It's amazing how responsive the controls are. I have to say, the gameplay is smooth like butter and tighter than skinny jeans. You'll end up running on the ceiling, sprinting along ramps into the background, rocketing through the air and swimming underwater all in your quest to rescue the Kingdom Stone, the most important relic of their planet, Avalice from the forces of the evil Lord Brevon (who come onto the scene in one of the more memorable introductions I've seen in a while, but I'll get to story later). The inventiveness and effort put into this ideal is outstanding. Every level has its own gimmick (or two) which keeps levels feeling fresh as you explore each of the huge 8 levels. The game takes you through a wide variety of levels featuring all types of obstacles (such as pistons, spikes, giant drills and flame wheels) and pathways (featuring objects such as loop-de-loops, ramps, and springs). Navigating Freedom Planet feels exactly like you remember if you played a non-generic 16-bit platformer back in the day. For my playthrough, I decided to go with the principle character, Lilac. She also has a motorcycle which she can use to travel at high speeds and actually race up rock faces and cavern interiors. Carol is a completely different beast, with the ability to claw everything in front of her and cling to/climb walls to navigate the terrain. Lilac can run, jump, do a mid or low kick in front of her, do a rising uppercut (a.dragon punch, if you will), a spinning attack float, a dive kick and a special move that is very reminiscent of Sparkster's rocket charge move. The game contains homages to games such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Rocket Knight Adventures (or Sparkster if you only had a SNES) and Gunstar Heroes in its style, but don't think that they simply copied it: Freedom Planet takes inspiration from those ideas and adds new elements to define a niche of its own.Īt the beginning of the game, you get two characters to choose from: Sash Lilac (a dragon) and Carol Tea (a wildcat), each of which have special abilities that are unique to that character. At its core, Freedom Planet is a game that harkens back to the days of the classic Sega Genesis platformer. That does sum it up pretty well, but I will expand for you. I have played and beaten the entire game and I have everything written down! Follow me after the jump to find out what I thought.įreedom Planet is, according to the official site, "a combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragon girl and her friends against an alien attack force". After so much waiting, has it been worth it for me? Glad you asked. I've been watching the progress of Freedom Planet since 2012 and I was extremely pleased to find out that it was released to Steam as of July 21, 2014.
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