Sonic Frontiers is a 3D platformer and action-adventure game. Sonic engages in combat with robots in the open world, using the new Cyloop ability It was a commercial success, selling 3.5 million copies by May 2023. The game was received more favorably by fans of the series. It received mixed reviews from critics, with praise given to the visuals, story, and soundtrack, but criticism for some technical issues the controls and combat divided critics.

Sonic Frontiers was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on November 8, 2022. Frontiers was announced in December 2021. Sonic Team settled on an open-ended design, and focused on adapting Sonic's abilities to an open world. Takashi Iizuka, head of Sonic Team, wanted Frontiers to be a model for future titles, as Sonic Adventure had done in 1998. While exploring the open world, players can complete challenges, fight robotic enemies, and access 'Cyber Space' levels inspired by previous Sonic games.įollowing the release of Sonic Forces (2017), Sonic Team began exploring approaches for its next game. Frontiers integrates traditional Sonic the Hedgehog elements-such as platforming, rings, and grind rails-into the series' first open world. As Sonic, the player explores the Starfall Islands to collect the Chaos Emeralds, after Sonic and his friends are separated when falling through a wormhole. Sonic Frontiers is a 2022 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega.

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