One of the aspects aboutSonic Frontiersthat interested fans the most was the Cyber Space stages. Touted as one of the best parts of the game by early hands-on previews, the Cyber Space levels weren’t shown in detail until roughly five months before launch. Once they were, however, fans were quick to recognize that the level designs were rather familiar, and were able to notice that they were old re-usedlevel layouts from previousSonicgames. Some fans were quick to call Sonic Team lazy for this move, but it serves an important purpose in the title’s story.
InSonic Frontiers, Tails, Amy, Knuckles, and Dr. Eggman are all trapped in Cyber Space. The only one able to get out of the digital dimension is Sonic, who finds that it’s because the places where he finds himself if Cyber Space are all based on memories of places he’s been before. Therefore, he knows how far he has to run in order to break out. Sonic Team have publicly stated that making both the player and Sonic feel like they’ve been in these stages before was the intentional choice with reusing previous level designs, and fans have had fun figuring out which one is which.
Chaos Island
Ouranos Island
Needless to say, the inclusion ofSonic Adventure 2levels along those seen inUnleashedandGenerationsare a welcome surprise. Considering how many fans weren’t sure how to take Sonic Team re-using old level designs at first, there’s also a surprising amount of brand-new levelsdesigned forSonic Frontiers. The new Cyber Space levels are also rather difficult in terms ofSonicstages, most likely because the majority of them are used in the game’s last act. There are plenty of challenges among these levels, and fans will most likely be able to spot their favorites as they play.
Sonic Frontiersis available for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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