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Red Faction

Would I buy Red Faction for myself or a friend as a Christmas present this year? Sure. Would I love it as a multiplayer game? You don’t have to ask. I already do. But as a single-player game and story, it could stand some improvement in a few parts.

Au final, Red faction n' est pas vraiment la révolution annoncée, malgré quelques bonnes idées, ce jeu est un doom like solo assez classique, qui souffre d'une durée de vie vraiment trop courte (comptez 8 heures pour un manchot, et 3 pour un hardcore gamer, si tant est que les hardcore gamers aient des macs), mais qui pâtira de la déception qu'il cause. On ne manquera pas de comparer Red Faction à Star Trek: Elite Force, et ca fait forcément très mal au titre des petits gars de chez Volition. Une petite note d' espoir subsiste cependant, car des kits de développement sont sortis sur PC afin de faire des Mods pour Red Faction, et on peut esperer que quelques bonnes choses en résultent. Bref, on réflechira à deux fois avant de s'acheter Red Faction, surtout vu le tarif prohibitif des jeux en import à la Fnac.

I had fun with Red Faction. Although the story never really escapes the confines of the FPS genre, the fast pacing, the great graphics, and the intense action keep it interesting. Even better, it's devoid of the pubescent, Duke Nukem attitude most games of this type have lately. There are surprisingly few "I just killed you so now I'm going to say something clever" lines, which makes Parker feel a little more vulnerable. He doesn't enjoy all this killing. He doesn't want to be doing it, he just wants to live. He's just a man with a man's courage.

Red Faction isn't a bad game; it's just so derivative of other shooters (even mediocre ones) that it's hard to know which part of the game, if any, is worth recommending. As a single player game it's outdone ten times over by titles like Deus Ex and Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force. As a multiplayer game it's shamed by Quake III and Unreal Tournament. Even in terms of sheer game for the money, it's quickly outstripped by SiN: Gold. Graphically, Red Faction is among the best, but not quite at the top of the heap.