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Released On:

01 May 2001

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The Ultor Corporation of Mars is successful because of the mineral wealth of that planet. It employs a number of miners and scientists to mine the Noachite ores far underground. The miners are constantly pressured by the guards to work harder and faster, while at the same time being forced to share their meager resources. While the mines itself are dangerous, so too is the mysterious plague that has broken out among the ranks of miners, killing many. Into this low morale situation, propaganda against Ultor has begun appearing, signed only by "Eos". These pamphlets and posters urge the miners to rise up against their oppressors and take a stand, also recruiting members into their secretive "Red Faction". As a result of Eos' efforts, tensions are rising high between the Ultor corporation and its workers, any little incident could ignite...

Red Faction is a first-person shooter. Players take the role of Parker, a miner working underground for the Ultor Corporation . Equipped in an environment suit, Parker is protected from various hazards and able to breathe deep in the mines and in airless locations. At times, Parker also needs to travel undercover in a less protective disguise. Parker defends himself with a variety of weapons, most of which feature a primary and secondary firing mode. The weapons are divided into: hand weapons such as riot shields and flamethrowers, light arms which include pistols and shotguns, heavy arms featuring rocket launchers and sub-machine guns and finally weapons that are thrown or placed such as grenades and explosives. The game features a variety of vehicles to drive in first-person; including jeeps, drillers, flying craft and submarines. In order to survive, Parker must link up and aid his fellow miners, receiving direction and objectives via com-link messages.

Red Faction features a game engine called Geo-Mod. It allows holes to be blasted into all manner of terrain including floors, walls and ceilings. While limited to certain surfaces, such as rock, ice and concrete, this nonetheless results in a more destructible environment where deviation from the level design is encouraged. Players are able to at multiple points, create their own paths, tunneling past obstacles and into new environments. Only heavy explosives; such as missiles, torpedoes, grenades and plastique will allow the terrain destruction of this sort.

Red Faction was released for the PlayStation 2 on 22 May 2001. The game is a part of the first-person shooter genre. As one of the first games to utilise the Geo-Mod engine, it sets a new standard for destructibility in video games.

UPC-A:

752919460030 (United States)

UPC-A:

752919460146 (United States)

eBay Product ID:

9354 (United States)

ASIN:

B00005BIG7 (United States)

ASIN:

B00006LELA (United States)

Sony PN:

SLUS-20073 (United States)

Sony PN:

SLUS-20073GH (United States)

Sony PN:

SLUS-20442 (United States)

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Media Type:

DVD-ROM

Number of Online Players:

4 Players

Save Game Methods:

External Storage

Multiplayer Options:

Same/Split-Screen

Number of Offline Players:

1-2 Players

Additional Hardware Supported:

Multitap

Input Device Features Supported:

Vibration

Number of Offline Players via Multitap:

1-4 Players

Controller Types Supported:

Analog Controller, Digital Controller

Multiplayer Game Modes:

Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS), Team, Bots

Input Devices Supported/Optional:

USB Mouse Compatible (SCPH-10230), Keyboard Compatible, Gamepad

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This is a sci-fi action game where players take on the role of a miner on Mars who sparks a rebellion against the oppressive Ultor Corporation. Players will engage in combat and navigate a dangerous, plague-ridden mining environment to fight for freedom.

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INTRODUCTION

Mars in the near future. Its mineral wealth feeds Earth's insatiable needs, as Earth is stripped of raw materials. Ultor Corporation, named after the Roman god of war, owns all mining rights on Mars.

Ultor maximizes production and minimizes costs. Fortunes are made as cargo ships return to Earth filled with precious Noachite.

Mine workers arrive on Mars, misled by promises of adventure and easy money. Few ever return to Earth. Conditions in Ultor mines are brutal, and the work is dangerous.

Miners' living quarters are disgusting. Environmental suits and bunks are shared between shifts. Food is lousy and in short supply. Beatings from Ultor guards are commonplace.

Worst of all, a mysterious, disfiguring Plague is rampant through the mines. As the death toll rises and Ultor remains complacent, the miners' fear and discontent grow.

