[The game uses Games For Windows Live for savegame managing, updates, matchmaking and achievement tracking. Take it as you wish, depending on the previous experiences with GFWL.]

RF:G is an open-world third-person sandbox game, to sum it up - imagine how GTA series would be if they took place on Mars, had completely destroyable environment and featured nano-particle rifles, sledgehammers that hit right through walls and jetpacks. The main spotlight here goes to the tech that powers all of the destroyable environment - each and every building consists of different materials and parts with different endurance level and break down depending on how and where the damage has been dealt. The strategic terrorism science of leveling down buildings at the right time and with the right means is a new skill that must be mastered on your own. It's the main core of the gameplay, and it feels oh-so-satisfying to create carnage on the game's vision of the Red Planet. Other thins worth nothing are regenerating health, enemy alert levels, cover system and usage of vehicles to roam the dusty lands. There's not much of a plot, and it doesn't get much in the way in the path of destruction. However, then there are my main gripes with the game - it's a bit too forgiving, even on hardest difficulties. I imagine a successfully caused sabotage to be much more satisfying while feeling like a real partisan of Mars... however, instead it's more like just a playground for player, the super-martian savior of the planet.

The game has a multiplayer component, which sadly, can be pronounced dead at this time. If you are lucky, one or two players might appear in a single day - and likely disappear soon again.

Here comes my second gripe with the game: RF:G would also very much benefit from a level-editor or some other tools to make modding easier - after all, the tech here is *grand*. I can easily imagine modders and players alike having a ton of fun creating mazes of fully-destroyable buildings, modeled realistically... but as with this generation of Red Faction games, it's nothing but a dream.

In overall, I can give this a definite recommendation. It's perhaps not the greatest sandbox action game ever made, but it's good, explosion-powered fun that you might not find much elsewhere.

unlike the other red factions this one is a third person open world game. It has a heavy emphasis on destruction as all the red factions did. the open world part is well implemented you can take cars or attack EDF facilities. There are also a lot of missions and most of them require blowing things up. The mission variety isn't that great it's usually survive or destroy this and get back but the explosions make up for it. the games graphics are decent but nothing to get excited about. The game is good but it has some flaws which where never fixed i would however still recommend this game.

I've been a big fan of Volition since the days of Descent and Freespace and remember having a blast with the first Red Faction. When Guerilla was released boasting sandbox gameplay somewhat similar to another great Volition game series, Saint's Row, I couldn't wait to get my hands on the game, I wasn't let down.

Guerilla offers great third-person shooter gameplay in an interesting sandbox world, couple with fun open-world vehicle gameplay and all with some impressive Geomod powered destruction. Destroying the environment in various ways is a blast and while many of the objectives and missions are similar they always involve shooting and destroying with an arsenal that is vast and fun to use. It just doesn't get stale or repetitive with such options for destruction.

Red Faction Guerilla moves away from the straight shooter in this installment. Over the shoulder Gears of War style camera all the way. The world is completely open and is a playground for destructive tendencies . You can forget about missions if you want and just go play in the HUGE sandbox, or if you want take a mission to stop a supply chain, destroy an enemy base.

This is an excellent sandbox game, visually stunning in high resolutions and addictive to play as there is always something for you to do.

Red Faction Guerrilla is a perfect game for anyone who wants a fantastic sandbox with brilliant physics elements. Sadly however the actual story was not up to my expectations as it was rather weak and predictable so i have to deduct one star. I would recommend this game to anyone who wants a little world of their own to muck around in and/or cause complete chaos and destruction, but not for people who think that the story is the most important in a game.

Good game. Destructible environments are a lot of fun. Explosions and particle effects are great in this game. Missions are fun.

I don't like foul language in games. Seriously, swearing and anti social language in games is not recreational. Overthrowing a tyrant regime is fun. Listening to bad language ruins my enjoyment of this game. It would have a lot of replay value if I wasn't so annoyed by meaningless foul language.

The physics in how buildings fall on stuff and fall apart is fun. I didn't buy Red Faction Armageddon because I was sure the foul language would be taken up many notches in the sequel to this game by the developers.

Red faction Guerrilla is an excellent follow up to the Red Faction series although that isn't to say the game doesn't have its drawbacks.

Good Points

- Awesome physics engine

- Open world sandbox

- Intelligent AI (Although some people here seem to think the AI is horrible)

Bad Points

- Console port

- Storyline is weak and predictable.

In short, I highly recommend this game if you're in the mood for destruction but I wouldn't get it if the only reason you want it is to be 'immersed' in the storyline.

