Red Faction: Guerrilla

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  1. The_D4RknesS
    Aug 2, 2022
    9
    Scenario destruction is amazing, I've never seen a game do such a perfect destruction like this game, almost everything on the map is destructive and if it was a game on land, even better!
  2. carnivorCactae
    Jan 16, 2022
    0
    Instead of having a Red Faction Game, they gave you a bad GTA-clone on easy-mode with 3rd Person (where you can peek behind walls and cover), undestructible terrain and boooring, boooooring downtime inbetween all the carnage.

    Drive to mission -> hope the mission is fun -> destroy buildings -> trigger alarm ->get swarmed by infinite amounts of enemies, with infinite amounts of    Instead of having a Red Faction Game, they gave you a bad GTA-clone on easy-mode with 3rd Person (where you can peek behind walls and cover), undestructible terrain and boooring, boooooring downtime inbetween all the carnage.

    Drive to mission -> hope the mission is fun -> destroy buildings -> trigger alarm ->get swarmed by infinite amounts of enemies, with infinite amounts of reinforcements -> Flee to your base -> resupply, and drive, drive, drive again...

    So you never really have the time to enjoy the carnage, because your impressive (albeit flawed) destruction gets interrupted by hordes of enemies, who will require all your limited ammo-supplies to deal with them.

    Upgrading your arsenal takes a painfully long time and you are basically required to play on casual-difficulty, since the upgrades don't cost that much. It's still excrutiatingly slow.

    Destruction is enjoyable and "physically correct", but there is so much dead, empty and boring blank areas inbetween, seperated by unclimbable mountains and rocks, that you'll fall asleep when driving to your next objective again.
    The impressive "geomod"-engine took three steps backwards and now doesn't allow you to destroy terrain.
    Yeah, thats right:
    You can't destroy the terrain! In a Red Faction-Game!    … Expand
  3. gessie00
    Oct 17, 2020
    10
    Still the absolute finest demolition game in 2020, barring its remaster. No other game asks the player to think, "how do I topple this building with minimum effort?" while still providing a quality RPG experience around it.

    The only downside is poor tweaking by the devs, who provided the right settings to edit but set them very poorly by default, though fortunately modders have solved    Still the absolute finest demolition game in 2020, barring its remaster. No other game asks the player to think, "how do I topple this building with minimum effort?" while still providing a quality RPG experience around it.

    The only downside is poor tweaking by the devs, who provided the right settings to edit but set them very poorly by default, though fortunately modders have solved this issue.    … Expand
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. Zuzi
    Nov 26, 2019
    8
    Awesome game!!! I hurt my wrist about 1/3rd the way through, and I can't stand it!!!!!! It is driving my crazy that I have to wait until it heals up some to finish this game!!!! AAAAARRRGGGG!!!!!
  7. Bottlecaps
    Apr 8, 2019
    8
    Red faction: guerrilla is the 3rd installment in the red faction series and its by far the best one (i have yet to play Armageddon) it takes the under utilized destruction in the first 2 games and really amps it up.

    story: not great but not bad . its a pretty basic revenge plot until you actually see that mason is really enjoying him self being a part of the resistance AND why wouldn't    Red faction: guerrilla is the 3rd installment in the red faction series and its by far the best one (i have yet to play Armageddon) it takes the under utilized destruction in the first 2 games and really amps it up.

