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2 | ''Freejack Online'', known more commonly as simply “Freejack”, is a free-to-play online [[LeParkour parkour]] RacingGame developed by Game Bridger Entertainment and released by [=GamerKraft=], downloadable for free [[http://freejack.gamerkraft.com/download.aspx on their website]]. |
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4 | It is set in “New Jack City”, a city made up of such varied locales as [[MinecartMadness a mining complex]], [[FriendlyLocalChinatown a china town]], [[PortTown an urban seaside]] and [[RecycledINSPACE outer space]]. |
5 | The story starts with a mysterious figure known as [[CharacterTitle “Freejack”]] appearing in the city and causing an explosion in the popularity of [[LeParkour freerunning]], attracting many colorful characters from various backgrounds to the city for each their own reasons, but mostly [[MundaneMadeAwesome jumping off things as fast as possible.]] |
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7 | The main portion of the game consists of online races against other players, either using items in a manner vaguely akin to ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' or with no items to focus purely on your raw speed and skill. There is also a [[FakeDifficulty brutally hard]] mission mode, which contains most of the in-game plot advancement. |
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9 | As of at least August 2013, the client for Freejack Online had stopped working altogether. Players couldn't even download it from [=GamerKraft's=] website, and in the following years the international versions from other publishers would also eventually close their doors. |
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11 | In January 2021, user [="VixenVice"=] on the r/MMORPG sub-reddit [[https://www.reddit.com/r/MMORPG/comments/kzk9pw/freejack_the_parkour_racing_game_is_back_maybe/ announced]] that they were in talk with the original license holders to obtain the game's source code and rights to continue development on the game for a revival. Fast forwarding a month later to February 2021, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/ljvnct/i_spent_the_last_7_months_tracking_down_the/ they finally succeeded]] and announced formal plans to resume development with a goal of a complete rebuild on a modern game engine through the help of crowdfunding. The revival's website can be found [[https://freejackonline.com/ here]]. |
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13 | !!This game provides examples of: |
14 | * AndYourRewardIsClothes: Justified, as ability cards are applied to clothing. The more clothes you have, the more you can raise your stats. |
15 | * BeachEpisode / PortTown: Scorching Seaside, Sunny Harbour and Port Twilight. |
16 | * BlindIdiotTranslation: While the grammar in the interface is mostly correct, the dialogue in mission mode is loaded with confusing engrish. |
17 | * CallingYourAttacks: The names of special attacks are yelled by the characters using them. |
18 | * CelShading: Subverted. It uses cartoony colours and dark outlines, but has a realistic lighting system. Still looks and awful lot like ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'', though. |
19 | * FakeDifficulty: A lot of the missions rely on inadequate time limits and just plain unfair scenarios to be as [[NintendoHard insanely tough]] as they are. Even [[TutorialFailure the tutorials]] have caused trouble for many players. |
20 | * LeParkour: Pretty much the whole point of the game. |
21 | * MadeOfIron: Granted, it takes quite a bit of physical endurance to be a freerunner. It still looks extremely unrealistic when getting hit by a car just causes your character to trip and keep running. |
22 | ** Also, rolling upon landing will negate any damage from a fall, no matter how high. |
23 | * MinecartMadness: Subverted with Gold Rush. There are minecart rails, but instead of riding a cart on them, [[TakeAThirdOption you grind them]]. |
24 | * OnlySixFaces: Averted. While there are only four base character models to choose from, each one comes with multiple faces you can apply. Played straight with [=NPCs=], though. See YouALLLookFamiliar. |
25 | * YouALLLookFamiliar: There are only a handful of different NPC models, and they rarely shift to fit the current setting. In the stages set in space, all [=NPCs=] are wearing space helmets, even though [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace the player characters racing aren't]]. |
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