My hype for RedFaction:Guerilla.

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With so much hype going on about Infamous and Prototype both of which seem to be amazing, we seem to be forgetting about the 3rd sandbox game that is being released next week.

Yes guys I am talking about RedFaction:Guerrilla which is currently sitting at a Metacritic rating of 89. I thought about contributing my two cents of hype for this under the radar gem.

Here's an excerpt from the GamePro review. The full review is linked at the bottom.

RedFaction Guerrilla: puts gamers in the role of Alec Mason, a miner who ends up joining a rebel group on Mars known as the Red Faction. I'll just get this out of the way: the ensuing story isn't particularly deep. The Red Faction are the good guys, you know the Earth Defense Force are the bad guys, yadda yadda yadda; thankfully, the storyline takes a back seat to the gameplay. Gamers are given the freedom to explore Mars, carry out main missions or take on Guerrilla Actions (smaller, more specified missions). I didn't mind at all that the story was thin because the gameplay more than compensated for the lackluster plotline.

The Mars depicted in Guerilla is broken up into 6 sectors, each of which you must liberate from EDF control. This can be done in a variety of ways, such as blowing up EDF-controlled structures, performing various Guerrilla Actions and taking on the longer Red Faction missions. Each time you hurt the EDF in a sector, their control meter goes down. In turn, the morale of the people in the sector goes up. The higher the morale of a sector, the more people will join to aid your cause; eventually, you'll notice fellow Red Faction members coming to your aid in firefights.

The system works fairly well but it was a little wonky at times; I'd notice in the middle of a particularly hairy shootout that so many Red Faction members would show up that they'd become a liability. It was great having backup but it's not very helpful if your comrades run you over with a vehicle or walk right into your line of fire.

http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/210419/red-faction-guerrilla-ps3/