Publisher Bandai Namco has released the opening cinematic for the upcoming Freedom Wars Remastered on Switch.
Launching on 10th January 2025, the game is a revamped version of the 2014 original on the PS Vita. In what is either a remarkable coincidence or a calculated effort, the reveal of the opening movie also comes exactly 13 years after the Japanese launch of the PS Vita on 17th December 2011. Bravo!
As for the movie itself, the graphical enhancements over the original game are certainly apparent, but we'll have to wait and see exactly how it looks on the Switch itself. Chances are the movie is running on either the PS5 or PC, and even then, it's not direct gameplay footage.
Still, we're incredibly excited to check out this one. Freedom Wars is a loose take on the gameplay from Monster Hunter, and sees you take down giant enemies with the help of a grappling whip, all in an effort to lower your one-million-year prison sentence in a unique, sci-fi distopian world.
Born into a one-million-year prison sentence, you must survive deadly missions to earn any hope of freedom. Die in prison or live on the battlefield. The choice is yours.
• Convicted from birth for the crime of living
In a distant future where all resources on earth have been depleted, being alive is a sin by itself. As a sinner sentenced to one million-years in prison, you must volunteer in dangerous operations to reduce your prison sentence and fight your way to freedom.
• Three-dimensional high speed combat
Use your Thorns to dominate the battlefield. Stand alongside your allies and your warden bio-android accessory, to face off against powerful enemies.
• Enhanced graphics
Re-rendered graphics vividly portray desolate worlds, colossal prison cities, powerful enemies, and fierce battles.
Are you looking forward to Freedom Wars Remastered on the Switch? Did you play the original Vita version? Let us know with a comment.
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The original disappeared into my backlog years ago, never to be seen again. The same fate probably awaits the remaster but I'll still pick it up if the reviews are good. Gotta support those Vita exlusives that helped the system last as long as it did!
What's about RUBY feature, huh? It was significantly cutted in the original localized PS Vita version.
Is this not getting a physical release in the US? I keep checking around but I can't find one anywhere. Not even on Namco's website.
If it's a digital only release, I'll still buy because I'm excited to play this again but wasn't sure if I missed something.
I really tried to like this 10 years ago on my Vita, but ended up really hating it in the end (spend 35 hours trying to see if it became better, but it just became worse - in single player mode at least - don't know if multiplayer is better - and don't care really).
I enjoyed it enough on Vita to get to the endgame (eliminated my character's 'sentence' and all) but after a while, it did start to feel repetitive. I enjoyed my time with it though. Will I buy the remaster...I'm on the fence.
Really love how this game looks in the OLED Vita and this would look even better with the Switch's bigger OLED screen. Can't wait
@hel105 The Vita was helped by the PSP and PS1 games (Persona and Xenogears as examples) that could be played on it too.
But yes, there were Vita games that I always come back to. Wipeout, Sonic All-Stars, Samurai Warriors 4 and several PS2 trilogies were just a few that spring to mind.
Really looking forward to this! Loved the game on the Vita!
@hel105 why the reviews would change anything? you already played it, and it will be the same thing.
I am so hyped for this.
@arkanjo29 I actually haven't played it (other than the demo years ago), which is what I meant from the backlog comment.
And yes I have a general idea of what the game is like as far as content, but I'd like to know that the Switch version runs decently or I may opt for PS5 instead. As we've learned from the recent Lollipop Chainsaw port, we can't assume a game is going to run decently on the Switch just because it's being brought over from an older system.
@BishopShiozawa Oh for sure! I'm still a diehard Vita fan, I carry it with me more often than either my Switch or Steam Deck. I just finished up Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and I'm slowly making my way through Trails in the Sky SC.
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