I loved how each level affected another, destroying the fuel depots in one level would mean no helicopters in another it was pretty sweet and made it feel like a war
This game's worldbuilding and attention to detail was on some next level. I always liked how in every level, the character looks a bit different, in every chapter he changes his outfit that matches the scenario of that whole chapter. by the end, he would be fully armored in a stitched by stitched outfit, showing how much battles he has been in. seriously IO Interactive doesn't get enough praise for their attention to detail
Haha i bought this game when it came out on an impulse after finishing a night shift not really knowing what it was or how great it would be and man…this game had some of the best gaming moments of my life lol I’m playing right now in 2024 and this is one game where the nostalgia matches reality 😂
Freedom Fighters was one of the hidden gems on the PlayStation 2. I remember picking it up on sale, most likely in a bundle. It turned out to be a really good game and a lot of fun.
No its not hidden gem. Stop using that term just because its just you who discover the game very late. Its pretty much a conventional aaa release back in the day, everybody knew about it, every big game media picked it up and gave it pretty much good reviews. Great game but not hidden gem nor underrated. It grate my nerves that those term is overused nowadays.
@@paperclip9558 everyone talks about half life 2 which came out around the same time, i have never seen anyone talking about freedom fighters at all except for a couple low view youtube videos. it doesn't matter how popular this game was when it came out it has been largely forgotten by most people, making it hard to find and at least a little bit hidden.
As I know, the last chapter of the first Kane & Lynch game is made from the assets of the supposed Freedom Figters sequel that was never finished. So for those who want to have a glimpse of what Freedom Fighters 2 would be like, play that game.
@@countvronsky4025 second game is super fun in coop on the maximum difficulty, it's like you are fighting for every inch of a level and the whole world is against you. First one - not so much.
My dad used to play this in our basement when I was pretty young. I wasn't allowed to play alone but that was okay, cause than the two of us got to play it together and the whole experience was totally amazing. So much nostalgia here. Wish I could still spend time with my pops like that. He's not dead but buddy is getting pretty old and probably knows he'll get a well deserved payback for all the hell he put me through in pvp matches.
A remake of this game would be a God given gift. I had hype for Homefront but it just wasn’t as fun. As an addendum, the game uses Hitman 2’s engine, but they didn’t bother changing the shitty-on-purpose gunplay, so you have a shooter with stealth game gun mechanics. 10/10, tbh.
Damn dude. You consistently touch on games that it feels like I’m the ONLY who ever played. I’m sure many of us feel that way and thats a very cool and bonding thing to see in a channel. Instantly connect with the content because of this. Keep going and keep killing it 🔥
Seeing this game in work makes me realize Kane & Lynch: Dead Men basically reused the engine and gameplay wholesale with a broken cover mechanic and a next-gen facelift for the time, right down to the janky weapon spread and automatic reload system.
Loved this game back in the day, so hoped Io would make a sequel, but they got stuck making endless Hitman sequels. HomeFront got close, but it didn't have the manic fun of Freedom Fighters. But as for games "like" it, Have a look at Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy and The Suffering.
I would've liked to see a sequel instead of endless Hitman games. A new Freedom Fighters using the current day Hitman engine could be legendary. Homefront came close, but wasn't as good. Second Sight and Psi Ops deserve more love. Wish we'd get a modern successor to them.
Hello you. It’s always fun to see where you’ll pop up next. I never considered either of those two games similar. Not disagreeing with you, just didn’t think about that. I know I’ll have to check them out.
One of my favorite details was how towards the end of the campaign, you could recruit Red Army deserters as squad mates. It was a cool detail, showing how not everyone was on board with the invasion anymore.
My aunty wanted to buy me a game back in maybe 2004? I saw Halo and without knowing anything about it I picked it right away but my cousin convinced me to get freedom fighters as it was much cheaper. I have some good childhood memories of that game, I got to play Halo years later anyways, if I had picked it that day I never would've gotten to play Freedom Fighters and wouldn't be watching this video right now :)
One of the best multiplayer experiences on the PS2, me and my friends used to amass huge squads and run them at each other. The middle flags would be pure chaos.
