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Title: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: GilloD on May 29, 2009, 01:08:38 PM
http://www.thq-games.com/uk/thqtv/index?movieId=2941

Tell me you don't want this. Those weapons rule. The environment rules. The GeoMod shit rules. The Multiplayer is the closest thing to Tribes in YEARS. Jetpacks. Nano Rifles. YOU CANNOT NAYSAY THIS.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: Draft on May 29, 2009, 01:17:20 PM
Preordered.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: GilloD on May 29, 2009, 01:18:00 PM
VGNY has it in today :) Goin now.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on May 29, 2009, 01:21:47 PM
cant wait for gamefly to send it. since gamefly isnt a problem. no fud here
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 29, 2009, 01:23:01 PM
it's the only thing in my gamefly q, so we'll see if i get it
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: bork on May 29, 2009, 01:55:21 PM
Can't wait for it!
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Kestastrophe on May 29, 2009, 02:01:44 PM
that vid looks badass. I only played the demo for bout 10 minutes, I think I go an retry it
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: GilloD on May 29, 2009, 02:31:03 PM
Sweet. Have it in-hand. Instruction booklet hints at a lot of cool stuff. It looks like it's close to Saint's Row 2- You do a variety if mini-missions to unlock story missions. There are also "gangs". Multiplay looks AWESOME. There's a mode wheere one team trys to knock downa  huge building and the otehr team tries to keep it together. Some local multi modes look cool, too. Whole package looks awesome.

Rveiews are starting to post and they're universally positive
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: bork on May 29, 2009, 02:53:35 PM
Sweet. Have it in-hand. Instruction booklet hints at a lot of cool stuff. It looks like it's close to Saint's Row 2- You do a variety if mini-missions to unlock story missions. There are also "gangs". Multiplay looks AWESOME. There's a mode wheere one team trys to knock downa  huge building and the otehr team tries to keep it together. Some local multi modes look cool, too. Whole package looks awesome.

Rveiews are starting to post and they're universally positive

It is very close to Saint's Row-- the Ultor Corporation is even present in both games!  In fact when you finish the third DLC #2 mission in SR2,
spoiler (click to show/hide)
your character even tells the Ultor Exec "You can go to MARS for all I care!"
[close]
   :lol

I know Volition does both games, but is it the same team on both titles?  Going by the demo, RFG pretty much tops SR2 in my book.  Tighter control, better game play, and more-detailed visuals.  It's going to top SR2 and be the best sandbox "GTA" game yet, IMO.  I am completely pumped up to get this tuesday.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: GilloD on May 29, 2009, 03:26:04 PM
Sweet. Have it in-hand. Instruction booklet hints at a lot of cool stuff. It looks like it's close to Saint's Row 2- You do a variety if mini-missions to unlock story missions. There are also "gangs". Multiplay looks AWESOME. There's a mode wheere one team trys to knock downa  huge building and the otehr team tries to keep it together. Some local multi modes look cool, too. Whole package looks awesome.

Rveiews are starting to post and they're universally positive

It is very close to Saint's Row-- the Ultor Corporation is even present in both games!  In fact when you finish the third DLC #2 mission in SR2,
spoiler (click to show/hide)
your character even tells the Ultor Exec "You can go to MARS for all I care!"
[close]
   :lol

I know Volition does both games, but is it the same team on both titles?  Going by the demo, RFG pretty much tops SR2 in my book.  Tighter control, better game play, and more-detailed visuals.  It's going to top SR2 and be the best sandbox "GTA" game yet, IMO.  I am completely pumped up to get this tuesday.

A lot of gameplay mechanics look to be VERY similar, but the actual play itself is worlds apart. RFG feels tighter to me and, of course, GEO MOD YO. I'm wondering how good of a "sandbox" it'll be, it seems like it might just be a good action-adventure game with a lot of freedom, I'm not sure it's an environment I'll want to spend a lot of time fucking up pedestrians in
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: GilloD on May 29, 2009, 04:05:55 PM
Also: Character and weapon UPGRADES
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: bork on May 29, 2009, 04:06:44 PM
Also: Character and weapon UPGRADES

Just like Saint's Row 2 (kinda)!   :lol

I didn't care about fucking with the civilians in the RFG demo, but loved doing shit to the EDF troopers.  Blowing the shit out of everything and really going "guerilla" on all the enemies was just incredibly satisfying. 
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: GilloD on May 29, 2009, 08:42:22 PM
INSTALLING NOW
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: GilloD on May 29, 2009, 09:06:39 PM
Plots a little dumb. But the SCALE of some of the shit you get to blow up is amazing. The first mission has you blowing up a 3 story lab and I knocked out a bunch of supports, but ran in anyway to  collect some shit. I like knocked into a waLL AND WHAM, 3 stories fell on my head, haha.

Also, there's a like 75 foot tower you get to blow up and it falls like a club on a huge building in it's path. Totally amazing. So fun
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on May 29, 2009, 09:09:29 PM
i feel like buying this game. but, you know, buying stuff
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: GilloD on May 31, 2009, 02:33:05 AM
Spent a few more hours with it today:

-Yeah, a lot of the missions feel a little "same"-y, with goals and mechanics built around BLOWIN SHIT UP, but I think the moments when the game really shines are when it doesn't put the BLOW SHIT UP right in your face. A lot of times, when you're just drving around, you'll get a call to defend a group of colonists or whatever. The game posits like 10 of your scrappy RF dudes against maybe 20 or 30 EDF dudes in two or three waves. It's thrilling enough to watch your 10 dudes take positions and fight for their lives, it's poistively fucking AWESOME when all you hear is creaking steel and the buildings are collapsing around you.

-Speaking of: Multiplay rules! Deathmatch feels a little uneven. The other modes are way better. Siege is really fun- One team attacks a structure while the other runs around and tries to put it back together. You also get XP for a lot of different things that kind of force you to mix up your play style.

-Also also: Anecdote time! We had a stubborn sniper on a smoke stack, nobody could get him down. So we did the next best thing: 3 team mates, hacking at the stack, we toppled the thing with him in the wreckage. Totally unique, really fun.

-Plot got a little better. It took a major left turn to weirdsville, I won't spoil because it was a genuine surprise. It feels a little sci-fi cliche, but it's still genuinely exciting. It's not "good", but it's entertaining.

-The music RULES.

-Car handling is nice. Every car feels distinct. That said, the dune buggy is almost always the ride of choice.

-Lots and lots and lots of collectibles. 300 ore deposits, 100 propaganda posters, 30 radio tags etc etc.

-Upgrade system is cool- Prices are just right. You can't really afford all of them, but you get enough that you don't feel stuck. It's nice to have to choose and create a playstyle around it.

Anyway, A+ so far.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Mrbob on May 31, 2009, 03:36:05 AM
Tribes multiplayer...what.

If this is true I'll rent this game from the superior gamerang service.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: GilloD on May 31, 2009, 11:46:29 AM
Tribes multiplayer...what.

If this is true I'll rent this game from the superior gamerang service.

It just "feels" very similar. There are backpcks you can pick up and swap on the playfield and each one gives you a different superpower- There's Jetpack, Vision (XRay), Concussion (knock people out), Heal, Thurst (A one-boost SUPER JET PACK that also blows shit up around itself), Rhino (Charge through walls), Firepower (Ups your attack) and a few others. So there's a lot of people flying around, a really strong focus on team work.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: Draft on May 31, 2009, 10:49:54 PM
It's really not like Tribes at all.

Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on May 31, 2009, 10:51:00 PM
I remember Red Faction when it was a FPS and a great one at that :/.

Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: GilloD on May 31, 2009, 11:42:15 PM
Multi-player is where it's at. Single Player is C- to B+, the missions are pretty interesting  the locations are cool and you get to blow up some GARGANTUAN shit. It has has a classic GTA3 feel- You can park cars across a road or bring a bigger gun if you failed the mission the first time. It gives you a LOT of leeway in terms of how to solve missions.

I've had missions be a total clusterfuck the first failure and then go smooth as silk the second time because I snuck around the back way or cased a garage and found a mech. There's a lot of freedom. But it's also kind of short? I've been in for 10 kind of leisurely hours and I guess I'm about 2/3 through?

Multiplayer keeps getting better. Every match so far has been skin-of-my-teeth close except for one. I don't know if that's a testament to balance or the player base or what, but it's pretty thrilling. Team Deathmatch seems most popular, although why is beyond me. I prefer Free For All. Siege rules, CTF rules, Objective (the demo one) rules. Neat-o unlocks, lots of xp bonuses. Good stuff.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: dammitmattt on June 01, 2009, 12:27:22 AM
Tell me more about the collectibles.  Are they on your map/radar at all or do you have no help finding them?  How is the in-game stat tracking?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: bork on June 01, 2009, 01:13:44 AM
I remember Red Faction when it was a FPS and a great one at that :/.



