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Kick some Russkie butt

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The game puts you in the shoes of a plumber-turned-resistance fighter (not Super Mario) when Russia invades New York.
Freedom Fighters boasts one of the most impressive third-person control schemes I've used. The mouse fluidly controls both your view of the action and your aim, with an optional close-in over-the-shoulder perspective for precision aiming.
You've presented with a series of interconnected missions, which give you a wide degree of flexibility in how you attack them. You navigate through the mission areas via the New-York sewer system, with various manhole access points strewn throughout each level, and doubling as your save points.
Raise your charisma score by completing secondary missions and healing wounded civilians along the way, and you will earn the right to lead up to 12 freedom fighters into battle. You can order your squadmates to attack, defend and fall back, and they'll follow your commands with destructive abandon.
Unfortunately, the game suffers from a lack of variety overall. Most of the missions are very similar, the standard array of weapons gets a bit dull, and there is a shortage of epic encounters. In addition, experienced players will probably blast through the entire game in 10 hours or less and will find little reason to replay it.
Highs: Detailed environments, good pyrotechnics, smart controls, open-ended mission structure.
Lows: Not enough mission variety, AI teammates bunch up too often, story lose steam at the end.

Absolutly Unbeliveable

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Awesome. There's like no other word for it. When I got this game I bought it by geting World of Ea Games pack. I thought that this was going to be like any other shooter game. IT"S NOT!! The story line is very well writen, and the graphics are great! Now it's hard for me to really get into a game , but this was great I would play until 11 o'clock at night. Also the name of the character is the same as mine so it felt like they were really talking to me. The reds had no chance against me and the rest of new york. I'm not saying the game is easy, but you can change the diffuculty level. I heard from another review that they are making a Freedom Fighters 2 which is great because the game ends with your player talking about how "They'll be back with bigger guns and more troops." And now you know they will. Anyway its really cool how you can recrute new freedom fighters and comand them. This game feels so real. I mean it feels like its a real war. There's no monsters or aliens its just YOU and a couple of men ( or women) against the whole Soviet Army. I remeber in one level I got the explosives I needed, I broke out the Prizoners of war and had them at the sewers, but then out of a window I saw a freedom fighter that I hadn't recruted was injured, and I couldnt bring myself to leave him there so I went out and helped him back. I felt kinda good after I did that. Even thought its only a game, but like I said I was so into this game it felt like I was Christopher Stone and I had a duty to rescue him. Thats why this game is so great. It captivates you so you froget its only a game and start to think "wow this feels so real!" Thats why I tip my hat to you Ea Games and lo-Interactive you made a Absoluty Unbeliveable Great game.

No excuse not to buy at $5.98

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

After watching Patrick Swayze and his bad-80s-movie crew in "Red Dawn", I was inspired and launched on an all-night rondo of commie-killing mayhem.

The squad-based commend system is innovative, easy to use, and really makes a difference. The only thing is, it seems a bit inconsistent. There are times when your squad will take out every last bleeping red-hatted invader in sight, leaving you with a cake-walk. Other times, he's toast with a big red cross saying "Help Me! I'm gunned down and I can't get up!" But that's neither here nor there.

There's not a great deal of replayability, since your enemies always appear at the same place, with the same armaments, and spawning points are limited. Though since there are usually four or five ways to tackle a given tactical situation, that does help.

Hours of fun, but not days, weeks or months. Still, a good game.

Excellent- get ready for Freedom Fighters 2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Piicked this one up from the garbage bin because of the low price and interesting background story. I expected it to be one of those "Beat in half an hour and then throw away" games but instead I was completely blown away by it.

From the perfect music, that changes depending on what you are doing (Sneaking, full scale attack, etc) to the way the player can choose how to reach an objective (Full scale assault, or careful planning- if the base is too well defended, you can go to another area an blow up their helipad and bridges to make sure that they don't recieve reinforcements during your attack).

This game is completely different from what you have out there. Instead of the usual "walk down a narrow tunnel shooting dumb enemies" kind of gameplay, you can actually make choices, decided how to carry out your assault, choose the route you wanna take, and give orders to your teammates.

Sure, as the review under this one says, several things could be improved- the save system, for one- I hate restarting levels when I get killed. Graphics could be better too, among other things.

Fortunately, I found out that the makers of this game begun work on Freedom Fighters 2 around last January. Get ready for Freedom Fighters 2!

I hope they make a "Freedom Fighters 2"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because of the bargain price and because I was bored. Well, I was blown away by this game!!! I heard about it a year or two ago but didn't pay attention to it. I'm just glad that I finally discovered what a GREAT game this is.

Sure, it's not without its flaws and I can think of a couple things that could be improved, but overall this is a GREAT combat game with a FANTASTIC story that makes you feel like you're living through the invasion of the United States in an alternate reality.

I really, REALLY hope they make a sequel ... what better praise is there?

Great RPG - new patch for Windows XP SP2 available

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

As a previous reviewer stated, this is a great role playing game that really takes advantage of the unique powers of comic book super heroes. It's a fun, fresh take on RPG's. But as another reviewer also stated, there is a problem running this game with Windows XP service pack 2. Fortunately, there is a beta patch available that seems to fix this problem. I've downloaded the patch and Freedom Force now seems to run fine. Here's the info on the patch (it's available from the freedom force web site at www.freedomfans.com):

New Freedom Force patch available now: fixes Windows XP SP2 problem, and more!
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Irrational Games is pleased to announce the release of the Freedom Force version 1.3 Patch! You can download the patch from us.

