RUMOR: A Sonic Frontiers Sequel Is In Development!

I'm all for a Sonic Frontiers 2 especially with them fixing all the things that had gone wrong with the first one all I can really say is I'm excited and I'm hoping the rumor is true, Let's just hope Sega doesn't chicken out this time, or even rush this production cuz we all know how that turns out. (Cough cough- Forces cough). 

I wanna see more thoo! XD

I enjoyed Sonic Frontiers immensely so I'd be pretty excited for this. Just have to fix the pop-in and touch up the graphics to not look like Unreal Engine default graphics and we've already improved a lot from its predecessor!

Though a Sonic Adventure 3 would be more then tempting...

1 minute ago, SpeedyChilidogs said:

I'm all for a Sonic Frontiers 2 especially with them fixing all the things that had gone wrong with the first one all I can really say is I'm excited and I'm hoping the rumor is true, Let's just hope Sega doesn't chicken out this time, or even rush this production cuz we all know how that turns out. (Cough cough- Forces cough). 

I wanna see more thoo! XD

I am hoping the same thing. I, no no, we don't want no rushed game!

But I would like to see the extra playable characters return, and have them do things that were in the updates for the first Sonic Frontiers. Not just the new adventure mode in update 3, but the challenges that lead to the new Koco in either update 1 or 2 of the same game. Those challenges were fun!

1 minute ago, KingSonicFan134 said:

I enjoyed Sonic Frontiers immensely so I'd be pretty excited for this. Just have to fix the pop-in and touch up the graphics to not look like Unreal Engine default graphics and we've already improved a lot from its predecessor!

Though a Sonic Adventure 3 would be more then tempting...

I think they could do that eventually. The graphics thing though does sound like a neat idea!

Sure, why not. They as much told us a Frontiers 2 was inevitable when they kept banging on the point that Frontiers was the future of the franchise.

11 minutes ago, KingSonicFan134 said:

Though a Sonic Adventure 3 would be more then tempting...

Yooo, Honestly real, If only there was a chance it could happen. 

10 minutes ago, Shiny Gems said:

I am hoping the same thing. I, no no, we don't want no rushed game!

But I would like to see the extra playable characters return, and have them do things that were in the updates for the first Sonic Frontiers. Not just the new adventure mode in update 3, but the challenges that lead to the new Koco in either update 1 or 2 of the same game. Those challenges were fun!

Yes! I would love that lol, I just know it's gonna be so much fun to explore in this game, at least I would hope lol!

Just now, SpeedyChilidogs said:

Yooo, Honestly real, If only there was a chance it could happen. 

Yes! I would love that lol, I just know it's gonna be so much fun to explore in this game, at least I would hope lol!

I hope so too! Hopefully, they improve and expand on what was in those updates, from the Koco challenges to the Adventure mode and it will be great! I, personally, will be set for life if they do these things right!

4 minutes ago, Shiny Gems said:

I hope so too! Hopefully, they improve and expand on what was in those updates, from the Koco challenges to the Adventure mode and it will be great! I, personally, will be set for life if they do these things right!

Lmao, Same here! They literally have the best formula of a good game all they gotta do is not mess it up, I guess all we can do is hope lol 

Just now, SpeedyChilidogs said:

Lmao, Same here! They literally have the best formula of a good game all they gotta do is not mess it up, I guess all we can do is hope lol 

Yep, we can only hope. At least they supposedly have a bigger team this time around; not that it would make too much of a difference, but it does help some.

3 minutes ago, Shiny Gems said:

Yep, we can only hope. At least they supposedly have a bigger team this time around; not that it would make too much of a difference, but it does help some.

Ayy, A bigger team can help, which means more ideas are being pushed around which is a good thing in my book. As long as they try to put something good on the table I'll be good with it. All I ask is don't put something in that doesn't make sense lmao. Sonic Frontiers had great potential, and in all that they offered they dished out a great game, now it's time to use the missed potential here. 

Just now, SpeedyChilidogs said:

Ayy, A bigger team can help, which means more ideas are being pushed around which is a good thing in my book. As long as they try to put something good on the table I'll be good with it. All I ask is don't put something in that doesn't make sense lmao. Sonic Frontiers had great potential, and in all that they offered they dished out a great game, now it's time to use the missed potential here. 

Exactly, SpeedyChilidogs!

Still, Sonic Frontiers was made by a smaller team, and missed potential or not, I'd say how the game turned out with such a team is saying something, and does so some promise. Maybe not by a large margin, but still.

5 minutes ago, Shiny Gems said:

Exactly, SpeedyChilidogs!

Still, Sonic Frontiers was made by a smaller team, and missed potential or not, I'd say how the game turned out with such a team is saying something, and does so some promise. Maybe not by a large margin, but still.

Lol Agreed! :)

Part of me wants to say “damn, already?!” Cuz it’s only been two years since the first one.

But we might not hear it too soon.

Then again…

Just now, CrownSlayers Shadow said:

Part of me wants to say “damn, already?!” Cuz it’s only been two years since the first one.

But we might not hear it too soon.

