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BEST GAME IN THE UNIVERSE!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The Geo-mod Technology is so awesome buy it people buy it! It's worth the couple bucks BUY IT!!! You will be amazed! Awesome Graffics in Multiplayer CTF Deathmatch or Team Deathmatch!

Great sci-fi fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the greatest sci-fi games I've played in a long time. It is so real, from the gases and liquids, to the ammunition you fire, and even (not to be gruesome) the blood from people you kill in the game. The only beef I had at first was I was running it on Windows 98 (with 96mb of RAM, I might add). For those that do not have 128mb or better, get it. Also, it runs much better on Windows XP.

My son loved to watch me play it to where he was an addict. He played mostly whenever I wasn't around (being it's for those more mature players). We both beat it and were disappointed. That's how you get when you play a game as exciting as this and it finally has to end.

Get this game today!

Red Faction

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Red Faction is a futuristic first person shooter set in mars. You play parker a miner in mars who fight against his employers. The game loads data and runs great, The graphics and sound are ok but the geo-mod technology is not as good as they said. The single player is very disappointing. It is a fairly long game but the gameplay is dull because of the poor level design, dumb ai and nothing new. It is not very hard but the designers don't know where the player would run out of ammo or health. Red Faction is very disappointing.

Not much here that you havenýt seen already

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Red Faction is THQ's futuristic, Mars-theme first person shooter game. Over all it is a pretty ordinary shooter with one or two twists. The first twist is the underutilized "Geo Mod" engine. The Geo Mod engine The purpose is to make blowing stuff up more meaningful by letting craters and holes form from explosions. The idea is that you can blast through walls, or around locked doors. It's a good selling point, but there is hardly any use for it in the game. Once you get past the first mission, you never use it. All of the doors are basically unlocked for you anyways, so what's the point? The other twist is the use of some really cool vehicles. This was my favorite part of the game. Flying around or driving around in an armored vehicle and mowing down bad guys with a heavy machine gun is good mindless shooter fun. There are also a couple of points in the game where you pilot a submarine or an aircraft.

There is a good variety of weapons and ammo in the game, all of which are useful at some point. Red Faction does a better job than most games of getting all of the weapons into the game. Enemy AI is tough, but still at the right level.

Other than that, the game is pretty "blah". The environments are as repetitive as you can get. You are on Mars - everything is either an underground installation or a rust-colored cave. The graphics are decent, but not great. The storyline is an unoriginal mix between "Deus Ex" and "Total Recall". Add to that, it's somewhat poorly done. Also, for some reason, THQ decided to include a couple of contrived, bad stealth missions in this game. They are more annoying than anything. The game gets extremely hard about halfway through, and towards the end of the game, you will find yourself wearing out the quick save and quick load keys. This is due mostly to one annoying and overpowered weapon that allows enemies to shoot you through walls.

Red Faction isn't a bad game. I found it in the bargain bin and I don't regret buying it. It gives you one fun play through, and that's probably it. The game probably won't knock you out of your chair though.

Better than claimed

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game right after it came out. Reviewers generally panned it, but I found it quite enjoyable. It's graphics will seem dated by today's standards, but if you can find a copy for around $10 or less, it's worthwhile.

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