Freedom Planet 2 Review: The Art of a Great Sequel
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- Freedom Planet 2 was released recently and since Jamie rather extensively dove into the development of the original, let's see how this sequel stacks up today! This is Freedom Planet 2: The Art of a Great Sequel!
Note: Yes, I did put a spoiler warning both here in the description and in the Story section because the game hasn't even been out for 48 hours at the time of releasing this video, and feel free to use the time stamps below to skip past that if you want. As for level/progression spoilers, those are nearly impossible to avoid.
Time Stamps:
Intro/Background: 00:00
Story (Many Spoilers Here): 03:04
Gameplay: 09:09
Presentation: 14:56
Cameos and Inspirations: 16:41
FP2 vs FP1: 19:22
Conclusion: 21:10
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Edit - that moment when you intended for there to be a sudden cut gag at the end and CZcams cut it off too early somehow. Womp womp.
Merga pissed on the moon.
Serious note, FP2 feels so fresh, you could play this without the sequel. While ideally play the first, it's super accessible for vets waiting up to 7 years development, newbies, or anyone not feeling FP1 as much. Surpassed beyond expectations from production to writing, the title theme alone still sends shivers my spine. GalaxyTrail hit a homerun way past the stadium.
How did you turn around such a thorough video so fast??? Looks great and you've sold me on FP2. May the algorithm be with you!
Honestly, I had all of yesterday off, so I just did as much as I could all at once haha!
Am I the only one that liked the original Freedom Planet's story getting darker as it went along?
I did. No one really talks about this but I think Milla's story was the darkest. You have less context, which kinda show's how late she was to everything and her lack of understanding. In the dreadnought stage, Lilac's nowhere to be found, Carol starts dying and Torque had to take her off the ship so she had a chance of surviving. When you go to fight Brevon, he implies Lilac is dead and Milla's so scared she barely can speak. After defeating him, instead of just using his knife to mutate Milla like in the other stories, he tries to kill her instead. Fortunately, Lilac appears and attacks him in time though
Yeah, I had some problems with the story, but the varying tone wasn’t one of them.
Yeah. Freedom Planet is much more darker than Freedom Planet 2 story
I honestly loved kt
I played the first over 5 years ago, and god, I loved the shit out of that game! I was definitely hyped to see a sequel for this, and I was happy to play it upon release.
The sequel had some bugs that softlocked me and such, but I was willing to overlook those and give this game the love it deserves. And Mayor Zao is still my favorite little scamp, and his signature "+5" sound effect always brightens my day!
11:30 Bakunawa's design makes me nostalgic for Breath of Fire IV. I'm pretty positive the dragons design in that game inspired Bakunawa's look and low poly aesthetic. I love this trend of combining pixel art with low poly and I hope to see more of that in the future.
Me too! I find it really aesthetically pleasing
FP1 has been my favorite sonic game for years and even with that in mind I'm amazed with FP2.
Great video. I never heard of these "Freedom planet" games until you mentioned them in your videos. Might have to play them now.
It's absolutely worth a shot!
What kept me hooked with FP2 for the longest time wasn't just the character and gameplay but also the cultural references it has. Its feels pretty good when your culture is represented in your favorite medium.
the fact that there are filipino myth references here makes this a must buy also
Amazing review, you sold me on it. Can't wait to dive into it :)
Great video and an awesome way to discover your channel! I can't believe that this is one of the only reviews of FP2 on the internet right now, I thought this series had more recognition?
Honestly, I'm surprised I was one of the first! I thought this video was going to have some serious competition out of the gate - though, tbh, I also just like watching other folks' reviews haha
Thank you for making this video, i think there should be a lot more videos about Freedom Planet 2, it's an amazing game and deserves way more recognition, so great job!
Galaxy Trail can't keep doing all the heavy lifting
we need more studios to put out masterpieces like this game lol
I beat Lilac's story today easily one of my all time favorites
That secret boss was tough, stuck on it for an hour, but definitely worth the 7 year wait. I can't wait to dig into my Mila playthrough.
