I played Sonic Frontiers, because you can't

[@alenor210]

Jacob inventing speedrun tech for a game that hasn’t released yet purely because of pride is amazing

[@Boyscout533]

"It is time to take back what is mine. I will not live my life as your second...that time is over. Every breath you take is an assault on my honor. But no more, 1-2 Sonic Frontiers. By my hands, you will be cut down inch by inch...THE WAY YOU HAVE CUT DOWN MY PRIDE!" -Alpharad probably

[@Kaizite]

Classic Jacob

[@goddragon8637]

Hey you ain't a true gamer till you've invented an entire play style, gimmick and, technique just to beat one thing in a game cuz your pride can't accept a loss.😉🍷

[@Ganey16]

He might actually have the world record too technicaly

[@tenacity25]

It also really makes sense for a Sonic game.

[@Dr.Pootis]

5:50 The accuracy and ease with which the Amogus is drawn is honestly kinda terrifying

[@dizzymoosic]

guess you could say... it's sus

[@Zsy6]

When the comment has 69 likes, so you can't bring yourself to like it.

[@dizzymoosic]

@@Zsy6 its at 71

[@waalew5336]

Only on an Alpharad video, folks.

[@heiseiren7660]

Intentional game design. This was planned

[@GameGod77]

I find it hilarious that both Jacob and SomeCallMeJonny were in the same room together and BOTH assumed each other were just another game journalist.

[@dangerousdoings8066]

it’s literally so funny though to be fair i don’t think they know each other to recognize each other

[@GameGod77]

@@dangerousdoings8066 I suppose not, but they do share some mutual KZbin friends so there's only 1 or 2 degrees of separation between them.

[@AdmiralOctopus]

I think Johnny is even in the video at about 2:43.

[@sacb0y]

Yeah how the fuck did that happen?

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

I wonder what will happen if one of them later realizes who the other guy was XD

[@baconator_x4098]

4:43 Honestly the fast travel mechanic could have been 1. Click on location 2. Sonic runs off screen 3. Fade to black 4. Cut to new destination 5. Sonic runs to the middle of screen 6. Sonic looks at the camera and gives a thumbs up 7. Sonic says "Now that is fast travel" Would have been great

[@Solollamamekim]

That an amazing idea

[@double1777]

A cool secret dialogue option would be “wanna see me do it again?”

[@TheOriginalCheeseballs]

@@double1777 If they did that, I would actually lose my shit lmao.

[@carsonthompson4260]

@@double1777 if you do it to the same location you’re already in

[@rjplays8397]

@@carsonthompson4260 Then sonic just looks at you and taps his foot like when in the original games when you're afk too long

[@JvEdlits]

“Look, ramps!” “We can use them as ramps!” “Aren’t you supposed to be the smart one?”

[@speedster7567]

LMAO, That had me dying-

[@temmimations5019]

I mean tails wasn’t wrong

[@dragon1130]

5:55 "I heard Japanese snickering behind us" Dev1: "You think he figured it out yet?" Dev2: "he's drawing an among us. Of course he hasn't figured out we invited him as a joke."

[@somegoodsoup7008]

"We trained him wrong on purpose as a joke."

[@depressedfrogpenis]

@@somegoodsoup7008 god that movie is amazing

[@Anthony16Bit]

I fucking know a kung pow reference when I see it

[@chasethemaster3440]

@@Anthony16Bit same

[@failure4]

@@Anthony16Bit what’s kung pow? Sorry I’ve never seen it

[@Kirbo710]

"so looking back, I coulda skipped a few frames" Quite possibly the best ending to a video I've seen in a while

[@musicalmoongirl5055]

Agreed, top tier joke and delivery

[@TheTrueBungus]

Same, alpha's gonna be the first sonic frontier speedrunner

[@GenerationZ313]

It reminds me of how Scott the Woz ends a lot of his videos.

[@CruiseBro16]

@@GenerationZ313 Man I remember scott the woz i stopped watching him for a while then i got back

[@Kyra.zip.]

