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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: square_marker on June 01, 2002, 08:08:08 AM

Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: square_marker on June 01, 2002, 08:08:08 AM
I would like to know all of your opinions on Red Faction 1, and if I should buy that game or not for $20?  I love FPSs with a decent plot and tight controls?  Any opinion will be appreciated.  Thank you.
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on June 01, 2002, 08:11:09 AM
Buy it.

Fine controls, good enough storyline, very Half-Lifey..

i\'d definately recommend it :)  especially at that price.

good 2 player deathmatch as well :)
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: square_marker on June 01, 2002, 08:15:12 AM
Would you say it is better than Half Life?
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: Ryu on June 01, 2002, 09:09:38 AM
No.  I actually hated the crap out of this game on the PS2.  The framerates were so dodgy, and the game engine that supposedly lets you destroy everything is ... a gimmick at best.  Buy Half-Life on the PS2 instead if you really need a great single player FPS game.
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: moovingnstereo1 on June 01, 2002, 04:02:50 PM
I hate first person view games .... gets me dizzy and gives me seizure\'s:evil::boom:
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: Tetrad on June 01, 2002, 04:16:56 PM
I think it has the best FPS first player experience since Half Life, but I wouldn\'t call it better. If you want something better than Half Life go for Halo.
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: 420blunt on June 01, 2002, 05:06:24 PM
Is it just me or is anyone who played the **** out of Golden Eye 4 player just sick of simple FPS shoot\'em ups?

I cant even enjoy Halo anymore (besides 1st player which is like a week worth of play), after playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Renegade.  Real Time Strategy combined with FPS is awesome.
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on June 01, 2002, 10:03:30 PM
What Ryu said was 100% true.  Not as good as Half-Life, framerate is annoying (at first) and with the exception of a couple of deathmatch levels, the Geo-Mod technology was rarely used after the first 3rd of the game

but the game itself is really good, and for $20 you cant go wrong :)
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: Tom on June 02, 2002, 02:47:55 PM
Let\'s just say that I didn\'t even like first person shooters until I played Red Faction. Go ahead and buy it, its great. :)
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: nataku on June 02, 2002, 03:14:44 PM
If you\'re looking for the best single player FPS on PS2, go for Half Life.  That game is amazing.  No other FPS with a story compares, IMO.
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on June 02, 2002, 07:37:15 PM
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Originally posted by nataku
If you\'re looking for the best single player FPS on PS2, go for Half Life.  That game is amazing.  No other FPS with a story compares, IMO.


what about Meeedaaal of Hooonoooor?
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: cridgedaddy on June 02, 2002, 07:51:52 PM
Never played Red Faction, was considering picking it up too.

By the way, what did 420blunt do to get banned?
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: Tom on June 02, 2002, 08:47:53 PM
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Originally posted by cridgedaddy
Never played Red Faction, was considering picking it up too.

By the way, what did 420blunt do to get banned?


Look in VF4 forum "This game is still inferior to Tekken" and in Off Topic, "Ps2 online plans-I\'m new". :)
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: Heat on June 03, 2002, 12:05:25 PM
it has its flaws but its pretty cool
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: Rick on June 03, 2002, 12:54:11 PM
I started playing it again today, its ok, but after playing Halo, I got bored after about 10mins, the loading times are pretty frequent, and irritating, give it a rent first, or just wait for Red Faction 2
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: on June 03, 2002, 01:02:58 PM
I bought the game from Amazon/Toys R Us Back when they had that 3 for 2 deal.  I personally didn\'t find it very interesting.  The graphics and weapons were nice, but a few hours into the game I gave up because I was just....bored.  I may be FPSed out, though.  I loved Wolf3d, Doom and DoomII, Dark Forces, and maybe Hexen.  I don\'t know what it is, but I just can\'t find one to my liking these days.  

My boredom with current FPS is really a mystery I\'d like to solve.  I wish I knew if I liked DoomII so much because it was a somewhat new genre, or because there really was something about it that the new FPS don\'t have.  And if so, what is it?  

I can tell you the start of my disappointment began with Quake and Jedi Knight, even though a lot of people swear by these two games.
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: kopking on June 04, 2002, 01:07:17 PM
i really enjoyed it, but it may show its age now.. but for 20 you cant go wrong
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: Guan Yu on June 05, 2002, 04:24:56 PM
I would rent it.I beat that game in about 4 days because its so easy, i would have beaten it in 3 but the loadtimes are worse than deus ex, which i gave up on.for 10 more you can always get rtk 6, but then again im obsessed ;) It\'s one ofthe better FPS\'s out there, contrls r goodexcept for tedious aiming, but ato aim takes care of that.andthe whole i-can-blow-the-bridge-up-to-take-out-ur-tank scheme is just plain kewl.
Title: Need a review/opinion
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on June 05, 2002, 08:10:24 PM
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Originally posted by Sara
I bought the game from Amazon/Toys R Us Back when they had that 3 for 2 deal.  I personally didn\'t find it very interesting.  The graphics and weapons were nice, but a few hours into the game I gave up because I was just....bored.  I may be FPSed out, though.  I loved Wolf3d, Doom and DoomII, Dark Forces, and maybe Hexen.  I don\'t know what it is, but I just can\'t find one to my liking these days.  

My boredom with current FPS is really a mystery I\'d like to solve.  I wish I knew if I liked DoomII so much because it was a somewhat new genre, or because there really was something about it that the new FPS don\'t have.  And if so, what is it?  

I can tell you the start of my disappointment began with Quake and Jedi Knight, even though a lot of people swear by these two games.


Perhaps it was the simplicity that you liked.

In that case i would have to recommend the original TimeSplitters.  Single player cant get much more simple than that. ;)  Although once you finish the story mode the challenges actually are fun.... dammit, that backfired!

Also maybe you should try Halo, i know a lot of people who werent too happy with the state of FPS\'s until they played Halo.