3/8/2023 0 Comments Youtube starfallAimlessly grinding along whatever rails take your fancy, or clambering up mini platforming challenges, is an easy way to kill time. That being said, when Frontiers‘ bigger picture clicks, drifting through the Starfall Islands doesn’t feel so bad. These objectives bring some much-needed purpose to Frontiers, and each Portal’s fast-paced thrills are a welcome escape from Frontiers‘ open-world purgatory. As usual, your goal is to race through these bite-size levels at absurd speeds, but each Portal comes with a series of side challenges for unlocking Vault Keys – like reaching the finish line with a certain number of rings, or achieving a coveted S-rank. Sonic’s traditional 2D and 3D levels are still here, and boast another phenomenal success for Sega’s music team, filled with thumping electronic beats. By finding Portals strewn across the land, you can lose yourself in linear bliss. In truth, nothing in Frontiers‘ open-world sprawl is interesting enough to justify its tiresome treasure hunt.īeneath Sonic’s drastic makeover, some familiarity remains. But even these are a mixed bag – in particular, some of the larger minibosses struggle with finicky cameras which are a nightmare for keeping track of the fast-moving Sonic or any incoming attacks. The world’s roaming mini-bosses are different beasts altogether, and usually require a bit more thought: to kill the hulking Sumo you’ll need to ricochet off the walls of its arena to bounce it into an electrified fence, while taking down a Shark means grasping onto its tail for dear life as it swims frantically beneath the desert sand. As you spend skill points to expand Sonic’s kit with new abilities, brawls become far more engaging but going out of your way to kill a group of baddies rarely feels worthwhile. The enemies across the game look fantastic, but combat in Frontiers‘ opening hours usually boils down to repeatedly mashing just one button. There’s very little to do, and taking the time to explore can feel counterintuitive when you scale a giant platforming setpiece only to find a Chaos Emerald that you can’t access yet. See where this is going? It wouldn’t be so tiring if Frontiers‘ islands were a bit more engaging, but each locale feels drab and lifeless. Between all of that, each island’s main quest locks its missions behind yet another currency, Memory Tokens. But to do so, he needs to collect Vault Keys from Portals – and they in turn need Portal Gears to function. To complete each of the game’s islands, Sonic needs to hunt down Chaos Emeralds – all par for the course, sure. Unfortunately, Frontiers‘ world serves as nothing more than a hunting ground for mindless currencies. You’re still going to race around as the beloved blue hedgehog, bouncing off jump pads and grinding along rails, but this is Sonic’s first open-world game – despite Sonic Team’s insistence it is an open-world game – meaning that once you’ve dusted off Frontiers‘ brief tutorial, you’re free to zip around the mysterious Starfall Islands and begin rescuing Sonic’s pals, who are trapped in cyberspace.
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