Red Faction: Guerrilla (PC DVD)

The original  Red Faction  did not only break new ground and bring a number of innovations to the FPS genre - but it was also GREAT FUN to play. It was the first game, if I remember correctly, that incorporated damage to the environments that was not just for effect but played quite an important role in the story. Now, its sequels... well, succession in times of revolution is never easy.Like any revolution, RED FACTION (III): GUERRILLA, strives to overcome but falls victim to harsh realities - and some bad decisions. But there are also a lot of sparks coming out from under this hammer.First off, this game tries to be too many things at the same time. It has missions and you get to augment your weapons - but it is clearly not a cRPG. And you get to explore and shoot - but, even if you will find yourself in some hairy situations, the moments of adrenaline rush and intensity are rare. Early on the weapons get too powerful and the importance of explosions overtake the gameplay. Do not get me wrong, I love the smell of a singularity bomb in the morning as much as the next guy - but you CAN have too many explosions.Oh, and how come one can blow up building and vehicles sky high but the surrounding rocks remain intact? And while I am poking plot holes: where is all the oxygen coming from since Mars seem as barren as a red desert?Now, unless the hero were to wear armor we would love to see, why was there a need to go from an FPS to a Third-Person Shooter perspective? There have been TPS games that work great (the excellent MAX PAYNE series spring to mind) but more often than not, the over the shoulder camera ruins the immersion - not to mention your aim.Finally, there is the issue of graphics. I have an 8 months old system at home (i7 920, nVIDIA GTX260, 3GB of RAM, WinXP), yet, even when all parameters were all maxed out, the graphics were not crisper than HL2 (a 5 year old game). I understand that there are way more particles on the screen and the physics of their explosion would make the game unplayable in 2-3 year old systems but I expected more effort on that department.On the other hand, driving is great fun! A-la GTA, you can hijack almost anything: from personal vehicles to huge utility tracks. And then there are walkers you can augment. And you can drive them almost over or through everything. The most sturdy of them will take quite a beating before dying on you so I really enjoyed walking or driving through walls and demolishing buildings. Who needs a map if you can plow a path straight towards your destination?!Did I mention explosions? True, they are a bit excessive, yet there is no denying their fun factor! And what I found particularly impressive is how the choice and design of weapons stay within the story of miners revolting on Mars.Another piece of good news: the game may not be DRM-free (it is protected by Impulse and Windows LIVE online saves) but it has neither any malicious form of SecuROM nor does it require any type of activation.RECOMMENDED.

I have to say for this game it was very good. Actually for the first time I play, i didn't get into the style of gameplay for the first time but after while testing it, it was great and very innovative. It reminds me like Grand Theft Auto but the Mars version. You are the Martian and fighting the EDF (Earth Defend Force). I don't exactly understand the first time I got into this series but after while I got how they give you think further time if how human success life in Mars. How exactly become Martian if we success build the colonies there.The most important think I love this game is about physic. It's remind me the Frostbite engine that applied in several game from EA (DICE) but this physic engine was more amazing than Frostbite. They build from Geo-Mod for destruction physic and I think this engine was more detail, imagine you can destroy every detail structure building and each structure have different support from each pole or pylon. This game actually not focus on combat, it's more focus in destruction and you are not soldier but you are only miner who fight for Martian freedom.i love this game but for technical problem, I gave 4 stars because you really need fast computer to run it. There are little problem before launch the game but with patch and update, it's good to go. I have high end PC and it's can go all maximum graphics but after long period time, my PC become hot and not suitable for running more than certain long time. I think it was lot of physics that required your graphic card push to maximum.

to be honest the best way to get this game is on the x boxbut i sold mine a few years ago, so i bought it on PC recently (22-07-2013)first of all-installation- OK just give e mail address and code supplied- donegame takes about 15mins to install and shortcut is in games folder ready to play.the Game-oh dear mega probs with DX10 which are almost resolved via Microsoft live or manual update.the game falls at every hurdle except for one - best destruction ever if you like wanton destruction huge explosions and jet packs this is the game for you.otherwise don't go there.at the price it is well worth it.

Re-bought this because I originally had it as a freebie with Saints Row 2 but couldn't find the disc.Turns out, had I read a few of the most recent reviews, I would have seen that this was a no-go on Windows 10. The internet abounds with threads on the topic, but seemingly no workable solution. A damn shame, because from what I remember it was great fun - GeoMod 2 allows you to blow up a couple of key supports and watch an entire building collapse in on itself.So, sadly, I shall be returning it to Amazon, and thinking carefully about whether or not to try it on Steam. Apparently it still works through their platform, but if it doesn't, I want to be sure of their returns policy before I fork out much more money for it than I did on Amazon....

A very good game, I just enjoy destroying everything! took the mick to set it up as you need a windows live account but luckily I had one so that sped things up, up until the game needed updating, which took the best part of half an hour, after that I was ready to go.I ordered this game at a unbelievable price of 1p! and £2 p&p, I couldn't believe it, and also arrived extremely quickly, would order from this seller again!

What a waste of time and money. So I decided to buy something worthwhile while I waited for the delayed GTA V, this was one third the price compared to the steam version, and regrettably I ordered this. I received it today and after an hour of painful installation found out that I cannot activate it.