10 Obvious Video Game Remasters The Industry Is Ignoring

4. Freedom Fighters

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Basically what the Homefront: The Revolution should have been.

Freedom Fighters is a superb third-person shooter with an interesting co-op mode in which coordinating your AI-controlled allies is the key to victory.

The plot is certainly an intriguing concept: after Russia dropped a nuclear bomb in Berlin to end the Second World War, they quickly became a superpower. After converting many countries into communist states, particularly around the USA, they begin a full-blown invasion.

You are a plumber in New York named Chris Stone who, after the Russian invaders abduct your brother, Troy, becomes a major player in the communist resistance movement.

America is quickly engulfed by the Russian invaders. After fleeing to the sewers underneath the Big Apple, it is up to you and activist leader, Isabella Angelina, to begin the resistance.

The militia slowly begins to form, with more and more Americans fleeing their Russian captors and joining the resistance movement as they use Guerrilla warfare tactics to take out key Russian facilities throughout New York.

The mechanics are interesting, adopting a recruitment policy where the play can have a squad of up to a maximum of twelve. The multiplayer feature involves a four-player free-for-all centred around capturing flags and bunkers, with the recruitment mechanic carrying over.

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