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It could be a classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a very good game. It has great gameplay and enough variable to make replaying it very fun.
Not only does it have those classic Silver age story lines but it also has really cool variables in the game.

I really like the character creation. There are hundreds of variable that you can use and tryout it is great.

Filling a niche void that was so desperately needed.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Filling a niche void that was so desperately needed.

The year is 1962, the world is not politically correct, yet it has a charming innocence about it. The cold war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union is escalating, and a strange power: Energy 'X' is randomly unleashed from space amongst unsuspecting do-gooders and thugs transforming them into superheroes and villains. Here the Silver Age of comics comes to life in an interactive metropolis known as Patriot City.

Here you begin your quest as the Minute Man (clad in early U.S. colonial gear) and a linear story begins to unfold in a mission by mission campaign. In order for the story to progress, you must meet primary objectives given to at the beginning of the mission and sometimes they change throughout the mission.

Along the way you will fight regular street thugs and more powerful villains and eventually some rather unique bosses. You will also encounter new allies who will eventually join your team. As the game progresses you can have a full roster of super heroes, however, only being able to control up to 4 per mission.

Each hero and villain has his or her own powers. The animations are unique, and as you 'level up' (depending on the success of the mission, and hidden bonuses acquired) you will be able to customize your hero further. Maybe add strength, or flight, or a new superpower. There are literally hundreds of combinations to choose from making your Freedom Force experience very unique and different each time you play. The heroes that will be 'revealed' to you also happen in a slightly linear fashion and your recruit them into your stable by spending prestige points. Each new recruit has a prestige value associated to him/her depending on the strengths. The pre-built characters are all fun and choosing which ones to recruit and which powers of theirs to develop is s strategy in itself. You must make a well rounded team.

Prestige points are given based on how successful you were on a mission with your characters. Defeating the villain and apprehending the vile thugs gain you more points. Protecting the innocent from harm, completing secondary objective and uncovering hidden bonuses also increase your prestige. However, if civilians get hurt, you cause too much damage to your environment, or too much time elapses, you will lose prestige. What really makes this game fun is that the environment is truly interactive. Go ahead pick up that car and hurl it down the street, blast that side of the building and have it come crashing down, use your projectile beams to ignite gas tanks, wield a street lamp like a baseball bat. You get the picture. But remember, the more you tear up the city in the name of justice, the less the populace favors you and the less prestige you earn.

The game visuals and sound are very campy, but great and make this game that much better. Imagine playing in the universe of Adam West's TV Batman. Complete with cheesy dialogue, sound effects, outrageous plot lines, retro costumes, and 'bam', 'koff', 'blammo' balloons!!

Game mechanics are pretty basic. Though the game takes place in real time, you can pause at any time and change your hero's orders. All commands are menu driven, point and click, and very intuitive. My only complaint here is that there is some 'camera' issues. You can zoom in and out, however, the camera sometimes forgets there is a building in the way and you temporarily lose sight of the action.

The back story and individual secret origins (cut scenes) are great. Again, any one familiar with the comic works of Jack Kirby will recognize his influence everywhere.

Though designed as a single player game, there is a multiplayer component over the internet. While it was great to include this, it seems its more of a free-for-all slugfest, city be damned attitude, with no real sense of objective other that beating the other player to a pulp. Don't get me wrong, it's fun to have a super hero war in a city, but you're a hero to bring villainy to justice after all.

What is also missing is a single player random scenario generator or sandbox mode. The missions are pretty linear and its kinda hard to stray to far from the primary and/or secondary objectives.

There is a decent hero generator in which you can create your own heroes. It's really fun to pick and choose your strength and weaknesses and powers (it can easily become overwhelming at times), but don't make your character so invulnerable you'll never be able to recruit him because his/her prestige is too high. The only draw back here is that there is very little costumes to choose from. Maybe an expansion pack down the line? You can download new skins from the net, but it is a chore for the novice to import all the parts into the right folders, so hopefully a patch will address this down the line.

I believe there are 25 missions, all progressively tougher and a few with a couple of twists, but again, what stops this game short of 5 stars is an open sandbox mode or scenario builder in which you can use any hero available. Other than that, bring on the villains.....freedom and justice are at stake!

Find the Reds!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: November 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

There are a few complaints about this game, but you'll notice that everyone is rating it 4 stars or better. I have played ever first person shooter game there is. Most recently Call of Duty, MOHAA and this one. This may not be the best first person shooter ever, but it is definately worth a try. You'll hear other reviewers complain about poor accuracy with the weapons, not much ammo laying around and sometimes stupid AI party members, but thats what makes this game good. Its not just another Quake where you get to blow stuff up and shoot everyone on the way. You have to think, plan, take obstacles one at a time and sneak up on the enemy.

