Red Faction: Guerrilla Video is Fully Destructible

June 25, 2008 11:04 AM

Publisher THQ passed in a new video detailing the development of Red Faction: Guerrilla (PC, PS3, 360), the latest edition of Volition Studios' shooter franchise.

Guerrilla marks the debut of a new third-person perspective and cover system in the Red Faction series, and is scheduled to release during THQ's 2009 fiscal year, which runs from April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009.

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mrwolf710

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June 25, 2008 11:10 AM

Someone should just make a game and call it "Cover System" already. That's one buzzword that can go die already. We get it, game developers, you really liked how well Gears of War sold so you want to copy them and hope that you can make moneyhats also.

Formula for money-making game:

1) Cover system, cover system, and more cover systems
2) marines or, even better, SPACE Marines
3) Gritty art design
or
a) Forget those 3 and just make your own version of Gears, Halo 3, or GTA4 and hope no one notices that it sucks.
- OverloadUT
  
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  June 25, 2008 11:28 AM
  
  Most people like cover systems. This game doesn't look like a clone of Gears of Halo at all.
  - mrwolf710
    
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    June 25, 2008 11:39 AM
    
    Yeah but all these games have been continually going out of their way to mention "hey, we have a cover system, look at us!!!!"
    It's getting old.
    - node
      
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      June 25, 2008 11:43 AM
      
      Yeah right, I couldn't exactly give a fuck about the cover system, it's not a damn selling point.
      - deadhorse
        
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        June 25, 2008 12:15 PM
        
        No, but it's a good gameplay mechanic (when done right) that is becoming a staple.
        
        mrwolf710
        
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        June 25, 2008 2:15 PM
        
        That's my point. It already is a staple. It's like saying your shooter has guns. Really? Guns? Awesome.
        
        mobab
        
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        June 25, 2008 2:36 PM
        
        lol.
        
        I winced a little when I read cover system.
- holinka
  
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  June 25, 2008 11:35 AM
  
  Cover systems are old:
  
  Cabal - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal_(arcade_game)
  Kill.Switch - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill.switch
  
  I really liked Kill.Switch, which made me want to play Gears of War.
  - mrwolf710
    
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    June 25, 2008 11:40 AM
    
    Dur, I know they are old. That's why it's so irritating that they keep making it a bullet point to sell new games.
  - ColoradoCNC
    
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    June 25, 2008 12:42 PM
    
    <3 Kill.Switch
    - holinka
      
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      June 25, 2008 1:00 PM
      
      I stayed many nights late at work playing through it. Good fun that one.
- jackomack
  
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  June 25, 2008 12:55 PM
  
  <3 Limbo of the Lost