Ludus Novus » red faction: guerrilla http://ludusnovus.net The Art of Interaction Tue, 22 May 2012 04:22:06 +0000 en hourly 1 2006-2008 Gregory.Weir@gmail.com (Gregory Weir) Gregory.Weir@gmail.com (Gregory Weir) 1440 http://ludusnovus.net/images/ludusnovusblog.jpg Ludus Novus http://ludusnovus.net 144 144 The Art of Interaction ludology, games, game, design, rpgs, interactive, fiction, video, game, theory, interactive, art Gregory Weir Gregory Weir Gregory.Weir@gmail.com no no Murder and Red Faction: Guerrilla http://ludusnovus.net/2010/01/20/murder-and-red-faction-guerrilla/ http://ludusnovus.net/2010/01/20/murder-and-red-faction-guerrilla/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:41:29 +0000 Gregory Weir http://ludusnovus.net/?p=732 I just got finished playing Red Faction: Guerrilla. It’s an excellent game; the breaking-stuff gameplay is so fun and natural-feeling that I anticipate disappointment when I play all the other games where you can’t knock down a wall to get to the enemy on the other side. It strikes a nice balance between open-world and narrative styles of gaming. There’s something else about the game, though. Guerrilla makes me uncomfortable with its violence.

This is something that I haven’t experienced outside of so-called “art games” like Jesse Venbrux‘s “Execution.” When I play Guerrilla, I feel a disconnect with the actions my player character is taking: not ludonarrative dissonance, but a genuine case of disagreement with my character’s motives and callous lack of concern for human life. I’m a pacifist. Alec Mason is not.

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