{"id":24530,"date":"2024-05-17T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=24530"},"modified":"2024-05-12T12:51:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T12:51:41","slug":"freedom-planet-2-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/17\/freedom-planet-2-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Planet 2 (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When I first started playing Freedom Planet 2 for this review, the first thing I thought of was how much things have changed since then, as it\u2019s been nearly ten years since!\u00a0 Gaming-wise, I reviewed the first game<\/strong><\/a> on a totally different console generation.\u00a0 Also, Freedom Planet was meant to play like a classic 2-D Sonic style game, at a time when there wasn\u2019t a whole lot of good 2-D Sonic titles around.\u00a0 But since then we\u2019ve got Sonic Mania and Sonic Superstars, both of which are fairly decent (although I still like Freedom Planet 2 more).\u00a0 My life has also changed a lot since then, as I have a different job and live in a different place than I did back then.\u00a0 Even the world has changed, thanks to the COVID pandemic and whatnot.\u00a0 And now we finally have a sequel to Freedom Planet, and it\u2019s vastly improved over the original game.\u00a0 Also I\u2019d like to add that I\u2019m so thankful for XSEED, the publishers of this game, as they\u2019ve always been supportive of me and this site since they\u2019ve been around.\u00a0 Anyway, Freedom Planet 2 is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

Just like the first game, the sequel is most like a classic 2-D Sonic title, although there are elements of it that make me think of Treasure\u2019s games as well.\u00a0 The sequel is also like, three times as long as the original game, and with four playable characters and other secret modes and challenges, there is TONS of replay value here.\u00a0 The four characters you can play as are Lilac, Carol, Millia, and Meera.\u00a0 Lilac is the main character and is a water dragon.\u00a0 She plays most like Sonic although she has slash and spin attacks and can charge up and bounce around the stage when a meter is full.\u00a0 Green bobcat Carol reminds me more of Knuckles as she can do a pounce attack to glide a short bit as well as climb walls.\u00a0 She can also ride her motorcycle like in the first game, too.\u00a0 Rabbity dog Millia plays more like Tails as she can float for a bit.\u00a0 She also has shields and projectile attacks.\u00a0 Newcomer Meera was a minor character in the first game, a panda warrior.\u00a0 But here she\u2019s playable and has a spear and ice attacks.<\/p>\n

You can only play \u201cAdventure Mode\u201d when starting out, but luckily the cutscenes aren\u2019t as long as in the original game.\u00a0 Here you have a world map and town areas where you can talk to folks and buy items with the goodies you\u2019ve collected in the stages.\u00a0 These items are super useful so you\u2019ll want to collect as many things as you can while playing.\u00a0 Once you beat the game with a character once, you\u2019ll unlock Classic Mode where there are no cutscenes like in the original game.\u00a0 There are also three selectable difficulty modes, which is great because it means I was actually able to beat this one, which is more than I can say for the original game.\u00a0 My only problems with the game are very minor.\u00a0 I wish you could keep the items you\u2019ve collected when you switch characters, like the hidden soundtrack records and whatnot.\u00a0 And some of the goals in the stages are a little unclear, but that\u2019s it.\u00a0 Really this is a great 2-D platformer with lots of fun action and level design, and it\u2019s one of the best games I\u2019ve played this year so far.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freedom Planet 2 is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Fantasy Violence and Suggestive Themes.\u00a0 I really didn\u2019t notice any suggestive themes, and you mostly only destroy robots and cartoony enemies who just explode or run away.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play, and younger gamers may need help with some of the tougher levels and bosses.\u00a0 But I still say it\u2019s a fun game for all ages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I first started playing Freedom Planet 2 for this review, the first thing I thought of was how much things have changed since then, as it\u2019s been nearly ten years since!\u00a0 Gaming-wise, I reviewed the first game on a totally different console generation.\u00a0 Also, Freedom Planet was meant to play like a classic 2-D […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24530"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24532,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24530\/revisions\/24532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}