Red Faction: Guerrilla

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 375 Ratings

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  1. AlienSpaceBats
    Jul 26, 2011
    7
    In a casual sense, RF:G's gameplay is a LOT of fun, I say casual because after an hour or so, things get monotonous (the objective of almost every mission is to destroy stuff), gameplay resembles Saints Row 2 somewhat, minus story, customisation and characters (I finished the game and can't recall what was happening) - you basically drive from location to location destroying stuff, soundsIn a casual sense, RF:G's gameplay is a LOT of fun, I say casual because after an hour or so, things get monotonous (the objective of almost every mission is to destroy stuff), gameplay resembles Saints Row 2 somewhat, minus story, customisation and characters (I finished the game and can't recall what was happening) - you basically drive from location to location destroying stuff, sounds bad but it isn't really.… Expand
  2. JaydenPickens
    Feb 20, 2019
    7
    This is going to be a pain in the *HAMMER*. I love original Red Faction game... I've replayed it A LOT and then RF 2 came out and it was still good, but not as good as original. Then Volition forgot about the series and after a few years we'd get this... Guerilla. What is this game? Well, basically this is a GTA clone, but on Mars with destructive elements, but not as destructive as inThis is going to be a pain in the *HAMMER*. I love original Red Faction game... I've replayed it A LOT and then RF 2 came out and it was still good, but not as good as original. Then Volition forgot about the series and after a few years we'd get this... Guerilla. What is this game? Well, basically this is a GTA clone, but on Mars with destructive elements, but not as destructive as in original Red Faction (you can't do your own tunnels with explosives, actually Guerilla takes place only on the outside). So, if you're a fan of sandbox games, you'll love this game. There are s***loads of side missions like blowing stuff up, rescuing faction members, driving supplies on time... if you're planning on doing all of these missions this game might take you around 30 hours to complete. And this is a problem with this game... the side missions. There are probably around 6 types of these missions and there is TOO MUCH of them. These side missions quickly become a chore, not fun. The fun stays in blowing stuff up, not driving supplies on time... is this Far Cry? I'm really not happy with the path they have taken with this game. It has nothing on first two Red Faction games. Destroying stuff is fun as hell and the campaign is okay, but the music is an atrocity... it's amazing that there's no "See You" album from Korn on the soundtrack, it's that bad... or maybe there was no music? You see it was so forgettable that now I'm not even sure if there was any music to begin with! I'm having a hard time reviewing this game... mostly I really liked it, but it has so many annoying elements like health regeneration... the f*** is this supposed to be? I want medkits, not hiding behind a piece of furniture that the enemies will destroy and in 5 seconds I will have to find another cover and then another cover and then finally regenerate... why don't just give us medkits? Feckin Mason is a big boi, he can hold a big hammer, let him carry 10 medkits, so we can heal instantly anywhere and make the game more fun. Nah, let's add health regeneration, because it's "cool" and "newschool", I really hate this... I will always complain about health regeneration, because it makes the fights annoying. Also the game has that star system from GTA, but instead of stars and the police chasing you, you get a weird bar and if it's yellow they're onto you, if it's red better pack things up, because enemies just won't let go! These poor feckers just keep on coming and are so violent that it's nuts! The fact that to start a mission you'll need to have the alarm bar "green" does not help... you'll spend lots of times waiting for the bar to turn green, because some fecker spotted you from a mile and started shooting and won't stop chasing you! This is absurd! All in all, I complained A LOT here, but I think this is an okay game... play it if you've got the time! Pickens approves!… Expand
  3. SDM
    Jun 21, 2011
    7
    While the gimmick of a destructible environment brings enormous fun during the first few hours of gameplay, it also loses its appeal quite quickly and you're left with "just" a solid sandbox game.
  4. BasilZero
    May 17, 2014
    7
    Game: Red Faction Guerrilla
    Genre: Action
    Developer: Volition/Nordic Games System: Steam (PC) Total Score: 76/100 Value Score: 7.6/10 • Story: 7/10 • Characters: 6/10 • GamePlay: 8/10 • Graphics: 8/10 • Sound: 9/10 • Music: 5/10 • Length: 7/10 • Replay Value: 9/10 • Player Value:7 /10 Pros +Open World/Sandbox with elements of destructible environment makes this    Game: Red Faction Guerrilla
    Genre: Action
    Developer: Volition/Nordic Games
    System: Steam (PC)
    Total Score: 76/100
    Value Score: 7.6/10