Great video! I am around the middle of this game, and I'm loving every second of it! The years of waiting was definitely worth it!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic review! Its shocking how little this game gets talked about online. Freedom Planet 1 blew me away as a 16-year old boy when I first played it, and this sequel casted the same spell on me last year as a 23-year old girl! Can't wait to buy two more copies when the console port releases next month. I don't think I've ever seen another game with this much talent and rawr passion put into it. FP2 is Probably my all-time favourite game now, and I don't imagine any others surpassing it any time soon.
I've been reading Symphony of Shifting Tides, too after putting it off for a year (due to it being incredibly difficult & expensive to get a copy in my country) and It's absolutely fantastic! I haven't been this invested in a story since I read Lord of the Rings. I probably wouldn't have found it if not for this video, so thank you for recommending it. Verse is now my favourite Freedom Planet character.
Ok, I've recently finished reading all 3 Elancia Chronicles novels, and wow! Each one is better than the last! It's easily my favourite story ever made now. Cant wait for the fourth one to release! I made a guide on FP2's steam community hub about Verse with brief profiles for some other characters from SOST, and some of the series' lore. Hopefully my info-dumping will convince some Freedom Planet fans to check it out. I also put a link to this video in the credits of said guide as a thank you for exposing EC to me :3
Glad this popped up in my feed; I was wondering when this was coming out.
Still need to play this sequel, great video
Thank you tons dude!
Oh hey, I know this game!
Hmmm, I wonder why, maybe it's because you helped to create one of the best game osts ever
Wait whaaa? Is it kind of like Sonic???
Also huge shout out for the Verse section. I legit squee'd!
Who are you. Where is my wallet
@@PrototypeTheta A fox stole it.
I saw most of the same inspirations you did, though it also gives me stronger MM Zero and ZX vibes than the first. Good stuff.
I also forgot to mention the incredibly obvious Sonic and Amy "cameos" in Parusa haha
Some how I missed this video. Added this to my Steam watch list.
I hope you enjoyed it!
I’ve been waiting for this since the first game came out in 2014 and it blew me away. Even though I grew up with the classic Sonic games, I consider these games to be way more fun and engaging
This one especially seems to be trying to take a lot of what worked in a bunch of different '90s platformers and blend it into a tasy indie smoothie
@@StuffWePlay well said
I'm in the same boat and I grew up with classic Sonic and classic Mario. FP2 is more like a Mega Man Zero game though; there are scripted scenes for speed, but you can tell the devs want you to explore the area and find collectibles. I also appreciate that this game is harder than the original, original had it's hard moments but the bosses are more easily exploitable.
The second I saw that title screen I thought “OH YEAH THIS IS WHY I PUT ON MY GAMER GLOVES”
It's awesome watching freedom planet 2 set itself apart from sonic. I'm looking forward to the console release and I hope it gets super popular! My only gripes were the glitches in the back half, and some of the arena modes, but I mean it's not like those broke my enjoyment. Anyway great review and have a great day!
the 2D into 3D thing you're talking about also kinda happens in Black/White 2 cutscenes
Absolutely! Especially when Ghetsis' ship freezes half the region. I guess there were tiny bits of it in HGSS, namely the Ho-oh and Lugia entrance cutscenes
Got the game and beat it, recently, and I loved it to pieces
Had Neon White not released, this would easily be my personal game of the year
Overall a good review/summary. You highlighted a lot of the strengths and weren’t afraid to point out some weaknesses. Only issue is I think it’s a bit toooo spoiler heavy. Even outside of the Spoiler section there’s some pretty massive spoilers. I already beat the game before watching so it didn’t affect me. I mean more so for new players or those who are only part way through the game.
Fair enough haha! Though, I did put that "No promises on stage/progression" spoilers thing before the story section
Yay! 😃😃😃 You’re making me wish I had a laptop now matey! Because stuff having to wait a year for the Switch port! :(
It's okay - when that Switch port arrives, it'll be all that sweeter (and maybe there'll even be a physical release fingers crossed)
@@StuffWePlay I really hope you’re right matey! ;) It’s always so nice buying games on the high street it is. And we Brits have some very nice other things like plushies in the only one video game shop, well, Game! On our high street.
