13 years in the past earlier than the discharge of FREEDOM WARS Remastered, I wouldn’t have anticipated that monster looking video games would find yourself turning into some of the influential genres that might outline my grownup gaming life but the PlayStation Vita, which I simply bought in direction of the top of my faculty years, grew to become the platform that began all of it. You’ve bought video games like Ragnarok Odyssey, which is the very first sport I’ve bought from the style.
There are even a number of God Eater and Toukiden titles however the sport that basically stood out to me was Freedom Wars. It’s a kind of video games that didn’t technically change into the most effective 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 sport again to life and with it, got here a few mates that I had met throughout that point. It’s form of humorous that our group chat which by no means bought any traction all these years all of the sudden began to change into energetic once more.
However sufficient about me, FREEDOM WARS Remastered as I discussed is a kind 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 affect on the style however its distinctive traits that concentrate on trendy weaponry as an alternative of the trusty bow and arrows except for some enormous and chunky hammers and blades made for such a pleasant change of tempo again then.
Its story follows just about each essential 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 observe 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 sport the place they put diss into dystopian and the place you need to pay for the correct 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 sport that actually duties you with combating skeletal titans whereas singing the OST of Assault on Titan. Now earlier than you begin chanting “Sasageyo” let’s strap right down to some fundamentals first. As a monster-hunting sport, your job is to beat and destroy these skeletal and armoured titans often known as abductors utilizing a mess of various weapons and playstyles.
You possibly can equip two totally different weapons which you could swap round when obligatory in addition to some consumable objects that might provide help to out in battle resembling first-aid kits and ammo packs. However what’s considerably distinctive about FREEDOM WARS Remastered is its thorn mechanic which you need to use in several methods resembling to tug down abductors to the bottom or to even latch on to them so you possibly can sever a few of its components utilizing a knife-type weapon.
In different circumstances, you need to use it to zip across the map or seize objects from a distance. In addition they have three distinct sorts resembling binding, therapeutic and shielding thorns and every does a distinct impact when charged.
One other distinctive issue that FREEDOM WARS Remastered had is its totally 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” sort sport mode in opposition to human-type enemies—seize extra areas or kill sufficient enemies than the opposing staff and also you win. These are simply the issues you possibly can 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 like the unique, nothing a lot has modified or been added. Nonetheless, its previous facility administration system which was used largely for crafting and upgrading weaponry has been fully revamped. In contrast to earlier than whenever you wanted to arrange a few services to do sure issues like weapon crafting that additionally required a few real-world occasions to complete, its newer system scraps that concept.
If you lastly unlock the ability administration tab, you now simply have two choices between Weapon Improvement and Capability Improvement. Weapon improvement entails upgrading weapons utilizing supplies you gained from the world or from particular abductor components. It’s also possible to add components to your weapons which provides sure elemental results and even craft and synthesize modules on your weapons. However not like 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 outfitted or eliminated each time.
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 larger stats than regular like clip measurement, energy, efficient vary or crucial probability amongst just a few others. In the meantime, capability improvement stays considerably the identical the place you possibly can create skills that may be outfitted in your character or improve their capability slots.
The change to its weapon improvement is a welcomed change that basically wanted to be mounted for its remaster as a result of no person’s going to attend thirty and even 5 entire 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 seems to be 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 the entire outfits that can be utilized by the sinner aside from one which will get unlocked in direction of the top.
Its setting and graphics didn’t additionally get something main. It simply appears like a extra HD sport whereas nonetheless holding the cell-shaded seems to be 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 hooked up to its arms whereas others may have defend turbines and even lasers.
Conclusion
All issues thought-about, 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 concept of freedom. In the meantime, its fight is enjoyable but easy.
Don’t count on something to blow your thoughts right here particularly since it is a pretty previous sport that couldn’t be aged in addition to effective wine. It’s nonetheless not the proper sport 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 sport 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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