If the new trailer and info drop weren't already enough, Sega has also shared some other screenshots of Sonic Frontiers, coming out on the Nintendo Switch this holiday.
This latest round-up gives Sonic fans a closer look at Starfall Islands, the Cyber Space areas (including some familar zones), and even some mysterious landmarks and structures. Note: These new shots appear to be taken from the next-generation version of the game.
What do you think of these latest screenshots? Tell us down below.
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I will be geting this game after sonic colors (next time i see ot on sale) looks good to me 🙂
This looks great.
People are so fast to judge a game before it's even released.
The switch version actually looks good, which is something I didn’t think I’d say.
They haven’t shown any real danger or tension, or anything compelling from a character plot perspective. Just 3D Sonic moving around a bunch of geometry in basic ways. Guess that’s enough for folks..
Not gonna lie. I'm not a Sonic fan, never could get into any of the games. They all looked and felt sub-par. But this? I might actually give it a go. On Pc, of course. I want the inevitable mod-support that we will be able to enjoy.
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@NinChocolate it's a 3D platformer and they've shown how he moves and interacts in that 3D environment, how is that a negative? I'd much rather games showed their gameplay as opposed to just showing cutscenes
Here‘s hoping they don‘t f it up. But it looks quite good honestly.
@vicviper001 yeah right. 😁 Of course not. When you see blurry textures and a draw distance of a few meters, it's Switch.
I think the first screen shot in the article is what I expected. I'm just not quite sold on the realism mix on the main area. It's like when Who Framed Roger Rabbit got its first trailer I was like, hmmn not so sure but it the end it turned out ok. We'll see.
@Duncanballs
That's a weird callback.
Perhaps. Child of the 70s/80s. It was that first blend (apart from a few classic Disney's) of cartoon and realism and at first it was the same impression I had with frontiers. I'm still struggling with the bright blue animated mascot we all know running through photo realistic grass.
Less of the weird, I'm just old 😃
This does look pretty insane on the Switch, and some of the more traditional screens show some nice variety, love the highway screen shot.
The game will be a real looker, and as nice as the Switch version is I will be getting this for the Series X.
I guess this is better than them continuingly telling us that we just don't understand it!
I just don't get why they're doing this and not just rebooting it back to it's roots where it belongs like with Metroid Dread.
The city environment looks much more fitting than the grassy fields.
@Nintendo4Sonic @vicviper001 Pretty sure the footage in the Direct (not these screenshots) was the Switch version. There were some very low res textures going on that never stuck out in the previous gameplay shown. If they’re being smart about it they’ll be targeting Switch as the lead platform and porting up from there- it definitely looks better than I expected anyway so either that’s the case or they’ve done a great job scaling it down.
I think they have to make the distinction of what version it is anyway if it’s not Switch (“PS4 footage” on the Kingdom Hearts Switch reveal for example, and that was for a PS2 game). Have to imagine it falls under false advertising to specifically talk about a version and use footage that isn’t representative of that version without making it clear that it’s running on something more powerful.
I’m so excited!
‘Holiday 2022’ is a bit vague
@NinChocolate so they've shown a sonic game then?
Looks really nice and I look forward to playing it come release.
@Morph @carlos82 if you love it, that’s all that matters
The graphics looks great, but as long you have to get rings while running 200mph, it won't be my cup of cake.
None the less, great praphics.
Weird that they were able to make the Sonic feeling world, but decided that would be for special bonus areas and the main game would be an Unreal asset flip.
Absolutely incredible! Sega!!
I still can't get over the random grind rails floating in the sky. i am going to guess that its the cyber-space leaking into the real world, but it needs an effect around it to make this more obvious. I am not expecting this to review well at all.
Am looking forward to this could be the game I’m gonna get this Xmas! Thanks to an incredible poor Xmas line.
@Olmectron not necessarily wanting to be that guy, but didn't you just judge the game before its release by saying that it looks great?
Any specific holiday?
Finally an urban shot! I hope there's more of it; the old-school Sonic games were great for many reasons, and one is the variety of backgrounds.
The levels that look like Sonic make me excited to check out this game! The ones that look like Death Stranding… not so much.
I still think this game has 7 average written all over it.
I’ll get it on heavy sale on PS5
Looks better but those action stages like Green Hill look potentially even more linear than Forces... Is it so hard to give us Sonic Adventure style stages and movement again?
