Sonic Frontiers - 1 Year Later || Game Retrospective || Mikaela Thorn

It's been a full year since #SonicFrontiers was released, the first Sonic game in decades to make me feel like a kid again. Let's look back on its lifecycle, its great highs and great lows, and the vast array of emotions it left me with. They got more intense than you'd think. Clickbait title: 'Why Sonic Frontiers Matters' If you enjoyed this video, consider supporting me on Patreon: http://patreon.com/thornbrain Intro animation by Dav: https://instagram.com/davidsolm_art Let's Plays: http://youtube.com/thestrawhatno ===Sources and Links=== Sonic Frontiers: World Premiere Gameplay | IGN - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxJ5_ovBC_g 'Sonic Frontiers Can't Outrun Its First Impression' | Alex Chapman, ScreenRant - https://tinyurl.com/jhyzsrxe 'Sonic Frontiers Writer Talks Open-Zone Story...' | Mitchell Saltzman, IGN - https://tinyurl.com/3tru2crm 'Sonic Frontiers Was Originally Planned For a 2021 Release...' | Liam Doolan, Nintendo Life - https://tinyurl.com/yjxphsb4 Mikester's level comparison: https://twitter.com/mikesterp1/status/1562415645534195714 TikPrPro's level comparison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1n1Tb-ZsYo 'Sonic Team had to scrap its first pass at Sonic Frontiers' | Martin Robinson, Eurogamer - https://tinyurl.com/5n7uxctz TAHKO: "the headline is clickbait..." - https://twitter.com/TAHK0/status/1536349424485511169 Sonic Frontiers is an absolute mess | Callum Upton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLg80bxBAIY Every Glitch in Sonic Colors: Ultimate (So Far) - Nintendo Switch Edition | TWIP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo08o2JKQ3c Disgusting Sonic Colours Ultimate Development Details Found... | Unleash - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-bi6oR0NIs Sonic Colors Ultimate | RadicalSoda - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GBH9Ak8XbA [Vinesauce] Joel - GTA Definitive Edition ( Sprunk Savefile Corruption ) | Vargskelethor Joel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq03CWp_-OQ Top 10 Glitches in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 | Caddicarus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njat57ErEMo Sonic Origins glitching for almost 10 minutes | Ianto - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCn99lCZ6L8 Stealth on the state of Sonic Origins - https://twitter.com/HCStealth/status/1540161919851540480 Sonic Frontiers first hands-on impressions... | NintendoEverything - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYOFWcGfxYU ManiacXVII on Sonic Frontiers' length - https://twitter.com/ManiacXVII/status/1542553175055646720 DoctorMemeMan finds Sega of America's listing for a marketing manager - https://twitter.com/doctormememan/status/1535118032045019142 Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Convergence 1 - https://twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/1582370960354660352 | 2 - https://twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/1584911709021798401 Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Divergence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gjszHTDjzo I traveled to Hawaii to play Sonic Frontiers | Somecallmejohnny - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idmi0-TZ-O8 S-Ranking All EXTREME Difficulty Main Game Cyberspace Levels | Stickman Guides - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK4J-elFp4M Far Cry 4 Gameplay Walkthrough | Full Playthroughs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM8JauJbXhE Stillness & Motion (OST Jukebox) | M&M and Mario Tainaka - https://gamebanana.com/mods/434496 The End of Evangelion (2019) fan trailer | Derek Henriquez - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIBRfn2D7ZU Sonic Frontiers OST - Ares Island [The recording of Mvt 2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix1biosCwqI [First Impressions] Sonic Frontiers | Me, TheStrawhatNO! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMdU7AifHcw Sonic Forces prologue comic - https://archive.org/details/02.-stress-test/01.%20Moment%20of%20Truth/ Beta Kronos Island (PS4 Port) | https://gamebanana.com/mods/430048 Morio Kishimoto on Kronos Island - https://twitter.com/moq_46/status/1656642932873789442 "The Sound of the Rain" | To Octavia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SvjbF8oCSU Sonic 30th Anniversary Symphony - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGTlBHNvjsU Sonic Frontiers' road map - https://twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/1598000246772023296 Dark Souls Remastered | Me, TheStrawhatNO! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBtqmTWgUR8 Snake's Trial Solution | BeardBear - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwWw0KzgkUI GamesCage filming Kellin with Crush 40 - https://twitter.com/GamesCage_/status/1708352136147575188 'Sonic Frontiers speeds to 3.5 million copies...' | Justin Carter, GameDeveloper.com - https://tinyurl.com/55jshjeu Sonic games sales numbers - https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/Sonic ===Chapters=== 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:05 - Part 1: Pre-Release Pressure 00:10:23 - Part 2: Kaptivating Kronos 00:48:06 - Part 3: Awesome Ares 01:02:38 - Part 4: Crying Chaos 01:17:47 - Part 5: Rhea, Ouranos: Really? Oh... 01:41:35 - How can you smile when you can barely stand (Content Warning) 01:50:45 - Skip the sad thing here 01:54:29 - Part 6: DeLiCious DLC 02:02:45 - Part 6.5: The Final Horizon: Thorn's Face: Hammered 02:30:38 - Part 7: Cautious Conclusions