The player can traverse the world on foot or by appropriating one of the numerous vehicles. Each area also contains one or more safehouses staffed with Red Faction guerrillas, where the player can re-arm or change his weapon loadout, and spend salvage to purchase upgrades to his weaponry and equipment. As the player travels through as-yet-unfreed areas, they will be attacked by EDF forces if they are spotted by patrols or commit aggressive actions.
The world is divided into six distinct areas and the player must successfully free each area from EDF control before moving onto the next. The game's open world represents a terraformed area of Mars surface. The player also has the opportunity to control armed vehicles ranging from retrofitted civilian vehicles up to tanks and large walkers for more destructive options against the EDF. During the campaign, the player is always equipped with a sledgehammer-like weapon, along with three slots for other weapons and explosives, selected out of a choice of almost twenty items.
In many cases, destroying buildings will leave behind salvage, the game's form of currency, which can be used along with salvage rewarded by completing missions to unlock and upgrade weaponry and technology at safehouses. This allows a degree of creativity in approaching a given objective, such as breaking or crashing through structures, or leveling multi-story buildings and large bridges or catwalks to thwart the enemy. However the game's Geomod 2.0 engine allows for buildings, cover, and other structures to be destroyed. Unlike the previous Red Faction game, which used the Geomod engine, Guerrilla does not allow for the destruction of terrain. Developer Volition changed the camera perspective to help the player see and appreciate the surroundings as they are destroyed.
The player takes the role of Alec Mason as he assists the Red Faction to overthrow the oppressive Earth Defense Force (EDF) on Mars. Red Faction: Guerrilla is a third-person shooter game set in an open world environment. A remastered version titled Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered with improved graphics was released worldwide on July 3, 2018, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and later on Jfor Nintendo Switch. Several years after release, Destructoid listed the game as one of THQ's ten best. The game is the third installment in the Red Faction series.
It was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in June 2009 and for Microsoft Windows in September 2009. Red Faction: Guerrilla is a third-person shooter video game developed by Volition and published by THQ.