I 100%'d Sonic Frontiers, Should You?

I fully 100% completed Sonic Frontiers and it did not take as long as I thought it would!
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[@NathanielBandy]

My next upload is the Bandy's Universe Official Trailer, and after that a STORM of videos is coming 👀

[@ZandorDaysev]

Hype!

[@lightlemur5567]

Why u spoil the game for me 😡😭

[@deltashield]

@@lightlemur5567 Why u watch this vid

[@JustNormalGreenKirby]

RAINING UPLOADS

[@lucadegabriele6394]

Can't wait

[@Master0fHyrule]

The birds aren't needed to fly to the islands. You just need to open up the proper rails. Although, could be used as a fast travel.

[@theenderkirby939]

Thanks for the tip now I know a better way when I get the game ^^

[@maryhindson2792]

I knew that but I thought the birds were cool and fun so I used them

[@thebalderthor4884]

1:22 Sage isn’t being held against her will! She’s practically his daughter. How did you miss that? Did you even buy the Eggmam journals? Did you listen to the line of her wanting a family not made from genetics? Did you miss her saying she can’t wait to meet Orbot and Kubot, her brothers? We did not play the same game.

[@thebalderthor4884]

11:22 It’s faster to take the lower path than the upper path. I know it’s the only one in a Sonic game to do that, but it cuts down at least 10 seconds by going low.

[@blitzthesonicfan8214]

@@thebalderthor4884i bet nathaniel doesnt care about being wrong though i feel like he undestand what hes saying but hes wrong about sage and that comparison with that other character was dumb but hes just a guy trying to entertain people

[@TheGerkuman]

You don't need the birds to get to the other islands. It's just the hard but less awkward way. The main way to those islands is by rail or doing some of Tails' quests.

[@awildmoose6541]

Still, the third world was garbage and badly made

[@Xxandrew01]

True. You just have to talk to Tails to open up that shooting mini game, so that robot can destroy the mountain path to open up the ravine to get the Red Emerald.

[@JadenFox9]

or if you got the scrolls, you can teleport to particular spots faster, but that'll require doing the challenges

[@Sunflower_SM64]

Yea that’s how I did it

[@Faceu7745]

I actually LOVE Chaos Island. And you don't need the birds to go to another island, each island is connected by rails so you only need to figure out which Island is connected to the other and that's it. You also don't necessarily need to lock on to the birds too. Great video nonetheless, just wanted to point that out

[@Xxblade17]

Fr

[@cameronfarrell9076]

Considering the ridiculous lack of render range, and the pop in, it makes figuring out where the rails are a pain in the ass, so in that sense it almost doesn't count lol

[@benthecat4345]

Except for the one stupid island where there's a very obvious ramp made from a raised bridge you can use to jump across very easily only to get stopped by an invisible wall meaning you can't complete the map before completing any levels to unlock the fast travel to said levels

[@epicwolves125]

This is truly the moment Nathaniel became Sonic

[@theallduck]

Furry moment

[@waddafugg3072]

we all have our furry moments from time to time

[@5witchy676]

This is truly the moment I wonder how and why is this the top comment.

[@theallduck]

@@waddafugg3072 bruh what

[@tonyvadala1443]

@@waddafugg3072 I've never had a furry moment before

[@waffleboi7487]

It’s so good to finally get that feeling of general praise for a Sonic game again. Deservingly so, it’s genuinely a good game. Even if I don’t 100% the game, going back to it will be really fun

[@jesuspernia8031]

The same feeling I got with Mario Odyssey is the same feeling I get with this. In fact I kind of like it a bit more.

[@mastersonic2022]

This game really is unique and deserves all the praise it gets. (Except for that bird)

[@jeremiahtaylor1817]

There’s rails to get you between islands and the death egg bot created one of the paths

[@theenderkirby939]

Well I just kbow this bird gonna be pain but I hope it will do the job

[@justyouraveragegamer6142]

i feel like the only one who figured out perrying the bird when i first saw it. my friends had the same issue

[@georgiepig5726]

That goddamn bird enemy is a stalker

[@awildmoose6541]

The guy praised the game for having an amazing camera and controls, it just doesnt deserve "all the praise" when that praise is flatout lies like this.-

[@BR-jw7pm]

“I 100% Sonic Frontiers” The game just came out! I know you probs got a a review copy but man you worked fast!

[@holynarwhale8729]

He’s also a KZbinr who reviews a lot of platformers. This was probably just another day in the office for him.

