Red Faction

JOIN THE REVOLUTION! Lured to Mars by the Ultor Corporation's promise of a better life, thousands have come to seek their fortune and work for the massive mining company. But all is not as it seems. A deadly plague is sweeping through the barracks, and miners suffer daily abuse at the hands of the Ultor guards.

Red Faction is a action, fps and destruction game developed by Volition and published by Deep Silver.
Released on August 05th 2009 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 2,694 reviews of which 2,341 were positive and 353 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Red Faction into these genres:

Action FPS Destruction Sci-fi Classic Mars Singleplayer Shooter First-Person Multiplayer Great Soundtrack Adventure Atmospheric Boomer Shooter

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Windows

Operating System: Windows® 2000/XP
DirectX Version: DirectX 8
Processor: Pentium II 400 MHz or greater
Memory: 64 MB RAM
Video Card: 3D Graphics Accelerator Card (8MB)
Sound: Direct X Certified audio hardware

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Dec. 2024

play it with "Dash Faction" - a community launcher which fixes a lot of things and makes the game better playable on modern hardware. it also give u widescreen resolution etc. via ingame console u can change the fov and weapon fov, but for some guns the player model isn't rendered if using higher values than default. within the installation window there is an option to use the dash patcher version straight over the steam version, so basically if u launch the game thru steam - it starts the patched game and u have ur fps counter, steam overlay etc. totally smooth experience with this patch for an already awesome game.

Nov. 2024

still rocking after 23 years! Classic gameplay with questionable lore, has many legendary moments like when the miners free you and scream "REEEEEEED FAAAAAACTIOOOOOONNN" Absolute Cinema

Nov. 2024

Another fun retro FPS, apparently considered one of the PS2's best shooters, but it holds its own against any of the others. It's certainly intense - the second half jumps up in difficulty a fair bit, with much tougher enemies coming at you with more powerful weapons, as well as a couple of boss fights. Using the vehicles is fun and I was able to control them easily using the mouse. Warning: you may have to find a workaround in an instance where you need to lower a sub into the water. Quicksaving just after I pressed the button seemed to work. Yep, there is water on Mars.

Oct. 2024

an absolute classic, really had fun playing this game just like back then, destructible environments are also fun to mess around. though the best part of this game may have to be throwing charges at random people and seeing them run around and scream and anyone around the person also gets scared, that never gets old lol.

May 2024

it's so very much like Half-Life. i mean, really. you know how they used to call fps games "DOOM Clones"? this kinda reminds me of a "Half-Life clone" but not in a particularly bad way. the shooting is satisfying and there's a nice selection of weapons (though i mainly used the shotgun, assault rifle, and precision rifle) with a good punch to them. the level design is very naturalistic most of the time and flows well, but later in the game some of the puzzles suffer from "nobody told me why i have to do this" syndrome. the art direction is also very good, especially on the environments. great texture work and modeling throughout... though the humans and facial animations can sometimes leave much to be desired. the forced stealth sections and the friendly NPC pathfinding both sucked major ass, but luckily it's somewhat short lived before you go back to shooting fascist guards. the music was moody but somewhat forgettable, tho. as for the story... it's kinda hit or miss, i guess, it doesn't feel very substantive and there was a lot more i think they could have done with the cool setting and themes. i mean, the good guys are literally revolutionary "reds" and nobody talks about class struggle once! but i digress. the vehicle sections were cool, much more expressive than Half-Life's train segments, but the controls were kinda crap for the land vehicles. i really wanted WASD to move the thing around, instead of aiming the vehicle's direction with my mouse. the total playtime for me was about 3 hours, but i played on easy difficulty, so your mileage may vary. overall it was a very enjoyable FPS experience, especially if you're a fan of Half-Life. and the GeoMod tech was of course 10/10, no notes, i just wish they'd used it more!!! oh and i feel as if i must mention Parker's Mind, a 2009-2010 YouTube series that has forever warped my view of this game. Parker will always be an aussie in my heart, damnit!! if you're gonna play it, use the Dash Faction patch. it made the game run like a dream, even under Linux with Proton!! (oh and FUCK that stupid trial-and-error puzzle that the game ends with. BLEGH)

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