The third installment of the "Red Faction" series is due in June of this year after an eight year leave of absence. The game boasts the same level of destruction that is seen in Red Faction and Red Faction 2 but with a swap from first to third-person game play.

The demo is 10-minutes long and with one simple goal: Take Mason, your character, and get back the miner's walking mech without getting your head kicked in. The Martian landscape is bland with a lot of the obvious red. I get it, the developers don't have a lot to work with when your setting is colonial Mars but it's still boring. There are a few scattered buildings around the area. All of which are completely destructible.

Your load out is your standard assault rifle, demolition charges and sledgehammer--which is god awfully powerful, you can tear down buildings with a few swings. The later two weapons are useful for ripping down the various buildings. The first time you knock one down to it's metal frame is ridiculously entertaining. Figuring out ways to demolish the Earth Defense Force buildings is the meat of this demo and it's too bad you have the 10 minute timer.

Unfortunately, being a one man wrecking crew is the height of the demo. Everything else has a been there, done that feeling reminiscent of GTA4. The worst part is the terrible AI for the enemies. Instead of having a real opponent the game takes the approach of throwing as many inept guards at you until you are gunned down. A lot of the time you can simply walk up to a guard and obliterate him with your hammer like Thor without him even thinking of running away.

The demo is interesting start but I wont give it another thought until the game comes out.