Freedom Planet

Freedom Planet starts off fine with Sonic's influence being very apparent. It seems like they get the idea, letting the player decide how they want to play. Whether the player wants to take a more paced approach and explore, engage in combat, just race to the finish or a mix.

Unfortunately, as the game progresses, they start throwing cheaper and cheaper enemies at you that have less wind up time to their attacks, have a large AOE and block the path forward forcing you to slow your approach to not take a cheap hit and engage in combat.

The bosses also get increasingly obnoxious. They often feel like either a brawl of button mashing attrition or a test of whether you can figure out how to cheat the game design. Ultimately I quit half way through because of the perfect example of this where you have to defeat 99 ninjas before every attempt at the boss. It was like they wanted to highlight the worst aspects of the game design.

I recommend this game if you love fighting total BS bosses lol

good game

This is 2d sonic except it doesn't feel like you're playing as a dead fish sliding on a block of ice

where is the blue hedgehog

The best Sega Saturn game that didn't exist back then

Uno de los mejores sucesores espirituales de Sonic que e jugado sinceramente me encantó el juego su banda sonora y el arte y espero que la secuela sea igual de buena

This is Sonic the Hedgehog but if it wasn't garbage.

best epic mc epeic

I enjoyed it more than the 2D sonic games I have played back on the Genesis. 3 characters with different play styles was nice too, changed up each of the 3 playthroughs

This game is fantastic

PLAY THIS VIDEOGAME!!!!! IT'S SO FUN!!!!!!!! and the OST, specially in the final zone. oh my god.

6/10
This game is far from the best sonic-like game as some acclaimed. Mediocre story, strange pacing, uneven difficulty, lengthy stage. This game feels like a hybrid of multiple platformer merged together but fails to integrate them in a good way.

i would explain but the reviews already say enough

2D platformer HEAVILY based on sonic the hedgehog. characters have extra moves, and the scenery and music are unique and great to go through. highly recommend for any sonic fans. (steam version has controller issues. go to your controller settings ingame and map them to your gamepad before playing.)

Are you a Sonic fan and also somehow even more of a furry?

If so this game might be for you.

Freedom planet

Freedom Planet, from the get-go, is a absolute delight to play, from the tight controls to the unique move sets that each of the three main gals have as you engage in a romp throughout a colorful world reminiscent of the classic Sonic games. While it does draw inspiration from those old platformer titles, it is much more than a mere copy and is genre defining in its own right with its lively world and characters. The only complaint I have about this is the rather fast paced story that can blow by your head if you aren't paying close attention, as well as the voice acting can be a bit grating at times. Of course, that is more than acceptable for a first time title for an indie developer. I highly recommend this title!

CANNOT believe this was released more than a decade ago. Absolutely superb.

Really good game.

Is good.

A game full of lovable characters and overall charm. Lots of little details that just make it all the more obvious how much passion the devs had when making it. The gameplay is great, lots of fast paced platforming and bossfights, with each fight being unique and fun in a different way. Check it out if you ever get the chance!

Amazing game. A bit short, if you don't want to do all the achievements at least.
But the story, gameplay, voice acting, characters, art style, music, they are all worth it.
The game is just good. I recommend it.

This game is honestly a lot of fun! It is so inspired by Sonic that the small idiosyncrasies threw me off a little bit, but I got used to it quick. The level design is great along with all of the mechanics, only big complaint is that I feel like enemies should sporadically drop health. There's one later on that does, and it's just confusing to me why that wasn't the case for more enemies.
But the music is incredible, the levels are all fun, and the bosses are cool as hell. Big recommend. 10/10

this is easily on of the best 2D fast paced platformer ever made !
my on criticism is that the time attack\level select mode kinda bad it does not work like real TAM and when u restart the level it sends you back from ur last checkpoint not from the beginning of the level

For a game that only costs $15, this really is a neat project. From the pixel art to the soundtrack, this game really is an A-tier in my book. For the levels, what I really like about them is how they're not some multiple passage maze-like nonsense that sonic mania has. They're all pretty simple and it really is recommended considering most people don't like replaying the same single player platformer game. Unless they just got nothing better to do.