    story: not great but not bad . its a pretty basic revenge plot until you actually see that mason is really enjoying him self being a part of the resistance AND why wouldn't he be hes blowing **** up and in real life or in video games is fun. mason not initially warming up to the red faction BUT still working for them felt a little awkward and cliche. i think if they let mason be an angry man who's whole heartedly on board with the resistance ( like his / the players actions suggest ) would have been a better move , even if that would make him just another Parker from the first game. how ever a resistance story like this lends it self well to action and its destruction. so the story at least services the game play
    story: 7.5/10

    world building: Red faction as a series has always had a good world filled with politics , evil corporations and of course the red faction. i like that this games events feel like its a part of mars history. at the end of the first game is when we see the EDF arrive on mars and after that they take over the planet witch is a pretty believable thing politically , hostile take over under the guise of helping and saving.the design of everything fits the lore and helps make the world feel reaslized the vehicles look and feel great , they really feel like this would be what they would drive on the planet mars , with its rough terrain every vehicle looks industrial and has big tires . even the in game sports cars. there is even an Easter egg where you can find the first games protagonist parker , hes an old man now living in the hills but hes still there. alof of the loactions are named based on names of the first game like parker (the location not the character) is where you start and also the location eos. adding marauders into the mix and they are a pretty mysterious bunch.
    world building: 8/10

    Graphics: i think the graphics look good . aged fairly well seeing as this game is 10 years old a huge leap from red faction 2. every thing has this nice industrial sci fi style to it. i remember the first time i played this game i thought mason was a fireman just because of what he looked like. the partical effects and lasers looked really cool as well as how technically impressive the destruction looks. the setting is dusty but they at least have a variety in locations even if they mostly look the same besides some slight change in colour palette
    graphics: 8/10

    gameplay: the destruction is this game is amazingly fun and very much ahead of its time. there hasn't been many games that boast this good of a destruction mechanic besides niche cult games. the driving is also fun , its off road and watching the vehicles shocks go up and down . mix the driving with destruction i usually played the game hit and run but driving your car or tank straight through a building to demo it was a hell of a lot of fun. the story missions where good but alot of the side missions became repetitive and i got kinda bored of them and did the bare minimum i had to do to beat the game. combat has enough variety of weapons to keep it interesting . especially with the rifle that allows you to disintegrate things witch i usually used on air ships. this games a hell of alot of fun and i think destruction wise really pushed technology forwards and alot of my gripes with it feel nit picky with how much of this game dose right
    gameplay: 9/10

    sound design: voice acting felt uninspired but not bad sams "British" accent was a little awkward but for the most part nothing else really stood out. explosions and gun sounds were great and music was fitting even if it wasn't super memorable like previous red faction games transitions felt good how ever.
    Sound design: 7.5/10

