Freedom Planet

Great game. A Sonic game but more emphasis on combat but not losing any speed. Worth the cash.

-Nostalgic Pixel Artstyle: Check!
-Amazing Soundtrack: Check!
-Poor physics based controls: Check!
-Main character with iconic design: Check!
-Cute sidekick with wider moveset thats more fun to play as than the MC: Check!
-Story thats way too dramatic for whats needed for this type of game: Check!
-SPEEEEEEEEEEED: Check!
Ill give this the Knuckles stamp of approval.
It checks everything one could ask for in a great Sonic game.
Highly recommend!

Compared to the game's more polished sequel, Freedom Planet now feels a bit crude and unbalanced; most notably the game's cutscenes are a bit too long (they're skippable though, and there's a cutscene-less mode as well) and some bosses near the end are very hard (probably the reason lives are meaningless in the game). Still, the game is fun, challenging and charming with its can-do spirit and cutesy voice acting. Moreover, the game has one of the best videogame soundtracks of all time. The zones are engaging, there's replay value thanks to character-based differences (there are three playable characters), and for the most part the game's boss battles are fun. Freedom Planet started off as a Sonic fangame. It shows, but not to the game's detriment; I wouldn't even have thought of playing it in the first place had it not had a bit of Sonic in its genes.

As someone who, lo and behold, doesn't enjoy classic Sonic gameplay at all, this is my saving grace for a 2D platformer. Played it 3 times in a few days with the three characters, it's that good.

2D platformer HEAVILY based on sonic the hedgehog. characters have extra moves, and the scenery and music are unique and great to go through. highly recommend for any sonic fans. (steam version has controller issues. go to your controller settings ingame and map them to your gamepad before playing.)

I enjoyed it more than the 2D sonic games I have played back on the Genesis. 3 characters with different play styles was nice too, changed up each of the 3 playthroughs

I've been a fan of this series since it came out in 2014. It's really good in a lot of ways. The soundtrack is absolute PEAK, the gameplay is really fire, and the characters and voice acting are also pretty awesome! overall 9/10 platformer and if you're a fan of those games i recommend it. I especially recommend it to anyone who is a sonic fan, as the game itself was originally intended to be a sonic fangame until the devs to decided to make it it's own thing which i believe it was the right call because what we got was straight GAS! It's unique but still has a lot of those classic sonic elements that really are nice to see. Overall 9/10 game and easily one of my favorite platformers