Hello again Freedom Wars fans! With less than a week to go until Freedom Wars finally hits North America, I wanted to deliver a few more details regarding our awesome cast of characters and Western Panopticons to our English-speaking “Sinners” out there.
As you’ve seen through our various trailers, even throughout the multitude of cooperative and competitive modes, the story of Freedom Wars takes center stage. While contributing to society and steadily decreasing that million-year sentence, you’ll encounter a myriad of interesting, (and might I add stylish) characters, starting with:
 Aries A mysterious girl who appears in front of our main character from time to time. Her prophetic-sounding words seem to be leading you down a certain path, but her true motives remain a mystery… |
 Natalia “9” Woo The tough-as-nails Commander of The Office of Peace and Stability, 35th division. Natalia is tasked with protecting the peace in her Panopticon and keeping the Sinners in line. She might seem cold at first glance, but Natalia’s rigid demeanor masks her deep-seated wish to protect her teammates. |
 Uwe “Sakamoto” Cabrera A veteran prisoner and brave warrior who’s earned the respect of society through his efforts on the battlefield. He’s taught countless prisoners that the only freedom they have left is “to choose how you fight and live with that decision.” |
 Mattias “Leo” Bruno An inexperienced prisoner, Mattias considers himself to be your rival. Although he can be a bit competitive, he’s known to have an honest personality and won’t shy away from lending a hand. |
 Abel “Strafe” Balt One of the strongest prisoners in the world, Abel is in control of one of the “Three Prototype” Abductors – “Red Rage.” He is by all means considered to be extremely dangerous. |
 Beatrice “Lilium” Anastasi The heroine of our story, held deep within the main character’s Panopticon, under constant surveillance. Her positive attitude and warm personality make her an instant friend and ally, ready to fight by your side as she bravely confronts her destiny. |
And last but not least, your official Panopticon mascot: Percy Propa! Percy is the voice of the Panopticon – his job is to relay messages and issue orders to you, although in a very kind, gentle way. You’ll often see him appearing on the various screens throughout your home Panopticon, shouting his favorite phrase: “For the Greater Good!”
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Suffice to say, the characters you’ll encounter in Freedom Wars will help make your experience a very memorable one – they’ll join you both on and off the battlefield throughout the story as you uncover the truth about the world and discover what “freedom” truly is.
I also wanted to take a moment and respond to one of the most frequent questions I’ve received from fans across the world: Which Panopticons are included in the Western release of the game? I’m happy to announce that the Panopticons populating the Western release represent a very international audience – we have over 50 locations from around the world that you’re free to swear allegiance to at the start of the game:
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New York City, NY, USA Los Angeles, CA, USA Honolulu, HI, USA Anchorage, AK, USA Chicago, IL, USA Houston, TX, USA Mexico City, Mexico Edmonton, Canada Lima, Peru Toronto, Canada Helsinki, Finland Reykjavik, Iceland London, United Kingdom Yekaterinburg, Russia Moscow, Russia Athens, Greece Bucharest, Romania Lisbon, Portugal Berlin, Germany Paris, France Rome, Italy Oslo, Norway Stockholm, Sweden Copenhagen, Denmark Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Madrid, Spain Vienna, Austria Manaus, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil Buenos Aires, Argentina Santiago, Chile Galapagos, Ecuador Caracas, Venezuela Dakar, Senegal Nairobi, Kenya Cape Town, South Africa Sydney, Australia Perth, Australia Wellington, New Zealand Mumbai, India Bangkok, Thailand Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Jakarta, Indonesia Manila, Philippines Hanoi, Vietnam Taipei, Taiwan Hong Kong, China Seoul, South Korea Singapore, Singapore Tokyo, Japan |
Pretty great list, huh? I look forward to seeing all of you online next week, battling for the safety and glory of your home Panopticons. For the greater good!
Will there be a demo? Is the game compelling if I play it by myself, I have no friends with a Vita and frankly even if there is online (as nice as that is) I will likely be disinterested with playing with strangers.
Good luck with the launch, sadly this looks like one of the very few “big” vita games trickling out in the near future. I do enjoy the indie crossbuy stuff and plus offerings, but I can’t help but feel jealous when I see games like Bravely Default, and the large current library and also games in development for the 3ds, Bravely Second for instance.
I love my vita, but the games are drying up in some ways, and I really wish they had done the shoulder buttons like the psp go, as is they are as mediocre as when the original psp 1000 launched, I should know I have had all the Nintendo / Sony handhelds up till now.
I wouldn’t sell my vita like some claim, but I wish there was more action adventure and fantasy rpgs for it. “sigh” yes this is a bit of both which is why I am interested to see what it is and how it does.
Hey Skeetlejuice,
Sorry, no demo over here! (There was a demo-ish beta that was released for a very short period in Japan, but it’s since been taken down.)
I think the game has a great single-player campaign – completely doable by yourself because you’ll always be able to fill the slots on your team with the other characters from the story. Just make sure to keep their equipment leveled up!
Hope you check it out!