A Fashionably Late Review of Sonic Frontiers

[@the-civil]

Yooo i didn’t expect this video to get the traction it did but either way thank you everyone for watching! I’ve been seeing a few comments on the free DLC updates for this game and I’m very much aware about them (especially since this video was kinda outdated in a few ways because of update 2). So whenever update 3 comes out I’ll make a follow up video on all the changes made to the game because that in itself warrants a revisit to the game. Either way I’m glad everyone’s been enjoying it. New video should be out this week.

[@DarkMattarJF27107]

yep this Good 👍🏼 l Wish Comc back Infinite 😢 And l feel sad Become Never See badass a second Chance in Sonic Frontiers lol 🙏🏼

[@pandabean]

what sonic boom remix is that?

[@snazzydrew]

I think youtube is messing around with their algorithm because I've seen this sentiment from several youtubers recently. Random video game review videos have been appearing in everyone's recommended despite the amount of number of subs on a channel. It's pretty neat.

[@ribuhman]

i drew my pfp u proud?

[@madelinerei9072]

The 2nd update adding the ability to turn off jump deceleration singlehandedly made the game go from good to great for me

[@Randomguy-ih5sd]

Same

[@CaDragon]

The soundtrack is amazing, but I love the fact that you can also add other Sonic songs to your playlist to jam out to at any time.

[@ALMOSTNKKD]

The reason the Parry doesn't have timing is because of the play testers. Kishimoto revealed the playtesters were so bad at the game he was forced to remove the timing restriction. He's acknowledged our feedback 😁 n the issue though so hopefully Update 3 will address it in some fashion.

[@WuhHuh]

probably explains the super easy s rank requirements too

[@ALMOSTNKKD]

@@WuhHuh Yeah. He should've found play testers who could play action games

[@WuhHuh]

@@ALMOSTNKKD he probably hired game journalists

[@maxspecs]

Or kids, aka the target audience of the game.

[@WuhHuh]

@@maxspecs that doesn’t mean that there can’t be some balancing, the parry could function where you press the buttons and the parry lasts for a few seconds then deactivates, that way it’s not super easy to just hold it and win but there’s still some room for error

[@skilletbiscuitman]

Thoroughly impressed bro! Cannot wait to see what other content you produce.

[@designsbyweba]

CIVILIANS RISE UP

[@dong6215]

Bot

[@lasercraft32]

I wouldn't mind the cyberspace levels being the same as old levels... if they hadn't _just_ done that with Generations, and again in Forces a few years later. Its too soon.

[@yrrr4871]

15:26 Spamming the boost makes him turn easily

[@ChaineTheCoyote]

You could also turn the stick like 100 degrees in whatever direction you want to turn and it makes a world of difference, at least for me. I dunno if it was always in the game or if it was added in an update or something but yeah.

[@NotWetToast]

I'm glad the third dlc is gonna help improve the third act of the story

[@c.j.keilly8750]

Congrats bro 🎉 Can't wait to watch more of your stuff!

[@roiitzkovich4545]

You don't need a drift in cyberspace. A cool feature in this game is that if you stop boosting and immediately boost again, you can change Sonic's direction immediately. You don't need Sonic to turn where you want him to when he can immediately change direction.

[@lucasmartinez5703]

I feel like that should be a thing going forward. Sonic should always be able to change direction on a dime.

[@Roshiyoshiiii657]

@@lucasmartinez5703Yes , i completely agree.

[@theweirdguy8078]

Holy shit this review was really entertaining! I really liked the humour in this and goddamn I didn't know this was a first video because of the quality. Here's my sub.

[@marcdimartino9118]

Agreed!

[@supersonictrickster4239]

Glad I found this, it's a valid and entertaining review

[@mystic2689]

You no longer lose your speed when you jump! Birthday update has a setting you can change that now! They keep improving this game and I love it!! I’m going through my second play through on my Switch now lmao

[@coloryournight]

(as i’m sure you know) they added jump momentum in a recent update and it’s a game changer. it was fun before to traverse but now it’s even better. I have a lot of complaints about frontiers, but if they refine what they have here we can have a genuinely great game on our hands. not JUST by Sonic standards, an actual great game. i’m hyped 🙏

[@NatanTrombetta]

Great review! hope you do more vídeos like this, and possibly a new review after update 3, i really wanna see everyone in the community react to that update!

