Just a plain fun game.
Boom, Bang, Kaboom. This are the many sounds that you will hear when you play this game. This game is all about destruction. Though the game story is really weak and there is not much to see in Mars the game is joy to play, and well worth your time to check it out.
The story starts off as you Alec Mason is going to Mars to make a honest day's work as a Miner. There he meets up with his brother Dan Mason. He then tells him that that the people who are under control of Mars (The EDF) are corrupt and tells him to join the Red Faction - a group dedicated to take down the EDF and liberate Mars. Shortly after this Dan gets killed by the EDF. Now Alec Mason has to join up with the EDF in the incentive of revenge for his brother. This might sound very intresting at first but the plot after that is non-existent. the story is then told to you through the radio transmissions between Alec and the Commander of the Red Faction. Which is just nonsense.
You are now given objectives from the commander to help the Red Faction. These could be from destroying buildings that are important to the EDF to taking down the snipers that are shooting the miners. You are to achieve these tasks using the weapons the Red Factions give you. These are the rocket launcher; arc welder; detonation bombs. The most satifying of these weapons is the sledgehammer. There is no better feeling than beating up the EDF with this weopon one after the other.
As part of the Red Faction it is your job to liberate all the sectors of Mars to liberate and free Mars. To do this you will have to do all the missions that the commander gives you. However you can't do the last mission until all of the control on the sector is gone. To do this you will have to complete a load of side missions. This can be freeing prisoners, guerila raids or just blowing up EDF buildings. Doing this will also give that sector a morale boost as well. boosting your morale makes you get more ammo in ammo crates, you get a lot more salvage for completing missions which is the game's currency and Guerilla fighters will appear to help you if your in trouble. This is a great mission structure and gives the side missions a lot more meaning to them.
One of the core Mechanics in this game is the destructible buildings. Alomost anything man made in this game can be blown up into small piceces. This is what keeps the missions from getting repititive. Even though the missions are good fun to start with it does get a bit tedious. Although tearing up a building apart using nothing but a sledgehammer is bound to put a smile on your face.
Graphically the game is superb. Even though there isn't that much plot the cutscenes look spectacular. Explosions are well down in Red Factions and buildings look good as well. Mars is an open world so you are free to explore the landscape. This is the standard in a lot of games. However there isn't that much to see in the world so exploring it is pointless unless you are looking for collectibles. This is probably what a planet would be like if you were opressed by the EDF but it doesn't help that the landscape can be dull.
To travel around Mars you have to get a vehicle. These can be the many buggies or trucks that are parked at the side or a person will be willing enough to give you there vehicle for in aid of the Red Faction. These are really badly controled but it does the job. The biggest weapon of destruction is the Walker. These are big giant robots that can cut through a building if it was a hot knife on buter. This one of the most enjoyable aspect of Red Faction although you hardly ever get to use them.
Red Faction will take you at least ten hours to finish the main Campaign. But you can extend that by the buildings you can destroy, the side missions different difficulty levels , Online and Offline Multiplayer.
Red Faction is a great game despite it terrible story and repititive missions. if you love shooters, big explosions and swinging a sledgehammer over someone's head. This is the game for you.
8.0
GREAT
+Big explosions
+Walkers are awsome
+sledgehammer is awsome
+Lots to do
-Not much to see
-Gets repetitves
-story's rubbish
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