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 What is Freedom Force? Released in 2002, Freedom Force is, well...it's a lot of things! It's a real-time strategy game, it's a role-playing game, but perhaps most of all, it's a campy and ridiculous love letter to old-school comic-bookery. It's an obscure little title that few people have even heard of, so as one of the three people on the planet who's ever played it, I figured it was high time to show it off. Why should I care? I mean, it's campy as hell, has great voice acting and a rampant physics engine. But if that's not enough, it might interest you to know that it was made by Ken Levine, who would later go on to make Bioshock. All right, how about this LP then? Glad you asked! This is going to be a video LP, and joining me on this trip are going to be fellow goons Yapping Eevee and Skippy Granola, who have basically never seen the game before. Updates may be as often as twice a week, Idunno man don't worry about it. Oh, and this thread is gonna have a strict no-spoilers policy. Please please PLEASE don't talk about stuff we haven't seen yet. No, not even behind spoiler tags. Didn't you try to LP this already? yes shut up VIDEOS Issue No. 1: Frank Stiles, American Hero Issue No. 2: Mentor, You're Gross Issue No. 3: The Real Cold War Starts Here Issue No. 4: El Diablo, Super Barrio All-Star Issue No. 5: ICE TO BEAT YOU Issue No. 6: In the Jimmy of Time Issue No. 7: Everybody's Gone to the Raptors Issue No. 8: I didn't review any of this footage Issue No. 9: You Can't Fight City Hole Issue No. 10: Schoolyard Escapades Issue No. 11: Send in the Clones Issue No. 12: A Lark in the Park Issue No. 13: "You Nefarious Boob" Scaly Haylie fucked around with this message at 00:12 on Jun 11, 2016 |
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The Freedom Fridge Once in a great while, some eager citizen will see fit to provide us with homemade renditions of our escapades. As stewards of this Let's Play, it is our responsibility to commemorate all such works of creativity great and small, and put them where everyone can see them. FOR FANART!  Our first submission is a picture of painted pathfinding peril by NullBlack, inspired by events that transpired during the first boss fight. Scaly Haylie fucked around with this message at 07:11 on May 15, 2016 |
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May 3, 2016 02:35
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Looking forward to this again!
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May 3, 2016 02:48
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Oh excellent, now I can actually see what this game is about because it is coded like garbage and would never ever play for me 
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May 3, 2016 03:22
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Roar posted:Oh excellent, now I can actually see what this game is about because it is coded like garbage and would never ever play for me I mean, it takes some fiddling to work on Windows 7, but I can't exactly fault a game from 2002 for that. 
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May 3, 2016 03:24
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The actual best game about superheros has arrived.
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May 3, 2016 03:26
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Oh my goodness, I goddamn love this game. Action, amazing characters, camp, it hits all the right buttons for me as far as super heroics go. The only problem I ever had was I liked most of the characters far too much to ever pick between any of them. I'm stoked to see you playing this, and I can't wait to see Minuteman clobber all of the bad guys with Stiles.
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May 3, 2016 03:38
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I was absolutely garbage at this game but I remember watching my brother play it. I have absolutely no memory of it besides that and the heroes looked pretty cool. I can't wait to see if this dredges up any memories.
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May 3, 2016 20:43
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This game seems neat. How long until we meet knockoff Doctor Doom?
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May 3, 2016 21:37
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I remember using the custom hero creator to do some hilarious combos. You can actually take the baseline gun thug, boost the range, accuracy, and knockback of his ranged attack, and get a hilariously powerful "hero" for a fairly low prestige cost.
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May 3, 2016 21:52
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Pyroi posted:How long until we meet knockoff Doctor Doom? Anyhow I can think of a couple characters with doomlike tendencies but they're still pretty far. edit: Anyhow, for a bit of trivia, Minuteman's VA is a goon and IIRC he showed up in the last LP thread as well. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 22:00 on May 3, 2016 |
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May 3, 2016 21:55
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Useless nonspoiler fact. One of the Default custom character models looked a hell of a lot like Darkhawk, who I had a soft spot fot Point values are also all over the loving place if you look at the stats of enemies in the creator. Due to the mechanics, there are generic minions have point values higher than some bosses just to give them their gimmicks. Section Z fucked around with this message at 22:06 on May 3, 2016 |
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May 3, 2016 22:03
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anilEhilated posted:These games are pretty good about there being very little in the ways of obvious ripoffs (as far as I can tell anyway) but they manage to provide a perfectly believable bunch of superheroes and villains anyway. Guys like that you coudl've read about. Well, if he's the same guy who did the voice for Man O' War, then yeah, he's a goon. Even showed up for another LP.