And now it's a third person action game and a great one at that.   ;)
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: GilloD on June 01, 2009, 09:23:26 AM
Tell me more about the collectibles.  Are they on your map/radar at all or do you have no help finding them?  How is the in-game stat tracking?

I haven't checked the in-game stats yet, bit the Multiplayer stats are really comprehensive.

Collectibles come in a few forms: Propaganda billboards to be knocked down (250), big blocks of black ore to be mined (300), radio tags that tell the past of ULTOR (35) (And unlock something? I only found one, but it told me that if I found 2 more it'd unlock the location of something) and supply crates to be BLOWED UP (250).

They're not on the radar (You might be able to get an upgrade for this), but in a lot of case sthey're highly visible. Sometimes they're hidden in a valley or something. It'll take some work to get them all.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: dammitmattt on June 01, 2009, 10:23:36 AM
Tell me more about the collectibles.  Are they on your map/radar at all or do you have no help finding them?  How is the in-game stat tracking?

I haven't checked the in-game stats yet, bit the Multiplayer stats are really comprehensive.

Collectibles come in a few forms: Propaganda billboards to be knocked down (250), big blocks of black ore to be mined (300), radio tags that tell the past of ULTOR (35) (And unlock something? I only found one, but it told me that if I found 2 more it'd unlock the location of something) and supply crates to be BLOWED UP (250).

They're not on the radar (You might be able to get an upgrade for this), but in a lot of case sthey're highly visible. Sometimes they're hidden in a valley or something. It'll take some work to get them all.

Thank you, sir.  I can't wait to pick this one up tomorrow.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: GilloD on June 01, 2009, 10:41:47 AM
Tell me more about the collectibles.  Are they on your map/radar at all or do you have no help finding them?  How is the in-game stat tracking?

I haven't checked the in-game stats yet, bit the Multiplayer stats are really comprehensive.

Collectibles come in a few forms: Propaganda billboards to be knocked down (250), big blocks of black ore to be mined (300), radio tags that tell the past of ULTOR (35) (And unlock something? I only found one, but it told me that if I found 2 more it'd unlock the location of something) and supply crates to be BLOWED UP (250).

They're not on the radar (You might be able to get an upgrade for this), but in a lot of case sthey're highly visible. Sometimes they're hidden in a valley or something. It'll take some work to get them all.

Thank you, sir.  I can't wait to pick this one up tomorrow.

Drop me a PM when you do- Multiplayer is VERY team-focused.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 01, 2009, 01:40:04 PM
Shipped :hyper
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: duckman2000 on June 01, 2009, 01:41:13 PM
Shipped :hyper

Indeed  :omg
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 01, 2009, 01:41:44 PM

but guys gamefly doesnt send games.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: duckman2000 on June 01, 2009, 01:44:26 PM
Well, they never got around to sending Infamous.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 01, 2009, 01:50:50 PM
i've been a member since 2007 and this is the first time they have ever sent me a new release the day it came out

ever

probably because i complained about a game taking 10 days to get to me recently

maybe i should be "that guy" and complain more
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: fistfulofmetal on June 01, 2009, 01:52:52 PM
I don't think I've ever NOT gotten a new game on release from Gamefly.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 01, 2009, 01:55:32 PM
well aren't you special
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: GilloD on June 01, 2009, 01:59:35 PM
Guys, can we play together? A team that actually used voice to communicate would fucking dominate.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 01, 2009, 02:01:31 PM
i got the ps3 version
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: duckman2000 on June 01, 2009, 02:02:26 PM
360 version here. What are the differences?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 01, 2009, 02:03:21 PM
i dunno, i just figured i had a better chance of actually receiving the ps3 version so that's what i added to my gamefly q
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: chronovore on June 02, 2009, 12:18:06 PM
I played the demo, and it's pretty, but there wasn't a lot of destruction, and no geomod: am I doing it wrong?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: cool breeze on June 02, 2009, 12:23:56 PM
360 version here. What are the differences?


judging from the demo, very little.

I'm gonna pick up my 360 version later today.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: GilloD on June 02, 2009, 12:59:58 PM
I played the demo, and it's pretty, but there wasn't a lot of destruction, and no geomod: am I doing it wrong?

Very. Did you miss the point where they give you a giant robot and let you smash buildings?
Title: GETCHA AZZ TO MAHZ
Post by: bork on June 02, 2009, 04:01:35 PM
Picked up the 360 version today, got rid of Sacred 2 among other games, but RFG is so much more satisfying so whatever.  The clerk also gave me the pre-order bonus, a 125-page handbook with artwork, character designs, weapon info, a preview of the strategy guide, and a comic.  Nice, but nothing worth pursuing if you miss out on it.

The game is similar to Saint's Row in that you've got various points of interest marked on the map, and along the way, you'll also run into civilians/fellow guerillas who need your help taking out EDF soldiers.  You get "rep" by helping out in these fights and destroying EDF territory, which then enables you to be able to do missions, much like doing activities in Saint's Row 2 does.  It's much more serious in tone than SR2 though; no kookiness to be found and nothing too crazy; you're just taking out buildings and structures, but it's all done so damn well.  Haven't tried Wrecking Crew or multiplayer yet.

I played the demo, and it's pretty, but there wasn't a lot of destruction, and no geomod: am I doing it wrong?

You can't do anything to the ground or tunnel through rocks, but you can take out any buildings or other structures.  I don't know if guns will work (at least not the ones you start with), but your trusty hammer and charges will do the trick.  You can also drive vehicles into buildings and as GilloD says, in the demo once you get the walker, you can literally just walk through everything and destroy anything in your path!
Title: Re: GETCHA AZZ TO MAHZ
Post by: GilloD on June 02, 2009, 05:01:12 PM
Picked up the 360 version today, got rid of Sacred 2 among other games, but RFG is so much more satisfying so whatever.  The clerk also gave me the pre-order bonus, a 125-page handbook with artwork, character designs, weapon info, a preview of the strategy guide, and a comic.  Nice, but nothing worth pursuing if you miss out on it.

The game is similar to Saint's Row in that you've got various points of interest marked on the map, and along the way, you'll also run into civilians/fellow guerillas who need your help taking out EDF soldiers.  You get "rep" by helping out in these fights and destroying EDF territory, which then enables you to be able to do missions, much like doing activities in Saint's Row 2 does.  It's much more serious in tone than SR2 though; no kookiness to be found and nothing too crazy; you're just taking out buildings and structures, but it's all done so damn well.  Haven't tried Wrecking Crew or multiplayer yet.

I played the demo, and it's pretty, but there wasn't a lot of destruction, and no geomod: am I doing it wrong?

You can't do anything to the ground or tunnel through rocks, but you can take out any buildings or other structures.  I don't know if guns will work (at least not the ones you start with), but your trusty hammer and charges will do the trick.  You can also drive vehicles into buildings and as GilloD says, in the demo once you get the walker, you can literally just walk through everything and destroy anything in your path!

There a series of missions called "Heavy metal" or something that basically pits you in some kind of heavy machinery against like 40 tanks or soemthing. It RULES.

Also, #1 fave thing: the freedom to pursue missions as you choose. I was having a REALLY hard time with one mission when I realized there was a construction yard down the road. I popped down there, found a mech and DOMINATED the mission.  It's up to you, none of that GTA-style fade to black and reset the play area shit.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: GilloD on June 02, 2009, 08:02:31 PM
Anyone up for MP later? I got STOMPED by 3 dudes running as a team yesterday. I'd love to be on the other end of that equation
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: chronovore on June 02, 2009, 08:48:09 PM
I played the demo, and it's pretty, but there wasn't a lot of destruction, and no geomod: am I doing it wrong?

Very. Did you miss the point where they give you a giant robot and let you smash buildings?

Ah, I got the mech and smashed a few things; I thought GeoMod was a FRACTURE-style terrain deform thing. The mech was pretty cool, smashing stuff was good; in all honesty the mounted weapon sequence felt better than the mech. The targeting and damage model was fun, and tossing cars into the air with the shots and then shooting them again before they landed was good fun.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: bork on June 02, 2009, 08:49:16 PM
Anyone up for MP later? I got STOMPED by 3 dudes running as a team yesterday. I'd love to be on the other end of that equation

I hope to be on later, but I got a shit-ton of work to do first.   :'(
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: Draft on June 02, 2009, 09:50:36 PM
My copy won't be here till tomorrooooooooow. I'm definitely trying to dent skulls online.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: GilloD on June 03, 2009, 09:50:50 AM
I met some dudes and played 4 or 5 games with them and in every game where we actively communicated and worked as a team, we fucking stomped everyone else. It'll be interesting to see what happens as time goes on, if more ad-hoc teams start to develop.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: duckman2000 on June 03, 2009, 02:52:44 PM
Game is booting up omg omg omg  :omg
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: duckman2000 on June 03, 2009, 03:15:34 PM
Only one mission completed so far, but it seems pretty hot. Screen tearing and aliasing have nothing on destructive fun.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Van Cruncheon on June 03, 2009, 03:18:17 PM
ps3 or 360 version

i've seen a little screen tearing in my 360 version (definitely less than saints row 2), but no aliasing issues
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Robo on June 03, 2009, 03:21:09 PM
Do the missions have a time limit as in the demo?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: duckman2000 on June 03, 2009, 03:37:10 PM
ps3 or 360 version

i've seen a little screen tearing in my 360 version (definitely less than saints row 2), but no aliasing issues

360 version. Aliasing isn't as bad as, say, Infamous, but it's definitely there. The screen tearing is among the worst I've seen this generation, but then I've never played Saint's Row. It's not a big deal, though: the game actually looks a lot better than I had expected, and screen tearing is preferable to frame drops.

