The magnet gun is surely going to become a firm favourite, and can be used to launch magnetic tethers to two points in the world. Here combat is one part bullet-slinging and two parts total destruction. Of course, battles in Red Faction: Armageddon are more than simple firefights. These expeditions are broken up with many pitched battles and some set piece events, such as defending tunnelling machines or riding gondolas through massive caverns, and you’re often tasked with repairing various installations. You’ll be sheep herded through tunnels and caves and there’s no possibly way to get lost, thanks to a GPS tracking system that literally paints a path for you to follow. The game’s level-based approach means a more directed story and controlled combat, particularly when it comes to mission structures and set pieces.įor much of the time you’ll be romping through underground caverns and settlements, although you do get to see the surface, too, at times. This time the game has been developed as a more focused and linear action adventure.
For more on Red Faction Armageddon, check out GameSpot's first impressions from this year's E3.Unlike the previous Red Faction: Guerrilla, Armageddon isn’t an open world title. THQ had not responded to requests for clarification on the Red Faction arcade game as of press time. "Not only that, we have a comic book coming on it as well." "You'll see it on Red Faction, you'll see it on Saints Row and a couple of others," he said. However, the executive did say that the publisher is planning "multi-faceted minigames" as revenue generators and marketing tools for other franchises as well, including Saints Row. "What's interesting is that we will sell it to the fans, it will have content you can download that is TV show-related, it will build up to the new game and also we can use it to drive pre-orders, too we can give codes and aspects of it, we can give the whole thing away."īilson did not divulge specific details about what gamers can expect from the Red Faction extension. "There's going to be a Red Faction arcade game that ships about three or four months before Armageddon," Bilson told CVG. Speaking to CVG, THQ executive vice president of core games Danny Bilson said that the franchise would also benefit from the publisher's strategy to bring "our big brands" to Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. THQ will get at least one more game in before Armageddon.Īrmageddon's promotion won't be limited to expanded media, however. Namely, THQ said during its E3 2010 webcast that it would air the big-budget SyFy-produced Red Faction telefilm the same week in March 2011 that it launches Armageddon for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Transmedia promotion has become a key buzzword at THQ, and the publisher has already detailed ways in which it will apply this strategy to Volition's upcoming Red Faction Armageddon.
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