I guess many fans of both franchises or only sonic's may have noticed the similarity with the game mechanics and bosses but I think that it's not only in the sotc chapter but all the backwards trilogy that sonic has this "dimensional parallel" probably it's a canon event for different franchises to have the dark entity which I believe having an hive mind.
This is my favorite boss introduction in a Sonic game, hands down.
I LOVE how even the title card glitches as The End takes control of Supreme, it's such a small detail but it adds to this "oh shit" type of moment, and the music ramps up just as you are given control back to fight this monstrosity.
The original The End title card wasn't really all that bad, but it was kinda funny to watch a close up to this world-ending entity that felt more like "lol purple moon bad", and the rest of the actual fight didn't help it much tbh.
Here the purple moon is still "lol I'm evil", and it has even less presence than before, but we get to see the nasty things it's doing to poor Supreme, and I have to admit I feel really bad for the titan, it's going through a lot in this fight, and it becomes a hollow husk possessed by the overwhelming power of The End (power that can kick Super Sonic 2 out of his charged Super form and harm him, I have to add).
When I started playing the new Final Horizon update I was expecting pure fun playing as Amy, Knuckles and Tails all while getting new story and a better final boss.... I wasn't expecting I was signing up for extra hard mode that made me feel very drained despite my setting being clearly set to normal difficulty.
I do wish that we are able to learn more about the gods in STH...
Not like EVERYTHING everything.... But like more than what we already know? The only one with clear origins is Solaris (Made in a lab..) and the rest is a toss-up to history, like with Dark/Light Gaia and Chaos.
Even WITH Sonic Frontiers giving us a good IDEA of how the world could have become... The way it is today I guess? it's just a little too vague for my comfort and imagination like. I so desperately want just a little bit more concrete information but I think it's just my general fears stopping me from just going nuts with these guys.
On a slightly different note, I don't really know if I would consider The End a god? Maybe that's because of how it looks like a giant space rock (Possibly to just give us something to perceive it as?)
It would be way cooler if it was something along the lines of like... An eldritch god or something. Like no matter how hard you try to perceive it you just can't.
Balance and difficulty adjustments featured in latest patch for Sonic Frontiers 3rd post-launch DLC
The third and final post-launch downloadable content update for Sonic Frontiers has received a significant patch late Wednesday.
Released to all major platforms, version 1.41 of Frontiers included several bug fixes, balancing patches, and movement improvements for the last content update of 2023, "The Final Horizon."
Here are the official patch notes, courtesy of SEGA of Japan:
Made Balance Adjustments to Easy Mode
Trial Towers: New level designs have been added.
Towers of the Master: The default difficulty and Sonic's attack level have been adjusted.
Master King Koco's Trial: Your maximum Ring capacity and the health of each Titan have been adjusted.
Made changes to some of the controls for Amy, Knuckles and Tails
The parry window for perfect parries was adjusted to be more forgiving. (The window will be extended even further when playing on Easy.)
Knuckles' maneuverability during gliding has significantly increased.
Adjusted the stats of some special moves for Amy, Knuckles, and Tails after leveling them up
The attack and defense of certain special moves for Amy, Knuckles, and Tails after they level up have been increased.
Made it Easier to Retry After a Game Over
The pink panels in the Trial Towers will respawn after a certain amount of time has passed and you are a certain distance away.
If you make a mistake before a Cyber Space checkpoint and you have to restart from the beginning, the timer will now reset so you don't need to manually restart. (Excluding Cyber Space Challenge)
Various bug fixes, including the issue where audio would not play during sub-events, have also been addressed.
💪🤘💙🩷 ! I'm too hype for Sonic Frontiers The Final Horizon, Working away like a wummin possessed at night in my free time, using that creativity juice I have right now while it lasts! Glad it came back!
Peep preview sketch. It's of all them together before the big fight but here's the Mr & Mrs ready for action, the ultimate power couple.. I'm really curious where Amy heading after listening to her theme song. 👀
I've an Amy animation I'm gonna try to get done before the DLC comes out, collabing with my husband 💖 He's going to do a piano cover over it of Amy's new theme👌 💎🎹 It's my first time animating 😬