[@camaram5666]

Fantastic video, loved the work throughout the entire viewing, keep it up! Oh also the funny thing about shark is that the QTE doesn't even need to be timed, you can literally hold down the direction of the L stick if you memorized the pattern and it'll still function properly, making it a lot easier

[@TRG_R17]

Let's hear your thoughts on update 1 and 2

[@Cr0mewatch]

this review has convinced me to play the game. good job man

[@shayhasmoron]

This review was honestly so well made, surprised you only have 100 subs? GET THIS MAN MORE 🗣️

[@RedTygon]

I'm honestly hoping for the next big 3D game that Sega devote actual good money and polish to the game.

[@immenseshoutmon]

birthday update allowing you to remove the jump deceleration AND deceleration in general had me goin crazy in the open zone

[@Thatkid_143]

criminally underrated channel keep it up

[@GabrielHenrique-mx8eg]

Now we have spindash and more momentum. Sonic adventure 3 can be real for the next main line game

[@adedakevwe1957]

Possibly 🎉

[@dark_nightwing_xl2797]

also new playable characters

[@rubylikessonic2]

If you want harder S ranks play on Extreme difficulty, it makes some of them much tighter

[@the-civil]

I know about extreme mode it’s cool but I feel like the game should’ve made you work for the S ranks more on lower difficulties because as they are they’re way to easy except for 1-2. They didn’t all have to be crazy hard but they should’ve had some sort of challenge to getting them.

[@rubylikessonic2]

@@the-civil that's true, some stages I literally S ranked by accident lol. I'm still glad that they somewhat addressed the issue

[@ragingcroc1802]

fishing is very relaxing. its great when u want to yeet ur controller against the wall from doing the pain ball part. great video

[@imoeezy]

I agree with the 1-2 cyberspace take. Shits so hard it took me 5 months im not even joking i wish i was.

[@TheReZisTLust]

The parry is for the handicapped probably because you just... Tap it and it's a timed parry automatically 😅 And the best boss is Ashura because you can loop his feetsies and get 2 gears and a 3rd for defeating him.

[@pulse27]

i personally love lost world to death, but i can understand why people wouldn't love it

[@ic3_115]

Amazing video man. Cant wait to see more of what you got!

[@Swagson]

Seeing this is kind of hilarious because I'm also working on a review of Sonic Frontiers and am very late to talking about it

[@marcdimartino9118]

Not too late for me! I just beat the game yesterday.

[@marcdimartino9118]

This review is spot on, man. Awesome job. Your points, the video itself, and the jokes all stick the landing. I agree with so much of what was said here but 21:16 especially is something I 100% relate to you on. I'm also thankful you released this vid "fashionably late," because I only beat the game yesterday. I'm thrilled to see there's still new videos being made for the game, since I missed the wave from the first month or two after release.

[@HereWeGoShow]

Bro I didn’t even realize how small your channel is. Your content is definitely up there with the elites. Keep it up. The subs will come. Also I’d love to see you review Sonic Frontiers now that update two is out. Totally changes the gameplay.

[@SonicSwifter]

Other than some of the volume mixing making me thank god I didn't watch this in bed cuz some parts were super loud compared to others. This was a really good vid. Lookin forward to more

[@DeAndraeHughes]

Nice video, now you can basically fly when you hit the slightest ramp lol

[@Roshiyoshiiii657]

I love this game soooo so so much my boy is back i can shed a tear and this update September 28th is going to make this game perfect for me

[@kingades1013]

0:57-1:04 made me chuckle a bit

[@marcdimartino9118]

Just a bit? 😂

[@gengargamer5657]

1. Btw, Extreme Mode actually makes the Cyberspace S ranks harder to get 2. Are you ever going to review the Updates for this game?

[@yourfathersinferioritycomplex]

Not just harder, near impossible

[@gengargamer5657]

@@yourfathersinferioritycomplex Heh

[@jesserichman4realz]

Good video im subbed as of now... Also the damn BGM you used gave me flashbacks of that one level to 100%

[@onthedre]

I will wait until the game is completely finished then play it with the toei sonic mod as that mod looks so good. Can’t wait:

[@JoshTheWoz]

Wow this is perfect! I hope to make videos as good as yours someday haha 😅

[@OMR3333]

Could you please do a "Rereview" when update 3 comes out? I couldn't think of any other word lol Loved the video :)

[@Willis_Wood]

This is some great content right here! It's crazy how underrated you are 😭. You should have way more subs

[@Elephantfannumber1]

I am fashionably late to the fashionably late video ,hehehehehe

[@ViltrumiteIsRite99]

@15:04 Yooo, that Cyber Chase reference took me WAYYY back. Good shut

[@Simon_Electric]

You should do a new video after you try the new DLC. Momentum is back and they change the physics so you can adjust however you like!

[@marshmonty6035]

yo amazing editing and making good points about the sonic game. i hope sonic gets better after this i really hope sega sticks to what they got for sonic but just refine and build off of what you have. good editing man keep up the awesome work!