"Is there life on Mars? No! So, let's go everybody and colonize it!" That's the purpose of EDF (Earth Defense Force), an oppressive organization who took control of red planet. As books teach us, colonization means expatriation, cruelty and injustice; so total destruction will be the solution. Moved by vengeance, our hero Alec Mason joins the Red Faction, a group of rebels tired of EDF ruling.

The goal is to rise up the population against regime with several actions, like set prisoners free, protect miners from military attacks, destroy buildings, kill officiers and other stuff. I've found the storyline predictable, but it doesn't matter at all when every single structure can be destroyed with bombs, rockets, vehicles and giant hammers!!

Red Faction Guerrilla is still a good game for a good price, it has been developed in 2009 so don't expect the game to be the best in its genre. Reccomended to demolition lovers. Have fun!

its pretty good game but multiplayer is dead

Sometimes everyone wants to overthrow current order, laws and institutions. With this game this dream can come true. You're OMA (One-Man-Army) with one objective - destroy your enemies. Not very bright, but with style! You can destroy virtually every-one-thing one Mars surface. Car? BOOM! Your enemy main citadel? BOOM! Enemies? BOOM! Furthermore - set a explosive trap, make some trenches for your (dying fast) comrades or blast enemy vehicle factory. You can do everything and one thing more - cast whole observation tower on heads of your adversaries.

The story is pretty good and the destruction mechanics are amazing.

Nevertheless the port from a console to the PC isn't very good and gun fights can be annoying and tiresome at times.

I enjoyed this game a lot and I recommend it to everyone.

The open world sandbox style of the game together with the ability to destroy almost everything makes this game great. No other game lets you destroy bulidings almost brick by brick!

If you like destroying absolutly everything you lay eyes on.

In this Red faction game you get an open world experience, you are fighting the EDF (Earth Defence Force) You fight as a member of the rebellion army (Red Faction) And your goal is to drive the EDF of the planet Mars, and by doing so rescue the people of Mars from the EDF.

This game gives you the best destruction engine on the marked, the exsplosions are a pleasure for the eye, the missions are fun and fast paced. The plot of the story is ok but you don't really feel that you are attaced to any of the other charecters, but aside from that if you enjoy exsplosions, gunfire and being able to destroy absolutly anything you want, when you want in an open world with all choices completly up to you. 5/5 great game!

Great game is you love destroying things, riding vehicles into innocent buildings, blowing up vehicles, the list of destructables goes on and on!

The graphics are nice and realistic aswel.

Oh.. and the story and missions are quite nice too... but who wants them if there are towns to blow up? :D

This is a pretty fun game and people who enjoy just running around and destroying everything in their path will love this one. The story line does seem a bit drawn out towards the end, but they do a good job by putting in several different types of missions and ways to earn points. That being said, it could have used some trimming around the edges and a stronger storyline so you don't forget why you're running around halfway through the game. Just keep on hitting stuff with that sledge!

A very addictive game. I find myself loosing my self in the world. Just running around and fighting the oppressive government. The story is also very interesting. Missions can sometimes be a little difficult since the enemy is so brutal and the fact that the landscape changes, buildings collapse and so on doesn't make it any easier. Graphics are good enough for a game of this sort.

I recommend this game to everyone since it really is a blast to play.

A fully packed game, even just swinging your hammer around knocking down buildings and collecting salvage is fun alone! A very good sandbox game to boot.

RF:G is the absolute BEST installment of teh game so far. Although there is a servicable story line to follow, this game remains on the open world sandboxside of genres. You can develop your very own creative style of completing your missions, from which you also can take a break most of the times and just do fun things. Though they have mostly something to do with destroying things.

And this is where RF:G and the GeoMod Engine really shines. EVERYTHING in this game is destructable. Use a cars, that you can `borrow´ to smash into building or blow them up with explosive charges or rocket launchers. Then loot the ruins for scrap to improve your weapons.

But the world around you does not stop, some events are loosely timed, most are triggered by completing obejctives. And the more `noise´ you make the more the Earth Defense Force is after you. Also the EDF AI is really reamrkable. So you have to think first, before deciding to raid a EDF headquarter or somthing, what you can ultimately do. But if you go in guns blazing you are dead, really soon. Pulling off such (essentially pointless but fun) stunts against the EDF successfully, leaves a deep feeling of satisfaction. Additinal to this this if one of the few games where the multiplayer (with friends) can even supersede it´s single player counterpart.

Pros: Unbelievable destruction physics; outstanding explosive graphics; wide variety of missions; deep multiplayer; wrecking crew is a lot of fun.

