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Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#68426: Nov 5th 2022 at 7:20:46 PM

That's actually kind of common for dragon characters. To just have the ears. Same with fox, cat, or any other kind of animal character.

The thing is, there's tons of levels of how much of an animal/creature feature can be put into a character. Some could have the ears, a tail, both, just the nose, sometimes wings, have paws but lack other features, etc. Being draconic can be done in tons of unique ways, yeah. One could also wear dragon armor or just a pair of dragon gloves to show they're dragon themed.

I get what you mean. She's kind of an odd one(though it still looks good).

Shadow?
BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#68427: Nov 5th 2022 at 7:24:02 PM

@Tomodachi: Already playing on Hard...cuz I'm not a bitch.

@Known Unknown: Game is still jank in a lot of areas, the writing is gonna be hit or miss for a lot of people, and ultimately while the game is good and definitely has some amount of depth to it, depending on your mindset, it can be seen as a Master of None.

There are better open world games, better games with more in depth combat, and better platforming games. And the jank is there cuz its a Sonic game.

If all of those things aren't barriers, then pre-order by all means.

I'm personally enjoying it even if I wish some things were better and are quite frankly unacceptable for a Triple A game in 2022.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#68428: Nov 5th 2022 at 11:44:35 PM

Next question, is Shadow in the game?

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Vertigo_High Since: May, 2010
#68429: Nov 5th 2022 at 11:53:06 PM

I'm kinda bothered the game suffers from elden ring syndrome in how the lategame is an apparent drop off in quality, enough to sour the game as a whole? That sucks.

Would you put it below or above Unleashed? Is the combat at least better than werehog? Cause that's good enough for me, as werehog was serviceable despite me hating on werehog for like a decade LOL.

Edited by Vertigo_High on Nov 5th 2022 at 11:54:05 AM

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#68431: Nov 6th 2022 at 12:23:48 AM

They may be better on PC.

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RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#68432: Nov 6th 2022 at 12:27:30 AM

[up][up] Excellent, I'm glad we can all agree on that.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
ImmaLelouch (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#68433: Nov 6th 2022 at 4:19:18 AM

Will Korone be streaming the game?

Goros Since: Nov, 2021
#68434: Nov 6th 2022 at 4:19:52 AM

A certain character, Tangle, is mentioned in Frontiers by Sonic.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#68435: Nov 6th 2022 at 5:16:57 AM

where's Big The Cat?

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
ultimatepheer Since: Mar, 2011
ImmaLelouch (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#68437: Nov 6th 2022 at 6:37:36 AM

You know, I was not expecting The Final Boss on Hard Mode to be a Bullet Hell game.

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#68438: Nov 6th 2022 at 6:44:26 AM

Imo, from playing for like an hour so take this with a grain of salt, combat was pretty meh. Much, much more dull than the Werehog. But I am also biased in favour of the Werehog since I actually enjoyed playing as him. I found combat in Frontiers (again, only from playing an hour, though) to be little more than a distraction from what I actually wanted to do in the game.

To me, the combat so far felt like Shadow's in 06- Just mash and Shadow does some neat automated punches and kicks, and you can chain them together. Except Shadow's looked better and didn't have distracting slowed down Starfy-like kick animations.

Edited by PhiSat on Nov 6th 2022 at 7:44:41 AM

Oissu!
Negacube Since: Nov, 2018 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#68439: Nov 6th 2022 at 6:57:08 AM

So, the pressing question: is Frontiers So Okay, It's Average in a good way or in a bad way? Everything I've heard here so far has been SOIA. r/sonicfrontiers seems pretty positive. My friend's Discord leans negative. Taking the statistical mean of those qualitative judgements comes out to SOIA. QED.

Edited by Negacube on Nov 6th 2022 at 10:05:56 AM

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#68440: Nov 6th 2022 at 7:08:20 AM

[up]I hope so.

Already plonked $60 for this shit.

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#68441: Nov 6th 2022 at 7:09:19 AM

[up][up]Definitely not So Bad, It's Good, the controls are too good for that. I would really call it average, the only part I'd call definitely 'bad' are the visuals, and even then that's kinda a subjective thing since my main gripe is they just look visually bland and unappealing to me in comparison to most Sonic games, which have striking visuals. Despite it controlling way less slippery than Unleashed, playing it really just made me want to play Unleashed or even Colors again. So I guess it's a game good at making you want to play other Sonic games again?

Edit: In hindsight I'd also call the voice acting pretty bad, worse than usual. Except for Mike Pollock, who does good work as always.

Edited by PhiSat on Nov 6th 2022 at 8:11:46 AM

Oissu!
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#68442: Nov 6th 2022 at 7:21:06 AM

This change in voice direction really doesn't work for Roger...

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RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#68443: Nov 6th 2022 at 7:25:19 AM

How so?

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#68444: Nov 6th 2022 at 7:40:10 AM

Lost my save file and I'm too pissed off about it to continue, so you guys have fun.

Done with this game for now...

Edited by BlackYakuzu94 on Nov 6th 2022 at 10:40:34 AM

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#68445: Nov 6th 2022 at 7:42:59 AM

[up][up]He just sounds exhausted half the time...

Which while fitting for the narrative, he's like that from the start and it doesn't sound natural.

Sometimes he sounds better.

Edited by randomness4 on Nov 6th 2022 at 1:00:40 PM

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Tomodachi Now a lurker. See you at the forums. Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Now a lurker. See you at the forums.
#68446: Nov 6th 2022 at 9:51:11 AM

I have seen the cutscenes, so I can offer an opinion on it. No spoilers.

The voice acting feels like the crew were directed by a Japanese director. You know, Other M levels of awkwardness. Doesn't help Frontiers has awkward pauses. Amy and Sonic sound weird.

To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.
BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#68447: Nov 6th 2022 at 10:09:46 AM

Fan review

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Tomodachi Now a lurker. See you at the forums. Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Now a lurker. See you at the forums.
#68448: Nov 6th 2022 at 10:17:36 AM

>The "great" Ian Flynn

Aaaaand dropped. I'm sorry for there are too many untrusty individual in the community with a hateboner towards him. I'll wait a proper review rather than hear more circlejerk tantrums.

Edited by Tomodachi on Nov 6th 2022 at 10:19:25 AM

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#68449: Nov 6th 2022 at 10:19:54 AM

Yeah, I feel like this person's view of Ian Flynn's work might have lead to a bias against the story.

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diddyknux Straw Hat Robin (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Straw Hat Robin
#68450: Nov 6th 2022 at 10:19:55 AM

So the general vibe I'm getting from reactions is, it could be an okay time, but no rush to get to it?

I'd ask if its at least an improvement from Forces, but that's a ridiculously low bar to clear.

Edited by diddyknux on Nov 6th 2022 at 12:20:22 PM


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