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Red Faction

The original entry in the Red Faction series was developed by Volition and was released in May 2001. The game is set on Mars around the year 2075, a planet that humans are mining due to the depletion of Earth's resources. Red Faction differentiated itself from other first-person shooters in 2001 with its destructible environments. 

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Red Faction

Platform(s)
PC , PS2
Released
May 22, 2001
Developer(s)
Volition
Publisher(s)
THQ
Genre(s)
FPS
ESRB
M For Mature 17+ due to Blood, Violence

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