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woo doggy!

posted 19 years ago by loicdesdvina
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I'm not saying that RF1 was an award worthy game, but jeez, it was a masterpiece compared to this piece of crap!

It had a FEW (I can count them on one hand) "redeeming" qualities, but the game just blew...

First of all, I beat it within 2 hours, and I take my times when I play games... I searched every corridor, and tried to blow up every wall... BLAH

Second, where the hell was the geo-mod?! The first one used it so well, but this one only throws it in to places where it didn't need it in the first place (I guess just to show the game still has it)

Third, NO CHALLENGE... Wow, I mean, I beat the game without restarting, dying, or back tracking. For the last half of the game, all you do is run through the level killing things... The last portion, I didn't even try to kill the nano-soldiers, I just bolted through there and was barely even scratched!

Fourth, way to linear. Jeesh, add some complexity to the levels... You can only go ONE WAY through the game, and that way is lit up like a christmas tree.

Why is it called Red Faction 2? It could've very easy been passed on as some cheap halo wannabe instead of trying to make a sequal that has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ORIGINAL...

Weapons sucked, 'nuff said...
Vehicles sucked, 'nuff said...

Wave after Wave after WAVE of enemies?!?! C'mon, they spawn like there's no tomorrow...

The graphics were ok at times, they could've expanded on that a LOT, but they just didn't care enought, apparently...

I don't know, I guess I could go on, but I just feel like they could've made it SO MUCH BETTER than the first... It's like, after the first few minutes of game play, they just gave up...

Bottom line, I want my 8 bucks back...ahah

"Give me your power-flowin', juicy-glowin', red hot MEANING OF LIFE!"

[–] THEJACKAL09 19 years ago

Sure, now shut up.

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[–] loicdesdvina 19 years ago

Thank you for that well thought out input, I'm sure millions will find it usefull and interesting...

You have anything else you want to add? I don't think anything could top the brilliance of that last one, though...

"Give me your power-flowin', juicy-glowin', red hot MEANING OF LIFE!"

[–] THEJACKAL09 19 years ago

Your cynicism is apparent. You need to work on sublety.

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[–] THEJACKAL09 19 years ago

Wave after wave of enemies? Of course! It's a fps for crying out loud. The graphics were solid and so where the environments. The Geo-mod technology was BETTER than the first. If not more sporadic, more realistic. I enjoyed the game.
And yes, it does have something to do with the game. If you've played the first, you are aware of the nanotechnology that was created. This game is basically dealing with the consequences of the misuse of the technology.
I just loaded the game and the graphics were better than I thought, though, they pale in comparison with DooM 3.

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[–] superbrian 19 years ago

I loved both games. I don't care that they're short because I enjoyed getting the different endings in Red Faction II or seeing how fast I could do it (or beating the whole game in as few shots as possible)...plus sometimes it's fun to complete a cool game in one night. And the multiplayer is excellent, making up for the short story mode.

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[–] dzero169 18 years ago

loicdesdvina IS RIGHT....THIS IS AN AWEFULL GAME....ACTUALLY ITS THE WORST GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED N YES I HAVE PLAYED MIAMI VICE.....THE GRAPHICS WERE HORRIBLE N GEOMOD....WHAT GEOMOD?????????? THERE WAS NO FREAKIN GEOMOD EXCEPT ON A FEW MEASLY PILLARS!!!!! THE CHARACTER MODELS LOOKED ULTRA PATHETIC N THE SOUND N MUSIC WERE PROBABLY FROM A PORNO......N YES THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THERE WOULD B WAVE UPON WAVES OF MINDLESS DUMB ENEMIES FOR NO REASON AT ALL...........WHAT A MINDLESS PATHETIC N CHEAP EXCUSE FOR A GAME!!!!!

[–] Island_89 18 years ago

Pansoo, anytime your ready to make intelligent input, please feel free to do so...just be sure to do it with at least some clairity however...
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[–] dzero169 18 years ago

TELL ME SOMETHING MR JACKAL....HOW THE HELL IS THE GEOMOD SUPPOSED 2 B REALISTIC WHEN U COULD PUT A HOLE IN THE FLOOR/WALL/PILLERS BUT COULDNT EVEN SCRATCH A CHICKEN FENCE WITH THE ROCKET/GRENADE LAUNCHER??!!!?????
WOW....WHAT REALITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[–] rubbercheese12345 18 years ago

I HIGHLY doubt you beat the game in 2 hours. Hell, it took me that long to get past the 2nd level on easy.

THE GAME IS HARD.

STFU.

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[–] gregforttmags 16 years ago

I thought RF1 and RF2 were both equally good, with their own strengths and weaknesses, and they were both underrated console FPS at the time. The RF2 bashers tend to be dim, one track minded fanboys, who cannot spell or employ coherent grammer (when ever I go to blogs or forums where RF2 is bashed).

[–] Spounge 16 years ago

I agree about the Geo Mod thing. That was one of Red Faction biggest selling points and it was unique. It felt like it was thrown away in this second game.

As for the third game, Guerilla, that should be good. Or rather better than this. They are kinda going back to the roots of the franchise. Geo Mod is there in full swing it seems, the EDF (those guys you called in the first game) are now the bad guys, and its on a terra formed Mars. There is one thing they changed drastically though. Its no longer a FPS but instead a third person shooter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQGnq3kqWrI