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 turning into one of the influential genres that will outline my grownup gaming life but the PlayStation Vita, which I simply received in direction of the top of my faculty years, turned the platform that began all of it. You’ve received video games like Ragnarok Odyssey, which is the very first sport I’ve received 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 type of video games that didn’t technically turn 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 12 months, 2025 is bringing that exact same sport again to life and with it, got here a few pals that I had met throughout that point. It’s form of humorous that our group chat which by no means received any traction all these years instantly began to turn into lively once more.
However sufficient about me, FREEDOM WARS Remastered as I discussed is a type of monster-hunting video games—it’s not at all 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 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 function 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 sport the place they put diss into dystopian and the place it’s important 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 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 generally known as abductors utilizing a large number of various weapons and playstyles.
You’ll be able to equip two completely different weapons you can swap round when needed in addition to some consumable objects that would enable you out in battle equivalent to 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 equivalent to to tug down abductors to the bottom or to even latch on to them so you may 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 equivalent to binding, therapeutic and shielding thorns and every does a distinct 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” sort sport 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 pals on-line via 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. Nonetheless, its previous facility administration system which was used principally for crafting and upgrading weaponry has been fully 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.
Whenever you lastly unlock the ability administration tab, you now simply have two choices between Weapon Growth and Potential Growth. Weapon improvement includes upgrading weapons utilizing supplies you gained from the world or from particular abductor components. You may also 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 in a position to stand up to 12 modules for every weapon, you now solely have as much as 8 module slots that may be geared up or eliminated every 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 increased stats than regular like clip dimension, energy, efficient vary or essential probability amongst a number of others. In the meantime, potential improvement 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 improvement is a welcomed change that basically wanted to be fastened 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 rejoice its re-release as a result of even then, it appears stale regardless of their a number of changeable kinds 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 direction of the top.
Its atmosphere and graphics didn’t additionally get something main. It simply seems like a extra HD sport whereas nonetheless retaining the cell-shaded appears 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 might have homing rocket launchers hooked up to its arms whereas others might have defend turbines and even lasers.
Conclusion
All issues thought of, Freedom Wars Remastered is precisely simply how I remembered whereas taking a little bit of liberty to modernize some archaic options. Its story was and doubtless nonetheless is as fascinating 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 fantastic wine. It’s nonetheless not the right 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 will be considerably abysmal.
Severely, 10 freaking missions and the useful resource that I want nonetheless haven’t dropped. However all in all, that is nonetheless the identical sport with the identical addictive gameplay loop that’s a bit laborious to place down when you’ve began. So, in case you’re searching for one thing to scratch that itch earlier than Monster Hunter Wilds comes out, then look no additional.
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