Red Faction Demo......meh?

I just downloaded and played the Red Faction Guerilla demo. WTF? I've never seen anything so half-***ed as far as graphics go. It looks like a PS2 game. The gameplay is a little awkward, and there is an obvious lack of balance in power. You still got your big hammer. I just ran up to guys from long distances with them shooting me the whole time and I knocked their blocks off in one swoop. AI seems a bit clumsy, too.

The demo mission is a timed mission. You got like ten minutes to get across the map to a certain goal, but you have to fight through the enemy soldiers on the way there. You can steal various vehicles to do this. Yes, hijack vehicles. Yes, just like all the other games that su-- were less than good. You can kill civillians, but they don't "trust" you anymore. The graphics and physics are just too lame for this generation. The shooting is okay for the third-person perspective, but it could definately be better. I don't know, some of you may enjoy it.

To me, however, its like Mercinaries 2 but worse. Worse graphics, worse physics. But it plays the same. You can run around freely, fight off all the enemies at their little checkpoints and what not, take their vehicles, bust up your environment with your hammer, blah blah blah...

So what do you guys think? Is there any hope for it?

I didn't like it that much either. I hated the respawning enemies.

Physics are great but I`m not getting this game for several reasons:

No terrain destrucion
Mediocre graphics
Brain-dead AI and respawning enemies
Lame gunplay
Barely visible health bar
So many cheap deaths
Limited free-roaming
Story and the game design seems to be rather generic

I hate that they made it open world with no real point or direction.

I don't know why they went from 1st person to 3rd, I played and loved the first 2 games of the series. The demo didn't even feel connected to the Red Faction universe.

Personally, I've had a blast every 10+ times I've played the demo. Can't wait to get my pre-ordered copy.

I just downloaded and played the Red Faction Guerilla demo. WTF? I've never seen anything so half-***ed as far as graphics go. It looks like a PS2 game. The gameplay is a little awkward, and there is an obvious lack of balance in power. You still got your big hammer. I just ran up to guys from long distances with them shooting me the whole time and I knocked their blocks off in one swoop. AI seems a bit clumsy, too.

The demo mission is a timed mission. You got like ten minutes to get across the map to a certain goal, but you have to fight through the enemy soldiers on the way there. You can steal various vehicles to do this. Yes, hijack vehicles. Yes, just like all the other games that su-- were less than good. You can kill civillians, but they don't "trust" you anymore. The graphics and physics are just too lame for this generation. The shooting is okay for the third-person perspective, but it could definately be better. I don't know, some of you may enjoy it.

To me, however, its like Mercinaries 2 but worse. Worse graphics, worse physics. But it plays the same. You can run around freely, fight off all the enemies at their little checkpoints and what not, take their vehicles, bust up your environment with your hammer, blah blah blah...

So what do you guys think? Is there any hope for it?

Nephilim83

I think you are being a little harsh. Nothing is worse than Mercs 2. That game was just plain broken. The graphics are not that bad. In fact I think they are decent for a multiplat game. Sure it is no Resident Evil or Killzone, but not everything can look that good.

Here is what I liked:

1. The destructability was fantastic.

2. Running from enemy and smashing through buildings with the hammer was great fun.

3. The mine bomb that you throw is great for setting up traps.

4. The ability to steal vehicles.

Here is what I am concerned about:

1. Enemies respawning is just plain stupid.

2. The guns feel very very weak.

3. THIS IS THE BIGGEST ONE--sandbox gameplay. I like being funneled down a path of purpose, not just go anywhere and do anything with no real sense of purpose. Due to this, I am very worried that the game will get stale very quickly, like Far Cry 2 or Assassins Creed.

All in all, I am not sure if I will get this game, it all depends on what the consensus is on the reviews. If everyone says it gets stale due to the sandbox nature, then I will not buy it. I really do hope it scores well, because I want to like this game and it does have some promise.

Well I played the demo and I gotta say I really like how you can just beat the hell out of buildings with a hammer, and make them fall and stuff, ha but other than that there isn't much to it. The graphics aren't very great like most of you said, the AI isn't very well done at all, and yea there are many ways you can die that can get pretty stupid. I think it would be entertaining to play for a while myself, but I don't know if I would go out and buy it, I'll probably just end up renting it sometime.

It was aight in my book, it wasnt GOTY or even AA material but I think it'll score 6-7. It has to better then Mercs2. Man that game had issues.

Yeah I thought the game looked really mediocre at best. The graphics look like Freedom Fighters for PS2 with an extra coat of paint

I liked the way that the destructable environments fell apart. But how far will the fun go?

The open-world design looks a bit boring to be honest. Just orange landscapes with the odd town or city in between. There is not much detail to make your jaw drop like Fallout 3.

I found the demo to be quite good. I also like how you can destroy pretty much everything. I'll wait to see the final product before deciding to buy though.

I loved it. Destruction was just so fun.

I thought the destructible enviroments were awesome. I haven't even finished the demo yet just because all I want to do is stand around and destroy the buildings haha.

I thought it was pretty Awesome!

I thought it was pretty Awesome!Jakesta7

you guys and your graphic compaints, not every game can look like killzone 2 ya know, and i loved the demo, didnt mind repawning enemies, guns did feel weak but o well, i enjoyed the destruction and i love open world gameplay, if you guys dont, just go through the story missions, easy, i dont see how freedom is a bad hing in a game, i would like to see this as a fps, but the 3rd person view is fine by me, never got in the way of FUN...i mean thats why we play games right

Years ago I had an opportunity to jump on the Red Faction bandwagon but, just never made the leap. Fast forward to now I see the demo available and automatically thought "meh" there are just too many other great games (inFamous, UFC Undisputed 2009, BlazBlu:Calamity Trigger, Cross Edge just to name a few) for you Red Faction fans I hope this game kicks major butt for you/as for me I'm going to pass.:p

you guys and your graphic compaints, not every game can look like killzone 2 ya know, and i loved the demo, didnt mind repawning enemies, guns did feel weak but o well, i enjoyed the destruction and i love open world gameplay, if you guys dont, just go through the story missions, easy, i dont see how freedom is a bad hing in a game, i would like to see this as a fps, but the 3rd person view is fine by me, never got in the way of FUN...i mean thats why we play games right

yungswift44

not too shocked , i knew it was going to flop when i saw it .

first day buy for me, i cant say no to any sandbox game way too much fun

90% of this thread makes me facepalm. It may not be what you're looking for, but it was by no means a bad demo. I played through the demo 15 some odd times, and there were a number of paths I took just to get to the mech. If you run down the one path, yeah, its pretty short. But honestly, some of you either just don't have a very good imagination for playstyles, or you don't understand what the engine is actually pulling off here.

we are being a bit harsh here but after playing the likes of MGS4 and KZ2. It just disappointsANIALATOR136

i agree w/ tc