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May 3, 2016 23:00
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I never played this game because IIRC at the time the studio could only publish either this game or 'the lost,' which was bought by an Indian studio and released as AGNI: Queen of Darkness, as a weird Dante's Inferno mixed with Hindu mythology that I bought from an Indian website because it wasn't for sale in the US and I really wanted to play 'the lost.' I will never play this game, ever, for that betrayal. But I can watch this Let's Play. Looks fun.
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May 3, 2016 23:05
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my dad posted:I remember using the custom hero creator to do some hilarious combos. You can actually take the baseline gun thug, boost the range, accuracy, and knockback of his ranged attack, and get a hilariously powerful "hero" for a fairly low prestige cost. This game is many, many things, but it is not what I would call balanced. Any illusion of skill comes from the fact that I've played the poo poo out of the first story arc. First volume? First paperback? Point is, expect some difficulty and expect some bullshit. anilEhilated posted:Anyhow, for a bit of trivia, Minuteman's VA is a goon and IIRC he showed up in the last LP thread as well. I think it was only mentioned that he has an SA account, but hey, fingers crossed!
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May 3, 2016 23:07
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pyf alliterations itt
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May 3, 2016 23:51
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I remember playing the heck out of this game's demo back in the day. Never got into the crazy physic abuse though.
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May 3, 2016 23:59
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EponymousMrYar posted:I remember playing the heck out of this game's demo back in the day. Ban this filth
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May 4, 2016 00:12
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I was stupid back then and far more concerned with 'REAL AMERICAN HEROES PUNCHING REAL AMERICAN THREATS IN THE FACE.' Also it was just the demo.
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May 4, 2016 00:13
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I should probably mention that freedom force is available on both Steam and GOG. Also, if you want to play it for yourself but suffer from a terrible pathing bug, there's a wee bit of fiddling needed to make it work. Basically, you're gonna need to run Steam as an administrator in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP3, and run Freedom Force itself in compatibility mode for Windows 98. This at least fixes things for me on Windows 7. Yes, that's really how you fix it.
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May 4, 2016 04:31
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this is an excellent as heck game
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May 4, 2016 19:02
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I knew this game was going to be great as soon as the cheesy 50's sci-fi trailer voice kicked in. The Kirby Krackle effects and the VO's ability so SPEAK IN BOLD CAPS only made it better. Of course, being able to throw cars and cause hilarious physics doesn't hurt either!
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May 4, 2016 19:14
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I can safely say you've seen nothing yet. These games are forgotten gems.
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May 4, 2016 19:21
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I loved making custom heroes in this thing. You can get some really busted combinations.
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May 4, 2016 19:39
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you hey yeah you why havent you started watching this yet
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May 6, 2016 02:42
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This game had a rich modding community, there were a couple sites dedicated to custom meshes and textures. Sure there were some blatant ripoffs of comic book heroes, but far more of them were for adding all new types of heroes the stock game should have had. There was even a dedicated fanfiction site with some truly solid storylines. Hope you can avert the Let's Play curse, looking forward to reliving some good game memories.
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May 6, 2016 02:58
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Rabidredneck posted:This game had a rich modding community, there were a couple sites dedicated to custom meshes and textures. Sure there were some blatant ripoffs of comic book heroes, but far more of them were for adding all new types of heroes the stock game should have had. There was even a dedicated fanfiction site with some truly solid storylines. "Had"? There's a modding forum that's still active to this day. ...like literally today.
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May 6, 2016 03:12
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I had some real fun with this game back in the day. One of you should probably clean up your background audio, though.
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May 6, 2016 04:27
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:I had some real fun with this game back in the day. That would be Eevee. Worry not, I'm more aggressive with audio editing in future videos whenever anything worthwhile is going on.
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May 6, 2016 04:37
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Is... is Mentor voiced by The Brain of Pinkie And The?
