Red Faction: Guerrilla Review

I was prepared to pass on Red Faction Guerrilla, but then I saw some of the trailers. This looked just like something I’d like to play. So I picked it up, and sure enough, it’s a really fun ride. This video game sets the bar for destruction.

First of all, RFG has a story, but you probably won’t care much about it. There are supporting characters, and you won’t care about them much either. The story and supporting characters are not really well fleshed out, but you won’t care.

RFG is set in an open world version of a future Mars that has been made hospitable through terraforming. Soon after you arrive, you find that all is not well on the red planet, and before long, you find that you’re the one to help set things right. To do that, you have to blow stuff up.

Lots of stuff.

RFG is really all about destroying as much as you can – and I’m pretty sure that everything in the game is destructible, so you’ll have plenty of opportunity to create mayhem. In fact, Red Faction Guerrila shines in the destruction department. You can hack away at structures with your hammer, or blast anything you like with a cornucopia of damage dealing weapons and vehicles. While the environment is fairly stark (it is Mars, after all) – I really enjoyed the many hulk-smash moments in this game.

The multiplayer modes are all combat related, and are all pretty straight forward, and there’s enough depth and options to give RFG some re-playability legs. As in the single player, the multiplayer environments are also fully destructible, which opens up some interesting possibilities for new tactics and gameplay.

RFG is available on XBOX 360.

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