Bro, who wouldn't? Sonic needs a comeback, give games like this polish and power and it would be freaking EPIC!

The Sonic team should back this.

What’s crazy is this build is from like 2016. They haven’t released anything other than this build. The devs are still hard at work at this game, from the update videos it’s looking so much different, in a good way. They rebuilt the engine from the ground up and have added several new zones. The model of Sonic is looking more like Saturn/Jam-era, which is a very good fit imo. They were hoping to release last year but they needed more time.

zombie spaceman Plot twist: Sonic utopia is actually the next official sonic game and sega disguised it as a fangame in order to gauge fan reception

@@gameer1010 no, it's too good to have been made by Sega in any capacity

Idk, I hate the camera in this game.

@@YTDani75 thats fair. Liking things isnt universal.

@@YTDani75 What makes you hate the camera? I'd love to hear your opinion!

@@Commander_Bowling Why did you just type like that

@@Eminster I'm kind of a formal typer.

This would not have been possible on Dreamcast hardware. Mario 64 was also way too innovative, it's basis the sculpt f many platformers to this day (Like a Hat in Time).

Air Rodriguez but imagine if it was though

@@i_am_boredom Nah, it's impossible, is like saying "Imagine if Breath of the Wild was on GameCube, sure they could win against PS2"

@@i_am_boredom Well then it'd be really cool but still also impossible, lol. I'm sure everyone would love to have had things like this when they were younger tho. :)

@@not_satou1 Breath of the Wild could have been done on GameCube... If it came on 300 discs.

Sonic 06 MASTAPEECE

No no. You are nitpicking and biased. I win bye bye

André Hatake “Who are you talking to” -Text box from Earthbound

Nope your just 15

Ricky Archuleta III “Who are you talking to?” -Text box from Earthbound

Liviu Petre because Sega fans always say that Sega uses Green Hill too much but they use Green Hill too much for their fan games

One has care and heart put into it and was made by a very small team for a small tech demo. It is greatly detailed and has hidden easter eggs to explore that call back to other levels despite that. You could spend hours just running around. The other is literally just a fresh coat of paint on the same level every new sonic game that you try your hardest to blast through to see what else there is in the game. What matters here isnt presentation in this case. Instead its execution. Which was done better here than most sonic games. If sega made green hill zone half as fun or interesting as this nowadays, people wouldnt complain nearly as much as they do now. At least thats how I feel about it.

Because this is a DEMO GHZ is perfect to show off the game because it’s easily recognizable

because WE DO IT BETTER THAN SEG-SHIT

Because people go into fan projects caring purely more about how good the gameplay feels than how original it is. When people pay for an official product, we expect not only for the gameplay to be good but for the content to be fresh and exciting and to be worth a new experience we spent the money for.

Got places to go gotta follow my rainbow

Can't stick arroud, have to keep movin' on!

Guess what lies ahead, only one way to find out

must keep on moving aheeeead!

@@Klaux no time for guessin follow my plan instead

Leonardo Pereira sameeeee

Sonic odyssey

UnLImITeD ? YES!!!!!

X2

Sonic drowns in UK

you say it like it needs to be

@@youwasattheclub2064 nah i'm saying this video is clickbait

Actually there was a version of this since 2016-17 ish

Yeah, the creator said The full game would be out by 2020 and that It would have another demo with more zones and bosses before then,but since the dev team has gotten much bigger since then, they scrapped a lot of things to redo it and make it even better. We might have to wait, but considering the fact that this is just a last minute tech demo, there will be a LOT more in store.

@@zebuez In the devs Twitter he showed tests with the engine.

A paradise

@@TitoTheOG Don't u mean: Gangster's Paradise?

@@AlexoStripes r

@@AlexoStripes A Green hill Paradise

@@lefeeshchopped8286 I'm referencing the old Sonic movie trailer ._.

Nice :)

Lion King reference

“What about that shadow over there?”

@@Glaster6 That's beyond the borders, you must never go there

@@Glaster6 it is where the weird fan art is son

*raises hand*

How did you know?