    • Story: 7/10
    • Characters: 6/10
    • GamePlay: 8/10
    • Graphics: 8/10
    • Sound: 9/10
    • Music: 5/10
    • Length: 7/10
    • Replay Value: 9/10
    • Player Value:7 /10

    Pros
    +Open World/Sandbox with elements of destructible environment makes this a unique experience
    +A lot of action packed fights
    +Multiplayer competitive capabilities with different types of game modes
    +Different Difficulty modes (allows you to unlock harder difficulties upon completion of game)
    +Ability to customize your weapons and tools through upgrades
    +A morale base system which is affected depending on your actions (Unique)

    Cons
    -Repetitive missions
    -Characters are forgettable
    -Music is almost non-existent except during fights
    -Mechanics of the controls are a bit awkward (mostly with driving)    … Expand
  5. Nox
    Oct 28, 2009
    7
    God why do people jack the score up on this game? Did you not play Saint's Row 2? This game plays like a showpiece for their destructability engine. It's excruciatingly repetitive, the story is not at all engaging and none of the things we know are possible are in it. Customization, multiplayer, flight, interesting missions, side missions, humor - there's nothing in here God why do people jack the score up on this game? Did you not play Saint's Row 2? This game plays like a showpiece for their destructability engine. It's excruciatingly repetitive, the story is not at all engaging and none of the things we know are possible are in it. Customization, multiplayer, flight, interesting missions, side missions, humor - there's nothing in here that made Saint's Row 2 great, and it's a baffling mystery since it's the same studio.… Expand
  6. jim109109
    Aug 30, 2012
    7
    It's insanely fun to break apart buildings, this has never been done so well before, with the physics engine and all. The controls and gameplay is fun, you'll enjoy fighting and shooting in the destrutible environment, wandering around in this sandbox game blowing **** up the many weapons offered to you. Now the bad. The story deserves a 0. It has no believability at all. It's so stupid IIt's insanely fun to break apart buildings, this has never been done so well before, with the physics engine and all. The controls and gameplay is fun, you'll enjoy fighting and shooting in the destrutible environment, wandering around in this sandbox game blowing **** up the many weapons offered to you. Now the bad. The story deserves a 0. It has no believability at all. It's so stupid I just skipped everything. The game could have been optimized better for PC, I find it runs slower than other games with better graphics. Thirdly, the overall terrain is repetitive and dull. Since breaking things is so fun I would have liked more of that, however the settlements are too few. Overall, fun game, fun while you're in the midst of the heat, in the core of the gameplay, and forget the all around ****ty package. Will last you about 10 hours. This game deserves a 6.5, I'll round that to a low 7. Reminds me of Just Cause 2 but about 100x less good, get that game instead.… Expand
  7. Nataraja
    Mar 16, 2013
    7
    This game has so much potential but the graphical bugginess makes it impossible to receive a score any higher than 7. It becomes nearly impossible to drive, which you do a LOT of, when the game fails to render busy intersections that also have elaborate check points. You are literally driving blind. I love the effects when they render. Blowing up buildings, vehicles, etc. is veryThis game has so much potential but the graphical bugginess makes it impossible to receive a score any higher than 7. It becomes nearly impossible to drive, which you do a LOT of, when the game fails to render busy intersections that also have elaborate check points. You are literally driving blind. I love the effects when they render. Blowing up buildings, vehicles, etc. is very satisfying. The open world aspects are great but can be overly challenging at times as in occasionally unfair. The shooting is sort of bland despite having a great variety of weapons at your disposal. The pacing of the story is horrid and you should not expect that much from the story line. After liberating 3 of the six districts I find myself becoming a bit bored of the repetitive nature. The stealth in the game is not well developed. The AI is not great but at least it will not bug out completely. All in all its an enjoyable game but certainly one that you will want to pick up when its on sale on steam like I did. At 75% off its a steal considering what is good about this game graphics, open world and awesome destruction with bombs. launcher, gas cylinders, etc.… Expand
  8. sft
    Nov 15, 2015
    7
    Go ape with a sledgehammer

    RED FACTION: GUERRILLA is all about destruction. A lot of game time is spent smashing buildings and enemies with a huge sledgehammer. What’s not to like about that? It is great fun and remains so throughout the game. Unfortunately the rest of the package isn’t quite so effective. The graphics are tolerable but not great for a 2009 game, and Mars is a pretty    Go ape with a sledgehammer

