Complete Sonic Frontiers Gameplay Breakdown

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Sonic Frontiers is the next mainline Sonic game, currently scheduled to come out during 2022's holiday season. The title quickly caught the attention of fans due to its semi-open-world gameplay. After not showing off gameplay for over a year, today Sega shared seven minutes of gameplay that finally gives players a taste of what they'll experience once the game is in their hands.

It's understandable why Sonic the Hedgehog loyalists would be eager to see Sonic Frontiers in action after so long without any idea as to what it would include. Sega has managed to make this game stand out in various ways, such as publicly saying it was held back for quality assurance, as well as openly stating that it is seeking high review scores. Now, players have just enough gameplay footage to know what the future of the blue blur looks like.

Sonic Frontiers Reveals First Gameplay In New Sneak Peek Trailer

It seems the first area of Sonic Frontiers is just as vast and full of surprises as one would expect from a possible open-world Sonic game. There seems to be a fair deal of platforming and speed-based puzzles scattered across the islands, such as a «hamster wheel» contraption that Sonic can run on to power up. Completing these challenges, even small ones such as getting on top of hard-to-reach platforms, nets players heart-shaped crystals, one of two different types of «coins» that may end up being different forms of currency, and some odd fruits.

There are also familiar Sonic staples such as springs, dash panels, and rails for the player to reach top-speeds. While the dash panels seem to only be used in places where it's clear fans only want to go in one direction, rails are found everywhere and seem to act as the game's «fast travel» method,