Red Faction: Armageddon

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  1. The_D4RknesS
    Aug 3, 2022
    7
    the game is beautiful, the physics is the same as the guerrilla and the graphics are better THIS GAME IS A PLAYGROUND AGAINST STRESS
  2. Dco326
    Jun 16, 2023
    8
    Realno zabavio sam se, imalo je bagova prica je meh, ali sam je igrao i nije mi bilo smor, mislim da je zasluzila 8.
  3. Nick7000
    Mar 11, 2023
    7
    Гораздо лучше своего предшественника. Ребята безусловно учли недостатки прошлого тайтла, и постарались их избежать.
  4. xboy1024
    Feb 26, 2023
    7
    It's not like the former red faction games, but the destruction is still fun, also it was killing those bugs. The gameplay was ok, with lot of different guns, the story wasn't so bad also and the graphics are pretty good.
  5. dmitriy_savenok
    Dec 25, 2022
    7
    Да, в сравнении с Guerrilla - это downgrade почти по всем фронтам. Но геймплей остался, практически, таким же увлекательным, что и заставило пройти её два раза подряд.
    7/10
  6. 3t3rnal
    Dec 25, 2021
    3
    In its time, the game could be summed up by this: Hated return to roots - the game. However, its actually a pretty decent game, but port plagued by constant crashing. 7/10 without taking technical issues into account, with them: 3/10.

    Unlike the broadly well received previous entry, Guerilla with its open map and non-linear (for the most part) progression, Armageddon is a linear    In its time, the game could be summed up by this: Hated return to roots - the game. However, its actually a pretty decent game, but port plagued by constant crashing. 7/10 without taking technical issues into account, with them: 3/10.

    Unlike the broadly well received previous entry, Guerilla with its open map and non-linear (for the most part) progression, Armageddon is a linear shooter, mostly set in the caverns of Mars - much like the almost forgotten first two games in the series. As such, it received a lot of undue hate from the new fans, whose first game of the series was the above-mentioned open-world entry. I have been disappointed by that as well, but as I played the first two games and do actually like them a lot, not as much.

    The game itself, when not applying the expectations from Guerilla, is pretty good fit into the series. It has solid graphics, solid gunplay, and the semi-destructive environment with a couple new twists. The story - including interaction between characters, much like in most shooters of this type, is B/C-grade action movie cringe-fest, which also fits overall into the series I guess. However, the environments are pretty cool, and the enemies are also interesting with a decent variety of abilities, as is the selection of weapons.

    The sound design is also pretty good for the most part, though some weapons could use a bit beefier sound. The soundtrack is also pretty good, especially in some of the horror-lite sections of the game.

    Armageddon also plays pretty well, when it works - you can run it with decent framerates on the highest preset even on a fairly low end machine nowadays.

    However, the game falls flat in one regard: The game will crash every 2nd-3rd time you get to a checkpoint in a session when in DX10/11 mode (so generally every 20 minutes), and will crash every hour or so in DX9 mode. The graphical difference is pretty minor, so if you absolutely have to play the game, you can do so in DX9 and get through it with about 6-12 crashes (depending on whether you rush through or take your time exploring and getting all of the stuff the game offers (guns and upgrades)). However, this is pretty unacceptable, at least for me, so I cannot recommend buying the game on PC - unless you have a really high tolerance for crashes, and can get it for very cheap.