I love hearing about the games other people played a lot of local multiplayer of, especially something weirdly interesting and unknown like the mp of this. I used to play a lot of Conflict:Desert Storm, myself
Same, I have great memories playing with my bro. We even cracked out the multi tap. I preferred being the Russian with the grenade then the American with the shotgun. Clearing a bunker with a single grenade was so satisfying. I miss local multiplayer.
that feeling when one of your teammates down so far away and you don't wanna go back that far to save them lmao. it's kinda incredible that this game can make you feel like a real leader, sometimes your choice can screw over all of your squad lol.
I do wish more games would go back to having some more "arcade-y" systems like inaccurate weapons or enemies surviving headshots, since if you're good enough at aiming (or in a cover shooter where the AI is very predictable), you can definitely get in loop of just headshotting enemies over and over. I got Freedom Fighters with the Steam Release and I appreciate the game being designed to make you not be able to just headshot everyone easily.
the inaccurate weapons made you have to use the environment to your advantage, find alternative pathways, get height advantages, things that you don't really need to do in other games because you can just sit outside the enemy's range and pick them off when they can't shoot you, or just plow right through the path of most resistance and instantly headshot any enemy on a machine gun, making them useless, and snipe snipers with pistols across the map.
I remember this game like it was yesterday. I loved this game simply off the fact that you could literally build an army and complete missions with em. I didn’t have online capabilities back then, but being able to recruit and build an army made me feel like I had somebody to play with.
I love this game wholeheartedly. I hope IOI decide to touch this IP once again, remake, remaster, sequel, It doesn't matter. *We need more games of this kind.*
I got this game the year it came out and I've beaten it probably 15 times since. Every few years I'll pop it in and beat it around the transition between Fall and Winter. Such vibes every time.
Spending all of December 29th-31st 2003 playing this game on my xbox, even skipping new years celebrations with family to finish it, so fun Also first game soundtrack I ever downloaded
It feels like at least once a year this game comes back to mind and I get extreme nostalgia and start looking up TH-cam videos. I don’t know what it was about this game that is so memorable, although I do know the soundtrack, especially ‘battle for freedom’ was stellar.
Good I remember playing this with my friend and we played through and completed the game . He passed away just after that . Now I just found it on steam and purchased it . Can’t wait to play it tonight and hopefully relive some great memories with my best friend !!!!! RIP Greg!
firmly in my top 5 games of all time. 4 player coop on game cube was a blast too. i remember me and my friends discovering a bug that let you control way more units than the game originally intended and it led to some really cool fights. And i always thought the female enemies who wore like all black... i think and had a smg you could pick up, were so cool. you didn't see many women in shooter games back then. such a gem :)
Thank you for making a video on this game! Freedom Fighters was the first videogame I ever got, and has remained my favorite all these years later. Also, the soundtrack BANGS. Still have it in regular rotation on Spotify.
I can't remember exactly, being this wudda been 19 ish years ago...but I think I remember playing this as a demo at Toys R Us... I remember it being gritty and bloody for the game it was back n the day. Also feel like this heavily influenced Mercenaries...
Ah 2000's back when games are so diverse and complete, imagine this game having a remake, sequel, or somehow a spiritual successor, that would be hella fun co-op experience.
You're one of the few reviewers still focusing on games you personally want to talk about, rather than chasing algorithms all the time. That's why I'm still watching your uploads after all these years. I remember renting freedom fighters from blockbusters and staying at a friends where we played it all night passing the controller back and forth. It always stuck with me how the game visually shows progress, just as you said with the player model, underground base etc. Good times.
The “afterthought” of multiplayer/split screen was the most memorable part for me. My dad and I would play so many hours of just that together. Loved loved loved that so much! I even did that by myself from time to time.
