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Freedom Wars (USA)

PlayStation Vita
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Reviewed in
2014
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✪ Reviewed on June 15, 2023
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Freedom Wars is a cooperative action game in a dystopian totalitarian state. Fight giant Abductors to reduce your sentence. Unique concept, excellent online cooperative. Exclusive Vita gem.

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Category
Action RPG 4 players 12+ Co-op
Description
Prisoners battle alien Legions to repay their debt to society and regain freedom in this Vita-exclusive action-RPG. Published by Sony, released in the United States in November 2014. Action-RPG with Legion and weapon combat, character customisation, dystopian Panopticon world. US edition.

Freedom Wars review

4/5
Art direction
"Striking"
4/5
Music
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
"Captivating"
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾1,3 GB 📅25/11/2014
Published by Sony Computer Entertainment

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Collector interest

Freedom Wars is a Sony-published Vita exclusive whose online server shutdown shifted its appeal toward preservation: the physical copy fixes a unique dystopian co-op concept that now lives on only offline. This status as a relic of an exclusive strongly tied to the console, more than its print run, makes it a cornerstone piece of a Vita collection.

Memorable bosses

In a carceral dystopia, bringing down the gigantic mechanical Abductors is a matter of climbing: you latch onto their limbs with a thorn whip, dismantle them piece by piece and free the hostages they clutch. The cooperation and verticality of the assaults give these fights a singular tension, between colossus hunt and rescue under pressure.

An underrated gem

A Vita exclusive with a biting dystopian pitch, this action hunter sentences its prisoners to a million years behind bars, reducible by slaying giant Legions. Its repetitive rhythm and now-shuttered online didn't do it favors. For fans of snappy hunting games and original worlds, it keeps a unique flavor worth rediscovering solo.

Is Freedom Wars still worth playing in 2026?

An action RPG from Japan Studio and Dimps, Freedom Wars plunges the player into a dystopian future where prisoners serve a million year sentence by hunting giant machines to buy back their freedom. The claw-grapple system to latch onto the colossi, the snappy co-op action and the oppressive social world make up an original, demanding formula. The steep learning curve and the online server shutdown weigh. For a fan of cooperative monster hunting or someone curious about a singular dystopia, the title keeps a preserved strong concept and action.

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