Game is fucking awesome so far, and these have just been basic destroy and defend missions.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: GilloD on June 03, 2009, 04:00:46 PM
Do the missions have a time limit as in the demo?

Nay. QUite a few are kind of lengthy.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Robo on June 03, 2009, 04:04:37 PM
Thanks.  That was the only thing I really disliked about the demo.  Guess I'll be picking it up tomorrow evening.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: Jansen on June 03, 2009, 04:26:31 PM
FUCKKK

i ordered from gamestop.com because of the preorder maps BS thinking that the unlock code would be unique to each person

turns out it's just a fucking cheat code and dammit i could have saved $20 and just bought it off gamefly

gamestop owned me :'(

Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: GilloD on June 03, 2009, 04:54:56 PM
If anyone is interested in some MP action, PM me or friend me on Live. GilloD. It really, really helps to be playing with people you can trust
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 03, 2009, 04:55:41 PM
i'll just boost instead
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: cool breeze on June 03, 2009, 06:13:39 PM
this game is really fun

don't really like the driving.  It isn't GTA4 bad, but it's really floaty.  One side mission needed me to change another vehicle.  I go up a small slope at slow speed and fly off the edge of this hill.  I can't get back up and lose the other vehicle.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on June 04, 2009, 06:59:58 AM
Are there a number of unique MP modes, and are people playing them?

Volition put a lot of effort into bringing the core Saints Row 2 experience into the online MP, but whenever I go online it's nothing but free-for-all deathmatch. :-/
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: GilloD on June 04, 2009, 07:36:47 AM
Are there a number of unique MP modes, and are people playing them?

Volition put a lot of effort into bringing the core Saints Row 2 experience into the online MP, but whenever I go online it's nothing but free-for-all deathmatch. :-/

There are 6 (?) modes. Seems like a good diversity, I think Team Deathmatch seems to be the most popular, but it's not hard to find a mathc in anything.
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Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 04, 2009, 06:29:35 PM
does anyone have this on PS3?

i'd like to try a multiplayer match out before we record the show tonight
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Post by: Eric P on June 04, 2009, 06:36:50 PM
does anyone have this on PS3?

i'd like to try a multiplayer match out before we record the show tonight

make sure you provide a detailed report of upcoming eastern european strategy titles for your fans
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Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 04, 2009, 08:34:17 PM
"fans" :(
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Post by: Eric P on June 04, 2009, 08:44:06 PM
i listen to each show that i guest on
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: duckman2000 on June 05, 2009, 03:25:01 AM
The nano rifle is all sorts of awesome
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: cool breeze on June 05, 2009, 04:15:49 PM
single player is pretty boring, at least most of the side missions are.  The side missions in saints row were awesome, but most of these just suck.  The only good one is when they give a weapon load out and tell you to destroy something in a time limit.  The rest are boring escort missions, defend this, attack that, make sure red dots on radar are gone, drive vehicle from here to here.

Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: duckman2000 on June 05, 2009, 04:22:39 PM
I'm starting to tire a bit of the formula. Destruction is fun enough, but the actual combat is both infuriating and dull, and the EDF is just a Shai-Gen clone through and through. I'm having the most fun just driving a mined vehicle through a building and blowing it up, but that's only fun for so long. The nano rifle makes long distance deconstruction possible, so that's a plus. Another plus is that the world they have created feels plausible, in all its Mars craziness.

When do I get the next walker? I just cleared Dust, and I'm roaming around Oasis right now.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: cool breeze on June 05, 2009, 04:40:14 PM
I'm in Oasis but I don't have the nano rifle.  Where did you get that?

I only tried out two walkers so far.  The big one and the one that can jump.
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Post by: GilloD on June 05, 2009, 04:44:28 PM
I'm starting to tire a bit of the formula. Destruction is fun enough, but the actual combat is both infuriating and dull, and the EDF is just a Shai-Gen clone through and through. I'm having the most fun just driving a mined vehicle through a building and blowing it up, but that's only fun for so long. The nano rifle makes long distance deconstruction possible, so that's a plus. Another plus is that the world they have created feels plausible, in all its Mars craziness.

When do I get the next walker? I just cleared Dust, and I'm roaming around Oasis right now.

Taking a break from Single Player in MP is the way to go. I haveb't touched the Single Player is days. I agree it gets a little old
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Post by: demi on June 05, 2009, 04:49:44 PM
single player sucks? guess i will send this back then.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: duckman2000 on June 06, 2009, 01:54:04 AM
Two hours later, and I still haven't seen another mech. God damn it, this game is going back.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: cool breeze on June 06, 2009, 11:48:28 PM
Finished single player and didn't like it.  I think there was supposed to be story or something pieces together all these boring missions, but I already forgot it.

Multiplayer beta and demo were great so I know the multiplayer is also great.  Another case of CoD4.
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Post by: Draft on June 07, 2009, 12:39:24 AM
Multi in this game is out of control.

I've spent maybe 30 minutes in single player.
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Post by: demi on June 08, 2009, 02:01:32 AM
looking for a multiplayer boost partner. let me know
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Post by: bork on June 08, 2009, 03:01:48 AM
Yeah, the multi is great -tough- but great!  It's definitely got CoD4 syndrome with having to level up to unlock stuff, too.  I like the big 14-player match types, but it takes a bit of time before you can even unlock that play type, whatsupwiththat?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: GilloD on June 08, 2009, 10:28:55 AM
Late-game single player stuff rules. Stickw ith it until Eos. Multi is still where it's at.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: Draft on June 08, 2009, 12:24:48 PM
While I love this game, and I mean love, I suck at it so bad.

My worthless, weak thumbs are completely incapable of aiming with any sort of accuracy or consistency. It drives me nuts. I get owned left and right by dudes I should have killed, but didn't because these worthless sausages can't push a stick in any sort of useful fashion.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: GilloD on June 08, 2009, 02:35:07 PM
While I love this game, and I mean love, I suck at it so bad.

My worthless, weak thumbs are completely incapable of aiming with any sort of accuracy or consistency. It drives me nuts. I get owned left and right by dudes I should have killed, but didn't because these worthless sausages can't push a stick in any sort of useful fashion.

I had that problem a LOT early on. I eventually learned some shit: Create an environment where you own the space. I.E.: If you've got the double barreled shotgun, don't go running around open areas. Hang out in tight spaces. Don't play to someone else's strengths. Also, PACKS. Use them. Love them. 90% if you got fucked by some dude you should have gone 1 to 1 with, it's because he has a Firepower pack. Carry a variety of weapons, swap early and swap often.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: GilloD on June 08, 2009, 02:35:32 PM
http://community.redfaction.com/forums/topic/3610

This was really helpful
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: Draft on June 08, 2009, 03:11:51 PM
Yeah. The packs are killer.

