Freeport

  • Rating: 9

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    Superjazz 25 Apr 2026, 08:13

    9Recommended:

    Here goes my review for Freeport, another modern Loon classic battle map I could say!

    This level gained quite some popularity in JDC events soon after its initial release, which was on the last day of the year as a Loon tradition. I can definitely understand that popularity, since it is essentially a large horizontal battle map with plenty of different weapons available, various scenery, gorgeous visuals and a very memorable landmark (the crane in the middle).

    The irony regarding the gorgeous visuals in this level is that it is a very dark themed level, meaning that for example most of the background can barely be seen until a lightning hits the background mountains and reveals it for a second (which was a strong influence for Thunder Cliffs by the way). But at least the visuals are not distractive that way. I know I may be also at a disadvantage personally by playing the level and writing this review from a very bright room, which made me also realize how dusty my laptop screen was and cleaning it up also helped against this issue a bit.

    The other thing to point out from the amazing visuals is that there is a large number of different Epic's tilesets used and combined here after all (and a few non-Epic too). Everything is palette-shifted just so that the different pieces click together, making it all look like it was just one unique tileset being used. Overall the level atmosphere is dark, gloomy and a bit spooky even with the ambient music choice, lightnings striking on the background and eyes lurking in the dark. I think Loon did a very good job at that!

    Overall the gameplay flow works well around the level, albeit a bit too spaz-biasedly as is typical for a majority of levels in this game anyway. There is a good mix of large, solid ground and smaller platforms for jumping around. I'm myself not a fan of playing underwater, but I think that part of the gameplay has been executed well here too so that it plays fairly smooth as well.

    I'm giving this a 9 out of 10, considering that it is yet another top-quality MP level by Loon that plays well in larger events like Bash and JDC, but I wouldn't recommend it for duels.

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