There used to be more when I was a kid. They’re all gone now! :(
I preordered Sonic Frontiers on the high street! ;) 👍
I was a huge fan and early adopter of Freedom Planet when it released on Steam in 2014. I don't quite remember how I heard of it, but I did get it long before it came to Wii U, let alone PS4. However, while FP2 has been sitting on my Steam wishlist since I could wishlist it, I honestly kind of forgot about it until it seemingly dropped out of nowhere. I haven't been able to play much of FP2 due to work, I have gotten as far as playing the first level with each character to get a feel for them, and my first impressions were overwhelmingly positive. Playing Lilac again was like muscle memory, and Milla, who I already loved playing as in FP1, got even better here. Neera is also great, feeling like a combination of a Sonic character and a MetroidVania Castlevania protagonist. Carol, for ironically being the Sonic stand-in, is my least favorite of the four again, but she's still a major improvement over her FP1 incarnation.
Honestly the combat is addicting, the only thing I don’t like about it is that the guard feels too inconsistent, and doesn’t give enough s to get out of the way of most of boss attacks. With lilac that complaint is mitigated a bit since she has the blink dash, but I feel like that ability should be more catered toward carol since well, she is the combat centric character
the guard is actually very consistent, what i found out about it is that normally it gives you invulnerability for most of the guard's duration (not including the dash), but will grant you full invulnerability (including the dash) if you block a hit within the initial active time, so as lilac it's sometimes good to run into a projectile to block it and use the full invulnerability to dash away
The guard gives 0.5 seconds if not more time to fully dodge most stuff, just don't expect to sit there and spam guard to avoid all damage
This game had the one thing i always wanted from a Sonic game, a camera that zooms out
I guess the rest of the high quality gameplay is a plus too
Haven't gotten my hands on it yet but the game looks beautiful
i totally agree
I remember your first review
Oh sweet!
Verse is the BEST cameo. Might be biased.
Many people say that the sequel to a movie or game is often less enthusiastic than the prequel, which in some cases are true. FP1 was great, but FP2 absolutely nailed it, both in story, sprites, cutscenes, gameplay and ofc music. This is how you do a f***ing sequel. It may have lasted about 7 years since the first announcement, but the eternity of waiting was worth it.
I didnt know they made a sequal... Now i got to grab it if it gets a physical
Or you can buy it digitally. It's always an option. lol
@@Haywood-Jablomie who knows i might buy it twice lol
@@Nerdstrategy I just figured I'd tease you. Lol . I also definitely prefer physical but I have no problems buying digital if that's the only way that I can support a small development team. I'm glad you caught on to my little joke
@@Haywood-Jablomie its all good fun. I heard its coming to consoles in 2023. So im probably buy both since if i get it from limited run, i wont get it til 2024 to be honest.
Console release is not until next year and probably will have a physical release by next year too. One year from now I'll have enough money saved up to buy it physically. For now we can support the game by buying it digitally. The games are a work of art and deserve more recognition.
Personally I found the tone of the game to be even more inconsistent than FP1. It doesn't have a torture scene, sure, but the themes it covers are just as if not more dark, and then we get silly moments and jokes during key story moments which murder the tension, and not in a good way. In FP1 the tone shifted more gradually so it felt like the characters are taking things seriously when they get serious. Here it was harder to take it seriously even during the dramatic and dark story beats because the characters wouldn't stop doing funny stuff.
Specifically, a few moments during Palace Courtyard and Serpentine being a comedy relief character even during Gravity Bubble and Bakunawa. He was at his most serious during his first fight, oddly enough.
I can't help but feel like they were trying to portray that without Brevon, Serpentine _is_ a joke.
@@Sungura_Kaiser In the first fight with him he actually seems like a threat though. His surprise 2nd phase is played off as very dangerous and it's a tricky fight for how early in the game it is.