Another thing that I like is how you have health in this game. Like you can get hit multiple times and still be alive. Now, you could say, "Oh, but you can do that in sonic mania. Just collect a coin after you get hit." And yeah, that is true, but if you get unlucky, you might not GET a coin back. Especially if they fall into the void. Like I prefer the fixed amount of hits I can take rather than having to hope that I can grab one of my coins in order to take another hit. And yeah, you may have less invulnerability frames than sonic mania does but that makes sense considering you have tons of health. But nonetheless, it's better than having to chase after 1 single coin.

Another thing that this game does better than sonic mania is how you don't get hit just for simply touching an enemy. I really don't know why this still exists today. I mean, I understand in the arcade days, you gotta make people die a lot more to make them pay for the arcade machines. But in today's day and age, this mechanic is so unnecessary. Like seriously, you should not get hit just for simply touching an enemy or by passing right by them. Like oh my goodness. But yeah, props to GalaxyTrail for not implementing that and ACTUALLY giving the enemies an attack animation rather than just, "oh, you touched this guy? Get hit." 'cause that mechanic is so cancerous like oh my goodness.

Now, with everything that I have pointed out on what this game does better than sonic mania, I know some guy is probably gonna come in here and say, "Oh but you need to collect 200 crystals in order to get an extra life, rather than 100 coins in sonic mania." And while that is true, lives don't really matter in this game 'cause once you get put into that "continue?" screen, you can just simply press, "yes" and continue from your last checkpoint with 5 extra lives. Also, another thing, I like this game's continue screen. It looks really cool and the music really fits the atmosphere of it. Very impressive.

But yeah, I could go on & on and praise this game day & night, but I think you get the idea. This game is so much better than sonic mania. Especially with the amazing pixel art, the music, great gameplay, no woke nonsense, heck, they actually added male & female bathrooms in this, cool bosses, great worldbuilding and story for that matter, 3 characters you can play with that have different move-sets and cutscenes, great achievements, all for just $15 (and sometimes put it on SALE for 50% off???)? This game deserves higher praise man. Like seriously, bless these devs for publishing an amazing game with bugs that can only occur if you intentionally find a complex way to make them happen. Like the speedrunners do. But all in all, 10/10. Definitely deserves Overwhelmingly Positive reviews. Most definitely deserves it.

P.S. I like Torque's, "Thank you." near the end there. Sounds veryyy... charming.

Good game, very good game.

Shame some characters were never finished.

I love this series. I'm suprised how under the radar it was for this long and how barely anyone has given it a spotlight it deserves (Well that I can find.).

The Gameplay is very snappy and fits perfectly, and also how every character plays differently while reusing maps for every character, they can still play just as good for all three of them.

Ngl Carol kinda got me into this game so long ago and I finally got to play the game myself so take a WILD guess who I picked to play first? :)
Yeah I still picked Lilac... Can't wait to try out the second too!

muito bom cara adorei o game mas puta q me pariu o boss final me fez tomar uns 3 continues acho q sou horrivel nesse jogo

THIS GAME IS FRESH ASS

its peak

if your a sonic fan you will love this game.

this game is ridiculously amazing :O
a bummer it took me so long to get it!
i love the story bits and characters. it's cute and funny and brutal >.<
i'll keep trying but i am not too sure i'll be able to beat it :O
but i suck. so there's that!

CAT RIDING A FUCKIN MOTORCYCLE

Best Sonic Game Ever Made Before Sonic Mania

Jood Jem! I enjoyed it

If the Sonic games were allowed to grow up with their earliest fans, they would be like Freedom Planet.

Zones are thematically tied to the story and the player's progress. It embraces challenge. Enemies take more than one hit to defeat and must be defeated by means other than jumping on them. It has a coherent story, and superb voice acting and music to carry it.

Freedom Planet is exactly how I want Sonic games to be as an adult player.

The best inspiration 2d Sonic game, having a vibe and aesthetic

𝑪𝒀𝑪𝑳𝑶𝑵𝑬

Game is Peak

friendship ended with classic sonic, now freedom planet is my new best friend

dragon deez nuts across your mouth


the game's good ig

For whatever reason, this game manages to do a 2d Sonic-like better than Sonic, outside of Sonic Mania and Generation, in my humble opinion.

The campy, weekend-morning cartoon voice acted story doesn't waste your time and manages to hold my no-attention-having-self's attention. The game controls very tightly and seldom accosts you with crappy, off-screen obstacles like other Sonic games/Sonic-like games.

