Volition

Red Faction

Red Faction revolutionizes gaming with Geo-Mod technology, the ability to completely alter and destroy the environment in real-time. Featuring 5 controllable vehicles, 15 weapons of mass destruction, unparalleled multiplayer action, and a setting on Mars in the midst of a deadly plague and rebellion, Red Faction sets the gold standard in gaming!

Released: 22 May 2001
Developer: Volition
Publisher: THQ
Engine: Geo-Mod
Perspective: First person
Age rating: PEGI 16 · ESRB M
Metacritic: 78/100
Steam recommendations: 2,400
Platforms: PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Mac · PlayStation 2
Genres: Shooter · Adventure
Also known as: RF · Red Shift
Estimated owners: 500,000–1,000,000 (est.)

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Player rating: 70
Critic rating: 154
Ratings counted: 86.3%
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Red Faction

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System requirements 64 MB RAM Steam Deck Playable Player counts 13

Red Faction

The story

Mars in the near future. Mars is the planet of opportunity, its mineral wealth feeding the insatiable needs of Earth, a planet stripped of raw materials and minerals. Ultor Corporation, aptly named after the ancient Roman temple dedicated to Mars the god of war, owns all the mining rights on the planet. The company is an expert at maximising production while minimising costs. Fortunes are made as cargo ship after cargo ship return to Earth filled with precious Noachite. Mine workers, misled by promises of adventure and easy money, arrive on Mars by the shuttle load. Few ever make it back to Earth. Conditions in the Ultor mines are brutal. The work is dangerous and the miners’ living quarters are disgusting. Environmental suits and bunks are shared between miners on different shifts. Food is lousy and in short supply. And beatings from Ultor guards are commonplace. Worst of all, a mysterious, disfiguring Plague is running rampant through the mines. As the death toll rises and Ultor remains complacent, the miners’ fear and discontent grows. Pamphlets and posters from an underground organisation begin showing up all over the mining complex. Signed by the mysterious Eos, the pamphlets tell of bizarre deaths and missing comrades and urge the miners to take action against Ultor. Tensions run high. The mines are wired like a powder keg. All it will take is a spark... During a shift change, a young miner is brutally assaulted by an Ultor guard. Another miner, Parker, witnesses the brutality and is quickly caught up in the chaos. He has no choice. Kill or be killed. A rebellion explodes across Mars. Can you live long enough to become a hero?

Red Faction