Red Faction preview
Posted by @ 4:57 PM, EDT
Eurogamer also posted a preview of Volition’s upcoming PS2/PC first-person shoot, Red Faction:

What sets the game apart from other first person shooters is that your weapons have a very noticeable effect on the world around you. While other games use "decals" to represent bullet holes and rocket blasts on the walls of their levels, in Red Faction you can blast a hole right through the wall.

The game features what Volition are calling "Geo-Mod technology", as well as a fully functional physics system. Combined they allow you to interact with your surroundings like never before. For example, if you shoot your gun at a pipe you might burst it, causing steam to pour out through the hole. And thanks to the game's particle system, the result looks little short of stunning.