The megacorporation Ultor, for which Bradbury Parker works in Red Faction, hides the fact of the mass death of workers. Miners work on Mars, extracting resources necessary for earthlings. Ore mining takes place in inhumane conditions. One day, people are mowed down by a disease - they mutate and die. Soon, a revolution begins here as a result of a dispute between a security guard and a miner, where the latter won, and the guards began to shoot at the rebellious worker. Soon, thanks to revolutionary leaflets that were signed only by the name of Eos, the riot grows to the size of a revolution. The action shooter was created on the GeoMod engine, so the game received the most destructible environment, modern graphics, photorealistic characters and good physics, where holes are displayed on objects from a shot.The Red Brigade is represented by characters:
- Parker - the protagonist, a miner who tries to survive and joins the rebellion.
- Eos - the leader who often orders Bradbury and periodically needs his help. In the finale, the girl flies away from Mars with Parker.
- Hendrix - an Ultor technician who often informs the character. Died at the hands of Colonel Mosako at the end.
- Orion - the field commander of the Brigade and Eos's subordinate. Instructs the gamer in Training.
- Griffin - an enemy and the main administrator of the corporation's secret office. Has information about the disease and is captured by the protagonist.
- Chapek - an enemy, a company employee experimenting with nanotechnology, which caused the disease.
- Mosako - a colonel and antagonist, controls an army of mercenaries. The woman is protected by a nano-shield and became the final boss, who can be defeated at the end using a railgun.
In the interactive world, the gamer shows ingenuity and creativity in the process of passing due to high destructibility. Here, it is better to fight crowds of enemies by blowing up a nearby wall or an entire building, or by making a passage. The missions are of different types, and some offer to control mining and military equipment. The gameplay does not involve the use of strategy and covert actions, but is based on fast battles. The arsenal with which the hero of the Red faction fights injustice is huge. Here is a 12-millimeter pistol, assault rifle, submachine gun HK, heavy machine gun, sniper rifles, flare guns, grenades, rail, flamethrower, control baton, satchel charge, URL-06 flare gun with rail driver with a display where you can see the location of opponents through the walls.