[@NathanielBandy]

@@holynarwhale8729 Yeah I've played hundreds of platformers at this point, pretty easy for me lol

[@GreenKnight07]

well. what you had to expect, it's a *sonic* game (if you know what i mean)

[@theenderkirby939]

Gotta work fast lol

[@Bornheck]

I didn't even get a review copy and I did all this two days ago

[@keystone5750]

Oh I didn't know you could do...anything with the sniper birds, to be honest. The way I got to the island was by going around and searching for ways I could potentially get there, and when I eventually found a set of rails that connected to that island, it felt super rewarding.

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

I love how the Sonic game is open-world! I love this so much!

[@genericsonicfan581]

"UhM AktUalLlY iTS OPeN-ZoNE"

[@Tam3603]

I 100% it in 20 hours. Definitely worth the wait, everything about this game is amazing

[@MikeyGamer8939]

Yeah. Same.

[@crazyshot4125]

damn, did that in 26 hours

[@genericsonicfan581]

Well yeah it's worth the wait, you don't have to TAKE A MILLION YEARS!

[@dannynicholson6014]

I 100% completed it today, the games not perfect but a massive step in the right direction for the series. So happy I never gave up on sonic, really excited for the future.

[@KotCR]

Yeah, took me about 30 hours to 100% too. I even went to the trouble to 100% the stuff that you don't really need too for achievements also. For example, I also gathered all the different fish at every fishing spot (achievements only require you do it at one), and completing all objectives in every cyber space level twice (once again, achievements only require you do it for just one level, once) - once for the main game via the portals, and then again for the arcade menu that appears on the title screen after finishing the game (apparently your times and ranks in the levels doesn't carry over from the story mode to the arcade mode menu for the levels). The game is definitely fun. Can't argue with that. It's not often I go to the trouble to do all that for a game I play these days. Usually I've got something else to play, but I just didn't want to say goodbye to Frontiers. Will be looking forward to Frontiers 2 now :p.

[@jonathanhsu1281]

Did you play the difficult mode? If yes, then use the easy mode.

[@Alpha-oo8]

Yeah, the birds are not the only way to cross to those islands, however the way you actually get across isn’t the easiest thing to figure out either. It’s all about finding the specific rails that will take you across

[@ComradeVenus]

there are lots of rails that lead to the different islands in chaos island. but the islands often link together and cant be traveled to from outside, so it takes time. the birds arent actually how you're supposed to travel

[@Crimsonkir1007]

Honestly I hope in the future there could be a boss rush or a way to Re fight the bosses after the story. Great video!

[@Ghozts2]

U spoke the future💯💯

[@yetravellingsonc8372]

With the Chaos Islands bit, there are actually a few Rail-paths that connect the islands prior to completing the challenges. They're a bit awkwardly placed and hard to find, but once you figure out the intended spots it's not too bad. For instance, getting to the Blue emerald (iirc) requires you to go to the small island at the southwest corner, and there should be a rail on the northern end of that isle that connects to the Blue emerald's island, and once the challenge is completed you can unlock the white rail to the main island.

[@BuffPomsky]

The ost, fights, and gameplay are sooo good. I think when it comes to the final boss, you have to remember the development team size. It's so small compared to gamefreak or any other game so what they did with

[@natwon633]

11:20 this one was so strict BUT SO SATISFYING. This was the most satisfying cyberspace level to beat

[@Mudlink]

For anyone still struggling with 1-2, don't bother going through the orange hoops, normally they are great for shortening your time but in this level they slow you down, after that getting S rank takes no time at all, still the best cyberspace level.

[@Hynotama]

On Chaos Island, you actually have rails taking you from island to island. Some of them are just a bit hard to find.

[@TheJadeFist]

You really don't need the Birds at all to reach the other parts of Chaos island. I didn't even use them for that, there is usually some rail pathways you can find to take you to all of the other peaks.

[@beatziegraham6928]

YOU CAN USE THE BIRDS!? I just used the rails and lost my mind getting to places. Besides that (and having to slowly max my rings and speed one by one), I loved this game!

[@djcj2219]

I feel so bad for him. he did it the hardest way possible😢

[@abrarasaurus]

Nathaniel really needs to make a “How Sonic Frontiers Triggers You”.

[@arandomguy3630]

This may be one of the best looking games I’ve ever seen!

[@louisschmidt3972]

i don't belive you

[@RookisaLego]

I 100%ed this game in about 29 hours counting all the achievements. While I was achievement hunting I found out how to break the game with Big when I got to the last island and proceeded to fish with and buy several thousand Koko from him because I literally had over 700 purple coins from not using them throughout the entire game. At max attack power I killed the final boss in just a few minutes on hard mode and it was awesome. My last achievement was "Combo Crackerjack" since I was getting too powerful to even start a phantom rush by the end of the game. Thankfully, one of the earlier guardians has an invincible segment of his body that you can Infinitely combo against and I got the achievement that way. Exploits aside,, this is probably my favorite overall experience with a sonic game since Mania.

