The game received largely positive reviews critics praised its gameplay, visuals, music, aesthetics, sense of humor and balance of Sonic elements with original content, but were mixed on its pacing, voice acting, story and the abundance of long cutscenes.Ī sequel, Freedom Planet 2, was released in September 2022 for Windows. Ports for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S will follow in 2023. Her health, represented by red leaves, is partially depleted. Leaves that can be collected are visible.įreedom Planet is a 2D platform game. The player directs one of three characters-Lilac, Carol, or Milla-to run and jump through levels and destroy robotic enemies. Levels contain obstacles such as corkscrews, loop-the-loops, hills, ramps, and rock walls. The player fights a miniboss in the middle of each level and a main boss at the end, after which the story is advanced by cutscenes. Because of its aesthetics, level design, and fast-paced gameplay, Freedom Planet has been compared to the Sonic the Hedgehog games released for the Sega Genesis in the early 1990s.
Unlike in Sonic, the player character has a hit point meter instead of a ring-based health system. To refill this meter, the player collects red leaves dropped by enemies and scattered throughout levels. Lilac's and Carol's maximum health are seven leaves, Milla's is four. If all lives are lost, a game over screen appears, but the player may freely restart from the last checkpoint.īeing hit by enemies' and bosses' attacks reduces the character's health, and a life is deducted when no health remains. Extra lives can be found within levels, as can shield and invincibility-type power-ups. Lilac fights one of the game's bosses, the Robopanther, while Carol assists her with attacks and Milla with extra health.Įach of the playable characters make use of an "attack" and "special" button.
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