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The Sonic Frontiers *SPOILER* Thread (With Unmarked Spoilers)

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  1. Shaddy the guy

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    I believe someone a while back connected part of it to one of the Sweet Mountain acts (the big square curve), but it is largely original, as is the daytime 3D one we've seen.
     
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  2. I have to say, I don’t dislike the extra height you can get from an air boost now; it’s one of the few things I found pretty fun to use in Forces. I just hope the level design properly accommodates it considering some stages like Mortar Canyon just let you bypass pretty much all of it.
     
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    I do wonder if there will be a mention of it in a hint popup or if they'll leave it as a "hidden" technique. In the right places it's super useful.
     
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    The problem with the air boost in Forces was that for some reason, Sonic's falling speed capped out extremely low compared to his max movement speed. It's one of the biggest physics issues with the game, and not one mods have been able to easily rectify.

    It doesn't seem to be a problem in Frontiers though.
     
  5. SuperSnoopy

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    I think I remember reading somewhere it's been nerfed/removed tho, right?
     
  6. I saw it in the most recent vid linked which is what prompted my post. I didn’t notice if it was nerfed and can’t look at the video at the moment.
     
  7. Shaddy the guy

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    I mean, making Sonic actually accelerate properly when falling would inherently "nerf" it, as would him being slower. I don't know if it literally doesn't send him as high too, but I don't have a specific reason to believe they went out of their way to deliberately handicap the maneuver itself.
     
  8. I just checked that video and it’s unclear whether or not the move was nerfed. The player doesn’t sustain the boost for long enough for me to see if the downward acceleration is increased.

    If you’re (Shaddy) saying it doesn’t seem to be a problem from other footage, I’m guessing it’s been fixed but I haven’t paid attention to it myself. So I’m happy we’re keeping the little vertical boost without having it function basically like a flight mechanic.
     
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    I just mean we've seen Sonic jump from high places in this game before, and he definitely falls faster than in Forces.
     
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    Apparently you're unable to homing attack Classic springs, but you are able to homing attack the Modern springs. Such a minute detail, but I wonder what sort of ramifications this could have on gameplay.

    Reminds me of the color coding of the springs in the Classic games.
     
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    That's one way to make sure you can't depend on your homing attack to hit those springs. Gotta aim for them just like the classics.
     
  12. Dark Sonic

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    I think that’s a good addition, gives both kinds of springs a purpose
     
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    I'm not against this in principle but Sonic in 3D space has always had problems with precision platforming, that's why the homing attack was created in the first place. These will be harder to use in non-2D areas.
     
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    They've only been seen in the 2D cyberspace levels so far. so chances are they're ONLY used in 2D to get around that.
     
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    Fair enough, that would actually make sense.
     
  16. Dark Sonic

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    I think the only game that used classic springs in 3D was lost world, and only when they were hidden, otherwise I think they’ve been exclusive to 2D since Generations.
     
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    I'm all for reducing the automation and having more non-homing-attackable stuff. Even in 3d.

    Besides, if these become too hard to hit without the HA, they could just put multiple springs next to each other.
     
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    I appreciate any attempt to have actual platforming in 3D Sonic games. I've always enjoyed what little intense platforming is in them, honestly, even if the controls are a bit slippery.
     
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  20. charcoal

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    I assume this game will have a lot of tracks for the open world alone, which is why it's so big. Daytime/nighttime variations, more variations according to things like the weather, combat music of course, etc etc. The mastering work taking so long essentially confirms to me that the 150 tracks aren't taken up by a bunch of jingles like some have suggested, it's probably mostly actual tracks.

    Either that or there are 70 unique tracks for the fishing minigame or something.
     
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