Posted on: March 8, 2021
CharlieLima79
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The first truly good superhero PC game
Back in the 1980s and 90s, superhero games on the PC were okay at best. Many, if not all, paled in comparison to their faster, more exciting counterparts on home gaming consoles. Whatever superhero action PC games could do, the console ones just seemed to do better. But in 2002, things changed with the arrival of ‘Freedom Force’. There’s one genre that PC can do way better than home consoles: real-time strategy. With ‘FF’ being a real-time tactical RPG, PC gamers finally have a superhero game to call their own. Thankfully, it’s also a very good one that’s mod-friendly. What makes ‘FF’ stand out from other superhero games, even at the time of this review, is that its artistic design is inspired by the Silver Age of Comic Books. The art is reminiscent of those by Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and John Romita Sr.; the colourful narration and dialogues are like those written by Stan Lee. Even the voice acting is done in the style of that found in the 1960s ‘Spider-Man’ cartoon. While I am not a big fan of, and am not really good at, RTS/tactical games, I still found ‘FF’ accessible and easy to learn. The story has a nice, charming 1960s flavour, with more emotion in it than expected. While it’s clear that the game’s characters were inspired by popular ones in the Marvel and DC repertoires, they still have their own personalities. What makes ‘FF’ even more special is that you get to control a team of superheroes, not just a single member. With this game being so mod-friendly, you can even create and import your own heroes. It’s still easy to find meshes and skins of custom-made Marvel and DC characters, and play as them in ‘FF’. This is as close to a properly-made ‘X-Men’ game as you can get right now. ‘FF’ is an easy game to recommend to fans of real-time strategy games, and to comic book fans who are interested in superhero games outside of the third-person action genre. At its current low price (even when it’s not on sale), ‘FF’ is a game that’s hard to pass up.
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