Red Faction: Armageddon
Following the success of Red Faction: Guerrilla, Volition got straight back to work on a follow-up, Red Faction: Armageddon. Sticking with the Mason family, Armageddon follows the story of Darius Mason as the surface of Mars is now uninhabitable.
Review
| 8 | There's one thing that the Red Faction series is known for and that's destruction. So much so, in fact, that each new iteration of the series is largely defined by what sort of damage the player can cause to the environment and how well the damage looks. It's fair to say that when Volition announced Red Faction: Armageddon was going to be a title set mostly underground and that the main enemy was going to be an ancient and forgotten race of aliens, gamers were a little wary. Who these new invaders are and how they're fought off isn't nearly as important a question as to what new levels of chaos and annihilation players will be able to bring to the world. The good news is that, in many ways, the changes made in Armageddon is an overall improvement to the series. It just takes a little while to understand exactly what Volition is trying to get at. » Read the full review |
