Sonic Frontiers: The Final Horizon – Is It Good?

The thought of Knuckles turning like a truck pre-patch reminds me of the drift in Sonic Unleashed HD.

I gotta play it, im confused bc i thought we already saved tails knuckles and amy

How do u raise your max stats in new horizon I’m at 0 all over again and my max is 400 rings all his gameplay is 999 what’s the fastest way I’m at the final boss but I keep running out of rings id beat it first try with 999 someone help like I can’t transfer my stats from the main game??

i have a feeling they'll patch the free dlcs shortcomings if they haven't done so by now.

7:45 I think I heard somewhere that Chaos was mutated by the radiation the Master Emerald gave off. He liked being around it more than the other Chao, which eventually gave him his iconic body.

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! 5:22p.m. 12/19/2023

Hey sam did you know if you use the combo attack then glide then combo attack, quickly, and repetitively with knuckles you can get some good hejght

We need Cyber Sonic to be in Sonic Dream Team

Mario Fans: This new game are not worthy of the GOAT, what nintendo is dooing

Sonic Fans: The game is kinda buggy and you cann have some fun? My god Sega is really hitting the nail lately

6:24 you using the explicit version wasn’t an accident, right?

Funny thing is, I manage to do tower 1 and 2 after many tries, but I changed it to easy on tower 3. I was really bad at guessing the distance of the rails and had to keep redoing the first jump, so I said eff it and took the easy route. I changed it back to hard for the rest.

crazy to think these were the same guys trying to sell super sonic for a fucking dollar

Turn on the camera assist, so you’re always facing their backs

I just want a remake of Sonic Adventure Battle 2

Parry for the challenges? Lmao I just non-skill issued my way through them without needing to rely on it. I don't remember having to parry the guys that throw their blades at you. I just cylooped and beat it, then rinse and repeat with the others as fast as I could. Was left with like an extra 10s, I think. Wasn't extremely hard, just very precice in my timing so that all of the 3 or 4 (don't remember atm) attacks landed so that I could maximize the damage per cycloop blade removal.

And that last enemy that was super fast? Well, bc their health was the same as a regular Ninja, it was just a longer fight. I think that's the only one where I believe I actually had to actively use the parry (other than the other one with the enemies that surround you).

7:44
I mean it's not really hard to figure out

Imagine they also add shadow and silver BRO I WOULD DEADASS PAY FOR THAT

No it’s not. It feels totally aimless. Just wander around with these shitty characters and collect shit until you’re allowed to progress

Great video! Bugs aside, playing with Amy, Knuckles and Tails after so many years was definitely a blast and a huge gift to the fans. However, I have to say that this update was a disaster. It was clearly rushed and the difficulty is totally unbalanced and frustrating. But what I truly fail to understand is why everyone is saying this ending is way better than the original. I get that not everybody liked the original battle against The End because it is too different from what final bosses usually are in the franchise (I liked it, not gonna lie) but narrative wise made sense within the game’s story. The story in this update though, makes no sense at all.

First of all, it is supposed to happen right after the events in Rhea, Sonic’s friends sacrifice, Sage telling Eggman they might stand a chance if they work together and all that. But then, for no reason, when Sonic gets to Ouranos Sage tells him the she can drive back the corruption and get his friends almost back. So basically, she was like “you know the thing your friends just made holding hands to save your live? Well, it was all a prank, I could have fixed your program stopped working issue with no effort and prevented your friends from going ghost mode again in the first place, but I ultimately decided it was funnier this way. Now go suffer while climbing those infernal towers that came out of nowhere while your friends wander arround doing random stuff to collect the emeralds for you. Have fun!” 💀.

Then, we get introduced all of a sudden to a character that hadn’t been mention before, Master King Koco. Who is him and why is he here? Wouldn’t it make more sense if we spoke to the elder we see in the cutscenes instead?

And that leads me to the worst part: the final boss. Long gone is the Ikaruga level, we now get a battle against berserk mode Supreme which, for whatever reason, is controlled via LAN cable by The End. The entety who was contained within Supreme and wanted to break free is already out, even though we don’t see it escape, and now has decided it wants to pilot its robot prison… It may look epic, but it is incoherent and completely changes the meaning of Frontiers by eliminating the original dialogue.

Frontiers core theme is death and how it affects people and culture in so many ways, it is a story about introspection. Death is present throughout the entire game and is the reason the characters start questioning their choices in life because they see themselves reflected in what happened to the Ancients. Amy helps two lovers reunite before it is too late, she witnesses something that reminds her of the love she feels for Sonic, but will probably never be corresponded in the same way; Knuckles helps soldiers prepare for a battle he knows they will loose, just like his ancestors; and Tails helps a young inventor who is fighting his fears and trying to become a better version of himself. Despite everything the Ancients tried they coudn’t escape their fate, because death is inevitable. This is also reflected in the songs, that not only refer to what happens in-game, but is a message from the members of Sonic Team whose retirement may be closer than we expect. A day will come when Iizuka and the rest will stop making games, it’s inevitable. That’s The End, the incarnation of death itself, as it clearly states through its dialogue, a threat that will always be there and can return any moment (the Dark Falz of Sonic franchise). What makes the original ending so appealing and interesting is the beautiful metaphor of Sonic being the “one mote of golden light that illuminates the abyss”. Sonic is a fictional character, a cultural phenomenon, and as such has the ability to transcend death, because when his creators die, he will continue to live for generations, the same way as Mickey Mouse or greek mythology.

With the new ending all of this is lost and I fear that this will be the canon story going forward… :_(
Besides, it sets a dangerous precedent and sends a message to the Sonic Team and SEGA the we don't want complex stories after a decade of asking for them to return.