While the first two games did not re-invent the first-person shooter genre, their Geo-Mod Engine and rebellious story made both games a new step for the genre. The games include vehicles, pistols, rifles, explosives, and other traditional shooter weapons and features. The first two games were traditional first-person shooters with unique environmental destruction features that were praised in both games. This was enhanced in Red Faction: Guerrilla when it was applied to every building in the game making the game's entire environment (except for the terrain itself) destructible. Both styles share a common element, the series' unique environmental destruction features. The first is a traditional first-person shooter element which was used by the first two games in the series, while the second is a third-person style of open world gameplay which was used in Red Faction: Guerrilla, and a third-person style of corridor shooter used in Red Faction: Armageddon.

The series has had three unique styles of gameplay. The second and fourth games differ in story to the aforementioned games, with two being set on Earth fighting a despot with the fourth primarily fighting an alien species as opposed to a human faction.ĭave Samuel of Volition presenting at GDC 2012 on 'Communication & Iteration of Visual Effects in Red Faction'

Such as, the foreign corporations that extract their resources/wealth from the planet, the Ultor Corporation (first game) and the collective world government of Earth, the EDF (in Guerilla/3rd game). The series is known for the struggle of the working people (usually miners) of Mars fighting for independence from off world oppressors. Original developers Volition have retained the rights to the series since 2020, with no updates provided on whether a future fifth game (since 2011) is in the works or may be so in the future. Originating in 2001, the Red Faction games have spanned Microsoft Windows, macOS and consoles, including the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Red Faction is a series of shooter video games developed by Volition and owned by Plaion. PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, macOS, GameCube, Xbox, N-Gage, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

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