This patch is intended for use by users of the US or European version 1.0 or higher of Freedom Force. It includes all fixes made in previous patches 1.1 and 1.2 and can be installed on an unpatched installation of the game or over an already patched version.

Freedom Force version 1.3 fixes a problem where the game would not run successfully under Windows XP Service Pack 2.

Please note that this patch is released "as is" and no representation is made about its fitness for any specific purpose. THIS IS A BETA PATCH so use at your own risk.

absolutely excellent tactical RPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: February 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

You can go to any of dozens of gamezine sites and see good full-length reviews of this game. In general, they agree that Freedom Force is a great game, deserving of its award-winning status. It is well-designed; it captures the flavor of Silver Ago comic book superheroes; and, in addition to the balanced and interesting built-in heroes, there is tremendous flexibility in custom character creation and power design. One legitimate downside is that the main campaign, although very entertaining and extensive, is fairly linear and after playing through a few times (you may choose different heroes for your squads for each mission), you may get too used to the gameplay. But, in all sincerity, I say that anyone who grew up reading comic books and has any love for the genre is really missing a tremendous treat by not trying this game.

However, my favorite feature is the extent to which new missions and campaigns ("mods") can be written by the community of FF enthusiasts. And there are thousands of new powers and skins (costumes) and meshes (body types) freely available online, essentially allowing the player to play an incredible array of superheroes. Also, there is a "Danger Room" mode where you can choose any any squad you want and then choose any group of enemies you want an battle it out. The modding enthusiasts have expanded on this as well and there are variations such as "beat the clock" missions, "unending wave of villians" mode, etc.

A note to address the earlier misleading review of the jewel case edition. It is true that the game (like many other programs) has trouble with Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP and will not run under it. Unfortunately, the developers were hit with this SP2 problem as they were pushing to complete two other new games (including the sequel to Freedom Force!). However, contrary to the prior review, they *have* said they are working on a fix and they are hoping to have it out at about the time (soon after) the sequel is released.

Anyway, this is a great game and I strongly urge anyone to give this game a try (I have a hard time imagining a better video game value right now). If you have XP with SP2 installed, then buy a copy (what is it now? Five bucks?!?) and keep an eye on irrationalgames.com for the announcement of the SP2 fix.

** Update: the SP2 patch is out, as promised. It is at http://www.freedomfans.com/news.php?id=37 **

Doesn't work with Windows XP Service pack 2!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 16
Date: December 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Do not buy this game if you have XP service pack 2 installed, It will not run, and the developer has no plans to fix it.

A Good Game, Practically Free

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I rate this game at 3.5 stars, but since I don't have the option of saying 3.5, I'll use 3 stars. At ten bucks, it's worth trying this game out to see if you like it. That was my thought going in. I found the game to be a lot better than I expected.

The game has many innovative or semi-innovative gameplay features, that help to separate it out from the masses. The ability to recruit fighters, move from one area to another and back via the sewers, the ability to affect the enemies maneuverability, the number of possible ways to approach an objective, and others, all combine to make the game seem fresh by comparison.

The graphics are great, with the exception for character animations during gameplay (the cutscene animations are ok). During gameplay, I initially got a feeling of shooting in an arcade. But I got used to that quickly and it didn't significantly detract from the game.

The gameplay itself is great, if short. I was dissappointed when this game was over, which is an indicator of both the fun-factor and the short length of the game. Some other games, you can't wait to get through, some seem to end at just the right time.

My only real complaint about the game is in the save model. This had a big impact on the enjoyability of the game and dropped it down about half a star in my estimation (I would have given it 4 stars, rather than 3.5). Every time you move from one map to another, your game is automatically saved, but the map you just left is also repopulated with enemy. You don't have the option of saving to different files for later retrieval; you have one game, with its savepoint that you can restart from. This lack of control is unacceptible in a PC game. Twice I had bad experiences with the save model. The first time, I got part way through a map, left it to go to another map to get some explosives, and came back only to find that all the progress I had made had been lost because of the repopulation. Worse, was later in the game where I completely cleared out a level (I thought). My objective was not complete, but I couldn't figure out why, because I seemed to have done everything. After wandering around and finding nothing else to do, I went back to the rebel base and lost all my progress. I realized what I had missed, and had to repeat the entire map from scratch. During a map, you have a handful of locations you can go to and do a "quick save" and you can recall those save points, but only until you do a true save by moving between map locations. Then your quick save is lost. The simple ability to do a regular save at these points, rather than a quick save, would have made most of the save issues go away. The game limits your ability to save every 5 seconds, which I like as I think it makes for more exciting action, but the save model in this game was poorly thought out.

All in all though, I thought the game was very fun and well worth the bargain bin price. Pick up the game, figure out the save model, never leave a map unless you understand the implications of doing so, and you'll have fun.

a very good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

PC version doesn't support joypad (at least i couldn't find any way to do it), but once I get used to the control, I think it works very well. I especially like the story and the overall presentation, the graphics and music are really good. The missions are challenging, but like all games, you can always find ways to beat the AI.

some things I don't like:
1. game is a bit short, which can be a good thing, because:
2. game got kinda repetitive toward the end, just throw more enermy at you.
3. somewhat limited weapon selection

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