I do actually agree with you on that. I really liked how in the first game, things progressively got more and more serious. The early game is much more lighthearted and chill. Then the characters get arrested and the tone picks up. Carol and Lilac's fight after the Jade Creek level heavily puts it in your face how serious things have gotten. Lilac infiltrates the Thermal Base to save Torque but then gets captured and she's literally shown getting tortured to force information out of Torque. Then the main characters finally meet the big bad himself at the Thermal Base, have a shoot off, then just barely escape with their lives. After, that 2 out of 3 kingdoms finally realize how foolish they've been and decide to work together to take down Brevon
I also expected Dail to have a big grudge against Serpentine, but he only acknowledges him in a passing manner before the final part of the game where everyone gathers in the palace. Serpentine was one of the invaders that killed your father and brainwashed you into their service, but all you say is "Oh, I guess hard times bring unusual alies" or something. I was expecting him to go like "What's HE doing here?!" and immidietly try to behead the snake in a moment of emotional rage, while everyone in the room tried to pull him away from Serpentine and calmy explain what's the reason for his help.
Bukenawa and megra, yes of course.
5:30 Maybe you know this now, but
SPOILERS FOR THE TRUE FINAL BOSS
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Brevon appears as a hologram in the final phase of the true ending final boss, and he has that trademark dagger slash attack from the first game.
Captain Kalaw reminds me of Professor Lockhart from Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets.
i love how you keep saying "megra"
I kept making the mistake while recording and after awhile figured I'd roll with it instead of doing further takes haha!
Freedom Planet was a game I had a lot of frustrations with, but I couldn't help but latch on to and pick up every now and then. Freedom Planet 2 on the other hand... I can't put it down. It solves so most if not all of the first game's problems and enhances what worked, and even adds new content that's fun. It's what any good sequel should strive for and it was so worth the wait.
Lilac now has to show sonic his place, of she keeps this up. Her games might be more critically acclaim series
Let's not forget that the Freedom Planet series is still taking off and establishing their own identity. Sonic was like that too, it was only in the 3d era that Sonic at a certain point was losing some speed, with only a few promising games coming out in a clutch to keep him going. We don't know if Freedom Planet can go far without suffering similar problems Sonic and other series had. It's a pattern I've noticed with video game series for some finding success in their beginnings and then find struggle at some point. With the development team as current, so long as they strive for improvement, Freedom Planet may go on to have a lasting series, but I will be watching them. As for Sonic, he does have his game coming out on November. If that game is a hit, Sonic will last a little more longer.
@@leon4000 so true, I hope freedom planet gets all the love it deserves. It’s gives me guardians of the galaxy vibes but with anthro character’s. Truly hope this series finds a place in the gaming industry. I didn’t mean better than sonic. Just critically acclaim more for itself. We will see how sonic frontiers is on November. I’ll be watching. But I’m a little more excited for god of war ragnarok
@@leon4000 3D killed Sonic.
@@ikagura It didn't do that.
@@internationalcenterdeidiom399 it kind of did, frontiers looks rough. If it fails, I see a new developer team working on sonic now
Did anyone forget this after it was announced or is that just me?
It looks like a lot of people did. When the release date was announced, there was a lot of hype. When it finally came out, hardly anyone talks about it aside from the handful of things we already knew from before
I wonder if Lilac will eventually look like Merga?
Lilac is a half-breed, so unlikely.
FP2 is surprisingly difficult to compare to the original, despite retaining much of the core gameplay loop. I suspect FP1 really gains a lot from its proximity to Genesis/Saturn-era platformers, and its ability to mimic and build atop that mold made it click in a way most retro-style platformers didn't. What I admire most about FP2 is that it abandons that handhold and commits to taking risks. Adding a fourth character with a weapon is a risk. Retooling the cutesy art style - and completely reworking the main protagonist's design - is a risk. Developing a 20 minute-long puzzle-based level is a risk. Making the Story Mode mandatory is a risk. Composing a soundtrack that's not concerned with being catchy is a risk. FP2 may have stumbles here and there, with some levels and a handful of bosses that fall flat, but it's that ambition and confidence that's impossible not to admire.
