All of the lighting effects for structures are amazing, but when the special effects for each of the powers start flying around, the glory of their improvements become apparent. All of them are so crisp and colorful that the comic book style is only improved upon. Now those scenes in comics where the entire panel is red and yellow because of the flame power will come to life. The lighting adds a vibrant quality that wasn't there before. Special effects on each of the characters can also be included for effects such as these. For example, it was immediately evident that the improved El Diablo model now has fire dancing around his fists, ready to be used to char up some evildoers.

All of this will only add to the ability to create some unique and specially equipped superheroes. Irrational knows that they have a very active and creative community surrounding Freedom Force and will be including an improved set of tools for creating new stuff for this sequel. But those that want to keep their characters from the first game will be able to import them into FFvTTR and see them improved and will even be able to be tweaked in some ways to make them better.

So are we excited? Yeah, we're excited. We're all dorks here and can't wait to let our heroic natures run wild once again. March 2005 can't come fast enough at this point. Just remember to keep your eyes open for more features and info about Irrational's next big game over the coming weeks and months before release!