Red Faction 2 Review (Playstation 2)

It’s the sequel to the popular game Red Faction, obviously. The first was quite popular, using revolutionary things such as the Geo-Mod engine. Is the second able to live up to the original game’s glory, or does it go the way of many sequels, down the hashed road of redone concepts and old designs? Find out.

The story is like this: It’s five years since the Red Faction revolution on Mars, on now you take control of a man named Alias, part of a military faction. You work for a man who seems to be a cross between Stalin and Hitler, a ruthless dictator known as Sopot. Well, soon enough, your group discovers that this dictator isn’t all he is cracked up to be, and as he performs less-than-admirable experiments with soldiers, you and the men you work with go to the other side.

The Red Faction. (Don’t worry, this happens after the first mission. No spoilers here!) Now, what the Red Faction is doing away from Mars, I don’t know. They seem to be fighting for the Commonwealth’s freedom, and you’re there to help them along. The team aspect of the game is interesting. While you have no position of authority, and therefore don’t command any members of the team, there is still a feeling of team-ness. You are the demolitions guy. When they need blowing up, you’re the man. On the team, there is a stealth expert, a sniper, a vehicles man, a leader, and what can be…