I think both games are chasing different emotional responses, too. FP1 was a pedal-to-the-medal, elbows-out romp that kinda works best in a singular binge. That feeling is complimented by that game's superb difficulty curve, and the sum experience resembles that of a film. FP2 is a bit more even-keel, trying to elicit a spectrum of reactions ranging from pulse-pounding to meditative. The switch to hub worlds, the tight pacing of cutscenes, and the branching story acts go a long way to structure the game as something like a season of television. FP1 is a young guitarist aiming to impress, while FP2 struts around like a veteran maestro at the center of an orchestra.
late but i wanna mention that even though brevon isnt the big bad, his actions are felt three years later. as he was the one who freed merga from her prison.
The game can be sum up as: "The best sonic (like) game without been a sonic (like) game"
i swear, i didn't get tired of the game yet, and even i didn't finished it (due work). I probably would finished it with all characters.
'Keeps hearing Megra, when the game says Merga a lot' Aaaaaaaaa
Nah, I kept tripping over the initial line where I mentioned her, so I ran with it
@@StuffWePlay Also, it's BAKUnawa not Bukanawa
This looks like Sonic the Hedgehog meets Zool. Never heard of either of these games.
I've never played Zool! Perhaps that'd be worth a try sometime
@@StuffWePlay It's an awful Amiga game.
So does Milla ever mention her parents again?
Only a few times to manipulate Serpentine
MER-GA. MER-GA. Not MEG-RA! Heheh.
Also, am I the only one who actually prefers the more simplistic and SD look of Freedom Planet 1? I really like the big-headed sprites in FP1 a lot better, and the backgrounds having a lower resolution and less detail really made them pop for me. FP2's visuals feel a bit... busy, IMHO.
Not going to stop me from playing the game, though! I loved the first one, and have been waiting for this one for a long while. The only reason I haven't dived into it yet is because I'm sort of holding out for a console port. But I may not be able to wait that long! I guess we'll see.
Personally, I like that FP2's designs deviate from how "Sonic-like" they used to look. They give the franchise its own identity. Like if you knew nothing about the franchise and saw the characters, you could tell they're their own thing and not Sonic clones.
My husband started calling her Meg for short, so my mistake that I ran with seems to be sticking
Same here. They all kinda have same-face-syndome in this style. I can't help but feel annoyed with how overdetailed this one tree in Dragon Valley is
I'm about to buy freedom planet 2 on switch eShop and I downloaded the demo version of freedom planet 1
Why did they add hair to Lilac?!😩😭
Milla to me felt more like Cream from the Sonic Advance games than Tails
Fair enough, I can see that
She's a mix of both of them, tbh.
...I still want to play this but i kinda want to wait for the console ports unfortunately. My pc ain't a gaming pc
Merga phase 4-6 is dark souls.
Think for a moment to understand why.
Its a fun boss just damn the dodge feels so mandatory for it unlike the rest of the bosses where you can just fluff around and go with super tanking
You basically didn't try to get a rainbow S rank on that fight
Imagine when they met sonic
Honestly, as much as I wanted to love the story, I just found to have some similar flaws to FP1 and it left me very dissapointed overall. Flaws including a crippiling lack of character arcs (what characters show in the first couple cutscenes is what they'll be for the rest of the game), and aside from Milla (who had nothing in FP1) and Neera (who also had nothing), I just think Lilac and Carol are much worse off in FP2 in terms of personality.
Lilac in FP1 came off as someone who craved to be a hero, maybe even saw it as her destiny, but had a tedency to ignore the dange it could bring to her and others. And by the end of the game she comes back uniting everyone to fight off Brevon, triumphantly in the Holo-Dragon. She had a character arc, despite the Torture Scene putting a dent on it. She didn't need to be special to make a difference.
In FP2 however, well, she's always clinging to the past. She either is angry or crying over her past/water dragon heritage ALL THE TIME. First with the Magister who at least puts her at her place, and then at Spade who got given a terrible plot detail of stealing her from her home as a egg, for no good reason, and with Merga it's most of the time since she's designed to be Loredump The Villain.