Rhino is an obvious choice for favorite, but I think Thrust is really my preferred pack. There's just something awesome about having a super jump and a but stomp.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 08, 2009, 03:30:37 PM
did you guys know the commentator guy is the same one from CRACKDOWN? awesome wowsome
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: Draft on June 08, 2009, 03:33:22 PM
I thought he sounded familiar.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 08, 2009, 09:36:04 PM
transporter missions are GAY
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: cool breeze on June 08, 2009, 10:24:27 PM
when is this coming out on PC?

multiplayer is awesome, but I can't aim for shit in the big open levels.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on June 08, 2009, 10:50:48 PM
If Saints Row 2 is any indication, the engine will run like crap on a PC that runs Crysis admirably. Check the reviews extensively before committing to a purchase.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 08, 2009, 11:06:07 PM
destruction master missions are garbage too. how does a half gone building not count as destroyed. fuck this game
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 08, 2009, 11:24:57 PM
hahaha, this game is great

sometimes it's a little hard to tell the difference between your guerilla brethren and the edf dookieheads, though

oh well, can't make a revolution without breaking a few heads
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: cool breeze on June 08, 2009, 11:27:19 PM
I'm 100% sure that Volition played Mario Sunshine and was like "let's do that, but make it better and destroy things in the process."

the trust pack is so awesome
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 08, 2009, 11:32:21 PM
srsly has anyone beat the Dust demo mission with 9 rockets under pro time. i'm about to break my own wall
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Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 08, 2009, 11:48:51 PM
after i did one timed building destruction i said to myself "well, that's enough of that."

do you have to do any more, or are they all optional
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 09, 2009, 12:02:12 AM
they're optional. i finally did it though. yay
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: cool breeze on June 09, 2009, 12:10:17 AM
all the destruction missions are really quick and easily with the exception of one in the last area.  That one seems impossible.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 09, 2009, 12:24:05 AM
you got every one under pro time? im not just going for completion - anyone can do that
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Post by: cool breeze on June 09, 2009, 12:59:37 AM
well, good luck with that.  If you're having a hard time now, just wait until the later ones.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 09, 2009, 01:21:02 AM
yeah, fuck this shit, you can get stuck in the environment way too easily

that's incredibly frustrating, to get stuck in a crevice underneath a vehicle with no way out
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 09, 2009, 01:31:34 AM
lol, i died because a piece of debris fell on me
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: pilonv1 on June 09, 2009, 01:38:55 AM
i dont know who to believe about this game
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 09, 2009, 01:40:30 AM
it's good, but there are some jankass glitches
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 09, 2009, 02:17:51 AM
i love when i'm about to do a mission, they call in like "OH HEY glad we caught ya. listen there's a convoy want to go blow it up? it's only half way across the map. away from where you should be."
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Kestastrophe on June 09, 2009, 06:57:39 PM
wtf, did they take down the multiplayer demo for this game? I am only seeing the singleplayer demo
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: dammitmattt on June 10, 2009, 02:51:38 AM
after i did one timed building destruction i said to myself "well, that's enough of that."

do you have to do any more, or are they all optional

Those are some of the best missions in the game since they're essentially just big puzzles.  The worst part of the game is trying to do the transporter missions in pro time.  Those are very frustrating, tedious, and time-consuming.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 10, 2009, 04:44:39 PM
installing this game does shit for the long loading times you will deal with when retrying over and over
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: dammitmattt on June 11, 2009, 02:03:02 AM
installing this game does shit for the long loading times you will deal with when retrying over and over

Yeah, but at least it eliminates the dirty disc errors that I'm starting to get more and more often on my shitty 360.

You know, I absolutely love this game, but it's annoying how long it takes to save and load anything, especially coming off of inFamous, a game that handled saving, loading, and checkpoints better than any other open world game I've ever played.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 11, 2009, 02:18:35 AM
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH it feels so good to do a transporter within 5 tenths of a second.

Pro Goal: 2:20:00

My time: 2:19:39
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: dammitmattt on June 11, 2009, 02:20:30 AM
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH it feels so good to do a transporter within 5 tenths of a second.

Pro Goal: 2:20:00

My time: 2:19:39

Fuck those missions.  I've already decided that I'm not going after that achievement because those missions just aren't fun to me.  In contrast, I fucking love trying to beat the pro times in the demo missions and I only have four of those left for the achievement.  We can do some multiplayer sometime if you want.  I spent a couple hours playing random dudes and working on some achievements with a friend and it's really, really awesome.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: Jansen on June 11, 2009, 11:52:32 PM
my god the mp in this game is so awesome

so badass to fleetfoot up to someone and smash their face in with my hammer
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on June 12, 2009, 01:25:20 AM
OK, mine's ordered now. Hopefully it'll be around in a week; I'll see you distinguished effete BACKPACKERS online. Wif' me hammah.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: dammitmattt on June 12, 2009, 01:28:54 AM
I played multiplayer yesterday for about four hours.  It's the best time I've had in competitive multiplayer since COD4.  Brilliant game.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: pilonv1 on June 12, 2009, 02:49:33 AM
i played the demo last night. first thing i did was destroy the screen thing in front of me, knocked over a fence and hit some civilians. then i blew up some fuel tanks. goty. going to pick it up with the sims 3 tonight
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Kestastrophe on June 12, 2009, 08:34:55 AM
get it fer $45

http://www.gogamer.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=71786323&AID=171950&PID=1312731&extid=June1009 (http://www.gogamer.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=71786323&AID=171950&PID=1312731&extid=June1009)
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: pilonv1 on June 12, 2009, 08:54:43 AM
I traded in Lego Star Wars, Fifa 09 and Oneechanbara to get mine.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 12, 2009, 03:04:13 PM
i've beaten the game, got every collectable, etc. i just need 5 more guerilla missions. but they are convoy/radio missions. theres no set way to get those to spawn. i could be looking at hours of just sitting around.

i will try online since it is a game with developers day tonight.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: dammitmattt on June 12, 2009, 05:09:44 PM
i've beaten the game, got every collectable, etc. i just need 5 more guerilla missions. but they are convoy/radio missions. theres no set way to get those to spawn. i could be looking at hours of just sitting around.

i will try online since it is a game with developers day tonight.

The online is fantastic.  What did you use to find the radio tags and ore?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 12, 2009, 05:48:22 PM
there are some maps posted on x360a, they might be removed though by now

there is also a great radio tag list on gamefaqs. some guy posted a bunch of pics.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: dammitmattt on June 12, 2009, 05:53:37 PM
there are some maps posted on x360a, they might be removed though by now

there is also a great radio tag list on gamefaqs. some guy posted a bunch of pics.

Will you do me a favor and link to the radio tag list.  I looked earlier and didn't find it...
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 12, 2009, 05:54:12 PM
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=944786&topic=49837011
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 12, 2009, 05:56:47 PM
here are the maps

http://yfrog.com/0qbadlandsmasterjx
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: dammitmattt on June 12, 2009, 05:57:21 PM
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=944786&topic=49837011

Thx.  I'll send the nudes later.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Kestastrophe on June 12, 2009, 07:04:20 PM
I picked it up, so add me for multiplayer feggits, GT: Kestastrophe

I'll be online tonight
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 12, 2009, 09:32:58 PM
2 more missions  :'(
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Andowsky on June 16, 2009, 07:42:22 PM
Finally beat the game.. spent a good 2 hours yesterday trying to beat the last mission with no luck. Tried it one time today and beat it :\

Got 240 or so of the supply boxes.. guess I might use one of those guides to find the other 10  :lol

Amazing SP game, not feeling the MP too much though.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 16, 2009, 07:46:19 PM
I finally got the 104th mission. I have 100% Single Player now. Will start MP when Live is back up
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Kestastrophe on June 16, 2009, 09:33:56 PM
The voice actor for Alec Mason sounds exactly like Yuri Lowell from Vesperia, but I cannot find anything on the english va for ToV. Anyone know?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 16, 2009, 09:35:22 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Baker
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: dammitmattt on June 17, 2009, 02:14:34 AM
How in the hell did you get the last missions?  I'm stuck at 100/104 and I dread the thought of sitting in multiple sections of each area just waiting for a mission to activate.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 17, 2009, 03:33:13 AM
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=154595

*whistle*
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: pilonv1 on June 17, 2009, 03:48:48 AM
Awesome no achievements linked to difficulty, will play through on easy
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 17, 2009, 03:54:22 AM
lulz, i beat it on Hard
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: pilonv1 on June 17, 2009, 04:00:19 AM
my time is limited and too valuable to bother with that.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 17, 2009, 04:04:26 AM
yes you are very important
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Sho Nuff on June 17, 2009, 06:34:32 AM
AHHHHHHH oh my god this is an awesome game

I just got the singularity bomb or whatever that thing is that sucks in everything then makes huge explody

Wrecking crew is MAD FUN too, hotseat gaming with massive destruction FTW

Superb, would play again
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 17, 2009, 06:36:57 AM
Thermobaric Rockets > Singularity

spoiler (click to show/hide)
MOAB > Thermobaric
[close]
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 21, 2009, 12:14:55 AM
i finished Bionic Commando so i am going to be dedicated to online for a bit. if you want to play message me or FR me.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 21, 2009, 08:57:48 PM
wow this multi sucks :|
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on June 21, 2009, 09:46:20 PM
demi, you're destroying my naive hopes that a compelling multiplayer game may yet come out of Volition!
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 21, 2009, 09:58:10 PM
there's never any games open. it goes down the list and it keeps saying "Game Locked" and it makes me start my own game.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: The Fake Shemp on June 21, 2009, 10:22:54 PM
Just liberated Dust.  This game is all kinds of awesome.  Best mission so far was the one where you break into the EDF base, jack the walker, destroy everything in sight, get on truck and fend off ATVs.  So cool.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 21, 2009, 10:33:31 PM
Anarchy - gay
Team Anarchy - awesome
Capture the Flag - shit

You cant even reset the flag when you walk over it. How fucking STUPID is that.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on June 21, 2009, 10:36:54 PM
Just liberated Dust.  This game is all kinds of awesome.  Best mission so far was the one where you break into the EDF base, jack the walker, destroy everything in sight, get on truck and fend off ATVs.  So cool.

