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Red Faction takes a 180
posted by dfloss721 (GRAYSLAKE, IL) Jun 12, 2011
Member since Jun 2007
51 out of 61 gamers (84%) found this review helpful
THQ took a much different approach with Armageddon by creating a well made over-the-shoulder shooter with some intense action. They traded in the open-world RPG experience I loved in Guerrilla for a tighter level-based shooting experience. Because of that, replay value is low. The other online modes like surviving waves of enemies are all played out, and you'll get sick of that real fast. The other "Ruin" mode has 5 maps that you can beat in 30 mins. I missed Guerrilla's multiplayer format.
Armageddon is a shooting game, not an RPG. It feels like Dead Space in how you view the shooter, but you are much more well rounded instead of having just some sticky bombs and a maul. I found myself using the new Magnet Gun the most. Point it first at a large metal object like a car, then aim the 2nd shot let's say 100ft away at a group of enemies in the building, and watch the car fly 100mph into the building destroying the foes and everything in its path. This created some very unique ways to dispose of foes and pretty much everything in the level. It doesn't use ammo, so I had this nasty thing equipped all the time.
You also have a repair gun, used by holding LB. Anything destroyed can be repaired by this, simply to be destroyed again of course. So if you blew up the bridge to your area, just rebuild it like brand new. You can rebuild broken stuff and upgrade stations. Collect salvage to upgrade and equip/apply some sweet perks and upgrades.
You also have Jedi-like abilities and can manipulate energy by creating "force waves" to destroy anything in a path, launch foes in the air to pick off like Bulletstorm, or create a shield to stop incoming fire, etc. SO combine your Jedi powers with a boatload of new guns and explosives to create an unbelievable amount of destruction and explosions. And even with 1000 things all blowing up, I never had one freeze, blip, or lag from trying to keep up. Nice job THQ.
Milt Drucker
-gamertag-
Armageddon is a shooting game, not an RPG. It feels like Dead Space in how you view the shooter, but you are much more well rounded instead of having just some sticky bombs and a maul. I found myself using the new Magnet Gun the most. Point it first at a large metal object like a car, then aim the 2nd shot let's say 100ft away at a group of enemies in the building, and watch the car fly 100mph into the building destroying the foes and everything in its path. This created some very unique ways to dispose of foes and pretty much everything in the level. It doesn't use ammo, so I had this nasty thing equipped all the time.
You also have a repair gun, used by holding LB. Anything destroyed can be repaired by this, simply to be destroyed again of course. So if you blew up the bridge to your area, just rebuild it like brand new. You can rebuild broken stuff and upgrade stations. Collect salvage to upgrade and equip/apply some sweet perks and upgrades.
You also have Jedi-like abilities and can manipulate energy by creating "force waves" to destroy anything in a path, launch foes in the air to pick off like Bulletstorm, or create a shield to stop incoming fire, etc. SO combine your Jedi powers with a boatload of new guns and explosives to create an unbelievable amount of destruction and explosions. And even with 1000 things all blowing up, I never had one freeze, blip, or lag from trying to keep up. Nice job THQ.
Milt Drucker
-gamertag-
This title is ..bleep.. !
posted by Ekuriox (FORT WORTH, TX) Jun 9, 2011
Member since May 2003
7 out of 17 gamers (41%) found this review helpful
Normally , I give good detail in games show the game strong points... All formally and what not... BUT not this time.
Red Faction went from awesome to nothing in nano-seconds.
They took away ALL the vehicles.
They took away ALL the free roam.
You will are in caves(small, tiny maps) and the story takes about 6 hours.
The graphics arn't that great... I am still unsure what they spent this amount of time on doing.
I like Science fiction and a indepth of probability, but crystals on Mars. You do know Mars is mainly silicon right? A very soft/non-dense matter because there is less gravity on Mars.
Red Faction had an underground cave that had water in it... There is no water on mars... You have massive spiders(volcanic vents) with dioxide/compressed hydrogen in them... Mainly from the ONE ICE CAP that is constantly moving on the planet surface. Thats right -- One ice cap because Mars has a interval axis spin.
But beyond theoretical sciences... They took apart the game and just made it rhetorical.
You do the same thing over and over. You will constantly be waiting for the game to start. Then just be saying -- Is that it?
They had this real cool destruction engine and you forget its even there.
Multiplayer is basically just that... killing endless aliens over and over... See I think the developers were playing zombies on COD... AN was like -- Yea man, killing one thing constantly is fun. Lets make the game just like that.
So if you like running around in small maps, against a laughable enemy of aliens constantly comming at you--and if you think you might like it in third person--try this game. Because the story trails off into having no real point.
There isn't any real skill needed.
There isn't any tactics you need to have.
Just run around kill things. After 4 hours game is done -- Play it with Co-op of running around doing the same thing and voila YOU JUST MIGHT LIKE THIS GAME.
NOT ME... NO
I gave it a 4 .. FOR THIS TITLE IS %$&!
Red Faction went from awesome to nothing in nano-seconds.
They took away ALL the vehicles.
They took away ALL the free roam.
You will are in caves(small, tiny maps) and the story takes about 6 hours.
The graphics arn't that great... I am still unsure what they spent this amount of time on doing.
I like Science fiction and a indepth of probability, but crystals on Mars. You do know Mars is mainly silicon right? A very soft/non-dense matter because there is less gravity on Mars.
Red Faction had an underground cave that had water in it... There is no water on mars... You have massive spiders(volcanic vents) with dioxide/compressed hydrogen in them... Mainly from the ONE ICE CAP that is constantly moving on the planet surface. Thats right -- One ice cap because Mars has a interval axis spin.
But beyond theoretical sciences... They took apart the game and just made it rhetorical.
You do the same thing over and over. You will constantly be waiting for the game to start. Then just be saying -- Is that it?
They had this real cool destruction engine and you forget its even there.
Multiplayer is basically just that... killing endless aliens over and over... See I think the developers were playing zombies on COD... AN was like -- Yea man, killing one thing constantly is fun. Lets make the game just like that.
So if you like running around in small maps, against a laughable enemy of aliens constantly comming at you--and if you think you might like it in third person--try this game. Because the story trails off into having no real point.
There isn't any real skill needed.
There isn't any tactics you need to have.
Just run around kill things. After 4 hours game is done -- Play it with Co-op of running around doing the same thing and voila YOU JUST MIGHT LIKE THIS GAME.
NOT ME... NO
I gave it a 4 .. FOR THIS TITLE IS %$&!