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Red Faction: Guerilla is a great multiplayer game. It's not unlike Halo, featuring as it does several large open levels, each filled with weapons and power-ups. However, Red Faction: Guerilla's gimmick is that every structure within these levels can be destroyed. Got a problem with someone sniping at you from on high? Get someone in close, and they can smash at the base of the tower with their hammer till it collapses. Some of the game modes actually rely on you defending or smashing certain objectives, which makes a change from just capturing a flag. Throw in a robust game browser that makes it easy to find games of a particular type, and you're in for a real treat.
So what's the problem? The problem is that RFG's single-player component is, by contrast, pretty poor. The story's rubbish, the characters and flat and lifeless and the gameplay itself leaves something to be desired. The game tries to be Grand Theft Auto: Mars - since it takes place on that planet - but fails. The missions are extremely repetitive indeed, so that even when you've reached the third area in the game, you're still undertaking the same boring errors. You know the type of thing - destroy this building, protect this other building, blow up this target, and so forth.
It honestly wouldn't surprise me if RFG's single-player component was added as an afterthought, since it's so insubstantial and uninteresting. Which leaves you, the gamer, paying forty pounds for what is basically a multiplayer only game. And that's the rub - this doesn't justify a purchase at that price. When Red Faction Guerilla comes down to twenty pounds or so - and it will - then you should snap it up, if you're looking for a genuinely entertaining multiplayer game. If, on the other hand, you want a great sandbox game, then Saints Row 2, also from the makers of Red Faction Guerilla, is a better option.
So what's the problem? The problem is that RFG's single-player component is, by contrast, pretty poor. The story's rubbish, the characters and flat and lifeless and the gameplay itself leaves something to be desired. The game tries to be Grand Theft Auto: Mars - since it takes place on that planet - but fails. The missions are extremely repetitive indeed, so that even when you've reached the third area in the game, you're still undertaking the same boring errors. You know the type of thing - destroy this building, protect this other building, blow up this target, and so forth.
It honestly wouldn't surprise me if RFG's single-player component was added as an afterthought, since it's so insubstantial and uninteresting. Which leaves you, the gamer, paying forty pounds for what is basically a multiplayer only game. And that's the rub - this doesn't justify a purchase at that price. When Red Faction Guerilla comes down to twenty pounds or so - and it will - then you should snap it up, if you're looking for a genuinely entertaining multiplayer game. If, on the other hand, you want a great sandbox game, then Saints Row 2, also from the makers of Red Faction Guerilla, is a better option.
I acquired this awesome game from a friend and have played it a few times. Is it just me or does the game have a feel about it that matches Ratchet & Clanks 2&3? Collecting treasure for weapons/upgrades and mining crystals?
Never the less I think the whole game is AWESOME. I can see why some guys wouldn't like it, but the whole open world is great. I have the PC version btw.
Never tried the online multiplayer so cannot comment on it.
Some of the missions are decidedly hard (even in easy!)but are fun all the same. This games surpasses the previous games. Being able to use a gamepad is also a big bonus especially on the pc.
I was disappointed with the fourth installment. I didn't like the constant underground feel of it mixed in with a bit of half life.
Never the less I think the whole game is AWESOME. I can see why some guys wouldn't like it, but the whole open world is great. I have the PC version btw.
Never tried the online multiplayer so cannot comment on it.
Some of the missions are decidedly hard (even in easy!)but are fun all the same. This games surpasses the previous games. Being able to use a gamepad is also a big bonus especially on the pc.
I was disappointed with the fourth installment. I didn't like the constant underground feel of it mixed in with a bit of half life.
I'm quite enjoying the single player of Red Faction. But, like with Bionic Commando, it's the multiplayer that really wins out.
Nice little review though, sums up the main points well.
Nice little review though, sums up the main points well.
Red Faction: Guerilla is a great multiplayer game. It's not unlike Halo, featuring as it does several large open levels, each filled with weapons and power-ups. However, Red Faction: Guerilla's gimmick is that every structure within these levels can be destroyed. Got a problem with someone sniping at you from on high? Get someone in close, and they can smash at the base of the tower with their hammer till it collapses. Some of the game modes actually rely on you defending or smashing certain objectives, which makes a change from just capturing a flag. Throw in a robust game browser that makes it easy to find games of a particular type, and you're in for a real treat.
So what's the problem? The problem is that RFG's single-player component is, by contrast, pretty poor. The story's rubbish, the characters and flat and lifeless and the gameplay itself leaves something to be desired. The game tries to be Grand Theft Auto: Mars - since it takes place on that planet - but fails. The missions are extremely repetitive indeed, so that even when you've reached the third area in the game, you're still undertaking the same boring errors. You know the type of thing - destroy this building, protect this other building, blow up this target, and so forth.
It honestly wouldn't surprise me if RFG's single-player component was added as an afterthought, since it's so insubstantial and uninteresting. Which leaves you, the gamer, paying forty pounds for what is basically a multiplayer only game. And that's the rub - this doesn't justify a purchase at that price. When Red Faction Guerilla comes down to twenty pounds or so - and it will - then you should snap it up, if you're looking for a genuinely entertaining multiplayer game. If, on the other hand, you want a great sandbox game, then Saints Row 2, also from the makers of Red Faction Guerilla, is a better option.
So what's the problem? The problem is that RFG's single-player component is, by contrast, pretty poor. The story's rubbish, the characters and flat and lifeless and the gameplay itself leaves something to be desired. The game tries to be Grand Theft Auto: Mars - since it takes place on that planet - but fails. The missions are extremely repetitive indeed, so that even when you've reached the third area in the game, you're still undertaking the same boring errors. You know the type of thing - destroy this building, protect this other building, blow up this target, and so forth.
It honestly wouldn't surprise me if RFG's single-player component was added as an afterthought, since it's so insubstantial and uninteresting. Which leaves you, the gamer, paying forty pounds for what is basically a multiplayer only game. And that's the rub - this doesn't justify a purchase at that price. When Red Faction Guerilla comes down to twenty pounds or so - and it will - then you should snap it up, if you're looking for a genuinely entertaining multiplayer game. If, on the other hand, you want a great sandbox game, then Saints Row 2, also from the makers of Red Faction Guerilla, is a better option.