MacPlay, a subsidiary of United Developers, announced today that it has reached agreement with Crave Entertainment to bring 3 of its top properties to the Macintosh platform. The first title scheduled for release is Freedom Force, a flash back to the ”Silver Age” of comic books in which players can form, train, and lead Freedom Force, a team of 14 original comic heroes.
From a distant corner of the galaxy, an evil alien race sets in motion a sinister plan to conquer the Earth. They unleash a powerful catalyst known as Energy X that imbues the planet’s worst miscreants with super powers to bring the planet to its knees. Now Earth’s only hope lies with a new breed of heroes. Enter: The Freedom Force!
Freedom Force contains 22 unique missions, the majority of which will require a squad of four heroes such as the patriotic leader “Minuteman,” the powerful “Manbot” and the fiery El Diablo.” A fully featured RPG skill system rewards strategic heroes by allowing players to juggle stats, pump up powers, recruit new heroes and strengthen existing heroes based on experience accumulated in tactical missions. The game’s enhanced “mod” element allows players to completely customize and/or create their own unique heroes and personal “skins.”
You can find more information about the MacPlay development of Freedom Force at the MacPlay Web site. Freedom Force for OS X is slated for release in Fall 2002, and will be available for US$39.95.