The Let's Play Archive

Red Faction 1

by Lazyfire

Part 8: Episode 8: New Enemies and Guns

Episode 8: New Enemies and Guns

Lots to be said here, we get the first/only sequence where an AI character drives us in this game, which also shows something we need to keep in mind later: Enemies love to hid behind stuff you pass and take potshots. We also pick up a number of new weapons that we'll basically never not use after this video. They are miles and miles above the stuff we've been using thus far. The Precision Rifle is going to be our best friend from this video on and switched out when we either don't have enough ammo, or need to use the Rail Driver.

This is also where the game starts to throw difficult situations at you. The guys using rail guns can often hit you automatically, the enemies spawn behind you more and more often, and some of the set pieces are incredibly difficult due to the weapons involved.