    7.5+8+8+9+7.5= 40
    40/5 = 8
    8/10

    red faction guerilla is a game that pushed the industry forward and has some pretty great destruction that hasn't been replicated or implemented as well as in this game and id like to see more destruction based games like this    … Expand
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. ArkAngel_97
    May 18, 2018
    10
    Played this game over and over back in the day. Really fun story and gameplay!!! Great open world title.
  11. iddqd4
    Mar 19, 2018
    8
    Открытый мир и красивая графика, хороший сюжет и интересный геймплей, выделяют эту игру из массы подобных.
  12. VaiberHD
    Mar 27, 2017
    10
    the destruction in this game is a very good example of an amazing mechanic that is so impressive yet so difficult to replicate that no one till this day made a game like this, its exceptional, fun and well made, though the story may not be as solid... wait... what story.... no one really cares... game has missile launcher tanks for god sake...
  13. 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
  14. Captain_Chaos
    Jun 22, 2016
    8
    Guerilla is an amazingly cathartic game. I expect because it comes from what has never been a triple A franchise, it gets prematurely thumbed down. I admit, i didn't like the earlier games much. But that's what makes Guerilla so interesting- it is the breakout title in the series, a dramatic reinvention of an otherwise samey FPS into a surprisingly entertaining Third Person sandboxGuerilla is an amazingly cathartic game. I expect because it comes from what has never been a triple A franchise, it gets prematurely thumbed down. I admit, i didn't like the earlier games much. But that's what makes Guerilla so interesting- it is the breakout title in the series, a dramatic reinvention of an otherwise samey FPS into a surprisingly entertaining Third Person sandbox shooter. Alec Mason is the iconic revolutionary underdog, the working-class hero who rises from the Martian dust to shake the foundations of his world. Guerilla maintains the key gameplay feature that sets the series apart from other shooters- it's environmental destruction mechanic. With everything from the humble sledgehammer to explosives to a hijacked EDF personnel carrier, you can literally smash the oppressive Earth government's war machine to pieces, crashing through walls, tearing down buildings and generally blowing the ♥♥♥♥ out of anything that gets in your way.… Expand
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. sukho204
    May 10, 2015
    8
    it was very fun to smash the hell out of buildings and the weapons were unique. but the cheats didn't work for me very well. but overall, it's a good game about smashing things with a hammer
  20. Signas501
    Mar 22, 2015
    10
    Red Faction - Guerrilla is a 3rd person open world shooter, taking place on mars 2125 where the player takes control of Alec Mason, after his brother is killed by the EDF for helping the Red Faction. The player is then brought into the world to take down EDF property to slowly liberate the 6 sectors. "Parker, Dust, Oasis, Badlands, Free fire zone, & Eos.
  21. Section31
    Feb 1, 2015
    8
    A very beloved game of mine, it holds a special place in my heart personally. Now, Red Faction is about a group of colonist's being screwed over on Mars. VIA harsh living conditions, strenuous work hours and of course the corrupt and brutal EDF Soldiers that are present there. You play Alec Mason, a man who is hell bent of getting revenge on the EDF after they killed your brother and afterA very beloved game of mine, it holds a special place in my heart personally. Now, Red Faction is about a group of colonist's being screwed over on Mars. VIA harsh living conditions, strenuous work hours and of course the corrupt and brutal EDF Soldiers that are present there. You play Alec Mason, a man who is hell bent of getting revenge on the EDF after they killed your brother and after he sees just how much of a jerk they are to the people of Mars. Now, this game is made by the people who made Saint's Row and it sure shows! It has it's humor and such, {Such as if you kill your brother in the tutorial mission you get a special mission failed text that says "WTF? YOU KILLED YOUR BROTHER!!!"}

    It is also quite funny how the A.I in this game reacts, there are times when I have made the EDF SO mad they run over their own guys and run through their own buildings just to try and kill me.

    Oh ya, almost forgot. In case you did not know already, this game has destructible buildings. And I do not mean Battle Field Copy Paste Asset destruction, no. Every little bit and piece of building in this game is programmed to have its own weight, strength and mass. Meaning, you could play a game of "Let us see just how many support beams this building actually needs" though, knock down any ladders you see first, they somehow cheat and can hold an entire building up by themselves.

    Now, the story is quite well done. By no means some magnum opus {Neither is the voice acting good at all times either} But it is still quite the fun game to play with TONS of diverse weapons!

    You have of course have your standard Pistol, Assault Rifle, two shotguns and an Enforcer {Which is basically a weak assault rifle but the bullets home in on targets} and a Sub Machine Gun {If you buy the DLC}

    You have two types of rocket launchers {Three if you buy the DLC} Two of which fire three rockets before needing to reload {The DLC one is more powerful, but cannot lock onto vehicles} And then you have a Thermobaric Rocket Launcher, basically a CoD nuke you can launch without needing to camp for 25 kills.

    You also get your share of Detonation Charges, Proximity Mines, and Singularity Bombs, which is basically a mini black hole.

    You also have Thor's hammer...it can knock through buildings and send people FLYING! My favorite thing to do is to put on the Super Hammer cheat and send cars into space, or send them flying through buildings.

    The multiplayer is really fun too! Sure, most of the game modes are not original. But the fact you can pretty much not camp means players have to get creative. Camping a corner with a shotgun or sniper? Well then someone will just run to the wall you hiding behind/beside and blow it up with charges!

    Oh ya, and you can get walkers... a small jet pack one, a large rocket one, a huge arm crushing one.

