Posted on: August 30, 2021

thegreyshadow

Games: 868 Reviews: 9

Skip this one. Get the first Red Faction

This game has been a disappointment. A lemon. The graphics were too old and quaint and the story, laughable. This is not a disqualifier per se, but to this we must add the following: - The aspect ratio is not optimized for 16:9 screens. The graphics looks distorted and (even more) cartoonish in a bad way. You can download a tool that supposedly fixes this but then (a) it doesn't seem to do anything, (b) you must run it every time you plan to play the game and keep that tool running, and (c) you must do it with admin rights. Seriously?!? - No quicksaves. What were they thinking? Instead, go for the original Red Faction. Using the latest Dash Faction tool, it looks great, has quicksaves at will, and has most kinks ironed out (save its atrocious ending, but that's another matter). Skip this one, safely and you'll save some wasted money and time.

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Posted on: March 19, 2022

Alturios

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Games: 354 Reviews: 1

A rusty, flawed oldie.

Playing this again put my nostalgia glasses to the test. In the end I found the game lacking, the writing is terrible, if entertainingly cliche. The gunplay is solid and the destructible environment is nice. The game really, really shows its age but is still a good "popcorn game"; don't go in with high expectations, and you won't be disappointed.

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Posted on: January 4, 2024

EwigWandernd

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Games: 738 Reviews: 263

Not a good sequel

The soundtrack is awesome, I do like the scifi look and some of the character designs. What I remember the most is the fun multiplayer I had with friends back then; and I'm usually a person who focuses on singleplayer experiences...

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Posted on: November 12, 2024

alrightanotherone

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Games: 201 Reviews: 22

Fine, but not great.

The signposting absolutely fails about halfway through the game, in many parts. Forcing us to mash E on doors or blast areas of a single room to progress. Kills the flow. Then there's the accuracy of the weapons, awful. Whatever reason that made game designers think an assault rifle had to have the spread of a sneeze and for shotguns to have the damage of one, whatever reason there was for that. I'm glad it's largely gone. Game is fine, but nothing special. Destruction is minimal, less so than the first game. You can skip it, or watch a Let's Play, it'd be the same either way. The trajectory of your life won't change one bit.

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Posted on: February 22, 2025

DaveTMonkey

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Games: 193 Reviews: 9

A Very Strange Sequel

With none of the depth of intrigue or rawness of the first offering, this is a straight up military shootfest. The "plot" is thin and doesn't have the depth of the first, the "plot twist" comes as no surprise at all and from an initial offering where weaponry was very limited, you feel pretty inundated with choices early on. Distinctly mediocre.

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