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Entire Sonic voice cast is returning for Sonic Frontiers

SEGA talks about the voice cast for Sonic Frontiers and confirms who was speaking in the game's first proper trailer.

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-Hermit-1223d ago (Edited 1223d ago )

Which is a shame because the current English voice cast is by far the worst. It's nice to have some consistency in the Sonic voice acting area, but why does it have to be with this group?

The only one they kept from the past was Mike Pollock, who has been fantastic as Eggman. I don't know what Sega were thinking when they replaced Jason Griffith with Roger Craig Smith. Roger is a good voice actor, but his Sonic is terrible, and Kirk Thornton as Shadow is way worse. You had one voice actor who voiced both roles perfectly, why not just keep him?

SugarSoSweet1222d ago

Who was your favourite voice actor as sonic?

-Hermit-1222d ago

It used to be Ryan Drummond, but over time Jason Griffith got better and better and became my favourite.

lellkay1221d ago

The current voice cast is milessssss better than any previous ones. Take the nostalgia googles off.

-Hermit-1221d ago

Why can't it just be that I prefer the previous voice cast over the current one? By your logic, every game from 10 years ago is worse than every game released today, and if I disagree, it's because of nostalgia.

bouzebbal1222d ago

Sonic started going downhill since they put voice acting

Kurt Russell1222d ago

You're getting a lot of disagrees, but I think you're right. But my childhood was the Sega Master System and Megadrive era, and they were the best games.

bouzebbal1221d ago

It’s from kids who started playing Sonic on Switch.. if only they tried Sonic Mania, but apparently not because it doesn’t have voice acting

KingofBandits1222d ago (Edited 1222d ago )

hopefully with a proper script and directing so the delivery comes off solid. Its probably too much to hope that an open world Sonic capture the aesthetics and feel I got from the Sonic CD opening all those years ago. I really do lament the design shift away from that era. Old Sonic from Generations is probably the best classic design ever, but when they went with a more elongated design I wish they had leaned toward Sonic CD's edgy look.

Teflon021222d ago

Sega needs someone leading the voice acting team that's actually good. One thing sonic as a series has always been bad at is voice acting. I mostly like this as a confirmation that the characters will be in this, but they either need to try a whole new cast or get someone to direct that will get everyone to do good performances.

TimelessDbz1222d ago

Sonic adventure 1-2 solid voice acting. Sonic 06 solid voice acting. Sonic heroes solid voice acting. Sonic generations solid voice acting. Sonic unleash solid voice acting.

It comes to the person if they do not like the sound of the voice actor but the voice actor/actors are doing a solid job.

Like saying you don't a popular singer. Chances are the singer has a voice and can hit all the notes you just don't like the music / direction of their music .

OG_TK_Cole1222d ago (Edited 1222d ago )

I hope they do a better job this time, because this might be the most ambitious Sonic the Hedgehog video game yet. Im really looking forward to Sonic Frontiers.

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PS Plus Game Catalog for December: Sonic Frontiers, Forspoken, Rabbids, WRC Generations and more

Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge and other titles launch on PlayStation Plus Premium.

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-Ghost134d ago

PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium | Game Catalog

Sonic Frontiers | PS4, PS5
Forspoken | PS5
Rabbids: Party of Legends | PS4
WRC Generations | PS4, PS5
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch | PS4, PS5
Jurassic World Evolution 2 | PS4, PS5
Coffee Talk | PS4, PS5
Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly | PS4, PS5
A Space for the Unbound | PS4, PS5
PHOGS | PS4
Biped | PS4, PS5

PlayStation Plus Premium

Sly 2: Band of Thieves | PS4, PS5
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves | PS4, PS5
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy | PS4, PS5
Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge | PS VR2

darthv72134d ago

No shit... I just got the VR SW game digitally because its crazy $$ for disc.

F.I.S.T. and Forespoken i still have sealed so now I wont have to unseal them.

PapaBop134d ago

New PSVR 2 owners are in for a treat. Tales from the Galaxy's Edge is amazing.

pwnmaster3000134d ago

Nice now I can see how truly bad forspoken was

MrBaskerville134d ago (Edited 134d ago )

The combat is good. But the open world is shit. Feels like a game where they had a good foundation but didn't know what to use it for.

Might be a hot take, but it's a lot like Sonic Frontiers. Good idea, but terrible use of open world.

andy85134d ago

It was good imo. Magic system and combat were very good. World traversal is some of the best I've played. Writing can be lacking but there's a lot of humour in it. I've always said this'll be a days gone situation where people only appreciate it when it's given away 'free'. The hate mostly seems to be from people who haven't even played it

Traecy134d ago (Edited 134d ago )

Totally agree with your comment. The gameplay was fun, the graphics are decent, the story is lacking but there is some humor. Most folks that were dissing the game didn't even play it.

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MrNinosan134d ago

I actually liked Forspoken and had fun all the way til the Platinum trophy was achieved.

Christopher133d ago

So much unnecessary open world.

OldDuffer133d ago

I really liked it. Going in with low expectations, I was surprised to find a game I enjoyed. Traversal is a blast and I thought the combat was fun. The writing was a bit cringe in places, but I play games, it's a rare thing to get great writing and it didn't spoil it for me. I think plenty people will have more fun than they expect once they can try for free...but you need to get a couple of hours into it. If you can make it through that fud, your good!

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monkey602134d ago

There's a few in here I've wanted to try but not quite taken the plunge on.
I'm curious about Sonic, have wanted F.I.S.T. , Would try Coffee Talk and Phogs. Maybe even give WRC a try.
Pleased with this selection now.

TheNamelessOne134d ago

The Coffee Talk games are good. Wasn't a fan of FIST though.

monkey602134d ago

Shame to hear that. It's probably the one on this list I am most excited to play.

VivaLaManual133d ago

FIST is a very solid metroidvania.

gold_drake134d ago

forspoken haha.
but i might play it as long as its available.

ps2 classics are good.

Traecy134d ago

I played it back when it was first released, the gameplay is fun.

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SEGA / Atlus June 2024 Switch eShop sale: lowest price ever for Sonic Frontiers, more

Switch owners can take advantage of the latest SEGA / Atlus sale on the eShop for June 2024, which includes the lowest price ever for Sonic Frontiers. A bunch of other titles are also discounted.

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Sonic Frontiers Patch Fixes Extreme Difficulty In Final Update

A new patch for Sonic Frontiers resolves the game's controversial difficulties and many other polarizing elements.