Bots*

[@SemiHypercube]

finishing the level and the game telling you you're terrible honestly is the Sonic experience (at least for me)

[@JnscGaming]

Never have i related more to a statement then right now

[@bourne.]

wish generations and forces did the same

[@its_malarkey]

@@JnscGaming I just texted the person who sent me this video to say literally the same thing

[@fireguard743]

Sonic Adventure 2 memories of City Escape.

[@its_malarkey]

@@fireguard743 god that and Metal Harbor 😭

[@serenilink4090]

"So looking back, i could have saved a few frames by..." this, is why i love speedrunning so much.

[@LadyLuckyLu]

"I heard japanese snickering behind me over the among us and, I just didn't want to press my luck." Made me cackle

[@mr.azizsshitposts]

American cackling

[@LadyLuckyLu]

@@mr.azizsshitposts In my case it would be Argentinian cackling lmao

[@mr.azizsshitposts]

@@LadyLuckyLu lmfao

[@aclonymous]

5:49 I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with you having the power to be able to say you were the first person in the world to draw an amogus with the cyloop

[@technosyrup]

I'd just be happy he doesn't have the power for another drawing too.

[@__-be1gk]

The fact that the Japanese Nintendo Executives knew about Amogus though

[@ngmonster1017]

@@__-be1gk Sakurai actually posted a picture of his cat with an among us plush and said he had to wait until ultimate was done to post it because people would think among us would be in dlc, so among us is probably also popular in japan as well.

[@sthirteen]

it's even more powerful being the first person to draw a cock with the cyloop

[@keeno5567]

@@ngmonster1017 lol really?

[@AlexAnimations08]

10:16 I love how sonic just has a little happy dance when he gets a chaos emerald

[@DuskoftheTwilight]

It reminds me of like Kirby dancing at the end of a level.

[@duelmasteryuya1205]

@@DuskoftheTwilight It reminded me of Joker Persona 5

[@0kayRyan]

I lost my shit whenever I saw Sonic just popping off after collecting those pots. But yeah this game defo became a high priority for stuff to buy thanks to Jacob being allowed to show it early.

[@mbufton]

Balan Wonderworld

[@privatesectorsec]

@@mbufton beat me to it

[@SlushieDee]

The funniest part about all this to me is that flying a bunch of people out to Hawaii to playtest a game feels like exactly the sort of thing that Alpharad would come up with as a video idea.

[@sailorgallifrey1365]

They out-Alpha’d the Rad

[@lemeres2478]

Admittedly, it was probably chosen because it is well tread ground. First, it is in the US, so the attendees probably don't have any passport issues with these sudden invites. Secondly... Japanese tourists and Hawaii. The travel companies involved probably didn't have any problems setting things up from the company's side.

[@syweb2]

6:50 Fun fact: 1-2's top paths are actually often slower than the bottom paths, which fucks with "common Sonic knowledge" that the top path is always fastest.

[@Edenshex_official]

the delivery at the end with "I could probably save some frames" was top tier comedy

[@nobodyyynoone]

*S tier..come on now

[@betchaos7383]

Unironically, alpharad getting hyperfixated on one level in the beginning of the game is more telling to me that I’ll like this game than probably every review all those game journalists make combined.

[@WozzaDekon]

tbf yeah, the fact he was willing to try it again and again shows that it must've been fun to a degree.

[@ericlizama8552]

That and all the homages to good Sonic levels.

[@webbedshadow2601]

Absolutely cause it tells me Sonic feels really good to control

[@legobrick1356]

I agree. If it made him truly desire to get that S Rank then I think it's a good sign. I've been a fan of Sonic for years and have just been disappointed since Forces. I liked Generations, and I grew up with the glorious Sonic Colors (have yet to try Ultimate, but I'm likely to eventually). It took me until June 2022 to finally end up watching the Sonic movie and the sequel too (I binged those bitches back to back!), and *holy shit* they were _amazing!_ I definitely had a good experience at my uncle's house those four days (even if it took half that time to finally figure out how to get connected to their wifi). But now seeing the praises people are giving this game so far is really getting me pumped for the future of the Blue Blur, and I hope this means he's finally getting a proper resurgence in popularity (the song I'm Here is kickass! It reminds me of an amazing and inspirational anime opening and I love it for that).

[@Sojo214]

Aren’t the first levels usually the best one anyway, with the following levels generally failing to live up to that?

