Freedom Planet

Freedom Planet is a love letter to the16-bit era of platform gaming, with beautifully crafted graphics, lovely animations, a wonderful soundtrack and great level design that invites you to look around rather than just quickly rush past the scenery. There are many inside jokes, references and homages to videogame culture to be found. Depending on which of the three characters you choose to play, the levels will be slightly different. Some levels are unique to a specific character, increasing the overall amount of content and adding a lot of replay value. While I adore the amount of detail that was poured into the Story Mode cutscenes, they are somewhat tedious to watch after a while. Luckily you can switch to Classic Mode, which eliminates all of them and gives you pure platform action. Be warned there are a lot of boss fights in Freedom Planet. And sadly they are often more frustrating than fun. They usually get easier once you figured out how to beat an enemy, but more often than not stun-attacks will temporarily paralyze your movements and kill you. Dying means you have to repeat each and every wave of that particular boss, which makes it a tiresome procedure at times. On the plus side, finishing a level unlocks it for you in Time Attack mode, finishing the game rewards you with free level select. Overall, the boss fights are just a minor complaint compared to the rest. My verdict: 5 stars! While the game is undoubtedly inspired by various famous 90's platform titles, it does not deliberately try to be either of them. Besides well-known and established game mechanics, it offers a plethora of new and inventive features, too. This is not Sonic, it's not Rocket Knight Adventures or Gunstar Heroes. This is Freedom Planet. Do yourself a favor and stop reading reviews, start playing the game!

Like classic Sega platformers, except for the PC.

I sat down, and I started playing and it was i like I was back in my childhood, sitting down with a Genesis, playing Sonic the Hedgehog 2. There is plenty to speed through but if you want, you can take your time too to sit and explore everything as well. If you love old retro games, and modern games that ape retro games, this one I highly recommend. It's colourful and bright and easy to control, and most of all fun. =^.,.^=

WoW!!!!!! This game is so amazing. Everything you wanted from sonic game but didnt get it this game have. Pure fun fun fun. Amazing level design, challengin boss fights and music. Man music is perfect. It puts you in nostalgia times when games like these were so beloved :) I truly recommend it, 11/10 score :) It says everything. ps. They creating Freedom planet 2. Wohooo

i could name at least 5 games the 3 characters game play styles alone share similarities to (lilac, sonic's speed with pulseman's voltecker move. milla with her flutter jump (just like yoshi and quite cute) and somewhat slower gameplay with throwing blocks around and firing short range lasers. then theres carol...where to begin? its kinda like gunstar heroes + ninja gaiden with all the wall climbing imo.) and the enemies and bosses... lol it'd be a good sized list if i listed off all the similarities to other genesis games i recognized through this game. overall, a great game blending numerous aspects together for a great mix of action.