Based Echidna pfp

If they had other zones than Green Hill and a more structured level design this would be perfect. The physics engine seems really good which is more than most Sonic games have had. If this was for, say, a perfected version of Adventure 1’s gameplay it would be a winner

to be fair i think green hills is just a proof of concept level. Also the multiple routes through a sonic level is a big part of the classic games, which this one obviously takes heavy inspiration from. To make the levels linear would ruin the freedom and vibe in my opinion.

@@hariodinio It wouldn't have to be completely linear, but something a little more directed than this. A course-clear game needs the player to always know what direction they should be going. (Although they could change the design into a more open-world game like mario odyssey, then this nonlinear level design would be more suitable)

@@ShaunDreclin I think this green hill stage could be an excellent hub.

@@hariodinio what i want is Linear levels between large open spaces Collectibles Npc's to help A buddy system with tails and knuckles you unlock through progression No loading screens one seamless world Even if that means "hallways" between wide open spaces to allow the game to load

No joke, this is something special. I have no doubt this would be big if made into a real game.

I dont know if we should let Sega control this. They could potentially ruin everything about this great masterpiece. And we CANNOT. RISK. THAT.

@@memorableman3709 the largest reason this fan game works so perfectly, is because it's not constrained by the repetitive, and limited hedgehog engine

ThunderHound which if I remember correctly is the engine that sonic forces used?

@@memorableman3709 It's the engine, forces, generations, and unleashed used

You sure you're not thinking about Palmtree Panic?

@@ajgameguy3674 you mean green hill v4?

They're there, just not too many, and a bit harder to see.

must be because coding limitations. Too many palm trees may end up slowing down the game

We need to get mr. Beast here

So satisfying

my roflcoptor goes SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI

@@TheBigJerDog good for you

Reverse Flash

Sonic sexually identifies himself as attack helicopter

"Not this time, you rodent."

literrally everybody: a r e y o u s u r e a b o u t t h a t

Of it

Draw... distance? Why yes, we do!

The Joker in Arkham City?

lol but it's "I don't know her"

Sonic Odyssey: Breath of the speed

Breath of the miles

Sonic Legends: the Speed of Heroes

The Legend of Sonic Egg of Calamity

The devs are right. Utopia isnt. As a tech demo, its fun. As a paid for game, itd be ridiculed. If its just a sandbox, it becomes boring as there is nothing to do, nothing to accomplish. Nothing to unlock.

@@eegernades Now, what would actually be a pretty cool idea for sonic would be a sandbox like this where you have tons of stuff to find and seamlessly enter levels, sort of like here, where you enter a cave that is sort of like Labyrinth Zone...only you have to find it, maybe accomplish some goals to reach it, and then just...enter and progress onto other stages or overworld. Adventure kinda did it, but the areas feel more like hub worlds where you just find a couple things to access levels (Not really holding it against the game, which was very innovative for the time). The same idea applied to a HUGE, fully explorable world like this, with rings and enemies and stuff to find (And, most importantly, FREEDOM to run around like this) would really be an amazing thing to see.

@@marianoyuba3736 that would be indeed. A simple sand box is worthless. A sandbox with stuff to do in it? Not worthless.

Yeah, this would be a good first level, to get a hang of the controls but, there definitely needs to be more gameplay in the later levels.

Pretty sure I've seen the devs state somewhere that this level is purely for experimentation and that future levels will more linear.

it would be even better to fly through the world with Super Sonic. :D

OH MY GOD PLEASE SHUT UP. Sonic team does not have as flexible of a schedule as these people. Heck, this Tech demo probably took ages. Sega puts a time constraint on sonic team so they have to rush the game. I'm getting so fucking tired of having to tell this to people.

Its supposed to look like the ripples that happen to wind blown grass.

30million a year

Those are 2 questions

The crab robots trim the grass with their claws. They are just minding their business.

Sonic runs it so much the grass doesn't grow high? His spindashes cut the grass? Some little boy in green with a sword and shield looking for rupees?

And maybe by a team with NO budget and like 6 people. Really makes ya thunk

Soon...

