Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (PS3) 86.73% (X360) 85.33% (PC) 82.45% |
| Metacritic | (PS3) 85/100 (X360) 85/100 (PC) 82/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | A- |
| GameSpot | 8.5/10 |
| GameTrailers | 7.9/10 |
| IGN | 8/10 |
| X-Play | |
Red Faction: Guerrilla received mostly positive reviews from critics. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the PlayStation 3 version 86.73% and 85/100, the Xbox 360 version 85.33% and 85/100. and the Microsoft Windows version 82.45% and 82/100. On July 28, 2009 at the Q1 earnings conference call, THQ Director Brian Farrell confirmed that Red Faction: Guerrilla has now sold more than 1 million units.
The game received some criticism for its "weak story". GameSpot reviewer Randolph Ramsey praised the physics and realism of the game but also criticized its repetitiveness and plotline. GameTrailers criticized the game's pace, environment, and difficulty particularly in the later missions: "you'll be lucky to get out of the most heated battles alive. Often to its detriment, Guerrilla imparts the desperate feeling of being one man struggling to rip apart an army at its foundations. ... Maybe the point was to make you feel like a fragile, puny man staring Goliath in the maw. In any case, don't feel ashamed if you have to tune the difficulty down for a particularly brutal mission." IGN reviewer Charles Onyett rated the game an 8 out of 10, citing the fun gameplay, but saying that the storyline, graphics, and voice acting were weak. 1UP.com reviewer Justin Haywald graded it an A- noting the weak storyline but lauding the "degree to which you can destroy environments."
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