No, you don't need to be a furry to play this game. Just like with Sonic games.

However, if you want to play Freedom Planet series, I recomend to start with the first game:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/248310/Freedom_Planet/

I would say the games are very approachable as a 2D platformers and while the second game doesn't let you skip through the story you can at least speed through the hub worlds if you want. The level designs in these games are generally some of the more creative and original of the genre.

That being said considering the game was made by Sonic superfans there are definitely more than a few instances where the game wants you to become obsessed with it, from the billion Easter Eggs and bloopers in the first game, a bunch of developer in jokes, to extensive amount of characters and lore and all the NPCs in the hub worlds as well as outright cheekily acknowleding character design traits and use of special effects like when Serpentine calls the protagonist a "sparkly twit". Which seemed to work as a lot of the fanbase of the game are indeed superfans. I certainly find it an easy game to get obsessed with but then I am also autistic so that doesn't surprise me.

I will say that you are right in thinking that there are fans who fancy the protagonists though...

Originalmente postado por Mister Magician:

Is this a decent game on its own, or does one need to be on the prowl for "furry waifus" like some sonic-likes?

???

The similarities to sonic are almost entirely surface level. While the first game is definitely closer to classic sonic, both games have a speed-through ninjitsu/parkour motif as opposed to curling into a ball and rolling around ramps or boosting - you’re gonna get your rear end handed to you if you’re expecting a real 1:1.

Likewise, the furry waifu thing is also sorta surface level. While the leading ladies (worded that way for alliterative purposes) are right there on the store page, the game’s setting and vibe are MUCH closer in practice to that of Dreamwork’s Kung fu Panda, especially this time around.

The fighting games are waifu games if you only take care about designs.

This game has little to no romance in it, so no, it's not a 'furry waifu' game.

Also yeah, not withstanding the fact that the three main characters weren't originally designed by GalaxyTrail, they didn't go out of their way to deliberately design furrybait characters, they focused mainly on making the designs cute.

So any ideas about the game being just a waifu simulator are ENTIRELY on the ideas of people on the internet and play no factor in the games or the devs. Not to mention that the leads are teenagers anyway.

In fact considering the modern trend of female leads in gaming not being allowed to be "too girly" or "too sexual" and leading to stuff like Abby in Last of Us 2 it's probably just to design character personalities that are actually more realistic. Like this whole pushback basically comes from an industry that was male driven for years and internet culture ends up focusing more on female porn and sexualised female characters than it does males, though that might just be my own experience. This creates an unfair environment where female characters get judged harsher than male ones and certain games outright focusing on sexy characters for profit like Dead or Alive the politics behind that judgement just have basically got in the way.

I don't know how to end this but I think you get what I'm saying.

Originalmente postado por Aperson:

Also yeah, not withstanding the fact that the three main characters weren't originally designed by GalaxyTrail, they didn't go out of their way to deliberately design furrybait characters, they focused mainly on making the designs cute.

So any ideas about the game being just a waifu simulator are ENTIRELY on the ideas of people on the internet and play no factor in the games or the devs. Not to mention that the leads are teenagers anyway.

In fact considering the modern trend of female leads in gaming not being allowed to be "too girly" or "too sexual" and leading to stuff like Abby in Last of Us 2 it's probably just to design character personalities that are actually more realistic. Like this whole pushback basically comes from an industry that was male driven for years and internet culture ends up focusing more on female porn and sexualised female characters than it does males, though that might just be my own experience. This creates an unfair environment where female characters get judged harsher than male ones and certain games outright focusing on sexy characters for profit like Dead or Alive the politics behind that judgement just have basically got in the way.

I don't know how to end this but I think you get what I'm saying.

You can make good looking female protagonists without making it otaku-baity.

Like, someone neither overly cute nor sexy while still being feminine and having an original design.


Abby from TLOU2 is a special case but people should stop mocking western design using her as an exemple.

On the other hand you see some japanese devs making their female characters sexualised because they knew it will sell the most or just because the game dev wanted to draw pin ups.

I still find it curious how male characters in the Sonic series are naked (bar their shoes and gloves) yet female ones need full clothings despite nothing being shown.

Sally was a character being like Sonic until they asked her to wear a jacket (which would paradoxically make her more suggestive because they still insist on giving her a feminine shape and a slight chest).

In FP every characters are properly clothed regardless of gender.

