sonic frontiers is already among us, after some time in which fans have been especially nervous to know what the draft would be of which is the last game of one of the most important living icons in the history of video games. And its launch has also served to demonstrate the enormous abyss that separates fans and critics from specialized media who see things from very different points of view.
All the magic of Sonic?
Since the development of this sonic frontiersthere have been many players who have speculated on the path that the famous blue porcupine was going to follow. It is true that some of the latest games had not done justice to the character, beyond that fan development that ended up reaching the market thanks to the drive of the community and that is, to date, one of the best releases of the franchise: sonic maniafrom 2017.
sonic frontiers represents a noticeable change in everything seen so far because he is the first who dares to go a step beyond the linear phases who have starred in the saga since its inception to try to get on that car that floods everything with open worlds. A formula that even God of War they have embraced in their last two editions and it remains to be seen whether they are to the liking of more traditional fans.
But that mixture of open world and linear phases, which are played at full speed, caused a schism in the community of which both the players and the specialized press, the critics, are part. What for some is a great game, for others it remains halfway and is not consolidated as a round title, which is what the whole world of SEGA and its most important character would expect. Can you imagine something like this happening with Mario and Nintendo?
Who is right?
sonic frontiers has arrived for all imaginable platforms: PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox Series X | S and Xbox One. If we take a look at Metacritic, the PS5 version collects an average press score of 72 out of 100, while users raise that rating to 9.1 out of 10. That is to say, a remarkable average compared to a full-fledged outstanding. If we look at Xbox Series X | S we will see a similar situation with two reviews who rate the game at a pyrrhic 60 percent while the community goes as high as 8.8.
On Nintendo Switch, the critical rating remains at 73 percent compared to 9.0 for players and on PC, interestingly, is the only place where the color of the two ratings is in line: reviews green that reach 80 percent compared to 9.0 of the community. What is happening?
As you can see, fans are clear that the game is good enough Sonic enough to give him all the confidence and settle for all the good things about his most classic approach. Those technical failures that he has suffered at launch know that they can be corrected and prefer to focus on gameplay that brings us back to some of the best moments seen in the saga over the last 31 years. And that means speed, rings, endlessly large phases and music that brings veterans back to a time when 8 and 16 bits ruled.
And you, who do you believe? To the critics or to the players?
