Sonic Frontiers: The Final Horizon - INSANE CHALLENGES! (RAGE WARNING)

Hey all! As I'm hard at work on an Update 3 review, I'm going to release 3 highlight videos. This one is featuring the new challenges like the towers & the titans. Hope you enjoy!
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[@hypersonic223]

3:46 “THAT WASN’T THE TRIAL, THAT WAS TO GET TO THE TRIAL!” The sudden realization 😂

[@NoNamex1412]

The moment we realized sonic team decided to blueball us

[@LaMara-vv2wq]

"YOU GOT ME F***** UP! WHAT!!!!!!"

[@JonyPlayz1]

Sonic fans: We want challenge Kishimoto: There, you can suffer now

[@kiritosintern]

😭

[@SpeederLight]

So true 🤣

[@sheriefwoodard8686]

Kishimoto: So you’ve chosen 1 thousand deaths

[@ismaelroy5917]

I didn’t asked for challenge 😅😅 But hell, it helped me being more skilled

[@BedBuggy]

The whiplash going from base game Frontiers to this is INSANE

[@bland2361]

"Sonic games are too easy" Kishimoto: And I took that personally

[@gunit2678]

He really did. Bastard

[@imanobody7911]

Sonic Team literally said "oh you want challenge? Here you fucking go"

[@IkeTheBot]

This update is the definition of “be careful of what you wish for” and I love it

[@sonikkyo]

A friendly reminder in his Sonic Frontiers Review, he asked for the parry move to be adjusted and told Sonic Team to not be afraid to put more of a challenge. Welp, Sam, you got what you asked, but at what cost?

[@toekneemart5597]

If there's one thing the towers taught me it is that when you leap without a net you'll find it won't be there all the time

[@mgdgamerart456]

Sonic Team & Kishimoto was like: Oh you thought this game wasn’t hard enough huh. You want a better ending huh. I’ll show you hard. If you want this ending you gotta work for it!

[@avenger3272]

This is one of the cases where the team can rightfully say "you asked for it"

[@NoNamex1412]

Kishimoto suddenly decided to throw hands with every living sonic fan

[@speedude0164]

Watching Sam climb the first two towers with everyone in the call laughing at him was the hardest I've laughed in a long time. These platforming challenges look like something I would make in Super Sonic Maker.

[@HksjJkdkd]

*Do or Die* hits hard in Wyvern with perfect parry

[@HksjJkdkd]

When Sam falls down: *Damn, not here* - Shadow the hedgehog

[@sonicguy1996]

The tower climbs were unironically the kind of platforming the base game should have had. Especially on hard mode. It was fun, difficult and very punishing but so much fun once you get the hang of it. They heard the complaints about the game being too easy, and said alright fuck you here's difficult. The only problem was the master trial, given that the games bosses just weren't made with a perfect parry in mind. Something that the new End Boss was and it showed.

[@zap648]

I think the perfect parry is better on projectiles in general because they are easier to time. Even the End's hand attack is tough as nails to counter.

[@dmk_yt]

​@@zap648 I agree, and I think it's harder because all the melee attacks are strangely timed; I always feel like I'm supposed to parry slightly earlier than the attack actually is. It doesn't help that certain attacks aren't well choreographed, specifically the ones with Wyvern's tail. If they try the perfect parry in another Sonic game, I do hope that they make a better indication of when you're supposed to parry; maybe like a glint that flashes when the parry window is open, like in Metroid Dread.

[@sonicfanatic6733]

I 100% agree with you

[@flashthemonkey6032]

Alright, I would have not HATED the towers… if they kept the makeshift-checkpoint pulleys that Rhea island had.

[@MrH1pster]

Your reactions are comedy gold. This actively made my day better.

[@mlgamings6110]

For the update, mostly everything was great. Amy, Tails, and Knuckles were really cool to play as and I loved how unique each character felt. The new cyberspace levels were also pretty fun. It was only the Towers, Master King's trial, and the final boss that made this update less enjoyable. As Sam said, the towers were just a Sonic version of "Getting Over It." While Master King's entire trial was straight-up bullcrap, and the end boss perfect parry made it harder to enjoy. Literally, all they needed was to give a single pulley checkpoint while climbing the towers around the halfway point and to make the perfect parry less precise and the entire update would have still been challenging but fair.

[@LaMara-vv2wq]

Or only up.