Then again…

I honestly do think it is going to be a while before we hear of Sonic Frontiers' sequel. I mean, as a sequel to said game, it should have big areas that will take time to make before they can show anything.

7 minutes ago, CrownSlayers Shadow said:

Part of me wants to say “damn, already?!” Cuz it’s only been two years since the first one.

Two Years??? Well, Gosh Time flies by fast I had honestly forgotten... 

This is such a nothing-burger 'news' article. So we might get a gameplay-style sequel... to a game that sold well... That Sonic Team already indicated was the approach going forward for the series? I would post shockedpikachu.gif but instead I'll just say "this is about as useful as predicting micro-transactions for the next mobile Sonic game".

1 hour ago, Shade Vortex said:

This is such a nothing-burger 'news' article. So we might get a gameplay-style sequel... to a game that sold well... That Sonic Team already indicated was the approach going forward for the series?

Well, since it's Sonic Team, there's never really an obvious way to go for Sonic Team really. Sonic Team doesn't exactly do the obvious.

3 hours ago, Shiny Gems said:

I hope so too! Hopefully, they improve and expand on what was in those updates, from the Koco challenges to the Adventure mode and it will be great! I, personally, will be set for life if they do these things right!

For sure! The ideas are already, well, good ideas, but having a larger Dev Team, and more time to have the game's balance adjusted, those ideas could possibly evolve into great ideas!

22 minutes ago, KingSonicFan134 said:

Well, since it's Sonic Team, there's never really an obvious way to go for Sonic Team really. Sonic Team doesn't exactly do the obvious.

For sure! The ideas are already, well, good ideas, but having a larger Dev Team, and more time to have the game's balance adjusted, those ideas could possibly evolve into great ideas!

https://www.thegamer.com/sonic-frontiers-next-game-template-open-zone/?s=34

Except that Iizuka has already stated this to be the case 2 years ago and nobody seems to remember...Sonic Team might always put things in a positive way for PR sake, but they don't outright lie about their future plans... They tend to do the things that they say that they're going to do, or at least try until it seems non-viable to continue.

If one article from one site isn't enough, there's others, too.

Just now, Shade Vortex said:

https://www.thegamer.com/sonic-frontiers-next-game-template-open-zone/?s=34

Except that Iizuka has already stated this to be the case 2 years ago and nobody seems to remember...Sonic Team might always put things in a positive way for PR sake, but they don't outright lie about their future plans...

Oh...forgot about that article. Guess I didn't really pay much attention to it.

Sonic Team sticking to a certain gameplay style instead of switching to a new one with every game? I must be dreaming.

Oh, yes! I can't wait for it's announcement!

Frontiers 2 is the most obvious sequel the franchise has tee'd up for itself since Adventure 2. Or at the very least since Rush 2.

Its the first time since Adventure 2 that we all will be able to predict whats the next thing to come out of the main series tubes. We all know its coming. Speculative articles to that effect are just beating a dead horse for clicks.

Saying that Frontiers 2 is in development is akin to telling me the sun is going to rise tomorrow. and the next day, and the next day.

FRONTIERS SEQUEL??? BEST GAME EVER SEQUEL??? WOOOOOOOOOO

Frontiers had good ideas but poor execution.

Cyberspace was just a lazy excuse to reuse levels from previous Sonic games, exploring the islands was fun at first but got old somewhat quickly, the performance under Proton on my Linux machines at launch was unacceptable despite other Hedgehog Engine games working perfectly, the combat literally just boiled down to mashing buttons and the Titans were only fun once. I also found the game's photorealism to be boring to look at. I commend them for making the game a collectathon platformer, but I felt the token requirements rocketed up way too much on Ouranos Island

Also, Sonic Frontiers kind of ruined Sonic lore. No, the Chaos Emeralds didn't have to be brought over by aliens and all that does is confuse matters. I'm also mixed on the Ancients being Chaoses - after the hype of "Whoa! It's that guy who I use as my desktop background!" wore off it just started to feel forced. I think they need to stop using aliens as a plot point because it's literally the third time they've done it.

I can praise a few things though. Sonic Frontiers came out at the height of my Mega Man phase so I was all over the idea of sentient AI. Sage definitely scratched that itch. I also commend them for NOT making the game fully open world as that makes the development.

For the sequel I'd suggest going for more, smaller islands with a greater variety of visual themes. I would also bring back the classic rolling physics because they're just plain fun and lean more in the collectathon direction; something like Mario Odyssey for example. As for combat, I'd likely simplify it and make it so that combat moves can also be used for platforming.

As for the visual style, make it more colourful and make the animations more expressive. And, finally, stop rushing the games!

Please... Less cubes and pop-in, and I'll never ask for anything again... 

Sonic Frontiers was ambitious and actually seized upon its lofty goals but it was rough around the edges and had a long way to go in its design decisions.

If Sega is just like "let's just do that again" then that isn't going to go over well with me. Environmental design integration is probably the biggest one for me (melding the setting and the Sonic-style gameplay that all the floating platforms and trick objects were trying to convey would go a long way).