Cons: Several missions are particularly difficult with few checkpoints; AI can be unintelligent at times; minor path finding issues

Red Faction Guerilla makes much better use of the geomod engine than either its predecessor's or the annoyingly linear successor. The story is the standard Red Faction faire the people versus the corrupt powers that be. The driving could be better but as long as you have a x360 pad or similar it should work fine.

Where this game truly shines however is in the demolition challenges and to a lesser extent the destruction targets within the game world. Fun multiplayer if you can find a game as well. Armaggeddon missed the best part of this series the challenge of bringing down a tower with 2 remote charges and an explosive barrel.

a cool game

1 reason is because you can just drive with a car to the walls of a house and another reason is because its graphics are really nice, and the missions are cool to!!!!

you can to buy new weapons or upgrade your armor.

and destroying the buildings is very realistic.

i think its a must-have

Red Faction: Guerrilla is a seriously hard game, but only if you want it to be. You can reduce the difficulty to where it's more about wanton destruction of the environment, or you can play at the hardest and face off against enemy tanks, aircraft, and swarms of enemies who will flank you.

At first it seems impossible, but you begin to realize the game is more about using your weapons as tools, efficiently and quickly. You can't possible take out all your enemies, so staying ahead of them is of prime importance, and once you learn that, it becomes a chain reaction of explosions and falling buildings.

I appreciate this game because it's a fantastic challenge, it runs very well, and it's quite novel as well. It's a quality product, and for me one of the most awesome parts was finishing the game on the hardest difficulty only to be surprised when I unlocked Insane Mode.

I've played it several times now, and the freeform nature of the game makes it very entertaining to see how many different ways you can approach a situation. Sometimes I walk up to a target, sometimes I drive up, sometimes I send a truck careening over a hill to fly haphazardly at a building and laugh when it smashes through clean to the other side, with dislodged chunks of concrete and metal flying everywhere.

This game is a lot of fun, but be ready for a game where you're not an invincible superman. If you get surrounded, you're doing it wrong, but I understand it's not always immediately apparent what you did to get in that situation - to really get the most enjoyment out of this game requires a mindset not everyone has, but I think if you give it a chance, there's a lot of destructive fun here. Plus jetpacks are great in every game they show up in.

While the game may not do everything right, it’s your best bet for free-form demolition and unpretentious entertainment. The game does afford you the opportunity to launch rockets while floating around on jetpack fumes and watch as towers collapse into the tops of buildings, and depending on which sections you knock out they'll fall and crumble in different ways. You can kill EDF enemies standing around or once you've attracted a bunch in the game's GTA-style cop chases by simply shooting them with your assault rifle or shotgun, or breaking apart the floor on which they're standing to potentially send them tumbling to their doom. In tight spots when surrounded by groups of hostiles, you can use your hammer to break through a wall and find an alcove of temporary safety to regenerate your health. The third-person shooting mechanics work reasonably well, though considering how often things are breaking apart, how many new lines of fire open up as walls crack and windows shatter, and the general aggressiveness of the enemy AI, it's unlikely the game's cover system will be of much use during extended battles.

Now this is tremendous fun indeed,athough war isnt supposed to be fun but this ceratianly is,first things first,if you have the other titles in the red faction range then you certainly will appreciate it more as the story continues from the other games and there quite a few references in game to them. Techniciially this doesnt require a strong setup,a dual core with a decent graphics setup will give you a truly amazing experience,some have had some technical issue's with some slow down but i've never had any complaints,always had a smooth experience and no slow down at all even at maximum graphics settings.

So as the game starts the story begins,you are alex mason and on mars to visit your brother,all is not as it seems and things take a turn for the worst and you eventually become a red faction,all new comers will have a history lesson as it unfolds but for the rest of us we know that means trouble!!

From the very first moment the opening cut scenes play you are thrown right into the action and pick up your trusty sledgehammer and one thing and one thing only is on your mind and that is "REVENGE". You actually start to feel you are that charchter and feel all the emotions that go with it,seeing the mars surface with the wind blowing the red sand everywhere on this barren wasteland really does give a superb experience and then you meet the dredded EDF "Earth Defence Force" who occupy the planet and they stop at nothing to destroy you so you become a resistance fighter and everything that goes with that.