It looks like it is going to be a good game but I hope we get to play as the other characters too especially Tails 'cause Tails looks like he would be a perfect fit for this open world setting. I heard the Voice Actor who plays Amy has been confirmed to be in the game.
@Clyde_Radcliffe
It was reported recently they are finally working on a Sonic Adventure 3.
"These new shots appear to be taken from the next-generation version of the game."
Ah, Switch 2 then!
When they first showed off the Switch version, I had the expectation that it'd be as good as The Skywalker Saga. It was definitely almost there, with just a few noticable downgrades and whatnot. But the colour scheme and the overall art style was not compromised.
Just as long there's no issue or bugs because that's really pattern for Sega first colours now Orgins.
completely soulless sorry sonic. anyway can't stop thinking about pacman repac, a game with horrible graphics but that N64-feeling of spontaneously buying a game and diving in deep 😍😍😍
Looking very good so far! I am looking forward to getting my hands on this one.
@Olmectron It's Sonic, you gotta judge fast.
The game looks great, a little dark for Sonic but I like the look of it. I wish Nintendo do that with Mario or DK games. Mario games have so many versions and a dark one would be awesome.
This looks like generic Unreal Engine layouts on Sonic, basically every squeal for "next gen graphics" that people complain for materialized.
To me it feels like there is almost no art direction or connection to the iconic Sonic art-style whatsoever... I don't like this at all... but maybe the gameplay will make up for it
But I have a strong feeling that if I buy this, I'll get bored in 1 hour
@HeeHo I used to think 5 was average since it's the middle of 10, supposedly 6 is average. Judging by your likes by others, people now think 7 is average, this is the kind of snobbery that leads to people thinking anything rated below 8 is not worth their time.
@Olmectron From what I saw in the comments, people were judging the drip feed that IGN had as that was all the footage we had. And it looked rough. It's true that it's difficult to fully judge a game before release, but the marketing of it wasn't done well until this past direct. If I made something to sell to people and was telling them this product will change their lives, but for one month all I showed was footage of how the item looks but not at all how it works, people rightfully won't believe me.
Yet a lot of people remained cautiously optimistic. There was more, "it looks unfinished and hopefully there is time to make it better," then straight up, "this is trash."
And what do you know, turns out the parts Sega decided to drip feed were the least interesting bits and there are actual proper levels/challenges within this big landscape to enjoy. Once they showed what the game is truly about, it turned heads. It's almost as if marketing plays an important role in peoples perception of the product
Some of these shots are stunning and make me so excited to play! The others are... okay. So many weird coices in how they decided to make this game. That said, it looks good overall, the more I see, the more I like, and I'm excited to play
@UsurperKing Perfect summary. The way they marketted this so far has been the exact opposite way to make it look good. Baffling. Seems like they always had a far more exciting game up their sleeves but wanted to make it look bad before pulling a reverse Uno card!
The flat colors make me depressed...
The first screenshot shows that they can do some popping and vibrant color grading (even if it's yet another Green Hill homage).
But everything else is just mute and boring.
So many new games chose to either completely neglect their color grading or, and i hope it's not that, willingly chose to go for cold, flat colors...
Diablo 4 is almost monochrome, Square Enix releases a few games that are muted to hell...
I mean, not everyone can nail color grading like, say, Elden Ring or Horion: Forbidden West did, but this here is just...depressing.
Yeah this still looks bad. Not understanding the concept. Looks like a hodge podge of random activity in random locations. No sense of place. Pretty graphics
Are we 100% sure these are Switch screenshots?
@Snatcher correct me if im wrong but i dont believe these screenshots were taken on the switch version
@Kitoro I could totally be wrong, but at least we got switch footage. The screen shots just have that switch smear to them, that’s why I’m guessing it’s switch.
@SteamEngenius They aren't doing that because there is a clear distinction between modern and classic Sonic. There isn't really a need for a reboot for Sonic anyway.
@Snatcher top of the article says that they are from next gen consoles. imo sonic frontiers looks terrible and even worse on switch
@FlyingFoxy I think 7 is good not great which for me means wait for a sale unless I love the series.
@Kitoro I thought it looked pretty good in the trailer, but goodness these pictures suck!
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