    RED FACTION: GUERRILLA is all about destruction. A lot of game time is spent smashing buildings and enemies with a huge sledgehammer. What’s not to like about that? It is great fun and remains so throughout the game. Unfortunately the rest of the package isn’t quite so effective. The graphics are tolerable but not great for a 2009 game, and Mars is a pretty dull landscape. The story is instantly forgettable, and I really didn’t think about it at all during the time I spent playing the game. The missions are very repetitive and the voice acting variable (Kari Whalgren’s British accent is really bizarre). The combat is surprisingly tough and frustrating at times, especially when ammo is scarce and enemies continuously spawn. The most fun is to be had completing the missions where you ride shotgun and shoot at as much stuff as you can in a given time limit, and the Heavy Metal missions, where you get to operate a mechanical loader and smash as much stuff as possible in a given time limit. This is where RFG excels, as much of the developer’s efforts have gone into the physics of the game. Just about everything in the environment is destructible and the level of realism when an object comes apart is quite impressive. If you fancy a few hours of fun smashing things to pieces with a big hammer, and blowing buildings to kingdom come then you should enjoy this game.    … Expand
  9. Gohenko
    Nov 6, 2015
    7
    In this game, you get to **** some **** up on Mars. You are Alec Mason, the hero (a.k.a. the only person who's really doing anything) of Red Faction, a resistance movement fighting against the tyrannical rule of Earth Defence Force.

    The open world of Mars gets fairly dull quickly, the graphics look really outdated, the story and characters are "meh" at best (Samanya's fake British    In this game, you get to **** some **** up on Mars. You are Alec Mason, the hero (a.k.a. the only person who's really doing anything) of Red Faction, a resistance movement fighting against the tyrannical rule of Earth Defence Force.

    The open world of Mars gets fairly dull quickly, the graphics look really outdated, the story and characters are "meh" at best (Samanya's fake British accent is absolutely unbearable) and the third person shooting is quite bare-bones. However, the game does have an ace up its sleeve: completely destructible buildings. Pretty much every man-made thing can be utterly annihilated by explosives or vehicles or even your trusty sledgehammer. I cannot stress enough how fun it is to just go to an enemy stronghold and destroy everything in your sight.

    Every open world game needs to have its own gimmick to stand out from the crowd. Red Faction Guerrilla's gimmick is destruction. A damn fine gimmick, I'd say. Otherwise, it's just an alright open world third person action/adventure game.    … Expand
  10. HumanMarsNet
    Feb 26, 2016
    7
    Some are comparing the Red Faction: Guerrilla with Grand Theft Auto (GTA) on Mars. Indeed the gameplay can be very similar to that of GTA. The most unique and compelling feature of Guerrilla is the ability to destroy almost everything in the game world. And you can do this in a lot of ways - by crushing with your powerful sledgehammer or any type of transport, by shooting, by blowing up aSome are comparing the Red Faction: Guerrilla with Grand Theft Auto (GTA) on Mars. Indeed the gameplay can be very similar to that of GTA. The most unique and compelling feature of Guerrilla is the ability to destroy almost everything in the game world. And you can do this in a lot of ways - by crushing with your powerful sledgehammer or any type of transport, by shooting, by blowing up a charge or a chemical cistern and so on.

    Although "on paper" the missions are quite varied in reality you are endlessly crushing (most times it's more effective than shooting) and blowing your opponents, their vehicles and buildings. Besides your enemies are respawning infinitely from "empty air", even in "liberated" sectors. All in all the gameplay is quite repetitive. Also you would want more role playing options when interacting with the game world. Guerrilla is a game of driving, killing, crushing and blowing, not of talking and enjoying Mars.

    The world is quite poor in aspects of detailed landscape features and texture richness (especially indoors). The transport quality, variety and control easiness in contrary is very good. The game is really heavy on using physics but it is simplified to destructibility. Don't expect qualitative body motion or realistic damage to materials. As the destruction is the selling point of Guerrilla I would expect more accuracy in this aspect. You will often end in a building hanging in mid-air with only a tiny bar holding it or blow up an atomic(!) bomb realizing it can't even destroy some mediocre bridge.

    Despite the imperfections Guerrilla is still a great game and definitely a must-play for Mars fans. Its open world freedom is the thing every Mars fan would dream of in the real world.

