Red Faction®: Armageddon™

Best part of this game, the magnet gun, man that was fun! Yes, I recommend this game to anybody that likes to destroy buildings.

This game is as mediocre as I remember from back in the 360 days. Story is kinda meh, combat is kinda meh, multiplayer stuff also meh. All around just kinda exists but nothing about it stands out on its own or does any one thing well. The whole bug/alien thing could have been cool but with the game being as easy as it is and most of the weapons just kinda being crap you quickly find what works for you and even on Insane difficulty I bet I could actually beat with my eyes closed. None of the enemy design wows you and some of them have no coherence with the other models. Feels like they just picked a few at random and said here you go. This is a bargain bin kinda game for when your simply curious and want a quick game to run through. Online is a graveyard so hunters beware as finding people who own the game isn't an issue but finding people who WANT to play it or need the achievements is a different story altogether.

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Trash game couldn´t even load properly
If you are going to make a port of a console game you should at least make sure that it works before publishing it

at the time i thought this was like the three previous games i had watched walkthoughs but the game caved my skull in with the question why did i buy this months ago plus apathy

Score: 4/5

The Good
1. Audio: Music/Soundtrack, Sound FX, Voice acting
2. Visuals: Art style/direction, Creature/Vehicle/Armor/Weapon designs
3. Gameplay: Gunplay, Movement, Powers, Destructible environment (limited in what can be destroyed, but very satisfying), along with a Re-construction power. Some of the physics-manipulating weapons are amazing.
4. Variety/Replay Value: Upgrade system, along with a large selection of weapons and a moderate selection of powers would allow for about 3 distinct play-styles/play-throughs (although the story is linear, and so it would be a once-a-year endeavor). Moderately large amount of enemies
5. Writing/Characters/Setting: Although the setting and main villain are just okay, most of the writing was very engaging. The 3 main protagonists had me rooting for them and often surprised me with how competent and active they were in the story, even when off-screen.
6. Difficulty: Medium difficulty setting was a good time.
7. Pacing and Length: Even with a few rough spots in the writing/gameplay/technical issues, the strong pacing and variety helped smooth over these rough edges. Story doesn't overstay its welcome.

The Bad
1. Bugs: During cut-scene/transitions, my game would often bring up the pause menu without my input, including when I would close the pause menu, only to have it pop right back up. I think I had one freeze that required a restart, but am not sure.
2. Ending: Gameplay-wise, the ending felt a bit underwhelming, though the story was fine.
3. Antagonist/Villain is unbelievable.
4. High Fantasy/Plot Armor: I don't like either. Having the grounded characters/dialogue/setting(half of it)/ tone clashing with most of the main characters' plot armor and high-octane-over-the-top action sequences bothered me moderately many times throughout my 10 hour play-through, but the pacing usually re-engaged me quickly after each instance. Like the Fallout series, or Rick and Morty, Armageddon doesn't take itself too seriously but serious enough for the roller-coaster theme park comedy-drama to be effective at the key points.

𝔸𝕟 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕘𝕖𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣.

Red Faction: Armageddon is the predecessor of a very famous game called Red Faction: Guerilla. Chances are people have already played the latter but not this one; some don't even know it exists.

You take control of Darius Mason, a red faction member on the newly colonised planet of Mars. He starts off by being in a chase with non other than the notorious cultist, Adam Hale, whose sole purpose is to unleash a truly devastating chaos on all the inhabitants of Mars. From the audio log, you can only assume that Hale was... a psychopath, nothing else to it! So, after being successful in deactivating the planet's terraformer, Hale forces all people on Mars to live underground, as the surface is now inhabitable. Darius gets sent by some people who pay really well into a mission in a temple where he is tricked into unleashing an Alien species into Mars. Darius and the Red Faction, now in mortal danger from both the cultists AND the Alien invasion, must fight to destroy Hale's plans and restore Mars to its former glory.

Let me start by saying I was infatuated with this game, for the short time that I've been playing it, it was an amazing experience. Graphically, it's not that bad, and gameplay-wise, let me just state that the environment is completely destructible. Yup, you can destroy ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that's part of the level's design, THEN you can reconstruct it with Darius' buit-in AI companion, SAM. Sometimes, to access new areas, or hidden ones where you can find some salvage, you have to rebuild a bridge, or some stairs and it's the most satisfying thing ever. The enemies also come in a wide variety, from small looking critters to huge aliens that explode after taking major damage... It all looks like you're playing a 2025 game, but the thing is, it's not. it's literally from 2011... that'd be like, 15 years old. The voice acting is really phenomenal and Mason gets a wide variety of weapons to play with... One of my favourites is The Plasma gun, that when shot at an enemy, evaporates THEM and the walls they're latching on, which in turn you can reconstruct to access some stairs... I just love that!

Red Faction: Armageddon is a 10/10 Third Person Shooter; the online is dead but I really don't care... and just when I finished the game, wanted to try out the Online and found that out, I also found out that you can unlock a Unicorn weapon with endless ammo and it literally shoots out Unicorn Farts which are rainbows that instantly kill enemies then I sat back and went like: "There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG with this game; it's actually PERFECT".