With Carol I haven't played her unique campaing, but going off how she's always just being sassy and jokey ALL THE TIME, I can already say she's terrible inferior to FP1 where she was all that but at times tried to ground Lilac back into reality (which eventually leads to the pre-Thermal Base cutscene).
In general, FP2 manages to be inferior in story for me, even with all of FP1 flaws, there was a heart and mark of greatness that never was realized inside it. FP2 is mostly loredumping and hardly character development.
I would still say FP2 is a game worth playing, but I hardly will say its story is anything to write home about, or that it managed to outdo the original by a significant margin.
I don't know what you mean by lore dumping? The first Freedom Planet didn't really have a story, you simply get the Kingdom Stone and stop Brevon, the "story" is really the interaction between the girls and the situations they face. Freedom Planet 2 might not have the best story, it at least tries to have one. I prefer Merga over Brevon, she has more personality and at least her boss fight has some variety; Brevon's fight you're continually running in one area and you can easily land hits while dodging bombs.
Lilac crying about her past all the time sounds hyperbolic. Not helped by you putting "ALL THE TIME" in all caps.
I agree. The storyline overall was a great idea but could've been done better
bukunawa & megra oof
The first game was decent but I just couldn't get into it. However, the second game fine-tuned everything to perfection, at least for Lilac and Carol. It's a world of a difference, and I love it. The bosses in particular were pretty terrible in the first game, but here, they're great.
MERR GA
meggy
Hey, Parusa isn't Caribbean. It's The Philippines.
Noted!
@@StuffWePlay On that note actually - if you go to the galaxy trail exhibit, you'll learn a lot about that. The Parusan language is just, basically Tagalog - and the clothing Askal wears is based on traditional Filipino clothing.
You can effectively consider, as a result, the following characters Filipino:
Askal
Corazon
Aaa
Kalaw
And, anyone in the Parusan zones.
Tatay and Lola - the two old monkeys, are names that are references to the Filipino words for "Daddy" and "Grandmother" respectively.
It's understandable that one may not know this - The Philippines are not terribly well covered in western media and, really honestly, I only know a lot of this because my fiance is Filipino (also, we're both trans! How cool is that! Verse, is also notably transgender. - as is Sabrina Diduro, the founder of Galaxy Trail!)
Hope this information all helps.
-Kara
@@kcdodger By extension, Carol is too since she and Cory are sisters. Pretty sure Merga is as well since she knows what a sampaguita is. That's specifically what the Jasminum sambac is called in the Philippines.
@@Sungura_Kaiser yeah absolutely! I was just noting a few, but Carol and Merga are certainly Filipino.
This game is almost perfect, everything is so well done!
MAJOR SPOILER AHEAD DON'T OPEN IF YOU DON'T BEAT THE GAME IN BOTH ENDINGS.
This game is a masterpiece, but I have to say that the secret ending and (most of) time capsules sucks. Honestly the normal ending is good, but could be even better if it gives an advice like "you can't always change people's minds". But no, Lilac just run to find Merga worried about her... I mean, if it's just Lilac being imature it's ok, because she has a pure heart. The secret ending I can't defend, it's terrible. Seriously, just why? Collecting every time capsule to reach an hard as heck bossfight against Syntax (I don't know if in normal is that hard because I beat it on hard mode) for what? Merga change her mind because pangu reminds the LoVe StOrY of her and Cordelia. More than half of the time capsules that you collect is abour that story... *WHO CARES* I want to know about Lilac's parents, how Milla came to Avalice, why Cory and Carol was so far from each other before FP2, the past of Lilac and Carol on Red Scarves, things like that you know? But no, they shove it down our throats, and if I disagree probably many people will call me homophobic or something like that... (what don't makes any sense because I know about the game developer be a trans women, and I have nothing against it), the story of this game in general is so good... Was expecting more of this secret ending and time capsules, was my worst disappointment...
What's funny to me is how Merga's story has some parallelisms to Shadow's, but I'm expecting an essay on why Shadow's story works and Merga's doesn't.