    The full review @ HumanMars.net    … Expand
  11. Jay_Pickens
    Jul 25, 2018
    7
    This is going to be a pain in the *HAMMER*. I love original Red Faction game... I've replayed it A LOT and then RF 2 came out and it was still good, but not as good as original. Then Volition forgot about the series and after a few years we'd get this... Guerilla. What is this game? Well, basically this is a GTA clone, but on Mars with destructive elements, but not as destructive as inThis is going to be a pain in the *HAMMER*. I love original Red Faction game... I've replayed it A LOT and then RF 2 came out and it was still good, but not as good as original. Then Volition forgot about the series and after a few years we'd get this... Guerilla. What is this game? Well, basically this is a GTA clone, but on Mars with destructive elements, but not as destructive as in original Red Faction (you can't do your own tunnels with explosives, actually Guerilla takes place only on the outside). So, if you're a fan of sandbox games, you'll love this game. There are s***loads of side missions like blowing stuff up, rescuing faction members, driving supplies on time... if you're planning on doing all of these missions this game might take you around 30 hours to complete. And this is a problem with this game... the side missions. There are probably around 6 types of these missions and there is TOO MUCH of them. These side missions quickly become a chore, not fun. The fun stays in blowing stuff up, not driving supplies on time... is this Far Cry? I'm really not happy with the path they have taken with this game. It has nothing on first two Red Faction games. Destroying stuff is fun as hell and the campaign is okay, but the music is an atrocity... it's amazing that there's no "See You" album from Korn on the soundtrack, it's that bad... or maybe there was no music? You see it was so forgettable that now I'm not even sure if there was any music to begin with! I'm having a hard time reviewing this game... mostly I really liked it, but it has so many annoying elements like health regeneration... the f*** is this supposed to be? I want medkits, not hiding behind a piece of furniture that the enemies will destroy and in 5 seconds I will have to find another cover and then another cover and then finally regenerate... why don't just give us medkits? Feckin Mason is a big boi, he can hold a big hammer, let him carry 10 medkits, so we can heal instantly anywhere and make the game more fun. Nah, let's add health regeneration, because it's "cool" and "newschool", I really hate this... I will always complain about health regeneration, because it makes the fights annoying. Also the game has that star system from GTA, but instead of stars and the police chasing you, you get a weird bar and if it's yellow they're onto you, if it's red better pack things up, because enemies just won't let go! These poor feckers just keep on coming and are so violent that it's nuts! The fact that to start a mission you'll need to have the alarm bar "green" does not help... you'll spend lots of times waiting for the bar to turn green, because some fecker spotted you from a mile and started shooting and won't stop chasing you! This is absurd! All in all, I complained A LOT here, but I think this is an okay game... play it if you've got the time! Pickens approves!… Expand
  12. Dashery
    Jun 12, 2011
    7
    Red Faction: Guerrilla is a game that takes some getting used to. The first couple of hours are a real frustrating bore. Early on, it takes one forever to get used to driving mechanics on the PC version. I felt they were horrendous, yet, as you move on and become more fluent with the game, the easier they become, and by the end of the game you're able to enjoy them. The only big flaw isRed Faction: Guerrilla is a game that takes some getting used to. The first couple of hours are a real frustrating bore. Early on, it takes one forever to get used to driving mechanics on the PC version. I felt they were horrendous, yet, as you move on and become more fluent with the game, the easier they become, and by the end of the game you're able to enjoy them. The only big flaw is how flimsy they are. You can be going so slow, accidently tap a rock and all your windows will shatter and the front end of your vehicle will be damaged. All vehicles are like this, and I felt as if NPC vehicles were much weaker than mine on the Normal difficulty. I would plow into an NPC vehicle and absolutely destroy the thing. And the lack of any sort of flying vehicle was a shame. Graphically the game looks pretty well, characters design here is solid. However, things tend to get boring environmentally. Every environment is virtually the same, just different shades of dirt. Oasis green, Parker red, Dust dust, Eos dust, Badlands darker red (but then again, it IS Mars, what can you really do for it?). The storyline is almost as bland as the color scheme. Mars is controlled by the evil corporations who just want moneymoneymoney and it's up to you, the downtrodden masses to rise up. Characters have no real character, and cut scenes always feel awkward for some reason. And what would a review be without talking about RF's destruction? Destruction is really fun, and probably the saving grace of the game. I really enjoyed being able to knock into a building, or place charges and watch a building implode on itself (my favorite being any of the games few massive bridges you're able to take down). The only real problem with it, is that the number of buildings to destroy are limited and over time they don't repair. Once you liberate a zone, targets go away. I kind of wish they wouldn't. The bigger buildings especially would be nice to be able to destroy again and again. When all is said and done, RF: Guerrilla is your typical shooter with the same bland taste in story as the franchise has come to know, held up by some entertaining free roam destruction and driving mechanics.