The remaster is being done by Kaiko, which most recently handled the remaster of another THQ game for THQ Nordic: Darksiders Warmastered Edition. In hindsight, that work appears to have laid the foundation for this remaster. Since picking up the franchise, THQ Nordic has been quietly updating Red Faction: Guerrilla on Steam, improving performance and fixing its online multiplayer functionality. The publisher later acquired the THQ name as well, and renamed itself THQ Nordic in 2016. Instead, the project flopped, culminating with a $38.4 million loss.Īfter THQ filed for bankruptcy in December 2012, the rights to the Red Faction series and other brands were sold to Nordic Games at auction in April 2013. THQ hoped Armageddon would serve as a launchpad for a larger cross-media initiative. Where Guerrilla played like fully destructible Grand Theft Auto on Mars, THQ squished its follow-up, Red Faction: Armageddon, into generic and claustrophobic corridors, like a Dead Space knockoff. Guerrilla’s publisher, THQ, fundamentally misunderstood the game’s appeal, and listened too closely to its critics. Like great sci-fi, Guerrilla used its alien setting to explore ideas that would feel uncomfortable and controversial if presented literally. And while the dialogue was crude, the plot - which placed the player in the shoes of a guerrilla terrorist - took a transgressive approach in a way its contemporaries hadn’t dared. Sure, the world was visually bland, but it was also fully destructible. As a result, Guerrilla received slightly above-average reviews, most of which criticized the game’s B-movie plot and barren landscape. The original Red Faction: Guerrilla was released on PlayStation 3, Windows PC and Xbox 360 a year after Grand Theft Auto 4, and by comparison, its muddy visuals and bare-bones open world appeared outdated.
No, I don’t think we can convince them to change it.)
Today, THQ Nordic revealed Red Faction Gue r rilla Re-Mars-tered, a remaster for PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One. Red Faction: Guerrilla is one of the best games of the past decade unfortunately, most people still haven’t played it.
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