Tbf we did get some backstory on Lilac's introduction into the red scarves
@@gamerprince-tl5hg yeah that's rly nice, but in my opinion a flashback about it would be perfect.
@@Sungura_Kaiser I don't know nothing about shadow's story 😅. Strangely I'm not that much of a Sonic fan, but I rly like FP. What's wierd about Merga and Cordelia is the fact about Merga hate all earth dragons but her gf being an earth dragon... It's like Hitler fell in love with a jewess and still doing the holocaust. She just realize like "oh, she's an earth dragon wtf I'm doing" and change her mind.
@@edinaldonokyojin8974 It's not that weird. That's been used in other stories quite often.
For me, Freedom Planet ("1") never felt like a Sonic spinoff... because the only Sonic game I have is the "Racing Transformed" spinoff. So, FP1 was just a great game, nothing more, nothing less.
Likewise, all the games you mentioned in your review don't mean anything to me -- I just expect FP2 to be a great game as well. Now even more than before, because I generally expect sequels to be worse...
I thought this game came out today
I was not expecting so much trans content in this video but it really made my day! Trans rights!
female characters done RIGHT. you simply can´t imagine this game with a male hero
and freedom planet deserves a movie. enought of MCUs
Now make Sonic 06 Art of failure
To be honest, the sequel feels half-baked. Yes, it has great gameplay, interesting level concepts/callbacks, VA direction is decent, pixelart is fantastic and the likes but besides that, the worldbuilding is a nice improvement from the first game, however the story campaigns are a jumbled mess (there's hardly any movement in terms of character arcs, it's more of a deconstruction of characters / retcons / plotholes / forced plots & story twists that are unneeded, except for some things & instances), new characters are alright to terrible, some items are missing/unrequired, the audio design is awkward, the levels go on too long or otherwise, some music are good but other tracks aren't fitting or could had used more work.
Just because a game looks good doesn't mean it's polished (even if they had a long time to address these issues), but if you enjoy the game, have fun with it. You vote with your wallet.
"The levels go on for too long" - dude, the longest level is, like, 12 minutes at highest (Ancestral forge) through most of other levels can easily be beaten in under 7 minutes.
@@user-rl5ub8nk5i I just enjoyed the act system the first game had.
While this game is super good. I'm very impressed...I can't deal with this deviant art level weird bad anime voice acting that seems to be directed at either kids...and I don't get it, or literal furries/a very particular type of trans who are so lacking in self-esteem they just never grew up. I just can't get my head around it, but, thankfully, it isn't mandatory after a 1st playthrough. Chris Sabot being int he cast IS kind of hilarious and awesome though. The VA has been so cringeworthy that I have skipped lines of dialogue just so I don't throw myself in an oven to escape the pain.
All that said, and I really do have issues with the VA direction, not particularly the performances, this is a must pick up. It's just that good.
I barely understood most of that
I agree the acting wasn't amazing
it's a terrible sequel it's nothing like the first game and very alike to the garbage games it was supposed to improve upon
Silence Freedom Planet hater *Insert glowing red laser eyes meme here*
@@luigifan2438 >>nintendoboy
I haven't played the 2nd one myself, but the gameplay and animations do look way more smooth, less glitchy and the sprite quality's more consistent
In terms of aesthetics, character development and design, I can agree. I'm not fond of Lilac's new designs. They should've kept blue as her main outfit color. Her hair looks off, and her nearly-completely-removed face markings make her look less iconic and more like a purple human
The artist (TysonTan) is very good, but his art style just doesn't suit Freedom Planet to me. They still could've kept them cartoon-y without them looking like Sonic ocs
I dislike Milla's character in it. Starting her off more confident defeats the whole point of character development. I get she's meant to seem more confident, but she just feels like a younger and annoying version of Lilac. They could've kept some traits the same (kinda like glitter peace in precure for an example) while still showing she's growing. Lilac staying pretty calm through everything felt a bit off too considering she snapped multiple times in the last game with far less pressure
the fact that theres so many filipino references in this game makes it a must buy too