The game is great fun (including the DLC), though could have been more. The ability to rapidly repair, allowed me to destroy stuff with peace of mind. Expect Armageddon to be more of a cross between the original Red Faction and Guerrilla, rather than be just a sequel to Guerrilla.

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Good Game

story felt like it dragged at the end pus the ending make me thing why wasn't that done at the start. also felt like it was trying to be other games at the same time and no understanding why they work

Same thing as guerilla: enemies are bullet sponges youre a wet toilet paper...

very frustrating when youre trying to get to an objective while bugs keep spawning and spamming their bs area of effect attack...

gameplay and story are okay... and it's much shorter than guerilla....

4/10....

some of the most fun I've had for 4 dollars. The negative reviews are people salty that it's a different game than Guerilla, which I also love, but I found this one just as fun and more intense. What can I say, fun blow stuff up

kaboom

Needs more cowbell.

And by cowbell I mean world destruction.

TLDR: This game is a mess of cliche catchphrases (they rammed every single last one into this), poorly implemented game mechanics, and bad software compatibility.

Details:
-Chunibyou catch phrases are cringe. Adding several dozen does not lower cringe. Stop.
-Destructible buildings are interesting, but no thought was put into it here. Small pieces of scrap can stop you from moving entirely or even kill you.
-Cutscenes fail two out of three times when loading, sending you right back to the main menu. Enemy walker boss reaches you in 3 seconds if running above 60 fps.

Although too linear and unrelated with the previous Red Faction: Guerrilla Games, it is a fun, intense and frantic game which is sometimes espectacular, with a great physics engine that allows dynamical destruction of the environments, although the game not always makes the most of it.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3382688489

Extremely fun

I'm one of those players who think this one is a much better game than the more famous Red Faction Guerrilla. I really think this one is more fun to play even with it's own little quirks because there are no major flaws and the phasing of the story is pretty good too. This game also runs on modern hardware using Windows 11 at least if you have NVIDIA graphics.

Who ever designed these enemies deserves to be promoted to unemployed gamer.

Well I am impressed with this game. I didn't grow up playing the Red Faction franchise but thought it'd be worth while to at least try one or two. Lo and behold, a game from more than a decade ago that allows you to destroy and repair just about anything, except the map boundaries (walls, hills). I love the fact that you can use any gun combo to beat the game. It also has some pretty cool bionic upgrades.

Wont boot on Windows 11

Martian Caves

Key features

• Cool magnet gun,
  
• Rather boring gameplay,
  
[*]Light 'n fun coop survival mode

Minimalistic destruction
I played Armageddon after RF Guerrilla and honestly expected some wrecking. Nope. There's a bare minimum of it.
The core play is walking through (my character refuses to run after a few steps) underground caves, shooting bugs, BUGS!
Overall it just feels so lame, even occasional turrets and mech episodes don't make your journey better.
The only nice touch is the magnet gun - you can send items and enemies flying with it, eventually killing by impact. That's it. But it's pretty awesome to crash a tower into some shielded alien, or attach a barrel and explode a bunch of them.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3361976731
Easiest Coop Mode
I played multiple survivals in the past and Armageddon here surprised me - it's very simple. A teammate goes down? You can revive him instantly with one click, even from several metres away. Waves get incredibly chaotic with players shooting all kind of energetic weapons and... farting ponies 🤔
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3362804855
Old and Obsolete
I had some issues with this game - very often it wouldn't launch the next level, but return to the main menu. Cinematics were automatically skipped and... I'm back to the main menu. Video settings reset each time and forum solutions didn't work for me. I get it, the game is old and I'm just glad it works at all.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3361976964
Apart from above, Armageddon is an alright game. Extremely casual, has some fun upgrade perks, awful story and dragging linear caves, but hey, at least it's not too long.

I will give it a 7/10, As many of the reviews I have seen for it say, this game should have been open world like Guerrilla. Frequently crashed, frequently overwhelmed by excessive enemies in checkpoints which possibly contributes to the frequent crashes.
The Desperate and close quarters fighting is enjoyable and the variety of weapons is plenty fun, I will play it again, but the stability issues and things need to be fixed. If another of this game is to be made, it must be open world like it's predecessor, and it needs some major tweaks to prevent frequent crashes.
I shouldn't have to save and quit the game to avoid crashes.