Some real good characters throughout the game but they could have given them more detail as the mission progresses but no major complains,some good cut scenes and story at the start then nothing really until about half way though then at the end so it would have been nice to have had some more in there as you get the feeling what's going on? as in the story and it can feel a little lost at certain points,but the action is what counts and this is the most enjoyable part,you can go anywhere,destroy anything,kill anything,blow anything you like up,hell you can even steal any type of vehicle you please and use it as you see fit,you want to have the biggest truck and ram a building off a cliff then you can do that too.

As this uses the Games For Windows Live,which i personally love you can unlock all those lovely achievents which is an added bonus,once the single player is completed then try the multiplayer and this gives a totally new playing field of excitenent,this is one very underrated game and i'd give it 9.5 out of 10 without any problems,a great experience.

As the hype machine starts spinning its wheels in anticipation of a sequel, no doubt some people will take a look at Red Faction: Guerilla and wonder whether they should buy it to experience the story of Alec Mason before they play through that of his grandson.

Short answer: no.

At least that's not the reason why you should buy it. I first got Guerilla to explore the potential of my new computer, a little over a year ago. An i5 750 CPU, 4 GB RAM and Radeon 5850 GPU were enough to max it out, although some tech reviewers have underlined the so-so quality of the porting from the consoles. From a sheer graphics perspective Guerilla is a mild disappointment, but boy is it a nice physics showcase. Like a one-trick pony with aces up its sleeve, the hyper-detailed environmental destruction produces fascinating results, stuff you can't witness anywhere else, and you're gradually drip-fed a few new tools or upgrades to enhance the carnage.

Too bad you're getting shot at from all angles most of the time instead of being let loose to wreak havoc as you please. The story is lame, which robs the gameplay of much of its purpose and made me lost interest after a few fun but frustrating hours. Leveling buildings with a hammer never really gets old, though.

As you can tell I'm on the fence about this one - and fences are a dangerous place to stand on in Red Faction: Guerilla.

Having played the earlier two games in this series I wasn't expecting much more than a decent shooter. This game has a lot more going for it than it's predecessors and I can't recommend it highly enough to fans of action games.

It's got a lot of the open world feel of the Just Cause games. It does a lot better with it's destructible environments though--most everything can be destroyed and the way things fall apart really works well. Structures aren't just a giant collection of hit points, they really have weak spots and multiple areas that can collapse independently.

The enemies in this game are fairly smart as well. You'll have to work to take out more than a few at a time and you don't stand much chance when they really start to swarm. Overall, this game is a blast to play and has just the right mix of realism and action.

This is actually a very good game. What makes it so good is that it's so varied. There are multiple ways to take out a target. You can be stealthy and sneak inside a building and plant a series of bombs, you can take a more direct approach and drive a vehicle into you or take on the guards and then start blowing mines and charges, or you can try to take down buildings from a distance with a rocket launcher or try to snipe buildings and units with a nano rifle.

The only thing you can't do is take on a huge army by yourself. If your alert level goes to red, you have to high-tail out of there, or you're a dead man.

The beauty of all this is that you can never go with just one strategy for the entire game. You'll have to tailor your approach for each set of buildings. Oh, and taking out convoys requires quite a bit of planning.

In short, if you're looking for a game where you can blow things to smithereens, but you still have to put a bit of thought into it, this is a game for you.

This game is famous for it earnestly broken objects. Hayo Sono invigoration is unimaginable. Destroy! And destroy everything! The game is perfect for stress reduction.

Definetly one of the most interesting games I have ever played. When I say intersting I mean, there are a lot of "little" things in this game that will make you love it. Such as the destructible enviroment. Almost anything you can see in the game can be destroyed.

Now on to the graphics, this game has some of the most photo-realistic explosions I have ever seen in any game. Also, the amazing graphics even make the barren landscape of Mars look beautiful.

The gameplay itself is perfect. Anyone who likes third-person games will LOVE Red Faction. When I first got it, I was not sure about the third-person aspect of a shooter game, but it turns out this game would of not been as good with first-person. Other things that I liked were the wide variety of weapons, and the fact that this game is not just a classic shooter with little story or desicions to it. If you like RPG's were you get to make some desicions that will change the outcome of the game, then your in luck, because Red Faction incorporates some aspects of desicion making into this at first look, "shoot em' up" game. Overall, Red Faction has something for everyone, action, story, and for people who base everything on how the game looks, amazing graphics.

5/5

Volition games are at the very least one thing... Fun! It's why we play games to escape and have fun. This game is no exception. It's far more then GTA on mars. The destructible environments are beyond entertaining and ensure hours of excitement that keeps the game play from getting stale. Shooting is fluid and satisfying, enemies are a little difficult so playing on casual may be a good idea until you get the hang of things.

