Freedom Planet is a fun game with a few issues that were hard for me to overlook.
It is a fun and very competent platformer. If you like classic Sonic games you will feel right at home here. The pixel art is crisp and vibrant with great animations. The overall visual presentation is just fantastic, it really looks like a classic Sega game. Likewise the soundtrack is great.
Mechanically it feels like Sonic but with tighter controls. You have better control over your characters than some of those classic games and movement feels good even when going pretty fast. Each character has unique mechanics that incentivize replaying the game with each of them. I think the developers did a good job of coming up with interesting ways to use your abilities as well.
The combat while fun suffers from multiple issues. There's often way too much enemy spam. Combine that with the laughably short iframes when you get hit and it's almost impossible not to take damage. Some enemies basically just rush straight towards you and there's no way to avoid them. I often felt like I had no choice but to damage boost through areas, and it was often easier just to run past enemies. Bosses also felt inconsistent. Their attack patterns are not well telegraphed, and I felt like I just had to keep dying until I could memorize the patterns.
The story is pretty cliche with mid to bad presentation. The voice acting and writing is very amateurish but you can tell a lot of heart went into making the game. Story is definitely not the draw of this game.
The game is probably not for everyone but even with its issues I enjoyed myself and would be interested in playing the sequel. Despite its flaws it's definitely worth a play if you enjoy 2d platformers and/or Sonic games.
It is a fun and very competent platformer. If you like classic Sonic games you will feel right at home here. The pixel art is crisp and vibrant with great animations. The overall visual presentation is just fantastic, it really looks like a classic Sega game. Likewise the soundtrack is great.
Mechanically it feels like Sonic but with tighter controls. You have better control over your characters than some of those classic games and movement feels good even when going pretty fast. Each character has unique mechanics that incentivize replaying the game with each of them. I think the developers did a good job of coming up with interesting ways to use your abilities as well.
The combat while fun suffers from multiple issues. There's often way too much enemy spam. Combine that with the laughably short iframes when you get hit and it's almost impossible not to take damage. Some enemies basically just rush straight towards you and there's no way to avoid them. I often felt like I had no choice but to damage boost through areas, and it was often easier just to run past enemies. Bosses also felt inconsistent. Their attack patterns are not well telegraphed, and I felt like I just had to keep dying until I could memorize the patterns.
The story is pretty cliche with mid to bad presentation. The voice acting and writing is very amateurish but you can tell a lot of heart went into making the game. Story is definitely not the draw of this game.
The game is probably not for everyone but even with its issues I enjoyed myself and would be interested in playing the sequel. Despite its flaws it's definitely worth a play if you enjoy 2d platformers and/or Sonic games.