Current Events > Sonic Team boss "they don't understand what this new gameplay"

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Its not really that surprising. We do realise everyone is just kind of reacting to the videos that they saw, and because they dont understand what this new gameplay is theyre kind of comparing it to other games that they already know. So we do see a lot of people saying, oh, its kind of like this, its kind of like that, but its not like this, its not like that.

"And really, the team is going out and creating this new game format for Sonic, and were calling it an open zone format.And this new game system itself is something that doesnt really exist in any other comparable titles, so we really hope that from here until launch we can really explain what open zone gameplay is.

Frontiers is in development now, and actually weve been doing a lot of playtesting with our target audience, who would be in that demographic of someone whod play a Sonic game and enjoy it. From our playtesting results we have been iterating, we have been listening to the comments that come back, but weve also been getting a lot of great feedback from people who rate the game and are like, I had a lot of fun playing this game, Id give it like an 80 or 90 point score out of 100. So we do feel that were 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 hands as soon as possible.

Frontiers is in development now, and actually weve been doing a lot of playtesting with our target audience, who would be in that demographic of someone whod play a Sonic game and enjoy it. From our playtesting results we have been iterating, we have been listening to the comments that come back, but weve also been getting a lot of great feedback from people who rate the game and are like, I had a lot of fun playing this game, Id give it like an 80 or 90 point score out of 100. So we do feel that were 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 hands as soon as possible.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/06/sega-confirms-sonic-frontiers-wont-be-delayed-says-fans-dont-understand-it

Im not crazy. You just dont understand me.

"please understand"

If you create a trailer, and your reaction to criticism is "you just don't get it, man.", that's on you.

Well to be fair, we do have to wait for the complete product and see how it all fits. But we are entitled to say that what theyve shown so far is underwhelming

They're right, I don't understand their shitty looking game

So it is a hub world.

Then why didn't they just show the areas and gameplay from that private event pubicly then instead of just closing it off and letting people think it was something else entirely

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrNKOS35EQ4

Hayame Zero posted...

So it is a hub world.

Then why didn't they just show the areas and gameplay from that private event pubicly then instead of just closing it off and letting people think it was something else entirely

Honestly, the way Sega and Sonic Team has handle the reveal has been a disaster. They are trying to be secretive about it, but at the same time they are shooting themselves in the foot by not clarifying anything. The first revealed footage by IGN was terrible and apparently was from an early build. That makes no sense whatsoever when the game releases in roughly 6 months (Q4 2022).

Could have given us Sonic Mania 2 instead.