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BIG LET DOWN

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

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 ...

Bland and Boring.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If your currently bored with your current round of FPS and want something else to shoot, this game may keep you entertained for a day or two. But after that, if you unlucky enough to have bought it, you will be wishing it was a rental in your hand, like myself. I will admit, I bought this game blindly on hype and due to its better (yes, better) parent "Red Faction" and thought no wrong could come of Red Faction II. OH was I wrong!

Whats Good?:
It gets the basic-basics of running around blasting away done. Also, you can configure every button to your own liking.

Whats Wrong?: Everything else.
#1, IT IS SHORT!.
#2, The Geo Mod Engine that they claim is so "great" it will change the face of gaming doesn't even really come into play. You can blow thru the occasional wall for a power-up here and there, but for the most part, you will be wasting your ammo wondering and struggling to find what you can blow up. I seems for the most part 95% of the game still can't be "blown" up. And its more frustrating then anything to find something you think you could have blown to still be there after taking a rocket round.
#3, Multiplayer: TOO many maps. It seemed like they just tossed in a whole bunch in hopes a few good ones came out, and for the most part, they are very small. Also in multiplayer, the weapons show up as flat colored card board cut-outs. Really ruining the grity style of the game.

To keep this review short, I'll finish with this. This game feels rushed, very rushed, like they knew it would only sell if it came out before Brute Force and Wolfenstine. Other then a few enjoyable moments, there is very that will make you want to come back to this game once you finish it the first time, unlike the power of Halo.

Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was really surprised that this game was so awful since the first one quickly became a Platinum Hit. Red Faction II takes place in the same universe as the first game: the 22nd century, where humankind is ruled by an evil dictatorship and only the freedom fighters who call themselves the Red Faction are able to stand in its way. Parker, the hero of the first game, is nowhere to be found here, so no previous Red Faction experience is required or even expected. This sequel introduces a nanotech enhanced soldier called Alias, whom you'll play as during the course of the single-player campaign. Alias is part of an elite squad developed to suppress insurgents like the Red Faction, but the squad has turned its coats and now seeks to rid the world of Chancellor Sopot, the man at the root of the Commonwealth's strife and poverty. The plot is pretty thin and the twist that's thrown in about halfway through seems ridiculous. In your mission to assassinate Sopot, you'll travel by air, sea and land while taking on droves of enemies and numerous challenging situations in a diverse and tightly paced series of levels. Most single player, first-person shooters aren't very long and Red Faction II is no exception. Even though you'll run into several very tough bosses when playing through the game at the normal difficulty setting, expect to get through the campaign in approximately seven hours.
It may be fun to play, but Red Faction II loses some points because it doesn't look all that great. I found the textures were blurry and plain. This is a game I would suggest that you rent first.

Alot to be desired.....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

To start off. I am stationed somewhere where I have to order my games. When I got this in the mail the other day, I was pumped. Gamepro.com rated it very high, and others gave it average ratings. I put it in the XBOX, and to say the least I was dissapointed from the get go. I like realism in games. This game could have been wonderful, with the geo-mod technology they proclaim to use. NEGATIVE.. Only very specific walls can be blown up. Any game can do that. The AI just stands out in the middle shoots. Once you shoot back, it looks like you have shot the back wall with a red paint-ball. Most of the weapons are extremely underpowered except for a few. But you won't need much firepower because your character hardly ever dies, except in spots where the cheap computer guards. When grenades hit them, the "separate" into four defined pieces unless you get the rare legs that are left standing. The most frustrating thing about this game is the obvious lack of time the developers spent. Voice cues are out of sinq with the characters, so you get the japanese godzilla looking conversations. All in all this game leaves alot to be desired. Your teamates couldn't be any less helpful except ordering you around. I wish I could have rented it before buying it. I would have turned it in the same day. Not worth the [money] and to some not worth the weekend.

Graphics:4 (out of 10)
Sound:4
Gameplay:5
Realism:1
Gore:2

GOD BLESS AMERICA. GO ARMY! HUAH!

Dissappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I saw this game in the store and grabbed it right away, after playing the first Red Faction I thought this would only be better. I was wrong.

If you are looking for something better than the first Red Faction, this is not it, keep on looking.

why did i waste my money?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game was just ok. i thought the multiplayer sucked. co -op mode was good but all the other modes sucked. The levels were horrible and it was extremely easy to kill people. you could just go in there with a grenade launcher and blow the heck out of everybody. I thought the multiplayer was fun but on the third level underground it was confusing what to do. Alot of times the enemies on normal level would shoot at you for forty-five seconds and you would barely be damaged.

Worth a rental....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was eager to play this game because I was a huge Red Faction fan for the PC when it came out years ago. I especiall enjoyed the G-mod effect where you can blow out walls...especially on multi-play. So I had high hopes for this new Red Faction release. I was dissapointed..plain and simple. The gameplay was horribly short and uneventful. I enjoy a FPS that has a good story behind it...ala Deus Ex:Invisible War or even the corniest story lines like Return to Castle Wolfenstein. But they were great games! Red Faction is the type of game that only a person would enjoy if you just wanted to go around shooting stuff. Mind you, I did enjoy the grenade launcher and turning my foes into chunks of flesh...but even that gets old at times. The graphic environments are below par...nothing new or innovative here. The voice acting is complete cheese and the storyline that was so brilliant in the first RF incarnation is absent here. The AI in this game is horrible and is completly laughable. I guess that is why getting through it is so easy because the difficulty is a joke.

All in all, this is not the best title out there...but is not the worst if you just want to pick up a game that you can spend a few hours on. Stick with greats for your Xbox like Prince of Persia, Ninja Gaiden, Halo...and the upcoming Doom 3 and Halo 2. A rental folks...not a buyer. You've been warned.

horrible

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this game SUX. I didn't do anything. I chose easy and yet you were still shot at alot. I spent so much time figuring out what to do, and shooting my gun at the same time. I didn't try multiplayer even i thought it would be good. THQ sux. luckily i rented it. you should do the same if your thinking about this.

Crappy, but a lot of muliplayer maps

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is a little corny and a little crappy for an FPS in campaign mode, but there are a lot of fair multiplayer options. Destructible environments, many different weapons, tons of maps (more than I've ever seen in a game), many goofy looking creatures to choose from, and 1 thing the people of Bungi forgot: BOTS! Although the Bot AI is just random - they run around and shoot, run around and shoot. Always running, never stopping. Still, the multiplayer is worth a couple bucks in the discount bin if you find it.

Could have been alot better . . .

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

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?!?!?!?!?!???

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