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Red Faction II


6.0

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Earth. Twenty-second century. Five years after the rebellion on Mars. For 15 years, Chancellor Victor Sopot has oppressed the people of the Commonwealth. His corrupt rule and a relentless war of unification with the United Republic has left the Commonwealth bloodied and impoverished. As distant battles rage, sewage taints Sopot City's rivers, pollution smudges the sky, and wretched citizens huddle in crumbling ruins. Condemned to death by Chancellor Sopot, six super-soldiers unite to save their country, vowing to overthrow Sopot using the unique powers that nano-technology has given them. Join the squad as Alias, a demolitions expert. Fight side-by-side with Molov, Repta, Shrike, Tangier, and Quill--each possessing unique attributes and specialties. Battle through diverse environments using vehicles, an arsenal of specialized weapons, and explosives in a mission to overthrow the government. Defeat Sopot and restore the honor of the Commonwealth! [THQ]

PUBLISHER:	THQ
DEVELOPER:	Outrage Games
GENRE(S):	First-Person Shooter, Action
PLAYERS:	1
ESRB RATING:	M (Mature)
RELEASE DATE:	April 9, 2003

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...

Thunderbolt

An entertaining FPS experience. It isn’t perfect; it’s not going to leave an impression on you like Half-Life 2 or FarCry did, but at the same time it will entertain you and keep you glued to your seat.

IGN

Fun, certainly, but single-player is a bit too linear and bit too short, even if the combat is engaging, well-thought out, and generally intense.

PC Gamer

An above-average time-killer for stupid-shooter fans who won't miss multiplay. [July 2003, p.70]

Game Chronicles

A good game that could have been a great FPS title for the PC if just a little effort had gone into porting this over from the consoles.

Game Over Online

It’s too short, too flat, and too plain.

GameSpot

A pretty good shooter overall, offering up a short but sweet single-player campaign and a decent botmatch mode for a little extra lasting value.

GameZone

For those of you who are online multiplayer fans though, an offline botmatch may just be seen as unacceptable … and that’s what you get with RFII. That’s a shame since the first one was fantastic.

ActionTrip

Short is never good, no matter which context you put it in. And this game is short. It's penis-envy short. It's the shortest single-player FPS game I've ever played. A four hour gameplay experience for a retail product is like a 20 second sexual intercourse. It just doesn't feel right, and you feel cheated.

Computer Gaming World

Further compounding the game into sheer mediocrity is the downward spiral of the A.I. [Sept 2003, p.102]

Computer Games Magazine

A perfect example of how cheap ports don't help anymore. First and foremost, the port has no multiplayer at all. None, nada, zippo. [July 2003, p.78]

The average user rating for this game is 6.0 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Elias O. gave it a3:
It's a real bad console port, it's very tedious to play, and most of the time you're so frustrated by the awkard things that just kept happening while playing. I had to reload way too many times. When I need to reload becouse I died in a game, thats fine, I just try to refine my strategy. but when I need to reload becouse the game is acting up, thats just bad.

Mormo gave it a4:
After the 2 first level, ends up to predictive and boring.

Kelemvor gave it a5:
A bad console-port. The graphic is mediocre at best, you cannot save, there are only checkpoints on really dumb places, and the story is boring to. If you develop games for a console, please don't martyr the pc-community with such crappy ports.

Scott R. gave it a 6:
This game would be way better with online multiplayer!

J. W. gave it a 10:
This game is awesome, I have it on my PS2, my friend has it on his PS2, I play it every time I go to his house, he plays it every time he comes to my house. How can the PC version be worse if it came out at a later date? You're all CRAZY!!!

Ed Tha gave it a 9:
Great game... It gets together, the good things of almost every fps, ands adds interaction with teh sorroundings...

SirJP gave it a 1:
Buggy, unplayable, boring... It's lag on my GeForce4 Ti at 640x400!!!