[@spark9189]

i love it when games are criticized for being too easy and game devs respond by going "i'll show you easy motherfuckers, die"

[@anemo6937]

At 3:55 Sam: Oh my God,why is he running in circles Sonic: I can run in circles too now have a taste of this

[@kiritosintern]

Sam’s rage speaks for all of us

[@HksjJkdkd]

No no it doesnt. You all have skill issues

[@kiritosintern]

@@HksjJkdkd and you need to touch grass lmao

[@Neoniq41]

@@HksjJkdkd and you need to take a shower

[@jamescohen1987]

Definitely doesn't speak for all of us it really is skill issue

[@ahmadmirzatappi8142]

well you guys ask for a hard challange, to be fair they should really carefully balance their difficulties in the next game casue i can admit its a problem but maaaaaaan its fun now that i got to actually try to beat the game again, imo ,best part of it its the challange

[@Zero3000Play]

Sam Rage Is like ASMR to me 😂😂😂😂

[@JayFoxFire]

lol!

[@best_mate456]

Since when last time he rage 😂

[@Blaxi131]

"We want more difficulty!" The Monkey's Paw in my closet:

[@LaMara-vv2wq]

Or Monkey Ball.

[@dedede_02]

I got to the king's trial, beat Wyvern and the fucking game got stuck in an infinite load on Xbox. I had about 200 rings. I COULD'VE DONE IT... I AM LIVING IN SPAIN WITHOUT THE S

[@cooljamesjames2]

1:42 sam just casually doing this like he's in looney tunes lol

[@n0n056]

29:41 bro my hands were shaking after wyvern that shit took me like 4 hours to completely get through😭😭

[@ninjanate5018]

I beat the trial first try, but I still deeply feel your pain.

[@infinitethejackal8718]

Oh brother for me it took 5 days to beat the trial I was mentally burned out by that point

[@aboudyplr2687]

Everything was easy and relaxing, even climbing the towers wasn't THAT hard, but the Master King Koco's trial LIKE THAT THING WAS HARD!

[@renansantos6533]

1:52 Lol that rage 😂😂

[@MrNeedleM0use]

Eggmanland is laughing at us rn

[@mrcwillis6970]

Some of the challenge are real cool, especially three of the trials I remembered being fun to figure out and completing. Some stuff like climbing the towers feel unfair and just tiring to get through. Was a frustrating but also fun time for me.

[@DeltaBlazin]

I like climbing the towers but i seriously feel like part of the challenge shouldn't be having to restart from the very bottom, maybe put down some grapples to pull you back up to certain spots like with the original towers.

[@fieryduoandfriends4085]

I think we've know witnessed Sam's villain arc spawning. Though...we did ask for more difficultly sooooo, best to just ask for hard mode in sonic games. But imagine this with Extreme difficulty. Thats Sam's true villain rage form 😂😂

[@Toby-Draven]

This is pretty much exactly what i looked like while trying to climb the towers, do the small trials, and then trying to do the final trial

[@jadetealaaron2003]

Wyvern really went: "parry this fucking overhead you casual" huh?

[@JambopaulGamerInPJs]

I beat the Master King trial on my second attempt (just barely, I landed the last hit on Knight right as my ring counter went down to 1), but it was the most stressful/alive i’ve ever felt playing a Sonic game.

[@ToonyTails]

Oh wait you don’t have to fight Supreme in the Master King challenge? Thank god

[@joshuadesousa6668]

0:27 is when I put it on Easy mode

[@ZaderathTheWolf584]

2:20 its more like only up than getting over it lmao

[@sants4560]

Bro figuring the 2 trail by yourself is actually is the best feeling ever. Made me feel hella smart and kept me playing the whole thing.

[@SpeederLight]

I love your reactions to the update! Keep em coming lol

[@JonyPlayz1]

Indeed

[@smashbronikko]

When I was playing this, I had to turn down the run acceleration to make the platforming doable. After that it was quite fun and exhilarating to get so high up.

[@imperfectmyst]

Sam's villian arc bruh

[@7_wd40]

Sonic fans finally got less automation 😭

[@Mr.Feather130]

The tower climbing platforming segments made me lose my mind on how hard and challenging they are,but at least the new Ouranos Island Music is good!

