


In Adventure mode, Zao's dialog during the schmup sequence will now play properly if you beat Thermal Base and watch all the cutscenes after it without skipping. This also fixes a visual quirk during the holodragon scene where the borders of the dragon's horn sprites can be seen. Screen transitions and fade effects have been color corrected to use true black instead of 8,0,0. A language selection menu will also appear at bootup if you have never selected one before. Additional language options are selectable through the Options menu. I’d also be forever grateful if you’re able to support me via: /geekmid – which would assist me in writing even more content just like this.We have a special update ready for our international fans! Thanks to the efforts of XSEED Games and their affiliates, you can now enjoy Freedom Planet in Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Korean! If you’ve enjoyed reading this – or any of my other content – it’d be much appreciated if you’re able to share this article via social media. I can highly recommend it for fans of classic platformers – especially if those classic platformers happen to star a certain blue hedgehog. Since its initial release, it was also ported to Wii U – and it’s now available on PS4 and Nintendo Switch as well.

I must say, I’m very glad it was recommended to me! I can’t believe it passed me by for so long it had sat, unloved, in my Steam library until recently, when – as seems to be happening quite often at the moment – a conversation on Twitter sparked my interest in the game. With a choice of characters and expansive, multi-stage levels on offer, there really is a great deal to like about Freedom Planet. The aforementioned character design really is fantastic, with the wonderfully detailed, brilliantly animated pixel art being especially impressive. It’s a fantastic homage to the series – the characters, level design, music and even bosses are hugely memorable. If it weren’t for the release of the most recent 2D Sonic game – 2017’s Sonic Mania – Freedom Planet, which first launched in 2014, would have been the best Sonic game in years. If that sounds like a negative, I don’t intend it to. Though initial impressions – from the lengthy, fully voice-acted intro sequence, which is presented in the same pixel art style as the full game – don’t seem to suggest that Freedom Planet is such a close approximation of the Sonic formula, once the game begins the similarities are incredibly obvious. They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery if that’s the case, then Sonic the Hedgehog must be feeling incredibly flattered by Freedom Planet.
