I dunno, I kinda liked Red Faction. Sure it was sort of a disappointment after watching Total Recall, but hell...what did I expect anyways? The game is not about the movie!kodi wrote:Red Faction is a game with some great ideas and that really isn't that enjoyable to play past the first couple of levels.
The implemented stuff is awesome tho. The destructible terrain is something which VERY few FPS games utilized (I only saw it in Duke Nukem 3D, in certain spots) and it clearly showed that his development team was on the right track. The storyline was also pretty neat, with that Mars Ultor security chief helpin' ya, the arrival of the evil mercenaries hit me like a boulder, and the presence of civilians was also quite a pleasure, as 99% of FPS games features only the hero (you) and a gazillion enemy units. No civilians, no animals, nothing. And the vehicle levels were surely unique, as most FPS games didn't even feature usable turrets, let alone whole vehicles! Not even ID games offered such variety in vehicles!
I can understand however, why you'd give this game a dishonorable mention. The destructible environment wasn't utilized that frequently, not even in its sequel with General Sopot, the bossfight with Capek is ridiculously hard, and defeating that mercenary leader at the end was damn glitchy (Fusion Rocket Launcher won't kill her, but precision rifle does? What the actual f...?), and the capture part was unnecessary, and cliché. The first occassion of losing all stuff was much more thoughtful and awesome, when you must infiltrate Ultor's main headquarters in a suit, and leave most of your stuff behind. And many mercenary weapons are damn overpowered, such as the Rail Driver. Of course I die after one hit, but sometimes they could survive 3 hits from it! And I wasn't playing on "hard".
All in all, my impression is that Red Faction had its fair share of glitches, but it is still good enough to stay on the "good" side, or at the mediocre side at least