Pamphlets and posters from an underground organization begin showing up all over the mining complex. Signed by the mysterious Eos, the pamphlets tell of bizarre deaths and missing comrades and urge miners to take action against Ultor. Tensions run high. The mines are wired like a powder keg. All it will take is a spark...

During a shift change, a young miner is brutally assaulted by an Ultor guard. Another miner, Parker, witnesses the brutality and is quickly caught up in the chaos. He has no choice. Kill or be killed. A rebellion explodes across Mars.

Can you live long enough to become a hero?

Hendrix's Account

Recruits lost their lunch during takeoff, and it floated about the cabin for the whole ride. I dodged it during freefall, but when gravity returned on Mars, the mess fell over all of us.

Once we left the ship, it didn't get any better. We were stripped naked and then fire-hosed from sprayers in the walls and ceiling. It was humiliating—Ultor was showing us who was boss.

With the showers over, they issued us uniforms. None of them fit. One new recruit tried to complain. He got beaten by the guards and was hauled off to the infirmary. The rest of us kept our mouths shut.

The barracks are a nightmare. The narrow bunks are stacked in dank rooms. Trash covers the floors and graffiti covers the walls. It wouldn't be so bad if the bed was ours, but we share them. While we're out in the mines, the previous shift uses our bunks. It's gross.

Once you're down in the mines, it's pure grunt work. We smash the rock out of the walls trying to follow a vein of noachite. I'm not sure why they just don't use bots to do the work. Ultor has them all over the place here.

It's getting tense around here. We're all scared and angry. Angry at Ultor for the conditions we work in and scared of the Plague. Miners are getting sick. Not flu-sick but something worse.

Every day, dozens of miners collapse, in the mines and in the barracks, without warning. One minute they're fine, the next they're on the ground, writhing in pain or sometimes unconscious even before they hit the floor. And there's something wrong with their faces too. They seem...puffy or stretched. Some say that they've seen sick miners whose faces are bulging or pulsating. Everyone is on the verge of panic.

Lately, there've been pamphlets slapped up on the barracks and cafeteria walls. They're calling for miners to go on strike against Ultor, to refuse to work. Some of the flyers even urge us to attack the guards, to get back at them for all the years of mistreatment. No one knows who writes them. The pamphlets are signed ‘Eos.' Some say it's the name of a group; some say it's the name of a woman who's trying to stir up the miners.

The security guards tear down the pamphlets as soon as they see them, but the damage has already been done. Dozens of people read them. In a few hours, hundreds of miners are talking about the latest pamphlet. People are grumbling, glaring at guards, and openly muttering about a strike or worse. It gets uglier every day.

I don't know what to think or do. I just want to get out of here alive, somehow. Harvard sounds better all the time.

Hendrix's Messages

During the game you will hear messages from Hendrix, an Ultor security technician sympathetic to the cause.

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Press the Message Log button (right directional button if you are using the Default Control Configuration) to view them.

Hendrix's Background

Growing up, I never heard anything negative about Ultor. Mom and Dad gave their lives to the corporation, in more ways than one. They blamed the Plague on bad luck, a Martian virus, or bad air—anything but Ultor. When you're in the belly of the beast, you shy away from wondering if it has your best interests in mind.

They wanted to keep me out of the mines in the worst way. They pushed me to excel at my studies and glowed with pride at every achievement. As long as I did well in Ultor's schools, I could stay out of the mines.

I took all of the tech courses I could. Not just the mechanical stuff that Ultor pushed on all of us, but comp sci, physics, chemistry—everything they'd let me into. Even that didn't stop me. When they wouldn't let me into a certain class, I just borrowed the tapes from someone who was. I wasn't going to

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How to Play

GETTING STARTED

Set up your PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system according to the instructions in its Instruction Manual. Make sure the MAIN POWER switch (located in the back of the console) is turned on.

Press the RESET button. When the power indicator lights up, press the open button and the disc tray will open. Place the Red Faction™ disc on the disc tray with the label side facing up. Press the open button again and the disc tray will close.

Attach game controllers and other peripherals, as appropriate. Follow on-screen instructions and refer to this manual for information on using the software.

