After viewing this trailer, one begins to understand why Volition decided to go with the name Red Faction: Guerilla. Like most RF games, the protagonist is stationed on Mars. Unlike most RF games, he has a wicked huge hammer. Aside from bludgeoning random buildings until they topple over, he’ll be using his hammer/pickaxe to fight against imperial imprisonment.
Basically, the big bad Earth Defense Force has come to colonize (or bleed) Mars for all that the red planet is worth. As the voiceover in the trailer explains quite well, the people aren’t digging the fact that the Defense Force has decided to put them in chains. As it tends to go with videogame freedom-fighting situations, the workers will have access to some pretty heavy machinery to assist the battle. That nasty looking mech looks like it will fit the bill quite well.
Large robots that can break and kill things always create a win-win situation for gamers. Hopefully Volition can capitalize on the apparent awesomeness that has been displayed in this trailer.
Published: Dec 5, 2008 08:41 pm