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Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered

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For the original release, see Red Faction Guerrilla.

Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered cover
Developers
Original Volition
Re-Mars-tered Kaiko
Publishers
2018-2020 THQ Nordic
2020-present Deep Silver
Engines
Geo-Mod 2.0
Release dates
Windows July 3, 2018[1]
Reception
Metacritic 67
OpenCritic 70
IGDB 68
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Open world, Shooter, TPS
Themes Sci-fi
Series Red Faction
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Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered guide on StrategyWiki
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered on MobyGames
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Red Faction
Red Faction 2001
Red Faction II 2003
Red Faction: Guerrilla 2009
Red Faction: Armageddon 2011
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered 2018

Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action, open world and shooter game in the Red Faction series. The game is a remaster of the original Red Faction Guerrilla from 2009, featuring higher resolution textures, more stable framerate timing, improved shadows, lighting and shader rendering.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Bundled with the original Red Faction Guerrilla.
Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg (unavailable)
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Windows
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
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Windows
The game was granted to all owners of Red Faction: Guerrilla for free.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip startup movies
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data.
  2. Delete or rename legal_hd.bik, logo_kaiko.bik, logo_nordic_hd.bik, and logo_volition_hd.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\kaiko\rfg\config.ini
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/667720/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
GOG.com %LOCALAPPDATA%\GOG.com\Galaxy\Applications\51153410217180642\Storage\Shared\Files\autocloud\save\
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\667720\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/667720/pfx/[Note 1]
Unlike the original version, the remastered edition is limited to 10 save slots.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.
Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.
Advanced graphics settings.
Advanced graphics settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
No in-game support, no current workaround to enable it as there was for the original.
Ultra-widescreen
Native support, but it renders in higher vertical resolution than it should by roughly 1.6%. For example, for 2560x1080, the game renders at 2560x1097 and scales it down.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Can be adjusted from 45 to 85. Up to 60 in multiplayer.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate capped at 250 FPS.[2]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.
Rebinding buttons.
Rebinding buttons.
Rebinding axis.
Rebinding axis.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Two binds per action.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Option to disable XInput, DirectInput or Steam Input.
Full controller support
Input mode is selected based on initial input at splash screen. If keyboard is used, controllers are disabled until they press the Switch Input Device button/key.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support
DirectInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
DualShock 4
DualSense controller will be seen as a DirectInput controller, with broken mapping.[3]
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes Wired, Wireless (DualShock 4 USB Wireless Adapter)
Nintendo controllers
Other controller(s)
supported via DirectInput and Steam Input API.
Additional button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Steam Input prompt modes
 
 

In-Game Button Icons, SIAPI Button Icons
Fallback prompts for newer controllers will be text-based.
Steam Deck button prompts
Steam Deck prompts are text-based.
Steam Controller (1st gen) button prompts
Motion sensors support
Camera (SIAPI Game Action)
Gyro support added in Patch #5.[4]
Official controller preset(s)

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Ambient, music, voice, voip, effects and master.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
No option to disable it.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation by Tribo Gamer; download.
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
16

Connection types

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Game crashes at launch

Disable GOG Galaxy overlay

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
The game's executable is 32-bit, but 64-bit OS is recommended[5]

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok Physics
Cutscenes Bink Video 1.300g

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) 2.5 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 32 GB
Video card (GPU) 1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 10 compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. It's Hammer Time: Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered Edition out now | THQ Nordic GmbH - last accessed on 2023-10-29
  2. Steam Community - last accessed on May 2023
  3. Verified by User:Al2009man on 2024-11-19
    Tested using both DualShock 4 and DualSense Controllers and used SpecialK's Input Management. both Controllers will be seen as a DirectInput device but DualSense will give you broken mapping and DInput prompts.
  4. Patch #5 - 12th August 2018 - last accessed on August 12, 2018
  5. Is 32-bit system supported? :: Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023