Red Faction is an old school original. I played the original on PS2 when it was released a decade ago. It brought something new to the table with the Geo-mod engine. It was fun to blow holes in the walls for the first time, instead getting a puff of weak smoke. It was fun throwing a charge on a guy's back & hitting the switch. By today's standard it's cheesy & dated but for a FPS fan it's good to see where & how some of that fps thing got a start. The story is good but the acting is weak, & the game play is not very exciting. But I can remember when my first sight of Capek made us pause the game, look at each other & say daaaamn, what the f.... is that? I have heard buzz of a 3rd installment so, like Half-life I think interest will pick up for this game. It's worth a round of play while we wait for the next run of shooters.
Original Red Faction must be one of the top-grade gems of 2001 and maybe one of the top FPS games overall. Sure, playing it some 8 years after its release is not something that will make you go ... "wow, great graphics".... Read Full Review
I might as well reveal this sole fact before I go into greater detail: Red Faction is a fairly standard first-person-shooter. And if you're a gamer who has just completed the likes of F.E.A.R, Far Cry, Half-Life 2, Prey,... Read Full Review
