Posted on: March 8, 2021

CharlieLima79

游戏: 639 评论: 149

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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Posted on: September 24, 2021

Solarflight

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游戏: 82 评论: 14

Addictively fun superhero game

Back in the early 2000's, superhero-themed videogames had a really bad reputation for being either cheap movie tie-ins, or mediocre licensed games that relied on its superhero title for name recognition. Freedom Force was arguably the first good superhero game to come out, and it was addictively fun. First of all, the art style is amazing. The game is brightly coloured and corny, and the over-the-top voice acting and "secret origins" of the characters really evokes the silver age of comics. Each mission feels like playing through an actual issue of a real-life comic book: the missions are decently diverse, and cover a range of stereotypical comic-book tropes. By not relying on licensed DC or Marvel superheroes, the game devs were free to create their own hilariously campy cast of heroes, each with their own unique set of powers and playstyle. A large part of the game's appeal is learning to use each hero's power set as part of a larger team. Not all heroes are available for every mission, so the game encourages you to mix it up and try different team configurations. This kept the gameplay fresh and always exciting. Unfortunately, there are a few minor issues that prevent the game from achieving all-time greatness. Sometimes your heroes just won't register commands the first time. The UI can also be a bit clunky. For example, swapping between a given hero's powers can be a bit of a chore, as you have to select the new power from a drop-down menu. Ranged attacks are also not automatically continuous; to get a hero to repeat their ranged attack, you have to click once again on its target each time. These and other issues make it so that you'll need to pause the game frequently in the middle of big combats in order to update/reissue orders. The game also doesn't seem to like running on modern Windows systems; I experienced a few game freezes and CTDs. Still, the game is fun enough that I was willing to put up with these issues in order to play through the campaign.

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Posted on: May 20, 2020