@NoisyPixelNews For sure! I'm really hoping that this remaster has a bit of a resurgence in the community, because I got into the original release at the tail end of the Vita's life cycle, so didn't have much chance to play with others often. Do you know if the game has cross platform multiplayer?
I was LITERALLY, right this moment, about to pick up my vita and finally get around to play through freedom wars after blasting through the Ys games recently. Crazy timing!
@@NoisyPixelNewsAbsolutely I was always kicking myself over the years for missing the peak of the online component, so now this will give me another chance! So cool
@@EnaTenkiyoGamer Oh man that sounds cool as heck, unfortunately I don’t have one, just getting to play it on my ps5 is gonna have to be enough for me 😁
The only issue I had with the old system was the RNG factor of weapons. As to get the best possible stats of a weapon. You needed to actively find a weapon with a lower range of stats because once you upgrade it enough, it will end with the best possible stats. Yes. I'm talking about the late bloomer mechanic. Where you pour all of your resources on a weapon with a big number and its never properly explain that thats a bad thing.
@@ceresbane Are you sure? I remember following a guide back in 2015 and managing to craft several weapons with maxed stats, I vaguely remember that you have to find a weapon with the attack stat on a certain range, level it up to 2, and if it matched the correct numbers you upgraded it all the way, something like that. But I definitely saw some complete guides, I do remember that each weapon had a different range of stats that you had to aim for.
I can’t wait to play the remaster. My favorite game on vita now with a graphics touch up, English dub, and a reworked crafting system. The crafting system change especially is great.
I couldn't believe my eyes. Bought it straight away. Had this kinda late back on the vita but was still able to find games now n then online. Great game
My favorite game on the Vita. It’s amazing. The PvP is also surprisingly fun, and I am not someone who ever really likes or plays PvP, but I played a ton of it here. It’s great to see this game again, and I hope to help they make a sequel. I think they missed the mark on the Panopticons in the remaster. One of the things that kept me playing was fighting for my Panopticon, a city close to where I live. They had cities all over the world in the original. I tho k that was an important part of the community and excitement. They did away with that for the remaster, and made then Japanese prefectures, which all of the rest of the world had no connection to. I think k that’s a shame.
I remember when I play this back in the day I gave up half way because the difficulty spike was crazy but it was still fun even though I didn’t finish it
Yea playing for 45 min to an hour for some of the later missions on Vita was insane lol it’s a lot more comfortable in this setting. I think the tweaks to weapons helps too
Huge fan of this game! I remember getting so absorbed into it on my Vita, hell I still have it installed on it. I'll pick this up day one and probably do a playthrough on my channel (self plug). If you guys haven't played it, definetely give it a try. Its much better than the God Eater series and it will make the wait for MH Wilds a bit easier.
Love my vita. It's mostly an emulation device now. But so many games were amazing. Freedom Wars was definitely an amazing Monster Hunter style game since we never got a real entry for vita
As someone who loved the Vita and was deep into the community at the time, I don't remember a single person who said this was better than Soul Sacrifice, did I miss out not picking this up over SS Delta?
They do different things really well. SS/Delta has an incredible atmosphere and building, while FW has great non-lore world-building and moment-to-moment gameplay.
Always look forward to your reviews. I’m planning on getting this game since it comes out so close to my birthday, literally the day after which is tomorrow. 👀Just feels like the gift for me to get.
I'll grab this once I return from the vacation. I love hunting games and the genre needs more competition imho. I also want more games to be free of Vita prison. I hope this sells enough for a sequel.
Question for NP or anyone else, if I have a Vita that I still use occasionally for different games and already own this game. Is it worth picking up the remaster for single player content? Or are the updates negligible when compared to ana active online community?
So far as Ive seen the remaster not only has a cleaner look but it also fixed some of the more irritating parts like with weapon development (random skills and calculating damage when crafting). Then there is the new hard mode that really makes you suffer. And lets be honest, if you have a switch/PlayStation/pc its worth getting this game to let the devs know we still want the sequel they teased with the ending of the game.
the loading times still being long is a shame for this game, aside from all the menus that was one of the things I really had to tolerate to enjoy the game
i played SAO fatal bullet before, and they said its just a reskin of Freedom Wars. now that this game has been remastered, i'll get it and experience what folks make them say that its one of the great games on the vita.
