History VideoGame / FreedomFighters

A sequel was announced in 2004; however, [[VaporWare there hasn't been much said about it since that time]].

* BareYourMidriff: At least one type of female freedom fighter is wearing an outfit that is showing her belly.

* Almost Kiss: Isabella Angelina and Christoper Stone almost show each other how close they've become amongst the fighting when Phil Bagzton barges in saying they're going to miss the party. They then storm off and he fills embarrassed but then says something inspirational before the credits roll.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: If Chris gives a wounded Red Army soldier a med-kit, he will then join Chris in [[MookFaceTurn the fight against his former comrades that left him for dead.]]

* BittersweetEnding: The Soviets are gone for now, but the city's been destroyed and they'll be coming back...

** Allies that can join you (other freedom fighters and defecting Soviet soldiers) also seem to be able to take a good deal of damage as well.

** MookFaceTurn: giving a med-kit to abandoned, wounded Red Army soldiers will net you an AK-wielding ally.

* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Subverted all to hell on the Soviet side, as you'll often find wounded Soviet soldiers that have been left behind to die.
** HeelFaceTurn: If Chris patches them up, they'll join the band (assuming you have the space for them).

Well-received critically, though something of a SleeperHit, this game is notable for having a surprisingly intelligent ally system. The player, being a leader of LaResistance, can get up to twelve fighters under his command, and order them to attack specific targets or areas, secure and defend areas, or just follow the player. Allies (and enemies) will take advantage of cover and [[MoreDakka mounted machine guns]]. Also, it had a ''[[SugarWiki/CrowningMusicofAwesome really]]'' [[SugarWiki/CrowningMusicofAwesome great soundtrack]].

*** In one of the news tickers, it's mentioned that newborn babies will have their Socia; Security numbers tattooed to their necks; Agent 47 has a barcode tattooed in the same place.

*** In one of the news tickers, it's mentioned that newborn babies will have their Socia Security numbers tattooed to their necks; Agent 47 has a barcode tattooed in the same place.

** You cannot win against armored cars bringing [[RespawningEnemies reinforcements]] with no end in sight. But they need a road to reach the AO. A road that always includes a bridge. Demolish it with C4, and you cut off the enemies from their reinforcements.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: As Mr. Jones, Colonel Bulba successfully manipulates Chris into assassinating General Tatarin, allowing Bulba to fill the void created by his death and letting him conquer New York on his terms, with the added pleasure of wiping out the resistance. However, by this point he had already allowed the resistance to grow into a formidable fighting force under Chris' inspiring leadership, enabled them to kill hundreds of his countrymen and had effectively created the Freedom Phantom that would go on to put a serious wrench into the Soviet Army's plans to subjugate the entire country.

* ShortRangeShotgun: Almost every gun has poor accuracy at long range, but the shotgun is useless beyond a few feet.

* TheUnfought: Colonel/General Bulba disappears after TheReveal 3/4ths of the way through the game, and is nowhere to be seen during the final battle on Governor's Island.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Colonel Bulba, who is not seen during the final liberation of New York.

** Assaulting a soviet position from the front is suicide. Circumventing them by the sides going through damaged buildings is vital to overwhelm the most entranched positions.
** You cannot win against combat helicopters. So destroy the helipads with C4.

** The soviet have many sniping positions in damaged buildings. Attack those from behind,and you may steal the sniper and thin up the enemy masses.

* MolotovCocktail: Quite realistic ones, too.

** Fellow Freedm Fighters behind good cover make a surprisingly useful [[WeNeedADistraction distraction]]. They'll never see you flanking them or reaching a perfect position to throw a MolotovCocktail at them until it's too late if you play your cards right.

A ThirdPersonShooter released in 2003 by the Danish developer Creator/IOInteractive, the makers of ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}''. An AlternateHistory began when the [[DirtyCommunists Soviet Union]] developed the first [[AtomicHate atomic bomb]], and ended UsefulNotes/WorldWarII by dropping one on Berlin, shifting the balance of power firmly in their favor. The [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn USSR]] [[RedScare steadily expanded]] to encompass most of the world, with only the [[{{Eagleland}} United States]] opposing them, until a massive invasion quickly overwhelmed the US. The player takes control of former [[ActionSurvivor plumber]] Christopher Stone, now the "Freedom Phantom", as he fights against the [[RedsWithRockets invaders]] to liberate UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity.

A ThirdPersonShooter released in 2003 by the Danish developer IO Interactive, the makers of ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}''. An AlternateHistory began when the [[DirtyCommunists Soviet Union]] developed the first [[AtomicHate atomic bomb]], and ended UsefulNotes/WorldWarII by dropping one on Berlin, shifting the balance of power firmly in their favor. The [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn USSR]] [[RedScare steadily expanded]] to encompass most of the world, with only the [[{{Eagleland}} United States]] opposing them, until a massive invasion quickly overwhelmed the US. The player takes control of former [[ActionSurvivor plumber]] Christopher Stone, now the "Freedom Phantom", as he fights against the [[RedsWithRockets invaders]] to liberate UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity.

* LostForever: Once you complete the primary objective in an area, you cannot come back to that area [[FridgeLogic for some reason]], and any bonus objectives, supplies, or useful equipment there is permanently lost.

* ATeamFiring: It's rare that the friendly AI hits anything beyond a few feet, especially if there is cover, unless they are using a sniper rifle or a machine gun. That said, one of them are trained soldiers or otherwise have firearms training.

