“fans haven’t figured out the gameplay yet”, according to SEGA

SEGA had undoubtedly imagined a completely different reception for Sonic Frontiers (Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, PC, Nintendo Switch). Indeed, since the broadcast of the first gameplay videos, we cannot say that the hype is there. Moreover, fans did not hesitate to launch the hashtag #DelaySonicFrontiers on Twitter to encourage the Sonic Team to postpone the release of the game, disappointed by the direction taken by the series. Questioned on the subject by our colleagues from Video Games Chronicle, Takashi Iizuka made it clear that he and his teams had certainties. “It’s not really surprisinghe said. We realize that people mostly react to the videos they’ve seen, but since they haven’t figured out the gameplay yet, they compare it to other games they already know.“

More concretely, Iizuka-san believes that the concept of Sonic Frontiers is innovative in terms of open world. As a result, he hopes that by the game’s release, the Sonic Team will have the opportunity to explain their new vision of the open world. “If people come to Gamescom or Tokyo Game Show, they can get their hands on the game and understand it better.“, he pointed out.

Before adding a little further: “We did a lot of testing based on our target audience, which is someone who plays and enjoys Sonic games. We’ve listened to feedback, but we’ve also had positive comments from users who have said, ‘I had a lot of fun playing the game, I would rate it 80 or 90 out of 100.’“As a result, the Sonic Team judges that there is no reason to postpone the release of the game; it will be marketed”as soon as possible“, the window announced for now being the end of this year.

In the meantime, we invite you to discover new images of the game and take a look at the gameplay videos relayed by Gematsu.