Unlike the original games, the newest game is a third-person shooter, taking some queues from Gears of War. This will allow players to see more of the environment around them which is fully destructible thanks to the Geo-Mod 2.0 engine.
The open-world action shooter is set on the planet Mars, 50 years after the events of the original Red Faction. Players take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force. Throughout their fight for freedom, players will literally carve their own path, wreaking havoc across the vast, open-world environment of Mars, from the desolate mining outpost of Parker to the gleaming EDF capital city of Eos.
The game includes a large variety of weapons from machine gun turrets to rocket turrets to remote charges to machine guns to a sledgehammer. Improvised weapons will also play a big part in the game. One in particular is called “The Grinder”, and it’s an improvised mining weapon that launches charged blades at enemies and objects, pulverizing them to pieces
Players also get to use explosives, re-purposed mining equipment and vehicles as players tear through fully destructible environments in an unforgiving Martian landscape swarming with EDF forces, Red Faction resistance fighters, and the downtrodden settlers caught in the cross-fire. Red Faction: Guerrilla also features a robust 16-player multiplayer component, including several modes based around “destruction gameplay”, offering a new twist to the multiplayer you are used to.
Here is a preview video for Red Faction: Guerrilla.
Pre-Order Red Faction: Guerrilla at Amazon.com and you’ll receive a free golden sledge hammer that is prized among Martian miners for its strength and durability, and can deal more damage than standard-issue sledge hammers.
Key Features of Red Faction: Guerrilla include:
* Enjoy an epic Mars-based Sci-fi setting packed with weapons, vehicles and fully destructible open-world environments to explore.
* Join the Red Faction rebellion led by Alex Mason as the citizens of Mars seek to overthrow the oppressive regime of Earth Defense Force (EDF).
* Carve your path through an ever-changing Martian landscape as you improvise your combat tactics, mixing gameplay styles, vehicles, weapons and explosives.
* Develop a miner’s aptitude for destruction, as you use ambushes, chain reaction explosions and a dynamic physics-based system to modify the game environment to your advantage.
* Engage in multiple online multiplayer combat modes supporting 2-16 players where there is no place to hide an your guerrilla warfare skills are the key to victory.