THQ details Red Faction: Guerrilla as 'open-world' third-person shooter

by Jason Dobson { Feb 20th 2008 at 10:15PM }

THQ's confirmation of third entry in the sci-fi series Red Faction earlier in February was decidedly light on details beyond the fact that development duties were once again being handled by Volition and that the game would cater to players on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. THQ has now revealed that the upcoming sequel will adopt a numberless title, Red Faction: Guerrilla, and will feature a return to Mars 50 years after the last game with an environment described as "open-world" -- but then again what isn't these days?

The biggest change, however, is the series' move from first to third person, with THQ's Brad Carraway describing the gameplay as focused on "fast-paced guerrilla warfare style combat" and "true physics-based destruction." We're trying to look impressed, but again it's more rare to find a game these days that doesn't boast some level of physics-based shenanigans than not. "Robust" multiplayer modes are also promised, but by now the ordinariness of it all has started to make our eyes glaze over as we wait for Red Faction: Guerrilla's release sometime during THQ's 2009 fiscal year.

Tags: red-faction, red-faction-3, redfaction, redfaction3, third-person-shooter, thirdpersonshooter, thq, volition

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Isaac @ Feb 20th 2008 10:18PM

DO WANT.

Jeff @ Feb 27th 2008 10:55PM

third person is crap. should be a good game, but wont be red faction :(.

This kills the multiplayer which was the best on two

knetworx @ Mar 3rd 2008 2:58PM

It's funny how everybody replies to the 3rd-person aspect as either stolen from Gears of War, or as a thing that's going to make this game terrible. Personally, I thought Gears of War was a pretty decent game, so it seems to me the whole 3rd-person thing wouldn't have any negative impact on the game whatsoever (and considering how well Gears of War did, I'd say it could only have a positive impact.)

Arttemis @ Feb 20th 2008 10:23PM

Sounds like a great new design to me.

why not the LS2/LS7? @ Feb 20th 2008 10:25PM

I guess the publishers weren't as disappointed in the sales of Crysis and UT3 as much as it seemed. They're still planning on releasing lots of cookie-cutter shooters.

I guess it could be worse. At least it doesn't require the purchase of a plastic guitar.

Isaac @ Feb 20th 2008 10:30PM

*cough*
"with an environment described as "open-world""

why not the LS2/LS7? @ Feb 21st 2008 12:00AM

That's not supposed to be a rebuttal, is it?

You think this one would be different because a marketing flack called it "open-world"? He might as well have called it "emergent gameplay".

eldee @ Feb 20th 2008 10:27PM

GET YOUR ASS TO MARS

Einhanderkiller @ Feb 20th 2008 10:31PM

WTF.
DO NOT WANT.

Co @ Feb 20th 2008 10:58PM

Man Red Faction 2 on the Cube was awesome. This looks to be everything 2 was not.

WedgeTalon @ Feb 20th 2008 11:02PM

I, for one, thuroughly enjoyed the original red faction and its cool geomod technology. I remember spending hours just playing around digging tunnels and stuff. If they've improved the engine half as much as i read about in game informer, I'm definitely picking this up.

EMaster @ Feb 20th 2008 11:05PM

Third person?????!!!!!! Fuck that!!!!! They may as well change the game to be set in Soviet Russia and give the term "Red Faction" a "re-invention". Twats!

FidliousWong @ Feb 21st 2008 12:13AM

You've played it, right? No? Well then...

I have faith because, frankly, Volition made the only GTA clone worth anything. In many aspects, it was better. And after Red Fact, Summoner, Descent Freespace.... they deserve my willingness to give them a fair shake on this.

I'm just glad that, now that the veil has been lifted, my friends can start talking about it more. Kinda difficult to gleen information about their secret project when they reference it as "that thing" around me...

dbeech @ Feb 21st 2008 2:28AM

Whenever I hear of a game in an established genre adding 'open-world' world elements I'm always reminded of games like Assassin's Creed and Mercenaries, which got both the open-world elements and the action elements perfect - but unfortunately forgot to put a game in there.

Have you ever noticed how in GTA every mission has a different feel to it? It has more in common with Mario Galaxy than those kinds of games.

knetworx @ Mar 3rd 2008 3:03PM

But as FidliousWong said, this game's made by Volition, the same studio that made Saint's Row. I'd say for their first shot at an open-world game, they did pretty damn well. I've put at least 50 hours into that game (and I have the achievement to prove it), and it still hasn't gotten old.