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MEMORY CARD slot 2

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MEMORY CARD slot 1

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disc tray

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RESET button

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(OPEN) button

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USB connector

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S400 i.LINK connector

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controller port 1

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controller port 2

MAIN MENU

Select from these options on the Main Menu screen.

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New Game—Begin a new, single-player game.

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Load Game—Load a previously saved game.

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Multiplayer—Begin a multiplayer game of Red Faction.

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Training—New players should hit the training grounds before tackling the single-player game.

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Options—Customize controls, display, sound, and other game settings.

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Extras—Access the Red Faction credits or view the Summoner™ Trailer.

LOAD GAME

Load a previously saved game from a memory card (for PlayStation®2). Each saved game uses 620kb of your 8MB memory card (for PlayStation®2).

To load a saved game, select “Load Game" from the Main Menu. You will be taken to the load game screen. Here you will see all the saved games present on Memory Card 1. To load a game, simply highlight the game you would like to load with the directional buttons and press the button.

Red Faction saves your configuration information on MEMORY CARD slot 1. These settings are loaded from MEMORY CARD slot 1 automatically upon boot-up. You can also choose to Load Settings from MEMORY CARD slot 1 in the Options menu.

TRAINING

Enter Training Mode to learn the ins and outs of Red Faction. As a probationary member of the revolution, you are required to undergo training so that, when the time comes, you will be ready to assist in the fight. Follow Orion's on-screen instructions to complete your training.

Game Settings

Choose this option to access many of the game's added features.

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Crosshairs: Toggle crosshairs ON or OFF

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Weapons Sway: Toggle weapons sway ON or OFF

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Auto Aim: Toggle Auto Aim ON or OFF

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HUD messages: Toggle incoming text and audio HUD messages ON or OFF.

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Weapons Vibration: Toggle weapons vibration ON or OFF

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Environmental Vibration: Toggle environmental vibration ON or OFF

Note: This option does not function in Training Mode and will not affect your Message Log while playing the main game.

Weapon Preferences

Choose this option to customize your weapon switching function.

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Auto-Switching Enabled: Toggle automatic weapons-switch ON or OFF

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Skip Explosives: Toggle ON to skip explosive weapons during Auto-Switching and toggle OFF to Auto-Switch to explosive weapons. (see page 12 for more information)

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Change Priorities: Select this option if you wish to change the order of weapon preference in the available weapons list. The weapons at the top of the list will always have priority over weapons below them.

Audio / Video

Select this option to fine tune the available Audio and Video settings for Red Faction.

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Effects Volume: Use the slider to Increase/Decrease the volume of the sound effects in the game

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Music Volume: Use the slider to Increase/Decrease the volume of the music in the game

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Stereo Sound: Toggle ON or OFF stereo sound (turn "OFF" for mono systems)

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Brightness: Use the slider to Increase/Decrease the overall brightness of the game

Load Settings

Select this option to load previously saved player settings from Memory Card slot 1.

PLAYING THE GAME

Now that you've reviewed the basics, you're ready to play the game.

THE HUD (Heads Up Display)

The HUD (Heads Up Display) is essential in communicating two vital points of information to the player: Remaining Health, Available Weapons and Ammo.

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Health

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Envirosuit Integrity

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Ammo Remaining in Clip

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Total Available Ammo

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Flamethrower

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Available Weapons

Health and Envirosuit Protection

The upper left portion of the screen shows how much remaining health and envirosuit protection Parker has. The outer ring and number on the HUD correspond to the envirosuit. The inner circle and number represent health.

Parker is at full health and protection when both numbers are at 100. When Parker's health number reaches zero (0), Parker will die. When Parker's envirosuit reaches zero, Parker will not be able to breathe in unpressurized environments.

Note: In addition to allowing Parker to breathe outside on Mars, the envirosuit also functions as added armor and protection.

Note: You will be able to find health packs, medics, and envirosuit armor throughout the game to help replenish both your health and envirosuit. Play the training mode for more information.

Available Weapons

The HUD will also show you what weapons Parker has at his disposal. To call up the Available Weapons List section of the HUD, simply press either the “next” or “previous" weapon buttons (press the ◉ and buttons if you are using the Default Control Configuration).

