Red Faction Retrospective

[@mintmag8748]

7:00 there are two other ways to beat that part of the game if you don't have explosives. 1. you can climb the yellow railing to reach the submarine. 2. you can also just sim.

[@dinojungle7901]

Yeah swim and get destroyed by the submarines

[@Gruntvc]

2001 was an excellent year for FPS games: Halo CE, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Aliens Vs Predator 2, Red Faction, Ghost Recon, and Operation Flashpoint Cold War Crisis all in one year. Man I miss FPS games like these today.

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

Operation Flashpoint. Nostalgia

[@Toniobionchinito]

The original operation flashpoint was a god tier fps game. No other game gets anywhere near it's detail.

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

2001 Is a top contender for the best year In Videogame history , quantity/diversity-wise It's def #1 , you had 4 major consoles available for holiday season at the same time , each with either a killer app or a strong library - Dreamcast (stacked library) , PS2 (stacked library) , Xbox (killer app launch title) , GC (killer app launch title). Then on top of that you had Gameboy Advance handheld launch with a strong line up of games , as well as PS1 and N64 hardware + games still available brand new. The amount of classic games that dropped In 2001 was arguably the most ever , and the technical leap was arguably the largest leap we ever saw to this day. Only a few years can possibly challenge 2001 like 1998/2004 etc but they can only challenge for peak quality and Impact , no year surpasses the sheer volume of both hardware and software quantity and options that 2001 gave us.

[@AndroidFerret]

Then mods are yourbest friends

[@vaderdudenator1]

You can climb the scaffolding and there’s a manual release for the sub

[@Raycloud]

When you enter the medical labs you can avoid the stealth section entirely by just not putting on the labcoat. If you do that you keep all your weapons and it is much easier to shoot your way through. I've always enjoyed this game. Though, back in the day I found the Red Faction itself rather frustrating for how useless they are. Always dying in one hit just as you meet them. To this day the destruction mechanic is unique. I wish we'd seen it developed much further. I mean, imagine an FPS with a bit of a puzzle element to it like Portal; you can't find keys to all locked doors and sometimes there is no direct path to where you want to go. There would have be context clues that let the player figure out which walls to destroy or how to create bridges or things like that.

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

Thanks! I wish game design explored the ability to destroy the environment. But it's super risky and difficult to design gameplay around that, so I understand why devs don't do it. :( it's cool indie devs do though. Have you played Teardown? It's the best example of destruction in the core gameplay design.

[@agena6594]

Bioware should reboot Red Faction with whatever they're using for the next Mass Effect. This game deserves a reboot!! I miss the hell out of it.

[@Raycloud]

Funny you say that. I've felt like Red Faction feels a bit like a story that could easily take place in Mass Effect's universe.

[@Sagadali523]

The fact that this game released in 2001 is just making the most epic thing for some reasons. I listen to 2001 songs as a retro fella, I play 2001 games as a retro player, I use 2001 stuff as a retro guy. Not gonna lie, Red Faction and other FPS games deserves to be remastered

[@John-gc4hh]

Love the video. Was looking for a retrospective on this game. Always gave me Half-Life vibes without living in its shadow. I used to play "vs" with my older brother when I was 11, he was in high school. Always beat me, but it was always so much fun. We played this and Time Splitters. I wish studios would make more "fun" games today.

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I wish it got nearly as much recognition as Half Life, even though I don't think it's as good. It's still a classic.

[@jonnyronnyguy]

One thing that I will always look back on and still laugh so much to this day was the pain or death screams from some the voice actors in this game. Once I shot Griffin in the head and he made a 'wooohhooo' sound. Also the lowly technicians that would always say 'wait... I'm on your side' would make the funniest screams and cries, especially when you put a remote mine on them 😂.

[@MOTAGORO]

Those infected mutants were the most uncanny scary things I saw in a game as a kid...it took me soo many playthroughs just to go and shoot them.

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

Lol, it's interesting what scared us as kids, especially when it seems so dumb now. How old were you at the time? I remember the first tomb raider gave kid me the creeps.

[@REAPER55667798]

The one song involving the car, could you release that song without the cars and the police radio chatter?

[@elcheekoful]

At 9:53 that's where I'm stuck. That Boss sucks. I beat it one time. Like a dummy, I didn't save. This is a game you literally need to manually save info every 10 mins.

[@ArdentVitalGamer]

I remember playing this back in the day love the Multiplayer gameplay, love using the Rail Gun and the destructive environments pretty amazing gameplay for something back in 2001

[@vieri031]

This game is amazing. Thank you for this retrospective

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

Thanks for enjoying it!