So... the best mission is the one I've already played in the demo?

Anarchy - gay
Team Anarchy - awesome
Capture the Flag - shit

You cant even reset the flag when you walk over it. How fucking STUPID is that.

Maybe they're trying for a different play mechanic? How /do/ you reset the flag?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 21, 2009, 10:38:23 PM
You have to leave it there for 15 seconds without it getting picked up again
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: The Fake Shemp on June 21, 2009, 10:41:23 PM
I said the best mission so far - there's still a lot of game left!  And the game is pretty fun throughout.  You get to blow shit up.  It rocks.

Team Anarchy is fucking sweet, but I totally suck at it.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 21, 2009, 10:45:39 PM
Wait until you unlock Thermobaric Rockets willco. You will cum in your size 40 jeans
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on June 21, 2009, 10:58:09 PM
You have to unlock stuff in multiplayer? Or are you talking about the main storyline?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 21, 2009, 11:00:30 PM
You unlock Thermobaric in story, and you unlock new modes and skins in multi
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 21, 2009, 11:38:15 PM
Update:

Siege - Garbage
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 22, 2009, 12:19:07 AM
Damage Control - distinguished mentally-challenged
Demolition - OMG fucking distinguished mentally-challenged. NOBODY knew how to play this right. I was the destroyer, but EVERYONE ELSE WAS DESTROYING. THAT ISNT HOW YOU PLAY AT ALL :lol

You can find me on Team Anarchy I guess... this is fucking fail multi
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: dammitmattt on June 22, 2009, 12:21:09 AM
The multiplayer is mostly great.  I've put in about 10 hours and I've enjoyed myself about 90% of the time.  Siege mode is fantastic.  Are you making these determinations after playing one match?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 22, 2009, 12:22:31 AM
Yep. Team Anarchy didn't have my tearing my dick off after 3 minutes so it is the best mode.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: dammitmattt on June 22, 2009, 12:28:04 AM
Yep. Team Anarchy didn't have my tearing my dick off after 3 minutes so it is the best mode.

Any mode in any game can be shit on a bad map with shitty teammates?  You have to give these things more time.  Siege mode is great, and it's one of the things that makes Red Faction different from other shooters.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 22, 2009, 12:29:46 AM
Sorry I have already decided. Team Anarchy or bust. Btw, if you want to boost the gay ass map achievement and the explode a flyer let me know. I'm not interested in playing up to 100k XP, etc. I will probably play up to 10k, since I already have 1.4k after just 11 matches.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: dammitmattt on June 22, 2009, 12:34:48 AM
Sorry I have already decided. Team Anarchy or bust. Btw, if you want to boost the gay ass map achievement and the explode a flyer let me know. I'm not interested in playing up to 100k XP, etc. I will probably play up to 10k, since I already have 1.4k after just 11 matches.

I'll help you out since you went to all the trouble of making the guerrilla action maps.  That was cool of you.  I'll be online tomorrow.

I still think your attitude kind of sucks towards the game :/  Relax and have fun with it!
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 22, 2009, 12:46:04 AM
i don't like multiplayer gaming period. and i hate multiplayer achievements.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: The Fake Shemp on June 22, 2009, 01:46:06 AM
Bringing down that huge bridge between Dust and the Bandlands gave me a boner.  Seriously.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: The Fake Shemp on June 22, 2009, 02:00:26 AM
I can't believe I almost picked up Prototype over this game!
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: dammitmattt on June 22, 2009, 02:03:04 AM
i don't like multiplayer gaming period. and i hate multiplayer achievements.

I don't like multiplayer achievements either, especially then they make you grind a lot, so I never do them unless I like the game.  Never.  I only bother with multiplayer modes in a few games, and that's usually when I can play with my RL friends.  I can't imagine playing multiplayer just to get achievements.  There are plenty of points out there to get.  If you don't like it, just skip it :/

Bringing down that huge bridge between Dust and the Bandlands gave me a boner.  Seriously.

I want to do that so badly, but it makes a few of the Transporter Pro missions impossible, and I'm not done with them yet.  I think I decided I'm going to do them after all.

BEST GAME OF 2009 SO FAR
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 22, 2009, 02:05:31 AM
Well I'm just gonna play up to 10,000 then send it back. Hopefully I can find a boosting party. There is a method to get upwards to 400 XP per match.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: dammitmattt on June 22, 2009, 02:11:43 AM
Well I'm just gonna play up to 10,000 then send it back. Hopefully I can find a boosting party. There is a method to get upwards to 400 XP per match.

My friend and I did that (CTF on Quarantine) for a little bit to get some of the achievements, which was kind of fun since we were just shooting the shit.  But then we played online for reals for a few hours and had a blast.  I'll get the 10,000 XP and 8 hidden challenges achievements, but I doubt I'll come close to 100k or 250 ranked matches played/won.  I hate how unbalanced these multiplayer achievements are - you can get a lot immediately and then nothing for dozens of hours.  They should have designed it with a few more carrots along the way.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: fistfulofmetal on June 25, 2009, 12:11:42 AM
game is pretty fun

still wish they had gone with ground deformation instead of buildings tho
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on June 25, 2009, 01:48:17 AM
My copy arrived. I am ready for blue skies on Mars.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: GilloD on June 25, 2009, 01:30:23 PM
Bringing down that huge bridge between Dust and the Bandlands gave me a boner.  Seriously.

There's an even bigger bridge later.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: fistfulofmetal on June 25, 2009, 10:46:22 PM
i started the badlands section and now i'm like.

"uhhh.."
to be honest i think the open world driving around is tedious and is becoming annoying. seeing the huge map kind hampers the enthusiasm.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 25, 2009, 11:15:42 PM
The Badlands is just a giant desert, all the important stuff is up north along the road. I wouldnt be too worried.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: fistfulofmetal on June 27, 2009, 05:26:07 PM
ending was fairly meh. i expected some huge major destructible set piece but i just had to fight a tank then destroy some hatch door. would have been cool if they had this giant citadel that you had to systematically take down and then got to see it come down in awesome slow motion.

thats kind of my biggest problem with the game. it doesn't take it's own hook far enough. i
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: GilloD on June 27, 2009, 07:29:03 PM
I'm selling my copy. Uh, 40$ free shipping? PM me.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Veidt on June 27, 2009, 08:02:34 PM
Wow, this game is awesome.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 27, 2009, 08:06:46 PM
I'm selling my copy. Uh, 40$ free shipping? PM me.

It's $40 at newegg. Try going lower.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: GilloD on June 27, 2009, 09:39:10 PM
I'm selling my copy. Uh, 40$ free shipping? PM me.

It's $40 at newegg. Try going lower.

$39
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 27, 2009, 10:03:55 PM
Too late, already bought it from Newegg
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: chronovore on June 28, 2009, 06:45:08 AM
Started this today. It's awesome. I'm nearabouts to saying FUCKAWESOME, but am not 100% sold on the "HEY THIS SHIT IS GETTING REAL. DROP WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING AND COME ACROSS THE MAP" mechanic for some guerilla actions. I'm on my way to try a Demolition trial again, and I've been called to intercept a caravan AND go be someone's gunner... I'm a busy little terrorist.

It's either a lot harder than Saints Row 2, or I'm doing something wrong. Trying to jack a military car is not as easy as walking up and opening the door. There's that electricity rifle that electrocutes people IN cars, that's pretty sweet, but if there is already more than one car in the area, they're not shy about driving over me, rolling back and forth, smashing me between each other, and otherwise really messing me up. Also, hey, no invulnerability when getting into a car, so that can be kind of tense. Maybe one of the upgrades will let me slide into an open window, Duke of Hazzard style. Driving seems a little more fun than SR2 because it's slightly less tight than SR2 but not as "realistic" as GTA IV's sloppy model. But what I really like is just going over the organic terrain and getting big air. Hopefully there are races, but no Unique Jumps. I hate those things.

I just liberated Carson, and honestly I'm a little overwhelmed with how much space seems opened up and how many jobs are available. The game looks huge right now, and I'm really looking forward to it.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on June 29, 2009, 04:02:05 AM
srsly has anyone beat the Dust demo mission with 9 rockets under pro time. i'm about to break my own wall

I've not got there yet. The one I'm having trouble with now is the one in Carson's northwest corner. Not the construction mech, but the bunker destruction with only the remote charges and hammer with a 00:20 Pro time limit. I've got it down to 24-26 seconds, but that just means I'm missing the key of the puzzle.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Brehvolution on June 29, 2009, 10:30:25 AM
Rented this last night and played for about an hour. Can you only throw 2 charges at a time?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: dammitmattt on June 29, 2009, 10:36:54 AM
I've not got there yet. The one I'm having trouble with now is the one in Carson's northwest corner. Not the construction mech, but the bunker destruction with only the remote charges and hammer with a 00:20 Pro time limit. I've got it down to 24-26 seconds, but that just means I'm missing the key of the puzzle.

