Zero Punctuation: Red Faction Guerrilla
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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I agree that it has as much guerilla warfare as the french army (heck it has more conventional warfare then the french army, but thats not the point).
But the destruction is just so beautiful. For instance for one high value target I elected to drive what I presume to be a martian dumper truck off the edge of a cliff into said high value target, smashing clean through and landing on several EDF the other side.
and the nano rifle, is a pretty awesome weapon, but for the love of god why only 25 shots!
Also I see yahtzee has once again completly failed to acknowledge multiplayer in a game. Anyone know why? It's not a complaint but it just seems odd.
But the destruction is just so beautiful. For instance for one high value target I elected to drive what I presume to be a martian dumper truck off the edge of a cliff into said high value target, smashing clean through and landing on several EDF the other side.
and the nano rifle, is a pretty awesome weapon, but for the love of god why only 25 shots!
Also I see yahtzee has once again completly failed to acknowledge multiplayer in a game. Anyone know why? It's not a complaint but it just seems odd.
Well, truth be told I found myself agreeing with Yahtzee on this one (which is a rarity for me, truth be told, I found Prototype and Infamous absolutely unbearable for example).
I didn't give the multiplayer a fair play, but the single player... just... seemed strained at best. Yes, it's Mars and the terrain isn't supposed to be pretty, but for the love of God, they could come up with something aside from just more red rock and miscellaneous destructables. It is the future, isn't it? Then by creative-license law, you can make it whatever you damned well please to look like.
And yes, the senseless destruction is nice and all, and I agree that the constraints on it are aggravating and, well, kinda stupid, but truth be told if the gimmick of the game is just going around and smashing stuff, I'd rather do so in something like GTA or The Sims, wherein you can actually get some sort of good feeling about it.
Another thing that I found personally annoying was the whole "scrap for money" aspect. Yes, this makes it so you have to get more destruction as part of the game if you want to get anywhere, but for the love of GOD, who wants to farm in a game? Even if the farming includes senseless destruction, it's just too damned annoying to spend the amount of time necessary to get much of anything quickly. Yes, it's new, shiny, and innovative, but it doesn't mean it still doesn't have a lot of work to get polished to something that everybody everywhere will be happy with. Just like Mirror's Edge.
I've not played the original Red Faction games, and truth be told, I don't intend to due to the failure of this new title to illicit anything but boredom and a few longing sighs for better games.
And for those of you confused as to why Yahtzee's irked about the whole "no true guerrilla warfare", he's pointing at the title "Red Faction: GUERRILLA". Probably another thing much like SH: Homecoming in which if they changed the title, then maybe it'd be a little less... stupid.
The story is dismal and bland, the terrains are bland and repetitive, and the gimmick of the whole game gets kinda boring after a good two-hour rampage. At least that's how I see it...
Good review as always, Yahtzee, and keep up the ZP hilariousness, regardless of what speed it tends to be in, it's still quality review in a soothing Australian accent... well, no, not soothing at all, really, just makes me laugh more. God I love Aussies..
I didn't give the multiplayer a fair play, but the single player... just... seemed strained at best. Yes, it's Mars and the terrain isn't supposed to be pretty, but for the love of God, they could come up with something aside from just more red rock and miscellaneous destructables. It is the future, isn't it? Then by creative-license law, you can make it whatever you damned well please to look like.
And yes, the senseless destruction is nice and all, and I agree that the constraints on it are aggravating and, well, kinda stupid, but truth be told if the gimmick of the game is just going around and smashing stuff, I'd rather do so in something like GTA or The Sims, wherein you can actually get some sort of good feeling about it.
Another thing that I found personally annoying was the whole "scrap for money" aspect. Yes, this makes it so you have to get more destruction as part of the game if you want to get anywhere, but for the love of GOD, who wants to farm in a game? Even if the farming includes senseless destruction, it's just too damned annoying to spend the amount of time necessary to get much of anything quickly. Yes, it's new, shiny, and innovative, but it doesn't mean it still doesn't have a lot of work to get polished to something that everybody everywhere will be happy with. Just like Mirror's Edge.
I've not played the original Red Faction games, and truth be told, I don't intend to due to the failure of this new title to illicit anything but boredom and a few longing sighs for better games.
And for those of you confused as to why Yahtzee's irked about the whole "no true guerrilla warfare", he's pointing at the title "Red Faction: GUERRILLA". Probably another thing much like SH: Homecoming in which if they changed the title, then maybe it'd be a little less... stupid.
The story is dismal and bland, the terrains are bland and repetitive, and the gimmick of the whole game gets kinda boring after a good two-hour rampage. At least that's how I see it...
Good review as always, Yahtzee, and keep up the ZP hilariousness, regardless of what speed it tends to be in, it's still quality review in a soothing Australian accent... well, no, not soothing at all, really, just makes me laugh more. God I love Aussies..
It is, but there is more variety in the jokes (ie fewer dick ones) which makes it more interesting to watch, so it balances it out.achilleas.k said:
Nice to see that someone else hates the occasional gravity-defying second floor.
As I was watching Yahtzee point out the shit parts of Red Faction Guerrilla it made me think of what happens in GTA 4 whenever you shoot a gun even if it doesn't kill anyone so I was wondering if it may also have killing people in a fight in front of a cop without him doing anything about it as well as reckless driving or in relation to Red Faction Guerrilla smashing people with a hammer in front of cops and driving recklessly around them and they would do nothing.....until you crash into and break something.
Those were my thoughts until Yahtzee mentioned it being like a Dilluted Saints Row 2.
Those were my thoughts until Yahtzee mentioned it being like a Dilluted Saints Row 2.
It's not just that for me as well, I noticed that I could read those notes during the end credits without having to pause or rewind the video.achilleas.k said:
I quite liked the first Red Faction, especially when playing it with friends. The second one was utter tripe, and the third (guerilla) is one of the worst next-gen games I've ever played.
I know these reviews are written for entertainment purposes but no offense Yahtzee, get a dictionary. Guerilla warfare is defined as a type of warfare fought by irregulars in fast-moving, small-scale actions against orthodox military and police forces (EDF) and, on occasion, against rival insurgent forces (Marauders), either independently or in conjunction with a larger political-military strategy. I?m quite sure this game captured Guerilla warfare perfectly. It is suppose to be erratic and unorthodox. You hit them and then run and regroup. You don?t stick around to fight a drawn out battle because you don?t have the resources, you take out key targets through raids and ambushes. The aim of a Guerilla insurgency is to wear down the more powerful force over an extended period of time. Small cells make them harder to track and helps keep valuable resources (soldiers, food, weapons) out of the line of combat. In any case the game put a fresh spin on a very dull and boring genre.
I'm assuming Yahtzee and Saints Row 2 are honeymooning wherever one of those Dizzy games took place.
same here, last week was great, but this week, it freezes on the load.
About ten or more times, despite disabling pop up blocks...
About ten or more times, despite disabling pop up blocks...
Yahtzee doesn't like Red Faction 1 the game that got me into serious gaming(?) Thats a suprise as it was always credited as being the best of the two games before RF:Guerilla came out. I loved the bit with the dalek very funny. And I never knew Yahtzee liked Saints Row so much.
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