I don't think that was the best choice for RFG. Red Faction is still a good name within the PC realm, but GFWL is always a bad choice because of it's reputation and it's not ideal for the modding community. Ultimately, poor optimization will kill a huge amount of sales of the game, they probably rushed it because the console versions bombed.

Oddly the video card requirement is quite low, while the CPU is higher than usual. Kinda bizarre- is the AI that good?

Sweet! More quality titles coming to PC.

Massive explosions/physics/particle effects are hard on CPUs as well as GPUs. No surprise, really.

Why wasnt there a PC version in the first place?

^^^ I don't know, its weird. If you ask me this is one the few games that actually might do better on PC than consoles. Especially considering its pedigree. It will still do fine, but delayed release really kills interest. Not to mention PC gamers are notoriously brutal on titles that we feel are consolized. I might check it out, but I was very disappointed in the 360 demo, so who knows.

Been waiting to get this on PC.  GFWL is a let down, but not too big of a deal for me.  If you are thinking of pre-ordering, preorder on GamersGate or Impulse.  Both of these sites give Red Faction 1 & II for free with a pre-order with it.

^^ Great tip, thanks!

Too bad my graphics card in my Alienware won't run it.

^^^ Considering that these GPU specs are pretty low for a new PC game I would say you might want to consider upgrading your card. If you can't run this (GPU-wise) then you will be locked out of lots of stuff. My guess is your rig must be 3-4 years old in which case you got some good use out it thus far.