[@NintendoNerd64]

i could imagine game journalists watching him play and wondering how he makes progress literally as fast as sonic

[@beef3442]

After he spent an hour on one level

[@NSAsterus]

It’s all about flying just close enough to the sun that you start falling, but the wings still have enough of a shape that you are basically BASE jumping at terminal velocity, just like that one guy… Felix Baumgartner

[@toe_sucker_4165]

@@NSAsterus Master Chief?

[@dukem8774]

Thats easy, he's an actual gamer not a """game journalist"""

[@heheheiamasuperstarwarrior9281]

Alpharad really is the dark souls of video gamers

[@littleent1359]

Imagine just being that game Journalist just hearing the person in front of you having a sigh of relief and congratulating himself because he got an S rank in a cyber space level

[@GalderaVG]

omg lmao also anyone that sees the fake alpharad, just know that's a bot look for the checkmark

[@Zoroark_Master]

Pretty sure he said he was on the back

[@littleent1359]

@@Zoroark_Master oh ok the same energy would come to anyone next to him and could see his screen tho

[@rushisbased4581]

Bro aren’t these stages easy as hell I’m confused how alpharad messed up so much on them 🗿

[@Zoroark_Master]

He literally said he had difficulty with one specific stage. Also, how would you know how easy the stages were, were you in that room playing?

[@arakanichigou3582]

For anyone that wants to know, there IS fast travel in this game. You just have to reveal the entire map of the island to use it.

[@lucysugar3884]

Or to go fishing and get the elder and hermit koco scrolls! :)

[@Snowstorm...]

You know it's a good Sonic game when it completely destroys your self esteem at the end of the stage

[@lucysugar3884]

The metal harbor stage sent me into panic. I’ve been trying to speedrun that in SA2 to get the A rank since I was 12 and now I’m 21. When sonic gives you PTSD, that’s how you know they finally did it right

[@Bonaby]

Using ramps as ramps is brilliant to be frank. Who would’ve thought?

[@Malenbolai]

tails using sarcasm to make fun of the player "and you see this is a plane, a "pla"-"ne" it flies"

[@Biggestbruhever]

Lan from MMNt

[@gob384]

Having the Sonic official account being an Alpharad fan is probably one of my top 10 favorite Alpharad traits

[@highdefinition450]

Sonic's PR team is great lol

[@fendrelthefox]

Arin from game grumps might get jealous in his words sonic is his best friend

[@pokesonav]

Yeah, that's a massive upgrade from Game Grumps. Arin is a very toxic fan honestly.

[@novelty_thief]

@@pokesonav Exactly, why have Soygrumps when you could be with Alpharad instead?

[@pokesonav]

@Novelty thief Virgin Grumps vs Alphachad

[@YUKILOID39]

This is probably the most new gameplay i've seen of this game at once so far and all i have to say is, i am very excited for this game

[@BroeyBroe]

Some of the footage on that 1-2 S rank run looked super clean, especially running on top of the structure at the end. Also 10/10 amogus drawing.

[@Dathore324]

11:00 …”so looking back I probably could’ve saved a few frames by skipping *end” that had my dying from laughter

[@beansat3am]

1. I love that someone on Sega is just mutuals with Alpharad. 2. Sorry to hear about that hospital trip, hope you're feeling better.

[@InkRoller18]

Yeah sonic is his mutual

[@MasterMarx]

They did go with him on a trip to ride every Disneyland ride tho.

[@thestain8004]

Not that surprising when you consider how few sonic fans have as many subscribers as he does. Most only get a couple 100,000 at most and alpha is on track to hit 3 mil

[@seishinaozora5839]

@@thestain8004 Well there were more.... but they're not as active these days. And then there was Cobi... who had some issues over the years.

[@yesuhh6855]

@@seishinaozora5839 I am sorry to say this. Is he alive?

[@MFernando_252]

I cant believe Jacob can casually leave a Hospital mid recovery, go to Hawaii, play a game before launch, and make a video on it, all just for a simple tax-write off.

[@adewilliam9047]

AND A vacation to Hawaii free!

[@ravynsahale968]

Anything to pull one over on the IRS.