They are pretty much all on YouTube if you're having problems, but for that one, you need to go around to the side and throw the remote charge in a gap in the structure near the 2nd floor, which will bring it down in one explosion if you do it right, no hammer required.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 29, 2009, 10:52:48 AM
Rented this last night and played for about an hour. Can you only throw 2 charges at a time?

You can upgrade up to like 10 charges at once if you want
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Kestastrophe on June 29, 2009, 10:52:49 AM
I beat it this past weekend. Fun game, but I could never get the sneaking mechanics to work. I could sneak up behind a guard and nail him with the sledge, but as soon as he was killed all of the other guards were alerted to my position. SMH. I thought the sledge was supposed to be a silent weapon  :-\
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: chronovore on June 29, 2009, 12:13:28 PM
I've not got there yet. The one I'm having trouble with now is the one in Carson's northwest corner. Not the construction mech, but the bunker destruction with only the remote charges and hammer with a 00:20 Pro time limit. I've got it down to 24-26 seconds, but that just means I'm missing the key of the puzzle.

They are pretty much all on YouTube if you're having problems, but for that one, you need to go around to the side and throw the remote charge in a gap in the structure near the 2nd floor, which will bring it down in one explosion if you do it right, no hammer required.

Thanks -- actually, the one I'm trying to get is a single-story bunker, 2nd from top-leftmost Demo minigame in Carson. And I got it; I figured out that if I put the bombs lower on the structure, its weight would work a little faster to initiate the CRITICAL state. Got an 18 second time!

Now I'm just trying to figure the Dust one, where it's a low flat building you only can use a hammer on. Pro-time is 1:00 and my best is still 1:09. :-( I'll give YouTube a shot if I can't suss the problem out in the next five or ten tries, thanks for the tip.

I beat it this past weekend. Fun game, but I could never get the sneaking mechanics to work. I could sneak up behind a guard and nail him with the sledge, but as soon as he was killed all of the other guards were alerted to my position. SMH. I thought the sledge was supposed to be a silent weapon  :-\

I can't tell if you're joking or not.  ???
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: Kestastrophe on June 29, 2009, 04:55:49 PM
Quote from: chronovore
I can't tell if you're joking or not.  ???
I should have specified that the guards were alerted, regardless of their proximity to my position. I didn't want to play the entire game sneaking around anyways (i played it much more juggernaut style), but everytime I tried a subversive approach it didn't work like I thought it should.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on June 29, 2009, 11:10:17 PM
Ah. Well, I can't fault you for wanting to try various means of finishing missions in a game which is this open. It's crazy how much nutty stuff you can try in this, and have it pay off.

But if you want to forgive the game within the context of game fiction, you could allow that the EDF troops have some kind of medical alert beacon bracelet which goes off when they are smashed with a hammer. The bracelet reads "Allergic to hammers."

...In other news, I cleared the bunker in 00:18 seconds (w00t!) and even managed to get through the hammer-only Pro time 00:55 Demo in Dust. The latter was worse, as it requires fast movement, and it's way too easy to get hung up on a junk chair or bookcase, or lose track of the camera. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to clear all of them, but so far it's been a very engaging challenge.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Brehvolution on June 30, 2009, 12:28:31 AM
I'm getting the hang of things and it's pretty cool. At least there always seems to be a vehicle to drive from here and there. Destruction animations are cool. Makes me have to find the building weak points and exploit them for massive damage.

n00b question:

When would the upgrade to pick up scrap metal while driving be handy?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 30, 2009, 12:56:40 AM
Immediately
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on June 30, 2009, 02:36:08 AM
I'm getting the hang of things and it's pretty cool. At least there always seems to be a vehicle to drive from here and there. Destruction animations are cool. Makes me have to find the building weak points and exploit them for massive damage.

n00b question:

When would the upgrade to pick up scrap metal while driving be handy?

What demi said.

Basically cars=armor and if you're in a hot area with scrap, being able to tool around in it with a car, well, it pays for itself pretty quickly. You'll be happy with it the first time you don't have to flee from an area without picking stuff up.

I figured out why this game is so exciting for me: it's basically everything I'd hoped for from Mercs 2, after that game failed to deliver the goods:

It's one-against-many, has excellent, oppressive bad guys, challenging gameplay with reasonable (but not omniscient) AI, loads of interesting destruction which can aid in finishing the mission creatively, physics-toy like driving model with lots of off-road. I'm SO happy I finished Mercs 2 before starting this, because this is the worthy successor to Mercenaries.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: fistfulofmetal on June 30, 2009, 09:49:14 AM
ahaha turn on super toughness, sprinting, and jetpack and the game is amazing. it feels like crackdown in a sense (but fun).
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: chronovore on June 30, 2009, 10:39:56 AM
Quote from: chronovore
I can't tell if you're joking or not.  ???
I should have specified that the guards were alerted, regardless of their proximity to my position. I didn't want to play the entire game sneaking around anyways (i played it much more juggernaut style), but everytime I tried a subversive approach it didn't work like I thought it should.

Oh, hey. Look at that, from the in-game Guerrilla Handbook:
Quote
This is your best friend. The sledgehammer is a versatile, non-threatening weapon that can smash through just about anything - and no ammo needed. Its (sic) silent, powerful attack makes it ideal for thinning EDF ranks without raising the alarm.
So much for that theory.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 30, 2009, 04:11:33 PM
http://community.redfaction.com/content/dlc-announcement-demons-badlands
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: chronovore on June 30, 2009, 08:16:26 PM
Some nice preproduction work shown here, along with some for inFAMOUS and KZ2:
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=161678
Warning: a couple of life drawing nudes as well. Possibly not :nsfw unless you work with utter prudes.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: The Fake Shemp on June 30, 2009, 11:44:26 PM
Anyone know how to take out that indestructible building in Eos?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on June 30, 2009, 11:58:49 PM
Run inside, grab the chest for some extra stickies, then blow up the top area with a Thermobaric around the bottom of the crown, then do it again to the other side. Get the crown to fall, which will destroy majority of the bricks, then go wild with stickies and hammer and chip away the rest until you get critical
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on July 01, 2009, 02:46:06 AM
Does the amount of Salvage ever pick up?

I'm wanting to just play through my character deaths, which frequently happens after an otherwise successful assault and demolition of a high-value target. Place is swarming, I'm trying to get some Salvage from the place that just fell over, and in most cases I've just deprived myself of the cover into which I could duck and make a recovery. So after a "successful" assault on the building, I fail to get the full Salvage value, and lose some local morale when Mason dies.

Should I be re-loading from the last save point, and trying it over and over until I can knock it down and continue grabbing salvage? Is there a way to stay put, or am I really just supposed to get the hell out of Dodge after blowing stuff up, guerrillla-style?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on July 01, 2009, 03:20:26 AM
Oh, one other weird note: Finally stumbled onto a 3rd radio tag, unlocking a MOAB on the map. I get a radio mission to intercept a convoy; I'm in one of those civilian cars with mounted guns on the hood -- the best thing I've found for an initial assault on EDF convoys.

En route to the mission, I accidentally drive over the just-unlocked MOAB's location, turning my car into a Giant Fucking Bomb.  :o Help text reads: "Destroy the car to activate the MOAB" -- well, crap, what if I'm nearby when the car is damaged...? So I alter my plans, and instead leave the car in front of the approaching convoy with a bunch of remote charges on it. I wait until the first car passes near it, then KABLOOIE!

Only, no, not so much with the kablooie. I was pretty far away, worried it might be a sizable blast area, but it's not much bigger than a fuel tank's explosion. I am kind of disappointed.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on July 01, 2009, 05:08:58 AM
Don't forget to use my amazing A+ guide

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=154595
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on July 01, 2009, 06:25:24 AM
Don't forget to use my amazing A+ guide

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=154595

Actually, I was right on the verge of going and looking for that in this thread or the x360a site's RFG forum. Thanks, demi.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Brehvolution on July 01, 2009, 10:20:37 AM
Don't forget to use my amazing A+ guide

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=154595
:bow
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: pilonv1 on July 05, 2009, 08:51:44 AM
just did the mission where you get the artifact. fucking awesome so far
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on July 05, 2009, 03:51:46 PM
I've been playing Team Anarchy going for my 10,000 XP. They need to have a Double XP weekend or something, like Gears and COD.

