Red Faction: Armageddon
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The game abandons the open-world structure of its predecessor for a linear, close-quarters campaign, which critics found puzzling.[1][2] Volition developed and THQ published the 2011 third-person shooter Red Faction: Armageddon, which was released in association with the Syfy television network.[3]
Making and release
The game begins five years after the relocation to the mines in 2175, following Darius Mason, grandson of Alec Mason and Samanya.[4][5] Darius runs a business in Bastion, the underground hub of Colonist activity, involving mining, scavenging, and mercenary work.[4][5] He is tricked into reopening a shaft in an old Marauder temple, awakening a dormant race of Martian creatures and causing an Armageddon on Mars.[4][5] A direct-to-television film titled Red Faction: Origins, produced by the Syfy network, fills the narrative gap between the events of Guerrilla and Armageddon.[6][7]
An Xbox 360 playable demo became available on May 3, 2011, while a PlayStation 3 demo followed on June 2, 2011.[6][8] The OnLive service was the exclusive platform for a Windows version demo.[8]
What the cited sources add
GameSpy's Eric Neigher described the main campaign as a "strictly linear, close-quarters, and poorly plotted mess" compared to the open-ended predecessor.[2] Neigher noted that the game's "ridiculously overpowered auto-aim" detracted from the otherwise cool weapons like the singularity cannon and plasma beam.[2] The multiplayer is a cooperative survival mode called Infestation, where up to three friends face endless waves of enemies.[2] Kotaku's Brian Crecente reported that the game takes place underground, with players freeing colonists from alien cocoons and hunting for artifacts to create alien weapons.[5]
The Nano Forge can unleash blasts, "tremblers," and "rhino charges" according to the same Kotaku article.[5] The film Red Faction: Origins focuses on Alec Mason's last surviving son Jake, who fights a new human army.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "Red Faction: Armageddon" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pete Haas, "Red Faction: Armageddon Sales Disappoint, No Sequels Planned", Cinemablend, July 27, 2011; Maurice Tan, "Red Faction: Armageddon is ending your world on May 31st", Destructoid, February 22, 2011; Brendan Sinclair, "Red Faction: Armageddon delayed to June 7", GameSpot, April 28, 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Eric Neigher, "Red Faction: Armageddon Review (PS3, X360)", GameSpy, June 4, 2011. facts only, no text reused. xbox360.gamespy.com
- Wikipedia, "Red Faction: Armageddon" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: JC Fletcher, "Red Faction: Origins movie to debut on SyFy in March 2011", Engadget (Joystiq), July 19, 2010 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Red Faction: Armageddon" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: JC Fletcher, "Red Faction: Origins movie to debut on SyFy in March 2011", Engadget (Joystiq), July 19, 2010; Brian Crecente, "Red Faction: Armageddon Brings the Nano Forge, Alien Cocoons", Kotaku, June 5, 2010 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Brian Crecente, "Red Faction: Armageddon Brings the Nano Forge, Alien Cocoons", Kotaku, June 5, 2010. facts only, no text reused. kotaku.com
- Wikipedia, "Red Faction: Armageddon" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "THQ Announces May 2011 Release Date For Red Faction(R) ArmageddonTM; Bolsters Strong Fiscal 2012 Line-Up", THQ, September 13, 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- JC Fletcher, "Red Faction: Origins movie to debut on SyFy in March 2011", Engadget (Joystiq), July 19, 2010. facts only, no text reused. engadget.com
- Wikipedia, "Red Faction: Armageddon" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Red Faction: Armageddon demo coming next week", New Game Network, April 26, 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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