[@blackday1013]

How do I tell Sega you are the only reason I am going to buy this game? You make it look fun

[@Faceu7745]

Because IT IS Fun.

[@alejjtheninja5803]

No no, I respect the story. It's like a _"come for Sonic Frontiers, stay to hear about Alpha exposing himself to golfers"_ type situation, y'know? Also funny how Johnny and Alpha both thought they were the only content creator there, _loooooool._

[@Channel--Channel]

Ok honestly I do love the energy that the little dance that sonic does when getting a chaos emerald brigns to the game. I always loved games with like a "dark yet goofy/happy about it" mentality to it. ... maybe this is why I like kirby

[@RadikAlice]

That's honestly why Sonic as a character is great, even in the darkest moments he carries hope with him and inspires others to do the same, a beacon of light if you will

[@Channel--Channel]

@@RadikAlice that's not the reason I was thinking of, but yea

[@RadikAlice]

@@Channel--Channel Fair. But speedrun tech is often named descriptively, after technical stuff or pure memes so neither of us is wrong honestly

[@Gooey-gnam0]

Maybe Omori

[@brandoa1131]

5:40 probably the best use of this joke I’ve seen. Actually got a good laugh out of me lol

[@frostreaper2311]

That shit killed me

[@itak3ls657]

Usually when I see anything Eva related I get depressed and terrified but this got me crying with laughter 😂

[@komerihimura]

@@itak3ls657 Eva memes compared to Eva are so funny in comparison

[@WrldMach]

Sega knew exactly what they were doing with this boss

[@iantaakalla8180]

When Sonic loves the bosses as they are but Sonic must be killed to preserve the world

[@RiverdudeCovers]

8:30 oh hey Johnny, so that's the boss fight you didn't want to spoil in your video lol

[@marthpikazulx6516]

I wonder if they met.

[@et3rnit3]

The ability to draw in this game basically makes this game a 10/10

[@JaredtheRabbit]

Really?

[@simply_a_human]

@@JaredtheRabbit absolutely. giving players the ability to draw with a mechanic is the best mechanic ever. It worked for OSU, it’s definitely working here.

[@moosesues8887]

I want to draw nami from one piece I need to draw anime girls

[@stellarknight04]

@@moosesues8887 calm down it's NNN

[@IDVEX]

@@JaredtheRabbit they basically found a way to immortalize the game. Now when everyone’s realized that you can draw with it their only gonna get better at doing it. For years will probably see insane art done with sonic runs😂 especially when everyone’s finished with the game.

[@kneesurgeryenthusiast6915]

every other type of these videos has the words"I played so you don't have to", however here, the title is "I played sonic frontiers because you can't", This means sonic frontiers truly is the game of all time

[@jamesmatthews2751]

2:43 love how he mentions they all game journalists and records the other KZbinr at the event

[@nightlight3520]

Imagine you're at a resort, taking time away from your hellish cashier job. You decide to take a walk at the golf course, to feel the breeze on your skin, and the grass under your feet. You stroll along, admiring the lush green surrounding you. Then, suddenly, you see Alpharad, in his birthday suit. I cannot think of any tasteful way to end this story.

[@chainsawmark9777]

He was lucky enough to see the Alphashaft

[@juma8126]

Beta version of Alpharad - no clothes included

[@justinmack09]

1:52 Jacob: I saw a bird Jaiden: **Excited internal screaming intensifies**

[@swole_al]

0:40 alpha got pulled over by TSA because they thought he had a bomb. now alpha is DROPPING bombs

[@mikefromco]

FWIW I used to work at TSA, the stuff doesnt look like a bomb it’s just really dark on the X-ray and is hard to understand what one’s looking at so it has to be checked out.

[@jovani6044]

"Shout out to the scramble who saw full shaft" I died 😂💀

[@MaertynYzer]

2:42 "Since the entire room was full of game journalists" *immedietly zooms in on SomecallmeJohnny's head*

[@arcticbltz]

Hope you get better Mr. Rad!

[@markyboi9354]

Omg that was such a formal way to address Jacob

[@char5379]

Mr. Rad? More like Mr. Jacob "Alpharad" Rabon IV!

[@Melkac]

Oh is he related to NitroRad?

