meanspartan
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"The only real problem with Freedom Fighters is that there simply isn't enough of it. "
-Jeff Gerstmann, in his 2003 review of the game for Gamespot.
So tonight I felt like talking a bit about my favorite "Cult hit" game, Freedom Fighters (also the source of my Gaf user icon).
Developed by the creators of Hitman and released in 2003, Freedom Fighters was a 3rd person shooter that had you recapturing bits and pieces of New York City following a Soviet Invasion. In this universe, the Cold War didn't end, and the USSR did not collapse.
Your exploits eventually earn you the title of the "Freedom Phantom" and command of a growing squad of people. Commands were simple, with only 3 or 4 different orders to give, but this simplicity made the game very fun while still making you feel like more and more of a badass as the game went on and you routed the commies. By the end of the game, you could command around a dozen people at once, and the final assault on a soviet base felt easy because you could have your soldiers do nearly all the fighting for you.
The game's world was very well realized for the time, right down to the hammy newscasts you'd see every so often like this one:
Unfortunately, the game never got a sequel. The ending wasn't necessarily a cliffhanger, but there totally could have been more of it in another installment. I.O. went on to make more Hitman and TWO DAMN KANE AND LYNCH GAMES. Which I am totally cool with and not bitter about at all.
For some reason, this title stuck with me and I just replayed it again through PCSX2. Once you get beyond the dated controls (or change them with the emulator's options) the game really holds up well when upscaled to HD resolutions.
I just figured I'd make this thread to honor the memory of one of my favorite games of all time, and to see if any of you had anything you'd want to discuss about it.
UPDATE:
Bring this to Ps4 with trophies and an updated control scheme.
-Jeff Gerstmann, in his 2003 review of the game for Gamespot.
So tonight I felt like talking a bit about my favorite "Cult hit" game, Freedom Fighters (also the source of my Gaf user icon).
Developed by the creators of Hitman and released in 2003, Freedom Fighters was a 3rd person shooter that had you recapturing bits and pieces of New York City following a Soviet Invasion. In this universe, the Cold War didn't end, and the USSR did not collapse.
Your exploits eventually earn you the title of the "Freedom Phantom" and command of a growing squad of people. Commands were simple, with only 3 or 4 different orders to give, but this simplicity made the game very fun while still making you feel like more and more of a badass as the game went on and you routed the commies. By the end of the game, you could command around a dozen people at once, and the final assault on a soviet base felt easy because you could have your soldiers do nearly all the fighting for you.
The game's world was very well realized for the time, right down to the hammy newscasts you'd see every so often like this one:
Unfortunately, the game never got a sequel. The ending wasn't necessarily a cliffhanger, but there totally could have been more of it in another installment. I.O. went on to make more Hitman and TWO DAMN KANE AND LYNCH GAMES. Which I am totally cool with and not bitter about at all.
For some reason, this title stuck with me and I just replayed it again through PCSX2. Once you get beyond the dated controls (or change them with the emulator's options) the game really holds up well when upscaled to HD resolutions.
I just figured I'd make this thread to honor the memory of one of my favorite games of all time, and to see if any of you had anything you'd want to discuss about it.
UPDATE:
Bring this to Ps4 with trophies and an updated control scheme.
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