To feed Earth's ever increasing demand, mankind has colonized the red planet in order to mine a valuable mineral called Noachite.
The game is set on Mars in the year 2078 and Earth has been completely stripped of its natural resources. Unfortunately, because of vulnerabilities in the code, various forms of modding and cheating could tarnish the experience Geo-Mod in action, the end is near for this APC.
Another way Geomod can be used effectively is to create alternate paths to travel through in Capture the Flag. For instance a player can tunnel into the walls using mines and rockets to get a high vantage point to snipe other players or camp with explosives. Although the gameplay is fairly standard - involving weapon and armor pickups, powerups and respawning weapons throughout the level - the Geomod can offer some interesting variations. Red Faction offers the typical deathmatch, team deathmatch and CTF multiplayer modes for the PC version. Instead of searching for a way to open it, if they have explosives, they can simply destroy the walls surrounding the door. Another use might be if a player comes across a locked door. For example, if a large number of enemies are walking over a bridge, the player can plant explosives on the bridge, then detonate them when enemies walk over the bridge. This technology can also be used tactically by the player. For example, if the player keeps shooting a wall with a rocket launcher, a large hole in the wall will form which can be transformed into a tunnel if the player continues. In short, this means that players can destroy parts of the game environment. The game's claim to fame is it's geo-mod technology. The story is divided into chapters and up until a halfway stealth section it is totally possible to walk from the players current location back to the beginning location of the game. Also similar to Half Life, the game is made up of one large complex as opposed to smaller levels. Similar to Half Life the game has no loading screens past the initial load instead pausing periodicly to load the next area. Here the player is trying to escape from a colonized Mars where workers are treated poorly and are dying from a mysterious disease. Released only a few years after the original Half-Life., Red Faction is a game that similarly tries to replicate the immersive storytelling found in Valve's 1998 classic.