[@zackwyatt169]

The timing when he finished the boss rush when the lyrics said "it's the end of the show"

[@nattyice23]

Feeling so vindicated with Sam's rage at Master King's trial. Just about broke my playstation in half

[@sonicstudios4809]

Good to know I'm not the only one who struggled with those towers 😅

[@Rabbit_invader1]

Dude that tower with the fans is the baine of my existence… all because I didn’t know you could cyloop the cylinder that was surrounded by the rails. I genuinely thought I had to rail launch up to the fans.

[@weirdface1846]

the tower climbing is basically getting over it, but in 3d and sonic 💀

[@blinko5]

Sonic team trying to beat the "game's too easy" allegations

[@garrtoons4303]

How much can a man's soul break? I think this video might be evidence to how much.

[@purpopsikle7500]

Wyvern took me what seemed like an eternity, but then I beat Knight in less than 50 seconds and it blew my fucking mind.

[@Deiruto_Uchiha]

Actuals though, the towers were such a pain for me in this update lmao. Towers 1 and 3 are the towers that made me rage a lot XD

[@thatclipmakerguy9959]

Well... we asked for Sonic Team to make their games harder. Also for the Snake Trial, I just cylooped, mashed the attack button, rinsed and repeated.

[@math3us420]

I got the game recently, and the boss rush is my favorite part of the update. Stopping to learn the timing of the attacks is super satisfying for me lol

[@ismaelroy5917]

I feel like this is SEGA and Sonic Team’s revenge for us fans who have threatened their games or whatever like shit. 😅 And now it feels like we deserved it in a good way and this update was worth it. 😂

[@Alejandro333777]

30:00 for that I agree the challenges should be tough you should feel like you accomplished something

[@justinyoon2840]

Yooo Sam’s rage is the highlight of this vid! It cracked me up like HELL!!!!! Keep it up Sam!

[@TrueHDR]

"I cant wait to let loose" hasn't been meme'd on enough yet

[@EstelleZer0]

At this point, Sonic Team is just trolling everyone at this point. Both Japanese & American teams.

[@dayvonlouis5187]

Hey people calling the game easy was asking for it🤣

[@BloodyBladeZ]

Heres a small tip i found this is for sam and anyone during the wyvern fight use both ur cyloops at the start when ur allowed to hit him chain him up and then do the cross blast at his mouth his health drops straight down to 2nd phase make sure u do hit the mouth when i found that it does that to the health its like saving 80 seconds of rings

[@deslardesslok]

Just got the CD soundtrack for this games 3rd update The Final Horizon the mail today at 2:34p.m. and it's the Sonic Frontiers Expansion Soundtrack: Paths Revisited CD and I'm listening to it while watching this! 5:42p.m. 12/19/2023

[@Isaaclego]

Please do more videos like this! I love seeing these type of videos from your life streams

[@cptclouddrake]

These towers were so fkn fun, but your reactions to them were so much better.

[@GrassyBoy]

Sam's rage makes my day bro. I love it XD

[@liamphibia]

Who would have thought Final Horizons gameplay would be THIS difficult?

[@bria.w4073]

I thought that kotaku article was a joke (I only read the title)

[@UNIWarriorThomas]

goooood embrace your anger

[@Nayeleya]

Only Sam, the one and only! God this right here is the definition of patience, passion and consistency. Great Job man!

[@mrhollow2693]

I had to lower the difficulty in that final trial 😭

[@JayFoxFire]

Lmao your reaction and rage is so funny! Did anybody figure out the mirror laser puzzle with Amy?

[@deslardesslok]

19:08-19:20 "Kishimoto I'm going over there and perfect parry that face" 😂 😂 😂 😂 4:21a.m. 10/10/2023

[@kentojin50]

Sonic fans: This game is too easy We want challenge Kishimoto: There, you can suffer now and good luck

[@nightwolf789]

I didn’t even know that you were supposed to parry the misiles! I just dogged them until I could catch up with wyvern because I thought that was the way to do it.

[@VongolaXZax]

Your reactions, made my day.

[@firegoatdx6869]

Who ever asked for the perfect parry *DON’T ASK FOR ANYTHING EVER AGAIN,* this mechanic genuinely made the final boss so much less enjoyable for me

[@dayvonlouis5187]

😈no asked but they did say the parry was broken😈

[@Mono_324]

I couldn't take it at hard, so I did it on easy (I thought I had to fight all 4 titans), and I had 60 rings left. On hard I got stuck at wyvern phase 2.

[@benji777tm]

Sam has officially become a certified gamer.

