Red Faction: Guerilla Preview

[Emabulator]

GamesRadar has posted a preview (http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/red-faction-guerrilla/preview/red-faction-guerilla/a-20090507144251953017/g-20080220135713404004) covering the multi-player portion of Volition's upcoming shooter, Red Faction: Guerilla.

Red Faction: Guerrilla, a free-roaming romp across the fully destructible surface of Mars, is shaping up as one of the surprise hits of 2009, not to mention a minor technical triumph. After profiling the single-player campaign last month, we’re pleased to confirm that Guerrilla’s destruction engine – which the developers Volition claim is a full “five to ten years ahead of rival shooters” – makes a full appearance in multiplayer, which we were able to test in our hands-on.

It’s an impressive technical achievement, considering the game supports up to 16 players wailing on each other and the surrounding architecture with sledgehammers and man-sized rockets. The destruction engine isn’t a multi-player gimmick – it changes the face of the game’s six online modes. In addition to the standard deathmatch (Anarchy) and team deathmatch (Team Anarchy) are a handful of modes entirely predicated upon Guerrilla’s destruction engine.

[Kooch]

tried the demo last night. some of the best destruction yet, the physics are alot of fun.

[RUSKULL]

The demo absolutely kicked ass and was so much fun. Perfect for those days when you just want to break something :)

[ElfShotTheFood]

I too enjoyed the demo.

[lost]

It says 'fully destructible surface' in the preview. Have they added that in from when I played the demo?

[spdiscus]

I played the demo yesterday. The shooting felt weird, and it wasn't clear who was on my side and who wasn't. After dying several times I just hopped in a jeep, drove it over everyone to the mech, jumped in the mech, and then drove/swept over everyone to get out. The rail shooter at the end was the only part that I enjoyed, though.

[Demo_Boy]

The demo was great.

'fully destructible surface' just means all the objects sitting on the surface of the planet are destructable. They havent added anything. I get the sense this game has been done for a while, and they are just cleaning up some pesky bugs.

Overall looks like one of the first games actually worth 60 bux in a while.

[Mr.Green]

I was pleasantly surprised by the demo. Really came out of left field as far as I'm concerned. I might pick it up!

[LilAbner]

Yeah, they've upped the ante with the GeoMod engine. Looking forward to it...this will be THQ's biggest title this year, which really isn't saying much.