[@Patterrz]

After travelling on planes for 13 hours today the travel vlog section really resonated with me

[@godzillagod9752]

After travelling absolutely nowhere, it also resonated with me

[@novelty_thief]

10:15 Thank you Alpharad, this is the exact Moment where I´m dead set to buy this game. No joke, this exaggerated swagger of a wacky woohoo Needle Mouse boi akin to a certain demonslaying Pizzaman is all the reason I need(aside from the gameplay and promising story of course^^)

[@WrldMach]

Bro why the ed scammer 💀

[@HDLLHANZ]

Jackpot.

[@ayyylmao101]

I KNEW I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO FELT DÉJA VU

[@NotSoGuilty]

God you made me love that cutscene even more by making me remember the wacky woohoo pizza man

[@HDLLHANZ]

Now..... I'm gonna play the game with DMC Music in the back just cause.

[@jamest3017]

i find it funny how alpha spent 1 hour of the 5 hour demo on a stage he's gonna have to re-do when he gets the full game

[@STICKOMEDIA]

5:23 imagine if smash sonic had that kind of moveset, it would be a huge improvement Also I kinda dig that new deep voice for Sonic, its different

[@Hyperneosonic97]

Roger really showing his moves here, because yeah, it's still Roger Craig Smith. He does occasionally go into the usual tone of voice he has (namely there's a scene when Sonic runs into Big where he slips into the usual tone of voice he's had before now).

[@jugglerthuggler5051]

Alpharad is better than any game journalist because he asks questions only real gamers would such as “can you draw an among us?”

[@ayo.2022]

2:33 "Until I realised, I had the input plugged into the output and the output plugged into the input" Of all the things I've seen or heard on this channel, this is probably the one that I felt most called out for, and that's saying quite a lot by Alpharad standards.

[@PneumaAsh]

9:28 The act of name-dropping Touhou may not be overly cool or hype on its own, but I have to to throw my gratitude out there for anybody having a following as large as yours still making references

[@Gpop119]

He's definitely still a 2hu nerd since he still randomly drops Touhou songs playing in the background which is cool.

[@lighte.creations]

9:01 I laughed so hard, Alexa though I told her to turn the lights on, and I woke up my whole house!

[@Dantalliumsolarium]

“I felt really stupid and I needed to out myself on this one” a sweet king

[@fireboltchamploo7620]

Alpharad coming out of the Sonic Fan closet is my favorite arc so far.

[@moosesues8887]

He’s not (redacted)

[@velvetbutterfly]

You say that like his first ever video wasn't Sonic

[@michaelandrews117]

His first video was a defence of Sonic, and stating how good the next Sonic game will be (Sonic Boom).

[@un_id5775]

The fact is this game actually looks good and fun, good job Sonic Team!

[@tangyturtle8745]

Why were people saying it was gonna be bad when the trailers released?

[@lotus8118]

@@tangyturtle8745 the first gameplay they showed was really really bad.

[@stellarknight04]

@@lotus8118 are you talking about IGN's gameplay?

[@ajslam1999]

@@stellarknight04 Yeah I’m pretty sure. That “premiere” gave everyone bad impressions at the start

[@TheMissMousey]

"my day started with the usual tradition of staring at the ceiling while being half awake for approximately three hours" goes unreasonably hard

[@TheJesseinator]

Jacob is going to have PTSD (Post Traumatic Sonic Disorder) from 1-2, may we all soon realize the nightmare we're in for

[@HeavySandvichGuy1]

The funniest part is - 1-2 is not actually that hard. It's just that "fastest" way is not what you actually think. Skipping some of these circles is actually faster than using them

[@darkpit1488]

Just did the level about 10 times, and managed to complete it in exactly 55 seconds. Would share how I did it, but I'm already forgetting it. Will go through the pain again to remember if someone really needs the help. Edit: Recently managed to make it in 54.5 seconds. Same track, just a bit more optimized

[@PaulNgoXIII]

Honestly if there was like an extra 5-10 sec, 1-2 wouldn't be that hard to S-rank. Other hard levels had some leeway in how much time is saved if you optimized it w/o the airboost homing glitch but 1-2 is super tight as hell.

