Boom!

You won't have to stay on your feet through the whole single player campaign - you'll have the opportunity to use vehicles as well.  If you played Red Faction, you'll recognize the game's mini-sub.  It is the only vehicle you'll have the opportunity to drive; you'll serve as gunner on an aircraft and tank.  Though you are just along for the ride, the gunner levels are quite a bit of fun.  When you are the gunner on the aircraft you will pass by high-rise buildings filled with enemies.  You'll blow out windows and chew-up desks and cubicles as enemies try to race down the corridors to try and get an open shot at you.  Good stuff.

While on the subject of blowing things up, the game's Geo Mod engine definitely deserves mention.  This feature lets you destroy most of the objects appearing in the game.  Don't like that statue of Sopot?  Blow its head off.  Looking for a shortcut?  Blow a hole in the wall and crawl into the next room.  While the game doesn't give you free reign to go anywhere simply by blowing out walls, it is a cool feature that can lead to secret areas or shortcuts.  It also gives you the illusion that the game is not quite as linear as it really is.

Once you finish the single player campaign (and you'll do it far too soon as the campaign is on the short side) you can try your hand at the multiplayer game.  Up to four players can compete on the numerous maps and game types supported.  In addition to the death match and capture the flag games, there is a bag man game in which players gain points for holding the "bag".  There are also a few other modes that can be unlocked as you progress through the single player campaign.  Unfortunately the game does not support online play, but you can play against computer-controlled bots.  You can customize some of the bot behaviors, like how likely they are to camp (or wait for you to come by) versus their tendency to go out and seek other players.  You'll definitely want to adjust the bots' agility level, as by default they move inhumanly fast.  The multiplayer game can be enjoyable, but it doesn't match the fun factor of the single player game.

In The End, This Game Hath Been Rated: 90%.  Action game fans should run out and enlist with the Red Faction.  The single-player campaign is a blast, but will leave you wishing that it was longer.

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