@@TitoTheOG exactly, that's the only answer we're ever going to get lmao

This game and Sonic Robo Blast 2 taught me that 3D Sonic should have huge platforms and the jump should cover looong distances, while having predictable patterns. But Sonic Utopia achieves this by making Sonic tiny... it feels weird. Robo Blast 2 feels more natural to me.

@@TitoTheOG If I remember right, the project got canceled. The developer is the same guy who did the demo for "Sonic Overture", another canceled project. He's amazingly good at making these things, but he's a huge perfectionist and wasn't happy with the engine, so he scrapped the entire thing. The thing is, from watching these videos, literally the only thing that I can see that's even slightly off is that some textures for ramps and things don't line up properly with the walls they're attached to, but considering this is a fan-project and not a for-profit commercial game where the developers are paid to perfect every little thing, that's more than understandable. Honestly, it's projects like this that make me wish that the developer would release at least some sort of code for other people who want to use it. Hell, even just the level resources would be nice. It's all custom-made hand-placed terrain rather than distorting the hell out of a large single-texture plane to make "mountains". It's probably the most beautiful-looking open-world Sonic fangame there is, let alone one with near-flawless physics and animation.

@@kurtisharen You remember wrong. At least look up comments by the creator first before assuming anything. Utopia is still being worked on. You can keep up with the creator on his twitter here. twitter.com/GreatLange

what do you mean, sonic?

atanoK Si No, Sonic Utopia.

@@arthurgraficos8612 Bruh this comment was 1 month ago

@@arthurgraficos8612 Frontiers looks like an "unreal engine mario remake" youtube video as a full game my guy. People are just seeing the writing on the wall when they say they won't bother with it

@@csuki nah utopia is dogshit

@@arthurgraficos8612 Utopia is way better than Frontiers.

@@arthurgraficos8612 people like you are why sonic games suck

Yeah this is just so much better

It does it feels like a stab to the heart

This is the gameplay we could have gotten...but no they just had to automate everything again. Hot take but they should just get a whole new team to replace everyone. The current one just doesn't know what makes sonic fun

I want to die rn. SONIC TEAM HAS LESS TIME TO CREATE GAMES BC OF SEGA. HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY THIS? ITS LIKE SONIC FANDOM IS COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS TO GAME CORPORATION STANDARDS. AAAAAAAAAAAAA

​@@shitanotosaurus Time isn't the problem. Resources aren't the problem. The problem is a lack of basic competence. They don't have the right staff working on their projects, nor do they understand what the identity and source material of the series was.

There's only been what, 2, 3 boost games? There's been way more with the adventure formula

@@PiyuEris 6. Rush, Rush Adventure, Unleashed, Colors, Generations, & Forces.

@@snowsthetics2816 rush and rush adventure don't count. They're 2d games. Not only that but they're not even canon. Not that the second matters. If you're gonna throw non canon games out there, might as well add Sonic Rivals 1 and 2. Then you'd have 8 boost games. But there's been the Sonic Jam world (not sure it counts but it's a mention) Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog (if it even counts) Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Sonic 3D Blast also technically counts to some aspect. And the only boost games that anyone talks about are colors, unleashed, and generations. Forces was just Sonic Lost World 2.0 with a shitty boost implementation.

@@PiyuEris I’m getting pretty tired of the Boost gameplay, Forces made it feel especially stale with its straight line level design. And no, 3D Blast and Jam don’t count. If they count, Rush, Rush Adventure, and Colors DS may as well.

@@sweetpataterz8738 colors DS was the same game as colors Wii. If you think with that logic you might as well include Sonic Unleashed Java as a boost game.

They do, just not good sonic games.

@@faidou9954 You cant make good games if you dont make them at all. Seriously SEGA has abandoned like all of their old IPs

If a full game was like this it would be boring and empty. That's why Sega has never made a fully open Sonic game. Linear works best for 3D sonic.

Mikey Yoshi *cough cough* Streets of rage *cough*

The Bad Elf Oh, they should do that more often

HIRE *THIS* MAN, NOT *THAT* MAN

It won't matter if they hire him, because Sega always screws over sonic team.

