Red Faction 2

by THQ Software

Product Features

• It is five years after the Red Faction rose up against its colonial masters. Chancellor Sopot oppresses the Commonwealth, and a small group of nano-enhanced soldiers have decided to rebel and join the Red Faction. Now you'll fight alongside them as they run guerilla missions, within the Commonwealth itself!
• Work with a team of six super-soldiers as you fight in a completely interactive, immersive game environment
• Utilize all kinds of futuristic vehicles as you play -- tanks, hover-flyers, submarines and more Realistic AI has opponents act like real squads and react realistically to different events
• Use the specialized equipment and 14 different firearms to blow away the enemy - -you can also pick up the weapons of level bosses for unstoppable firepower
• Multiple endings depending on the choices you make - see how different choices lead to different finales

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005BRKL
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: April 1, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,776 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Xbox

Amazon.com Product Description

Players defend their country as Alias--a demolitions expert--with the help of five elite squad members who have each specialized in different means of destruction. Challenged with completing multiple mission objectives in diverse levels, players have a number of vehicles and an arsenal of powerful weapons at their disposal as they attempt to overthrow the government. Red Faction II features actor Lance Henriksen (The Terminator, Aliens, Millennium) as the voice of squad leader Molov. Refined graphics, enhanced enemy AI, and dynamic environments are also featured in the game, along with four-player split-screen action that includes customizable computer opponents.

Product Description

Red Faction II takes you deeper into the dangerous futuristic world of Red Faction! Deadly 4-player splitscreen death match lets you create bots Support for USB keyboard & mouse

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could have been alot better . . ., April 26, 2003

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"chris_chambers08" (Albany,New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Faction II (Video Game)

This game IS good, but not great. It could've been sooo much more.Here are my complaints with Red Faction 2.

1. Way too short - I started playing it last night at 7:00 p.m. and finished at 10:30 p.m. on normal difficulty.

2. Non-Linear gameplay - You basically only have one path to go and only one thing to do, shoot. Nothing else. No puzzles,nothin'. This should've been more like Deus Ex.

3. No more Splodin' - In the first Red Faction you could blow up almost anything you saw. In the second, there's rarely anything you can blow up. Tisk Tisk

4. No XBOX Live - Probably the biggest dissapointment. Again I say, Tisk Tisk. So much could've been done here.

Now I know I've put this down quite a bit, but it is a pretty good game. I like to compare it to 007:Nightfire because it's a big production game. It's like a Vin Diesel movie. Lots of flash,lots of guns,lots of violence,lots splodin'. The graphics are pretty good also (despite what some people say). The multiplayer is ok, but you'll find better in Halo or 007:Nightfire. This will quench your thrust 'till Halo 2 comes out. Can't believe they pushed it back . . . WHY?!?!?!?!?!???

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars BIG LET DOWN, April 4, 2003

By 

Freddd (Saint Louee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Faction II (Video Game)

Looking at different websites, screenshots, videos, etc., this game looked promising. I rented it, and found it to be a very poor game. The graphics and visualls really lacked (Remember GoldenEye for 64?) And the gameplay is pretty poor. The AI is very cheap - bots move very aquardly, fakely, and all that... and everything seems "glitchy" (sudden moves, missed steps, etc) The "environment" is probably the coolest part of the game.. SOME walls blow up (same square blown-out-chunk everythime, though) There isn't the "blow hole anywhere" feature like Red Faction I. The missions are very lame - story line is NOT there... men just keep coming out as long as you want them to (you have to move into the next room... the bad guys never run out!) This game has NOTHING towards realism, the bodies dissapear, there is no splash damage, no team kill, it is way too "arcade-ish" for me. This is like a poor version of Unreal Tournament made only for split screen and single player.. but much worse. Proceed with caution.. rent this one before buying... you will probably be just as let down as me ...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Short , sweet, and... deep?, January 29, 2003

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Tura Satana (Nowhereland, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Faction II (Video Game)

The single player game is decent although extremely short. The gameplay is tight (with totally customizable control scheme). The game is a bit more linear than the first. There is not as much exploring to be done, and the story comes at you so fast that you may not even know why you are doing what you are doing.

However, the multiplayer mode is MUCH deeper and better than in the first game. I haven't actually played it with friends, only with bots - and I've had tons of fun! This is very strange, as playing only with bots usually gets stale fast.

You can totally customize them and keep track of their stats.. and yours. If one of the bots is just too strong and is getting way more kills than he should, you can lower his accuracy, agility, health, etc. Or adjust his weapon preferences so that he or she never picks up a Rail Gun and wastes you in one shot. You can totally manage the situation. You can even make it so they have a large tendency to camp out in a particular position and wait, instead of running around mindlessly.

There are also FORTY multiplayer maps! While some are weak, and many of them look kinda generic.. they grow on you and you'll find a handful that you really like.

While their are several multiplayer modes to choose from, I should point out that the Capture the Flag here is kinda weak. Your teammates never guard the flag and there's more but I won't go into it all. It just gets kinda chaotic sometimes. CTF works much better other games like the Unreal games.

Anyway, thats all I'll say.. this is long enough.
Solid game.

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