Fans call on Sega to delay Sonic Frontiers following gameplay reveal
Fans have called on Sega to delay Sonic Frontiers, following their criticism of a recent gameplay reveal.
#DelaySonicFrontiers was briefly trending on Twitter this week, after many Sonic fans took to the social media platform to vent their disappointment over the first videos showing the game in action.
Sega has partnered with website IGN this month to debut the first look at the upcoming open-world Sonic game. So far, it’s published a 7-minute open-world video, and another video focused on combat.
The footage appears to have received a significant amount of criticism from the series’ most engaged fans. At the time of publishing, IGN’s gameplay premiere has nearly 50,000 dislikes on YouTube (compared to 72k likes), while the combat footage has 19,000 dislikes (compared to 35k likes).
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Meanwhile, thousands of users have used the #DelaySonicFrontiers hashtag on Twitter, according to the platform’s own analytics, which caused it to briefly trend this week.
Key among fans’ criticism of Frontiers are what they’re calling ‘stiff’ animations, a sparse game world, and the perceived lack of momentum from the titular player character.
“Sonic Frontiers looks like they made an open-world game automated,” wrote YouTuber Lonely Goomba. “It’s so weird. That gameplay demo had so many dash panels into springs and automation…. I’m nervous about this game. That demo did not look great.”
“I’m one of the biggest Sonic fans on planet Earth… [but] this gameplay did not do it for me,” said ‘Sam Procrastinates’ in his own video reaction. “Based on this video, I’m worried for Sonic Frontiers. I was so excited, I’ve waited five years for this, and I’m not happy.
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