Red Faction: Guerrilla PC Game Review

Written by: Ange P. • Edited by: Eric Stallsworth
Updated Oct 7, 2009 • Related Guides: Internet | Intel

The Red Faction franchise becomes a trilogy with it’s latest installment Red Faction: Guerrilla. The innovative franchise centered around a group of futuristic miners on Mars is back to blow gamers minds. Destruction has a new color and it’s red.

Overview

Red Faction: Guerrilla picks up where Red Faction II left off on Mars...

It’s 50 years later in the year 2208 and the EDF (Earth Defense Force) is still brutal in their mining methods. Abusing innocent minors and depleting valuable resources, They've gone too far by killing Alec Mason’s brother. Out for revenge and to stop the EDF, Alec joins the Red Faction resistance.

As you journey through a treacherous Mars, the game is enhanced for next generation destruction, and you can destroy any object in this free range open world. You can also steal weapons, EDF convoys, or recruit other miners to join you. Let the revolution begin, fight for justice, and blow everything to hell!

Below I will cover:

Gameplay
Screenshots
Graphics and Sound
System Requirements

Gameplay
Rating

Red Faction: Guerrilla’s gameplay is slightly different from the previous two games which were ordinary first person shooters. This updated version has a third person viewpoint for a more cinematic appeal. The Geo-mod engine that the game is renowned for is enhanced, giving players increasingly realistic environmental destruction greater than before. You’re introduced to extra weapons and vehicles to aid you in your quest through Mars. Gamers can select a truck and run it into a structure watching it collapse and crumble, tossing particles and debris everywhere. A original aspect added to Guerrilla is ‘backpacks’ which are affixed gadgets. These items give you the upper hand in combat like speed bursts or never-ending ammunition. A Melee hammer helps remove compounds and knock out enemies with a quick bash.

Throughout the game you are a freedom fighter. Setting free buildings, rescuing the fellow comrades, and blasting enemy vehicles are your main objectives. Along the way other miners decide to join you fighting by your side. Unfortunately, you will not have any control over the other miners but it’s always fun to destroy and conquer in a group setting. Players have the ability to use any equipment sitting around Mars. The old construction bots can become resourceful tools for slashing down walls and knocking EDF soldiers into an oblivion.

Continue to the next page to read the graphics and sound summary as well as the system requirements...