Talking Point: What Kind Of Review Scores Do You Think Sonic Frontiers Will Get?

I think it’ll average around high 70s-low 80s

I’m rooting for this game to be good, I really am.

I don't have a clue. I genuinely feel that some games receive a "Sonic Tax" as it's not the disaster 3d series that some people say it is. That said the gameplay I've seen ahead of this so far isn't inspiring confidence either. I'm at a loss.

I'm going to guess that it'll get some 8s and some 6s, but mostly 7s, finishing with a Metascore somewhere in the mid to high 70s.

I don't play sonic games but this will be my first one as I really like the open world design and visuals. From what I've seen so far i think it will struggle with performance and the combat will get scrutinised by a few reviewers. So I'm going to say it will score low 70's on metacritic.

I personally don't think reviews should exist and people should just watch trailers and play games themselves and judge things based on their own opinions. I for one will never read a review and let it influence my decision to play a game. Also, demos, demos should come out for all large-scale games so we know ahead of time if we like it or not and so that the creators of the game can get early feedback and make changes if they can.

This is going to either be the best Sonic game of all time, or the next ‘06. This is so much of a deviation from the typical formula that I can’t picture it as anything else.

You have to be rooting for a Sonic game, and despite the general skeptical coverage, I rather like what ive seen. Im hoping its a solid 7/10 type of affair, that would be enough for me.

I salute the brave 2% that believe it will be a 10/10! I'm rooting for the game big time but if I had to guess it's going to be 7 or 8 generally speaking. Some sites out there really have a hate fetish when it comes to Sonic that will drag the metacritic down a bit.

Yes, there have been some duds but the narrative that Sonic has never been good is just nonsense. I'm looking forward to it but I'll probably be playing God of War first next week.

I knew Ragnarok was going to be great, but this is the one I need to see reviews on. As Sonic games are usually all over the place.

@OliverOwen Actually reviews are useful - especially if you read multiple reviews including those at the lower end, not just the higher scores.

By reading several reviews, you get a much more rounded opinion and maybe see certain trends amongst reviews. For example if there is a repeated mention of performance issues, even though some don't mention it, it might influence your decision on whether its worth buying 'now' or waiting.

Reviews do help influence people as to whether its worth spending their money on and gaming is not a cheap hobby with 'pocket money' priced games. The score alone could make someone decide to spend their money on that or something else, buy today or wait for sales but that's just 'part' of the equation. They have probably seen advertisements, watched videos and read articles and now looking for review scores to help them make a decision, allay/confirm any fears/concerns they may have had and what first experience of playing it all was like.

I put 7/10 in the poll but really I’m hoping for 9/10.

Sonic deserves a decent game.

I say 6. I’ve really been put off on 3D Sonic games but I do want it to do well.

When a game gets the reputation that Sonic has for releasing bad games, I think it's harder to break out of that. Reviewers will probably play it safe and avoid giving a glowing review to a franchise that has been widely panned by the majority of critics and gamers for well over a decade. They don't want to risk being way off the public perception so I expect a lot of 6-8 scores.

This works the other way for great franchises/developers getting bonus points for how good their past games were.

I think it'll be a good game but performance issues will bring it down, especially on the weaker systems. So I went with 7/10 for my prediction.

I think it's gonna surprise alot of people, I'm going with 84..

Rolling for high 70s
80s would be a major boost for the franchise

The best Sonic 3D game still is Generations. Sonic Forces is absolutely bland and broken, it even broke the few things that worked in a Sonic 3D game, but Sonic Frontiers will be better received (8/10 is my bet). I just hope that it's not as minimalistic as it looks and adds the typical Sonic music, gameplay, animals and robots. I don't like the wisps nor the majority of gimmicks that have been introduced lately.

7 i think as the avarage but i do think it will get higher scores and surprise people.

• Lifeless world
• Open world game by the numbers
• Too little Sonic vibe
• Riddled with bugs, because, you know, it's a 3D Sonic game

6/10's coming in... at best.

Sonic 3D games always have lots of ambition, cool ideas and game mechanics but they always fall far short of polish. This is what has always separated Sonic from, Mario.

7/10! This will be best.

I don't care im just excited to play it.

I believe if we want to really appreciate what devs wanted to do with it in terms of showing sonics speed and open world format, if performance is/was an issue, then It probably needs to be played on a higher performing system.