Red Faction: Guerrilla

Many of today's games allow players to explore new worlds, and to see what life is like outside of our own world. One of the more popular games of 2009 did just this. Red Faction: Guerrilla is the third game in the Red Faction series. The gameplay is fun, unique, and very realistic, and it is easy to see from the very beginning how this game received such amazing progress.
The game follows the actions of Alec Mason, a mining engineer in the year 2125. He goes to Mars to work and earn an honest living with his brother, Daniel. Little does he know that his brother has joined the militia group known as Red Faction, who battles the Earth Defense Force, (EDF), who suppresses the people of Mars in order to harvest the planets resources for the people of Earth, who's own natural resources have depleted. When Alec watches his own brother get murdered by the EDF, he decides to abandon his quest for the normal life and decides to get revenge on the EDF by joining the Red Faction.
The gameplay throughout the game is surreal. The visuals are stunning, and the third-person camera angles are continuously staying in step with the players movements. Players can choose from an assortment of guns and bombs, but the most impressive weapon is the sledgehammer, which when you are in a tight bind, the player can pull out and bash the enemy to the ground. The scenery seen of the Mars landscape is amazing, and so real that you would have thought you were watching the game through the Hubble telescope.
Overall, I give the game a 9 out of 10, for the story and gameplay live up to the series reputation, and shows why the game has become such a powerhouse and household name in the gaming community. The gameplay was consistent and realistic, and the story had gamers on the edge of their seats the entire time.