Red Faction Guerrilla beta drops

by Xav de Matos { Aug 9th 2008 at 6:30PM }

Not too long ago Fileplanet announced that the Xbox 360 beta for Red Faction: Guerrilla was being offered exclusively to paid subscribers and we ignored it. Who wants to pay for a beta, anyway ... except for everyone who initially bought Crackdown, that is. Today we finally want to talk about the Red Faction: Guerrilla beta because it is now available for anyone who signs up for a free account and completes a short registration questionnaire on Fileplanet.

Download the 652MB beta today and let us know what you think!

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Tags: beta, red-faction-guerrilla, thq, volition

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)

Rell @ Aug 9th 2008 6:41PM

I must say that I have been enjoying it.

CrustyManMeat @ Aug 9th 2008 6:42PM

My thoughts are this:

Complete and utter garbage.

Glitch W @ Aug 9th 2008 7:00PM

what's so bad about it?

guidedbyvoip @ Aug 9th 2008 7:24PM

I am with you, man. If you like Lost Planet, then you will probably like this game; 3rd person sci-fi with team based objectives. I personally hate it. The models and textures are ass-ugly, the controls are odd, particularly wep switching, and the "red on target" aim system on serves to highlight how clunky the controls are. The match making also leaves much to be desired.

Again, I didn't like Lost Planet, but I thought I'd check this out. I played for less than an hour on 3 maps and turned it off.

BananaBoat @ Aug 9th 2008 11:45PM

guys...it's a beta, these aren't the final graphics.

That said, this game doesn't have a whole lot going for it, atleast not in the multiplayer sense. It's a very generic, third person TPS with lame 5 year old destructible building technology that kinda comes into play (but not really). The weapons are boring, the characters are boring, even getting a high score is extraordinarily boring. Lost Planet is a MUCH better game than this, though the camera is pretty much the same.

If I had to compare this to something, I'd compare it to Mass Effect (JUST the combat). The weapons have almost zero excitement behind them, it's just like "Here is our rifle, here is our melee, you've seen this a thousand times before" and there is NOTHING to set this apart from the hundred or so other FPS (or TPS) games on the market right now.

I loved the original red faction, back when the destructible walls were jaw dropping, but now it's extremely played out. I didn't even know about this game before I heard about the beta, and I doubt I'll be hearing from it again after. Unless the single player campaign is exemplary, RFG is destined for the bargain bin.

RockerAnimeFreak @ Aug 9th 2008 6:51PM

Its damn good! way better than that crappy bad company beta! =)

Ham @ Aug 9th 2008 7:01PM

Uh what am i doing wrong? I click "Join the BETA" and it just loads up the exact same page and i go no where, any help?

Rhapsody @ Aug 9th 2008 7:13PM

i have the same problem, anyone can help us ?, thanks.

Rhapsody @ Aug 9th 2008 7:16PM

i have the same problem, anyone can help us ?, thanks.

BananaBoat @ Aug 9th 2008 11:47PM

Try using internet explorer. Firefox 3 and Opera..uhh...the newest one (9.5?) both failed me, but Internet Explorer worked just fine.

Callum Lawrence @ Aug 10th 2008 2:37PM

I've tried with Firefox 3, Internet Explorer 7 and Opera 3 but still no luck.

Momer @ Aug 9th 2008 7:10PM

Woot! I'm in. Unfortunately I'm leaving on vacation on Monday and my ISP says I have only 10 gigs of bandwith left for August :(

Jon Barnicoat @ Aug 9th 2008 7:13PM

I get the same too, Ham.

cancer bat @ Aug 9th 2008 7:22PM

ahh want to get in this beta so bad though the dam beta button wont work dam u fileplanet :/

ps - go buy braid amazing game cant praise it enough better than jesus!

Aegis @ Aug 9th 2008 7:25PM

All I have to say, is that I absolutely love this game.

Morgon @ Aug 9th 2008 7:37PM

Played this yesterday... it's... not 'awesome', not 'horrible'. Sorta 'okay', I personally think.

The entire game (visuals, some aspects of movement/gameplay) reminds me of Tribes (showing my age, maybe), as well as a little bit of the old Quake/Doom deathmatches (just in the way it 'handles')

All of the buildings are destructible, which is a nice touch. One particular game, most of the other team quit, so we took it upon ourselves to level the whole map so we could find their one last guy. At the end, you could see clearly from one end of the map to the other.