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Controls

directional button or left analog stick

Highlight menu item

X button

Select/Advance to next screen

triangle button

Cancel/Return to previous screen

R1 button

Fire

R2 button

Alternate Fire

circle button

Use

L1 button

Jump

L2 button

Crouch

left directional button

Holster/Unholster Weapon

square button

Next Weapon

up directional button

Fine Aim Mode

right directional button

Message Log

down directional button

Center View

left analog stick

Walk/Sidestep

right analog stick

Pitch/Turn

A button

return to the Main Menu

directional buttons

highlight each control feature

check button

bind the control

Primary Fire button

engage the driller bits

Alternate Fire button

cycle through the four points of view

Jump and Crouch buttons

slide the vehicle up and down

previous weapon button

select an available weapon

next weapon button

select an available weapon

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Items & Weapons

CONTROL BATON

This crowd control weapon can serve as a truncheon or a stun gun.

RIOT SHIELD

A body-sized translucent shield that is used by the riot guards of Ultor. The riot shield is lightweight but can withstand blast and gunfire damage for a brief period of time.

12 MM PISTOL

This basic semi-automatic pistol packs a serious punch against unarmored targets. The pistol can penetrate body armor but with significantly less impact.

SUBMACHINE GUN

This weapon is slightly larger than the pistol and is capable of full automatic fire. Heavier than the pistol, the submachine gun offers better control in full auto mode, though it remains inaccurate at medium or long range.

AUTOMATIC SHOTGUN

This weapon is a military-grade shotgun capable of semi-automatic and full automatic fire. Recoil in semi-automatic mode is slightly less than a civilian 10-gauge shotgun.

ASSAULT RIFLE

This weapon is designed to offer all the benefits of a full-length rifle in a compact design. It is capable of firing three round bursts or full automatic fire.

SNIPER RIFLE

Capable of semi-automatic firing only, this sniper rifle comes standard with an UNVS-8 scope that provides the user with up to 12x zoom. The rifle also features a wind velocity offset that corrects for wind conditions.

REMOTE CHARGE

This is a medium-sized, high-explosive remotely detonated charge. It has a kill radius of 10 meters.

GRENADE

This weapon is a high explosive anti-personnel device with a kill radius of 5 meters. The grenade has a 4-second timer that starts when thrown.

FLAME THROWER

This weapon is based on the Ultor Defoliator, used for clearing plant growth. It shoots a flaming stream of fuel that sticks on contact and burns for up to 30 seconds.

ROCKET LAUNCHER

This weapon is capable of firing its rockets in "dumb" or "homing" (i.e, heat-seeking) mode. Once homing mode is selected, it takes approx. 2.75 seconds for the thermal imaging sensor to achieve target lock.

RAIL DRIVER

This weapon was brought to Mars by Col. Masako's mercenaries. Capable of firing metal slugs at ultra-high velocity, the rail gun can penetrate walls.

PRECISION RIFLE

A favorite of mercenary grunts, this rifle fires a single explosive round with precision accuracy.

HEAVY MACHINE GUN

A terribly inaccurate, but fast firing weapon. Holds tons of ammo and best used when raw firepower and maximum suppression is required.

FUSION ROCKET LAUNCHER

Huge shoulder-mounted weapon that fires a single powerful shell capable of massive amounts of damage.

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Tips & Maps

Aerial Combat

Mastering aerial combat with Ultor-controlled fighters is essential.

Submarine

The Submarine offers heat-seeking torpedoes and can slide up and down using Jump and Crouch buttons. Be aware that Ultor subs are also armed with heat-seeking missiles.

Incoming Messages

Pay attention to incoming messages as other characters might provide valuable information.

Explore with Geo-Mod

Don't be afraid to explore using Geo-Mod technology, as you might find something.

Know Your Weapons

Get to know your weapons, as some artillery works better than others depending on the situation.

Strafe

Learn how to strafe, as hiding behind doors and walls is an excellent way to defeat certain enemies.

Multiplayer Experience

For a great multiplayer experience, try going against a friend with Auto Aim turned OFF.

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Enemies & Characters

Parker

You are Parker, a miner employed by Ultor. One day you witness a guard brutally attacking another miner and you are left with only one choice-kill or be killed.

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