Freedom Force Vs the Third Reich (2004 Video Game) User Reviews

Again with the PC game expansion syndrome

[TooKakkoiiforYou_321 · 7/10 · 17 May 2024]

And, of course, with that I mean that the improvements mainly to the graphical engine resulted in a story that was more contrived that the original one, gameplay that is not as polished as the original game and towards the end it is clear that the developers had lost any idea on how to keep the story fresh because there's an embarazzing number of reuses not only of the same bosses but also of the same locations, and when I say the same I mean the exact same locations with some slight changes. Also, as a golden age lover (like I said in my Freedom Force review, it's my favourite period in mainstream superhero comics of all times), I don't get why the hell the developers could not make a fully-flegded sequel mostly based around WW2 and nazi-kicking stuff instead of limiting it to some underused scenario and characters like they did with the original game (100% based on Silver Age comics and not 70's or 90's ones), particularly seeing how the introductory videos to each of the new characters show you the fact that somebody at Irrational Games actually read said comics and wanted to gather to fans of the period like me. I'm ok with the Dark Phoenix saga (its overuse as a source of videogame storytelling permitted), but the Dark Phoenix saga is from the friggin' 80's, not the 40's. Maybe it was because of fear of possible less sales due to them being far more focused on said period? Otherwise it makes no sense. It's still fun until it lasts and luckily there are still no signs of crappy, dated beyond repair decostructionism a là Watchmen and/or TDKR to be found here, but the disappointment - more or less at the same level of the one I felt for the luckluster All-Star Squadron series by Roy Thomas - for the fact that this could have been so much more remains. Me thinks I'll better stick to reading proper Golden Age superhero comics reprints if I want Golden Age superhero comics in the current era and nothing else.

P. S. Law best girl of this expansion (Eve is not really that present, this time) no questions attached.

A good to sequel to the original game!

[boogles · 10/10 · 28 December 2009]

Freedom Force was a great game. When the PC was swamped with FPS type games, the first game came along in 2002! It was a cross between a RPG and RTS style game featuring super heroes fighting off various super villains. The second game follows on from the first one, and features the same super heroes from the first game, plus some new ones. Lots of new baddies to attack. Plus you can now rotate the view which you couldn't do in the first game. Compared to the first game it is a bit short! I hope there is a third game as this game needs a resolved ending(I won't reveal it).

Remember everyone - For Freedom! A Minuteman quote TM.