Red Faction: Battlegrounds

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  • Summary: The signature destructive gameplay from Red Faction: Guerrilla comes to the downloadable arcade with Red Faction: Battlegrounds! Jump into your favorite tank or mech using your Gauss Cannons, Rocket Launchers and Singularity Bombs to destroy the competition, and environment along with it.The signature destructive gameplay from Red Faction: Guerrilla comes to the downloadable arcade with Red Faction: Battlegrounds! Jump into your favorite tank or mech using your Gauss Cannons, Rocket Launchers and Singularity Bombs to destroy the competition, and environment along with it. Battle your way through treacherous Martian deserts, terraformed enclaves and more in a variety of different multiplayer modes and single player challenges. Rank up by defeating the competition and unlock new content including maps, vehicles, weapons and even items for the upcoming Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and PC game, Red Faction: Armageddon. … Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 20
  3. Negative: 10 out of 20
  1. Play UK
    May 17, 2011
    78
    A short but intense flash of arcade brilliance. [Issue#205, p.94]
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  2. PSFocus
    May 3, 2011
    60
    This small warming up for Red Faction: Armageddon is a nice try. You can play with a vehicle and you have to kill all the other players. It's like the traditional modes within multiplayer games, deathmatch, team deathmatch and more and it's vehicle based. Fun and it works nice, but there aren't many maps, the game can be a bit boring and the price is pretty high.
  3. Worth Playing
    May 21, 2011
    50
    If you can snag a copy as a free pre-order bonus for Red Faction: Armageddon, then go ahead and give it a spin, but if you're thinking of spending money on it, give this one a pass. At 800 MSP ($10) for the download, Red Faction: Battlegrounds simply isn't worth the cash.
  4. Cheat Code Central
    Apr 15, 2011
    46
    An hour-long single-player mission and only a handful of multiplayer modes leaves this game severely lacking in replayability.
  5. Gamer.nl
    Apr 26, 2011
    40
    As a starter in the running towards Red Faction: Armageddon, Red Faction: Battlegrounds doesn't exactly work enticingly. And when viewing the game as a separate project, not much remains. What holds the game down the most is the meagre singleplayer campaign, which has little variation and too small maps. The items you'll unlock for Armageddon just don't suffice.
  6. Eurogamer Italy
    Apr 19, 2011
    40
    Although the possibility of unlocking exclusive contents for RF: Armageddon might interest the most passionate fans of the franchise, Battlegrounds proves to be a mediocre product that will hardly appeal to any kind of gamer.
  7. GameShark
    Apr 12, 2011
    33
    It's disappointing that Battlegrounds has more in common with a 30-year old Atari 2600 title in a number of ways than it does with the generally likable Red Faction franchise. Really, it doesn't have anything to do with it other than as a source for the vehicles and a couple of logos.

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  1. resumegam3
    Jun 14, 2014
    7
    First off, this is NOTHING like the other Red Faction games, they are third-person shooters and open-world games. This is an arcade drivingFirst off, this is NOTHING like the other Red Faction games, they are third-person shooters and open-world games. This is an arcade driving shooter. However, this game does have some fun challenges like checkpoint races and survival. It's worth its price of £1.49/$2.99 and it has some good shooting and driving levels. I will mention that the game gets difficult after the first few levels, and if you fail, Winters will insult you, making you want to hurl your controller at the screen. The overall game is definitely worth buying at its current price, but is certainly not as good as the other Red Faction games.… Expand
  2. ASGaming21
    Feb 12, 2015
    1
    I don't believe it, i really don't. The series that started as a first person shooter, then it changed to a 3rd person shooter and now aI don't believe it, i really don't. The series that started as a first person shooter, then it changed to a 3rd person shooter and now a demoliton derby. Never buy this game at all… Expand

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