[@Kiryusleftleg]

I'm proud to say I always belived this game will be great

[@mslabo102s2]

I felt myself burnt out on playing a new long game after burnt out on the postgame of Pokemon Violet and Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope midway through, but should I keep Sonic Frontiers on my Steam wishlist for later? Bandy makes it sound like it's really fun, but I'm afraid it might be another tedious game to get through.

[@desh206]

This game has a lot of Sonic adventure vibes in it,and i really like it

[@jesuspernia8031]

It is the true Adventure 3 but with even more

[@The_AuraMaster]

@@jesuspernia8031 the adventure games were fully 3D, this was not. The adventure games had unique levels, this did not. The adventure games had the chao garden, this did not. Adventure 2 had multi-player, this did not. The adventure games let you play as multiple characters, this did not.

[@gabeznl3591]

I got no Sonic Adventure vibe in this game. Still a bad Sonic game, but it's better than the other 3D titles we got after 20 years

[@jesuspernia8031]

@@The_AuraMaster Adventure didn’t have open areas like this nor combat

[@TheYodelingViking]

I enjoyed the guardians in the final island personally. I thought it was fun seeing new kinds of enemies and beating them in different ways. I was just a bit disappointed by the tower and ninja clones just having 1 or 2 new attacks and that was just the ninja. The towers worked exactly the same.

[@RadicalRaptor]

7:44. dude. I had no idea you could do that. I was taking the most ridiculous routes to islands (taking rails the wrong way and jumping over boosts). That would have saved so much hassle.

[@Matt7R]

The "amazing reason" for having to collect the chaos emeralds multiple times: Sonic gets shot by a laser in the sky every time he goes to a new area then they get scattered again. So amazing lol

[@melonwater4088]

I’m happy you got around to reviewing this game

[@_HT11_]

11:24 YES. FINALLY SOMEONE THAT UNDERSTAND THIS LEVEL. I REALLY RAGED SO BADLY WHEN I PLAYED THAT LEVEL AGAIN. If you just know the amount of tries and time it took me to finally finish that Level…..

[@Flegz1]

Amazing video! I love that this Sonic game is open-world! I think if you are a sonic fan you should 100% this game.

[@neotricksterzero143]

3:30 DAMN. 1-2 huh. I know that feeling 😂 Still can't S Rank it myself either.

[@britdunn8955]

Took me over 3 hours to just keep trying - got 54.92 for that S rank.

[@kimromero4497]

I just got to the actual final boss, saving it for the morning. I did all this plus I got every memory token 😅 literally nothing left for me to do

[@riskyworks]

It's also really cool to see Sonic & Egg and team up without Eggman suddenly coming back and being like "Haha, lol I'm gonna betray you now"

[@CrazyguysGamingCGG]

Kirby and the Forgotten Land Finale: Space Splatoon 3 Finale: Space Sonic Frontiers Finale: Space

[@paulanderlind2368]

Great video! helped me figure out if i wanted to buy it. keep up the good work!

[@JediJess1]

You're one of the different people who hasn't complained about the worlds being empty... and I agree with you. While playing through the game, I never felt like the worlds were empty, they felt open, which is needed when you're running around at mach speeds and flowing from one section to the next. Nothing compares to the web-slinging in Playstation's Spider-Man, but I was surprised when I found myself making the comparison in how it feels to move around once you're comfortable with it.

[@HopefulBlue]

7:35 There's 1 or 2 dedicated paths to reach each chunk of land on Chaos Island. Took me awhile to find tho, pretty annoying.

[@ShinySkink9185]

Not sure if you would count this towards 100%, but the map-placed Memory Tokens technically do not respawn ever once you get them, so do those count as 100%?

[@R0s3456]

I think they game is really alright. And a massive w for sonic fans especially the last decade or so. Tho i do have my gripes, like the boss battles literally just being a giant parry mini game. Or the camera and the cyberspace physics kinda feel odd at times. Homing attacks feel stiff, actually theres kind of a long pause on a lot of actions even the menu has a pause when selecting things which most of these can be fixed with a patch. Overall i say this game is a win

[@torellsuggs4471]

This game is really good to bad the other games weren't like this

[@thomasverslycken2563]

My favorite level to speedrun is 3-6, when i did speedrun it after a few hours while the time requirement for S rank is 2 minutes 55 seconds, i did speedrun so hard i had just barely sub 2 minutes 5 second & that was before i knew about homing dashing, the dropdash is seemed to go pretty much nowhere there normally but destroying badniks slows sonic down, so at the point where i was supposed to chain a homing attack on 4 buzz bombers i drop dash on the platform stopped of it & apparently if you drop of a platform in cyberspace during a dropdash, even though you're in the air, you still have your first jumps which is normally only if your on the ground

[@FreakinSweet1987]

I got my platinum a few days ago as well, and I can say 100% was a lot of fun. That said, you absolutely *do no* need to use those birds to get to the other areas on the 3rd island. I know because that was my initial idea too. All of them have rails that either already lead to them or will eventually as you progress the story or uncover the map more. It's just simply an extra way of getting there early.