The there are two game I want to see come back more than the hundreds I want to come back but Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2 and Enchanted Arms. They already brought back Nocturne why not DDS 1 and 2 but remember yall the number one rule in prison is always trust your celly (number one rule in prison, never trust anyone). 🤘😉🖤
It's weird, I've never super loved the game, but don't have anything I dislike about it. It's just a solid time start to finish, I just found myself beating it start to finish over and over like 9 times and wanted more, I say what I say cus I tend to burn out on the monster hunting sort of genre. This games just a gem in a weird way to me. Here's hoping they added Fists and Pistols finally too
I went quite far solo in the game(Psvita Version) until I had to do a special mission in I thought code 4 or 5 where you had to go against 2 tiger abductors and with quite a few lives 😅
I hate some game reviews given out early low scores due to tech issues, only to have a couple of years or few months down the road for developers to fix it, and made it run better. But the scores is still stuck there though
Usually when a remaster comes from out of the blue, they’re observing the sales to see if a sequel is a viable option post-release. I’m happy to support and get this day one to hopefully help a sequel get made.
I put my Vita back in working order last night, and as I was going through my list of downloads, I remembered that I bought the original day-and-date. I was a broke college student working full time at Walmart back then, so that was a big deal for me. Those were great times.
It’s nonsense for sure. I honestly didn’t even realize the change when I played the game 🤷♂️ whateve people can make their own choices on why or why not to play a game.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Bandai does what several other publishers have been doing lately and make a deal with LRG’s to produce a physical release+special edition. At this point, As much as I like buying physical games, I despise the practices of LRG’s and their sometimes blatant incompetence so i’ll either wait for the game to go on sale since it is a Bandai namco game…or pick it up immediately after release. 🤷♂️
People compare this to monhun, which is fair. But this game is more a people game, fighting against humans is always a blast. Other game don't really let you fight human, both players and npcs
Now when's Soul Sacrifice Delta Remastered ??
That’s what I want to know lol
It's insane it didn't happen yet.
Hell, it's insane such a good quality series died altogether.
Day one when it does!
I was wondering the same myself 🤔💯
That game was a masterpiece!!
One of my absolute favorite games on the Vita, so I'll definitely be picking this up soon
Those were good times 🥲
@NoisyPixelNews For sure! I'm really hoping that this remaster has a bit of a resurgence in the community, because I got into the original release at the tail end of the Vita's life cycle, so didn't have much chance to play with others often.
Do you know if the game has cross platform multiplayer?
@@firechar27 It will have crossplay with ps5 and ps4 only
right now on Steam it is a train wreck
The vita was filled with clunky trash game just like this
I was LITERALLY, right this moment, about to pick up my vita and finally get around to play through freedom wars after blasting through the Ys games recently. Crazy timing!
What luck lol
@@NoisyPixelNewsAbsolutely I was always kicking myself over the years for missing the peak of the online component, so now this will give me another chance! So cool
vita is my main sense 2018 loved this game and soul sacrifice my vita got water damaged so it's broken now but I will be getting fixed soon@@ItMeJayB
Playstation portal is best played with this game since it comes to ps5
@@EnaTenkiyoGamer Oh man that sounds cool as heck, unfortunately I don’t have one, just getting to play it on my ps5 is gonna have to be enough for me 😁
The only issue I had with the old system was the RNG factor of weapons. As to get the best possible stats of a weapon. You needed to actively find a weapon with a lower range of stats because once you upgrade it enough, it will end with the best possible stats.
Yes. I'm talking about the late bloomer mechanic. Where you pour all of your resources on a weapon with a big number and its never properly explain that thats a bad thing.
is there a guide for that?
@@pencilcheck thats the neat part guides that aren't in japanese are barely complete
Great news, they're overhauling that to remove the RNG, so on paper, it should be a lot easier to max out weapons.
