Freedom Wars - Review @ RPG Site

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RPG Site reviewed the J-RPG Freedom Wars: Remastered:

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Freedom Wars: Remastered Review

It's always fascinating to revisit games that feel so emblematic of a specific period in time - and Freedom Wars is definitely one of those cases. Back when the Nintendo 3DS and the PlayStation Vita were still current hardware, Monster Hunter jumping ship to Nintendo's handheld was a major deal; the franchise was the king of the jungle on the PlayStation Portable, and so there were no shortage of competitors that tried to take a slice of that pie. Games like God Eater, Toukiden, Lord of Arcana, and much more - yet it was when the Vita released bereft of a mainline Monster Hunter, that's when things really heated up for the genre. In addition to the existing franchises, we had even more hitting the scene - and even Sony throwing their own hat into the ring in an attempt to fill the gap. Game's like Soul Sacrifice, and yes, Freedom Wars.

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At its core, Freedom Wars is still very much the same game as the PlayStation Vita original, warts and all. It has the same frustrating pacing, the same story that while conceptually interesting maybe doesn't fully deliver on that promise in practice. As fun as the high-speed action combat can be, it's still very limited in what you can actually do; and the scope of missions and the areas they take place in certainly betray the game's history as a handheld title from a decade prior. Still, even if it was merely a time capsule - I'd still be glad that Freedom Wars got to be remembered. It's a real treat, then, that this remaster has done an admirable job to polish up a game that for many Vita fanatics was the high point of the system's life. I can't say that Freedom Wars: Remastered is worth playing for those who never had the chance to play the original, but it would be nice if this wasn't the last we see of the world inside the Panopticon.

Score: 8/10