I got the High and Mighty achievement legit on my own too. I am that good. Felt good, I stuck it and saw him fly up and I was like BAM MOTHERFUCKER SUCK ON MY PUSSY
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Barry Egan on July 05, 2009, 04:19:59 PM
why is demi so congenial and friendly on that other site?  :'(
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on July 05, 2009, 04:25:14 PM
ME? FRIENDLY WITH PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THE SAME THING AS ME? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on July 05, 2009, 10:52:57 PM
why is demi so congenial and friendly on that other site?  :'(

He only hurts the ones he loves.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on July 06, 2009, 01:10:19 AM
people who camp the rail driver are shitbricks. instant negative feedback.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: drew on July 06, 2009, 01:12:27 AM
youre owning yourself

bad rep does nothing
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on July 06, 2009, 01:20:35 AM
it makes me feel good
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: drew on July 06, 2009, 01:45:56 AM
does it feel good, man?

spoiler (click to show/hide)
in before powerslave points out that is an old joke shotgun doorknob etcetera
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Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on July 06, 2009, 01:53:10 AM
feels good man
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: drew on July 06, 2009, 02:00:09 AM
i only ever get bad rep in cod4

i have a habit of flashbanging my own teams snipers

does that make me a bad person?

spoiler (click to show/hide)
fyi btw walking in front of them while theyre zoomed in is fun too, so is spamming smoke into sniper perches
[close]
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: pilonv1 on July 06, 2009, 02:10:09 AM
:lol griefing

the best was in rainbow six i'd always bring tear gas along and gas my own team-mates who weren't wearing gas masks
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: The Fake Shemp on July 06, 2009, 02:15:00 AM
In Rainbow Six, I used to throw down smoke grenades and tell my team that it's all clear, and they'd all walk in and get mowed down by the opposing team. :lol
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: drew on July 06, 2009, 02:17:56 AM
in rainbow six i got shot in the head right away by my own team mate and never played the game again
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: The Fake Shemp on July 06, 2009, 02:21:19 AM
Hey, Rainbow Six Vegas was the best multiplayer title on the 360 for awhile.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on July 06, 2009, 02:40:31 AM
Rainbow Six is pretty tight. I havent played multi, but I will try Vegas 2 since you can't really boost the multi achievements in it
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on July 06, 2009, 02:53:53 AM
Sweet I just hit 10k XP... send this back to gamefly on the rilly
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: drew on July 06, 2009, 03:27:51 AM
so demi, whats better, jerkin the gerkin, or achievement popups?

you ever look @ the back of a $20 play xbox...on WEED while CCCUMING?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: pilonv1 on July 06, 2009, 03:46:51 AM
rainbow six vegas multiplayer is pure sex
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: demi on July 06, 2009, 03:53:35 AM
so demi, whats better, jerkin the gerkin, or achievement popups?

you ever look @ the back of a $20 play xbox...on WEED while CCCUMING?

Probably jerking off. I've played Xbox naked but I haven't came
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Post by: chronovore on July 06, 2009, 06:14:31 AM
You guys are cracking my up with your griefing stories, but I can't tell if you're doing it by accident or if it's intentional. If it's intentional, what's the attraction in griefing?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Kestastrophe on July 06, 2009, 09:21:40 AM
More griefing stories please.

Playing some KZ2 last weekend. I see six friendlies all cramming into a tight little hallway fighting against six or so enemies. I snuck around to the enemies end of the hallway by going the long route, where I saw both sides trying to bank grenades around corners. I soon as I saw the last grenade explode, I spring down the hallway past the enemies and around the corner right into my teammates and they cease fire. The enemies saw me and gave chase down the hallway, unbeknownst to my teammates. They must have thought that the hallway was clear after I busted through like that. As soon as I pass my teammates, I bust out of that hallway as quick as possible and am out of the line of fire to see red crosses appear as all of my teammates are mowed down by the pursuing enemies  8)
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: pilonv1 on July 06, 2009, 09:59:07 AM
Halo is awesome for griefing. Get a vehicle, get everyone on it and then go driving off road
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on July 06, 2009, 10:31:47 PM
I almost never grief; I'm in it to play nicely, but sometimes people make it difficult. The only two times I can remember griefing is in Saints Row 1, which had an online design that must have encouraged it.

In Kill Tha' Pimp (VIP/Hitman) it was pretty common to find two jerks teamkilling everyone on the Pimp team until they're the only ones left. Most people just quit, leaving them to do whatever, but I hung out until I was made the Pimp, then I smacked their fucking asses all over the map until the other team came and found us, then I charged the enemy to intentionally make us lose. Wasting their time was gratifying.

The other time was Bling'd Out Ride or whatever it is where you get money, then take your car from HQ to a garage to upgrade it. The other team was really good at it. Several people on my team quit after a couple minutes, leaving me and one other guy to struggle. The other guy was whining about how bad I suck because I wasn't killing anybody -- I was going for the money stash instead. He kept moaning and moaning, and finally started shooting me. I waited until we had enough money to upgrade the car. He drove the car from the HQ to the garage. While he was out, I barricaded our own garage so he couldn't get back in. Dude sounded like he was going to cry. I'm standing there in front of the garage, waiting. Finally he decides to be polite: "Would you please move the cars away from the garage? Please?" I got what I wanted.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on July 06, 2009, 11:38:38 PM
Demi, according to your guide, I should finish all the radio missions in each sector before liberating it. Is that right?

Can anyone confirm that the remaining guerrilla actions/missions (light green icons on the map) should be completed prior to liberating the sector? I mean, if I free Dust, do all those just go away and limit my ability to get Salvage from them and complete the overall mission count?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on July 07, 2009, 12:16:52 AM
My guide is law, why would you question me?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on July 07, 2009, 03:14:30 AM
Ah, not so much questioning the graven-in-stone tablets of Radio Mission Completion Guide, just confirming that it's advisable to finish all of them before completing a sector, because it's difficult to know which ones you've missed and it's a pain to run around in each sector after the game, waiting for a radio mission to appear, maybe in the sector you're in, maybe not. Plus there's no place where the per-area radio missions are counted in Statistics, IIRC.


I'm just getting my ass handed to me on this one mission, and I want to go back to it later. The one that's killing my logic circuits is the mission that always spawns when I'm in Dust, but requires me in the Badlands. Maybe it's a Badlands mission. Two or three tanks in a convoy, plus the std. EDF jeeps. It's killed me several times, mainly because either (a) my Arc Welder shoots for about 0.5 seconds before deciding to mysteriously require reloading, or (b) the tanks just freakin' TAKE OFF down the road and split leaving me monkeying around with the EDF transports, which ends with the convoy reaching the base. So frustrating.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on July 07, 2009, 08:35:52 PM
God. Fucking. Damnit. Same damned mission last night, and for once I was -not- halfway across the world, so I was able to intercept the Convoy all the way up in Oasis, prior to it entering the Badlands. I peppered the road with charges, and then blew up the first jeep. Flipped to a triple launching rocket launcher and took out 1 of 3 tanks, with two more taking off at top speed. Blew up another jeep, and some EDF support jerks that had shown up, barely made it to shocking another EDF jeep and hijacking it to get down the road. I notice as I'm racing to catch up with the trucks that I've left a Convoy jeep behind -- I figure I can mop up later, but the tanks can't wait.

JUST as I catch up to the tanks, which is well in advance of their target base, it gives me MISSION FAILED, claiming they'd reached the base. I think it mis-triggered by missing that remaining jeep and having too much space separating portions of the Convoy.

I'm going to dance a fucking jig when I finally clear this mission.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: pilonv1 on July 09, 2009, 06:56:27 AM
just did the walker + bridge mission in dust

goty
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Akala on July 10, 2009, 01:02:02 AM
Game is pretty awesome so far. Got to dust a while ago, and just riding around and driving through buildings hasn't gotten old yet.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on July 10, 2009, 01:07:56 AM
Did some pass-the-controller WRECKING CREW action at lunch. Sadly, it doesn't support multiple controllers even if they're available. Not sure how it will handle the Achievements. Maybe everyone who's logged in gets them?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on July 10, 2009, 01:32:15 AM
It's points for each player, so if yu have 4 people, all 4 people points go towards your total
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on July 10, 2009, 07:05:07 AM
Thanks. That's not so bad. :-)

The big trouble with having only one controller is that I play normal Y-axis, and my friend plays inverted.
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Sounds dirty when I say it that way.  :-[
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Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Mrbob on July 12, 2009, 02:23:00 AM
Multiplayer in this game is the shit.

Thank you 1943 for being a piece of garbage and not finding games.  If you had worked, I wouldn't have gone and rented Red Faction Guerilla and played multi for around 5 years today.

Back at $39.99 on amazon, bought a copy.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Bloodwake on July 13, 2009, 12:54:55 AM
I need to buy this game. I rented it and it's pretty fucking awesome. I don't think I'm ever going to get tired of destroying buildings by crashing into them.

And I didn't even crack multiplayer yet.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on July 13, 2009, 02:12:38 AM
Finally got past my impossibly hard Radio Mission (Convoy/Destroy) after abandoning all previous strategies and instead letting my weapons work for me. From a (grassy) knoll (near the badlands sand repository) I launched 6 heat-seeking rockets in two groups of 3 at each tank; things blew up pretty nicely. This left a couple jeeps, which I tried to Arc-Weld into submission so I would have some mobile cover.