[@TheSardo12]

You can defeat capek in 3 seconds just be close enough and use flamethrower. :)

[@KamenRaiden]

10:04 is so memeworthy. Parker just wanted him to know who's in control.

[@realofficialauthenticymrasgt]

I love that game ❤

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

It runs really well on PC and got an updated re-release on PS4. Still holds up.

[@ParodyAccount_]

I actually thought the story was fine, as simple as it is. It gave me that truly all-alone feel, feeling almost hopeless as you fight your way thru the company that enslaved you on Mars. I can still go back & replay the campaign. Red Faction 2 on the other hand… multiplayer only

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

Yeah. Did you play RF2 with friends and/or bots? Revisiting it, the bots' ai is...oof.

[@ParodyAccount_]

@@PlayStation_Paradise With friends mostly of course. Multiplayer with friends, Sopot's speech, & more weapons than RF1 are the only things "better" about RF2 in my opinion. & good retrospective videos btw

[@garethlynch1510]

Hey so i didn't realize how recent this video was so maybe this comment will be somewhat relevant to you sorta, at 6:45 there is a way to get the sub without explosives. There is a button above the submarine if you climb up the scaffold/girder thingy that is holding the submarine up. the devs were a little smarter then that back in the day ;)

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

Yeah! I found that out after making the video haha. Dumb of me. Thanks for the info regardless. I was stuck here for like 15 minutes thinking "There's no way..."

[@roguerifter9724]

Parker unintelligent? I suspect Tunacats flunked the Harvard entrance exam then convinced himself he was too smart to pass the test. Thus making the protagonist of Red Faction who actually did pass the test stupider then Tunacats. Either that orTunacats skipped the story section of the Red Faction instruction manual in a fit of darkness and edginess. Edit: Of course whoever wrote the Griffin and Capek sections of the game must have skipped that part of the manual as well. Great story coordination Volition. Edit 2: Or you could just not even try to be stealthy in the second stealth section and keep all of your guns.

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

I'm the smartest youtuber. It's been scientifically proven by a team of scientists working in a science laboratory.

[@REAPER55667798]

@7:01 the girdles you can climb and find a backup switch to lower the sub.

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

Yeah. Everyone told me after the fact haha.

[@elcheekoful]

The graphics on PC was way better then PS2.

[@CropCirclePictures]

The first M rated game my parents got me that was all mine ❤

[@MMaxMacUser]

you can take the submarine without explosives : you can jump from above

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

Yeah ;_; I found out later lol. I looked around so much while I was recording it.

[@JiangHongrie]

RED FACTION AND HALO COMBAT EVOLVED BACK TO BACK MY HOUSE AND MY FRIENDS HOUSE THOSE WERE THE DAYS

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

If only they told us those would be the days ;_;

[@Toniobionchinito]

This is an early ps2 game.... It looks fine considering....

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

I think it looks great on PC. Low poly, sure, but super crisp.

[@shyguy85]

Does this game not have gibs? I beat it yesterday and was wondering because you explode enemies and they just fall like normal

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

I'm not sure tbh. This is the PC version. Is the PS2 one different maybe?

[@darianthescorpion1132]

My mom got the PS2 port of Red Faction back in 2003 and she really liked it. So much so, she out right asked to borrow my PS3 for a day or two here and there just to play it. I now have it ported digitally to the PS4/PS5 and also on Steam, however because of the nostalgia this game holds for me, I prefer the console version. Be it PS2, or the digital version.

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

This is wholesome haha. How's the PS2 version? This review was based on the PC version I played.

[@darianthescorpion1132]

@@PlayStation_Paradise It’s pretty good. Runs at a lower framerate, about 30FPS, however it has aim assist. All in all, no major differences at all in comparison between the PS2 and PC versions. Funny little easter egg, the ammo display on the Assault Rifle on PS2 is yellow instead of red.

[@Gguyrules]

I loved the story myself. In fact the game holds quite a special place in my heart.

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

It's simple and effective!

[@theethanator8615]

9:40 you have to do a certain amount of damage for the robot to hover over the door, the game doesn’t bother telling you

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

Knowing this wouldve helped so much lol. Now I read through the instruction manual and peek at a gamefaqs, in that order, if I get stuck. A lot of older games have need to know information, but only in the booklet.

[@realofficialauthenticymrasgt]

As a kid still do

[@thekingoftown07]

I love this game! Still play it on my ps2.

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

How's the PS2 version? This is the PC version and it holds up amazingly well.