* EatTheDog: The scrolling text during a Soviet propaganda news broadcast tells the people of [[InvadedStatesOfAmerica New York City]] that they can surrender their pets at a predetermined address if they can not feed them. The same text scroll mentions that anyone having trouble needing food can pick up [[MysteryMeat cheap meat]] at that same location.

A sequel was announced in 2004, however, [[VaporWare there hasn't been much said about it since that time]].

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: It's your [[ElaborateUndergroundBase underground base]], a raft big enough to fit a dozen men can float comfortably along, and it's [[LaResistance the resistance]]'s preferred mode of travel for bypassing Soviet roadblocks. The game [[JustifiedTrope is set in]] UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity after all, which really ''does'' have sewers that big (some even describe the real network as an underground city).

* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: [[spoiler:Even when you become the de facto leader of the resistance]] you can only bring a small squad with you.
** Relatively small, anyway - twelve men is usually ''more'' than enough to deal with most threats. With the maximum squad size you can often overwhelm most Soviet positions with sheer weight of numbers.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The opening cinematic of the final assault on Governor's Island is deliberately evocative of the famous painting ''[[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington Washington]] Crossing The Delaware'': the only real differences are that this crossing is in (an ice floe-littered) New York Harbor and the Soviets are actively shooting at the Americans.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Colonel Bulba [[spoiler:is almost personally responsible for the resistance's existence, helps you obtain several key victories, and directs you to ''assassinate his own superior'' before showing his TrueColors and taking the reins as ''General'' Bulba. Said assassination ''might'' have been intended as an UriahGambit to get rid of Chris - it's certainly one of the harder missions - and the ensuing KlingonPromotion was simply a happy accident.]]

** TheMole: [[spoiler:see Mr. Jones aka Colonel Bulba.]]

* MadeOfIron: The [[GiantMook Soviet heavy machine gunners]] take about 3 full magazines of assault rifle fire to bring down, and can even survive several direct frag grenade hits. Hint: [[spoiler:A direct hit with a Molotov will sap their health to something manageable over time. Grenades can help too, if they get knocked over; you can pump them full of lead or beat the crap out of them while they're down and unable to respond.]]

* MolotovCocktail: Quite realistic ones too.

** {{Giant Mook}}s: Huge Soviet supermen wearing full plate armor and carrying heavy machine guns, who can eat 2 rockets, at least 3-4 sniper rifle shots to the face, or 2-3 mags of AK-47 fire before finally dying. In the bonus level, a different variant appears with automatic shotguns and white armor. Run. Away.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Chris Stone becomes such a headache for the Soviet occupation forces, he earns the name of ''Freedom Phantom.'' Cross him at your own peril.

* NintendoHard: The game gets like this after the SewerLevel even on the lower diffuculties.

** One of the lines your allies can call out when taking control of a mounted machine-gun is [[Film/{{Scarface 1983}} "Say 'ello to my little friend!"]]

* TookALevelInBadass: Chris was just an everyman plumber to begin with. But when Chris gives his RousingSpeech to all of New York City, and when he and his men approach Governor's Island for the final assault, you can see just how far he's come as the leader of the American resistance. So much so that in the final fight, you [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington cross the frozen water on a boat with Chris standing on the bow.]] Whatever the ultimate outcome, Chris becomes a very significant player in this AlternateHistory.

* VaporWare: A sequel was announced six months after the game's 2003 release. It was supposed to have come out in late 2005. Little is known about it except for an IO Interactive representative saying in 2007 that it was on the to-do list.

* WhatIf: ...the Soviets got the bomb first?

A ThirdPersonShooter released in 2003 by the Danish developer IO Interactive, the makers of ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}''. An AlternateHistory began when the [[DirtyCommunists Soviet Union]] developed the first [[AtomicHate atomic bomb]], shifting the balance of power firmly in their favor. The [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn USSR]] [[RedScare steadily expanded]] to encompass most of the world, with only the [[{{Eagleland}} United States]] opposing them, until a massive invasion quickly overwhelmed the US. The player takes control of former [[ActionSurvivor plumber]] Christopher Stone, now the "Freedom Phantom", as he fights against the [[RedsWithRockets invaders]] to liberate UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity.

A ThirdPersonShooter released in 2003 by the makers of ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}''. An AlternateHistory began when the [[DirtyCommunists Soviet Union]] developed the first [[AtomicHate atomic bomb]], shifting the balance of power firmly in their favor. The [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn USSR]] [[RedScare steadily expanded]] to encompass most of the world, with only the [[{{Eagleland}} United States]] opposing them, until a massive invasion quickly overwhelmed the US. The player takes control of former [[ActionSurvivor plumber]] Christopher Stone, now the "Freedom Phantom", as he fights against the [[RedsWithRockets invaders]] to liberate UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity.

A ThirdPersonShooter released in 2003 by the makers of ''Hitman''. An AlternateHistory began when the [[DirtyCommunists Soviet Union]] developed the first [[AtomicHate atomic bomb]], shifting the balance of power firmly in their favor. The [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn USSR]] [[RedScare steadily expanded]] to encompass most of the world, with only the [[{{Eagleland}} United States]] opposing them, until a massive invasion quickly overwhelmed the US. The player takes control of former [[ActionSurvivor plumber]] Christopher Stone, now the "Freedom Phantom", as he fights against the [[RedsWithRockets invaders]] to liberate UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity.