FOR FREEDOM
May. 30th, 2009 05:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xyzzysqrlYou may recall that back when I was pretending to be a professional writer, I reviewed Freedom Force VS. The Third Reich and gave it a score of "orgasm/10". This is because I am a complete slobbering nutfarm for comic book heroism.
No one bought that game, and it faded into mist and obscurity, just like the original Freedom Force. Until now.
If you have any love for comic books, pseudo-RTS/RPG games, punching people through buildings, unsubtle 1960s writing, loving Jack Kirby pastiches, and that sort of brickabrack, you should go to Steam RIGHT THE HELL NOW and buy both of these games for seven bucks.
It's X-Men Legends with a brain, a tactical interface and a sense of humor. It's Justice League Heroes with a budget. It's Silent Storm without the turn-based interface (alas) and the grunty military peoples. It's Freedom Force, goddamn it, and the third title in this series is what Irrational 2K Boston Games should be working on instead of Bioshock 2: Shock Harder or whatever they're doing.
If this only had a superhero creator that was more City of Heroes style instead of needing you to be able to render your own models and whatnot, this would be the single best superhero game ever. EVER. And one of the best -games- of any kind. And... I love this game. *sigh*
No one bought that game, and it faded into mist and obscurity, just like the original Freedom Force. Until now.
If you have any love for comic books, pseudo-RTS/RPG games, punching people through buildings, unsubtle 1960s writing, loving Jack Kirby pastiches, and that sort of brickabrack, you should go to Steam RIGHT THE HELL NOW and buy both of these games for seven bucks.
It's X-Men Legends with a brain, a tactical interface and a sense of humor. It's Justice League Heroes with a budget. It's Silent Storm without the turn-based interface (alas) and the grunty military peoples. It's Freedom Force, goddamn it, and the third title in this series is what Irrational 2K Boston Games should be working on instead of Bioshock 2: Shock Harder or whatever they're doing.
If this only had a superhero creator that was more City of Heroes style instead of needing you to be able to render your own models and whatnot, this would be the single best superhero game ever. EVER. And one of the best -games- of any kind. And... I love this game. *sigh*
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Date: 2009-05-30 10:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-30 10:24 pm (UTC)The second was Windows only because -even less- people bought the Mac version.
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Date: 2009-05-31 10:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-31 10:46 pm (UTC)