I don’t know what other game you were doing a review of, but you mentioned it being, “kind of like freedom fighters” and since then I’ve wanted you to do a video on it. I didn’t want to be annoying and just comment, “freedom fighters” on everything. But I’ve been waiting for you to cover this one for a while. Thank you so much for finally getting to it
Remember playing this a lot when I was around 9-10 years old. Never beat it though unfortunately but watching this video really makes me want to rectify that.
This was trully ahead of it's time with just enough tech to present it's ideas in a timeless way. I am happy to have played this in an era where walkthroughs and wiki pages weren't a thing. The plottwists it gave me when I thought I had beat the game was the most memorable one I've ever experienced.
To this day the reason I remember Freedom Fighters aside from it's fun, unique ( and still kind of to this day) gameplay is the fucking SOUNDTRACK. Jesper blew the music out of the water for this one and it's the reason I remember this game so vividly.
What a flashback. Many hours were spent on this game, the replay value was incredible as you could tackle each level in so many different ways with your squad. The simplicity was beautiful, and I wish games were this simple nowadays.
Holy shit I JUST reinstalled this game last night for the first time in years. Get out of my head! Also I picked this up from a garage sale way back in the day on a whim, and I'm glad I did cause I fell in love with it. Definitely one of my all time favorite PC games.
Jasper kyd is such a good composer holy shit multiplayer was so fun back then. The multiplayer is freaking fantastic. Me and my two bros and cousin use to spend hours on it. Its like a game of war with massive armies fighting against eachother. Almost as good as timesplitters
I was just about to comment on the soundtrack 2/3rds through the video, but he put it so aptly. The music has stood the test of time so amazingly well. I like to use it as a workout playlist, since it has this driving force feeling; it screams "never give up".
Freedom Fighters will always have a special place in my heart. I often think about this game and the gloomy winter days when I used to play this obsessively with my cousin.
So much nostalgia seeing the gameplay again. This was one of the games I replayed over and over again on my GameCube back then. Just a good introduction to 'tactical shooters'
The Homefront series had somewhat similar themes like Freedom Fighters, though the invading enemy were the North Koreans. And unfortunately the last game (Homefront The Revolution) bombed hard, so I imagine that isn't reassuring for IO Interactive when it comes to making a sequel to this obscure game.
Homefront: The Revolution bombed hard because it was a buggy, unoptimized mess at launch that was just a more urban copy of Far Cry, while *also* being a sequel to a mostly forgotten subpar shooter from the early '10s that had a very uninspired and uninteresting campaign. Neither Homefront game failed because of the concept of an occupied America, they failed because they just weren't very worthwhile games. Freedom Fighters, however, is a cult classic that was expertly designed by a studio that still exists and still employs good designers today that could make the concept succeed again.
Does the 1st homefront have similar mechanics as freedom fighter? Recruit soldiers and take down bases or sum Played homefront revolution its ok you can only recruit 4 men to fight for you and there dumb asf you can't even command them like go here, stay there. Godfather 2 have better squad order
a remake of this game could be insane if they do it right because they can scale up everything, the number of enemies and making the enemy more intimidating with more tanks and helicopters and militaristic presence and a scale that the original game couldn't have because of hardware limitations.
This game has such fond memories with me and my older brother. We'd play the multiplayer all the time and his annoying ass would camp the LMG spawn and just destroy me. Lol The game was left on the floor one day in the box and someone stepped on it, so I never got to play it again. :( I would instantly buy a remaster and wouldn't even think about it. To hear this game's amazing soundtrack again would be divine.
I’ve played this back in the day on my ps2, as well as on steam. It’s such an amazing and unique game that I wish had more popularity! I had such a fun time sending my team to sections of the map to guard, it made you feel tactical.
Great video mini. I grew up playing Freedom Fighters and it was one of the very first games I completed from start to finish back in the early 2000's. This deserves a remake.
