A very fun destruction-based campaign that offers a great variety of missions to take on within its large open world.

I'm fully aware that Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered is not a great game - or, possibly, even a very good game. But when it works correctly (which is to say, when you're focusing purely on how much destruction and havoc you can wreak), I don't think there are many games that can hold a candle to it in terms of how much fun you can have.

In the days of sprawling open world titles with hundreds of missions tied together with awful stories, the simplicity of this game makes a welcome change. Violence is not big, hard, or clever, but it sure is a hell of a lot of fun.

Red Faction Guerilla: Re-Mars-Tered is, in the end, a terrific, if seriously flawed, open-world game. I do admit that I'm a bit biased against this thing called colonialism, but the writers should have examined the wider ramifications when trying to inject even a semblance of emotional connection into the game. Overall, it's a fun jaunt through the past, and although I'm sure I'll get tired by the eventual repetitiveness, just like all open-world games, it's a great experience for what the gameplay provides.

The game has been redone in 4K resolution with improved lighting and textures. The awesome environmental destruction returns alongside the hammer, one of the best gaming weapons ever. Unfortunately, the bad stuff remains too.