[@genericsonicfan581]

Ah yes, Do No.

[@FreakinSweet1987]

@@genericsonicfan581 Gotta love autocorrect.

[@matthewawad1533]

I actually did everything in the game this video mentions when I played for the first 2 days + I got platnium and trust me it's hella fun

[@genericsonicfan581]

While the critical scores didn't really solidify this game, one thing is for sure: this is the most popular a main-line sonic game has ever been! Currently 2 years in the sonic renaissance and we have: Sonic Movie 1, sonic colors ultimate, sonic movie 2, sonic origins, and sonic frontiers. We only have 5 things currently. But I think we've seen enough. Sonic... IS BACK!

[@ShiningSilvally]

.......Fascinating. Of all games for you to enjoy, I never saw Frontiers coming. In all seriousness, though. I'm pretty skeptical on trying this game, for 2 reasons. 1, control customization options being as diverse as they are on your PS5 version, on Switch. If they are, I'd DEFINITELY love that, and if not, I'd at least TRY IT, if the controls are smooth enough. 2, I know that the PS5 is a more powerful console than the Switch, so I worry whether or not there is too much lag. If so, that's the deal breaker, for me. Not as much as the controls, but it'd REALLY suck. Either way, great video, Nathaniel. Happy to see you enjoying the game.

[@ikeburnerr]

I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one having trouble with 1-2, it has no right to be that hard 😂

[@brovideogaming9447]

When I was at the final boss, I let my nephew play but forgot to actually save my game off of auto save so those 12 hours of progress were lost. At least I got to experience the Super Sonic bosses again

[@RosyGirl763]

1:30 “Prime minister” NOT EVEN CLOSE 🤣🤣

[@gfoolishreal]

i was on the stream when Nicobbq reacted to the direct that announced frontiers. I wasn’t really excited for it, but it’s an amazing game

[@theenderkirby939]

I really see sonic frontiers to be the redemption for sonic, and while open zone is in first game syndrom case in this case I more than happy is exist and hope to get this game soon ^^

[@Monhamd1000]

Finally, Nathaniel praises Sega for a great work is the pure of joy to give you the impression to play Sonic Frontiers!

[@gameboy3800]

the 1-2 s-rank was hard until i realized how spammy the boost is since it recharges on its own now. just spam it after pretty much everything to skip over a bunch of springs and enemies. as well you can skip rail loops if your jumps are accurate enough to save a tenth there too.

[@supasam06]

2:26 technically the cyberspace stages are required for 100% because if you didn’t do them then you’d have not completed everything meaning you wouldn’t have gotten 100% There is no “over achieving” in a 100% run

[@ZeroPC1]

What's funny is that I just 100% it as well as I checked KZbin and saw this on my recommended. Such great timing

[@Zenithsh]

Bro the game just came out😭😭

[@dnplayz8410]

12:42 Yes we are fighting clownpiece in a sonic game. What a time

[@sledgen.]

I love the style of video! my guy played this game for like 5+ hours a day to get this video out haha, assuming he got it a bit early.

[@crunchyblend8809]

27 hrs to 100% a game sounds nice

[@tjz3158]

Especially for Sonic standards

[@UmarYT316]

If you draw infinite symbol on the ground in the game you get infinite boost.

[@AzureAnimates]

The Sonic boom kicks are just the mii swordfighter's final smash in Super Smash Bros Ultimate

[@bsperoz]

11:20 YES! I'M NOT ALONE!!?

[@reactionlessssbu-clips2723]

Fun fact the true final boss bullets it shoots will never hurt u as long as u shoot the same colour coded bullet, u can ram your robot into the dark bullets while your dark bullets stay fired

[@LucaGamingYT]

I have Sonic Frontiers, if you don't have it yet, you need to, it is so fun, as Nathaniel said you can control your speed and camera if you don't like it in the other games, you can now adjust it!

[@moonstarmaster]

I have never seen such a positive review on this game before!

