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  • 1 year ago
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    A pretty forgettable early PS2 shooter. I just played through it a week or two ago. The breakable environments are a fun novelty but not used in anyway that improves the gameplay. The story is near nonexistent. The faction members that you meet always die immediately after they say follow me. No checkpointing so you have to spam the saves. Some of the enemy AI feels a bit unfair, it's the run into a situation and die and then know how not to die type of game. You can't play through skillfully without knowing what you're walking into beforehand. So it becomes repetitive and the weapons aren't great. The boss fights are lame and the dialogue is wonderfully campy.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … I've tried to play this a couple times, but I think it's literally the only game that makes me feel motion sick. I've tried some mods to remedy whatever might be causing the issue, but nothing worked.
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      Editing … You weren't missing much
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  • 5 years ago
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    By the way, I still haven't finished this. I mean, besides the issues with the graphics, it's just...very meh once I get past the halfway point. Maybe the game gets better later on, but I just didn't like it that much. Bleh.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … Still haven't finished it for other reasons
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … There's a lot of reasons not to finish it, but seriously, it gets even more frustrating after the halfway point. And since the game never fully explains the overall goal of this journey (besides killing the bad dude), it's very annoying. The story is decent enough, but in short...beh.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … My only lot of reason is sick.
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … Yeah, there's two moments where the main character has to pilot a submarine. Lol. Some parts are incredibly frustrating. And keep in mind that the whole game adamantly follows a linear path, so people would have to play through everything in that specific order. It's like Half-Life, but full of campy voices and the sickness. It really, really hasn't aged well.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … The first time I played, I think I got to the submarine.
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … Actually, the game repeats a lot of sequences, so I never really felt like I made any progress. This rebellion sucks. All the resistance members died whenever I was around them. There's almost no point. Whatever.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … but most importantly the camera made me sick
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  • 5 years ago
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    I don't want to like this game. It's got all sorts of control problems. The graphics are outdated. The animation is jerky and it's too hard to aim at these hyper guards. But halfway through this game. the story just got ridiculous.

    I'm gonna kill you, Kapek. You forced me to work in a stupid mine without an escape route. Even if my boss told me not to kill you, screw it. You have an ugly robot eye. And dudes who look like the Borg deserve to die. And my face looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … I still think the story is dumb. It rips off Total Recall and other Paul Verhoeven movies in every way possible. It's ridiculously campy. I...guess that's why I'm still playing this? Sigh, something's wrong with me.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … I can't even play the game because it makes me feel sick :(
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … I will say, this whole game is outdated. I don't even know how I got this far, because the stealth system sucks. There's a really frustrating escort mission and I literally had to sneak behind bathroom doors to shoot the guards in the way. The whole game follows a linear path through corridors. Took me a while to figure out that I can trigger the alarms without alerting the guards. The game doesn't tell me that. And there's all these security cameras to ruin everything. Urgh.
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … So anyways, some people just say "Screw it." They just shoot everything, because the game doesn't reward stealth anyway. Lol.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … I never knew it had a stealth mechanic. From what I played (before quitting DURING BOTH PLAYTHROUGHS due to SICK and HEADACHE and EYE STRAIN and I NEED TO THROW UP) I had fun though. Besides the sick. Tried FOV fix, widescreen fix, 16:9, 4:3, windowed mode, NOTHING
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … The draw distance is the biggest problem, so I don't know how I got this far. If it's frustratingly bad and some people like it, I play it. Lol.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … so far I've played and not finished three Red Factions... 1 made me sick, 2 was boring, Guerrilla got repetitive too quick and the main missions were boring. Can't wait to try Armageddon!
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  • 6 years ago
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    No matter how hard I try, I just can't play this game without getting sick. I've tried modding its FPS, playing at a narrower aspect ratio, distancing myself from the screen, but nothing works. This is the only video game to ever make me sick, and it does so with great speed.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … two hours later--"I tried modding its FPS?" I meant FOV. The game's performance is fine, except in windowed mode when the frames don't perfectly align with the display's refresh rate. For that I just raised the game's FPS to 120. But the FOV, the FOV for this game's what gets me sick.
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … I honestly don't think there's any way to fix Red Faction the way you want it to. I've found it marginally easier to play it in short bursts, one day per month. Even then, I really hate the FOV. Maybe people just need advanced stomach implants, to make them feel less nauseous while playing it.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … I think I have to skip it, I mean, I couldn't even make it through the tutorial without feeling sick. In the end, I played for about 40 minutes and uninstalled the game. This is my second time attempting a playthrough, too. The first time I managed three hours before deciding it wasn't worth it. This is the *only* game I've felt sick from, and I'm that guy who loves turning up the depth on his 3DS. How can the FOV be this fucked? Well, I'll probably play Red Faction II and try not to bother with the first again.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … It wasn't even my stomach that suffered, I just got dizzy in the head.
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … 'Course, maybe I ate too much the last time I played. I was feeling terrible. And dizzy.
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      Editing … Note to self: Avoid fast food before playing Red Faction. Half-Life is okay, though.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … Half-Life had nothing like this, so I don't think it's anything to do with Red Faction's age, unless Half-Life's only good cuz of some modern patches (what with Valve keeping their games in tip-top shape for compatibility).
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  • DJ_JJSlider wrote his opinion about Red Faction
    7 years ago
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    First-person shooter? More like first-person explosives adventure. :-P
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