[@TMSonicFan47]

Reeeeeeeally glad I swallowed my pride and played this on Easy mode 😅

[@maxflare6257]

during trail 2 i actually speed cylooped and did a hit hit stomp combo and it was successful lol

[@alejohedgehog]

Hahahahahahahaha this video become to one of my favourites. Hahaha. I just finished the DLC. I suffered like you bro 🤣. Im waiting for the End

[@Swaloo]

the window to land a parry is .25 milliseconds or 10 frames :)

[@EJGarza]

I feel your pain, Sam. I really do.

[@dayvonlouis5187]

I’m getting a lot of entertainment from watching the King’s trials

[@phoenixwright1868]

I really liked the characters and platforming challenges they added, I didn't really struggle with them but the combat trials kinda sucked and the final boss while still pretty hype felt a little obtuse, overall though I think the update was a decent send off for this game.

[@bumpypainter3559]

Maybe this is a hot take but i liked this challenge, i did it on hard and it took me a couple of tries but i enjoyed it yeah it being required to perfect parry maybe not the best way to do it i liked it for what it was and Sam rage compilation is pretty funny

[@bumpypainter3559]

I hope that they do an actual parry for the next game instead of the baby parry

[@Fred-xn9yj]

Peak entertainment.

[@gamster96]

I LOVED trail 2. I was able to figure it out and the fact they made us think outside the box defeating him was great. Too bad the rest of the trails stunk lol I couldnt beat the boss rush on hard namely because I got sick of the beginning of boss 2. So tedious. If it cut straight ro super sonic without any climbing it would have been ok. At least now I can fight giganto level 1 and with good parry without boss rush 👍

[@JDWLegoLegendsYT]

I haven't laughed at a video like this in such a long time.

[@lamparo7028]

This and the Master King trials made the game stressful and frustrating. It really got in the way of me enjoying the final boss. I would of saved myself a month of suffering if I knew easy mode made the parry last way longer.

[@BraveBlitz]

Sonic team knew what they were doing with these tower climbs oh my god lmao

[@DSmith3279]

Someone should go back into games like Forces and Colors and put in a "New Horizons" mode just for shits and giggles 😂

[@PhirePhlame]

The Ouranos Island Adventure Pack looks neat so far

[@LimitlessZspeed]

Introducing (Rage Procrastinations) 😂

[@Fresh_YT]

I only got a little bit annoyed on these towers because I'm pretty good at this game. the final trial though can kiss my voluptuous behind😂😂

[@wilksy2008]

13:03 Oh mate, that level - 4-H - is abhorrent and I hate it. It’s so game breaking haha! Y’know how the numbered rings in these new stages are usually pretty close to each other? Yeah, naa, spread across the entire stage here, and #3 is so obnoxiously placed the devs intended you hit a bomb in a certain spot to run up a curved wall thereafter and land on the set of rails that takes you to it 😤 If *that* ain’t fuckin’ with us, I dunno what it 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@lioncyh]

I genuinely scared of Heart attack after falling the tower in my first run. I beat on Switch first in Normal-Hard, then PC in Easy mode. I don't blame the dev but fan shouldn't expect too much on difficulty spike. Sonic Team should calm down a bit while playtesting. By the way, this DLC was intense.

[@switchspeedster2671]

Hey Sam. Are you ready do all of this in Extreme? I just beaten the Master King Koco yesterday after 8.5 hours

[@SuperBatAnimations]

10:45 I’ve been doing it all wrong this whole time?! I just cylooped them one at a time and attacked them a couple times until their shield blocked me and rinse and repeat

[@Supersteam09]

Biggest question: Why does everyone spam the stomp in cyloop when you could use Cross Slash, the HIGHEST & FASTEST DPS IN THE GAME!? Stomp works outside cyloop, Cross Slash works better INSIDE the cyloop. I have tested this.

[@ShadowtheHuman209]

I blame you for the Perfect Parry the most. Always said this was a stupid idea.

[@peterjohnson7625]

The Master King KoKo Trial a lot harder on Easy Mode too

[@HeroTheHedgehog999]

Thanks to the new patch it’s a lot easier on easy difficulty they changed your ring count to 600 attack stats to 25 and perfect parry was made to be more forgiving.

[@DemonikPrizm]

I got through trial 2 by just using cyloop and mashing. Only had 2 seconds to spare, but I did it.

[@patg500]

0:29 props to me making it with one of my brain cells gg game director

[@ryank2780]

If you love the game Only Up! then you'll love this dlc.