I remember getting this game for the Game Cube one day in Hollywood Video, my mom said she didn't have enough for a new game so to get a used one, there weren't many Game Cube games and most were sport games so I picked this one up and didn't play it for months until I got bored of my other games. I ended up getting into the story and actually enjoyed the whole game, I still own it, too.
me and my cousins used to love the multiplayer so much back in the day, i bought it myself a couple years ago but still haven't dived into the single player. I might just have to now after watching this.
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I loved how each level affected another, destroying the fuel depots in one level would mean no helicopters in another it was pretty sweet and made it feel like a war
This game's worldbuilding and attention to detail was on some next level. I always liked how in every level, the character looks a bit different, in every chapter he changes his outfit that matches the scenario of that whole chapter. by the end, he would be fully armored in a stitched by stitched outfit, showing how much battles he has been in. seriously IO Interactive doesn't get enough praise for their attention to detail
Ive tried for years to find a game that does this and while Ive played a few that are similar nothing is as engaging as Freedom Fighters
Guerrilla-warfare
This and other examples of this like killing the snipers first before going to the police station (in the first level) blew my mind as a kid lol
@@wangchung2157 Brothers In Arms
this game is so nostalgic for me, like the amount of nostalgia is actually unhealthy.
Same, this is my first ever shooter game.
Megadose of B R A I N C H E M I C A L
lmfao i didn't even know about the recruiting thing back then. I just thought that came with the levels you played through lmao
I feel that ❤
Haha i bought this game when it came out on an impulse after finishing a night shift not really knowing what it was or how great it would be and man…this game had some of the best gaming moments of my life lol I’m playing right now in 2024 and this is one game where the nostalgia matches reality 😂
Freedom Fighters was one of the hidden gems on the PlayStation 2. I remember picking it up on sale, most likely in a bundle. It turned out to be a really good game and a lot of fun.
No its not hidden gem. Stop using that term just because its just you who discover the game very late. Its pretty much a conventional aaa release back in the day, everybody knew about it, every big game media picked it up and gave it pretty much good reviews. Great game but not hidden gem nor underrated. It grate my nerves that those term is overused nowadays.
@@paperclip9558 good
Honestly this game is why leftist don't like EA
The best port is the gamecube you can aim down sights with the left bumper
@@paperclip9558 everyone talks about half life 2 which came out around the same time, i have never seen anyone talking about freedom fighters at all except for a couple low view youtube videos. it doesn't matter how popular this game was when it came out it has been largely forgotten by most people, making it hard to find and at least a little bit hidden.
this game felt so unique, there was nothing like it back then, I'm not even sure there's anything like it even now.
Gears of War series but without the whole squad recruitment and giving order element.
@@roastpork5437 nah. Gears of wars is gears of wars
@@roastpork5437 gears of war is nothing like this game
Very vaguely present in the Overlord games, at least in terms of the companion mechanic.
Freedom Fighters is my favorite game the only other game even close is Red Faction Guerilla which is a fantastic game in its own right
As I know, the last chapter of the first Kane & Lynch game is made from the assets of the supposed Freedom Figters sequel that was never finished. So for those who want to have a glimpse of what Freedom Fighters 2 would be like, play that game.
It takes alot of balls to suggest to people that they play Kane&Lynch. Respect.
@@countvronsky4025 second game is super fun in coop on the maximum difficulty, it's like you are fighting for every inch of a level and the whole world is against you. First one - not so much.
@@countvronsky4025 I enjoyed both Kane & Lynch games. I wish there was a 3rd game. I don't understand the hate Kane & Lynch games get.
Kane and Lynch 1 is a classic in my eyes, the multiplayer on that game was fun as well.
@@halloween9169 Absolutely agree.
It is *by far* the best video game adaptation of Of Mice And Men ever.
My dad used to play this in our basement when I was pretty young. I wasn't allowed to play alone but that was okay, cause than the two of us got to play it together and the whole experience was totally amazing. So much nostalgia here. Wish I could still spend time with my pops like that. He's not dead but buddy is getting pretty old and probably knows he'll get a well deserved payback for all the hell he put me through in pvp matches.