@@ceresbane Are you sure? I remember following a guide back in 2015 and managing to craft several weapons with maxed stats, I vaguely remember that you have to find a weapon with the attack stat on a certain range, level it up to 2, and if it matched the correct numbers you upgraded it all the way, something like that.
But I definitely saw some complete guides, I do remember that each weapon had a different range of stats that you had to aim for.
@@devildante9 good news tho. they did actively report that they no longer use that on the remaster
This game was so cool! I'm definitely replaying it.
It is very cool
I gave up on the sequel long ago but man, seeing the game get a remaster is such a nostalgia trip. I might get it again at some point.
Actually, DIMPS said a sequel may be in the books depending on how well this sells as they have many ideas on where to take the series next
@@elk3407 with how the popularity is going for this, it might be more possible than we think.
@@Bakuganluver23 True.
i cant wait for this one! even unemployed i will be getting it as it was/is one of my favorite ps vita games
I still listen to the OST till this day.
I can’t wait to play the remaster. My favorite game on vita now with a graphics touch up, English dub, and a reworked crafting system. The crafting system change especially is great.
SOLD! SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
😂
Cannot wait to play this for the first time
Played this during its heyday with two other co workers. This was a great experience!
I'm so shocked that they added a full English dub yet absolutely NONE of the marketing for it ever mentioned it!
I had no clue this game came out until a friend showed his copy.
This especially with play loop, reminds me of Godeater.
Wasn’t it made by the same developers?
Which is basically monster Hunter right?
@@pablotomasllodra4423it’s a similar style of game and I did research and shift did do some work on it, it’s actually dimps who made the game.
@@dgayle2348 yeah but more fast pace so its good solo unlike mh
I couldn't believe my eyes. Bought it straight away. Had this kinda late back on the vita but was still able to find games now n then online. Great game
My favorite game on the Vita. It’s amazing. The PvP is also surprisingly fun, and I am not someone who ever really likes or plays PvP, but I played a ton of it here. It’s great to see this game again, and I hope to help they make a sequel. I think they missed the mark on the Panopticons in the remaster. One of the things that kept me playing was fighting for my Panopticon, a city close to where I live. They had cities all over the world in the original. I tho k that was an important part of the community and excitement. They did away with that for the remaster, and made then Japanese prefectures, which all of the rest of the world had no connection to. I think k that’s a shame.
I truly hope this means we will get a sequal one day soon
i never heard of this game before the remaster and i’m not gonna lie, it’s talking to me
Listen then its got some good stuff to say
I remember putting a lot of time into this game but at some point story progression slowed down a lot despite how many missions I did and I got bored
My physical copy is on its way from Play-Asia, so happy that the Asian copies have English!
I ordered one too - Azario
Uh oh, those memories are coming back to me, the osts, The abductors, that flying box thing!!
Definitely getting this. Had it on Vita and seeing the fresh coat of paint at 60fps seals the deal for me.
I remember when I play this back in the day I gave up half way because the difficulty spike was crazy but it was still fun even though I didn’t finish it
Yea playing for 45 min to an hour for some of the later missions on Vita was insane lol it’s a lot more comfortable in this setting. I think the tweaks to weapons helps too
Loved the review and great footage showcase. Keep up the good work please!!
Pan -opticon. A prison in which every prisoner can be seen at all times.
Lastg night I literally waited for the clock to hit 12:00 to buy it. and I did !!!!
Huge fan of this game! I remember getting so absorbed into it on my Vita, hell I still have it installed on it. I'll pick this up day one and probably do a playthrough on my channel (self plug). If you guys haven't played it, definetely give it a try. Its much better than the God Eater series and it will make the wait for MH Wilds a bit easier.
Love my vita. It's mostly an emulation device now. But so many games were amazing. Freedom Wars was definitely an amazing Monster Hunter style game since we never got a real entry for vita
cannot wait to play this again!
As someone who loved the Vita and was deep into the community at the time, I don't remember a single person who said this was better than Soul Sacrifice, did I miss out not picking this up over SS Delta?
Yes
They do different things really well. SS/Delta has an incredible atmosphere and building, while FW has great non-lore world-building and moment-to-moment gameplay.
Thanks for this. im starving for new games. And i had no idea what this was, seems interesting I'll give it a shot.
