Freedom Planet 2
The sequel to the 16-bit platformer by GalaxyTrail. Lilac, Carol, and Milla must stop the water dragon Merga from resurrecting the ancient super-weapon Bakunawa. It is the second entry in the Freedom Planet…
Freedom Planet 2 is an adventure developed by GalaxyTrail, released 13 September 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 10 hrs to finish.
What Freedom Planet 2 is
Freedom Planet 2 is an adventure game developed by GalaxyTrail and released in 2022. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An ancient terror has emerged from the depths of the ocean. Merga, a water dragon from Avalice's oldest and deadliest war, has been freed from her crystal prison as a consequence of the Kingdom Stone's destruction. Through her acts of vengeance, she holds a dark and terrible truth about Avalice's leaders that will change the history of the three kingdoms forever. War is imminent once again, but this time, the heroes are split between sides. As friendships are tested, will the girls stand united when Bakunawa rises?
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 63 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Freedom Planet 2 holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 14 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 40 hrs, roughly 4 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for SSE2 instruction set support and 256 MB RAM. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Freedom Planet 2 launched on 13 September 2022, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part I, Return to Monkey Island, Metal: Hellsinger and Grounded. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part I, Return to Monkey Island, Metal: Hellsinger, Grounded.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Freedom Planet 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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