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Red Faction

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 19 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 26 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: THQ
Developer: Volition
Genre(s): First-Person Shooter
Players: 32
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Release Date: September 18, 2001
Summary
This first-person shooter features Geo-Mod? technology, the ability to completely alter and destroy the environment in real-time. Wage war through 20 diverse levels with 15 weapons of mass destruction. Hijack 5 fully armed land, sea and air vehicles. [THQ]
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Cinescape
With a good plot to keep you involved in the one player action and huge networking capabilities, this is one that will keep you entertained for quite some time. Just blow stuff up. Oh, and blow stuff up. And don’t forget to blow stuff up.
Read Full Review >IGN
It's all about the gameplay, and when you crank this baby to hard, or God forbid, im-freaking-possible, you'll find the gameplay to keep you going for hours piled upon days, piled upon weeks.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
An engine dubbed Geo-Mod...puts this game in a class by itself. [Nov 2001, p.129]
Media and Games Online Network
The sense of actually being there in Parker's fight against oppression really makes this a game worth getting.
Read Full Review >PC Gamer
As far as looks go, Red Faction is more like the cute girl next door than a hot fashion model from the Upper West Side: It’s pretty, but it won’t make a man drop to his knees and thank God for giving him sight.
Read Full Review >Gamezilla!
The storyline itself isn’t the greatest, but it is very well done compared to what this genre of game usually sees and the high quality graphics back that story up very well.
Read Full Review >GameZone
Red Faction is not a classic, but the new Doom ain’t out yet buddy. Red Faction will allow you to practice the frag fest fever for the time being.
Read Full Review >Game Over Online
A couple of years ago, Red Faction would have been a stellar title but now, it’s simply a very good one.
Read Full Review >Yahoo! Games
The single-player experience is great on its own, which explains the success of the PS2 version, but with the addition of a powerful and customisable multiplayer mode, PC owners are in for a treat.
Read Full Review >Adrenaline Vault
While its short length and lack of character development leave much to be desired, the multiplayer feature more than makes up for the diminished gameplay, adding to the replay value.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Its relative lack of originality can...undermine Red Faction's appeal for more-experienced players, for whom the game will provide mostly familiar territory. Nevertheless, Red Faction is an accomplished shooter in its own right.
Read Full Review >Voodoo Extreme
The end scene is even more anticlimactic than the one in Half-Life. Without going into spoilers, It's like you're having great sex with a chick, and just about as you get ready to launch "Apollo 5" to the Moon, she suddenly gets up, picks up the cell phone, and calls her husband to ask if he remembered to feed their 2-year-old son.
Read Full Review >Game Revolution
A fine FPS with plenty of action and intense gameplay, even if it is derivative, too short and a tad uninspired.
Read Full Review >Electric Playground
What was supposed to be Red Faction’s raison d’être – French for “cool feature designed to make it seem like more than just a cheap Half-Life clone set on Mars”--[the Geo Mod technology] turns out to be its biggest disappointment.
Read Full Review >All Game Guide
In the hands of designers who will use Geo-Mod technology to mine its full effects to combine creative gameplay and a well-told story, it could be awesome.
Read Full Review >FiringSquad
A lot of great ideas with poor execution. The premise for the story is good - a lone gunman rebelling against an oppressive corporation - but the storytelling and characters are so thin that you're never drawn in.
Read Full Review >Next Generation Magazine
The only serious knock you can make against it is that (ironically) having been designed primarily with the notoriously problematic joypad control in mind, the gameplay is a lot less challenging when attacked with a mouse and keyboard. [Dec 2001, p.115]
Computer Games Magazine
It has the setup, but its drab, by-the-numbers execution lacks any flair.
Read Full Review >Thunderbolt
If you can, I recommend actually skipping past this game and trying instead to find a copy of "Red Faction 2." It’s really a much more refined game and there’s really no connection between the two games at all so you won’t miss a thing. [Sept 2005]
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 26 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Rowan F gave it a9:
A lovely game. The geo-mod is really good however, unfortunately, the game makes almost no use of it. At the beggining there are a few attempts, but these quickly stop as the game progresses. Whilst this may seem a little disappointing, you will soon be so caught up in the story, the objectives, the whole Red Faction universe that you wont even mind. This is a great game, not because it's incredibly fun, realistic or epic, but simply because its an interesting, well played out tale that's good fun to play and has a host of great characters and weapons.
Elias O. gave it an8:
This game is definitely worth buying if you're into abit of sci-fi, and action. The story is intresting, the action is cool, and the ending is exciting, Red Faction 2 was a big disaster though.
Chris K. gave it an8:
This game's worth the play and seeing how it's only about five to ten bucks for a new copy, I suggest testing it for yourself. Although it's been outdated by Red Faction II and all the new games out there, this is the prequel which made Red Faction II such a "great game."
Troy W. gave it a10:
This game got me hooked on pc.
David W. gave it a9:
I bought this second hand just to see what it was like and its now my favorite game. The graphics are great and it runs smoothly on my laptop, just as good as halo if not better because of the superior graphics plus halo always crashes when i run it on my laptop.
Joshua M. gave it a 10:
I loved this game, but could not help cheating first. I think that it would be harder and more chalenging if you didn't. Oh, yeah, I would also like to know if there are any cheats for the multiplayer games on the internet as I see people flying and using rapid fire. BUY THIS GAME!!!!!
Steven gave it a 10:
This game is awesome i love the weopons oh year and dont forget the vehicles!!!!!!!!!!