[@mateoduran-ballen2574]

2:56 I understood that jab against ign. Bravo sir

[@Spinomodo]

That part where sonic hedgehog’d all over the place and then spun was easily one of the cinematic moments of all time

[@YangTheAce]

HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa Spinomodo = Cringe Boi

[@JBRedux]

I know, right? His "it's hedgehogin' time" line is gonna become one of the most iconic quotes in gaming, I can already tell

[@Lorentz_Driver]

STOP. IT WAS NEVER FUNNY.

[@gaylordcomic]

It was almost morbin time

[@JBRedux]

@@Lorentz_Driver It's not supposed to be. Morbin' Time jokes have reached their final post-ironic stage. We are all here to suffer.

[@jick2337]

It’s always safe to say Alpharad never misses with his videos

[@orbrat212]

common alparad w

[@ayo.2022]

Indeed, one might even say that they're always a hit

[@buisnessman1237]

7 seconds ago

[@coqui9879]

That’s a hit

[@meta2_0]

TRUUUUUEEEE!

[@helixsavant8521]

At 9:35 Sonic performs a drift. Well worth the purchase seeing a nod to a challenge from Sonic Unleashed

[@Oso_Thiccck]

The second he sat down, I felt it. “He bout to talk about where he could have shaved off a few seconds in 1-2” and lo and behold in true vegeta fashion

[@GrayDiamond84]

Don’t want to show off, more like give tips. I have found out the mechanics and how this game technically works in accordance to speed. The reason the level was so difficult is because of the fact that in a Sonic game we are conditionalized to think that the top-most route in a sonic game is considered the “fastest” route. That however is not true in Sonic Frontiers 1-2. The dash rings and the springs and your own boost speed is technically making you slower. The fastest forms of travel are actually mostly the dash tracks. They are the only form of consistent momentum and when you hit multiple of them at a time they make you go faster. In Frontiers 1-2, the speed works differently when running than in the air, which, honestly, I actually love about this game because Sonic is meant to run fast, not fly fast, which is what everyone is trying to do. If you want to know, Dash tracks are the speedrunner’s best friend and it allowed me to get a 00:53.00 on 1-2.

[@Mendoza-yi6qk]

traveling to Hawai just to play Sonic is just such a huge flex

[@birdsonbread9363]

I have the mental image of Son Heg Hog just walking up to Alpha’s house and saying “Stop recovery” “Why?” “BECAUSE THE GAME JOURNALISTS ARE COMING!”

[@nedcurfman3486]

*Attack on Spambot OP intensifies*

[@toolazytorenamemyself]

Ah yes shady name with shady email. That is more than likely a virus or a backdoor trojan. Checks out, it's a bot. Now someone make a bot that tells you it's a bot. (Actually this might be a bad idea)

[@Corrupted_Eon]

Imagine being sonic just starting puberty at the rightful age of 17

[@hedgehogsonic11]

Sonic is 15* *They recently officially removed his age from their website so it’s possible that will change soon

[@pedreiva]

My guy is hitting his, like, 3rd puberty. Be nice to him.

[@moldyboy354]

some folks just get their testosterone a bit late and that's a-ok!

[@Corrupted_Eon]

@@hedgehogsonic11 oh neat I always thought that was to old

[@johannessguten2527]

@@hedgehogsonic11 they really should make sonic like 19-20

[@nimrodpalma7644]

8:49 "this fight felt incredible" Oh hell yeah

[@egglord2029]

5:05 *CRAP WE GOTTA RETURN IT TO TEMPORAL TOWER BEFORE TIME STOPS!*

[@SODAR314]

Get well, alpha. Thanks for the great content.

[@lukijez]

@@aclonymous actually hospitalized, but not as funny as dash's antipersipirant joke

[@shortseater2006]

I sure hope that popular content creator Jacob Alpharad doesn't have a bad experience with a sonic game because when has that happened?

[@Sir_Danks-A-Lot]

*"Look, a ramp!"*

[@DiamondCrusader01]

@@Sir_Danks-A-Lot “We can use these as ramps!”

[@christopherford39]

@@DiamondCrusader01 "Bounce pad"

[@Ethan13371]

He already has the 1-2 world record, can't wait to see him play the full release

[@16bitgaming63]

Scam bot

[@Manelneedsaname]

bot that scams

[@thefunnybread14]

Scam that uses bot

[@moobles2998]

4:30 I audibly went "OH WHAT THE FU-" before catching myself. Uncomfortable, YES.

