Red Faction (series)

Red Faction is a series of science fiction shooter video games developed by Volition, Inc. and published by Nordic Games. Originating in 2001, the Red Faction games have spanned Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and many consoles, including the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The Red Faction series has been heavy on its thematic undertones throughout the games. One of the more outstanding themes of the series is a revolutionary socialist undertone. From the miners rebellion featured (in separate ways) in Red Faction and Red Faction: Guerrilla, to the overthrown monarchy of Red Faction II, this has been a central theme since the games' inception in 2001.

Gameplay

The series has had two unique styles of gameplay, the first is a traditional first person shooter element which was used by the first two games in the series, while the second is a third person style of open world gameplay which was first used in Red Faction: Guerrilla and the Red Faction: Armageddon. Both styles though share a common element which is the series' unique environmental destruction features, this was enhanced in Red Faction: Guerrilla when it was applied to every building in the game making the game's entire environment destructible.