A remake of this game would be a God given gift. I had hype for Homefront but it just wasn’t as fun.
As an addendum, the game uses Hitman 2’s engine, but they didn’t bother changing the shitty-on-purpose gunplay, so you have a shooter with stealth game gun mechanics. 10/10, tbh.
Why does everything need a re-make?
@@Bale4Bond Fair point but imagine if they had bothered to give the game good fucking gunplay
@@krakenloco atleast the game had a clear identity and you could actually tell who made it. 😅
What the hell is wrong with the gunplay?
@@MXOY99 bullets fly anywhere, but the place that you are aiming at.
One of my favorite memories from Xbox, thanks for this nostalgia and your work ^^
Damn dude. You consistently touch on games that it feels like I’m the ONLY who ever played. I’m sure many of us feel that way and thats a very cool and bonding thing to see in a channel. Instantly connect with the content because of this. Keep going and keep killing it 🔥
😤🤝 WE
Beautifully said ✅
Same
Seeing this game in work makes me realize Kane & Lynch: Dead Men basically reused the engine and gameplay wholesale with a broken cover mechanic and a next-gen facelift for the time, right down to the janky weapon spread and automatic reload system.
My brothers and I spent hours killing each other on the apartment level in multiplayer just so we could watch our ragdolls fall from the roofs.
Loved this game back in the day, so hoped Io would make a sequel, but they got stuck making endless Hitman sequels.
HomeFront got close, but it didn't have the manic fun of Freedom Fighters.
But as for games "like" it, Have a look at Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy and The Suffering.
I would've liked to see a sequel instead of endless Hitman games. A new Freedom Fighters using the current day Hitman engine could be legendary.
Homefront came close, but wasn't as good.
Second Sight and Psi Ops deserve more love. Wish we'd get a modern successor to them.
Hello you. It’s always fun to see where you’ll pop up next. I never considered either of those two games similar. Not disagreeing with you, just didn’t think about that. I know I’ll have to check them out.
Played this in the GameCube, absolutely adored this game. I hope it's eventually remade or continued, but I won't hold my breath
One of my favorite details was how towards the end of the campaign, you could recruit Red Army deserters as squad mates. It was a cool detail, showing how not everyone was on board with the invasion anymore.
Cant believe inever actually noticed that!
This game was like a realistic version of battalion wars
If only you could have tanks in Freedom Fighters. Shout out to Battalion Wars.
My aunty wanted to buy me a game back in maybe 2004? I saw Halo and without knowing anything about it I picked it right away but my cousin convinced me to get freedom fighters as it was much cheaper. I have some good childhood memories of that game, I got to play Halo years later anyways, if I had picked it that day I never would've gotten to play Freedom Fighters and wouldn't be watching this video right now :)
One of the best multiplayer experiences on the PS2, me and my friends used to amass huge squads and run them at each other. The middle flags would be pure chaos.
I love hearing about the games other people played a lot of local multiplayer of, especially something weirdly interesting and unknown like the mp of this. I used to play a lot of Conflict:Desert Storm, myself
Same, I have great memories playing with my bro. We even cracked out the multi tap. I preferred being the Russian with the grenade then the American with the shotgun. Clearing a bunker with a single grenade was so satisfying. I miss local multiplayer.
yeah, this game alongside Killzone is one of my best local multiplayer experience back then, its just simply amazing and fun
I came here just to comment this. The split screen was soo fucking good.
@@greg6191 Conflict Desert strom with my mate was one of my favourites. We played that game to death.
The sound track to this game is absolutely amazing
that feeling when one of your teammates down so far away and you don't wanna go back that far to save them lmao. it's kinda incredible that this game can make you feel like a real leader, sometimes your choice can screw over all of your squad lol.
I do wish more games would go back to having some more "arcade-y" systems like inaccurate weapons or enemies surviving headshots, since if you're good enough at aiming (or in a cover shooter where the AI is very predictable), you can definitely get in loop of just headshotting enemies over and over.
