THQ Calls Red Faction: Battlegrounds Reception A 'Disappointment'

Joystiq: "During an event today promoting SyFy's Red Faction: Origins tie-in movie, THQ's creative / biz dev director Lenny Brown shared with Joystiq his thoughts on the reception of the recent download-only release in the franchise, Red Faction: Battlegrounds. "I think it's a little bit of a disappointment," he told us bluntly, with the bulk of that letdown caused by the game's Metacritic score, currently sitting at 49 out of 100.

"I think what's most disappointing for me," Brown said, "is how sometimes the prose of the reviews don't match the final score. Someone will say something not necessarily glowing, but you think you're tracking along a 7, and then you get a 4."

[Blaze929]

NOOOOOOOOO WAY O_O.....

[xAlmostPro]

Lol well it was a disapointment.. for a start it kept freezing everytime i tried to play a game lol

[CPmonkey]

Even if it didn't freeze for you the game play is disappointing.

When I heard about a mech combat game set in the red faction universe I was pretty excited.

A downloadable third person title I thought, what did we get? A crappy twin stick shooter game :(

The game should have been similar to RF Guerilla, only smaller and focussed on the vehicle combat.

[DelbertGrady]

Fortunately, Red Faction: Armageddon looks amazing.

[Jacobster]

I don't understand why they just did not release and arcade type game of the destruction mode with lots of maps, co-op play and new weapons.

Surely it would sell like hot cakes?

[tails13]

Because they want you to buy Armageddon for that.

[Jacobster]

But what about people who are not really interested in the story? I think it has potential as just purely an arcade game,rather than the battlegrounds rubbish :D

[RememberThe357]

Make a better game next time. Theres something about THQ that make me want to root for them but they just keep putting out sub par games.

[will_c_75]

I really don't even mind the sub-par. The whacky AI in SR and RF where the cops will pile on each other is hilarious. The problem is they want to be bigger than they are, instead of making fun games.

[andron]

Well, the mp doesn't always function very well. And that's a major drawback since it's one of the major selling points.

It gets too cramped with 4 players on 1 screen. Not to mention the lag and unfair conditions that crop up now and then. People can drop out and in of a match, leaving them without any chance of winning if you come in late.

Also you have the issue with people playing with a guest often cooperate and make it unfair for the other players...

[ChronoJoe]

It's also heavily unbalanced towards the less mobile vehicles with more HP.

[Kee]

Well, the game was a disappointment. And I got it for free with PS Plus.

[NarooN]

I played the demo without even knowing WTF this was (I played RF1, 2, and Guerrilla) and it was pretty terrible. Crap controls and even when I got the hang of them in a minute, the gameplay wasn't satisfying at all. Just THQ trying to make a quick buck on some hype-based spin-off. I noticed it wasn't even made by Volition, so that probably factored in the low fun factor.