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Spotlight On: Red Faction: Guerrilla PC

By AndrewP, GameSpotPosted Sep 1, 2009 4:59 pm PT

We recently took a quick look at the PC version of Red Faction: Guerrilla , a physics-heavy console action game. The PC version of the game has been in development for about a year at Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Reactor Zero and will arrive on the PC fully intact, with every last bit of content from...

We recently took a quick look at the PC version of Red Faction: Guerrilla , a physics-heavy console action game. The PC version of the game has been in development for about a year at Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Reactor Zero and will arrive on the PC fully intact, with every last bit of content from the console version, including all the content from the first downloadable content installment, Demons of the Badlands. In fact, the PC version will also ship with two additional exclusive multiplayer maps, plus the six additional Wrecking Crew mode maps that were available with preorder for the console version, plus content from the second DLC update for consoles which hasn't yet been released, which includes six more Wrecking Crew maps and the Bagman and Team Bagman multiplayer modes. With all this extra content packed in, Volition intends for the PC version of the game to be the "definitive" version of RFG.


The PC version of Red Faction: Guerilla will be packed with all prior console DLC and pre-order content, plus advance content from the next console DLC pack that isn't even out yet.

The PC version of Red Faction: Guerrilla will bring over Volition's proprietary GeoMod 2.0 physics technology, which models extensive environmental destruction for just about everything in the world. It will also include what Volition describes as "full DirectX 10 support," which can be seen in features like advanced lighting that procedurally pokes through destroyed rubble. The PC version has also been developed with support for the USB Xbox 360 controller and has been optimized for mouse-and-keyboard setups.

Otherwise, the PC version of Guerrilla will offer the full RFG console experience, including the entire story of Alec Mason, the miner-turned-guerrilla-warrior who joins the rebellious Red Faction to oppose the oppressive regime of the Earth Defense Force on the red planet of Mars. Guerrilla will also, as mentioned, offer Demons of the Badlands, a full prequel to the game starring Samanya, one of RFG's secondary characters. It takes place before Samanya's time with Red Faction and explains how she came to join the rebellion.


Red Faction: Guerilla touches down on the PC later this month.

Red Faction: Guerrilla for the PC looks like it will offer plenty of stuff to play with right out of the box when the game ships on September 15.

21 Comments

  • xlndr

    Posted Nov 17, 2009 11:33 pm PT

    Super fail so many glitches they should have done more QA for the PC release. Also since MS is flexing its muscle into the game software industry it requires you to have an active and logged in gamer tag in order to save achievements. Not that they really matter but at the end of game you get cheats to smack the game around with. If you are like me and disable internet access while the game is running then you lose out on saving those files. No swinging the hammer hard enough to make bodies fly for miles on my PC. Thank you MS, and fail devs at THQ. I have however learned from this experience. Much like I left Blizzard and WoW for exerting to much control, I am now banning MS live games.

  • melisa06

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 7:59 pm PT

    Thank you very much very cool...
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  • melisa06

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 7:54 pm PT

    Thank you very much...very cool
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  • veryfrost

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 3:21 pm PT

    Unfortunately this is nothing more than first player arcade with highly improved 3D graphic . Red Faction 3 drifted far away from the original Red Faction and lost its original sense.

  • dustingause

    Posted Sep 12, 2009 7:26 pm PT

    I'm still waiting for a copy...........

  • Da_Pwner_PT

    Posted Sep 9, 2009 6:20 am PT

    somehow red faction 1 and 2 look better than this one =|

  • Armyboy5

    Posted Sep 9, 2009 3:43 am PT

    What dbowman said...

  • tat2pap

    Posted Sep 7, 2009 5:02 am PT

    hell yeah , now this month is turning to be a blast for pc gamers.

  • dbowman

    Posted Sep 2, 2009 12:30 pm PT

    Hopefully they will prove me wrong, but i expect this to be a terrible port, just like Saints Row 2

  • pidow

    Posted Sep 2, 2009 10:17 am PT

    I am glad someone took the time and care to make a pc version of a game suitable, with the controls usable for the pc...these are the type of games I'll will spend my money on.

  • MindlessTeef

    Posted Sep 2, 2009 2:43 am PT

    I don't mind waiting a few months for a port like this if they put effort in making sure it works fine on PC. Same as they are doing with RE5 as well. Nothing more anoying than a bad port...

  • archerus

    Posted Sep 1, 2009 10:58 pm PT

    I'm so glad I preordered this on Steam. I got RF 1 and 2 for free, and now all this extra dlc has been included, and it was only 40 bucks!

  • fenixsniper

    Posted Sep 1, 2009 9:48 pm PT

    Awesome!!!

  • ptown58

    Posted Sep 1, 2009 8:16 pm PT

    Can we fly in this one ? cant wait sounds great.

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Sep 1, 2009 8:12 pm PT

    "With all this extra content packed in, Volition intends for the PC version of the game to be the "definitive" version of RFG..."

    ALRIGHT!!! Volition has not forgotten the PC as a gaming platform!

    I was getting worried that there does not seem to be any indication of a PC version and that the project has been mothballed a la the Halo series' versions for the PC, but yeah!

    Now if only that one other developer who once depended on the PC would do the same like Volition did. I am referring to Peter Molyneux's Lionhead Studios of course.

  • Legojake94

    Posted Sep 1, 2009 7:36 pm PT

    WOOO!!!!!!!! Can't wait!!!! Makes the wait WORTH IT!!!!

    They probably wanted to release the console versions early, so THEY wouldn't riot, slowly releasing bits along the way, yet THE WHOLE TIME they were INCLUDING those bits in the PC, and STILL optimizing it for the PC controls! Very nice...

  • IonEngine

    Posted Sep 1, 2009 7:19 pm PT

    This will make an excellent belated-birthday gift! Now I'm kind of glad it was no where to be found in any form last moth in my town. ;P

  • Uthar_Wynn

    Posted Sep 1, 2009 7:14 pm PT

    Very nice. For some reason I thought RFG PC would be just a quick + easy console port. It's great to see that they're putting in the effort to make this the ultimate version of RFG.

  • chrisser665

    Posted Sep 1, 2009 7:10 pm PT

    This looks very, very nice. I'm glad that computers are getting a good version of the game, and I think it sounds pretty fair. I hope my console brethren enjoyed the game- I'd have to say that now it's my turn!

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