It's an unlikely scenario - under-developed concept meets watered down tactical action title and breeds well-paced, addictive action game which is likeably similar to loads of other games you've played. With all this in mind, you're probably pondering the score at the end of the piece.

Perhaps even more disappointingly, the developer doesn't attempt to exploit the possibilities of a tactical guerrilla warfare game set in a familiar urban environment - the streets of Manhattan - preferring instead to assemble an accessible third-person action game stuffed full of respawning identikit communists and simple 'get to the flag' objectives. Perhaps disappointingly, developer Io Interactive doesn't explore the underlying irony of the premise - that Russia has invaded America to 'liberate' Americans from their corrupt capitalist rulers - to any significant degree, preferring instead to frame the player's actions with comedic news broadcasts, predictable NPC dialogue and stirring Russian music. Riffing somewhat from current events, Freedom Fighters sees an irked young patriot defending his country against an invading superpower through a campaign of guerrilla warfare.

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