Red Faction: Armageddon Review

Sometimes in the gaming world a big launch comes along and for that week people seem to forget that other games exist, not only in terms of playing but buying too. The last week or so was one of those weeks as first people in Europe got Duke Nukem Forever and then on Tuesday it was launch time in North America. While everyone was digesting the reviews and some unfortunate souls wasted their hard earned cash on a dire game also hitting the shelves was THQ and Volition Inc's Red Faction: Armageddon. This third person shooter is the fourth instalment in the Red Faction franchise and see's us take control of a mercenary, Darius Mason. The basic storyline to Red Faction: Armageddon's single player campaign is that we are a mercenary on Mars. The game begins with us joining a squad of marine type characters on a mission to save the planets Terraformer from being destroyed by the big evil of the game, Adam Hale. Following the success, or failure of this initial mission where we learn the main game mechanic we are tasked with variations on 3rd person action as we take on various jobs surrounding the main plot. There is a significant variation to the single player gameplay because of this and that helps to keep the gameplay fresh as the story progresses. For example, in that first terraformer mission we have a reasonable amount of control over the enemy, not being in too much danger (shown above). We then move to a more exploration based level in a mech suit before the next drops us into a nest of alien creatures which we must fight our way out of, saving colonists along the way. Even within this rescue mission we have a couple of different gameplay styles going from on foot to mech suit, to on rails blasting (shown below) and back to the former. While this may seem reasonably standard linear title there are a number of aspects which make Red Faction: Armageddon stand out a little from the norm. For starters we are playing in an environment which is hugely destructible. Few games go to the lengths Armageddon has in terms of how much we can impact the surrounding environment and the concept is enhanced by two gameplay aspects. Firstly we have a selection of weapons which are designed for maximum power, from rocket launchers to plasma cannons and beyond. These allow us to rip large sections in the levels, reaching areas we thought impossible to get to or turning the battle in our favour by taking out sections of level below enemies who are firing on us.

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Red Faction: Armageddon Review
Red Faction: Armageddon Review

Based on the Geo-Mod engine (now version 2.5) which was originally used on the first Red Faction game we get some good quality levels which have a few stand out aspects such as water and slime effects. There are no significant problems with low res




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The papers of Samuel Marchbanks

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Scientific American

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The works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in nine volumes

The works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in nine volumes

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