… Expand
  13. FredrikP
    Oct 7, 2009
    5
    I thought this game was pretty dull. The atmosphere the game offers is repetitive.. the story is nothing new; it has been done million times. The only thing fun in this game is the physics. Destroying a building with a hammer is fun! The rest is pretty unbalanced and boring. The weapons and vehicles lack weight.
  14. MadsL
    Oct 30, 2009
    5
    this game is a physics demo more than a game. it IS by all means fun to blow up buildigs, but there are a million soldiers and missions holding you away from doing just that. The combat is a joke, the vihicle-part handles like fucking toy cars, and riding shotgun on a those damage missions suddenly makes the sensitivity skyrocket. The storyline is a complete failure, we want to kick this game is a physics demo more than a game. it IS by all means fun to blow up buildigs, but there are a million soldiers and missions holding you away from doing just that. The combat is a joke, the vihicle-part handles like fucking toy cars, and riding shotgun on a those damage missions suddenly makes the sensitivity skyrocket. The storyline is a complete failure, we want to kick people off mars, (and then starve to death, since there is no food and water) we do this mostly by blowing up civilian buildings . the weapons are completly useless, exept for the hammer, which breaks buildings in 3 strokes and kill instantly, and the nanorifle. building up morale is good, it makes guerillas come to battle, and get themselves killed, so your morale goes down agai WTF!? sucks so bad the only good part about this game is the "demolition crew" part, which should have been released seperately, cheap, keeping people entertained until the astronomic morons at volition could launch a proper game. not just a physics engine with a broken campaign attached to it.… Expand
  15. whitespider999
    Feb 29, 2012
    7
    The only other 'interesting' red faction game after the original. RFG does a lot right. It gives you a free roaming world, most of which you can level. It scatters most generic activities around, and basically gives you the keys to do whatever you want. Unlike the original red faction, this game takes away the ability to destroy the actual ground, and lets you destroy anything on top of itThe only other 'interesting' red faction game after the original. RFG does a lot right. It gives you a free roaming world, most of which you can level. It scatters most generic activities around, and basically gives you the keys to do whatever you want. Unlike the original red faction, this game takes away the ability to destroy the actual ground, and lets you destroy anything on top of it - I would have preferred both. The side content is mostly just 'go here and destroy this' 'destroy this is 30 seconds' 'bring there people over here' 'kill these guys'. It all get's repetitive really fast. That's why this game is best enjoyed in small spurts, a few generic quests and a dull storyline mission are perfectly fine if you just use them as an excuse to collect some parts for upgrades and level as much as you can. If you want a story focused game with quality side content. Look elsewhere.… Expand
  16. R.L
    Oct 16, 2009
    5
    The destroyable buildings are amazing, but everything else in this game isn't. Boring missions, boring storyline, bad weapons design, mediocre world design. Combat has almost no flavor to it - the weapons are very similar in performance (and especially performance to ammo available), you can't really apply any interesting tactics, and the enemies aren't good for any The destroyable buildings are amazing, but everything else in this game isn't. Boring missions, boring storyline, bad weapons design, mediocre world design. Combat has almost no flavor to it - the weapons are very similar in performance (and especially performance to ammo available), you can't really apply any interesting tactics, and the enemies aren't good for any surprise either. It feels like you usually move around for 2-4 minutes to reach a mission or strategic building, do whatever thing you need to do, then restock weapons, and repeat.… Expand
  17. akarnokd
    Nov 8, 2014
    7
    After so many years and full Steam support coming up, I've replayed this game and finished it under 20 hours minus some collectables. The destruction mechanics is as fun as ever. Visuals are good and the music is non-intrusive.

