History Trivia / RedFaction

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* FollowTheLeader: Some have criticized ''Red Faction: Armageddon'' for taking a lot of cues from Microsoft's ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' and [[Creator/ElectronicArts EA's]] ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' franchise.
** It also takes some cues from ''Singularity''.

* FranchiseKiller: After a successful revival with ''Guerilla'', ''Armageddon'' received a lukewarm critical reaction and sold so poorly that THQ stated that they no longer had plans for more ''Red Faction'' games. Koch Media pointedly did not acquire the rights to the ''Red Faction'' series when they purchased Volition after THQ's bankruptcy. However, the rights were eventually bought by Nordic (now renamed THQ Nordic) and they re-released the first two games digitally for the PS4 and a remaster of ''Guerilla'' for Xbox One, Play Station 4 and PC.

* FranchiseKiller: After a successful revival with ''Guerilla'', ''Armageddon'' received a lukewarm critical reaction and sold so poorly that THQ stated that they no longer had plans for more ''Red Faction'' games. Koch Media pointedly did not acquire the rights to the ''Red Faction'' series when they purchased Volition after THQ's bankruptcy, ensuring that it will stay dead for the time being.

* DivorcedInstallment: The first game started development as ''VideoGame/{{Descent}} 4''. When Descent's developer Parallax split into Outrage and Volition and ''Descent 4'' fell into DevelopmentHell, Volition recycled the [=GeoMod=] technology, Mars setting, and protagonist intended for ''Descent 4'' into ''Red Faction''.

* DivorcedInstallment: The first game started development as ''VideoGame/{{Descent}} 4''. When Descent's developer Parallax split into Outrage and Volition and ''Descent 4'' fell into DevelopmentHell, Volition recycled the [=GeoMod=] technology , Mars setting, and protagonist intended for ''Descent 4'' into ''Red Faction''.

* FranchiseKiller: After a successful revival with ''Guerilla'', ''Armageddon'' was critically thrashed and sold so poorly that THQ stated that they no longer had plans for more ''Red Faction'' games. Koch Media pointedly did not acquire the rights to the ''Red Faction'' series when they purchased Volition after THQ's bankruptcy, ensuring that it will stay dead for the time being.

* FranchiseKiller: People generally really enjoyed ''Guerilla.'' The franchise seemed quite revived. Then came ''Armageddon'' which abandoned the "rebels fighting oppression" recurring storyline for a generic BugWar plot, threw out the WideOpenSandbox of its predecessor for a linear third-person shooter game, and the ability to destroy terrain was often a ''detriment'' as you'd destroy critical paths and need to rebuild them constantly with the nanoforge. The game wasn't really ''bad'' but it was certainly not what anyone was hoping for and it sold so poorly that THQ said they no longer have plans for more Red Faction games for now. They said that about Red Faction 2, as well....
** This likely contributed to Koch Media ''not'' buying the rights to Red Faction along with Volition.

* HeyItsThatVoice: It looks like the [[Creator/MichaelMcConnohie Agency Director]] started a new life on Mars, leading a different group of badasses.

** This likely contributed to Koch Media ''not'' buying the rights to Red Faction along with Volition.\

* HeyItsThatVoice: It looks like the [[VideoGame/Crackdown Agency]][[Creator/MichaelMcConnohie Director]] started a new life on Mars, leading a different group of badasses.