Freedom Force vs the 3rd Reich
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Developer(s) | Irrational Games |
Publisher(s) | Irrational Games[a] |
Producer(s) | Jonathan Chey |
Designer(s) |
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Programmer(s) | Allan Richards |
Artist(s) |
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Writer(s) | Ken Levine |
Engine | Gamebryo |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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Genre(s) | Real-time tactics, tactical role-playing |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Freedom Force vs. the 3rd Reich is a real-time tactical role-playing game[1][2] developed and published by Irrational Games. The sequel to Freedom Force, the player guides a team of superheroes as they travel back in time and help overthrow Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II.
Plot
Nuclear Winter steals Time Master's inert body and uses it to steal nuclear missiles from the Cuban Missile Crisis in an effort to start a nuclear war between the United States and the USSR. Freedom Force foils his plot, but on the return trip, the timeline changes and Freedom Force finds that the Axis powers achieved victory in World War II. Using the disturbance in the timeline to guide them, Mentor projects the heroes back in the timestream to battle the villainous Blitzkrieg, who created the timeline disturbance, where they meet and team up with heroes of that age. In the course of Blitzkrieg's defeat, Alchemiss gains powers from Time Master's body, frees Man-Bot from the Celestial Clock, but goes insane over the sudden expansion of her powers and becomes Entropy, who threatens time and space. Entropy is eventually defeated by Freedom Force with the help of the awakened Time Master. Briefly asserting her original personality, Alchemiss prevents herself from ever existing so she cannot become Entropy, but suddenly finds herself face to face with a strange being... Energy X.
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | 86/100[3] |
Publication | Score |
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Computer Gaming World | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Edge | 7/10[5] |
Game Informer | 8.25/10[6] |
GameSpot | 8.7/10[7] |
GameSpy | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
GameZone | 8.5/10[9] |
IGN | 9/10[10] |
PC Format | 90%[11] |
PC Gamer (US) | 81%[12] |
VideoGamer.com | 8/10[13] |
The game received "generally favorable reviews", albeit slightly less than the original Freedom Force's "universal acclaim", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3]
Freedom Force vs the 3rd Reich was a runner-up for Computer Games Magazine's list of the top 10 computer games of 2005.[14]
Notes
References
- ^ Yam, Marcus (October 17, 2003). "For Great Justice!". FiringSquad. Archived from the original on December 31, 2003. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
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- ^ a b "Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ Coffey, Robert (May 2005). "Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 251. pp. 86–88. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ Edge staff (May 2005). "Freedom Force vs. the 3rd Reich". Edge. No. 149. p. 89.
- ^ "Freedom Force vs. the 3rd Reich". Game Informer. No. 144. April 2005. p. 139.
- ^ Kasavin, Greg (March 9, 2005). "Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich Review". GameSpot. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ Rausch, Allen (March 11, 2005). "GameSpy: Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich". GameSpy. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ Hopper, Steven (March 31, 2005). "Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on February 15, 2008. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
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- ^ Griliopoulos, Dan (May 2005). "Freedom Force vs the Third Reich". PC Format. No. 174. p. 95. Archived from the original on February 6, 2008. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
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- ^ McCafferty, Iain (August 3, 2005). "Freedom Force vs The Third Reich Review". VideoGamer.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ Staff (March 2006). "The Best (and Worst) of 2005; The 15th Annual Computer Games Awards". Computer Games Magazine (184): 42–47.
External links
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- Electronic Arts games
- Gamebryo engine games
- Irrational Games
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- Real-time tactics video games
- Superhero video games
- Tactical role-playing video games
- Video game sequels
- Windows games
- Windows-only games
- World War II video games
- Video games about Nazi Germany
- Video games developed in the United States