    However, the game has some shortcomings and outright frustrating properties. For example, you can "collect" ores and supply crates yet only a grand total is    After so many years and full Steam support coming up, I've replayed this game and finished it under 20 hours minus some collectables. The destruction mechanics is as fun as ever. Visuals are good and the music is non-intrusive.

    However, the game has some shortcomings and outright frustrating properties. For example, you can "collect" ores and supply crates yet only a grand total is given and doesn't list how many of each remained in a particular sector; forcing the player to sweep the whole map just for the last few of them. Being a console port, it was a bit difficult to get used to how the movement controls work on the character and in vehicles (no strafe but full body turn).

    Driving via mouse and keyboard gave me the most frustration. Sometimes, the vehicle wouldn't turn, sometimes it would turn a lot for the shortest keypresses. The smallest bump throws it into the air or starts drifting; all these come exponentially when one does the driving challenges. I know its Mars with 1/3 gravity, but steering shouldn't be this difficult.

    By the way, mission are quite strange in respect of their location. The marker sends the player somewhere, then there is usually a 2 minute long driving section to get to the actual mission location. I don't get it why missions couldn't be started way closer to the intended target area?

    The final annoyance was with the limited ammo. Some say they are gerrillas so live with the limited resources, but they should be able to carry more ammunition (or have upgrades to them), especially when half a clip is needed per enemy or half stock per building.

    Enemies seem to be smart as they take cover and (sarcastically) spawn behind the player; health regenerates but usually there isn't a quiet spot where it would. I often found myself surrounded and seemingly cleared areas produce more enemies pretty quickly.

    In conclusion, it is a decent game, but clearly doesn't have the advancements in mechanics, dos and don'ts in making sandbox games.    … Expand
  18. TylerH.
    Dec 29, 2009
    7
    My scores reflects the games great physics and total distruction, which proves enjoyable. While the plot isnt anything great, nor the detail in the levels when you get down to it, the game itself is fun and knocking down a building feels/looks pretty cool. The Mulitplayer is a blast LAN, matchmaking online is a pain as it takes way to damn long to find a game/players. This game has My scores reflects the games great physics and total distruction, which proves enjoyable. While the plot isnt anything great, nor the detail in the levels when you get down to it, the game itself is fun and knocking down a building feels/looks pretty cool. The Mulitplayer is a blast LAN, matchmaking online is a pain as it takes way to damn long to find a game/players. This game has several flaws, coding errors ect... that you need to patch via windows live or a direct download. It also will product incredible lag in certain menus and when distroying large buildings, but i did find a work around that has the game running flawlessly. start the game - press alt tab to go to the desktop - ctrl alt del - find RFG.exe - right click and set priority to low - go back to game - it should now work how its suppose to. I would rate higher, but with a poor port job and a good not great graphics engine, along with a lack of suppose for nvidia physx or sli, it gets a 7... or a C. Fun, but flawed.... also at times proves repetitive.… Expand
  19. suneater
    Dec 13, 2012
    5
    GTA clone in space but with highly destructible environments. Main story is relatively short compared to other sandbox games but I think it's worth getting just to destroy peoples houses with your hammer & det packs. Overall it's pretty bland and not much unique about it besides the physics.
  20. JohnLemon
    Jan 22, 2013
    7
    Key word for this game is: meh. Gameplay is pretty polished but legitimately gets repetitive really quickly. But what saves it and saved for me is it's destruction physics. When i saw it for the first time, i thought it was awesome, and i still think. Everything gets much more fun when you start to figure out how you can destroy building, or, you're shooting baddies while destroyingKey word for this game is: meh. Gameplay is pretty polished but legitimately gets repetitive really quickly. But what saves it and saved for me is it's destruction physics. When i saw it for the first time, i thought it was awesome, and i still think. Everything gets much more fun when you start to figure out how you can destroy building, or, you're shooting baddies while destroying building! It's cool, but overall game is repetitive and forgettable. But it's okay, you can let it pass and it is an improvement after Red Faction 2.… Expand
  21. PrincessRose
    Aug 25, 2015
    7
    This is a game I did not pay any attention to or notice until there was a free weekend, I was almost not going to try it out as I have heaps of games Iam yet to play. But I tried it and played through the start and was immediately hooked and had to buy it even though I wanted to play other games first.

    I love games where you get to destroy your surroundings I always find them so much    This is a game I did not pay any attention to or notice until there was a free weekend, I was almost not going to try it out as I have heaps of games Iam yet to play. But I tried it and played through the start and was immediately hooked and had to buy it even though I wanted to play other games first.

    I love games where you get to destroy your surroundings I always find them so much fun.
    And there are so very few games like that. The only other game I played that was sort of like that was Just Cause 2.

    I enjoy this game a lot. Blow up entire buildings, destroy everything around you with explosives, sledgehammer and even your vehicle, what more could you want?

    It also has decent combat, and side missions that test your skills such as beating the time for demolitions master which you have various scenarios such as find the buildings weak spot, destroy it with 1 explosive and beat the pro time of 15 seconds, or destroy this building as quick as possible just using your sledgehammer as well as various others.

    There's also transporter challenge of getting a vehicle somewhere as quick as possible. But I find those boring. I dislike vehicle controls so found it rather frustrating doing transporter missions.
    And some others as such as raids, rescue etc.

