Chop Chop Smash Smash

On 08/16/2017 at 10:10 PM by KnightDriver

I had some time today, so I got together with Mark, and we played some games. Wednesday is Games with Gold day on XBO, and the new one this week was Red Faction Armageddon. I had to download and install it though, and that took about 3 hours. During that time, I played some Minecraft.

Minecraft went chop, chop, chop. I played three different seeds and died every time before I could set up a base. Weird. I kept running into a mob spawn room, and each time I thought I could handle it with no armor and just a wooden sword. I seem to remember being able to handle it, so I’m suspicious the game has been tweaked to make it a little bit harder. It does make sense, though, that I shouldn’t survive fighting with just a wooden sword. But, I got frustrated, and created a new seed each time. Finally, though, I stopped fighting with such lousy gear and dug a mine to work in. Things went great, and I had a full minecart railway to the surface and the nether portal built when Red Faction finally finished installing.

Red Faction Armageddon went smash, smash, smash. I remember playing Red Faction on PC way back in 2000 or 2001. Then I played it again on PS2. I played Red Faction 2 on Xbox and I watched Mark play Red Faction Guerilla on Xbox 360. I missed Red Faction Armageddon, so I’m happy to play it now.

This game is really fun, if derivative of a lot of other games in story and character design. The level design is pretty linear too and feels like that old school shooter I used to play with better graphics. The environment is highly destructible and you are given lots of weapons that help you tear it apart and use it against enemies. I really had to tear myself away from it to go home today. Mark and I both are playing it and will still be playing it this weekend. I’m already getting that, “going for 100% achievements” feeling with this one.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

08/17/2017 at 01:59 PM

Ever play Parappa? There's a character with an onion for a head who's a karate master and his name is "Chop Chop Master Onion."

I remember watching a friend play one of the original Red Factions on PS2 or something. That was a LONG time ago.

KnightDriver

08/17/2017 at 11:07 PM

I tried to play Parappa once. I didn't get it. The beginning baffled me. But I should try it again.

2001. I was still a PC player and played it there, but a few years later I had a PS2 and started to collect shooters. I played most of them on Xbox but Red Faction was exclusive to PS2, so I had to have it.

goaztecs

08/22/2017 at 11:51 AM

I can't remember which Red Faction game I played on PS3 but it was the first one on the console and that game is so much fun especially with just roaming around destroying everything. It was kind of like GTA but I could do some damage.

08/22/2017 at 09:38 PM

Guerilla, I think. I watched Mark play that game and always wanted to play it too. Not sure why I never got to it. I definitely played the demo for it.

PixlBit