sound borders is already among us, after a while where fans were particularly nervous to find out what the draft would be of which is the latest game from one of the most important living icons in video game history. And its launch also served to demonstrate the huge chasm that separates fans and critics from the specialist media who see things from very different points of view.
All the magic of Sonic?
Since the development of this sound bordersthere were many players who speculated on the path that the famous blue porcupine would follow. It’s true that some of the later games didn’t do the character justice, beyond that fan development that eventually hit the market thanks to community drive and is, to this day, one of franchise best releases: Sonic Maniafrom 2017.
Sonic Frontiers represents a noticeable change in everything seen so far because he is the first who dares to take a step beyond the linear phases who have played in the saga since its inception to try to get on this car that floods everything with open worlds. A formula that even God of the war they have kissed each other on their last two editions and it remains to be seen whether they will appeal to more traditional fans.
But this mixture of open world and linear phases, which are played at full speed, caused a schism in the community of which the players and the specialized press, the critics, are part. What for some is a great game, for others it stays halfway there and isn’t 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?
sound borders has arrived on every platform imaginable: PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox Series X | S and Xbox One. If we take a look at Metacritic, the PS5 version garners an average press score of 72 out of 100, while users rate this score at 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 Comments who rate the game at 60% Pyrrhic while the community scores 8.8.
On Nintendo Switch, the critical rating remains at 73% compared to 9.0 for players and on PC, interestingly, is the only place where the color of the two notes are in line: Comments green that reach 80 percent from the community’s 9.0. What is happening?
As you can see, fans are clear the game is good enough Sonic enough to give him all the confidence and be satisfied with all the good sides of his most classic approach. Those technical failures it suffered at launch know they can be fixed and prefer to focus on gameplay that takes us back to some of the best moments seen in the saga over the past 31 years. And that means speed, ringtones, endless phases, and music that takes veterans back to a time when 8- and 16-bit ruled.
And you, who do you believe? Critics or players?
