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I purchased the original Red Faction many years ago for both the PS2 and the PC. It was one of my favorite games not for the story, or for the shooting, but because of the new Geomod engine. The concept behind this engine was that if you had a blocked door you could go around it, you could also destroy bridges and plunge your enemies into canyons if you were fast enough.Was it buggy? Yes, but it was something interesting and I thought gaming would get better for it. Fast forward to Red Faction Guerrilla and things have actually gotten worse. There is absolutely no destroyable terrain in this game. Buildings can be destroyed, vehicles can be destroyed, anything that's not part of the terrain itself can be destroyed. while this is fun to do, and very detailed with parts flying everywhere it defeats the purpose of the Geomod engine. I was looking forward to digging tunnels and collapsing guard towers from underneath with explosive charges and then popping up within a midst of enemies and attacking them with a hammer. Unfortunately since the terrain can't be destroyed this is impossible, however the hammer works fine. Vehicle controls are also quite bad especially with tanks, and any minor bump or rock in the road sends your truck, van, or car flying. Graphically it's fine, some slight modeling issues and a few texture errors here and there on certain areas but these are acceptable with an open world game. Controls are a bit of an issue for general gameplay as well. There's no first person mode which would have made things a bit more enjoyable. The storyline is also quite lacking. Keep in mind I mentioned above that I didn't buy the original RF for its story. However the story in RFG is just not very good, and uite frankly worse than the originals. Sadly it seems that THQ and Voliton have gone the way of all other game developers. Every game they make needs to be a graphics and physics playground rather than have any depth of story. I could care less about Havok physics, or what kind of mapping,how many polygons a model has, or what shaders the game uses. If the game has no story, depth, or interesting feature to draw me back I'm not going to play it again. Don't get me wrong the game had potential, emphasis on had. If they had made a proper game instead of following the trend like everyone else they could have had a extremely good game. However good games are in short supply these days and it makes me wonder if gamming on console or PC is even worth it anymore.Read full review
This game has good graphics. Any man-made object in the environment is destructible which is fun. It is an ok game. I wish whenever you destroyed a building the explosions were a bit more impressive. Seems to me the buildings just fall apart. (I have a 3.4ghz quad core CPU and gtx 280 graphics card so isn't powerful enough for good explosions) Also it seems you can't carry enough ammo for the weapons. I always run out of ammo whenever I'm in a firefight. The game play does get a bit repetitive too. It's an Ok game but not worth the retail price.
In this game I love being able to bash an enemies head in with a hammer demolish and destroy nearly everything in the landscape with a hammer, explosives or rockets. I like being able to take whatever vehicle you come across even the enemies weapon equiped vehicles. I do however find the game to be a bit on the repititious side. I also am not a big fan of the interuptions when I am headed to one spot across the map and I have to turn around to take out a convoy or intercept a courier although they do offer a little variety.
Since THQ is no longer in the gaming community picture, and Volition, Inc has been bought by another company -- It looks unlikely that another Red Faction game, in the vein of Guerrilla, will be created. I already own this game on the 360, but my computer runs games more beautifully, so I figured I'd might as well buy it. Ultimately, this is a good game that was a sleeper hit. It is a shame that no one gave it much of a chance to shine. I love the thing, and you should give it a try. Buying good games on the cheap is great, so what are you waiting for?
The in-game physics for buildings is pretty amazing...its always fun to take down a building no matter how repetitive the game gets. The driving physics on the other hand don't seem near as good, although none actually knows what it is like to drive on mars. The guns are cool, although they can be hard to use accurately without a bit of practice and luck. Good game overall.
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