This turned out to be a lot better than I thought. Originally I believe it to be an alright game but as I played through, turns out the graphics are better than I thought and the game had an alright story. The trailer showed a good story but it turned out awesome.

Destroying buildings never gets old in this game! The only trouble is that the buildings that you destroy will never get rebuilt, which means that there is a finite amount of fun you can have.

On the plus side, the game world is large enough that you'll be kept pretty busy. There are also a varity of side missions for you to take on.

Overall I'd say that this is a great game and takes destruction technology in video games to a new level.

This game is Amazing its has a Great story line and it can always keep you entertained by Blowing up E.D.F buildings, tanks, ships, people Or just going round and breaking all the bridges. I have played for 26hours and still not finished great game!

A fun free world roam game, nice missions, a decent aiand probably the most important, you can destroy pretty much everything in it, from buildings to planes.

An interesting feature I missed most of the game(since mostly was guns blazing >_>) was that you can stealth by crouching, even tho its very weak, it does open different ways to complete missions.

There were some flaws tho, like at some resolutions the game would get stuck at the beginning of the game, like my native 1920x1080, and framerate issues but they were solved by disabling the "ambient occlusion" setting.

As for more of ingame, I'd say that the main story is uninteresting, there were some glitches with some car related sidemissions.

I wasn't entirely enthusiastic about this game when it came out, but I find myself wholeheartedly agreeing with RPS on this game: While it's not deep, it's very enjoyable to blow things up. At the outset, I was worried that the vehicles would really bug me. I'm at the moment spoiled by the great vehicle interface in borderlands. But they're drivable. They do the job. The fun part is blowing things up --- and the plot is a thinly veiled encouragement to blow lots of things up! Absolutely worth the price!

A very good open-world game. Although a not-so-good story, it does serve it's purpose as to give the player a reason for what must be done in the missions. A fully destructible environment, and a handful of tools to do that, as well as battle the enemy give an overall fun and enjoyable experience. It's simply one of the best PC games I've played, only downside is the controls, playing with Mouse and Keyboard isn't as comfortable as playing with an Xbox 360 controller (the games has full support for it, as well as achievements for your Xbox LIVE and Games for Windows - LIVE profile, that's a plus).

A must buy for action games lovers, and for most PC gamers to be honest.

It's a great game. Set on Mars, you are part of a faction working to overthrow the regime there. To do so you must complete story missions. Apart from story missions there are MANY other side-missions, with a variety of goals to cause mayhem, reduce the support for the regime, etc etc. Gameplay is on foot and on vehicles. Very similar to the Grand Theft Auto series (3 upwards). The "world" is divided into interconnected sections. You have to liberate one sector at a time, but you can always travel back and forth between them. There is no "level loading" and everything feels like one world. The great difference between this game and all others is the amount of destruction you can cause to everything, apart from the terrain. Every single building, vehicle, can be destroyed. It doesn't matter how big or small.

In terms of performance, it is a very demanding game, especially for the CPU. If you have a system that barely meets the minimun requirements, then the chances of you playing the game much are limited. For a good performance you NEED a quad core cpu, plenty of memory and if not current, at least previous generation of graphics card.

If you do, then you are in for a treat. It is a great third person game that has many many hours of gameplay in it.

Hint: for greatly improved performance, switch off ambient occlusion.

An excellent game. I've read elsewhere that this game is really less about the Red Faction and more a story about a man and his hammer. Believe it. Every man-made structure is completely destructible. Take anything apart with a hammer, explosives, or a vehicle. Besides the sheer destructive element, there is a mildly interesting story mixed into this. Nothing major, as far as I can tell, but it was kinda cool to walk through the Ultor lab where Parker and Eos killed Capek. I've liberated 4 of the 6 sectors, and the story hasn't really kicked in. The battles are a little... one sided, biased against you, but I suppose that's realistic. Still, this game is a must have, at least for the gimmick of destroying EVERYTHING.

Actually a fantastic game were you can destroy EVERYTHING and bring down even the largest buildings if you have enough explosive... You also feel some kind of freedom in the game and you deside were to attach or maybe make a covert attack destroying a wall and gaining access to a restricted area were you place your explosives and leave without being notised.. the game world is kind of dynamic and caracters and cars are not always the same when you die and load the game again. As time goes bye civilian people will join your fight against the bad guys along your side or you helping them.. its really up to you to deside.. There are several good side missions...

The only little things that anoye me is that when you destroye something you can sometimes get a little disoriented but i guess you get used to it.. A really good game. I give it max Stars.