It was at this point that I discovered the flaw in all my previous failed Convoy/Destroy missions: You can't ride the cars which are marked for destruction. As I stood outside one with the Arc Welder and unloaded 100 charges into it, the "Use" icon never appeared. Previously, I'd had so much going on on-screen that I just assumed I was trying to enter the wrong vehicle, or that I'd not put as much electrocuting juice (for great justice) into it, but yesterday I had just a little more breathing space, and I still nearly managed to get killed before realizing the car was not going to let me enter.

So at least I understand now where a couple of my previous attempts to 'jack one of the tanks, then use it on the rest of the caravan went horribly, horribly wrong.  :-[

Demi, looking at your guide, I'm wondering if this isn't a Badlands mission instead of a Dust one. The thing starts in Oasis, ends in the Badlands at a base just near the restricted (shown in red on the map) high-value target bridge which connects Dust and the Badlands. But the mission itself only comes on the radio when I'm in Dust -- that's the key, right?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on July 13, 2009, 02:14:53 AM
I guess, that happened to me too. Just go do it
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Post by: chronovore on July 13, 2009, 02:24:34 AM
Thanks. Did it. Done it.

Now I'll read your guide again and try to figure out if I've missed anything before pulling the trigger on the final story mission for Dust.
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Post by: Agent Whiskers on July 14, 2009, 11:44:45 PM
Do I really need this game? If yes, I'll probably be picking it up 3 hours from now. All I've been playing lately is some Halo 3 and BF1943. Also, PS3 or 360 version?
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Post by: Brehvolution on July 14, 2009, 11:50:16 PM
Pretty good game. I have to rent it again soon.

:gloomy Too many games :gloomy
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: pilonv1 on July 15, 2009, 12:42:13 AM
played some online last night, it felt like a fucking clusterfuck, especially the deathmatch mode

the one where someone is a destroyer was pretty cool, and the radio tower one wasn't bad
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on July 17, 2009, 01:18:34 AM
Been playing through Wrecking Crew modes for those Achievements, and it's actually pretty fun. The end of round countdown, waiting for the last points to pile up as physics take their toll, that's pretty suspenseful. Seems like rather than just destroying things outright (HELLO, THERMOBARIC ROCKETS, HOW ARE THE WIFE AND KIDS?) more points are awarded for letting physics do their thing, or structures damaging other structures. So it can pay off to partially destroy a lot of things and move on, gambling that they'll work for you in the endgame.

Cleared Dust in the singleplayer campaign, wondering if there's a fast way into the Oasis safehouse or if I'm just supposed to enjoy driving in and out of spirals.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on July 17, 2009, 01:22:27 AM
Use Singularity Bombs for more points... but dont tell your friends that
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on July 17, 2009, 05:04:26 AM
Interview with Red Faction game designer; apparently the Saints Row 2 team and the Red Faction Guerrilla team were mostly separate. I'm wondering if the bugginess of the SR2 versus the largely solid nature of RF:G may be down to discrete technical competence instead of technology maturity. It also sounds like RF:G has been in production for 5 YEARS. Wow.

http://fidgit.com/archives/2009/06/developer_of_red_faction_guerr.php
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on July 18, 2009, 07:36:50 PM
This game either doesn't have any form of team balancing, or it's broken. I enter a game with 3 guys with red tags, 2 guys with yellow tags and 2 guys with blue tags. Rather than wait for 8 players, it makes a game of 3 vs 4, and puts both blue tags on a team with a yellow tag, resulting in the other team of 3 red tags and a yellow tag.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on July 18, 2009, 07:44:05 PM
yeah theres no team balancing, so if people quit, hope they're on the other team :lol
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: FatalT on July 18, 2009, 07:46:14 PM
I just rented this and it's actually pretty awesome. I've only played one multiplayer match though so I haven't run into any team balancing problems yet.

Okay you butt licks I just bought this so you all better play multiplayer with me.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on July 21, 2009, 09:38:33 PM
Destruction Master missions are the best. They should put out DLC that just adds a buttload more of them.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on July 21, 2009, 10:42:45 PM
Destruction Master missions are the best. They should put out DLC that just adds a buttload more of them.

They're pretty great. I like them, they're like action-puzzles. Where Portal was "how do I get over there?" the Red Faction question is "How can I knock this down?"

If Konami can release those virtual missions for Metal Gear on PS1, the demolition trials would be great DLC for Red Faction.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: pilonv1 on July 21, 2009, 10:58:51 PM
Destruction Master missions are the best. They should put out DLC that just adds a buttload more of them.

I wish there were more of them. In Badlands there's like 30 guerrilla actions but hardly any Destruction Master ones.

I did like the Jenkins riding shotgun missions though
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on July 21, 2009, 11:01:27 PM
Badlands had so many stupid transporter missions.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on July 21, 2009, 11:14:18 PM
Jenkins is a cool character. He's batshit crazy. It's funny; he's more of a GTA-style character than most of the GTA IV characters were.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: pilonv1 on July 21, 2009, 11:20:51 PM
Badlands had so many stupid transporter missions.

Fuck yes. The best is when they say "take it to a safe house" but ITS NOT THE ONE RIGHT NEXT TO THE MISSION START.

Or the one where you get some tank, and have to drive it out of a small area with guys pissing on you with lasers.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on July 21, 2009, 11:42:51 PM
Badlands had so many stupid transporter missions.

Fuck yes. The best is when they say "take it to a safe house" but ITS NOT THE ONE RIGHT NEXT TO THE MISSION START.

 :lol Badlands has two transporter missions that literally start inside the Badlands safe house, but both make you drive all the way to Parker.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on July 21, 2009, 11:49:46 PM
There is a Transporter mission that starts at the very NW corner, and makes you drive it all the way around in a U to the Oasis safehouse
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on July 22, 2009, 12:10:55 AM
I'm not even fucking bothering for the pro time achievement.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on July 22, 2009, 06:46:24 AM
Yeah, I think I'll be passing on that one as well. I like the driving in RF:G but not enough to try each one of those a dozen times.
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Post by: pilonv1 on July 22, 2009, 08:21:01 AM
found THREE demo master missions in the one area tonight :hyper

now ive bought the nano forge. this better be worth it

the worst part about the transporter missions is that even if youre not going for the pro time it's easy to miss the target. they should have stopped the time within a radius of the safe house, not for getting inside that stupid circle
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: demi on August 13, 2009, 03:11:19 PM
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_85023491_1?ie=UTF8&docId=1000415031&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=right-2&pf_rd_r=1H0AT82559339GQGBAP9&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=485989691&pf_rd_i=14220161

Buy Red Faction get the new DLC for free
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 21, 2009, 03:56:22 PM
PC version is finally out and it rocks. :rock

Red Faction: Guerrilla and Batman: Arkham Asylum shall do battle for multiplatform supremacy and GOTY trophies.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: pilonv1 on September 21, 2009, 08:32:38 PM
ive completely given up using guns in this game. thermo bomb/those sticky bombs & nano rifle & rocket launcher.

i take out any guys shooting at me by hitting them with the hammer or just run away.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y
Post by: chronovore on September 21, 2009, 09:16:58 PM
I think you're supposed to do a lot of running away in it. It's pretty good about leaving Salvage where it lay unless you die. If you bail from a hot zone and then come back to it, there's your Salvage still on the ground.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on September 22, 2009, 08:37:39 PM
I found that there's nothing quite as useful for some demolition like a well-armored troop transport. Cuts right through buildings like they're made out of a butter, plus I don't have to get all shot up.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: pilonv1 on October 05, 2009, 02:02:16 AM
Last mission was pretty poor. I enjoyed most of the stuff up to EOS although the satellite uplink missions were interesting enough.
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on October 05, 2009, 10:00:26 PM
I've got to get back to this game. Specifically, I'm going to have to get online before its multiplayer community entirely peters out. Are they still doing any double XP weekends?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on September 06, 2011, 10:45:17 PM
OK. I played this last in July... of 2009. Walked away from it for something else... maybe BULLY: Scholarship Edition? Finally going back now. I've managed to pick up pretty well where I left off, and am having fun, but I can't remember how to use some of the weapons and targeting.

More than that: Someone... ANYONE tell me why I can't detonate my remote charges anymore?

"B Button" shows detonate on the Controls layout. I put a bunch of charges down, and... nothing. Am I supposed to have something equipped or aimed or... what the HELL is wrong?
Title: Re: Official Red Faction: Shit Blows Up Awesomely (Better than GTA4) + Tribes-y MP
Post by: chronovore on September 07, 2011, 10:36:34 AM
Good game is still good.

Found out, I can't read: I thought I had remote charges, I had proximity charges. Oops.