Wow I have never heard of this game before. I guess it's because I only had PSP. But I would love to try this remastered version, it looks fun.
if you enjoy God Eater or MH, you'll like this one.
Hope this does well so we can finally get a sequel to continue the story !!
Honestly, I'm hoping we might actually get a fanmade English Dub patch for the original Freedom Wars on Vita as a result of this.
Are the levels longer than god eater 3? That game feels like the levels are over before they even get exciting.
Always look forward to your reviews. I’m planning on getting this game since it comes out so close to my birthday, literally the day after which is tomorrow. 👀Just feels like the gift for me to get.
Happy birthday!
I was wondering if the original ost was still there and the first fight you can hear me to go OST :D
I'll grab this once I return from the vacation. I love hunting games and the genre needs more competition imho. I also want more games to be free of Vita prison. I hope this sells enough for a sequel.
Question for NP or anyone else, if I have a Vita that I still use occasionally for different games and already own this game. Is it worth picking up the remaster for single player content? Or are the updates negligible when compared to ana active online community?
So far as Ive seen the remaster not only has a cleaner look but it also fixed some of the more irritating parts like with weapon development (random skills and calculating damage when crafting).
Then there is the new hard mode that really makes you suffer.
And lets be honest, if you have a switch/PlayStation/pc its worth getting this game to let the devs know we still want the sequel they teased with the ending of the game.
the loading times still being long is a shame for this game, aside from all the menus that was one of the things I really had to tolerate to enjoy the game
Ah, I wish the devs added 2 player split screen co-op.
One of my most coveted Vita titles, iv3 played this exclusively on my Vita TV.👍🏿👍🏿
Is there a setting to disable the screen shake?
There is no option for gyro aiming right?
Not that I could tell on the PS5…
@@NoisyPixelNews That's a shame but not unexpected, thank you.
@@KanameYuuki Was it in Vita version?
@@jeffcarrier9808 It's been years so I can't remember, I didn't appreciate motion aiming back then.
Shame there's no physical version for PS4..
I can't believe people bought a PS5 to play Vita games on.
How is it on PC?
I have been waiting for this for months now 😁 yesssss 👌
i played SAO fatal bullet before, and they said its just a reskin of Freedom Wars. now that this game has been remastered, i'll get it and experience what folks make them say that its one of the great games on the vita.
is there any additional contents compared to the original?
If a game is fun (for the right reasons) it will age well. Fun is timeless.
I need Killzone Mercenary and Soul Sacrifice
Played the vita one can't wait to get the remastered
Torn between getting this or Toukiden 2. I mostly play offline. Which do you guys has the better singleplayer content and mechanics?
Glad this is finally on PC and free from the Vita.
The there are two game I want to see come back more than the hundreds I want to come back but Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2 and Enchanted Arms. They already brought back Nocturne why not DDS 1 and 2 but remember yall the number one rule in prison is always trust your celly (number one rule in prison, never trust anyone). 🤘😉🖤
Hope this one make way for the rest of vita game get port to newer hardware
i finished this on the vita, and actually got to a zero year prison sentence. id highly recommend not bothering with THAT grind XD
How difficult is the platinum trophy to get
It's weird, I've never super loved the game, but don't have anything I dislike about it. It's just a solid time start to finish, I just found myself beating it start to finish over and over like 9 times and wanted more, I say what I say cus I tend to burn out on the monster hunting sort of genre. This games just a gem in a weird way to me.
Here's hoping they added Fists and Pistols finally too
I'm not gonna lie, the eng dub for this game is killing the vibe. I prefer the jp dub because it has more emotion.
Now where is Soul Sacrifice remastered and Toukiden Remastered? The latter actually got a sequel
I hope it sells well and they make a new IP and maybe that may also lead to Soul Sacrifice's revival!!
not with the woke bs changes went from day 1 to u can fuk right off also no disc version in the USA HAHAHAH YEAH IM GOOD NIGGA
This game use to stress me tf out just cause I didn’t have wifi in my house 😂😂😂 trying to solo this is crazy
I went quite far solo in the game(Psvita Version) until I had to do a special mission in I thought code 4 or 5 where you had to go against 2 tiger abductors and with quite a few lives 😅
Does thid still have the dlc suit that looks like samus' zero suit.
anyone know if there will be a physical release?
only Asian versions.
