Product Description

MODEL- 14475 VENDOR- ELECTRONICS ARTS FEATURES- Freedom Fighters In a world where the Soviet Union won the Cold War a fierce conflict is beginning to unfold in the streets of America. Red Army troops are pouring across the borders of Mexico and Canada shortly after a nuclear missile is unleashed on Washington D.C. Chaos sets in when breaking news informs Americans that their President has been killed and the Russians have invaded the country. You take on the role of Christopher Walker a man who evolves into a charismatic and fearless freedom fighter obsessed with finding and freeing his brother in the streets of occupied New York City. * Turn-based strategy element enables players to pick their own mission each with a multitude of strategies and different outcomes. * Intense in-your-face urban guerilla warfare scenarios ranging from small sabotage missions to large battles where the player has to conquer enemy installations. * Charisma-based Recruiting System that gives players points for rescuing prisoners or capturing key installations. Points are also taken away if fellow freedom fighters are sent into battle and killed. * Variety of weapons including machine guns rocket propelled grenades and Molotov Cocktails. * Enhanced rendering technology via Io Interactives Glacier engine that lends to amazing 3D special effects such as real-time lighting rain snow smoke and explosions. * Rich environmental audio such as shouting when in battle barking out commands and music setting the pace and mood of the gameplay action. * Multiplayer support -- up to 4 players in split-screen mode. -- SPECIFICATIONs ---------ESRB Rating : T for TeenGenre/Category : Action/AdventureSystem : Microsoft XboxNumber of Players : 14 Compatible Peripherals: MANUFACTURER WARRANTY: 90 DAYS

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15522 in Video Games
• Brand: Io Interactive
• Released on: 2003-10-01
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Xbox
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Features

• Chris Stone is a simple plumber, trying to make it in communist New York City. In his world, the Russians dropped the first atomic bomb, ending World War II and eventually dominating the world. When he fixes the leaky pipes of a resistance leader, he's pushed into the underground, where he'll become its most unliklely hero.
• Jump headlong into intense urban warfare, as you engage in guerilla combat -- from small sabotage missions to large-scale battles
• Turn-based strategy gameplay allows you to pick your own missions - each one has a different set of strategies and outcomes
• Keep your charisma high - it's your primary recruitment tool, and you'll need all the help you can get
• Enhanced rendering technology and rich multiplayer support lets you become a legendary hero!

Amazon.com Product Description
Freedom: The Battle for Liberty Island is set in a world where the Soviet Union won the Cold War. Now a fierce conflict is beginning to unfold in the streets of America. Red Army troops are pouring across the borders of Mexico and Canada shortly after a nuclear missile is unleashed on Washington D.C. Chaos sets in when breaking news informs Americans that their President has been killed and the Russians have invaded the country.

Players take on the role of a blue-collar worker who evolves into a charismatic and fearless freedom fighter obsessed with finding and freeing his brother, who has been taken hostage along with other New Yorkers by the Soviets. You must recruit and lead an army of urban guerillas to take on the Soviet threat in the streets of New York City. Freedom: The Battle for Liberty Island provides two layers of gameplay: A strategic turn-based mode that centers on base operations in an underground sewer system and an action mode that unfolds in the streets where fierce battles are won or lost and resources are captured.

Customer Reviews

Fun squad supported shooter!
First off, yes you can manually aim at targets (some other reviewers didn't play the game long enough) also there is an excellent auto-targeting system. Made by the same people who did Hitman 2 (another excellent game), Freedom Fighters brings to the table awesome firefights in very detailed environments. The sound and music is excellent bringing back memories of watching "Hunt for Red October" and "Red Dawn". The game begins as a third person shooter, but soon evolves into your strategic command of a small band of fighters. You will dominate the battle field and slaughter the soviets, however their Hind attack helicopters are unstoppable and rain death on your troops. As shooters go, this one has a very good story told mostly by soviet news propoganda. In all this game has good enemy and friendly A.I., excellent weapons, great looking, large level maps, and addictively satisfying gameplay. This is an excellent squad shooter!

Great Game and Lots of fun!
I was a little hesitant to pick up this title. The name had changed several times and they pushed the game back all the way up to the release. For instance it was supposed to be released in the end of Sept but it was pushed back till Oct for some reason. I heard some mixed reviews about the game so I almost didn't buy it. But I'm glad I changed my mind. I have had a blast playing this game. Honestly my only major complaint is that I want more. It just seems that if they added just a touch more than this game would be one of the top games to get for the xbox. The multiplayer aspect is fun but if they really need to add at least three more maps. Also some variations on the objectives instead of only playing their version of capture the flag. This game is screaming for xbox live support. The maps could've been downloadable content. But it seems that microsoft and EA can never play nice when it comes to xbox live. Other than my couple of complaints this game is a lot of fun. I like switching between areas to complete various objectives such as blowing up helicopters and destroying bridges. Which makes other missions easier. I do have another complaint in the mini objectives though. There should be a variety to the mini objectives instead of the same three over and over. Instead they just increase the number of objectives. So in one mission you may have to blow up a bridge. Then in the second mission you have to blow up two bridges or three bridges. And there always seems to be a helipad to blow up too. A larger variety in weapons would be nice as well. Sure there are rocket launchers but if you have one then you don't have a machine gun. And if you find a sub machine gun then good luck finding enough ammo. So you end up just using the assault rifle 95% of the time. All of this would have really helped this game but its still a ton of fun. It will definitely keep you busy until the big releases of the year start coming out in late oct through the holiday season.

Beautifully simple
This game has alot of fun elements. Both the single player and multiplayer I enjoyed.

Graphics: The graphics are good. They border on cell-shading.

Sound: Again, it's good. The people will say some funny things to you like "I'm not your huckleberry" when you try to recruit them without enough spots on your squad.

Camera View: 3rd person. It's easy to move around with it, no complaints.

Weapons: On multiplayers the soviets get grenades, pistol, and an ak-47; Americans get rebel weapons like molotov cocktails, pistol, and a shotgun. Other guns you get are a rocket launcher, sniper rifle, gun turrets, and flamethrower.

Single Player: I have always liked movies like 'Red Dawn' that dealt with the Soviets invading us and I was pretty satisfied with the plot. Not much strategy is needed on the levels on easy but on higher difficulties you do. The cut scenes are interesting.

Multiplayer: Some people who reviewed this game didn't think much of the multiplayer, but I really enjoyed it. Some flaws are that there are only three levels, taking over bunkers doesn't always work right, and three player multiplayer is always a lopsided fight no matter who is fighting.