{"id":630120,"date":"2026-03-27T01:38:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/sega-explains-sonic-frontiers-open-zone"},"modified":"2026-03-27T01:38:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:38:58","slug":"sega-attempts-to-explain-what-sonic-frontiers-open-zone-is-still-isnt-open-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sega-attempts-to-explain-what-sonic-frontiers-open-zone-is-still-isnt-open-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Sega attempts to explain what Sonic Frontier&#8217;s &#8216;open-zone&#8217; is, still isn&#8217;t open world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/sega-attempts-to-explain-what-sonic-frontiers-open-zone-is-still-isnt-open-world.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Sega<\/strong> keeps telling us how <strong>Sonic Frontiers<\/strong> is an &#8216;open-zone&#8217; game and not an open world one, which doesn&#8217;t make sense, but it might have successfully explained it now.<\/p>\n<p>Because everything has to be completely original these days, Sega is seemingly refusing to call Sonic Frontiers what it probably is, an open world game, opting for &#8216;open-zone&#8217; instead. But in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/sonic-frontiers-open-zone-world-meaning\">IGN<\/a>, director Morio Kishimoto took the time to explain what the company means when it says &#8216;open-zone&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Level-based platformers often have a world map. Our open-zone is a world map, only we&rsquo;ve made it entirely playable,&#8221; said Kishimoto.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/sega-explains-sonic-frontiers-open-zone\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/sega-explains-sonic-frontiers-open-zone\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sega keeps telling us how Sonic Frontiers is an &#8216;open-zone&#8217; game and not an open world one, which doesn&#8217;t make sense, but it might have successfully explained it now. Because everything has to be completely original these days, Sega is seemingly refusing to call Sonic Frontiers what it probably is, an open world game, opting for &#8216;open-zone&#8217; instead. But in an interview with IGN, director Morio Kishimoto took the time to explain what the company means when it says &#8216;open-zone&#8217;. &#8220;Level-based platformers often have a world map. Our open-zone is a world map, only we&rsquo;ve made it entirely playable,&#8221; said Kishimoto. 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