    The story and characters aren't much, but I don't mind as destroying everything is what the focus of the game is and I can't get enough of that. Once I start destroying I get so immersed and can't stop.

    I really like the futuristic look to some vehicles and buildings. The music is very good. Though the landscape looks rather bland and barren being mountainous and dusty, but I guess that's what you get with Mars.
    Did not have any problems or bugs with this game and like that the world feels very open and not boxed in

    It's great that when morale is high guerilla's join you and help attack the enemy and they can be helpful when trying to destroy things they can draw the enemies focus so I can destroy things easier, but they also can be a hindrance and get in the way of explosions and hammer swings.

    This is a great game for those who love destruction and I did not start to feel bored until after the 46 hour mark which is good.

    What I disliked most was that you get such a small amount of ammo, even with full upgrade.

    Awesome fun and a must play. Doesn't quite get an 8 as there is not much variety in what you do.    … Expand
  22. Dstar2
    Jan 3, 2010
    5
    I bought this expecting a first person game like RF2, but was surprised to see that it's third person. Still, the third person controls are very well done and I never had any trouble with the camera. Possibly the best third person camera I've seen yet. This game is basically GTA with all the fun stuff removed. You run around Mars grabbing vehicles, blowing up the baddies' I bought this expecting a first person game like RF2, but was surprised to see that it's third person. Still, the third person controls are very well done and I never had any trouble with the camera. Possibly the best third person camera I've seen yet. This game is basically GTA with all the fun stuff removed. You run around Mars grabbing vehicles, blowing up the baddies' buildings and killing baddie swarms. Blowing up stuff and completing missions gives you credits which you spend in buying better weapons with which to blow up baddies more efficiently. While this sounds like fun, blowing up stuff gets tiring after 5 minutes, and every time you blow up a baddie's building, a swarm of baddies attack you. Killing enemies in this game is a chore, you don't feel any satisfaction after a battle - it's just something that needs to be done. You'll want to avoid combat as much as possible because it's extremely tedious and repetitive. Unfortunately blowing stuff up (which is the point of the game) always ssts a horde of baddies on your ass. Pros: Good graphics Blow stuff up with a variety of weapons Open world, go anywhere, steal any of the plentiful cars Very well executed camera and controls Cons: Blowing stuff up gets boring after 5 minutes Combat is _Extremely_ tedious, boring and repetitive and is forced on you often Really easy game. Aforementioned combat is very easy to win (or flee from if you're losing) so there's little challenge or satisfaction after a battle. Vehicles are boring variants of one or two core types, although there is a cool walker that can smash stuff with its arms This is a good game, if you like action RPGs with repetitive combat, free roam and lots of vehicles.… Expand
  23. creptor
    Jan 3, 2011
    6
    I love the fact that you can destroy any building, you feel needs destroyed. I like the missions, yet they become repetitive and start to get boring. This game is mainly good for the free world and killing people. I enjoyed it but no where near Saints row 2.
  24. Zonerider
    Jun 29, 2012
    6
    The best Red Faction because the freedom in the gam eplay. A good atmosphere. But the difficult level is only for mad Japanese. I have played the game hundred of hours, because the half of the gameworld it open at the start, i have never see the rest of the world. The game has only 1 difficult level for the story line missions: Hyper-Nightmare-Suicidal. As a sample: to open the first newThe best Red Faction because the freedom in the gam eplay. A good atmosphere. But the difficult level is only for mad Japanese. I have played the game hundred of hours, because the half of the gameworld it open at the start, i have never see the rest of the world. The game has only 1 difficult level for the story line missions: Hyper-Nightmare-Suicidal. As a sample: to open the first new region you will over life a destruction derby race, all your "friends" do nothing else as kill you, not enoth you drive under artillery fire as well. I have tried it 30 times, then i give up. Whithout this heavy bug, the game get a 9/10, but so... sorry.… Expand
  25. LeeW
    Sep 23, 2009
    7
    This is an incredibly fun game. I love it to bits. However, I've only been able to play the singleplayer portions of the game. I apparently seem to be the only one having this difficulty as trying to connect to multiplayer freezes and soon crashes, as well as the control menu. However, I cannot stress this enough: buy this game. I doubt more than a small amount of other people will This is an incredibly fun game. I love it to bits. However, I've only been able to play the singleplayer portions of the game. I apparently seem to be the only one having this difficulty as trying to connect to multiplayer freezes and soon crashes, as well as the control menu. However, I cannot stress this enough: buy this game. I doubt more than a small amount of other people will have this problem and the part of the game I've played so far is amazing. Hopefully Volition will release a patch soon for me.… Expand
  26. welldone
    Mar 1, 2012
    7
    Bought this game based on cambria's review and all I gotta say is that it was a decent disappointment. My main gripes were the linear, same old missions over and over again, and the bland environment. I still haven't beat this game and I'm not rushing back to play it again :/
  27. Dronin
    Aug 14, 2013
    5
    I actually don't think that this game represents an aweful port. The problems with this game is how repetitive the game is. To give you an example when I completed the game I had done 74 side missions to the 18 story missions in the game, the side missions are either get hostages, wreck a building, drive a car or defend a building; There is very little variety. The story missions are veryI actually don't think that this game represents an aweful port. The problems with this game is how repetitive the game is. To give you an example when I completed the game I had done 74 side missions to the 18 story missions in the game, the side missions are either get hostages, wreck a building, drive a car or defend a building; There is very little variety. The story missions are very similar to the side missions sadly seperated with 4 or 5 cut scenes through the game, there is very little vehicle choice in the game and they all feel the same. since 2009 there are so many better open world games and I really think that RFG is very average at best.… Expand
  28. TacoTM
    Aug 1, 2013
    5
    Had a couple of fun hours, then it was the same thing over and over. Very repetitive. Worth a low price, but don't buy it if it's over 10$, in my opinion.
  29. dandalis
    Nov 2, 2016
    7
    A very fun and casual game that relies on impressive destrucatable enviroments as its main selling point. If not for that, game would be a pretty boring marsian based open world game with crappy and unrefined driving that take up a lot of the game time. Combat and gunplay is a mixed bag with standard guns feeling too light to shoot and underpowered, except for some of the special ones youA very fun and casual game that relies on impressive destrucatable enviroments as its main selling point. If not for that, game would be a pretty boring marsian based open world game with crappy and unrefined driving that take up a lot of the game time. Combat and gunplay is a mixed bag with standard guns feeling too light to shoot and underpowered, except for some of the special ones you get later in the game, those can cause massive destruction, also the way game just endlessly throws enemies at you is tiresome. Story and characters are nothing special aswell, pretty forgetable. Point A to B driving missions are also tedious.

