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Red Faction 2 is a slog fest (read:average) with the majority of the environment destruction toned down but a little more detailed. The story is overthrowing a commie despot who's taken control of earth I think. It's an ok game to waste an afternoon on but you probably won't replay it much if ever.

Haven't played much of Red Faction: Guerrilla, but my impression is basically Saints Row on Mars with Environment Destruction, the general consensus is it's decent but obviously it's not an FPS.

Also for the RF1 Multiplayer community, a long time ago when I looked at it it was infatuated with drama, infighting and elitism; GREAT guys to hang around with. ;)

I've never played this game on impossible, hard mode is actually next to impossible with the late game enemies. On PS2 the game is MUCH easier because you have auto aim and can just spam the semi-auto sniper or pistol. The main factor making this game hard as fuck is the bullets have travel time so you have to be very accurate with leading your shots at a distance, on hard many enemies will just kill you in less than a second late game and don't forget about the rail cannon guys who will own you through walls. Pretty epic game though, I loved playing this on PS2 when I was young.

>>14621715

2nd paragraph is in reference to RF1, didn't make it very clear

>>14621552

The first was a lot of fun but it definitly stands apart from the other two. If you really want more Red Faction, skip 2 and play 3. 2 lacked the themes and charm of the first. The same can be said for 3 but, while not perfect by any stretch, still has some fun to offer. I remember thinking the first was reminiscent of Half-Life in some ways.

Guerrilla is fun to play around in. THQ is remastering it this year like a lot of the properties they own. Don't play the fourth one.

>>14621715

Ah, I picked hard mode. I guess I'm in for a treat.

>>14621775

you haven't completed it yet you're already blogging on /v/ about it?

where are you up to?

>>14621552

Pity it's blatant communist propaganda. Also, the game was fine, nothing special, and the main gimmick (the destructible terrain) is used a few times early in the game and then completely forgotten about.

>>14621810

I just got to the submarine

>>14621856

you got some ways to go yet. I'm not sure if you've already done it, but the disguise section is gonna be tough and make you mad.

>>14621860

This.

They say don't act suspisous, but what they really mean is for you to actively avoid every living creature like a socially retarded mong, running in fear of other humans. Also don't pull your gun for any reason.

>>14621830

>Pity it's blatant communist propaganda

It can be subversive if you go out of your way to kill friendly NPCs :^)

>>14621715

Nothing else will match up to RFG letting you cover a mining truck in heavy explosives and ramming it into the ground floor of an apartment block before leaping out and setting off the MOAB. Even better if you don't let your fellow riders get out in time, since you can take some commies with you. Also, the mission in Eos where you can drop half a skyscraper on the CEOs is probably the most arousing destruction moment in the game.

It's a shame that Armageddon went back to corridors and its retarded aliens, even if they were decently wide. Some of their iterations on the weapon ideas were pretty solid.

Good taste, tell me if you make it through the shitty stealth missions, I never saw the end.

Red Faction 1 is a great, very Half-Life-esque game that holds-up great, with well-executed vehicle levels (a rarity in FPS games, especially at the time) and a fun destruction gimmick. also fun fact: it was developed using the same engine, assets, and dev team as Descent IV, which was cancelled

Red Faction II is like the first, but worse in every way, and honestly hasn't aged nearly as-well, the destruction mechanics are very-underutilized and it's slow as fuck in-comparison to the first.

Guerilla was a departure from the first two since it's in a third-person perspective instead of first, but it's a fun open-world game that really stood-out thanks to the destruction gimmick being taken to a whole new level, allowing you to demolish large structures to the point of collapsing in a fun physics sandbox. Not an especially terrific or memorable game, but worth checking-out for that alone. it also had fun multiplayer, but good-luck finding anyone to play with you unless we have a /v/ gamenight

Armageddon was a boring step back from Guerilla, which had you fighting generic Starship Trooper bug aliens instead of space commies/fascists, doesn't have an open world and the destruction mechanics have a new gimmick allowing you to put things together with the stuff you destroy, but it's nothing remarkable.

>>14621830

>main gimmick (the destructible terrain) is used a few times early in the game and then completely forgotten about

It being forgotten by the devs didn't stop me from having fun with it. I spent more time tunneling at every opportunity than I did with the rest of the game. It was fun taking vehicles into parts of the level they weren't meant for with the tunnels you bore. I heard about there being crazy shenanigans in multplayer regarding that mechanic, too, but I missed out on that apsect.

>>14622494

RFG was pretty fun honestly. All kinds of crazy shit can happen in that game. I remember trying to destroy a bunch of tanks and APCs by dropping that one big ass bridge on them, and inadvertently pancaked a gunship that was stupid enough to fly underneath it when the final charge went off. I also got clothes-lined by a gunship on at least one occasion, so I guess we're even.

Daily reminder: if you own a physical copy of Red Faction Guerilla, you can email pictures of it to THQ Nordic and they will give you a Steam key for the updated DX11 version of the game with drop-in multiplayer patch.

Also, a Red Faction Guerilla remaster has been announced.

>>14621552

Ye man, one of my old favorites. I don't know why you're playing it on PS2 though. The multiplayer back in the day was incredible, super fast paced, and, like has been said, the community was full of griefing hacking faggots. Which was actually great (until the hacking faggots outnumbered everyone else). I replay RF every couple of years - it still holds up. And yes, the harder difficulties are brutal towards the end and the stealth mission is a fucking pain. But overall, a classic game.

>>14621830

no its Nazbol

>>14622999

That's fuckin' killer. Does that count for console versions too? I hope a new series entry is coming.

>>14623151

I did it with my PC retail copy but it wouldn't hurt to try it with a console version. The worst they can do is say no.

>>14621775

I managed to finish it on Impossible.

It's so not worth it, just stick with Hard. I'm sure it will still be plenty frustrating at certain parts and nearing the end. fucking bomb defusal

>>14622942

I actually enjoyed the greater weapon variety in Armageddon. But I only played the demo for it and Guerrilla. Didn't really care for them either way.