Freedom Fighters

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Description

The Soviet Union has invaded New York City! Chris Stone is just a plumber, and he was willing to live out his life normally even after the occupation until the Soviets picked up his brother Troy and charged him for being a terrorist (i.e. freedom fighter). Now Chris must contact the real freedom fighters, get his brother out, and eventually, drive the invaders out of New York.

Freedom Fighters is a third-person shooter with squad-based tactics, with a variety of typical weapons such as pistol, revolver, assault rifle, submachine gun, shotgun, rocket launcher, grenade, and so on. As you proceed further in the game, you can control more and more people in your squad, until you end up with up to a dozen different freedom fighters all fighting alongside you in your quest to drive out the invaders.

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Alternate Titles

• "Freedom: The Battle for Liberty Island" -- Working title
• "Freedom: Soldiers of Liberty" -- Working title

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: Glacier
• Green Pepper releases
• Setting: City - New York

User Reviews

Entertaining, but very short, squad-based shooter.	GameCube	Lucas Schippers (59)
A great game, flawlessly executed that just doesn't last long enough.	Windows	Marty Bonus (41)
A fantastic game, if a bit short.	Windows	kbmb (435)
Nostalgia is a traitorous foe, but this game still holds up pretty well	GameCube	Asinine (1006)
Should have been a modern classic	GameCube	Matt Neuteboom (989)
An absolute killer of a game!!!	Xbox	M.Allen (88)
An excellent action and tactical squad shooter.	Windows	Cyberzed (57)

Critic Reviews

IGN	GameCube	Sep 22, 2003	8.4 out of 10	84
IGN	Windows	Sep 30, 2003	8.4 out of 10	84
Jolt (UK)	Windows	Oct 07, 2003	84 out of 100	84
4Players.de	PlayStation 2	Oct 11, 2003	81 out of 100	81
Gamesmania.de	Windows	Aug 17, 2003	81 out of 100	81
Shooterplanet	Windows	Aug 27, 2007	81 out of 100	81
Jeuxvideo.com	PlayStation 2	Oct 01, 2003	15 out of 20	75
Eurogamer.net (UK)	PlayStation 2	Sep 29, 2003	7 out of 10	70
Nintendo Difference	GameCube	Feb 01, 2006	14 out of 20	70
Withingames	Windows	Oct 01, 2003	3 out of 5	60

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Freedom Fighters appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

References

There's a reference to I/O Interactive's Hitman series near the beginning of the game. On the wall of the apartment you start in, you can see a movie poster for a movie called "Hong Kong Love Story" with a picture of Agent 47 and Lei Ling (the girl from the Lee Hong Assassination mission of Hitman: Codename 47) in a romantic embrace. This is kinda funny because in the original game, Agent 47 couldn't stand her. He can also be seen in several billboards around the city advertising a clothing store.

Voice acting

Nicholas Worth, who did the voice acting for the main villain in Freedom Fighters, also happened to play a very similar role in the game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 as Alexei Romanov - another alternate history game where the Soviet Union strikes at America.

Information also contributed by Rambutaan and Zovni

Related Web Sites

• Freedom Fighters (Official website)
• Wikipedia: Freedom Fighters (Information about Freedom Fighters at Wikipedia)