Sonic Frontiers takes shot at players after gameplay backlash: \u201cThey don\u2019t understand\u201d Sonic Frontiers devs are defending the game\u2019s lackluster appearance after fans begged for the game to be delayed following the first official gameplay reveal. Fans of the franchise eagerly awaited Sonic Frontiers gameplay footage following its announcement trailer in December of last year. With beautiful scenery sprawling across a massive open landscape, players quickly deemed Frontiers the \u201cBreath of the Wild\u201d of Sonic games. But fans were met with disappointment when the first bit of gameplay was revealed on June 1. The open landscape was riddled with floating grind rails that fans thought looked out of place, and the combat didn\u2019t do much to impress either. While Sonic didn\u2019t move all that fast in the gameplay reveal, fans were quick to call for a delay. The #DelaySonicFronteirs hashtag was trending on Twitter for a short period as fans expressed their concerns about a 2022 release. Sonic Frontiers devs clap back During an interview with Video Game Chronicle, Sonic Team studio head Takashi Iizuka was asked about the backlash and the outcry for a delay. Iizuka responded, \u201cIt\u2019s not really that surprising\u2026 because they don\u2019t understand what this new gameplay is they\u2019re kind of comparing it to other games that they already know.\u201d He explained that the team is creating a new Sonic format they\u2019re calling \u201copen-zone\u201d, and that players will appreciate it more once they get their hands on it. \u201cRight now we\u2019re just kind of watching videos of people reacting to what they believe the game to be.\u201d In response to the idea of a delay, Iizuka didn\u2019t feel one was necessary. He explained how the game had been playtested by its target audience and given favorable scores. He also stated, \u201cSo we do feel that we\u2019re getting to the point where this game is done, and people will like it, and we do want to get that game into our fans\u2019 hands as soon as possible.\u201d Despite his explanation, the community is still pushing back against the Sonic Team. Many fans replied to the interview stating the devs were to blame for them \u201cnot understanding\u201d the new format. \u201cYou literally gave an early test build that doesn\u2019t represent the final product and didn\u2019t give a good first impression to the fandom and you think we don\u2019t understand this \u2018new format\u2019,\u201d one user commented. \u201cRelease the free demo and let people give their feedback so you can refine the game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sonic Frontiers takes shot at players after gameplay backlash: \u201cThey don\u2019t understand\u201d Sonic Frontiers devs are defending the game\u2019s lackluster appearance after fans begged for the game to be delayed following the first official gameplay reveal. Fans of the franchise eagerly awaited Sonic Frontiers gameplay footage following its announcement trailer in December of last year. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}