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davidn ([personal profile] davidn) wrote2014-08-19 10:01 pm
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Stumbling through Freedom Planet

Here's Freedom Planet! After the darkness and tension of saving the planet in the UFO videos, I seriously needed to play something nice and fluffy. And this delivers a really nice and smooth platformer that succeeds in replicating and building on the mascot platformers of the Megadrive and early Playstation eras - it feels not quite like a Sonic fangame as I'd anticipated, but the kind of game that the Sonic series should have turned into instead of the unkempt polygonal heap that we got. But enough negativity, this is wonderful.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBW-v6xhx4Q&hd=1


You can get Freedom Planet on Steam, with a demo and further information on its site!
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[identity profile] crassadon.livejournal.com 2014-08-20 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
I thought Carol was a lizard. . . with a fluffy tail. Maybe Carol is a dragon. . fox?

. . Also, is Carol a guy, or a girl. Because I thought it was a guy at first, and I don't want to play a game where I have to play a female character.

[identity profile] xaq.livejournal.com 2014-08-20 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't even make it through the video before I bought the game.

Out of curiosity, I took Carol's route...which is basically the same as Lilac's, but with a different skill set.

Carol, who's apparently a wildcat (and, sorry Crass, a female) can wall-jump, and is the one who makes use of that gas canister you found; they give her access to her motorbike, which increases her speed, gives her a double-jump, and makes her look hilarious when holding herself and it from an overhead bar.
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[personal profile] premchaia_pre4 2014-08-20 09:36 am (UTC)(link)

Stop that. Your other options are semi-infinite. Leave it alone if you dislike it that much.

[identity profile] crassadon.livejournal.com 2014-08-20 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
yah, but only a few of them involves playing a game as a furry. I've already played Sonic, and I'm not playing Bubsy again.

[identity profile] crassadon.livejournal.com 2014-08-21 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
. . anyway, I wasn't really all that upset with it. It was more like a comedic switcheroo. A lot of games let the player choose between a male or a female character. The dragon looked really feminine, so I assumed the other character was a male. Oh, they're both female? Oh. Uhmm, o-okay. .

Now I know how female gamers must feel.
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[personal profile] davidn 2014-08-20 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought after the fact that the canister might be used by Carol :) I was thinking about it last night - it would possibly have made more sense if it just hadn't been there for Lilac, but then you wouldn't have the opportunity to explore and find them so you could later come back as Carol... hmm.

But yes, this game is just beautiful :)

[identity profile] raptorianone.livejournal.com 2014-08-21 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
That train bit reminded me of the train level from Einhander. That's another game you should stumble through, if you have any interest in Gradius/R-Type like shooters.
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[personal profile] davidn 2014-08-21 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
The PC wasn't that big on them but I did enjoy Raptor :) So many games that I completely missed out on!

[identity profile] raptorianone.livejournal.com 2014-08-21 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh what about Tyrian? Ever played that one?
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[personal profile] davidn 2014-08-21 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I did! Just a couple of times ages ago, and yet I can still hum the first level music. :)
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[personal profile] kjorteo 2014-08-24 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi! I'm very late to the party but just finally got around to watching this.

First off, good job picking something light and fluffy to wash down the XCOM series. ;)

This game is clearly of a higher tier than you (and many) were expecting, and that is fantastic. :) If you want some freeware indie platformer, it will probably play like ... well, some freeware indie platformer. If you want this kind of quality, where even the voice acting is actually really good (except Torque) let alone the gameplay and graphics, it's $15. You get what you pay for!! That seems completely fair to me.

Regarding the confusion over Lilac, to me she just looks like ... well, a Sonic character, which has long since transcended being an art style to becoming a species in and of itself. Species: Sonic character. Like a purple long-haired Amy Rose. Wait, what is Amy Rose, again?

Right, I have just switched tabs and looked that up (because I actually had to) and apparently Amy Rose is a hedgehog. Lilac is allegedly a dragon, so there goes that theory. Oh, well. My point stands.

Anyway, this is great. :D
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