@NeoTechni ty for the response
Wasn't familiar with this before, but it reminded me a lot of God Eater. It's refreshing to see sci-fi that's not mechs in weeb media.
I hate some game reviews given out early low scores due to tech issues, only to have a couple of years or few months down the road for developers to fix it, and made it run better. But the scores is still stuck there though
This game ran fine. It crashed on me once, but I didn’t mention it in the review because it didn’t happen again.
Hadn't heard of this game until about a week ago, but it looks like its going to really that god eater itch!
How censored is it?
love this game despite all its flaws
💞
I enjoyed the game as well on Vita.
Ots bizarre seeing this game get freed from its gorgeous coffin
Sad that there's no physical release 😢
There is an Asian English physical release, as well as the Japanese physical release which includes English language
Never owned a vita but the trailers looked interesting
When we getting Killzone Mercenary and Toukidan 2 Remastered Vita
Toukiden 2 already has a PS4 and PC version
Looks great. Guess I'll order a physical copy from PlayAsia
Why did I had to find this now want to get it my poor money
So this is like monster Hunter but with machines?
Aggghhh I need Dragon's Crown now on my PC/Steam Deck T.T
Now give is soul sacrifice on modern hardware.
Surely the Switch is gonna be able to handle this without issues... Right?
Hearing that load times are long even on PS5 is concerning.
probably they'll fix it with a patch.
I think its somehow patched because all my loading screens Arent even more than 10 seconds on my standard Ps5 😅
Would have been more excited for a sequel but I will buy it to support the studio nonetheless.
Usually when a remaster comes from out of the blue, they’re observing the sales to see if a sequel is a viable option post-release. I’m happy to support and get this day one to hopefully help a sequel get made.
@jkoz4 Exactly that.
haven't played this on my vita yet.
I put my Vita back in working order last night, and as I was going through my list of downloads, I remembered that I bought the original day-and-date. I was a broke college student working full time at Walmart back then, so that was a big deal for me.
Those were great times.
So far the only negative I've seen regarding this game is the Type A/Type B nonsense instead of Male/Female
It’s nonsense for sure. I honestly didn’t even realize the change when I played the game 🤷♂️ whateve people can make their own choices on why or why not to play a game.
@@NoisyPixelNews true, to each their own and voting with our wallets
It's a shame the PC version is a crashing, buggy mess right now for many players. But at least we get to play this finally.
Soul Sacrifice next please.
I'm so happy this remaster got an English dub this time around. It being sub only back in the day was a major turn off for me.
Is this getting a physical?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Bandai does what several other publishers have been doing lately and make a deal with LRG’s to produce a physical release+special edition.
At this point, As much as I like buying physical games, I despise the practices of LRG’s and their sometimes blatant incompetence so i’ll either wait for the game to go on sale since it is a Bandai namco game…or pick it up immediately after release. 🤷♂️
In Asia and Japan.
Is it already out!?
Tomorrow I believe
@NoisyPixelNews Exciting!
Type A / Type B
RIP
Apparently, that's the only thing they changed in this game. (If Sony were to publish the remastered, it'll do so much worse.)
I hate that. I am not a letter. I am a free girl!
I’d love if my save could transfer over from Vita so I didn’t have to start again.
I played so much of this on a vita tv of all things😅
Yes!
Also SHADOW HEARTS, KOUDELKA
HELLOOOOOOO?
Oh myyyy. I missed my vita
i... don't get those loading times.
I don't get it .
And now --> Soul Sacrifice Delta please! ,Best Vita game!
A shame this game isn't doing well on steam AT ALL. A lot of people are unfortunately unable to even launch the game or get it to function properly.
Wow that sucks
I can't wait to buy it on sale, play it for an hour then never touch it again! Just like the vita version.
People compare this to monhun, which is fair. But this game is more a people game, fighting against humans is always a blast. Other game don't really let you fight human, both players and npcs