[@007kingifrit]

7:15 you can actually just swim without the sub

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

That'd take forever D:

[@vazzeg]

You mentioning how there is an underwater base in a submerged cave on Mars in space just got me thinking since when is there liquid water on Mars lol. It's all ice. I just replayed this in these last few days and the story is broken as all hell and janky af, but still fun. Love the miners vs the bougie angle though.

[@domasbaliulis23]

"hope.. who has hope? if you had hope, you just don't understand yet." a son of a particular EDF captain understands "it" well.

[@johnmiller7637]

Glory to the Revolution

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

And to geomod

[@manukau5271]

I miss when we could be Volition fans back in the 2000’s

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

Yeah. I think they're under Gearbox now. Saints Row: Gat out of Hell was bad. Agents of Mayhem was bad. And Saints Row (2022) was bad. Their last good game was Saints Row 4, and that was 10 years ago at this point.

[@lincolnmech]

To me red faction 1 was the only good game I played from them..

[@highwayman187]

First, I just want to let you know brother this channel's going places you do good work and just in case no one else has told you. I'm proud of you my dude. Oh and I loved this game when it first came out I bought it for myself for my 22nd birthday.

[@Deadforge]

Great video. I'm gonna be trying this today for the first time. Both 1 & 2 were on sale. I only ever played Red Faction Guerrilla.

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

Guerilla and 1 are my favorite and imo, the best. Very dif games tho. Lemme know if you like 1!

[@Mala_Praxis]

I find it odd that you didn't think to shoot at the corners blocking the giant robot's path, that makes the robot move. Even so, I think it was the only time this game lets you understand what to do, just by showing you 2 buttons to press... Mostly I got lost and ended up wandering around, hahaha.

[@adamsant9399]

Top quality videos. Awesome job. Looking forward to more 👍👍👍

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

Thanks very much! Feedback is always appreciated

[@Kreyations]

Idk if this was on ps2 or not but at the submarine dock, there’s actually a hidden button up on the grates that you can climb in case you didn’t have bombs at that point. I’ve played through this game so many times on ps2 before I noticed it on ps4 (I’ve been this game well over 50 times)

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

Yeah. Someone else mentioned it, but I had no idea lol. I should've bought a strategy guide ;_;

[@wageslave387]

9:06 90's halogen torch lamp.

[@wolf0o01]

NO. BUT MOST OF THE GOOD NON-SPRINTING ADS GAMES CAME FROM THE IDEAS OF P.C. AND SO RED FACTION AND HALO WITCH CAME OUT THE SAME YEAR HONESTY WERE BOTH FIGHTING FOR WHO CAN DO THAT RIGHT. HALO JUST MANAGED TO DO IT MUCH BETTER ON BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ON CONSOLE ANYWAY RED FACTION HAD MODERN TWINSTICK SET UP (DAMN. THERES A DIFFERENT TIMELINE WERE WE COULD BE PRAISING RED FACTION INNOVATIONS INSTEAD OF HALO) ALSO I BELIEVE THAT WAY HOW WE THOUGHT ABOUT GAMES WERE DIFFERENT AS WELL. WE RARELY COMPARED GAMES BECAUSE THE MARKET WASN'T THAT HUGE AT THE WAS MORE ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO LEARN THE GAME. AND GAMING WAS EXPENSIVE BACK IN THE DAY. FOR BOTH PC AND CONSOLES OF THEM WERE. HONESTLY YOU WERE SEEN AS LUCKY TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE CONSOLE ESPECIALLY A PC. I REMEMBER ONLY SEEING COMPUTERS AT MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WHICH MEANT THAT SHARING WAS MORE OF A THING WE DID. I DIDN'T JUDGE THE GAMES YOU PLAYED AND YOU DIDN'T JUDGE MINE. AFTER HALO... SHOOTERS BECAME OVER SATURATED BECAUSE OF NOW THERE WAS A SPECIFIC GENRE THAT WAS ABOUT OVER SHADOWED EVERYTHING.

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@ArdentVitalGamer]

18:00 idk HOW to react to that

[@shrimplypimple3541]

So I am the crazy guy who shot my way through the stealth sections and I can also say that you can kill the first boss without using the incinerator. I had no clue until watching this video that there was a incinerator lol.

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

Madlad

[@flannelmcmannel]

I found your channel by chance and I really like your style, keep up the good work!

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

Thanks! I super appreciate it fam

[@adeadphish7931]

Dusted off RF1 on PlayStation Plus and I was surprised how well this game held up for a 20 year console shooter. That said, I shouldn't be surprised cause Halo CE, Metroid Prime, Star Wars Jedi Outcast and Timesplitters also came out around the same time

[@PlayStation_Paradise]

What a banger time for games.