High Speed or Action Style Mode in Sonic Frontier? Differences and What to Choose

Sonic Frontiers’s reviews have been mixed. For those who still want to have a hands-on experience and decide for themselves, good for you you should! Never let someone else’s thoughts and opinions keep you from playing or loving a game you like more than them. After all, you reading this, you’re probably a Sonic fan and we know all too well how difficult it can be to have a great new Sonic game don’t we?

All that aside, there are once again a few new additions to gameplay here. Sonic is no stranger to gimmicks, and additions beyond just ‘going fast’ despite many trying to tell SEGA, fast is really all we want. The newest tweak to gameplay comes in two different playstyles, Action Style and High-Speed Style. In this article we’re going to give you all the details there are about both playstyles and what might be best for you going in. Here are the differences and how to play Action and High-Speed style modes in Sonic Frontiers.

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The Differences between Action and High-Speed Style

In some ways, you can boil down the main key differences between the two playstyle modes as “casual” gameplay and a more advanced, slightly more difficult approach to exploring the open world of Sonic Frontiers.

Action Style mode is Sonic with a bit more weight in his movements. He’s stronger but slower as he attacks and moves around. SEGA seems to be promoting Action Style as the mode for more ‘casual’ players who want to explore the game at a slow and more deliberate pace.

High-Speed style is what hardcore Sonic fans are more used to. It’s all about going fast and not really slowing down. Hopefully, this is true and it’s everything fans love about Sonic and gives them that exhilarating rush when playing the blue blur as he bounces around Starfall Islands.

This approach to gameplay actually feels very reminiscent of Sonic Unleashed without the uncharacteristic werehog gimmick. Finally, it seems SEGA figured out, at least in theory, to let Sonic fans of all kinds play at their own speed without slowing down those who want to speed up.

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