Players take on the role of a mild-mannered blue-collar worker who evolves into a charismatic and fearless freedom fighter obsessed with finding and freeing his brother, who has been taken hostage along with other New Yorkers by the Soviets.
The game kicks into high gear as the player recruits and leads an army of urban guerillas to take on the Soviet threat in the streets of New York City.
Freedom: The Battle for Liberty Island provides two layers of gameplay: 1) A strategic turn-based mode that centers on base operations in an underground sewer system and 2) An action mode that unfolds in the streets where fierce battles are won or lost and resources are captured.
The player and his fellow fighters wage their war with various types of single and two-handed weapons as well as unarmed combat martial arts maneuvers in their quest for freedom.
Because wars are not won alone, a key component of the game depends on the player's ability to recruit and lead fellow New Yorkers in the battle against the Red Menace. A simple command system allows the player to give orders to his band of urban guerillas to carry out critical missions.
There are high rewards and penalties for wins and losses in Freedom: The Battle for Liberty Island. A Charisma-based Recruiting System awards points for rescuing freedom fighters or capturing vital installations, allowing the player to recruit more men. Charisma decreases, as men are lost in battle, resulting in less control over the resistance movement.
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