13 years in the past earlier than the discharge of FREEDOM WARS Remastered, I wouldn’t have anticipated that monster searching video games would find yourself changing into one of the vital influential genres that may outline my grownup gaming life but the PlayStation Vita, which I simply received in the direction of the tip of my school years, grew to become the platform that began all of it. You’ve received video games like Ragnarok Odyssey, which is the very first recreation I’ve received from the style.
There are even a number of God Eater and Toukiden titles however the recreation that basically stood out to me was Freedom Wars. It’s a type of video games that didn’t technically develop into the very best out of all of the Vita titles I had ever performed however nonetheless holds a pleasant but dystopian place in my coronary heart.
Quick ahead to the present yr, 2025 is bringing that exact same recreation again to life and with it, got here a few mates that I had met throughout that point. It’s type of humorous that our group chat which by no means received any traction all these years out of the blue began to develop into energetic once more.
However sufficient about me, FREEDOM WARS Remastered as I discussed is a type of monster-hunting video games—it’s under no circumstances a META-defining second neither is it one thing that made a lot of an impression on the style however its distinctive traits that concentrate on fashionable weaponry as an alternative of the trusty bow and arrows apart from some large and chunky hammers and blades made for such a pleasant change of tempo again then.
Its story follows just about each primary protagonist you’ll ever see—amnesiac and silent. And in a world the place each nation, each district and each panopticon are struggling to outlive on a day-to-day foundation, your position as a sinner is to comply with each rule and command of your panopticon. Failure to conform? You get reprimanded, fined and even thrown again into your jail cell. That is the literal recreation the place they put diss into dystopian and the place it’s a must to pay for the proper to even sleep mendacity down or have the “freedom” to even breathe.
Titans aren’t actual they usually can’t harm you…
Gameplay-wise, Freedom Wars Remastered is a recreation that actually duties you with preventing skeletal titans whereas singing the OST of Assault on Titan. Now earlier than you begin chanting “Sasageyo” let’s strap all the way down to some fundamentals first. As a monster-hunting recreation, your job is to beat and destroy these skeletal and armoured titans generally known as abductors utilizing a large number of various weapons and playstyles.
You’ll be able to equip two completely different weapons that you may swap round when obligatory in addition to some consumable objects that would make it easier to out in battle corresponding to first-aid kits and ammo packs. However what’s considerably distinctive about FREEDOM WARS Remastered is its thorn mechanic which you should use in several methods corresponding to to pull down abductors to the bottom or to even latch on to them so you may sever a few of its elements utilizing a knife-type weapon.
In different circumstances, you should use it to zip across the map or seize objects from a distance. In addition they have three distinct sorts corresponding to binding, therapeutic and shielding thorns and every does a special impact when charged.
One other distinctive issue that FREEDOM WARS Remastered had is its completely different mission sorts and on-line options. Freedom Wars Remastered is fairly easy with both throwing you right into a map full of abductors to destroy or have you ever reclaiming a sure variety of captured residents. In some instances, you’re additionally simply tasked with a “Seize” or “Deathmatch” kind recreation mode towards human-type enemies—seize extra areas or kill sufficient enemies than the opposing group and also you win. These are simply the issues you may count on to do alone or with mates on-line by way of their Coop and Versus modes.
Extra of the identical however extra…
However very similar to the unique, nothing a lot has modified or been added. Nevertheless, its previous facility administration system which was used largely for crafting and upgrading weaponry has been utterly revamped. In contrast to earlier than while you wanted to arrange a few amenities to do sure issues like weapon crafting that additionally required a few real-world instances to complete, its newer system scraps that concept.
While you lastly unlock the ability administration tab, you now simply have two choices between Weapon Growth and Skill Growth. Weapon growth includes upgrading weapons utilizing supplies you gained from the world or from particular abductor elements. You too can add components to your weapons which provides sure elemental results and even craft and synthesize modules on your weapons. However in contrast to the unique the place you’re capable of rise up to 12 modules for every weapon, you now solely have as much as 8 module slots that may be geared up or eliminated at any time when.
Equally, one other distinctive addition to its system is extra distinctive traits to sure weapons which have a yellow nook icon that signifies it has greater stats than regular like clip measurement, energy, efficient vary or crucial probability amongst a number of others. In the meantime, potential growth stays considerably the identical the place you may create talents that may be geared up in your character or improve their potential slots.
The change to its weapon growth is a welcomed change that basically wanted to be mounted for its remaster as a result of no one’s going to attend thirty and even 5 complete minutes for a weapon to be crafted. Thirty-year-old me would’ve fallen asleep earlier than my weapon was crafted at that time. It’s only a disgrace that they didn’t actually add something to its story nor did they add any main outfits to have fun its re-release as a result of even then, it appears to be like stale regardless of their a number of changeable types and designs.
By the point I reached the latter half of Freedom Wars Remastered, I had already obtained all the outfits that can be utilized by the sinner apart from one which will get unlocked in the direction of the tip.
Its atmosphere and graphics didn’t additionally get something main. It simply seems like a extra HD recreation whereas nonetheless maintaining the cell-shaded appears to be like and design. Its monster sorts stay the identical with little or no selection. The one saving grace for these abominations is their a number of configurations the place one Biped Abductor may have homing rocket launchers connected to its arms whereas others may have protect mills and even lasers.
Conclusion
All issues thought of, Freedom Wars Remastered is strictly simply how I remembered whereas taking a little bit of liberty to modernize some archaic options. Its story was and doubtless nonetheless is as attention-grabbing for its rugged takes on the thought of freedom. In the meantime, its fight is enjoyable but easy.
Don’t count on something to blow your thoughts right here particularly since this can be a pretty previous recreation that couldn’t be aged in addition to tremendous wine. It’s nonetheless not the proper recreation even with its remaster. It may be tough across the edges particularly when citizen reclamation is concerned plus the truth that its drop charges might be considerably abysmal.
Critically, 10 freaking missions and the useful resource that I would like nonetheless haven’t dropped. However all in all, that is nonetheless the identical recreation with the identical addictive gameplay loop that’s a bit exhausting to place down when you’ve began. So, when you’re in search of one thing to scratch that itch earlier than Monster Hunter Wilds comes out, then look no additional.
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