Off-screen issues are still occasionally a problem and the arcade-style life system, while exceedingly generous, does still feel dated in a burgeoning landscape of platformers without hard resets for losing all of your lives.

All-in-all, this game rocks and I'd recommend it to anyone who wants a visually appealing 2d platformer and can tolerate minor amounts of some potentially Newgrounds style cringe. To me, it came off much more endearing than cringy, but I can absolutely see some people not reactiing to it as well; watch a couple videos if you aren't sure before you buy.

The platforming, movement, and combat all feel really well-polished. It really took me back to the era of the old 2-D Sonic games. The story and characters might not be for everyone (I found it all pretty cute), but you owe it to yourself to at least try it for the gameplay.

I have a big mix of emotions when it comes to Freedom Planet.

- The style is very much reminiscent of the original sonic the hedgehog games but taking the general gameplay loop towards a combat instead of a pure platformer. Giving each character not only additional jump abilities (not necessarily like double jumps), a simple attack but also giving them signature special abilities and additional attacks unique attacks (Lilac's Rising Slash and Carol's Wild Claw).
- Enemies instead of being damaged by jumping on them must be damaged by your character's attacks and most enemies can only damage you by using their attacks on you as well, not to say enemies still can't damage you just by touching you though, instead of just losing your crystals when you take damage instead you have health that can only be replenished through collecting red leaves.
- Each environment is unique and full of life calling to familiar themes, all with their own obstacles and quirks along with a beautiful design to each level to boot.
- Certain character/enemy designs are wonderfully animated, they don't just use simple pixel art animation but rather animate with each part in mind and not enough games ever trying animating this way, like for example Robo-panther that Serpantine uses at the end of Fortune Night is really well done. Music & Sound design is really good and very fitting, my favourite track is when you're fighting a mini-boss.
- Voice Acting is strange for a game like Freedom Planet but a welcome addition, though each character's voice lines aren't consistent, Torque has WAY too much bass compared to say Lilac or Carol but that's a small nitpick.

Some complaints I have about Freedom Planet:
- I wish there was a better run down of the character's abilities
- Wish I could see more which I'm move fast or jumping
- Stuff including some enemy attacks (excluding bosses) don't happen off-screen
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- I wish it was explained who Spade is and what happened to Prince Dail after Brevon was defeated.
- Brevon Armed Soldiers (The guys that get back up after they've been knocked down again.) are really annoying and unfair to fight when more than one gets involved.
- Some Bosses take the fun out of the game for me, especially Brevon Phase 2 because he doesn't have a pattern and can use abilities that make it impossible to hit his head.

Masterpiece

I really loved this game! Though I have a ton of experience with classic Sonic games, and the comparisons to them are quite abundant if you look around on the internet (I am not helping), Freedom Planet is actually quite sufficiently different. It almost feels like a mix of Sonic and Mega Man gameplay, which is probably why I am quite a bit worse at FP, because I suck at Mega Man lol. However, the challenge is welcome, and I look forward to many more hours spent trying to improve my skills at FP :3

Putting the gameplay aside, I also loved the story a lot. This is a weird reference for me to make, but as a fan of the Wings of Fire books, I kind of live and die for this game's brand of earnest, heart-on-your-sleeve, even slightly cheesy at times, storytelling. The characters have really fun personalities and I genuinely enjoyed the emotional beats the plot took.

I don't have much to say about the music because I haven't really spent the time to relisten to the soundtrack alone, but I'm fairly confident in saying that what I have heard is really really good! I also really love the art direction of this game, though I can't really point to specifics because I'm not very used to critiquing that sort of thing. All I'll say is that the sprites are super cute!

So yeah this game fun pls buy

This game is like rediscovering a childhood I never had!

Freedom Planet is a great game that uses the best elements of classic platformers and turns them into an exciting adventure with unique characters and a vibrant world. The gameplay is dynamic, the levels are worked out with attention to detail, and the stylish pixel graphics and energetic soundtrack give the game a special atmosphere.

However, it is worth noting that the bosses in the game can be a real challenge. Their attacks sometimes seem too complicated and require quick reactions and precise actions. Overall, Freedom Planet is a great game for fans of the genre, but be prepared for the fact that it can seriously challenge your skills!

So much charm & fun. The game is just awesome!