Freedom Force

Freedom Force

Steam Deck · unrated

Irrational Games · RPG · May 29, 2009

It depends on what you're after.

At $4.99. It has been as low as $1.24.

56%
Mixed
547 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 94 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 44 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 547 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
60% of themes are praise20% are divided20% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
From the opening sequence, the game establishes its playful tone with bold narration, comic-book panels, and exaggerated dialogue straight out of the Silver Age.
94 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay in Freedom Force is a hybrid of real-time tactics and role-playing systems.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are totally like those you can see on comics made in the '60s and the '70s.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The shining features of the game are undoubtedly its self-aware corniness, the ability to create your own superhero and fight alongside freedom force with them (Cancerquake did his duty well), and the voice acting.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
The bosses are inovative and while not too hard I broke a sweat or two more than once.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Not only was it an extreme hassle to get a multiplayer game running (about 18 of the 20 minutes I spent playing it was on trying to get it to work), but once the game did start, it barely functioned, with my brother unable to even act while I wailed away at his characters.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters94 reviews
Gameplay37 reviews
Graphics30 reviews
Audio15 reviews
Difficulty9 reviews
Multiplayer6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat17 reviews
76%
Interface11 reviews
45%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs44 reviews
30%
Crashes16 reviews
13%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $4.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.24.

5 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

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Player review score
56%
Mixed
Playing right now
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