Red Faction was originally released on the Playstation 2 and later on the PC. Since then Red Faction II has come out on all the previous gen consoles such as the PS2, Gamecube, Xbox and PC. Both games are first-person shooters geared toward fast paced action, often involving dual-wielding and alternate-fire modes on weapons. In fact, for a long time the Red Faction franchise was best described as Unreal Tournament meets Halo, due to it’s frantic yet epic combat. On that note, it may be of some interest to you that Red Faction: Guerrilla, due for release this June, takes a completely different turn: that of a slow paced third-person shooter.
Now, if you are a fan of past Red Faction games, you may be a bit skeptical of this development. I don’t much know what to think either. However, despite it’s apparent unfaithfullness to the franchise as a whole, so far the game looks to be of good quality in it’s own right. As you may have heard already, in the early stages of the development when creators booted it up all the game’s buildings and structures instantly collapsed. It turns out the engine was so advanced that they had to bring in builders and architects to properly structure planks inside the buildings so that they wouldn’t fall over, and also so that if it was struck only parts of the building would come off. So clearly developer Volition is putting even more effort into the technical proficiency of their latest game.
The premise is this: a demo expert name Alec Mason moves to the new Mars plantation for a job in mining. It turns out, however, that the Earth Defense Force is oppressing the people on Mars. Things get pretty intense until Alec’s brother is finally taken on charges of insurrection. This causes Mason to join in a revolution against the EDF tyrants in the hopes of restoring the balance.
Mason has many types of equipment at his disposal, including a sledgehammer, a jetpack, mine charges(he is a demolition expert after all), a missile launcher, assault rifles, and other weaponry. The world of Mars is generally very open, and the player is allowed a surprising amount of freedom over the course of the story.
The game will also feature a multiplayer mode that has been in beta for some time now, but it seems like the singleplayer mode and it’s features may be the main draw. Volition intends to release Red Faction:Guerrilla on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC this June.
