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Last post: 21 May at 19:44
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 13:24 |
Pour one out for the Masons
THQ, the publisher behind Red Faction: Guerrilla, Red Faction: Armageddon and the downloadable tie-in, Red Faction: Battlegrounds, have decided to cut their losses with the Mars-based franchise.
THQ CEO Brian Farrell has informed investors that the series "did not resonate with a sufficiently broad console gaming audience". Going into further detail, he provided the following quote:
In today's hit-driven, core gaming business, even highly-polished titles with a reasonable following like Red Faction face a bar that continues to move higher and higher. Moving forward, our core game titles must meet a very high quality standard with strong creative and product differentiation, appeal to a broad audience, and be marketed aggressively.This could explain the permenant price reduction on Red Faction: Guerrilla DLC. This stance by THQ is of course a total 180 degrees from where they were just last year, as the company touted Red Faction: Armageddon as a bold, fresh start for the franchise that would encompass all media. After all, who could forget the SyFy movie that filled in the gap between Red Faction: Guerrilla and Red Faction: Armageddon?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7RN9dioQyo&playnext=1&am...
If Red Faction: Battlegrounds had not been such a blatant cash-in on the franchise's name (Metacritic score: 52; TA Community score: 3.1), and if Red Faction: Armageddon had built on the critically acclaimed fully destructible sandbox of Red Faction: Guerrilla, we may instead be reading about Armageddon's sequel.
Alas, today we mourn the passing of a schizophrenic franchise. God speed Red Faction, god speed.
External link: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/313372/thq-axing-red-fa... |
Last post: 27 Sep 11 at 17:28
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 13:27 |
| A shame as I really enjoyed Armageddon. I just hope that this doesnt mean that they announce closure of Armageddon & Guerrilla's servers. |
Last post: Today at 01:55
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 13:29 |
| Not necessarily closing servers ... they are just annoucing they won't make new red faction games ... but still, you never know 0_0 |
Last post: 11 Jan at 22:38
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 13:32 |
| i actually enjoyed the red faction games,sorry to see the series go. |
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Last post: 10 Jul 12 at 20:48
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 13:33 |
| I've been working on Guerrilla for a while now, I hope they don't close any servers down for a least a few months. |
DarkAlliance48 |
Last post: 16 Nov 12 at 14:29
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 13:35 |
| ...if Red Faction: Armageddon had built on the critically acclaimed fully destructible sandbox of Red Faction: Guerrilla...then THQ would be in possession of COMMON SENSE! Something that companies today lack entirely. SAD. |
The King is in the building! |
Last post: Yesterday at 22:43
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 13:42 |
First Bulletstorm fails to turn a profit and now this. Two of the only unique and innovative titles I've played in recent years and they're getting discontinued. I do NOT like the direction things are heading.
TheCadillacKing said:...if Red Faction: Armageddon had built on the critically acclaimed fully destructible sandbox of Red Faction: Guerrilla...then THQ would be in possession of COMMON SENSE! Something that companies today lack entirely. SAD.+1
Armageddon definitely lacked improvement over Guerrilla. Such a shame... |
Last post: 09 Feb at 10:51
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 13:45 |
| Red Faction has sucked since they moved away from RF 1 and 2's Gameplay, If they had stuck to that I would still be a fan, Loved shooting the undead mutants in the churchyard in RF 2 |
'The object of war is not to die for your country, It's to make the other bastard die for his' |
Last post: 02 May 12 at 18:26
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 13:55 |
Should of put muti-player in...  |
grfdgfd |
Last post: 17 May at 19:48
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 13:58 |
| Maybe if they catered to their fans and not to what they think everyone else would want....anyway, this is fucking lame. |
Last post: 12 May at 22:32
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 13:58 |
CHIGGUMS said:First Bulletstorm fails to turn a profit and now this. Two of the only unique and innovative titles I've played in recent years and they're getting discontinued. I do NOT like the direction things are heading.Originality is slowly dying.
Sad to see Red Faction to go, maybe someone will re vamp the series! |
Licking an electrical outlet will not turn you into a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger. |
Last post: 16 May at 21:09
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 13:59 |
| I only started Guerilla a couple months ago and I wish I'd gotten into it sooner. Have yet to try the new one, but did hear it was disaapointing so it's a shame THQ is phasing it out. Especially when they have worse games to phase out like Homefront lol. |
Last post: 08 Mar at 23:12
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 14:06 |
| This is indeed sad news. While I did enjoy Arm, I missed the open world. But to give up on the series entirely? Stupid really. My guess is that they put this on the back burner for a while, but eventually we'll see another Red Faction game. |
Last post: 30 Nov 12 at 23:47
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 14:10 |
| I would've bought Armageddon if they hadn't turned it into some crappy arcadey Dead Space shooter knockoff. Guerilla was such a cool concept; waging guerilla war on an open world Mars. What they did with Armageddon regressed the series. I'm just one tiny part of the reason this is happening, and I can't be the only person who loved this series and who decided to skip Armageddon. |
Last post: 21 May at 00:22
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 14:12 |
| Armageddon seemed to have slot of potential into a new world and had a good start on some great ideas and seemed to be a good stepping stone if they good have taken what they had there and put it into something even better. With all this being said it looks like I'll have to go to guerilla for PC to get my fix for total destruction till Battlefield 3 comes out. Looks like I'll be looking for PC gamers now. |
Last post: 17 May at 04:04
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 14:19 |
| Maybe they should fix the bugs with the PC version of Red Faction: Guerilla before they pack up their kit. |
Last post: 04 Nov 11 at 13:17
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 14:20 |
| I like the RF 2 on ps2 , used to play a lot with my girlfriend. |
Last post: 13 May at 21:56
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 14:25, Edited on 28 July 11 at 14:25 by Mad Hectic |
Basically they are giving up, because they feel they can't wait the cut of what gamers want.
That's what i read from the quote anyway. Not a huge fan of Red Faction, but i know it was a solid well put together game. Shame to see a franchise die, But i am a firm believer in having new games come through.
Hopefully they come back with something that i can enjoy as much as people enjoyed Red Faction. |
Last post: 19 May 12 at 00:36
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 14:31 |
Guerilla is easily one of the best games on the 360.
Such an amazing campaign, and the multiplayer was top-notch.
From what I've seen of Armageddon it isn't the same in any way, much more linear and no multiplayer.
This is a damn shame, I hope it gets picked up by someone someday and get a reboot that is more like Guerilla than anything else. |
Last post: 15 Mar at 22:49
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Posted on 28 July 11 at 14:31 |
I wonder if THQ explains to their investors how poorly run their servers are for say the previous WWE Smackdown Vs Raw title where you can mash buttons and you just basically stand still. Or the fact that you can fully utilize their online system even though they want their 10 bucks pound of flesh if you were to buy the game used or rent it?
I enjoyed the hell out of Red Faction: Guerrilla the little I played. I thought of picking up this past installment, but it really didn't sound that great. The point of the enjoyment of the first one was it was sandbox and the surrounding environment was destructible.
No i don't hate THQ just the fact that they seem to produce shoddy games that should be better, but are half assed. |
Need co-op achievements in Vegas 2, Splinter Cell Conviction, Gears 2, Borderlands, and L4D. |