First Impressions/ review Red Faction

before i start my first impressions /review i just want ot say i know it\'s been a bit past the release but quit a few people were awaiting my review so im giving it anyways i also said i was gonna be thorough and i will so without futher ado...


Controls: 7 - 10
      The controls are ala time splitters, you use your left analog stick to move foward, back, and stride while you use the right analog stick to turn and look up & down, it is quit a pain in the a$$ at first to get used to them but about 20 min. or less into the game you will start to feel at home, R1 is to shoot your primary, R2 is to shoot your secondary, L1 is jump & L2 is crouch, triangle is reload, square & circle will switch your weapons & x is action, aiming up is a pain at times, especially when it counts wich brings me to another subject that could have made this game way more pleasant. Keyboard & Mouse support, the games controls would have been so much BETTER if they used K & M support, god knows why they didn\'t add it but if they would have my score would have been a 9 if not 10 out of 10.

Gameplay: 9 - 10
      From the very second you start, the game immerses you in the life of parker. you start out finishing your working shift in the mines when you walk up to another minor having a dispute with a guard, the guard trys to hit the minor, and the minor fights back... from there it\'s kil or be killed, i have been playing the game for about 3 hours or more now, and from what i  have played the game keeps throwing fesh stuff at you, it never gets repetative wich is a very very good thing. and the weapons selection is awesome, the AI in this game is very nice indeed, when you shoot the run and take cover, lie to you and tell you they are unarmed or just yell help me from behind wall, some are all balls out and scream "just you and me minor!" while others just duck down and run whimpering like a scared dog, there are also tons of enemy\'s from what i have seen wich is a great thing. also the Frame rate has been GREATLY improved sicne the demo\'s release, you can literally take on about 7-8 enemys with a rocket launcher and the game holds at 30 fps very good thing. You get to save from any point in the game alsow ich is a pluse.

Grahics: 8 - 10
        Red Faction has some very good graphics & beautiful backround textures, the characters are very nicley done exept for thier faces, hey are a bit distorted and kinda look nappy, but other than that the characters loook great and when you are smoking them with your assault rifle, what thier faces look like doesn\'t really matter the backround textues are superb, from the mines with the rich rock texture to the reception all nice and "orderly" looking, the area keeps changing constanly as well as the looks.


Sound 8 - 10
I think Red Faction has some very cool sounds, from the minors yelling to the guards taunting you, you will always have someone talking to you in this game as ell as sounds alarms go off and a voice says Minors return to your bunks "you will not be hurt..." pfft, RF is filled with sounds to keep you ears in bliss

Cons
Ah every game has it\'s cons and it is my job to tell you what they are, the biggest of all cons would have to be the loading times, there are many and can be stressful when your in the heat of action smoking a guard when all the sudden everyhtign pauses and a loading screen pops up, they could have made this better, and like i said K & M support was desperatly needed in this game but alas they didn\'t add it on. in Multiplayer it would have been much better if they actually made it 4 player instead of just 2, im pretty sure they could have made it 4 player., but they didn\'t so what can ya do? also there is a good amount of jaggies in the game, i sorta noticed this but it doesn\'t really bother me unless im actually staring at them.

Final score:8-10
This game is very very good, it keeps you immersed and never gets repeptative, multiplayer feature is pretty good, textures and graphics are beautiful and altogether this will be a greatest hits, corection it is a greatest hits

What about multiplayer? What about the GeoMod engine in multiplayer?

the geo mod feature in multiplayer is a ton of fun, my friend tunneled through the cliffside all th way over to my base. its crazy.
i also love destroyng the other guys base with rocked launchers.

the only problem is that there is a limited number of "holes" you can make
i rented it, and probably wont get it, there ar too many others im waitin for, and im saving for a car!.

