Okay, I'm riding in the thing's shoulder-side cab, and.not bad. Last time I honest-to-goodness enjoyed piloting a metal hulk around was Activision's Mechwarrior 2. Have I mentioned I hate giant robots in games? Really. This could be cool.or then it could just be awkward. I'll just stroll on down to a point as far away from the entrance areas as possible, then WHAM-WHAM-WHAM, and voila, I'm in!Ī sprint or two later, I'm peeling off the side of the compound housing the Walker. Steel? Concrete? Gates? Walls? No problem. On the other hand, I can go through anything with my trusty super-powered Hammer of the Gods. Fight? I suppose, but that way lies multiple reloads. Since it's not a stealth game, I can't sneak around, and my objective's smack in the middle of police central. Trip one and you'll have half the compound on your tail. The demo doesn't lay out the rules, but after dying a few times, it's clear the level contains areas with invisible boundaries. Nowhere to really run and hide here, so I'll just die, restart, and try this again. Banging on stuff or smashing it around alerts the police, who have guns.which I don't. (Then again, I'm an insurrectionist, not a jackhammer.) First minor disappointment â€” all the poles and meshy links are indestructible. Next experiment: Pummel the debris mess I've made. Simple enough, point made, and mildly satisfying. What's the first thing I do after the game hands over the controls? Turn around with my axe-hammer-thing and wail on a bunch of steel barricades. Not really physics, but impressive eight years ago.Īdd physics, a third-person angle to help you ogle the demolition, and what Volition's calling an 'open world,' and you get Grand Theft Mars.I mean Red Faction: Guerrilla.īack to the demo. Knock a hole in a wall and the game replaced the affected area with an 'empty space' object. The original Red Faction's fame-claim involved getting to blow up stuff you hadn't been able to previously per Volition's trendy-sounding GeoMod tech. Your job's to infiltrate the complex and bring one back, or as the guy giving you orders over a radio at the outset proselytizes, 'liberate the sector.' You know, 'don't let the miners down,' dear comrade. The Earth Defense Force (the bad guys) have reportedly confiscated a bunch of Walkers, i.e. Otherwise it's you against some helmeted police force goons prowling around a bunch of militia-like structures framed by bleary Martian rocks and ridges. That said, the single solo-play level only takes a few minutes to clear, the replay lure being an option to bump the difficulty level a notch.

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