[@Barkerbg001]

Oranos has the best guardians Even though I don't have to fight them I still go back to fight them

[@pvzmariosonica8fan]

"Good golly gravy in the [REDACTED] Navy" made me LOL

[@notredboi]

0:36 Those settings need to be on every Sonic game from now on

[@KittyKatty999]

A good Sonic game story finally coming out, has given Nathaniel so much energy. XD

[@raichuplayer9227]

I have same thing as you have that i needed to waste an HOUR to upgrade my ring and speed level gosh damn that was SOO long good thing that you don't need to wait that much to upgrade your other stats

[@Kollin539]

Respect to Nathaniel for liking 2000s metal music

[@olliedownie190]

Bandy, one of the GBA Nitro tracks that have never been remade now has a remake in MKT, it is Riverside Park, they even remade DK Mountain from the GameCube, meaning they’re more likely to be in MK8DX’s DLC.

[@screenapple1660]

Behind the scene sonic frontier... the project actually started on KZbin "Sega hired this man". man got a job.....I got amazon pre-order already. I can't wait to play it.

[@pixell3345]

You should. You won't regret it.

[@deathstinger13]

you don't need to use the birds to get to the islands on Chaos Island. there are rail sets you can use to get from one to another

[@Splatoon3fan]

I did all that AND got all memory tokens. It was fun, but took hours of my life away from me.

[@diggzzz_]

I like how he added charii's tweet 😂

[@brawlbuster820]

My only complaints with this game are the one pinball section being frustrating, Ouranos Island could’ve used a different theme instead of another grassy plain, and there should’ve been more skills in the skill tree because as it stands, you unlock all of them too early. But everything else is excellent (yes, even “The End” because I like bullet hell gameplay thanks to Undertale and the dialogue is chilling, as well as the Cyber Space levels which I think control fine) and this has become my favorite Sonic game Edit: After playing the DLC, more issues have become prevalent. Knuckles controls like ass while in the air, the Master King Koco Trial is such an absurd difficulty spike, and for how much effort some of the map challenges take to do them you should be unlocking a lot more of the map instead of 5 squares at a time. So as a result, Frontiers is now at #5 for me

[@Flubon11]

I kbow the game came out almost a year ago, but u font need the birds. There is a giant passageway underground in chaos island that takes u to different mini islands.

[@sonic_0699]

(Video idea) Is it possible to beat all cyber space levels by only moving forward ?

[@copingflower1909]

Some issues with my experience personally that I had with frontiers is one how you can't replay the boss fights which is ridiculous seeing how fun they are not only that but even after you finish the game you can't play as super sonic in the open world which is such a big missed opportunity and a waste, not only that speaking of finishing the main game there is 0 post game content after beating it which really dambers to play the game after you've beat it cause theres incentive after your done to continue playing

[@nolin0126]

As the king of the Ranking every series. It is time for my personal favorite… ranking every super monkey ball level!!

[@SuperWorldJumper]

Well I already got an S rank in 1-2, so now I can live happy knowing that if I wanted to “100%” the game, I could.

[@bandanadeefan]

The thing about the true Final boss was that we had to kill it before it's true form which means we will never get to see it's true form and it would have been so powerful we would not have been able to defeat it as supersonic

[@KingLuke]

Looks good hopefully I get it for Christmas

[@Chicken_nugget_soup]

For me when I upgraded the kocos all at once there was an option that said use all on speed or use all in rings

[@nycegeye6916]

The way Sonic bounces around reminds me of how bungee gum has properties of both rubber and gum

[@atticusmangan8921]

They updated it so now you have to do it again they added more colectables

[@m1d45r3x]

bruh moment

[@xleeroy7957]

11:28 This lv. was tested and everyone who was invited apperently had the same issue with the time requirement. Kinda funny how sega just didn't care

[@Xpotaku999]

The best Thing is when you unlock the map you can grind from the start to end

[@SoraFantasia]

Anyone going to tell bandy that there were rails that reached each island on chaos island?

[@NathanielBandy]

You can get to the islands easier once you get the emeralds, I may have missed them before that idk!

[@SoraFantasia]

@@NathanielBandy there's only one island you can't get to with a rail, but a main story quest opens up an underground tunnel to it. I didn't even know it was possible to fly to each of the islands!

[@itsyaboyd7850]

i. was literally today years old when i found out that you can use the birds to get to the islands. i 100% chaos island by some really tricky jumps and by the grace of god 😭

[@MattyH64]

To be honest, I 100% it in less than a day. It was fun while my cousin and I were playing it.

[@cameronproductionspongebo4099]

Great Video

[@DeskoDev]

Nathaniel Bandy sequence breaking with the birds without even realizing it