    I would recommend getting this game on console, if you own one that can run it. You will suffer a bit in regards to graphical fidelity and perhaps framerate, but you will not have to restart the game every 15-60 minutes.    … Expand
  7. Asp_klg40
    Aug 27, 2021
    7
    Игра не похожа на red faction guerrilla, но это не делает ее плохой. Простая игра от 3го лица. Обширный арсенал оружия, интересная прокачка. Но порт на пк кривой, это расстроило. На 7 потянет.
  8. kitru
    Feb 22, 2021
    8
    Top 2 destructibility after BF4 :) This is the stuff I was drawn to play with. The plot is standard, a lot of different weapons. Interesting Easter eggs :)) In general, I can say that I liked the game.
  9. Kotofon
    Jun 6, 2020
    6
    Спустя полвека после того, как команда сопротивления Красная Бригада и их союзники мародеры освободили Марс от жестоких Сил обороны Земли, гармония на Марсе вновь находится под угрозой, но на этот раз она исходит от смертоносной силы, покрытой тайной.
    Когда огромный Терраформер, обеспечивающий Марс воздухом и погодой, подобными Земле, был уничтожен, атмосфера превратилась в хаос,    Спустя полвека после того, как команда сопротивления Красная Бригада и их союзники мародеры освободили Марс от жестоких Сил обороны Земли, гармония на Марсе вновь находится под угрозой, но на этот раз она исходит от смертоносной силы, покрытой тайной.
    Когда огромный Терраформер, обеспечивающий Марс воздухом и погодой, подобными Земле, был уничтожен, атмосфера превратилась в хаос, сильнейшие бури и грозы охватили планету. Чтобы выжить, колонисты бежали в подземные шахты и построили сеть жилых пещер.    … Expand
  10. r03vg
    Apr 17, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра запомнилась лишь разрушаемыми и восстанавливаемыми объектами, а также возможностью побегать по поверхности Марса.… Expand
  11. PrincessRose
    Apr 26, 2019
    4
    The game is very linear which would not be a problem if it had a very good story, but it doesn't.

    The game crashes quite a lot almost every 10 minutes, sometimes only once an hour if lucky. And at nearly every cut scene the game would crash, very annoying, Iam not going to put up with this. I give it 4/10 because of the frequent crashes and can't recommend as I felt like I couldn't    The game is very linear which would not be a problem if it had a very good story, but it doesn't.

    The game crashes quite a lot almost every 10 minutes, sometimes only once an hour if lucky.
    And at nearly every cut scene the game would crash, very annoying, Iam not going to put up with this.

    I give it 4/10 because of the frequent crashes and
    can't recommend as I felt like I couldn't wait for it to be over so instead of forcing myself to keep playing I decided to quit and uninstall as the game isn't worth trying to complete.    … Expand
  12. JaydenPickens
    Feb 20, 2019
    8
    Better than Guerilla, that's for sure. The GTA clone is gone for now and we get a linear story, no sandboxes here. To me, this is a great thing, some people might consider it a bad thing. This time we're going back to the roots of Red Faction, back underground blowing stuff (still can't create tunnels with explosives, as I said in other reviews, you can only do that in OG RF). The biggestBetter than Guerilla, that's for sure. The GTA clone is gone for now and we get a linear story, no sandboxes here. To me, this is a great thing, some people might consider it a bad thing. This time we're going back to the roots of Red Faction, back underground blowing stuff (still can't create tunnels with explosives, as I said in other reviews, you can only do that in OG RF). The biggest change from the previous RF games is that this time around we will fight aliens, that have been awakened from their slumber. So, now this game looks kinda like Dead Space only it's not scary and you can destroy enemies in many fun ways. Some examples: blow them up, make parts of buildings fall on them, link some enemies to each other and watch them destroy themselves etc. This game is fun as hell and I don't know why people are complaining... it's a great addition to the RF franchise. Pickens approves!… Expand
  13. leSange
    Dec 27, 2018
    4
    -скучный коридорный шутан
    -сломали вселенную Red faction
    -дыры в сюжете
    -боевка однообразная как сидение на стуле
  14. Jay_Pickens
    Jul 25, 2018
    8
    Better than Guerilla, that's for sure. The GTA clone is gone for now and we get a linear story, no sandboxes here. To me, this is a great thing, some people might consider it a bad thing. This time we're going back to the roots of Red Faction, back underground blowing stuff (still can't create tunnels with explosives, as I said in other reviews, you can only do that in OG RF). The biggestBetter than Guerilla, that's for sure. The GTA clone is gone for now and we get a linear story, no sandboxes here. To me, this is a great thing, some people might consider it a bad thing. This time we're going back to the roots of Red Faction, back underground blowing stuff (still can't create tunnels with explosives, as I said in other reviews, you can only do that in OG RF). The biggest change from the previous RF games is that this time around we will fight aliens, that have been awakened from their slumber. So, now this game looks kinda like Dead Space only it's not scary and you can destroy enemies in many fun ways. Some examples: blow them up, make parts of buildings fall on them, link some enemies to each other and watch them destroy themselves etc. This game is fun as hell and I don't know why people are complaining... it's a great addition to the RF franchise. Pickens approves!… Expand
  15. dandalis
    Dec 10, 2016
    6
    To sum this game up short - its a very fun mindless shooter. Altough its a linear game now compared to Guerilla, its still a good one cuz lets be honest wasting hours of driving objective to objective in Guerilla wasnt fun at all, tho youll miss bringing down base after base which made Guerilla such fun and unique experience.

