Aside from the Sonic Central presentation, IGN also published a new hands-on impressions video for Sonic Frontiers, as well as some new details about the game.

During their hands-on preview, the outlet managed to glean a wide variety of new information about the game, including details about its story, world, enemies, boss fights, and more. You can check out their gameplay video below, as well as a summary of some of the key tidbits shared:

Story & World

• The story involves Sonic flying into a wormhole with Tails and Amy
• Sonic gets separated from his friends on an isolated island
• Sonic is guided by a mysterious AI voice that tasks him with finding the Chaos Emeralds
• The soundtrack uses minimalist piano melodies
• The landscape is littered with bumper springs, grindable rails, ramps, and more

Gameplay

• Sonic can enter a line of rings to light speed dash
• Sonic has a new array of incredibly flashy attacks
  • Sonic can quickly dodge and parry attacks with the right timing
  • Sonic’s homing attack is more impactful, and allows for multiple follow-ups
• Completing puzzles and challenges uncovers sections of your map
  • One example of a puzzle has Sonic reorient a statue the correct way
  • another puzzle tasks Sonic with jumping back and forth between colored tiles
• Sonic’s Cyloop ability is used to draw circles around certain objects to interact with them
  • Sonic can parry the blades or use the Cyloop to encircle the enemy
• There are races against the clock where you have to get from point A to point B
• Defeating enemies will reward you with EXP that you can use to purchase new skills
  • Skills are purchased via a skill tree

Enemies & Bosses

• The landscape is filled with wandering enemies and mini-bosses
• One enemy has an impenetrable shell that can expand into spinning blades
• There are also a handful of enormous world bosses, one of which is named Asura
  • To beat Asura, you first have to bait the monster into slamming the ground
  • From here, you boost up its arm in order to reach the weak spots on its head
• Sonic must hunt down and defeat these bosses in order to collect portal gears
  • Portal gears open up portals that lead to bite-sized linear stages
  • These classic levels each come with a handful of optional goals
  • Each goal rewards you with a vault key, which are used to unlock Chaos Emerald

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