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Published July 6th 2011. Written by Andi Hamilton. What the hell, Volition?Red Faction: Guerrilla was one of the most underrated of this generations batch of free-roaming shooters. An open-world Martian terrain sounds pretty dull on paper, but when you...
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Bald space marines shooting aliens in underground corridors are so prevalent in gaming right now that even commenting on this prevalence has become a cliche. But you know what? Screw it Im so very tired of this theme, and the turgid scripts that oft...
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Red Faction: Guerilla surprised gamers with its open-world approach and creative application of destruction options. Red Faction: Armageddon will surprise Guerilla fans who haven’t been following preview coverage, because in many ways it does the oppos...
Super fun weapons and vehicles, Intense crescendo moments, Valueextending Infestation mode...
Conventional corridor shooter foundation, Aliens look too similar, Not as revelatory as Guerilla...
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To quote Quaid/Hauser (Arnold Schwarzenegger) from the excellent movie Total Recall "Get your ass to Mars". These memorable words mirror my opinions about the latest Red Faction game, Armageddon which once again sees players returning to the red planet...
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Science fiction is a genre that is appreciated by many across various formats of entertainment; film, TV, books and games. Once thought to be a genre dominated by hard-core followings for popular franchises such as Star Trek and Star Wars, it has thrived...
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Red Faction: Armageddon is set fifty years after Red Faction: Guerilla , and it's still as dangerous as ever to a member of the Mason family. Protagonist Darius Mason and his cohorts live under the surface of Mars as the surface is no longer hospitable. W...
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I ran through the story in about seven hours in Red Faction: Armageddon, as opposed to Red Faction: Guerrilla which took me far longer. The major difference, aside from the actual amount of gameplay, is the way the two are completely different from eac...
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Perhaps the most fundamental thing that can be said about Red Faction: Armageddon is that it's a return to the series' roots. Unfortunately, while that would be a good thing for many games, Red Faction's gnarled roots were best left deep underground. A...
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If there is one thing to take from the Red Faction series is that the Mason family knows how to destroy almost anything! Daring to change the formula of the series again, Volition has managed to make Red Faction: Armageddon one of the most enjoyable sp...
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Despite a few flaws, 2009's Red Faction: Guerrilla did several things extremely well. Namely, it told an amazing story about a group of rebels who picked away at a tyrannical government until it fell, and it provided a huge, open world in which you cou...
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Red Faction: Armageddon represents the fourth game in the Red Faction series, and it's interesting to see how far things have come. From first person, to third person. From destruction/manipulation of the environment to destruction/manipulation of obje...
Red Faction: Armageddon represents the fourth game in the Red Faction series, and it's interesting to see how far things have come. From first person, to third person. From destruction/manipulation of the environment to destruction/manipulation of obje...
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There are times when Red Faction: Armageddon is great: when you're firing rockets at the pillars supporting a bridge and watching the Martians on top get swallowed by rubble, or using the Magnet gun to send an explosive barrel into an alien-infested st...
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Rather than traversing the surface of Mars in the open-world setting of Red Faction: Guerrilla, developer Volition Inc. have taken Red Faction underground with Armageddon. Only small sections of the game happen on the surface. The bulk of t...
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Within the first five minutes of Red Faction Armageddon (RFA) I was taking on a gaggle of the Marauder cultists around the large terraformer on Mars. The problem was that I was playing it like a standard duck and cover third person shooter, using a mac...
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Fifty years have passed since the EDF has been overthrown on Mars’ surface, and things seem to have been going fairly well for the planet’s occupants. Of course, peace is always short-lived. As you play through the prologue, you take control of Darius...
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The Red Faction games have always been just on the edge of the huge success that developer Volition deserves for all their efforts over the years. The series got its biggest boost with the last game, Guerrilla, where building destruction - including...
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If you're familiar with the Red Faction series, then you know Mars as a dangerous place where the regimes are oppressive and the building codes are lax. In Red Faction: Armageddon, alien infestation replaces armed uprising as the series takes on a new...
Magnet gun inspires destructive creativity, Powerful arsenal and abilities, Destroying stuff is great fun, Extra modes offer more opportunities for mayhem.
Bland story and characters, Underground environments can get repetitive.
The versatile magnet gun marries beautifully with the series' signature destructibility to make Red Faction: Armageddon an exciting and explosive shooter...
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Updated: 2012-01-25 06:59:19
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One sign of a great game is when you never notice it's repetitive. Anyone can be reductive and distill a game down to a few key mechanics that are repeated, but it's up to the level design, enemy A.I., and a host of other factors to keep it interesting...
Despite its forgettable story and pacing issues with the campaign, Red Faction: Armageddon is good fun for letting out your inner destructive child. They ability to tear apart and repair the environments at will is a hook that keeps working, and when t...
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