    Story is ok at best and will be more tolerable for fans of    To sum this game up short - its a very fun mindless shooter. Altough its a linear game now compared to Guerilla, its still a good one cuz lets be honest wasting hours of driving objective to objective in Guerilla wasnt fun at all, tho youll miss bringing down base after base which made Guerilla such fun and unique experience.

    Story is ok at best and will be more tolerable for fans of Red Faction series. Most of time you spend shooting aliens and cultists down more or less linear corridors. When you get out doors and get to command vehicles s#it gets real and that destruction found in Guerilla shines again in Armaggedon, tho such levels are only maybe 20 % of the game time at best.

    PC port wise it has some issues, in some areas frame rates tanks and i experienced lots of crashes playing in DX11 mode on Windows 7 rig. If you got less powerful GPU id reccomend turning down shadow quality at first and ambient occlusion without sacrificing other visual settings, doing so improves fps instantly, they dont matter so much since game takes place in dark places and action is almost non stop so you wont notice loss of image quality with those settings turned back.    … Expand
  16. Mahdiar
    Jul 6, 2016
    6
    Gameplay : 7
    Graphics : 7
    Story : 8
    Sound : 7
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    Overall : 7
  17. Captain_Chaos
    Jun 22, 2016
    8
    This is a criminally underrated game. Again, because of the B-level of the Red Faction franchise as a whole, I suspect players and reviewers went into Armageddon already thinking it was going to suck. Well, that's the wrong expectation to have if you want to enjoy something, and, quite frankly, it doesn't suck. It just doesn't measure up to Guerilla, due to it being a linear Third PersonThis is a criminally underrated game. Again, because of the B-level of the Red Faction franchise as a whole, I suspect players and reviewers went into Armageddon already thinking it was going to suck. Well, that's the wrong expectation to have if you want to enjoy something, and, quite frankly, it doesn't suck. It just doesn't measure up to Guerilla, due to it being a linear Third Person Shooter that takes you to the oppressive caverns beneath the surface of Mars. So, no, it's not better then Guerilla. It is, however, much better then Red Factions 1 and 2, and if you were engaged in Guerilla's plot and have seen the Origins film that ties these two games together, you will have sympathy for the Mason family and their plight, and will enjoy the game that much more. At a basic level, it has an array of satisfyingly destructive weaponry and even allows you to reconstruct destroyed buildings with the NanoForge device- so you can blow them up all over again. There's also co-op survival.… Expand
  18. AbeMC
    Jun 14, 2016
    7
    Short game, but tons of fun. The weapons are some of the most unique I've ever come across, and are worth the purchase of the game. The game itself is narrow and linear, with awesome graphics (DX11) and decent voice-acting. Get it on sale and get ready for a fun 10 or so hours.
    Installed size on hard drive (all DLC): 9 GB
    This time around, we are playing as Darius Mason, son of Jake    Short game, but tons of fun. The weapons are some of the most unique I've ever come across, and are worth the purchase of the game. The game itself is narrow and linear, with awesome graphics (DX11) and decent voice-acting. Get it on sale and get ready for a fun 10 or so hours.
    Installed size on hard drive (all DLC): 9 GB

    This time around, we are playing as Darius Mason, son of Jake Mason (from the film Red Faction: Origins), and grandson of Alec Mason (Red Faction: Guerrilla). The terraformer has been destroyed, driving all of Mars' human residents underground. But even deeper inside the Mars crust lies an alien threat. If that sounds Red Faction: Armageddon has ventured into B-movie / game territory, you'd be right. It's a linear shooter, with some fantastic weapons (magnet gun!) and decent atmosphere and graphics. While I suppose much of Armageddon has been done before, it's done well here. So well that I was disappointed when the game ended that there wasn't more to it.

