Red Faction (2001) is a classic
first-person shooter (FPS) game. It's one of the first 3D computer games set on Mars and despite its old age - still the greatest. No wonder there were made several sequels in the form of computer games and even a TV movie.
Red Faction depicts
a miner revolution against oppressive corporation conducting some nasty biological experiments in a Martian colony in 2075. The most innovative feature of this game is its
Geo-Mod engine which allows to create fully destructible game world.
Story
Red Faction starts with the game's protagonist (you) Parker arriving at Martian mining colony with hopes of starting a new life away from his parents. Earth’s minerals are being depleted and humanity needs more and more of them. The
Ultor Corporation runs the mining and research operations on Mars and is promising for potential fortune seekers high income and new horizons on a fresh planet. But the reality turns out to be not as bright - living conditions for the miners are poor, the guards are brutal and a deadly disease "The Plague" is spreading among the workers. Rumors are it is purposedly made by
Ultor's scientists.
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| Where false promises meets discontent a rebellion is born |
Parker is ending his routine mining shift when a daily strife between the miners and the guards spark an armed rebellion. Turns out the growing discontent of
Ultor's rule has created an underground resistance force called "Red Faction", which now finally takes real action against the oppressors. Parker joins the rebellion and together with other miners is starting to fight his way out of mines with the helpful radio-guidance of
Red Faction's leader Eos and
Ultor's technician Hendrix. Parker is guided to join up with a group of miners who are about to steal a supply shuttle and escape the mining complex, but he arrives too late... luckily - the shuttle takes off and is immediately destroyed by
Ultor's missiles.
It's now clear that escaping Mars won't be an easy task. Parker goes to
Ultor's geothermal plant deep underground, sabotages it and through underwater tunnel enters the administrative complex of
Ultor. There he kidnaps a high-ranking
Ultor administrator, Gryphon, who turns out to be a
Red Faction sympathizer willing to share his knowledge of
Ultor's secrets to
Red Faction. The man behind "The Plague" is
Ultor's head scientist Dr. Capek who has been experimenting with nanotechnology and "The Plague" is a side-effect of injections at the miners' annual medical checkup. Parker tracks down Capek in his underground laboratory and with the help of Eos finishes him.
