![]() ![]() As for Sonic himself, there is much more of a maturity to his all-round character. But strikingly, Tails comes to a realisation that perhaps he is too dependent on Sonic and vows that, after the current dilemmas are resolved, he would work to become his own person and move out of Sonic’s shadow. Moving on to Knuckles, and in his one-to-one conversations with Sonic, he shows a desire to learn more about the wider world and acknowledges that there is more to life than merely standing guard of the Master Emerald. However, she still clearly shows her feelings for Sonic in more subtle and mature ways. Here, Amy demonstrated her leaderlike qualities when trying to help the Koco, but really brought a sense of compassion in her actions, even willing to challenge Sonic when trying to convince him to help her out. ![]() However, Frontiers managed to discover the best of both aspects of her portrayals. Both interpretations of the character, however, never really resonated with the majority of fans. In more recent games, the developers seemed to take her character in a drastically different route by turning her into the strong, independent leaderlike character. For years, the character of Amy Rose has been seen as a one-dimensional Sonic fangirl willing to forego everything in order to protect her crush. However, from the very first moments of Frontiers, it was clear that this was a game which would make up for this deficiency. This was a particular complaint seen for Sonic Forces, where any essence of character development was severely lacking. The interactions between the main characters of the game were of a much different nature than previous games, where conversations went a lot deeper and demonstrated differing ideologies.Ī major complaint fans have presented about previous games relates to the lack of character development. This was a game where the player had to piece together the mysteries of the overall story and figure out why Sonic and his friends were sent to the Starfall Islands, what link the islands had to the ancient aliens from the memories and the motivations behind the actions of the game’s main antagonist, Sage. Sure, some games had their darker moments, but Frontiers took the series down a different direction with a more mature feel. Below, I shall elaborate on why I came to such a conclusion, however, there will be MAJOR SPOILERS ahead, so I highly recommend you go and complete the game before reading the article.įor the most part, Sonic as a franchise has been renowned for colourful and happy-go-lucky storytelling. Fast forward to the release of Sonic Frontiers in November 2022, and upon completion of the game, one thing was clear to me: Sonic as a major gaming franchise was well and truly back with a bang. The teaser was short, but enough to create a high-level of excitement, given the tone set in the teaser and that it highly suggested a major departure from the status quo of mainline Sonic games towards an open-world setting. Lo and behold, May 2021 gave us our first tease at a brand-new Sonic game. However, the surprise success of the Live-Action Sonic movies breathed fresh new life to the blue blur and this success provided a major opportunity for the producers to ride high and create a Sonic game which would go a long way in repairing the damage caused by the mediocrity of recent games. This sparked fears across the Sonic fanbase that the abject failure of Sonic Forces could be the beginning of the end for Sonic as a gaming franchise to be reckoned with. However, the 2017-released Sonic Forces was universally lambasted, from its lacklustre gameplay, deceptively poor story to mundane character development. ![]() Sure, Sonic Colors and Generations garnered praise from the majority and games such as Sonic Riders and Sonic Unleashed had its fair share of admirers, but not to the level of the games launched when the series was at its infancy, not to mention both Sonic Adventure 1 and 2. It’s no controversy to suggest that for over a decade, Sonic the Hedgehog has experienced a major slump in the standard of games produced. ![]()
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