Red Faction II
In Red Faction II you will have to defend your country as Alias, a demolitions expert, with the help of your five squad members, each specializing in their own method of destruction. Fight through diverse…
Red Faction II is an adventure developed by Cranky Pants Games, released 15 October 2002 on PlayStation 4, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The main story takes about 6.7 hrs to finish.
What Red Faction II is
Red Faction II is an adventure game developed by Cranky Pants Games and released in 2002. It was published by Focus Multimedia. It is available on PlayStation 4, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Geo-Mod.
The premise, in the publisher's words
On Mars in the year 2080, five years after the events of Red Faction, the nanotechnology developed by Axel Capek, the head scientist of the Ultor Corporation prior to its fall, has been claimed by the Earth Defense Force (EDF). With this technology, the EDF commences a reorganization of the Ultor Corporation with a particular focus on enhanced supersoldiers and suitable weaponry. However, the research that was done by Capek in his laboratories has been consequently stolen by other militant groups and assorted terrorist organizations. This has gone on for years; the research has changed hands in the criminal underworld many times. The player is introduced to their role as an explosives…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Red Faction II holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Players rate it 74, 7 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6.7 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium III 500 MHz or greater, 128 MB RAM and 3D Graphics Accelerator Card (16 MB). At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Red Faction II launched on 15 October 2002, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, TimeSplitters 2, Age of Mythology and Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, TimeSplitters 2, Age of Mythology, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Red Faction II yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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