1-3 remix + CD, so it was naturally a pinball machine.

Mauzuri I find that surprising, I'm a classic Sonic fan since 1, but I really really like Frontiers a lot. And thought Forces was pure garbage. Never really cared much for Unleashed. Battle hordes of powerful enemies as you explore a breathtaking world of action, adventure, and mystery in Sonic Frontiers. Accelerate to new heights and experience the thrill of high-velocity, open-zone platforming freedom as you race across the five massive Starfall Islands. Jump into adventure, wield the power of the Ancients, and fight to stop these new mysterious foes. Welcome to the evolution of Sonic games!