Guerrilla Tactics

The time has finally come for me to get the chance to play Red Faction Guerrilla due to a few suggestions from my buddies. I don’t know why, but when I hear of so many people playing and loving a game and telling me I have to get that certain game, I get skeptical and put it off. By the time I actually get around to playing it, the hype is usually gone and I don’t have anybody to join me when I finally get around to it. It has happened to me with every Halo game except ODST, as well as the original Gears of War that I just picked up. When am I going to give in and just buy games right when they come out or at least rent them on release day? I don’t know, but I am determined to not let that happen as often anymore!

Red Faction Guerrilla was the end of the line. No more will I sit idly by waiting until the hype for the game is over to play the game by myself! I should have listened too the masses, and my friends, because this game is excellent! Think of Grand Theft Auto meets the god of war himself, Mars. I was never a big fan of Grand Theft Auto, but getting to run around on Mars as part of a resistance against an oppressive military force is more than fun.

You play as the brother of a key member of the resistance against the Earth Defense Force. His death causes you to become involved and do missions for the resistance and destroy EDF property. You can follow the story line directly or take time in between the story to participate in raids on the EDF or rescue resistance members being held by the EDF.

Throughout the game you get new weapons and upgrades for those weapons by collecting scrap metal. Scrap metal on Mars is a major commodity and can be obtained by destroying buildings, vehicles, EDF propaganda, and mining nodes that can be found randomly around the map. It’s so much fun to run around with a big hammer crushing vehicles and using mines and a detonator to bring down buildings. That’s just the tip of the weaponry you will be using in this game.

I have yet to beat the game, because it seems to be a lot longer than I thought, and this kind of game brings out the perfectionist and the drive to complete the game in me. I’m only renting it right now, but I think it will be worth the money to buy it. Join the Red Faction and get in on the guerrilla tactics ASAP. The demolitionist inside will thank you!

Related posts:

1. I’m Attacking the Darkness!
2. Hockey Rules
3. NBA Live 10 Brings Me Back
4. Prepare to Drop!
5. The Ghostbusters Movie You Play