Sonic Frontiers (PC/PS4/PS5/XbOne/XbSeries/Switch, 2022) is Actually Really Damn Good.
NOTE: This review is part of a retrospective of the Sonic franchise. Feel free to read the other Sonic reviews I’ve done here - https://expithecat.blogspot.com/search/label/sonic%20retrospective In addition, this review also contains spoilers for a recently released game Looks like my retrospective hasn’t quite ended yet. PART 1: Development, Background, Pre-Launch It’s safe to say that when Sonic Forces released in 2017, it… didn’t exactly have the brightest reception. While it didn’t get as scathing of a reception as Sonic 06 or Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, especially as I have seen some people come out and talk about enjoying it recently (including myself who did an 18 page review of it just a few months ago), it wasn’t exactly the success the franchise needed. Even while the game has its fans, it definitely has its share of vocal detractors as well, especially among the part of the fanbase who grew up with the darker, more serious storytelling of the 2000’s games who became di...