    If you're looking for more to do after finishing the single-player campaign but don't want to play through the campaign again, there are two additional modes available. Ruin mode (destroy the environment) is a lot of fun: destroy the environment as fast as possible. You'll be able to use whatever weapons you've unlocked in the main campaign. But there are not enough maps and only two varieties: Free Play and Challenge. Multi-player cooperative horde mode (up to four players on a team), fighting waves of enemies, in either Survive (what it says) or Defend (repair / defend something while waves of enemies attack). There are eight multiplayer maps, each in two varieties for 16 maps in all. There is some fun to be had here, but with so few people playing the game, matchmaking is a problem. You won't be able to get 100% of the game's achievements without getting some folks to help you out.

    The "Path to War" DLC, now included for free, is a series of four missions that tie into the main campaign. There doesn't seem to be any reason for them to exist. Maybe the missions were rejected from the main campaign but the dev team were perhaps proud of the level design and released them anyway. The missions are fun, but it is a short, disjointed experience.

    I'd like to think that the dev team, knowing THQ was facing troubled times (they went bankrupt shortly after the game's release), said something like, "However big or small our budget is, that's how big /small our game will be. Whatever. Let's make it the best game that we can." And they succeeded, it's a tremendously fun game. If you enjoy playing it as much as I did, at the end you'll be wanting more. But there is no more to be had...    … Expand
  19. GolovA
    May 18, 2015
    7
    A pretty good game. I cannot call it a marvel of ingenuity, but as a continuation of the series it presents a solid 10 hours of play (which i think is ridiculously small, even by today's low standards, but it seems it is the trend for all games). The game desperately needs FOV tweaking, but luckily - i played it on PC and was able to get rid of the retarded "console box-view."
    The story    A pretty good game. I cannot call it a marvel of ingenuity, but as a continuation of the series it presents a solid 10 hours of play (which i think is ridiculously small, even by today's low standards, but it seems it is the trend for all games). The game desperately needs FOV tweaking, but luckily - i played it on PC and was able to get rid of the retarded "console box-view."
    The story is pretty decent - it is simple but paced very well, so the plot keeps moving with a nice, dynamic speed all the way up to the very end. I was actually pleased that the tedious "hammer" missions, in which you have to knock down buildings, were reduced almost to a zero in comparison with the Red Faction: Guerrilla. I didn't come along many bugs (although there are some insignificant ones), and the game version is still on 1.01 after 6 years from original release.
    Overall, a fun simple shooter, well-paced, and mostly polished for what it is - a mass-market pop 3rd person shooter.    … Expand
  20. xxaosicxx
    Apr 18, 2015
    2
    Bought it for virtually nothing on a Steam sale and I STILL feel ripped off. This game is cack. Not as compelling as Mass Effect, not as dynamic as Just Cause. It's just a generic, linear, third person console-ported piece of crap. Save your money.
  21. Signas501
    Mar 22, 2015
    8
    Red Faction Armageddon is once again a linear game, jumping to Darius Mason, currently fighting a war against cultists who have invaded one of the most important sectors (What we can presume is what remains of Eos) and begins to attack the terraformer that the EDF built. Upon Masons meeting with his CEO the terraformer is destroyed, forcing them and the rest of mars to inhabit the minesRed Faction Armageddon is once again a linear game, jumping to Darius Mason, currently fighting a war against cultists who have invaded one of the most important sectors (What we can presume is what remains of Eos) and begins to attack the terraformer that the EDF built. Upon Masons meeting with his CEO the terraformer is destroyed, forcing them and the rest of mars to inhabit the mines underneath mars.… Expand
  22. ave
    Feb 7, 2015
    8
    First I have to say that I've played this game twice, and it was such a good overall experience I eventually plan to play it again.

