Posted February 10, 2016 (edited) So... I noticed that this game hasn't been talked about around here. That's odd, I thought we had plenty old-school fans. Freedom Planet Starting its development as a Sonic fangame, this little gem went farther than anybody expected. It's a genuinely good game, and a pretty great throwback to acton-platformers from the Mega Drive & Sega Saturn era (in fact, the whole game has a very Treasure feel to it). I've seen people comparing it to Shovel Knight in that regard, too. The main character is Lilac, a purple Chinese Dragon* who plays a lot like Sonic. She can run fast and make loops, but rather than a spin dash, she has a rocket boost in the vein of Sparkster (from Rocket Knight Adventures), among other things. *She resembles a Chinese Dragon exactly as much as Sonic resembles a Hedgehog. You can also play as other characters: Carol the Wildcat was designed to feel like a Capcom character (mostly Mega Man Zero) and Milla the Puppy was designed to feel like a Nintendo character (not a single one in particular, but I can feel shades of Kirby, Yoshi and SMB 2). Regardless of who you choose, the levels were designed to handle fast-paced gameplay and Treasure-style action, and I'd say the developers were pretty successful at that. The game is just pure fun through and through, and it's very well-polished, too (there are achievements for sequence-breaking, bonus dialogue if you stall a boss fight, and even Pixar-style bloopers). Also, incredibly catchy music: Audio If there's anything I could consider a flaw in the game, it's the unusually lengthy cutscenes between levels, but you can always skip them if you wish. I do enjoy watching the cheesy plot, though. The game was only released on PC and Nintendo platforms, and I highly recommend it. There's also DLC on the way (two additional playable characters) and a recently-announced sequel. Who knows how far the former fangame can go? Edited February 10, 2016 by Jonnas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 10, 2016 I played the demo on the Wii U that was given out during E3 and really enjoyed it. Sadly, the game release on the Wii U got hindered by a few bugs and the release got pushed further and further back. When it did eventually arrive, the release schedule was too crowded for me to pick it up. I still want to play it, I just have no idea when I will get around to buying it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
