Milla, on the other hand, is weaker than both Lilac and Carol, and a bit slower than the two of them as well. She has the ability to wall jump Megaman X style, jump along red jump pads, and even summon her motorcycle for extra combat options and faster movement (she needs to find gas canisters throughout the levels to use it, however). Carol, while slower than Lilac, has multiple abilities that enable her to traverse levels easier than her partner. She also has some twists such as being able to spin dash up or down diagonally, which is essential for navigating some areas she’d otherwise be able to reach. Lilac controls as you’d expect a Sonic character to, being able to spin dash and move at high speed. Setting out to stop the theft of the Kingdom Stone and ensuing destruction of their planet, the team also meets the orphaned dog Milla Basset (who is also the third playable character in the game).įreedom Planet’s three playable characters all have their own unique controls as well as story segments and even levels. Lilac – a purple dragon and Carol – a green wildcat, are former mercenaries who get wrapped up in the interplanetary plot after an otherworldly duck (unfortunately NOT named Howard) crash lands in their neighborhood. Enter Sasha Lilac and Carol Tea, the games primary protagonists of the game. Assassinating the king of Shuigang and taking over the prince’s mind, Brevon sets a plan in motion to get the three kingdoms of Avalice to fight one another and make it all the easier to get his hands on the Kingdom Stone. I don’t think Torque is buying it, Carol.įreedom Planet begins with the mantid-like alien warlord Brevon invading the world of Avalice in search of the Kingdom Stone, a powerful artifact that will empower his own army and ensure his world’s survival. Instead of the Sonic-based mainstays such as rings and Eggman, players are treated to an alien world full of eastern Asian design with a host of gameplay changes and tweaks and it works surprisingly well. Originally planned as a Sonic the Hedgehog fangame, Freedom Planet became its own IP after GalaxyTrail decided pursuing the fangame route would hold it back. At its core, Freedom Planet is a 2D Platformer that harkens back to the 16-Bit age of gaming, with a little 32-Bit style flair thrown in for good measure. Now that I’ve had the opportunity to finally sit down and play the Nintendo Switch release of the game, I can see the praises were well founded. I saw it talked about on 4chan’s Video Games board when it came out and I saw it heralded as a nice homage to the Sonic the Hedgehog series (you know when /v/ consistently likes something it HAS to be good). Freedom Planet is a game that I sadly missed out on when it was originally released on Steam back in July 2014, as well as the Wii U and PS4 ports later on down the line.
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