    Red Faction : Armageddon separates itself from the previous Red Faction titles by moving from a first person shooter perspective to a third person shooter one. Otherwise, the game stays true to legacy of destructable environment that somewhat defined the    First I have to say that I've played this game twice, and it was such a good overall experience I eventually plan to play it again.

    Red Faction : Armageddon separates itself from the previous Red Faction titles by moving from a first person shooter perspective to a third person shooter one. Otherwise, the game stays true to legacy of destructable environment that somewhat defined the franchise.

    The game includes nice additions, like the hammer and the power gauntlet, that allows you to feel like a techno-barbarian along with the cosy and warming feeling of being a futuristic soldier. It's really nice to mix close range battles with enemies you can shock, and your regular shotgun-rifle-sniper-rocket launcher cycle.

    The levels are varied and crafted enougth to deliver a good-to-great experience.

    Your character has some kind of a skill / buff tree in shape of several rings, so you can fine tune him to fit your play style. Anyhow, you'll end up with every one of them, so don't fear to make a mistake or forgot something crucial.

    The storyline is decent, and credible enougth to justify that level of rampage.

    Even if Red Faction : Armageddon will not blow your mind, it's a very good game that gives you a licence to blow every piece of man-made environment to the ground, and rebuild it with your nanobots if you feel it's the right thing to do.    … Expand
  23. rickrey
    Jan 18, 2015
    6
    Excellent graphics and voice acting, but the story line in not very interesting. All you do is shoot the creatures, one after another, level after level. The game seems to be short but that's not so much a bad thing as it gets tiring shooting the same creatures over and over.

    The cut scenes are short too, which is not so bad either because of the shallow storyline and limited character    Excellent graphics and voice acting, but the story line in not very interesting. All you do is shoot the creatures, one after another, level after level. The game seems to be short but that's not so much a bad thing as it gets tiring shooting the same creatures over and over.

    The cut scenes are short too, which is not so bad either because of the shallow storyline and limited character interactions making the characters understandably forgettable.

    Having said all that, the game is still playable, and a few replays to try different difficulty settings. Just wait for the game to be deeply discounted before you buy.    … Expand
  24. dsj556
    Dec 25, 2014
    0
    Completely linear storyline. Just save the money and watch the gameplay on Youtube because that is what you are paying for. This game is like Dead Space without any of the fun. The only reason these reviews are so positive is they are clearly fake users. If someone has just 1 review and it is calling this game a 9 then they are full of crap.
  25. DGDrocks7
    Sep 10, 2014
    7
    After playing this game, I have played all the RF games, and I can now tell you which one is the worst. It's NOT Red Faction: Armageddon. The worst RF game goes to Red Faction II. Seriously, Armageddon is better than I thought it would be. The story is ok somewhat, but it's better than in RF:G. You play as Darius Mason, grandson of Alec Mason from RF:G, and he has more personality than hisAfter playing this game, I have played all the RF games, and I can now tell you which one is the worst. It's NOT Red Faction: Armageddon. The worst RF game goes to Red Faction II. Seriously, Armageddon is better than I thought it would be. The story is ok somewhat, but it's better than in RF:G. You play as Darius Mason, grandson of Alec Mason from RF:G, and he has more personality than his grandfather. He can be hilarious at times, especially when interacting with his S.A.M. (Situational Awareness Module) A.I. The theme of revolution is still here, although not as it was in previous games, you'll see what I mean. The campaign last for roughly 15 hours.

    As for gameplay, it's really fun. Geo-Mod is still here. My main gripe is the removal of open-world. That's really a step back. It could easily have been implemented here. An underground open-world? That would have been great. But I like the new weapons such as the Magnet Gun. It allows you to latch magnets between two objects making one move towards the other. Upgrades are nice too. Taking out the baddies is really fun. What I really didn't like is how the game holds your hand. Not only do you have an objective marker, but also an arrowed path telling you where to go, leaving no room to find where to go on your own. And during boss fights, there is an icon telling you where you shoot, such as weak spots. Too-much hand-holding! As for Infestation mode, I haven't really played it yet, but it's a Horde mode, where you fight endless waves of enemies. Sound fun.

