Red Faction: Guerrilla

Red Faction: Guerrilla, also known as Red Faction 3 (RF:G), is an open world third-person shooter developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in June 2009 and for the Microsoft Windows in September 2009, and a 2018 re-release called Re-Mars-Tered for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, following Nintendo Switch in 2019. It is the third installment of the Red Faction series.

Plot
Takes place in 2125. The Earth Defense Force (EDF), the allies in the original "Red Faction", has become the main antagonist of Guerrilla. Although initially supportive of the Martian miners, Earth's natural resources have run scarce, and as a result, its global economy has collapsed from rampant speculation of commodities and lack of production. Under pressure by Earth's corporations and leaders to acquire the resources of Mars at any cost and at a pace to meet Earth's high demand, the EDF has forced Martian society into a permanent state of forced labor. The newly-reformed "Red Faction" arises to rebel against the EDF, drive them off the planet, and begin fairer negotiations with Earth.

Alec Mason, the player character and a mining engineer, arrives on Mars to reunite with brother Daniel and begin a new life, only to learn to his surprise that Daniel is now a member of Red Faction. While on work detail, Daniel testifies about the EDF's cruelty to the Martian people and asks Alec to join their cause; he is soon after gunned down by air support from an EDF assault team. Alec is rescued by Red Faction guerrillas and becomes a reluctant freedom fighter for the group alongside inventor "Sam" Samanya, rambling psychotic Jenkins (who believes that Mars should be "purified"), and commander Hugo Davies.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) After some massive plot holes from the second game set on Earth, this time, it is set on Mars (despite the fact that the first game was also set on Mars too).
 * 2) It has an interesting story that involves the EDF killing thousands of miners after the events of 1st game.
 * 3) Gorgeous graphics, it feels like you're on real Mars.
 * 4) The first game (may not be the first game) to explore open world in a massive Mars setting.
 * 5) The soundtrack is absolutely EPIC.
 * 6) The destruction in the game is surprisingly realistic and satisfying.
 * 7) Fun vehicles to ride (i.e., the walkers that causing a great amount of destruction and even many jetpack types).
 * 8) Fun and useful weapons such as the Grinder that fires razor sharp disc, the Nano Rifle that can erase some metal stuffs and many others.
 * 9) A lot of things to do in Mars like destroying propaganda posers, mining salvage, destroying EDF's buildings and even more.
 * 10) Fun and challenging side missions like driving a hospital car, smashing and destroying buildings and even more.
 * 11) The DLC called "Demons of the Badlands", which adds a bunch of new weapons, vehicles and Samanya's backstory, how she managed to join Red Faction group.
 * 12) Interesting collectibles like audio logs, weapons info and vehicles info.
 * 13) Parker from the first game was mentioned (see trivia number 1).
 * 14) If you own the Steam edition, the remastered version comes free to Steam edition owners.
 * 15) Its sequel, Armageddon, while not as good as Guerilla, is surprisingly decent.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The Grinder is an overpowered weapon. It can take 1 to 3 hits to kill if you're playing on multiplayer mode.
 * 2) The multiplayer mode is dead now.
 * 3) The game can sometimes make you bored.
 * 4) Side missions, while they're fun to play, can get rather repetitive after a while.

Trivia

 * Parker's location is Mohole, if you found him, he'll tell about his backstory from the first game.
 * The Grinder resembles the Metal Blade weapon from Capcom's Mega Man 2.