The 'backpacks' are very cool (Rhino, baby!), and there are 5 with their own unique abilities (Jetpack, Sprinting, Concussion, Rhino, and Firepower (increased damage))

Concussion eminates a shockwave that radiates roughly 30 feet around you, knocking all enemies on their asses), while Rhino gives you a short but powerful burst of speed that kills anyone who gets in your way and also knocks holes in walls.

There's nothing like seeing an enemy on the other side of a wall and just crashing through it like the Kool-Aid Guy. Makes things pretty dramatic when you're on the receiving end (especially since us gamers are generally used to walls being 'safe').

Personally, I don't think I'd buy it (assuming it was released at a 'standard' price), but if you give it an hour to get a feel for how things work, you do start to appreciate some of the gameplay aspects, and before you know it, it's 3 AM :-/

Give it a try if you can, maybe you'll feel differently.

Porkfist @ Aug 9th 2008 7:59PM

Tribes, you say? One of my alltime favorites. Can't wait till I download this. I just picked up Lost Planet:Colonies (30 bucks? Sold) and I am really enjoying it. Hopefully I'll like this too

Vcize @ Aug 9th 2008 7:41PM

Well if Fileplanet is as awesome as Crackdown is (I realize Fileplanet isn't actually a game), then maybe there's something to this "paying for a beta" thing since Crackdown was more than worth the price of admission on its own.

Xav de Matos @ Aug 9th 2008 8:08PM

Fileplanet offers downloads like videos, trailers, demos and more for PC and console users (demos excluded unless it's a special offer like this).

Looking for a site with the same type of content for free? www.bigdownload.com

Vcize @ Aug 9th 2008 10:20PM

I know exactly what fileplanet is ;)

mootzilla @ Aug 9th 2008 7:42PM

Looks like I'm not the only one having trouble with Fileplanet. Is there any way other than shitty Fileplanet to get in on this?

ridestowe @ Aug 9th 2008 7:47PM

i really love it because it reminds me so muc hof tribes ;)

Leigh @ Aug 9th 2008 8:09PM

I'm going to sound like a idiot here and I'm sorry about this but;
How exactly do you join the beta?
I click the link but then it just refreshes the page. :/
Any help on this would be great!

Muffin_man @ Aug 9th 2008 8:34PM

For all you people having problems getting the site to work!

No doubt you are using FireFox (the best browser in the world amrite?). It doesn't work properly in FF for me. Instead of opening IE (it works in IE) download IE tab for firefox, it's an add-on that renders pages exactly like IE does so if you have any problems (like this) then just click the icon and it will work. You can download IE tab here.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

SadisticHam @ Aug 9th 2008 9:08PM

Sadly IE didn't work either, same thing happened. Just refreshes the same page.

Leigh @ Aug 9th 2008 9:08PM

I did as you said, and it still doesn't work. :/
I opened the site up in 2 different versions of IE (64 bit version and normal IE) and still no luck. this is getting quite annoying now as I REALLY want to get into this beta as I loved the past ones.

Dave @ Aug 9th 2008 8:56PM

I don't know guys, I'm not really into it at all... :S.

anthonyjh @ Aug 9th 2008 8:56PM

The first is one of my favorite games. The second was no good. This looks to shit all over everything that made the first great.

Muffin_man @ Aug 9th 2008 9:10PM

Sorry it didn't work guys. I kept clicking the button and it wouldn't work. Then I tried IE tab and it did so I thought maybe that was it.

Xanto @ Aug 9th 2008 9:12PM

Got mine just fine using firefox, downloading it now

Muffin_man @ Aug 9th 2008 9:14PM

I just did it my way again and it worked.

Just so you know;

1) I have an IGN free account.
2) I was getting the same as you (page just keeps refreshing)
3) I clicked the IE tab button and it worked.
4) I've tried this twice and it works for me.

The only conclusion I can come up with is if you don't have an IGN free account.

Flakundenga @ Aug 9th 2008 9:37PM

thanks for the heads up, downloading right now. for those having trouble hit me up and i'll help you get some because the website works fine on my computer ;)

Flakundenga @ Aug 9th 2008 9:51PM

yeah for those who can't get in you have to register a new account or use your ign one if you have one. still here are some codes for those who can't get it to work:

CRR62-RGJWY-9WMQM-64DM3-RY3VQ
RRJCK-8YKTG-RGCG4-9TKPR-WVTT8

if you used one of the two codes post after so others know it's no longer available :D