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Between missions, I'm going to be keeping track of the enemies and heroes we've come across so far, and some thoughts from me and my commentators on each. But before that, a brief rundown of what the hell you'll be looking at is in order. First, there's stats. Strength translates to a melee damage bonus, and dictates how much a character can lift. Speed is movement speed. Agility is dodge chance. Endurance determines hit points. That having been said, hit points seem to vary wildly even among characters with the same Endurance so who the gently caress knows. Energy is actually the rate of energy regeneration. Each stat has a rating from 1 to 10, with 10 being the best. Characters can also have attributes, properties which can be beneficial or, well, not. I'll talk about 'em if they're particularly interesting. Powers are the attacks and abilities you see being thrown around during missions, and we won't be going too in-depth on those here. Just the broad strokes if anything. Heroes  MINUTEMAN Strength: 6 Speed: 5 Agility: 5 Endurance: 4 Energy: 4 Traits: Jumper, Disciplined Lizard Wizard: Minuteman has two strengths - application of blunt force, deflection of bullets, and old-fashioned charm. Yapping Eevee: Lizard Wizard can sure count to two. Mind you, as a non-American I'm not sure I'd call Minuteman's shtick charming. More... 'laughable'. Lizard Wizard: Can't it be all three?  MENTOR Strength: 3 Speed: 4 Agility: 4 Endurance: 4 Energy: 5 Traits: Disciplined Lizard Wizard: Ah, the space goober. Decent at mind games and supporting the rest of the team, but also kind of insufferable? I can't help but notice that he's strictly weaker than Minuteman in terms of total stats. Yapping Eevee: Mind wizards aren't big on that physical fitness lark. He'd probably be hovering, but I suspect that dome and those shoulderpads make him too top-heavy. Lizard Wizard: Hey, YOU try lifting yourself. Foes  THUG WITH BAT Strength: 3 Speed: 3 Agility: 2 Endurance: 3 Energy: 1 Traits: Timid, Weak Minded Lizard Wizard: With Timid, these guys have a 5% chance of becoming panicked whenever they take damage. They're only really a problem in groups. Yapping Eevee: The Goomba of this game. Also, it looks like Patriot City has a bad case of male-pattern baldness.  THUG WITH GUN Strength: 3 Speed: 3 Agility: 2 Endurance: 3 Energy: 1 Traits: Timid, Weak Minded Lizard Wizard: Eesh. These guys are well capable of loving you up if you're not on your toes. Thankfully, the game gives you ways to contend with them. Yapping Eevee: I imagine these guys could be much more dangerous for other, less shielded/CC-minded heroes.  THUG WITH BOMBS Strength: 3 Speed: 3 Agility: 2 Endurance: 3 Energy: 2 Traits: Weak Minded Lizard Wizard: Unusually beefy. Yapping Eevee: Since there's penalties for getting buildings destroyed (entirely), some measure of caution is probably advised around these mooks.  O'CONNOR Strength: 3 Speed: 3 Agility: 1 Endurance: 3 Energy: 1 Traits: Crack Shot, Weak Minded Lizard Wizard: Man, this guy existed for what, two seconds? What can I even say? Yapping Eevee: A sensible man who didn't fancy a quick trip to street level.  SUKHOV Strength: 3 Speed: 4 Agility: 1 Endurance: 5 Energy: 1 Traits: Crack Shot, Disciplined Lizard Wizard: We MIGHT not have seen the last of this guy just yet. Just a hunch. Yapping Eevee: You'd think he'd have at least lost the hat while on American soil, but hey. Comic books! Scaly Haylie fucked around with this message at 03:10 on May 7, 2016 |
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May 6, 2016 06:51
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Lizard Wizard posted:SUKHOV The fact that he's wearing tights instead of slacks is kind of a dead giveaway.
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May 6, 2016 07:09
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Lizard Wizard posted:"Had"? There's a modding forum that's still active to this day. Hot drat, I need to bookmark this in case I ever find my install discs again. Bliss Authority posted:Is... is Mentor voiced by The Brain of Pinkie And The? It's a very good impression, but IMDB says no. There's not a lot to the Freedom Force page either, besides the VAs.
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May 6, 2016 07:53
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DraconicImpulse posted:Hot drat, I need to bookmark this in case I ever find my install discs again. It's on Steam and GOG 
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May 6, 2016 07:55
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Lizard Wizard posted:It's on Steam and GOG That may be true, but I've owned at least 2 physical copies of the game and I'd like to have something to show for it besides a free Wal-Mart Connect℠ Internet Service disc (only $9.94 per month after FREE trial!).
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Ooooo.... This game, the BEST superhero game. Gotta go find my discs and play along.
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May 6, 2016 22:03
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Issue No. 3: The Real Cold War Starts Here Long story short, Mentor just won't shut up.
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May 7, 2016 03:09
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Lizard Wizard posted:"Had"? There's a modding forum that's still active to this day. Are there any mods you'd recommend?
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VolticSurge posted:Are there any mods you'd recommend? Freedom Force X adds a LOT of options for character creation.
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Edit:Nevermind,I'm good. VolticSurge fucked around with this message at 04:04 on May 7, 2016 |
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