Well sonic has to change, to modern sonic like mario, link did, and i actually like modern sonic better but i still like classic sonic to

@@curlyfries9956 I bet you think Sonic Forces is a great game

@@MaskedGuyCh what does that likely modern sonic have to do with liking sonic forces

@@MaskedGuyCh i bet you think sonic game com or sonic gba is good

@@curlyfries9956 Why should he change when Modern Sonic doesn't play like Sonic at all?

Yeah, because speedrunners always go through Labyrinth Zone to get to a game store.

yeah this looks way more fun

i think is the fact that it uses MOMENTUM and actual level design to make the movement gameplay more fun, Frontiers has a pretty landscape but most of the movement feels less like a platformer

Isn't that what 06 was supposed to be?

Except TI sucked

On 2, at least 3d style classic sonic games

No

Probably

I'm going fucking mad with some of the sonic fandom. Sonic team has less time to make a game than these people.

@@shitanotosaurus So fucking what? They had less time to make Sonic Forces, but it ended up being a shit. Don't expect Sonic Frontiers being a good game.

It wasn't made by 1 person but yes it's way better

@@shitanotosaurus It's been 5 years. If the Utopia team had been paid to make this tech demo into a full game in that amount of time, it'd be completed ten times over.

The whole point of this game is about Sonic 1, not everything is about the future sonic

Koolguy Industries there is a small labyrinth zone section under the map

@@TA_Flame there is way too much classic pandering

@@TA_Flame other choices would be great

CRIMSXN DEMIZE its not classic pandering lol it’s just them wanting to use the old design

To be fair, if sonic team was given enough time it would play like this, maybe better.

@@shitanotosaurus yeah. But too bad a bunch of nerds want it to come out as soon as possible. That’s the reason most games never meet expectations on launch because they have so little time to finish.

Lmao even after all the boss fights, skills, max speed, and game settings. You're saying this game is better?

@@aidasalazar9702 Without a doubt.

@@aidasalazar9702 Yes. Boss fights are just cinematic flair without substance, the combat is not much more than a button masher (therefore also lacking substance), the speed is just the same ol' "hold boost to go fast" shtick as always, but even worse now that there's literally an infinite boost option available from the get-go (Why the hell do you have to grind to increase the max speed cap anyhow?), and the settings don't even help all that much since they can't fix fundamental design issues with how Sonic handles. At least people are already modding the game to help fix these issues, but that doesn't change the fact that there's fundamental design issues with Frontiers as a result of Sonic Team's incompetence.

​@@ambientNexusits not fault of sonic team, its always been sega rushing them and changing stuff to appeal to the investors, this has been happening since sonic 2, when tf will people know its fucking sega

​@@ambientNexusi think utopia is fine, but whats holding it back for me its two major facts, 1, this isnt a full game, its a tech demo, and 2, the creator of utopia is a fucking dick who made this out of spite and thinks they are better than sonic team, remember who also did that? Yep, the omens team, people need to stop treating fan games like the second coming of christ, frontiers isnt perfect, far from it, but utopia objectively isnt better than frontiers in the slighlest, one is a full product, the other is a tech demo for a fan game made out of spite

Fr the blue blurr never stays still.

It is a level It's an early access demo with only this level

I thought so too until I thought of the fastest thing alive having a giant head and having the ability to spin so fast he can make a small whirlwind. Maybe a physics (brainy) person could sum it up but I would imagine that that could mean he could nearly hover if momentum was controlled upward with a spin. Maybe I'm overthinking this

With the level design, I think it would make platforming too limiting. I agree with you in terms of looks, but it might take away from the gameplay too much

I mean, sure, but this isn't exactly the pinnacle of fanmade engines, it's actually one of the most lackluster ones imo. If you want some truly spectacular ones I recommend looking at Project Hero and Hedge Physics, a once fine engine turned into a great one for an actual game release, Spark 2, which you might've heard.