I got Freedom Fighters with the Steam Release and I appreciate the game being designed to make you not be able to just headshot everyone easily.
the inaccurate weapons made you have to use the environment to your advantage, find alternative pathways, get height advantages, things that you don't really need to do in other games because you can just sit outside the enemy's range and pick them off when they can't shoot you, or just plow right through the path of most resistance and instantly headshot any enemy on a machine gun, making them useless, and snipe snipers with pistols across the map.
You are seriously one of the best TH-camrs. The immaculate amount of quality you put into each video never ceases to amaze me.
Back in the days when you would "rent" a "disk" from a "physical shop" I picked this up for a weekend and had a absolute blast with a friend.
I remember this game like it was yesterday. I loved this game simply off the fact that you could literally build an army and complete missions with em. I didn’t have online capabilities back then, but being able to recruit and build an army made me feel like I had somebody to play with.
This game taught me how much I love things like party systems and squads in video games
One of my most favorite games of all time. AMAZING GAME and i will never forget it.
I love this game wholeheartedly.
I hope IOI decide to touch this IP once again, remake, remaster, sequel, It doesn't matter. *We need more games of this kind.*
the game already got a remaster a few years ago on pc.
Damn this video hits in the feels.i love that the more you progress,the more chaotic and destroyed the world is.superb game.
Loved this game. Me and my brother would spend hours just playing multiplayer with each other. We would do dumb stuff but we had fun
I got this game the year it came out and I've beaten it probably 15 times since. Every few years I'll pop it in and beat it around the transition between Fall and Winter. Such vibes every time.
Spending all of December 29th-31st 2003 playing this game on my xbox, even skipping new years celebrations with family to finish it, so fun
Also first game soundtrack I ever downloaded
Played so much Freedom Fighters as a kid... Looked it up on GOG and bought instantly! Can't wait for the nostalgia overload!
Always had good memories about this.People don't believe me that FF was legit awesome especially for ps2.
It feels like at least once a year this game comes back to mind and I get extreme nostalgia and start looking up TH-cam videos. I don’t know what it was about this game that is so memorable, although I do know the soundtrack, especially ‘battle for freedom’ was stellar.
this game is fucking amazing, it needs a remake along with time splitters trilogy please and thank you.
timesplitters.... big sadge
wish it would come back and put all these crummy AAA shooters in their place
Not everything needs a remake. Make a new game.
Good I remember playing this with my friend and we played through and completed the game . He passed away just after that . Now I just found it on steam and purchased it . Can’t wait to play it tonight and hopefully relive some great memories with my best friend !!!!! RIP Greg!
firmly in my top 5 games of all time. 4 player coop on game cube was a blast too. i remember me and my friends discovering a bug that let you control way more units than the game originally intended and it led to some really cool fights. And i always thought the female enemies who wore like all black... i think and had a smg you could pick up, were so cool. you didn't see many women in shooter games back then. such a gem :)
Always glad to see Freedom Fighters!
Thank you for making a video on this game! Freedom Fighters was the first videogame I ever got, and has remained my favorite all these years later. Also, the soundtrack BANGS. Still have it in regular rotation on Spotify.
I can't remember exactly, being this wudda been 19 ish years ago...but I think I remember playing this as a demo at Toys R Us... I remember it being gritty and bloody for the game it was back n the day.
Also feel like this heavily influenced Mercenaries...
Ah 2000's back when games are so diverse and complete, imagine this game having a remake, sequel, or somehow a spiritual successor, that would be hella fun co-op experience.
Well this game aged well
came here for this comment
Been thinking about this.
Hope io interactive will do something in the future
I've been waiting for this video ever since your Godfather review!
i replayed this game like 10 times back in the day
the level design and the map made this game so good, nothing felt copy pasted and every part of the map felt different.
crazy amount of nostalgia this game evokes
Alls I will say is that this is a gem I replayed over and over as a kid.