All in all, the storyline is kind of boring and I didn't really pay much attention to it, but thats only because I wanted to start the next mission and kill some commies.

On the downside, some enemies take a lot of hits before dying, even with good aiming. The bad accuracy of the AK47 and such just make the game harder, by not allowing you to kill everyone from down the street. Deal with it!!

Five Star Four Color Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a wonderful game!!! PC Gamer Magazine awarded it Game of the Month. In a genre dominated by fantasy, a superhero strategy RPG is a welcomed breath of fresh air. The single player game, on-line multiplayer game as well as the custom character creation make this a richly versatile game. Irrational Games know their comic book source material well. They were able to capture the perfect balance between parody and tribute without every falling into the silliness of total camp. The game is packed with fully developed characters that are each worthy of their own comic book title. The story of the single player game is well plotted and full of diverse missions and fun surprises along the way. Voice characterizations are creative and entertaining and the origin movies are a total hoot. I can't say enough great things about this game. Many who play this game have a minor complain that it is a challenge to multitask when managing a full team of four superheroes, but with a little practice and the essential pause function, you'll be managing your squad like a pro. Be sure to download both game patches to install the Danger Room. There are tons of fan sites to find custom skins, mods and hero recipes. The best is Alex's Freedom Fortress. .... A must for PC gamers and/or comic book fans.

WOW. Get IT.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you love comics, particularly in the style of the late 50's and 60's this is your game. The first game I have played with comic book characters that I thought was great fun, made me feel like I was part of a comic book, and that was great fun. It is not as tough as many role playing games but it easily makes this up with its originality, its playability, its great art plus graphics, and just plain fun. I hope to see many more of these instead of the played out wizards and warrior themes that all seem the same.

Finally, a good superhero game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Every one, let's all slap our heads and exclaim "D'oh! Why didn't anyone think of this before?" This is the game all of us fanboy geeks have been waiting for! A game that pays serious homage to 60's comic book characters! Each unique character is so authentic to the time period, you'd swear they were actually from a comic book. Each new character has a comic-style "origin of" cinema cutscene. Every level is designed like a comic book with authentic "biffs" and "pows" as you beat up Commies and other 60's scum. The game is wildly entertaining, even if you don't like comic books.

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

Superman vs. Wolverine! You name the battles!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I rarely played the campaign game.

I always played the game using its service pack which unlocked/included a "Training Room" or war room. I have downloaded hundreds of costumes and meshes and sounds that others have uploaded to the internet. I then have created nearly 50 characters (limitless) to play and test in a one man standing against upto 50 enemies.

Characters like the X-Men and spiderman and such, cost few points, like 2k to 8k. My Superman character is nearly unstoppable at 35,000 points. At 50,000 points he is about the same, but then has all his little powers that not many know about, like his power to take the sun's life energy out of plant life (I found this in a thick comic book of BatMan... Dark Knight Returns?). I created other characters with well into the 100's of thousands of points, but Superman can take them all down eventually, except for one. If I take my superman's stats, and give him the ability to regenerate (like wolverine) he becomes unstoppable.

So I would see how smart I could play against these other superhero creations. I would have the computer play the enemies while I would choose an underdog to attempt to rise above the strong tactics the computer would use. Using Superman as an underdog, I would see who I could defeat, having to use different tactics against different opponents. So I battled against a regenerating superman. Oh man! This guy was crazy to fight! I had to be right on top of him all the time cause if he got hurt a little he would fly away while regenerating. My non regen superman died hundreds of times, until I finally started using his small and weak power to steal life energy. It kept him alive just long enough to continuously pomel the evil super guy.

I told my friend about it, being such an awesome game for so cheap, he went out and bought it during lunch one day. He loved it! Where I like punching, he liked other stuff and made a Storm character whose tornados would multiply. With one casting, it had destroyed the entire city's buildings to rubble. Very powerful.

My only complaints are that with so many others who love the game, I was never able to find/start a multiplayer game. If only the game company had advertised and gave out playable demos, then their success would have been realized all at once, and they could have hosted games like blizzard does, and hosted player uploadable content.

This game has so much un-realized potential...

Dude! The best game ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is the bomb. I love how you can destroy anything in the city. The hero creator is [sweet] Buy this!

Ever want to be in a Jack Kirby comic book?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Here's your chance! You can't go wrong for the price, and you'll get a couple hours of entertainment from this game. Go on-line and find "skins" of your favorite characters for more playability!

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