Originally posted by STROKE
What about multiplayer? What about the GeoMod engine in multiplayer?

well i haven\'t actually played hte multiplayer yet,  wa going to with my little brot his morning so i could review that but he didnt want to iplaye dit myaself for aobut 5 min. and it\'s really good i liked it, didnt see much of the geo mo though besides the fact that when you try to shoot eemys witht he rocket launcher debre goflying everywhere, you can use that to your advantage also, if there is an enemy inm front of you blow the ceiling above him up and ruble will fall on top of him

oh and did i forget to mention this game is friggin hard!

im gonna rent Dark Cloud todya and i will probably review it also

Originally posted by unknown

oh and did i forget to mention this game is friggin hard!

when is the game hard? Because I feel like this game is pretty easy because there is so much ammo so you really never run out and there is health packs everywhere so you never really die.... unless if you sit in one spot and 10 gaurds around you with machine guns aiming at you and you try to take them all out with your pistol...... So far I think the game was really easy...... then again I am playing it in easy mode...... or perhaps you, unknown, are talking about the multiplayer, because then I would agree with you..... playing against a human instead of a computer is really tough.

well i found it got a lot harder when you played the game on normal compared to easy

for one the enemires just don\'t want to die at times - it takes a lot more shots and therefore you actually run out of ammo

Originally posted by ajoh432
when is the game hard? then again I am playing it in easy mode......

well thats just explains itself doesn\'t it the game is challenging and i love challenging games, im also playign it on nromal, speaking of multiplayer ajoh432, i know you will agree with me when i say that the mutliplayer is sooooo awweessoommmeee, i finally got to play it with my friend, and we couldn\'t stay put, it so sweet kinda reminds me of perfect dark when you play in the lobby the bots add flavor

the game is very challenging in spots, but right now I\'m at a point where I think the game has a bug

there seems to be a few people complaining about it.

***possible spoiler ****


After you beat Cpaek you travel down a tunnel to the guy waiting in a jeep


he drives while you hop in the back and man the gun. He then proceeds to drive and you pass 2 guard towers.

the driver tells you to clear out the area before he can proceed which I do except the buthead never proceeds

Your forced to fight these flying droids that are near impossible with hand weapons so I\'m stuck and frustrated. Luckily I have 3 saves going so I can see if I can get around this

I was stuck there too Ddaryl.. but its easy.. all you gotta do is run backwards and make sure they dont hit you, once you get far enough away, they stop... I think theres a hole in the mountain sumwhere that you go in...

Originally posted by ddaryl
the game is very challenging in spots, but right now I\'m at a point where I think the game has a bug

there seems to be a few people complaining about it.

***possible spoiler ****


After you beat Cpaek you travel down a tunnel to the guy waiting in a jeep


he drives while you hop in the back and man the gun. He then proceeds to drive and you pass 2 guard towers.

the driver tells you to clear out the area before he can proceed which I do except the buthead never proceeds

Your forced to fight these flying droids that are near impossible with hand weapons so I\'m stuck and frustrated. Luckily I have 3 saves going so I can see if I can get around this

i think that is a bug ddaryl, cause i just passed that part without and trouble what so ever. hmmm wierd

Originally posted by unknown

speaking of multiplayer ajoh432, i know you will agree with me when i say that the mutliplayer is sooooo awweessoommmeee

yep I agree!!! I love the multiplayer.

I did finish the game and feel this has been the most fun I have had with a PS2 game. Controls are not the best but you get used to them and the story makes no difference what makes this game fun is the vehicules and just shooting stuff. Good glass breaking action. Not much substance but a good time.
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Damn you guys, I was going to avoid this game restricting to only Metal Gear Solid 2 and Twisted Metal Black this year but looks like i\'m sold, can\'t wait for it to come!

Just bought the game,im on the live mines.

Impressions:

What a funny game,i can\'t stop laughing at those bodyguards occasional comments "Guess its only you and me now huh?","Come get me!"

Then there was this miner who said "Hey you !Follow me ,let\'s destroy those bodyguards", a few seconds later ,an explosion puts him out of the picture!

I was having fun with carrying all the Ultor guards and Miners\' corpses into one place.

Then,the drilling machine.There was a laser field infront that i supposed to make a detour path through the rocks,but im just having too much fun drilling the previous path until the drill bit is worn out.

I think i\'ll play seriously tomorrow.