    In the end, RF:A isn't bad, but it could have been better. Back when it was released, it would be worth a rental, but buying it now wouldn't be a bad idea, since it's relatively cheap nowadays. Now, Nordic games has control of the franchise, and they have promised a new game. Well, let us see how that turns out...    … Expand
  26. pipanji
    Aug 9, 2014
    5
    Annoying story, dull and stupid enemies, boring environment... the magnet gun is a good point, so it is the destruction/reconstruction of structures.

    It can be a fun game, but only if you simply ignore the story... and you buy it very cheap
  27. Caste
    Apr 13, 2014
    9
    Really fun and complete game.
    I have to say I didn't play the previous Red Faction games, so I don't know how they are, but this game its very nice for me.
    I really recommend it!
  28. praXis
    Apr 6, 2014
    5
    RF:A is a generic corridor shooter with story and gameplay elements shallowly borrowed from classics like Doom and Dead Space, and heavily dumbed-down and easied-up for console gamers. On PC, the game is buggy and crashes constantly with no fixes in sight. Save points are frustratingly placed based on the goofy narrative, rather than at user-determined spots that would allow the skippingRF:A is a generic corridor shooter with story and gameplay elements shallowly borrowed from classics like Doom and Dead Space, and heavily dumbed-down and easied-up for console gamers. On PC, the game is buggy and crashes constantly with no fixes in sight. Save points are frustratingly placed based on the goofy narrative, rather than at user-determined spots that would allow the skipping of a lot of garbage. The graphics are modern but unspectacular, yet require a ton of resources to render. The default FOV is stupidly narrow - for the sake of consolers, obviously - and isn't easily modifiable. This is yet another console port where PC gamers are given short shrift despite simple solutions being relatively easy to utilize.
    It's a shame. I enjoyed Guerrilla, but this is nothing like that - and that would have been OK if they had been even a little bit clever and creative with the storyline or gameplay, but they weren't. Devs should have done playtesting with fans of their previous title and listened to what they said instead of churning out a characterless and generic ball of brown corporate game-industry ooze.    … Expand
  29. xlander
    Dec 4, 2013
    2
    Okay to start back to linear is regress and story line sucks so that isn't an excuse. The graphics are meh. So again no excuse. This game is rinse and repeat over and over. Wish I could get a refund for this game. Even buying this in a bundle with all red faction games for 30$... I already own RF:G but steam sucks and wont take the retail license, so had to buy it again to get it toOkay to start back to linear is regress and story line sucks so that isn't an excuse. The graphics are meh. So again no excuse. This game is rinse and repeat over and over. Wish I could get a refund for this game. Even buying this in a bundle with all red faction games for 30$... I already own RF:G but steam sucks and wont take the retail license, so had to buy it again to get it to install correctly on new rig. Definitely nto worth the money until under 5$. Man they were making good game play experience progress all the way p to RF:G. Then this garbage. Linear is for junk systems. In short they are saying console is junk and fools that buy them piss away their money on junk. It should not have been ported to PC it isn't worthy of being a PC title. Maybe a cell phone title or eve psp original but not PC.… Expand
  30. Andrew_Paterson
    Nov 27, 2013
    6
    A game that almost perfectly sums up 'meh'. It does nothing really badly but neither does it do anything particularly well.

    My biggest gripe is that the terrain destruction mechanic, unlike the original Red Faction is a gimmick rather than a gameplay changer.

    Don't avoid this game but don't buy it unless you're bored or it's on sale.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. CPUGamer
    Nov 1, 2011
    80
    Red Faction: Armageddon to me is a good B movie.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jul 30, 2011
    80
    It was worth sacrificing free-form play for a linear story driven shooter. Armageddon is different than other pieces of the Red Faction series but it still brings all the fun of "mass" destruction. [July 2011]
  3. Absolute Games
    Jul 26, 2011
    59
    Armageddon's visuals are borderline awful, but the primitive gameplay is what looks the worst.
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