Picked this up at a Blockbuster on sale when I was a kid. Fantastic game
This was such a fantastic game for the time! I’ve often thought about how cool a remake or reboot would be :)
I love that game. I like that IO still has it as Easter eggs in the new Hitman games wish they would do more with it though.
You're one of the few reviewers still focusing on games you personally want to talk about, rather than chasing algorithms all the time. That's why I'm still watching your uploads after all these years. I remember renting freedom fighters from blockbusters and staying at a friends where we played it all night passing the controller back and forth. It always stuck with me how the game visually shows progress, just as you said with the player model, underground base etc. Good times.
Loved the came so much, I wish IOI, would produce a remastered version.
Also loved the Hidden and Dangerous reference.
The “afterthought” of multiplayer/split screen was the most memorable part for me. My dad and I would play so many hours of just that together. Loved loved loved that so much! I even did that by myself from time to time.
I recall playing this game as a kid and always felt it was a hidden gem
I don’t know what other game you were doing a review of, but you mentioned it being, “kind of like freedom fighters” and since then I’ve wanted you to do a video on it. I didn’t want to be annoying and just comment, “freedom fighters” on everything. But I’ve been waiting for you to cover this one for a while. Thank you so much for finally getting to it
All from the music to the controls was amazing; one of the games I just got sucked into and didn't really put down until I completed it.
Remember playing this a lot when I was around 9-10 years old. Never beat it though unfortunately but watching this video really makes me want to rectify that.
This was trully ahead of it's time with just enough tech to present it's ideas in a timeless way. I am happy to have played this in an era where walkthroughs and wiki pages weren't a thing. The plottwists it gave me when I thought I had beat the game was the most memorable one I've ever experienced.
To this day the reason I remember Freedom Fighters aside from it's fun, unique ( and still kind of to this day) gameplay is the fucking SOUNDTRACK. Jesper blew the music out of the water for this one and it's the reason I remember this game so vividly.
For real. This game needs a remaster!!
What a flashback. Many hours were spent on this game, the replay value was incredible as you could tackle each level in so many different ways with your squad. The simplicity was beautiful, and I wish games were this simple nowadays.
Holy shit I JUST reinstalled this game last night for the first time in years. Get out of my head!
Also I picked this up from a garage sale way back in the day on a whim, and I'm glad I did cause I fell in love with it. Definitely one of my all time favorite PC games.
the opening cinematic of the news headlines and submarines invading with the super cool music is one of the best ever.
Incredible game. Incredible music score. It's also available on Steam... they only fairly recently ported the game to PC.
I just beat this game recently on the PS2 on the hardest difficulty. This game is a hidden gem that many don’t talk about.
This game should be studied by current developers about how to make a good product... Most modern AAA games are a complete disaster.
Jasper kyd is such a good composer holy shit multiplayer was so fun back then. The multiplayer is freaking fantastic. Me and my two bros and cousin use to spend hours on it. Its like a game of war with massive armies fighting against eachother. Almost as good as timesplitters
I love Freedom Fighters. It's such a great game, and one of the games that would make me set up the original Xbox. So glad it's on Steam
I was just about to comment on the soundtrack 2/3rds through the video, but he put it so aptly. The music has stood the test of time so amazingly well. I like to use it as a workout playlist, since it has this driving force feeling; it screams "never give up".
I've often spent thirty minute to hour long stretches imagining a remake of this game. I just want one to come so badly.
Freedom Fighters will always have a special place in my heart. I often think about this game and the gloomy winter days when I used to play this obsessively with my cousin.
This plus the multi controller thing? Unrivaled. "OHOHOHO THAT WAS A CLOSE ONE"
never played it, but it looks one of those games you fall in love with when you're 12 and keep coming back to it to feel good
Wow, the sonic satam game turned out way different than what I was expecting.
It's really a shame there aren't any other games like this. You hit the nail on the head there.
Freedom Fighters is absolutely one of my favorite games from when I was a kid, spent so so many hours with it on our NGC.