@Daniel Benavidez imo no, the reason Utopia is lame is because it feels floaty and lacks the more in depth moves the other engines have. Not to mention, the level showcased is lame too, it's open but not really that interesting. It's not like Spark 2 where you have a very interesting main level layout, and then you can jump INTO the background for more interesting goodies and speedrunning techniques, it's just kinda open to compensate for the fact Sonic takes a billion years to fall to the ground and because it's not as fast as the newer engines. It doesn't have more potential than Project Hero, that engine already feels like a fully fledged game in terms of mechanics and controls, and Spark 2 IS a fully fledged game, you can buy it right now if you want.

@@Densester what is spark 2

@@ChazTheFirst Spark the Electric Jester 2 is LakeFeperd's (the before and after the sequel guy) first 3D commercial game, and his second commercial game overall, the first being it's prequel, Spark 1. Spark 2 is alot like the adventure games, mixed with Metal Gear Rising and Kirby. It's just super open, but so full of stuff to do. It's also got a real deep story. If you want to buy it I recommend getting the Spark it up Fark it up pack and play the first game aswell, to fully appreciate it's perfect three dimensional transition.

Sonic robo blast 2 enters the fight

Fastest way to get simulation sickness

In some universe Sega has their own home console and Nintendo is multi platform

@@TitoTheOG *Bad Future.*

@@TitoTheOG in some universe both companies have their own home console

Sonic team has way less time to make sonic frontiers. How many times do I have to tell this to people?

You just ruined this video for me...

Go away

I agree. Its a tiny detail i noticed too but everything else makes up for it

He looks like he got hit by the shrinking beam from Metallic Madness Zone lol

This is what 3D Sonic needs to be successful... the reason 3D Sonic games suck is cause he moves way too fast for such small environments.

Uh ah...yeah sure 💀💔

Uhh don't count on it anytime soon

And make it so Sonic has to stop in his tracks for an entire minute to fight with basic enemies

no. Just no. Sonic team has less time to create a game, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO FUCKING SAY THIS?!

@@shitanotosaurus Unfortunately that doesn't make Sonic Frontiers better in any way

@@squiddog8933 Yep. I hope Sega stops putting unrealistic expectations on sonic team

I was actually thinking something quite different. What if they hid all the chaos emeralds in green hill and it was more exploration-based?

I think that would kind of defeat the point of this. This isn't a linear a game that's going to have multiple levels, this is one tech demo to show off the potential of a 3D Sonic game with actual classic physics. That's why it's so all over the place, and it doesn't have one linear path.

@@godofthecripples1237 I’m well aware this is supposed to be a tech demo, I’m just saying that as it stands, this only looks fun for about twenty minutes before you realize there’s nothing to do.

The creator will do just that. He said that years ago.

@@MeanBeanMachine5 Yeah, years ago. I'm pretty sure he's stopped working on this.

Agreed. An open world (or something like that) Sonic game is an unexplored avenue as far as I know, and it certainly fits. Traversing huge distances at tremendous speed and exploring the world is definitely something I feel fits the Sonic aesthetic. In a hypothetical full-budget Sonic Team version, it could even involve you running into various other characters, or encountering various cities and towns under attack by Eggman as you make your way to the big man's fortress.

I heard that this demo is mostly a proof of concept/playground and the full version will be a bit more linear.

Like that idea

Yep im excited!!

@@TitoTheOG Me too!

You'd like the Bumper Engine remake of Lost Valley.

I don't know, i think it's cool to have some flat spaces here and there to just run free with nothing to stop you

Yeah and I bet they don't abuse children working on their Sonic fangame.

Every single fucking time

@@JoshuaIfidi I mean Sonic GT is like everything Utopia is but 10x better *and* the creator isn’t a racist :3

​@@IdiotRebecca251 i used to follow Lange and Murasaki years ago, and Lange was a 'normal sonic fan' dude, but Murasaki shared some anarcho capitalist ideas and bizarre posts about social concepts, but nothing with racism and other bad content. What happened?

Do you have any evidenced ? or is this just classic projecting@@eliseburton3181