Originalmente postado por Ikagura:

Originalmente postado por Aperson:

Also yeah, not withstanding the fact that the three main characters weren't originally designed by GalaxyTrail, they didn't go out of their way to deliberately design furrybait characters, they focused mainly on making the designs cute.

So any ideas about the game being just a waifu simulator are ENTIRELY on the ideas of people on the internet and play no factor in the games or the devs. Not to mention that the leads are teenagers anyway.

In fact considering the modern trend of female leads in gaming not being allowed to be "too girly" or "too sexual" and leading to stuff like Abby in Last of Us 2 it's probably just to design character personalities that are actually more realistic. Like this whole pushback basically comes from an industry that was male driven for years and internet culture ends up focusing more on female porn and sexualised female characters than it does males, though that might just be my own experience. This creates an unfair environment where female characters get judged harsher than male ones and certain games outright focusing on sexy characters for profit like Dead or Alive the politics behind that judgement just have basically got in the way.

I don't know how to end this but I think you get what I'm saying.

You can make good looking female protagonists without making it otaku-baity.

Like, someone neither overly cute nor sexy while still being feminine and having an original design.


Abby from TLOU2 is a special case but people should stop mocking western design using her as an exemple.

On the other hand you see some japanese devs making their female characters sexualised because they knew it will sell the most or just because the game dev wanted to draw pin ups.

I still find it curious how male characters in the Sonic series are naked (bar their shoes and gloves) yet female ones need full clothings despite nothing being shown.

Sally was a character being like Sonic until they asked her to wear a jacket (which would paradoxically make her more suggestive because they still insist on giving her a feminine shape and a slight chest).

In FP every characters are properly clothed regardless of gender.

Female nudity is Sacred, and even people who reject Ancient values still know it in their hearts.

This is not to say that the individual women are some divine creatures, but they bear the workshop of The Divine in them.

Originalmente postado por Aperson:

Also yeah, not withstanding the fact that the three main characters weren't originally designed by GalaxyTrail, they didn't go out of their way to deliberately design furrybait characters, they focused mainly on making the designs cute.

So any ideas about the game being just a waifu simulator are ENTIRELY on the ideas of people on the internet and play no factor in the games or the devs. Not to mention that the leads are teenagers anyway.

In fact considering the modern trend of female leads in gaming not being allowed to be "too girly" or "too sexual" and leading to stuff like Abby in Last of Us 2 it's probably just to design character personalities that are actually more realistic. Like this whole pushback basically comes from an industry that was male driven for years and internet culture ends up focusing more on female porn and sexualised female characters than it does males, though that might just be my own experience. This creates an unfair environment where female characters get judged harsher than male ones and certain games outright focusing on sexy characters for profit like Dead or Alive the politics behind that judgement just have basically got in the way.

I don't know how to end this but I think you get what I'm saying.

Who made the original characters?

This is definitely not a furry game, and I'm saying this as someone who might even call himself a fanatical anti-furry (although shipping Catradora probably lessens my credibility, but anyway).

If you like Sonic type of 2d platformers but with better story stuff, entertaining voice acting, some good humor, fantastic soundtrack, lots of replay value (4 different characters), etc., then this game is for you.

Who made the original characters? [/quote]

Ziyo Ling was the one who originally created Lilac, Carol and Milla.

It’s a decent game at best, but I STRONGLY suggest keeping your distance from the fanbase. From my experience, they can be just as bad as the Sonic superfans, meaning they’re more toxic than they want you to believe. They also overhype the game to be better than it actually is.

Originalmente postado por knight_of_kanto:

It’s a decent game at best, but I STRONGLY suggest keeping your distance from the fanbase. From my experience, they can be just as bad as the Sonic superfans, meaning they’re more toxic than they want you to believe. They also overhype the game to be better than it actually is.

So does the game just suck then?

Originalmente postado por Mister Magician:

Originalmente postado por knight_of_kanto:

It’s a decent game at best, but I STRONGLY suggest keeping your distance from the fanbase. From my experience, they can be just as bad as the Sonic superfans, meaning they’re more toxic than they want you to believe. They also overhype the game to be better than it actually is.

So does the game just suck then?

It's not bad

But saying it's like Sonic is wildly untrue

Not only are the physics way off, but there's also too much combat

Originalmente postado por Egg Fighter XB-2006:

Originalmente postado por Mister Magician:

So does the game just suck then?

It's not bad

But saying it's like Sonic is wildly untrue

Not only are the physics way off, but there's also too much combat

Whats it like?