Hunt Down the Freeman
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Hunt Down the Freeman is a 2018
The game was released to a negative reception, receiving criticism for its numerous bugs, poor game design and story, and allegations of copyright infringement.
Gameplay
Hunt Down the Freeman is a single-player first-person shooter in which players take control of Mitchell Shephard. The game features several mechanics from the Half-Life series, and includes several elements unusual to the series, such as the ability to aim a weapon's sight, different running mechanics, and cutscenes. It uses a parkour mechanic, which the player can use to scale pipes, crates, and other large objects.[citation needed]
Plot
During the Black Mesa incident (
When Shephard comes to, he finds the hospital abandoned and learns Earth is being invaded by the Combine. Shephard fights his way out of the hospital and through Albuquerque, linking up with National Guardsman Nick (Alexander Beltman) and Black Ops agent Adam (Vincent Cyr) along the way. In a transit station, they meet an Army Rangers unit led by a Colonel Cue (Michael Green) and learn from a radio broadcast from the President of the United States (Keemstar) that the world's governments have surrendered to the Combine seven hours into the invasion to avoid human extinction. The group decides to flee to Nevada. Their train is attacked by the Combine; Shephard, Nick, and Adam survive. In Nevada, they link up with another Rangers unit led by Lieutenant Harvey (Jonathan Benlolo) and escape with them to the Pacific Northwest. Coming across a port, Shephard finds the container ship Avalon Vale and its captain, Roosevelt (Oliver Colton). Nick accuses Shephard of being cursed, pointing out that both of his commanding officers, Cue and Harvey, died in the escape. Roosevelt takes command of Shephard's men, and is killed in a Combine attack. Shephard is placed in charge of the survivors and forms his own private army operating out of the Avalon Vale.
Three years later, in a Combine-administered Earth, Shephard travels to City 9 in Alaska and discovers a Combine factory operated with child slaves. After negotiating with the factory's administrator, Boris (Vincent Fallow), Shephard rescues the children and brings them back to his outpost to train as soldiers. Seventeen years later, the G-Man instructs Shephard to travel to
Development and release
Hunt Down the Freeman began as a
Reception
Hunt Down the Freeman garnered a poor critical reception.
The game was panned by players, with hundreds of negative Steam reviews and critical
References
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