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Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich

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Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich
Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich cover
Developers
Irrational Games
Irrational Games Australia
Publishers
Irrational Games
Digital 2K Games
Engines
Gamebryo
Release dates
Windows March 15, 2005
Reception
Metacritic 86
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Top-down view, Isometric
Controls Point and select
Genres RPG, Strategy
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Sci-fi
Series Freedom Force
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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view and isometric RPG and strategy game in the Freedom Force series.

General information

Official forums
Freedom Reborn forums
FR World - A modding focused wiki for the series
Alex's Freedom Fortress - A fansite for the series
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM 5 DRM.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Demo also available.
Windows

Essential improvements

Freedom Force X

An unofficial expansion pack, it adds in 200+ new character attributes and 20+ attack types. It also provides improved AI, simplified modding tools, and various other additions.

It can be downloaded from the official mod site.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8890/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Irrational Games\Freedom Force vs the 3rd Reich\User\SaveGames
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8890/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor
See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
See the WSGF entry.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Launch the game with -w parameter. Cannot reposition window.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse deadzone if system's mouse sensitivity is too low.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Retail only; download for digital releases.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
4
Online play
4 GameSpy services have been shut down;[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP 5050, 11111
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 1.4
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III
AMD Athlon @ 733 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 700 MB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon 7000
Nvidia GeForce GTS Class
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/8890/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (8890) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References