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'''Red Faction: Armageddon''' is a third-person shooter video game developed by [[Volition Inc.]] and published by [[THQ]]. The fourth installment in the Red Faction series, Armageddon is set on Mars in the year 2175, fifty years after the events of "Red Faction: Guerrilla." | '''Red Faction: Armageddon''' is a third-person shooter video game developed by [[Volition Inc.]] and published by [[THQ]], in collaboration with [[Syfy Games]]. The fourth and final installment in the Red Faction series, Armageddon is set on Mars in the year 2175, fifty years after the events of "Red Faction: Guerrilla." It was released to tie in with the television series, [[Red Faction: Origins]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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== Gameplay == | == Gameplay == | ||
The game will retain several elements from its predecessor, [[Red Faction: Guerrilla]], such as fully destructible environments. Similar to the previous | The game will retain several elements from its predecessor, [[Red Faction: Guerrilla]], such as fully destructible environments. Similar to the previous instalment, which had the player liberating settlements from the [[Earth Defense Force]], the player must now reclaim cultist fortifications on the disaster-ravaged surface of the planet and free colonists from alien cocoons. Players can also hunt for artifacts to create new alien weapons such as the new [[Nano Forge]], [[Tremblers]] and [[Rhino Charges]]. Although the planet's surface is no longer habitable, gameplay will not be restricted to only the underground caverns of Mars and can still explore and fight on the surface of Mars against the aliens. The game also features a new extermination mode which has four players teaming up to fight against infinite waves of attackers | ||
===Multiplayer=== | |||
{{MainArticle|Red Faction: Armageddon Infestation|Infestation}} | |||
Compared to Red Faction Guerrilla's multiplayer, which featured a team versus structure, Armageddon's approach was decided for a co-op like experience with wave-based rounds. Infestation features a reoccurring character and 3 additional ones. | |||
===Raid=== | |||
{{MainArticle|Red_Faction:_Armageddon_Ruin_Mode|Raid Mode}} | |||
Raid is a separate gamemode that allows the player to destroy structures in order to gain points as per its score based system, it can be played as a challenge with a timer or in free mode. | |||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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The game begins fifty years after the events of ''[[Red Faction: Guerrilla]]'', and five years after the population's move underground. It follows the story of [[Darius Mason]] -- grandson of Martian Revolution heroes [[Alec Mason|Alec]] and [[Samanya]] -- who runs a lucrative series of businesses based in Bastion (the underground hub of Colonist activity), including mining, scavenging and mercenary work. Only a few sane people venture to the now-ravaged surface of Mars, apart from contractors like Darius and smugglers who transport goods between settlements. At the start of the game, Darius is tricked into reopening a mysterious shaft in an old [[Marauders|Marauder]] temple, releasing a long-dormant race of aliens and causing an [[Wikipedia:armageddon|armageddon]] on Mars. | The game begins fifty years after the events of ''[[Red Faction: Guerrilla]]'', and five years after the population's move underground. It follows the story of [[Darius Mason]] -- grandson of Martian Revolution heroes [[Alec Mason|Alec]] and [[Samanya]] -- who runs a lucrative series of businesses based in Bastion (the underground hub of Colonist activity), including mining, scavenging and mercenary work. Only a few sane people venture to the now-ravaged surface of Mars, apart from contractors like Darius and smugglers who transport goods between settlements. At the start of the game, Darius is tricked into reopening a mysterious shaft in an old [[Marauders|Marauder]] temple, releasing a long-dormant race of aliens and causing an [[Wikipedia:armageddon|armageddon]] on Mars. | ||
The game will be released for the Xbox 360, | The game will be released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. | ||
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== PC Version == | == PC Version == | ||
Fans of the series will be glad to hear that the PC version of Red Faction: Armageddon will be developed in-house by [[Volition Inc.]] and not by [[Reactor Zero]]. It will also use Steamworks as opposed to the Games for Windows: LIVE service used in [[Red Faction: Guerrilla]]. [http://community.redfaction.com/forums/topic/8372#comment-69914] | Fans of the series will be glad to hear that the PC version of Red Faction: Armageddon will be developed in-house by [[Volition Inc.]] and not by [[Reactor Zero]]. It will also use Steamworks, as opposed to the Games for Windows: LIVE service used in [[Red Faction: Guerrilla]]. [http://community.redfaction.com/forums/topic/8372#comment-69914] | ||
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Red Faction: Armageddon is a third-person shooter video game developed by Volition Inc. and published by THQ, in collaboration with Syfy Games. The fourth and final installment in the Red Faction series, Armageddon is set on Mars in the year 2175, fifty years after the events of "Red Faction: Guerrilla." It was released to tie in with the television series, Red Faction: Origins.
Overview
Armageddon's backdrop is a dramatically altered Mars. The destruction of the Terraformer by Adam Hale, the game's antagonist, at the beginning of the game has rendered the planet's surface inhospitable. This catastrophic destruction led to devastating super-tornados and lightning storms, forcing the colonists to flee to the underground mines and caves, initially built by their ancestors. These subterranean realms have since been transformed into habitable colonies for a people adapting to life beneath the surface.
The protagonist and player character in Armageddon is Darius Mason, grandson of Alec Mason and Samanya, the revolutionaries in Red Faction: Guerrilla. Darius, unlike his parents, is not a freedom fighter but a business entrepreneur who operates various enterprises from Bastion, an underground center of colonist life, and regularly engages in mining, scavenging, and mercenary work. The surface of Mars, now a ravaged landscape, is rarely visited except by individuals like Darius and smugglers who risk the dangerous conditions to transport goods among the underground settlements. The majority of the game's events are set in motion when Darius is deceived into opening a shaft in an ancient temple (which has been sealed years earlier by Capek), awakening a race of Martian creatures that wreak havoc across the planet. The resultant chaos and destruction earn Darius the ire of the colonists, who blame him for the disaster.