[@MrLammb]

that joke at the end is probably one of the best ive heard from alpha in a while thank you jacob

[@TheProswagonist]

Gotta admit, that Among Us trail was really clean

[@timmorselli9546]

10:10 I see they learned from the best, Balan Wonderland

[@coreyferreyra]

Imagine spending an hour trying to S-rank one level, then looking to your left and seeing SomeCallMeJohnny already on the end of the first island

[@nokklokk1946]

I love the vlog portion of the video, and I think that it would be cool if you did more of stuff like that

[@hextheprotogenfox]

7:15 Amy adventure 2 battle flashbacks

[@pneumaofthedreamrealm8977]

Sonic: "Look, ramps." Tails: "We can use these as ramps." Me: Yes, this floor is made of floor

[@zeldafan6124]

The thumbnail implies I'm happier than Alpha, so I call that a win

[@graysonmardis8739]

"Look, we can use these as ramps!" Yes Tails, we can use the ramps as ramps

[@99Mysteries]

The fact that he had Pyoro as a profile pic makes him an S-tier human in my book

[@MoeRenai]

2:22 I’m now unironically very excited to learn that fishing is in the game lmao

[@lucysugar3884]

I was scared at first because the last time sonic did this was in SA1 and… well… we all remember how THAT went. But it’s genuinely well done in this game hahaha

[@FlameTechKnight]

If I had to sit on a plane for 7 hours while a kid in front of me sang Baby Shark, WHILE CRYING, I'd likely become a *professional punter.*

[@Solereaper21]

I was worried it would just be a giant empty open world. Good to see there is variety

[@Calabari1999]

It's okay Alpha. You can try 1-2 again when it comes out, which is UNBELIEVABLY SOON

[@agentclank8183]

The fact that you and SomecallmeJohnny thought you were the only KZbinrs there.

[@choryllis6646]

10:06 "But then...when you beat it...uhhh........................" Me: "It goes Balan Wonderworld on you."

[@meta2_0]

I’m glad alpha made this video and give it compliments on the game while also giving his pov of certain aspects. I’m definitely live streaming and recording every bit of the game once it releases, so seeing this gives me hope and high expectations about it.

[@moldyshishkabob]

2:42 is that somecallmejohnny And that second level busting people's balls is hilarious.

[@Fibless]

This is the best title for a video this series can produce if you consider the "so you don't have to" videos a series

[@Scatterbrained_and_Lost]

This is probably a way better review of the game than any journalist could ever hope to write.

[@hariodinio]

Better review than alotta youtubers can offer to ngl

[@novelty_thief]

Hi I'm from the future and I can confirm that Alpha's childlike glee and interaction with the game, aside from the game itself, is as honest of an impression as you can get.

[@TheCombine1130]

You dont need fast travel when you ARE THE FAST TRAVEL

[@tonycooler3445]

8:56 I refuse to believe that SEGA or the voice actors were that dumb.

[@illusionaryheart3325]

Showoff If Tails doesn’t tell us that a ramp can be used as a ramp, is it really a Sonic game?

[@whatamidoing725]

Cant wait to see jacob set the no. 1 world record speedrun for this game day 1 because of how much he grinded sky city

[@willem6605]

1-2 gives me Metal Harbour vibes. Early level, impossible to S-rank without consuming the entirety of your sanity supply for the week.

[@coldsalmon7184]

2:00 Is the best part by far

[@ITZBerto]

2:43 look it's somecallmejohnny

[@justaguy5862]

I'm glad this seems like it will actually be a good game. 3d sonic had/has so much potential and actually using it properly is amazing.

[@ryanlevy8085]

This game seems so cool 😮

[@SS4__]

it is! i played it at EGX and i had a lot of fun

[@michaelandrews117]

Sonic Frontiers releases a day before God of War: Ragnarok. I don't know who is in charge of selecting the release date for this game but they're absolutely mental and I kind of love it.

[@megamanfan52]

8:55 Guess what... *I'm hanging onto the other side I won't give up till the end of me-*