    I seriously wish there was a game mode where everyone got on of the big punch walkers and just had a massive boxing fight.

    The only real issues I have, is with the civilian AI. They are sometimes SOOOO DUMB! And you get punished for it, like if one of them decides to drive off a cliff in panic from gun fire literally ten kilometers from them, you get punished for them dying. Or when you are trying to escort hostages away and save them, they sometimes just STAY in open fire! And only the civilians do this! The EDF are smart enough so what gives?

    But anyways, I seriously recommend this game to anyone! It is for cheap and certainly worth your time~    … Expand
  22. Budget_Security
    Dec 6, 2014
    3
    Just about worth the steam sale price. The demolition is the only good thing here, and the music is ok, but the rest is your usual bland console port fare and way too arcade. The world is not persistent enough - enemies pop in from nowhere, or you demolish something huge only to find it replaced next mission etc. The graphics are not as good as the screenshots suggest. World design isJust about worth the steam sale price. The demolition is the only good thing here, and the music is ok, but the rest is your usual bland console port fare and way too arcade. The world is not persistent enough - enemies pop in from nowhere, or you demolish something huge only to find it replaced next mission etc. The graphics are not as good as the screenshots suggest. World design is bland like mars in real life, and has a lego city feel (lots of copy paste buildings etc). The story starts ok but is not so interesting afterwards. While other ports like Assassins Creed have similar flaws, they just about make up for it while this one just about does not.
    If you are easy to please and like arcade action, this game is ok, otherwise leave it alone.

    Respect to the developers though for still updating their game 5 years after release. Finally good riddance to Games-For-Windows-Live.    … Expand
  23. 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
  24. comgoog3
    Sep 28, 2014
    8
    The only reason I give this an 8 out of ten, is because of the destruction engine. That is really it's only redeeming feature. I couldn't follow the story very well, and it's extraordinary long. However since it's on PC, you can cheat and enable free roam, which makes it more fun. The driving mechanics are odd, and feel off. I have a pretty powerful PC, and it struggled to run it onThe only reason I give this an 8 out of ten, is because of the destruction engine. That is really it's only redeeming feature. I couldn't follow the story very well, and it's extraordinary long. However since it's on PC, you can cheat and enable free roam, which makes it more fun. The driving mechanics are odd, and feel off. I have a pretty powerful PC, and it struggled to run it on anything above medium. But the destruction engine is my favorite part... More games need this engine... just better shooting/aiming/ better story where you can just destroy things.… Expand
  25. 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
  26. Klewer
    Nov 9, 2013
    4
    A game that feels as though it could of been so much on PC but a very lack lustre port and poor performance on PC just means this game never quites hits the mark the way it should and becomes a chore to play.
  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. Ruegrong
    Jun 13, 2013
    10
    Played this game twice through story mode, and once with the pc add-on marauders campaign, and it is an excellent piece of work! This is more like "GTA with WAY MORE cool stuff to do". Though it can get a little difficult to continually push back their attacks, should you set off too many alarms. Really nice FOV blurring, totally immerses you in your firefights from small to large scale.Played this game twice through story mode, and once with the pc add-on marauders campaign, and it is an excellent piece of work! This is more like "GTA with WAY MORE cool stuff to do". Though it can get a little difficult to continually push back their attacks, should you set off too many alarms. Really nice FOV blurring, totally immerses you in your firefights from small to large scale. If you go exploring at night, expect to be ambushed by marauders! But they have their own unique weapons, so it's worth it. They also control a large piece of desert to the southeast on the map, which is worth exploring in detail once the story provides time. Bottom line, this game is easy on your gpu, is very well polished and optimized AND comes with an extra marauder campaign for when you finish the primary! Steam has had it on sale 3 times, I paid 10 bucks for it and was well worth the 40+ hours spent on it. Now it's on sale for 5, I hope many more people realize this game's greatness… Expand
  30. 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
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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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