Red Faction Reviews

Big rockets go BOOM!

A decent game. I can see why people would really like this at the time. It's cool to be able to blow up walls to get to secrets and create your own paths. The shooting mechanics don't hold up well. I guess they didn't figure out how to have guns aim and lose stability the more you shoot at the time. Most guns don't aim to your crosshairs. They fire all around the crosshairs. Rifles with scopes only aim directly with your crosshairs. I came across a bug that blows up a submarine you need to get through a section but there is a patch for that. The other issue I had is the sneaking stealth sections. Good ideas on paper but it doesn't work well in this game. It is a decent game and can still get enjoyment out of it by todays standards.

Beat it in 9 hours flat after 24 years away. Wonder how long it took me the first time. Red Faction was a game changer in its day with its Geo-Mod Engine (environmental manipulation/destruction). Usable vehicles, smart UI (weapon selection, etc.), and all around attention to detail (underwater implosions of submarines, flushing toilets) took this game to a level above its peers at the time. One of my fondest memories being online multiplayer tunneling into the other players bases and wiping them out (or being wiped out ourselves). Such a cool concept and revolutionary for its day.

Got to relive my youth - partially. A short, but sweet, FPS from the early 2000s that followed the story telling style of Half-life: first-person, context oriented. There are, however, a few short cut scenes which have far better voice acting than some modern games! It only takes roughly 4 hours to complete, but what an enjoyable experience. The AI can be a little OP at towards the end once they get the infamous raildriver in hand, but with the ability to save constantly, it's just a matter of outsmarting the primitive AI. I forgot how good the music is in this game somehow as well! The biggest missing element for me was the multiplayer in couch co-op form from when I was a kid, but I'm sure with the various mods and user created downloads available that it will be something that can be mimicked! Cheap, fun, and reminded me of being a kid without being some sloppy remaster that's preying on your nostalgia.

I can explain the game like this. Nostalgia? Play it and don't stop. First time? You'll enjoy it, respect it and enjoy the journey. But you'll most likely not come back to play it again (until like 10 years from now). I remember playing it the first time and I do like this game and can highly recommend it. but! The first mission is "good" but the corridors makes it so confusing (might be alone on this one so take this subjectively) However the last mission, oh boy, like corridors and a rushed ending? Me neither. It's awful. Everything in between, really good and worth the time. (there's a short under water kinda area that I really didn't enjoy but it's fast over with so the rest of that mission is ok) It's "very positive" for a reason and like I said, loved playing it. But I hold no nostalgia for it and after finishing it I felt no need to come back again any time soon. But who knows, maybe a year or so from now I'll get the craving for it. So overall I'd say it's good but wouldn't recommend to everyone. Watch a few videos first on it and then make up your mind if it's for you.

The voice acting is peak early 2000s cheese, but it only adds to the “Die Hard on Mars” charm. Twenty years later and modern games still can’t replicate the joy of mining your own escape route like a red planet rat with C4.

The game is certainly good and the story is great, but one big issue just ruined the whole experience for me. The audio bugged out completely in the last third of the game, essentially making the game quiet most of the time except for some small periods where the audio comes back completely but then goes back to quiet with the exception of either footsteps, gunshots or Hendrix/Eos talking to me, any of these three audios did not work simultaneously in the last third of the game, as only one of them functioned. Aside from this bug, I would recommend the game, but with this bug in consideration I cannot recommend it, it disappointed me. I would rather recommend you watch a longplay of another person playing through the game without this bug.

Welp this game wasn't too bad, your average 2000 First Person Shooter, if you liked Half Life, you might enjoy this, I experienced the first half on Normal difficulty and then had to go down to easy around the Medical Labs due to enemies just being a bit too much to deal with when forced to be armorless and pistol only, stayed on easy and had an alright time. Maybe my experienced is soured due to Guerrilla being the one I played first as well as Armageddon being second.

Wasn't thought it would be a good combination of Half-life & Halo: CE. Hope someday we'll get a remake like Black Mesa. 10 miners out of 10