Tedious at times, but truly rewarding.
posted by Juke (TAMPA, FL) Sep 18, 2012
Member since Sep 2012
Red Faction: Guerilla is the third in the serious Main Title. The "Red Faction" is always a band of rebels on Mars, (though not the same ones) fighting for the planet they have come to, in an effort to leave a socially dying Earth. With out spoiling the older games, The Red Faction standard is taken up once again, after the last fight drove a megalo-corporation (Ultor) off Mars with the help of the Earth Defense Force. As time progressed however, it became clear that the EDF was there to ensure that Earth was defended from Mars, and not the other way around. They become tyranical and began putting the new Martians in thier own red dirt.
As the Red Faction gears up to take the fight to the EDF, Alex Mason arrives on Mars, looking for a job as a demolitions expert. He doesn't want to lead a war, or to revolutionize a planet. But his brother does. Upon completion of demolitions training, Alex' brother is gunned down by an EDF gunship and Alex is attacked, the Red Faction Saves him.Like it not, he's in. And angry.
The game features an advanced (for its time) physics engine that allows realistic destrction of most any building, from using hammers to rockets, to even your truck, during the course you'll find a weapons that literally eats matter, allow precise shots from bullets filled with this stuff to take down skyscrapers. Sneaking will do you no good. You're a mercenary. Get in do what you can, get out. Don't be afraid of running from a fight. Guerilla is all about coming back.
Red Faction is a terribly fun game with pleasant graphics, challenging difficulty, and a powerful ending. Highly reccommmended. Only one thing drags this game down, and that would be shear difficultly of some missions.
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