Freedom Fighters
Developer(s)	IO Interactive
Publisher(s)	EA Games
Distributor(s)
Designer(s)
Engine
Latest version
Release date(s)	October 2003
Genre(s)	Third-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (T)
Platform(s)	PC, GameCube, PS2, Xbox
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System requirements
Input

Freedom Fighters is a game in which you play the role of Christopher Stone, a plumber, who has to stop the Red Army from taking control of the United States. The game was published by EA Games and developed by IO Interactive. It uses a modified version of the Hitman 2: Silent Assassin game engine. Freedom Fighters box art This is the cover art for a video or computer game. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... IO Interactive is a Danish computer game developer currently owned by Eidos Interactive. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) is a leading video game developer and publisher. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... A game engine is the core software component of a video game. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a listing of computer and video game genres with brief descriptions and examples from each genre. ... A third-person shooter is a genre of 3D video games where the camera view is outside and thought of as usually being behind the main player character, its name chosen for the number of third-person video games whose gameplay is derivative of first-person shooters. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... Online gaming redirects here. ... The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games in the United States. ... This article is about computer and video games. ... Personal computer and peripherals. ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ゲームキューブ; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: プレイステーション2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... The Microsoft Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console first released on November 15, 2001 in North America and Puerto Rico, then released on February 22, 2002 in Japan, and later on March 14, 2002 in Europe. ... A plumber is a tradesman who specialises in installing and maintaining systems used for plumbing, heating, drainage, potable (drinking) water or industrial process plant piping. ... The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (in Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya), the armed forces first organised by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ... Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) is a leading video game developer and publisher. ... IO Interactive is a Danish computer game developer currently owned by Eidos Interactive. ... 47 disguised as a Russian soldier in the Tubeway Torpedo mission of Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. ...

Plot

In an alternate present time, the Cold War never ended. The Soviet Union has beaten the United States of America in dropping the first Atomic Bomb, on Berlin, bringing an end to World War II. As a result the Soviet Union never collapsed, but has instead expanded the Iron Curtain to encompass the entire world, engulfing Europe and sending in "military advisors" throughout the Third World to prop up anti-capitalist dictatorships. Finally, the Soviet Union starts a war with the US by turning to American shores to expand its empire. The general concept and plot of the game were greatly inspired by the 1984 movie; Red Dawn. For the generic term for high-tension and / or indirect struggle between states, falling short of actual open hostilities, see cold war (war). ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 8 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. ... Europe at the time of the Iron Curtain The Iron Curtain (Eiserner Vorhang in German, Železná opona in Czech, Железный занавес (Zhelezniy zanaves) in Russian, Vasfüggöny in Hungarian, Jernteppet in Norwegian, Żelazna kurtyna in Polish, Cortina de fier in Romanian, Желязна завеса in Bulgarian , Rautaesirippu in Finnish ) is a Western term referring... For the Jamaican reggae band, see Third World (band). ... . Red Dawn is a 1984 movie by John Milius about an invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union and Cuba, and the resulting guerrilla actions of a group of American high school students in the fictional town of Calumet, Colorado. ...

On a regular day; plumbers/brothers Christopher Stone and Troy Stone are on the job in the apartment of Isabella Angelina, leader of an anti-Soviet group, when all of a sudden helicopters start shooting into buildings and into the streets. He is promptly recruited by an elderly resistance fighter, Mr. Jones, who leads him into a hiding place.

Back on the surface, New York is now controlled by the Soviets. Regular newscasters and other citizens are sent to Alaska for re-training and are replaced by Tatiana Kempinsky, a Soviet-friendly propaganda reporter. Areas in New York are made into make-shift bases for the Soviet forces (police station, harbor, theater, etc.). Civilians go into hiding. The US military has been routed, and the federal government, including the President, is arrested and tried on trumped-up charges of "crimes against humanity". They are promptly replaced by a pro-Soviet government, led from New York's Governors Island by General Tatarin of the Red Army and Colonel Bulba of the KGB. North Korean propaganda showing a soldier destroying the United States Capitol building. ... Governors Island is a 172 acre (696,000 m²) island in Upper New York Bay, approximately one half mile from the southern tip of Manhattan, of which it is legally a part, in New York City. ...

Christopher Stone is enlisted into Isabella's rag-tag resistance movement, which he aides in rescuing his brother Troy as well as Isabella herself. Chris' actions cause him to be dubbed "the Freedom Phantom" by the Soviet-controlled press. To the Soviet army he becomes the nation's most wanted terrorist, while to the repressed masses he is seen as a symbol of America's continuing struggle against foreign oppression. Now, Chris and his Freedom Fighter network must defeat the Red Army and drive them out of New York and America.

Game play

Freedom Fighters is a third person shooter, in which the player navigates through the streets of New York while fighting the Soviet forces. The game play features a couple of the innovations first seen in Halo: Combat Evolved, such as the ability to melee with any weapon, as well as the fact the player can only carry a single primary weapon at one time. A third-person shooter is a computer game in 3-D where the camera view is outside and usually behind the main player character. ... Halo: Combat Evolved, or simply Halo, is a video game in the first-person shooter (FPS) genre, created by the Microsoft-owned Bungie Studios. ...

Unlike other third-person shooters, the game has a charisma meter. You gain charisma by performing heroic deeds in the resistance movement against the invading forces. The more charisma that you have, the more people that you can recruit. You can recruit Urban Guerrillas and wounded Russian soldiers, up to a maximum of 12. Charisma is not always a positive personality trait; Bill Clinton is notoriously charismatic and used his personal magnetism in terrible ways The word charisma (from the Greek word kharisma, gift or divine favor, from kharizesthai, to favor, from kharis, favor), is often used to describe an ability to charm or...

Freedom Fighters is often credited in game reviews as having brought squad games "to the masses", by introducing a simple method of controlling your recruits in battle. In the game, you can command your recruits by giving them simple orders such as "defend", "attack", and "follow", but in most situations, they take care of themselves to a remarkable degree. A sequel is currently in the works.

Characters

Here are the characters of the game.

• Christopher Stone a.k.a. "The Freedom Phantom"
• Troy Stone
• Mr. Jones
• Isabella Angelina
• Phil Bagzton
• The Kid
• General Tatarin
• Colonel Bulba
• Tatiana Kempinsky (Russian newscaster)
• Freedom Fighters
• Soviet Soldiers

Weapons

This is a list of weapons in the game.

Heavy

• RPG-7
• Mounted PKM
• Man-portable PKM
• C-4

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Light

• AK-74M
• Dragunov SVD
• Franchi SPAS-12

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Handheld

• .44 Magnum
• Bizon
• Hand grenade
• Molotov Cocktail
• Monkey Wrench
• M9 Pistol

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External links

• EA Games Freedom Fighters webpage
• EA Games
• IO Interactive
• Freedom Fighters at MobyGames