შესავალი: სერიების ნელთბილი დასასრული. ასე ემართება თამაშს, რომელიც განვითარებას არ ცდილობს. არაფერი არაა ცუდი, მაგრამ არც არაფერ განსაკუთრებულს წააწყდებით.
თამაშის მსვლელობა: ჩვეულებრივი მესამე პირის სროლაა, სერიების სამყაროში. ერთად-ერთი რასაც ინარჩუნებს ნანობოტებია, რომელიც მეტ-ნაკლებ მრავალფეროვნებას გვთავაზობს. არის ტექნიკით გადაადგილების მომენტებიც, თუმცა ძალიან მარტივსა და ძალიან რთულს შორის გვაქვს მარტო არჩევანი (რობოტი და თვითმფრინავი). არის RPG ნაწილებიც, რაც ჯართის გამოყენებისათვის უფრო დატოვეს ჩემი გადმოსახედიდან. დამატებით კოოპერატიული თამაშის საშუალებაც არის, თუმცა საკამოდ მოსაწყენია, ერთ ადგიალს ბევრი მონსტრი მოდის, ეგაა და ეგ.
შესახედაობა: შედარებით ძლიერი მხარე, მრავალფეროვანი გარემოები გვხვდება თამაშის განვითარებასთან ერთად. არქიტექტურაც, წინა თამაშის გადმონაშთია. თუმცა მარადიორებისა და მაღაროელების ასიმილაციის არ არსებობა ამდენი ხნის განმავლობაში ცოტა უცნაურია და მათ შორის ვიზუალური სხვაობაც დიდად არის აზრს მოკლებული.
მოვლენები: საკმაოდ სუსტი მონახაზი აქვს თამაშს, მიზეზები გაუგებარია. ტერაფორმერი ვითომ ვერ შეკეთდებოდა და 5 წუთში აკეთებ. უცხოპლანეტელები ეძრობიან, მაგრამ არ არიან? თუ არიან? მოკლედ არაფერი არ არის ისეთი რაც ჩემთვის რაიმე განსაკუთრებულად ჩაითვლებოად.
ხმა: აქაც არაფერი განსაკუთრებული არაა, გაფორმება და რამოდენიმე მელოდია აქა იქ. ვერაფერზე ვერ დავადებ თითს.
ბოლოსიტყვაობა: არაა ცუდი თამაში, თუმცა არც არაფერი განასაკუთრებულია. ჩვეულებრივი მესამე პირის სასროლია, მსუბუქი RPG-თი. მესამე იმდენად დიდი და სახალისო თამაში იყო, რომ ეს იმედგაცრუებაა მაგასთან შედარებით. 6/10.

Red Faction: Armageddon delivers satisfying destruction mechanics with its signature environmental destruction and powerful weaponry. The linear story and underground setting lack the open-world appeal of its predecessor, but the chaos of tearing down structures remains fun. It’s an enjoyable, if less memorable, entry in the series.

Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5)

Red Faction Armageddon is a genuinely good Red Faction entry that was unfortunately very hated in it's release, as the fanbase was justifiably attached to the mars of RF Guerilla, and the freedom and systems associated with it. RFA has destruction like in Guerilla, but it's janky. The plasma beam is needed for quick and fun destruction, and be sure to have three or more weapons. Saving place for the hammer AND magnet gun will cost you. The feel is different, and the exploration is linear. It feels like an entirely new dev team made this entry, but in the context of the entire series, RFA returned to the roots, reintroducing elements from the first game. The world building is gorgeous, especially on the surface, where I wish more of the game took place, and invoking joy at the thought of a revisit, but to enjoy the game you must accept the sad, ugly notion of being stuck in dark caverns for most of the game. The caves are well made but have the same issue draugr dungeons in Skyrim have, where you just don't want to be in them. The introduction of new lore that doesn't collide with the previous, an okay story, new and improved techs from the earlier RFG, and taking elements from other third person shooters makes the game refreshing for those who enjoy the TPS genre. The worst part of the game is by far the writing, quips, and execution of the story, though having struggled with this game years ago, none of it bothered me as I slowly floated through the game. Though, on PC, the game is clearly just a port of the console version, and crashes often, with an occasional inability to load a game. You'll just have to restart the game if it happens. Hard difficulty is well paced, not too much but not terribly easy, the end being much more severe, with hordes all around you at most times. Insane difficulty has this severe difficulty affect most of the game, and is thus tedious. Expanding and exploring the underground of Mars, the old Ultor facilities, as well as Marauder and Colonist camps throughout the caverns, RFA devastates Mars' surface and adds a new layer to the world we knew. Though the weather is now uninhabitable, the air is still breathable, so Marauders have also remained on the surface, though most surface Marauders belong to the antagonistic cult of the game. Ignoring the martian threat, an expanding on the Genetic Nanite Research of Ultor, The White Faction, or the conditions and Red Faction of Earth would be the sure move of any sequel.

(SPOILERS)

The ending of the game allows for world building both on a habitable surface and underground, and something along the lines of both games is not an impossibility, with the Martians inferrably eliminated.

Good game, neat destructive environment system. A bit generic of a story but that's fine.

It is ok. I do not really mind that it went for a more linear structure compared to Guerrilla, but it is just not that great. The destruction is a bit improved and is still crazy, but it was just more impressive in an open world setting. It is fine, but you should get Guerrilla instead.

I am impressed at how they could make blasting aliens in an underground cave while blowing stuff up boring

dey aiight

This game really isn't that bad to be honest, the environments are pretty varied and the music can be pretty bangin' at times. It's really gameplay over story for this though, fun powers, plenty of destructive guns, while the story is cliche as it can be with some mediocre writing.

An Enjoyable and short 3rd Person Shooter, thats fun with a little bit of fustration with the building physics at times. high recomendation if you want something short and sweet