[@TohuBohuC]

I cant wait to see more of you, youre very talented man, i can see you going far

[@thatguy_dan]

Very well made video. I assumed you already had a pretty big number of subs with the quality of this review

[@eliezersarcos7813]

The_civil : the jump kills your speed Me: was this made before or after update 2?? Very good review

[@TheDanimatorsChannel]

Very nice! Good review! One suggestion is I would add a compressor to your audio track, it seems to get really loud then a bit too quiet at times but might just be me lol

[@the-civil]

Thanks for the feedback man! This was my first shot at ever making a video so I had some issues getting the audio to be how I wanted but as I keep making more it’ll get a lot better

[@Leemmmm]

Cyberspace doesn't feel like how i remember Sonic playing, but rather some guy's weird interpretation of what Sonic should play like, which is funny because i still think it's fun.

[@cerealbeforemilk3566]

Honestly I feel like if parry was called blocking instead no one would be complaining nearly as much. I feel like it was the right call though. Knowing sonic team and its "jankiness" a proper parry would have never worked and caused more frustration in players than an easy to perform one. Great video by the way, it's never too late to review a game in my opinion not everyone has to enjoy things when they come out

[@marcdimartino9118]

Amazing point.

[@wisi6653]

LETS GO CIVILIANS

[@Numatruehome]

The true final boss on hard mode absolutely pissed me off and almost ruined the entire game as a whole for me

[@marcdimartino9118]

Imagine my face when I didn't get any final boss because I wasn't playing on hard mode. I felt really dissatisfied. I'm glad to know now there is at least SOMETHING if you play hard mode, but it definitely does not live up to what the game story-wise and gameplay-wise was building up to.

[@bluenightrblx]

I told u this would be one of the best sonic games

[@snazzydrew]

15:12 lmao cyberchase was awesome 🤣

[@marcdimartino9118]

Big agree

[@MeWantHoneycomb]

sonic and knuckles was the last good game... and then, today, i found a video of Eggman talking to a girl in cyberspace, his AI daughter... that was a completely touching scene. I have to play this game now.. that was just beautifully executed.

[@Morbius-Tension]

4:56 the somecallmejohnny clip caught me by surprise

[@MMDAQ]

Did you just come out with this type of quality as your first ever video?

[@iMrQueso]

4:56 Somecallmejohnny LMAOOO I'm subbing

[@cheri924]

first thing on my recommended, so far this video is very entertaining :D

[@rajaialmighty5688]

Love the somecallemejohnny reference in there

[@nattyice23]

This was a great vid. Enjoy3d your channel man! Funny jokes and a good breakdown over the game, this was great. Subscribed and wish you all the luck with this channel! You should make an additional review at the end of the year when all the updates for the game are out. It sounds like they might be remaking some sections of the game over

[@NoNamex1412]

I'm investing in this channel

[@Deathsyth-ks8uz]

Sonics speed on jump isn't capped anymore.

[@MasterShadicTH]

ok nice review. But have you seen the Options? You've talked about gimped jump - there a slider for that (jump decelration), and the small cutscenes for special attacks - you can turn it off. (Although these options were added after Update 2)

[@Electrical010]

If you haven't noticed, it says LONG awaited review meaning it's before the updates.

[@ZakiHabul]

commenting for the algorithm. wish you the best

[@thelogicsonic5980]

So r u going to talk about the updates?

[@Tr4yst3r]

Idk why people make a late review and not talk about all the post launch content that came out that they missed.

[@NO.10162]

It's very much an improvement, but there's still a little more to be desired in how the sonic games have a sense of focus.

[@PinkGryphonAlex]

I had some Vietnam flashbacks when he mentioned stage 2 s rank

[@hockeypayt]

Oh my god Etika would've LOVED this game

[@vitexus6907]

I think the challenges being easy is okay, for me helps to dont kill the gane flow, you just explore fast, do here a little thing fast and dont get into it to much time and then just keep moving.. Still yeah, most of time requirements should be more demanding, not only the challenges but for the cyberscape too, that just would be the best thing to make something hard in a sonic game but still dont kill the flow.. (imagine if you have to stop all your movement to start thinking and trying things to complete something, would be like cmon, this is sonic let me go fast and keep moving, this aint zelda.

[@tronix2214]

Tbh I don’t get how frontiers can be compared to oddesy when sonic pioneered the use of cities especially as hub worlds & interacting with humans the one time Mario does it’s like everyone forgets that

[@darkmagicianfan3423]

I love The End final boss! There I said it come at me!

[@SRUFUS3D]

Bro has the same profile pic as me.

