Sonic frontiers console
The Starfall Islands act as the series' first open world, which writers compared to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017).
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The player can customize the controls and adjust Sonic's speed, turning, acceleration, and resistance, and can upgrade Sonic's speed, attacks, defense, and ring capacity as they progress. New abilities include combat attacks, running alongside walls, and using the Cyloop to create a circle of light around objects and interact with them. The player can double jump, sidestep using their gamepad's shoulder buttons, and boost with the right trigger if they have enough energy. Sonic retains his abilities from previous Sonic the Hedgehog games: he runs at high speeds, collects rings, grinds on rails, and homes in on enemies to attack. An artificial intelligence guides the player as they seek to collect the Chaos Emeralds and find Sonic's friends. The story begins when Sonic, Miles "Tails" Prower, and Amy Rose are sucked through a wormhole and Sonic is lost on a mysterious island, separated from Tails and Amy. The player, as Sonic, explores the Starfall Islands, which comprise various biomes including flowery fields, forests, ancient ruins, and deserts. Sonic Frontiers is a 3D platformer and action-adventure game. Sonic engages in combat with robots in the open world
Sonic frontiers console series#
Frontiers is scheduled for release on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in late 2022. Sonic Team settled on an open-ended design and focused on adapting Sonic's abilities to an open world. Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka wanted Frontiers to set a new template for Sonic games to follow, similar to Sonic Adventure (1998). Frontiers integrates platforming and traditional Sonic elements-such as rings and grind rails-into the series' first open world, where the player solves puzzles to collect items and fights robot enemies.ĭevelopment began after the release of Sonic Forces (2017). As Sonic the Hedgehog, the player explores the mysterious Starfall Islands to collect the Chaos Emeralds after Sonic, Miles "Tails" Prower, and Amy Rose separate when falling through a wormhole. Sonic Frontiers is an upcoming 2022 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega.