You only need to cast your mind back a number of years to the disastrous Sonic Forces, a game so paint-by-numbers with uninspired level design, uninspired boss fights, bad music, a painfully bad narrative, and iffy performance to see that something had to change. While far from a flawless game, the evolved formula that came about with the game going open zone made for a satisfying break from the mediocre level design of the more confined previous titles. It’s also now the most monetarily successful Sonic the Hedgehog game to date, with over 3.5 million copies sold as of May 2023 (via VG Charts). We gave the game a near-perfect score of 4.5 stars praising the boss fights, phenomenal soundtrack and open-zone gameplay. Sonic Frontiers has had a good run in the half a year since it debuted, not only critically but commercially, too.