So much nostalgia seeing the gameplay again. This was one of the games I replayed over and over again on my GameCube back then. Just a good introduction to 'tactical shooters'
its almost the 20th anniversary of this game. this is one of my favorite games of all time.
I loved this game soo much as a kid! Love rescuing and recruiting people. If they remastered it, I’d love it
The Homefront series had somewhat similar themes like Freedom Fighters, though the invading enemy were the North Koreans.
And unfortunately the last game (Homefront The Revolution) bombed hard, so I imagine that isn't reassuring for IO Interactive when it comes to making a sequel to this obscure game.
Homefront: The Revolution bombed hard because it was a buggy, unoptimized mess at launch that was just a more urban copy of Far Cry, while *also* being a sequel to a mostly forgotten subpar shooter from the early '10s that had a very uninspired and uninteresting campaign. Neither Homefront game failed because of the concept of an occupied America, they failed because they just weren't very worthwhile games. Freedom Fighters, however, is a cult classic that was expertly designed by a studio that still exists and still employs good designers today that could make the concept succeed again.
Does the 1st homefront have similar mechanics as freedom fighter? Recruit soldiers and take down bases or sum
Played homefront revolution its ok you can only recruit 4 men to fight for you and there dumb asf you can't even command them like go here, stay there. Godfather 2 have better squad order
a remake of this game could be insane if they do it right
because they can scale up everything, the number of enemies and making the enemy more intimidating with more tanks and helicopters and militaristic presence and a scale that the original game couldn't have because of hardware limitations.
When I worked at GameStop, always remember seeing this game, I always thought you were a firefighter, idk why.
So nostalgic. I was born in 2006 and I grew up playing cod mw2, bo2, and halo reach. But I also played so much ps2 and im so glad I did.
This game has such fond memories with me and my older brother. We'd play the multiplayer all the time and his annoying ass would camp the LMG spawn and just destroy me. Lol The game was left on the floor one day in the box and someone stepped on it, so I never got to play it again. :(
I would instantly buy a remaster and wouldn't even think about it. To hear this game's amazing soundtrack again would be divine.
I’ve played this back in the day on my ps2, as well as on steam. It’s such an amazing and unique game that I wish had more popularity! I had such a fun time sending my team to sections of the map to guard, it made you feel tactical.
The sheer nostalgia I get from watching this video. I gotta say, this is Kyd's best work in music IMO.
So much nostalgia for this, one of the first games I remember owning on my ps2 and I loved it. Thanks for the nostalgia trip
The music is incredible too, still listen to it today
One of my favorite, most replayed childhood games!
Great video mini. I grew up playing Freedom Fighters and it was one of the very first games I completed from start to finish back in the early 2000's. This deserves a remake.
There aren't many games I've played that have been more fun to play than freedom fighters was. It's was just pure satisfaction all the way through
I remember playing this game so many times and trying to find hidden things and whatnot.
It's just a really fun game.
Oh man I was just thinking about this game the other day. One of my absolute favorites
I remember getting this game for the Game Cube one day in Hollywood Video, my mom said she didn't have enough for a new game so to get a used one, there weren't many Game Cube games and most were sport games so I picked this one up and didn't play it for months until I got bored of my other games. I ended up getting into the story and actually enjoyed the whole game, I still own it, too.
I remember playing this on my ps2.... it was a blast! :D
Great review. Best regards from Argentina!
Never heard such a good ost in a game back in the days
I think a lot of people may already know this but this game is made by The Hitman people
Absolutely loved this game. Picked it up on a whim not knowing what it was or hearing anything about it and was blown away
Man i loved this game so much growing up this retrospective has just made me wanna go play it again
My brother and I played the shit out of this on gamecube as kids. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
i played this game so much back in the day, it just works
me and my cousins used to love the multiplayer so much back in the day, i bought it myself a couple years ago but still haven't dived into the single player. I might just have to now after watching this.