In Freedom Wars you play a prisoner with a million years on their sentence in the post apocalypse. To reduce your sentence you undertake missions to gather resources, rescue citizens and thin out enemy numbers.
Combat is split between melee and ranged. You also have thorn which is like a grappling hook you use for traversal, subduing monsters and ripping weapons of your enemies. There is Monster hunter like coop though you can bring AI chums with you into missions. You are always accompanied by your Accessory; a robot (maybe) helper that you can customise and equip with different weapons.
There is a hub world with terrible fetch quests and merchants.
That's the high level description done, let's get down to business.
Lost Planet and Lost Planet 2 are two of the coolest shooters of the last gen. Anyone that thinks differently is lying or an idiot, your choice. This game feels like a weird sequel that eschews the mechs and T-ENG and builds on the grappling hook while giving you a valid melee strategy. The gun play feels very similar (you can run into the screen and fire behind you) and the grappling hook now allows you to chain moves while in the air.
The battles are fast, enemies hit hard and when you chain a number of leaping melee attacks and then rip the artillery cannon of a bipedal demon mech thing you feel like a bad ass. The combat is great in a Japanese action game kind of way.
The between mission stuff sees you wandering around a hub world with certain restrictions placed on you. There is some sort of meta commentary going on about video game rewards and unlocks but I won't spoil it for you. They are surprising, funny and frustrating in equal measure but worth experiencing for yourself.
The game looks great and the character customisation seems to have loads of unlocks. The weapons can be merged to upgrade them so you never feel like you are collecting junk. Everything can be used even if it is just to donate to your home city to increase its standing.
Is anyone playing this? The game is really cool and looks like it will keep me going for a fair bit. Sorry, bit of a rushed first play, trying to get it did while tea is cooking.
Combat is split between melee and ranged. You also have thorn which is like a grappling hook you use for traversal, subduing monsters and ripping weapons of your enemies. There is Monster hunter like coop though you can bring AI chums with you into missions. You are always accompanied by your Accessory; a robot (maybe) helper that you can customise and equip with different weapons.
There is a hub world with terrible fetch quests and merchants.
That's the high level description done, let's get down to business.
Lost Planet and Lost Planet 2 are two of the coolest shooters of the last gen. Anyone that thinks differently is lying or an idiot, your choice. This game feels like a weird sequel that eschews the mechs and T-ENG and builds on the grappling hook while giving you a valid melee strategy. The gun play feels very similar (you can run into the screen and fire behind you) and the grappling hook now allows you to chain moves while in the air.
The battles are fast, enemies hit hard and when you chain a number of leaping melee attacks and then rip the artillery cannon of a bipedal demon mech thing you feel like a bad ass. The combat is great in a Japanese action game kind of way.
The between mission stuff sees you wandering around a hub world with certain restrictions placed on you. There is some sort of meta commentary going on about video game rewards and unlocks but I won't spoil it for you. They are surprising, funny and frustrating in equal measure but worth experiencing for yourself.
The game looks great and the character customisation seems to have loads of unlocks. The weapons can be merged to upgrade them so you never feel like you are collecting junk. Everything can be used even if it is just to donate to your home city to increase its standing.
Is anyone playing this? The game is really cool and looks like it will keep me going for a fair bit. Sorry, bit of a rushed first play, trying to get it did while tea is cooking.
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