Freedom Wars Remastered Review

Capcom's unique gameplay loop Monster Hunter the franchise has inspired many other games to varying degrees of success. The 2014 PlayStation Vita game The freedom wars is such a game, its initial release earned mixed reviews from critics, but it stands out as one of the most notable titles ever released for the ill-fated PlayStation handheld. The freedom wars being a PlayStation Vita exclusive limited its audience and that, combined with the fact that the servers for the original game were shut down years ago, always made it ripe for a port or remaster. Freedom war remastered it makes the game available to a much wider audience, and it does so without giving up what made the original popular to begin with. However, some may walk away feeling like they are Freedom war remastered it doesn't do enough to bring the 2014 Vita game up to modern home console standards.

Freedom war remastered is almost identical to the original game, but with improved textures, new difficulty settings, and a refreshed crafting system. However, the game feels outdated. while Freedom war remastered supports 4K resolution, character models and mission stages are bland and lack detail. And despite the improved textures, there are many instances where the game looks downright ugly.

It's a little disappointing that Freedom war remastered it hasn't done more to take better advantage of the new hardware it's releasing, but while it's very unimpressive graphically, it at least delivers solid performance, and the actual gameplay is mostly pretty fun. For those unfamiliar with the genre, Freedom war remasteredIts gameplay loop revolves around completing missions to earn materials and weapons that can then be used to tackle more challenging missions. Often this means taking on a large enemy boss, with players able to target specific body parts to obtain certain crafting materials. These battles are long and can be stressful at times, but there's something undeniably addictive about these types of games, and the same goes for Freedom war remastered.

Freedom war remastered can be hard to put down. The mission environments are repetitive and the human fights are annoying as they can constantly interrupt your attacks and movements, but the fights against the larger scale Abductor enemies are a blast. The combat itself is very button-heavy, but it's rewarding when all those attacks finally pay off and part of the enemy's body is crushed. I wish there was more enemy variety, but even fighting the same handful of kidnappers was never boring. A big part of this is the Thorn weapon, which adds an interesting wrinkle to combat.

Freedom war remasteredThorns come in a variety of options with their own special gimmicks, but are mainly used to spin around the environment in a way not unlike Attack on TitanHis ODM gear. The spikes can also be used to pull large enemies to the ground, rendering them defenseless against a barrage of attacks. Missions with big boss fights can take a while, but are usually a lot of fun. It's safe to say that anyone likes it Monster Hunterhis battles will have great fun with Freedom war remastered.

Many Freedom war remastered missions are tackled in groups. Freedom war remastered supports online co-op, but for the purposes of this review, I was mostly stuck with AI-controlled companions. Fortunately, Freedom war remasteredHis AI aids are extremely useful. Sometimes they need special instructions if players hope to complete certain missions (they do a terrible job of capturing the flag if they're not explicitly told to do so, for example), but most of the time they do a great job of reduce enemies. health and reviving their teammates each time they are knocked down. Sometimes the AI companions made a part of Freedom war remasteredHis battles are almost mundane because of how effective they were, but I definitely prefer that to NPC partners getting in the way like in other games.

Freedom war remastered has a variety of NPCs that players can bring on their quests, but players are also assigned their own AI companion who accompanies them on almost every mission in the game by default. This companion is known as the player's “Accessory”. Similar to Monster HunterPalicos, these companions have customizable skins and equipment. Freedom war remastered Accessories also serve a story purpose as they are essentially there to babysit the player and make sure they don't do anything they aren't allowed to do.

Freedom war remastered is set in a dystopian, almost Orwellian world where so-called “sinners” must complete dangerous missions in an attempt to reduce their prison sentences. Freedom war remastered players are slapped with a 1 million year prison sentence at the start of the game and not only that, but many of their privileges are also restricted. Until players regain their privileges by donating resources to their community, known as the Panopticon, they cannot do things like rest, fast travel, or even sprint for more than 5 seconds. Committing these actions results in penalties that see more time added to players' sentences. In one instance, I accidentally spoke to an NPC of the opposite sex without redeeming that right first, and 20 years was added to my sentence. Choosing to bow out without the proper right added another 10 years.

Although it can be a bit annoying at the beginning of the game when you have to slowly walk everywhere, I found Freedom war remasteredhis prison setting and associated gimmick to be fascinating. The story overall is pretty engaging for the most part, though it is often dragged down by generic anime characters and dialogue. There are also long periods of story deposits between quests that don't Freedom war remastered any favors, but I was still invested in the overall mystery and always curious to see where the story was going to go.

One is time in Freedom war remastered it's mostly spent fighting Raptors and running around NPCs, but there are stealth missions thrown in for good measure. Unfortunately, Freedom war remasteredhis covert missions are a total waste of time. They lack any kind of challenge and feel like afterthoughts. When these boring stealth missions appear in the middle of a long discussion, it can seriously affect the pace of the game and leave players impatient to return to the fun, action-packed Abductor missions.

It took me about 20 hours to accumulate credits Freedom war remasteredhis main story, but I still had 879,667 years left in my prison sentence.

Freedom war remasteredIts extended endgame will give players plenty of time to fight countless Abductors and really immerse themselves in the gameplay loop. One could argue that the “real” game starts once Freedom war remasteredhis story is over and as long as one enjoys such things Monster Hunter-style games, they'll get their money's worth and then some, especially if they dive into the online co-op and PvP offerings. It's rough around the edges in some areas, but Freedom war remastered is an addictive action RPG with an addictive gameplay loop that makes it hard to stop playing.