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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:red faction guerrilla logo.png\|frame]] ''[[~~File:red~~Red ~~faction guerrilla logo.png\|frame~~Faction]] ~~''Red Faction~~'' is a video game series developed by Volition, Inc, set in the future of [[Canon Welding\|the same universe as their]] ''[[Saints Row]]'' series (and possibly the past of their ''[[Descent]]'' series,) where [[Insignificant Little Blue Planet\|Earth]] has exhausted its supply of natural resources, and depends on mining operations on [[The Red Planet\|Mars]] for the survival of its economy. The main gameplay draw of the ''Red Faction'' series is the Geo-Mod engine, a [[Stuff Blowing Up]] simulator ''par excellence''. Geo-Mod 1, used in ''Red Faction 1'' and ''Red Faction 2'', was based primarily around terrain deformation: Rock could be torn away with your weapons, but metal surfaces were usually safe. Geo-Mod 2, used in ''Red Faction: Guerrilla'', reverses this, enabling the player to destroy buildings using a physics system so realistic the game developers actually had to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ6XM7NfGr8 study architecture] to get the buildings to stand up. All five games take place in the same universe, although ''Red Faction 2'' has very little to do with the others. ''Red Faction 1'' is about a [[La Résistance\|miners' uprising]] on Mars against the corrupt [[Mega Corp\|Ultor Corp.]], the massive, corrupt conglomerate that manages the mining operations on Mars, in the style of the British East India Company ([[Even Evil Has Standards\|though that]] ''MIGHT'' [[Insult to Rocks\|be an insult to the BEIC]]). Through the [[One-Man Army\|heroic actions]] of miner-turned-revolutionary Parker, and the intervention of the [[The Federation\|Earth Defense Force]], Ultor's reign of terror is brought to an end. Line 12 ⟶ 13: The fourth game in the series, ''Red Faction: Armageddon'', follows directly from ''Guerrilla'', taking place fifty years afterwards. Like ''Guerrilla'', it's a [[Third-Person Shooter]], but features tighter [[Gears of War]] style corridor-shooter gameplay in contrast to the [[Grand Theft Auto]] style [[Wide Open Sandbox]] gameplay of ''Guerrilla''. After the planet's atmospheric terraformer is destroyed by cult leader Adam Hale, a descendant of the defeated EDF and long-time nemesis of the Mason family, the people of Mars are forced to take shelter underground from the now hostile surface. The game stars Darius Mason, the grandson of Alec Mason, who is tricked into opening an ancient sealed Martian temple by Hale, releasing a long-buried malevolent alien species and unleashing Armageddon upon Mars. A [[Live Action Adaptation]] called ''Red Faction: Origins'' aired on [[~~Sy Fy~~Syfy]] on June 4, 2011. The movie bridges the gap between ''Guerrilla'' and ''Armageddon'', with Robert "[[The Terminator\|T-1000]]" Patrick as Alec Mason. [[Stargate Universe\|Brian J. Smith]] plays his son Jake Mason, the main protagonist. The movie's plot has Jake tracking down the mysterious White Faction, {{spoiler\|1=a secret [[The Remnant\|remnant]] of the defeated EDF,}} who are plotting to take Mars for themselves. As of the 27th of July 2011, the series [[Screwed by the Network\|is cancelled]], due to dramatically poor sales of ''Red Faction Armageddon''. This might not be the end of the franchise - the same thing did happen after Red Faction II - but for the time being it's shelved. ~~----~~ {{tropelist}} ~~== The game series provides examples of ==~~ * [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: In the middle of a ''Guerrilla'' mission, the game pulls a swerve: {{spoiler\|without warning the mission is aborted and you have to race to save a safehouse from a full-on assault. The safehouse is wrecked and your commander is killed.}} * [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Quill Line 64 ⟶ 65: * [[Disc One Final Boss]]: Just so you know, {{spoiler\|Victor Sopot}} is NOT the [[Big Bad]] of the second game. The game's second half, after your successful {{spoiler\|assassination attempt}}, is spent fighting and killing {{spoiler\|[[Face Heel Turn\|half of your former teammates.]] }} * [[Doom Magnet]]: Darius Mason, ''hard.'' Lampshaded by Frank Winters: {{quote\| '''Sgt. Winters:''' You ever notice how when bad things happen - I mean the absolute '''WORST''' things imaginable. ''Horrible'' stuff - there's always a Mason around? Now I'm talking about shit you couldn't even ''dream'' of happening... y'know, it never fails!}} * [[Dragon Ascendant]]: Masako in ''Red Faction''. * [[Dragon Their Feet]]: Capek, the [[Big Bad]] of ''Red Faction'', dies about halfway through the game, with the rest of the game being spent fighting Colonel Masako and her Merc soldiers. Line 131 ⟶ 132: * [[Poor Communication Kills]]: Darius Mason decides to wait until after the miners are riled up and ready to kill him to try to explain his side of things. Of course, these miners are already ''very'' surly and they might have taken it out on him anyway, which is why he held back in the first place. * [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: Mason breaks out a wonderful one in the grand finale of ''Guerrilla''. {{quote\| Admiral Kobel: {{spoiler\|This is Admiral Kobel of the EDS Hydra. What is your status?}}~~<br />~~ Alec Mason: {{spoiler\|Just fine, Admiral, but yours is about to go red.}} }} * [[Propaganda Machine]]: The Voice of Mars Broadcasting System. The loudspeakers scattered around work for the EDF as well, until the EDF are driven out and the loudspeakers begin saying to join the Red Faction. And oh what a propaganda machine it is... 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