    Graphics wise it looks pretty good for 2008 and runs well on PC, tho some settings like ambient occlusion tank the frame rate way too much if enabled. Controls on PC with mouse and kboard work smoothly.

    A solid game if youre after some open world mayhem with possibly the best destruction mechanics in a video game.    … Expand
  30. Kotofon
    Jul 30, 2020
    5
    Действие в Red Faction: Guerrilla разворачивается спустя 50 лет после событий первой части игры. На этот раз игроку предстоит оказаться в роли повстанца из воссозданной вновь Красной бригады, сражающегося за свободу с Силами Обороны Земли (СОЗ). Red Faction: Guerrilla раздвигает пределы игрового процесса, основанного на разрушении, и отличается от других подобных игр огромным открытымДействие в Red Faction: Guerrilla разворачивается спустя 50 лет после событий первой части игры. На этот раз игроку предстоит оказаться в роли повстанца из воссозданной вновь Красной бригады, сражающегося за свободу с Силами Обороны Земли (СОЗ). Red Faction: Guerrilla раздвигает пределы игрового процесса, основанного на разрушении, и отличается от других подобных игр огромным открытым миром, динамичными партизанскими сражениями и достоверной моделью разрушений.… Expand
  31. PanMrkvicka
    Feb 12, 2020
    7
    Its pretty fun game with good gameplay mechanics but gets very repetitive and missions are all the same. Story is fine.

Awards & Rankings

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#23 Best PC Game of 2009
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#30 Most Discussed PC Game of 2009
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#33 Most Shared PC Game of 2009

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. InsideGamer.nl
    83
    Red Faction: Guerrilla is a sandbox game in its purest form. Watching giant structures collapse is an absolute thrill, and although the characters and their backgrounds aren't very compelling, the awesome weapons and great amount of side missions will take players on a path of destruction for hours to come.
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  2. GameSpy
    90
    Despite its lackluster storytelling, Red Faction: Guerrilla is a whole lot of fun to play, thanks to its meaty campaign and well-rounded multiplayer offerings.
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  3. DailyGame
    85
    The best in-game destruction ever can't make up for a few major shortcomings, but when a game is built to blow up buildings, it's hard to find much fault when it does that so well. You'll definitely overlook the shortcomings and focus on what this game does well instead.
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