[@adedakevwe1957]

😂

[@mykemorales6016]

W review, rip x n desmond.

[@andrewnarug6891]

The spin dash bypasses the 2d speed limit, not a real fix but it’s a lot of fun to use in some of those stages.

[@UltIndofury69]

He just had to sing the Cyber Chase theme

[@ЛеонидЗурнаджи]

We are back

[@wisi6653]

THE LEBRON JAMES OF KZbin

[@c.j.keilly8750]

The LeGoat, one might say

[@wisi6653]

@@c.j.keilly8750 the classiest kind of GOAT of course

[@dong6215]

Bos

[@dong6215]

Bots

[@dong6215]

Bots

[@kinggstn]

this was great raph

[@Nateyred]

Honestly? Gotta agree with everything said. It's got its flaws, but what the slapped on? They slapped HARD. I haven't enjoyed a sonic game this much since generations, and i still play it to this day occasionally. It's my personal favorite sonic as it takes what I disliked but cpuld see merit for in Unleashed, fixes it, then takes some ideas I think should've been a thing forever and adds them in well. It's a 9.5/10 game for me.. i want to give it a 10 so bad, but Supreme just isnt poleihed enough to warrant it. Otherwise.. I have 30 hours in one playthrough, all achievements, and still just like to goof around. It may be a gltichy mess at points.. but its MY gltichy mess. I like it. The boss fights are what carried this game so highly for me.. i havent had so much with a boss fight in forever. ALSO DONT FORGET EACH UPDATE CHUNK, they added more content and fixed other problems i had such as the spindash or momentum.. gotta increase the rating for that if you ask me.

[@chaotickid]

Damn first video and its a banger

[@TheSirSpence]

Okay, hopefully a simple question.... I have never liked a 3D Sonic game, I tried a few and always fun that controls to be clunky and difficult. I do love 2D Sonic games, particularly Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 and Knuckles. Where is the question: do you think this game is something I should try?

[@the-civil]

Yeah give it a try. It’s definitely one of the most consistent 3D sonic experiences. It’s got some dumb/annoying parts but most of the 3D games are like that anyways. Especially with the updates coming out it’s honestly in a better place now than when I was making the review so I think it’s worth a shot. Also, if you think the idea of just running around a big world sounds fun you’ll have a good time.

[@Joukova]

This game is probably most comparable to Sonic Adventure 2 as far as how the 3d gameplay feels, but even then it's the most unique 3d sonic has ever been, flawed as it is... definitely do give it a try though, the free dlc content so far has been very promising. (Somewhat unrelated but if you haven't tried Sonic Mania yet definitely give that a try especially since you love Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 and Knuckles!)

[@TheSirSpence]

@@Joukova I only played the first adventure, Heroes, Generations and Forces and 06... Out of all of those the only one I finished was Adventure. I guess I'm much more of a 2D fan.

[@Joukova]

@@TheSirSpence Well that definitely explains it lol those are some of the weakest ones in the series with the exception of gens and adventure 1 maybe

[@alienus9092]

You forgot to mention idw comics while talking about those years

[@dommydom8673]

20:13 bro etika wouldve loved frontiers

[@FamerGame]

Editing was amazing. Comedy was actually funny and didn’t feel forced. That Etika pop off clip had me popping off and then sad, but still hopeful bc he fr would’ve been that way had he’d been able to see this. All in all, banger of a video man. Looking forward to supporting throughout it all

[@RamChop451]

They finally almost did it

[@Deathsyth-ks8uz]

Yes they fixed the game. Sonic moves like he should.

[@sohaibhamdan2114]

It got alot of flaws but theyre going in a good direction, they just gotta improve some stuff, but its definitly alot better then the past games they where releasing

[@wisi6653]

THE GOAT

[@allknowing-iu8jt]

Questions what did you think about the third update and have you played sonic superstars

[@ewilson0223]

So this should be good for my soon to be 7 year's Birhtday next week

[@tailscashexplosion7196]

I called it,"Mario Odyssey, but fun."

[@saxophonebuizel2458]

Did you know that the moon is still blown up you just see the not blow up side

[@Sparrows1121]

I think they nailed the game mechanics. My only issue is how empty this world felt. I think if they could add more interactions to a new 3D Sonic game but with gameplay of Sonic Frontiers then it could possibly be the best 3D Sonic game made!

[@boomprower]

This is what sonic boom should have did

[@jennypagan6120]

Anything is possible with Ian flann😊

[@kaobunn]

ohoho you'll love extreme difficulty, every S rank is made as strict as 1-2

[@mystic2689]

Man Etika would definitely love Sonic Frontiers 😢

[@czms922]

Banger VID!