Review: Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered (PlayStation 4)

Red Faction: Guerrilla re-defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.

Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 27.77GB Download size.
• Four control layouts- Normal, Southpaw, Legacy and legacy southpaw.
• Performance mode- High performance or High quality.
• Can skip cutscenes.
• Tutorial pops up following a short tutorial laden mission.
• Simple controls.
• Open world action gameplay.
• You can blow up/damage or just flat out level any building in the game.
• Scrap- Earned from destruction and used to buy/upgrade weapons.
• Open world game.
• Can set your own markers on the map. Adds a track to follow on the floor in the game.
• Full stats screen.
• Save when you want.
• Platinum trophy.
• Vehicles- Can find them, Spawn them or straight up hijack them.
• Main story quests and a massively varied side mission setup.
• Amazing levels of destruction. Take out all supporters and watch that mother fall, Strong physics engine at work.
• EDF- Overall bad guys who run the place. You can take over there outposts and liberate areas to decrease their hold.
• Morale- Goes up and down upon actions. Running over people will have a bad effect whilst doing missions will increase it.
• Four game modes- Story, Wrecking crew, Multiplayer and bonus missions.
• Wrecking crew- Six modes for 1-4 players, 19 maps and you can edit every setting.
• Training videos.
• MP- Quick match, Matchmake with a party, Custom party and spectator mode.
• Customise for online- Player card elements can be earned and you can set your preferred character model.
• Online Leaderboards.
• A lot of fun.
• Great way to release some anger.
• Really clear icons on the map.
• Some really fun missions.
• Helpful pop-up button prompts.
• Play how you want.

Cons:

• Volume jumps between cutscenes and the game.
• PS2 feeling UI.
• Uninteresting story.
• Driving feels very clumsy.
• Poor voice acting in a lot of places.
• Some ugly textures.
• Picking up scraps is a pain even with a magnet equipped.
• AI rarely react.
• Some very boring missions.
• Hard to read simple things like health meter.
• Sharp difficulty spikes.
• Bad performance in places especially slowdown even on a PlayStation Pro console set to performance.
• Can feel overwhelmed.
• Feels unguided at times.
• Little replay value.