BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Loved this on Vita.
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Freedom Wars Remastered announced. Launching 1/10/25
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Loved this on Vita.
Werewolf Jones
Member
I never played it but heard it was fire. Will keep an eye on it.
diffusionx
Gold Member
I thought they shut down the servers agesago.PlayStation Vita lost another exclusive?
Topher
Identifies as young
Oh....this game had servers? lol....had no idea.
Perrott
Member
Yeah, it was a Monster Hunter type game with cooperative play - one of many attempts from Japan Studio at mitigating the lack of mainline Monster Hunter releases on the Vita.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
kevboard
Member
bender
What time is it?
yet_another_alt
Member
How does this get a remaster before actually good Vita games like Soul Sacrifice or Killzone: Mercenary?
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Unknown?
Member
Soul Sacrifice was great but so was Freedom Wars.
bender
What time is it?
--Please tell us why you decided to revive FREEDOM WARS after 10 years.
Tsukamoto: I've wanted to make a sequel since it was released 10 years ago, but the opportunity never came. This time, we were blessed with the opportunity to develop it and have Bandai Namco Entertainment produce it, and since it was also the turning point of the 10th anniversary, we decided to do it at this timing.
-- The original version was released by Sony Computer Entertainment (now Sony Interactive Entertainment/SIE), but how did it come to be released by Bandai Namco Entertainment this time?
Tsukamoto: After receiving the license from SIE, we decided to create a remastered version, and while we were looking for a publisher, Bandai Namco Entertainment raised their hand.
TheDarkPhantom
Member
One of them few Vita games I never got around to playing, good news. I'd much prefer Soul Sacrifice though, hopefully it's in the works.
yet_another_alt
Member
Ah, it's Bamco and not Sony.
Eh, the only thing I liked about Freedom Wars was being able to make a custom waifu. And even then they took out the best part, the custom voice lines, for releases outside of Japan. Gameplay-wise, I'd rather play God Eater.
nial
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CamHostage
Member
WHAT?!?!
(X2)
Of all games on the platform i thought i would never see again aside from my copy and emu, this is one Vita game i never thought would find a second life, especially with Sony closing JS. Cool of Sony to let Namco take over the license, i hope it works out for them and I would be quite happy if other Vita SIE games could somehow follow.
...Truth be told, I don't love Freedom Wars, but I was late to it and never really figured out its deeper mechanics. I did really like having a game with heavy use of a Grappling Hook; every game could be made more fun with an added Grappling Hook.
(X2)
Of all games on the platform i thought i would never see again aside from my copy and emu, this is one Vita game i never thought would find a second life, especially with Sony closing JS. Cool of Sony to let Namco take over the license, i hope it works out for them and I would be quite happy if other Vita SIE games could somehow follow.
...Truth be told, I don't love Freedom Wars, but I was late to it and never really figured out its deeper mechanics. I did really like having a game with heavy use of a Grappling Hook; every game could be made more fun with an added Grappling Hook.
F31 Leopard
Member
Definitely picking up on Switch. I hope they have wireless LAN for the Switch version. One of my favorite games on Vita.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
Isn't this the game where you are earning time off your prison sentence, and you start with a sentence of 1000 years or something?
CamHostage
Member
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
That definitely wasnt on my bingo card. Wow.
Barakov
Member
FREEDOM FIGHTERS REMA----Oh wars. Almost got excited for a second there. I'll see myself out.
Pejo
Member
Yep. Other than some Vita level jankyness and too few enemy types, I thought the gameplay was really fun, targeting specific pieces of the enemies and saving captured characters.
IGN put a preview up of the remastered version, comparing it to the original:
SyedDanishAnwar
Banned
at this rate the system will die for sure
I already see PS as a dead duck. Of all the PSs I had owned (1-5), this system gets the least playtime due to lack of exclusives.
I had always had a PC system since my late dad bought me a Pentium II in 1999. But I used to play hours mainly on console due to those stellar PS exclusives. It's silly how the tide has turned due to incompetency of those big dudes in suits at Sony.
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Pejo
Member
It totally was published by Sony back in the day, it looks like they bought the IP from Sony, since clearly Sony wasn't planning on doing anything with it.
Also, Steam page is up.
Ridicululzz
Member
That's crazy! Thought this game would be stuck in Vita prison forever. Always wanted to play this one
nial
Member
SIEI is still in the product copyright, while SIE LLC still owns the English trademark.
SIE has actually allowed stuff like this in the past, as seen with Journey, Hohokum, etc.
The only actual news is the fact that anything Freedom Wars (reboot/remake/sequel) outside of this remaster is now 100% off the cards.
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Pejo
Member
Weird because this was in the interview with the director:SIEI is still in the product copyright, while SIE LLC still owns the English trademark.
SIE has actually allowed stuff like this in the past, as seen with Journey, Hohokum, etc.
The only actual news is the fact that anything Freedom Wars (reboot/remake/sequel) outside of this remaster is now 100% off the cards.
nial
Member
Yes, they got a license, which is different from actual IP ownership.
The fact that SIEI does own some shares on Dimps most likely made this an easy licensing deal, but nothing suggests that they gave up the IP (corporations rarely do that, btw, even if they have no plans wirh it).
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Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
This is cool. I'd always been interested in playing the game, but I never actually wanted to hunker down and play it on the Vita. I think that for me, this just leaves Soul Sacrifice Delta, Tales of Graces, and DJ Max Technika on the Vita for me... beyond those, I have no reason to ever use the thing again.
Cyberpunkd
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Unknown Soldier
Member
Now here's one I never expected to see again
Where's Muramasa Rebirth, Vanillaware?
Where's Muramasa Rebirth, Vanillaware?
Darkness_Arises
Member
Yeah, Freedom Wars was nothing special. Soul Sacrifice on the other hand did some interesting things and did not feel like a game trying to ride on MH's coat tails. It would have been great if Monster Hunter Generations got a Vita port with proper dual stick controls (especially for LBG and HBG, R to ADS and X to fire is just not doable).
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
You're correct. I just checked on Justia and SIE is still listed as the owner of the Freedom Wars IP (they even renewed the trademark a couple of years ago) - https://trademarks.justia.com/862/50/freedom-86250457.html
StueyDuck
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Judge Magister
Member
I bought PS TV together with this game back than.
It reminds me of God Eater series, it has a cool artstyle/vibe to it.
It reminds me of God Eater series, it has a cool artstyle/vibe to it.
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