Red Faction Guerrilla beta drops

Posted Aug 9th 2008 6:30PM by Xav de Matos
Filed under: News

Not too long ago Fileplanet announced that the Xbox 360 beta for Red Faction: Guerrilla was being offered exclusively to paid subscribers and we ignored it. Who wants to pay for a beta, anyway ... except for everyone who initially bought Crackdown, that is. Today we finally want to talk about the Red Faction: Guerrilla beta because it is now available for anyone who signs up for a free account and completes a short registration questionnaire on Fileplanet.

Download the 652MB beta today and let us know what you think!

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Tags: beta, red-faction-guerrilla, thq, volition

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 9)

8-09-2008 @ 6:41PM

Rell said...

I must say that I have been enjoying it.

8-09-2008 @ 6:42PM

CrustyManMeat said...

My thoughts are this:

Complete and utter garbage.

8-09-2008 @ 7:00PM

Glitch W said...

what's so bad about it?

8-09-2008 @ 7:24PM

guidedbyvoip said...

I am with you, man. If you like Lost Planet, then you will probably like this game; 3rd person sci-fi with team based objectives. I personally hate it. The models and textures are ass-ugly, the controls are odd, particularly wep switching, and the "red on target" aim system on serves to highlight how clunky the controls are. The match making also leaves much to be desired.

Again, I didn't like Lost Planet, but I thought I'd check this out. I played for less than an hour on 3 maps and turned it off.

8-09-2008 @ 11:45PM

BananaBoat said...

guys...it's a beta, these aren't the final graphics.

That said, this game doesn't have a whole lot going for it, atleast not in the multiplayer sense. It's a very generic, third person TPS with lame 5 year old destructible building technology that kinda comes into play (but not really). The weapons are boring, the characters are boring, even getting a high score is extraordinarily boring. Lost Planet is a MUCH better game than this, though the camera is pretty much the same.

If I had to compare this to something, I'd compare it to Mass Effect (JUST the combat). The weapons have almost zero excitement behind them, it's just like "Here is our rifle, here is our melee, you've seen this a thousand times before" and there is NOTHING to set this apart from the hundred or so other FPS (or TPS) games on the market right now.

I loved the original red faction, back when the destructible walls were jaw dropping, but now it's extremely played out. I didn't even know about this game before I heard about the beta, and I doubt I'll be hearing from it again after. Unless the single player campaign is exemplary, RFG is destined for the bargain bin.

8-09-2008 @ 6:51PM

RockerAnimeFreak said...

Its damn good! way better than that crappy bad company beta! =)

8-09-2008 @ 7:01PM

Ham said...

Uh what am i doing wrong? I click "Join the BETA" and it just loads up the exact same page and i go no where, any help?

8-09-2008 @ 7:13PM

Rhapsody said...

i have the same problem, anyone can help us ?, thanks.

8-09-2008 @ 7:16PM

Rhapsody said...

i have the same problem, anyone can help us ?, thanks.

8-09-2008 @ 11:47PM

BananaBoat said...

Try using internet explorer. Firefox 3 and Opera..uhh...the newest one (9.5?) both failed me, but Internet Explorer worked just fine.

8-10-2008 @ 2:37PM

Callum Lawrence said...

I've tried with Firefox 3, Internet Explorer 7 and Opera 3 but still no luck.

8-09-2008 @ 7:10PM

Momer said...

Woot! I'm in. Unfortunately I'm leaving on vacation on Monday and my ISP says I have only 10 gigs of bandwith left for August :(

8-09-2008 @ 7:13PM

Jon Barnicoat said...

I get the same too, Ham.

8-09-2008 @ 7:22PM

cancer bat said...

ahh want to get in this beta so bad though the dam beta button wont work dam u fileplanet :/

ps - go buy braid amazing game cant praise it enough better than jesus!

8-09-2008 @ 7:25PM

Aegis said...

All I have to say, is that I absolutely love this game.

8-09-2008 @ 7:37PM

Morgon said...

Played this yesterday... it's... not 'awesome', not 'horrible'. Sorta 'okay', I personally think.

The entire game (visuals, some aspects of movement/gameplay) reminds me of Tribes (showing my age, maybe), as well as a little bit of the old Quake/Doom deathmatches (just in the way it 'handles')

All of the buildings are destructible, which is a nice touch. One particular game, most of the other team quit, so we took it upon ourselves to level the whole map so we could find their one last guy. At the end, you could see clearly from one end of the map to the other.

The 'backpacks' are very cool (Rhino, baby!), and there are 5 with their own unique abilities (Jetpack, Sprinting, Concussion, Rhino, and Firepower (increased damage))

Concussion eminates a shockwave that radiates roughly 30 feet around you, knocking all enemies on their asses), while Rhino gives you a short but powerful burst of speed that kills anyone who gets in your way and also knocks holes in walls.

There's nothing like seeing an enemy on the other side of a wall and just crashing through it like the Kool-Aid Guy. Makes things pretty dramatic when you're on the receiving end (especially since us gamers are generally used to walls being 'safe').

Personally, I don't think I'd buy it (assuming it was released at a 'standard' price), but if you give it an hour to get a feel for how things work, you do start to appreciate some of the gameplay aspects, and before you know it, it's 3 AM :-/

Give it a try if you can, maybe you'll feel differently.

8-09-2008 @ 7:59PM

Porkfist said...

Tribes, you say? One of my alltime favorites. Can't wait till I download this. I just picked up Lost Planet:Colonies (30 bucks? Sold) and I am really enjoying it. Hopefully I'll like this too

8-09-2008 @ 7:41PM

Vcize said...

Well if Fileplanet is as awesome as Crackdown is (I realize Fileplanet isn't actually a game), then maybe there's something to this "paying for a beta" thing since Crackdown was more than worth the price of admission on its own.

8-09-2008 @ 8:08PM

Xav de Matos said...

Fileplanet offers downloads like videos, trailers, demos and more for PC and console users (demos excluded unless it's a special offer like this).

Looking for a site with the same type of content for free? www.bigdownload.com

8-09-2008 @ 10:20PM

Vcize said...

I know exactly what fileplanet is ;)

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