Red Faction Armageddon

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Red Faction: Armageddon is a third-person shooter video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ. It is the fourth installment in the Red Faction series. The game features no competitive multiplayer modes, instead it will focus on a Horde-mode style of game called Infestation. However, the game will carry over many other elements from its predecessor, Red Faction: Guerrilla, such as the focus on fully destructible environments.

Unlike its predecessor which had the player liberating settlements from the totalitarian control of the corrupt Earth Defense Force, players must now reclaim cultist fortifications on the disaster-ravaged surface of the planet and defend colonists from hostile Martian creatures in the ancient mines and chasms beneath it, cleansing infestations from all structures and freeing humans from imprisonment in alien cocoons. Guerrilla's open-world approach has been done away with, in exchange for more linear and directed gameplay, a better progression of the narrative, and a sense of suspense and tension when traversing the sometimes claustrophobic interiors in the game.

Armageddon will be modifying the previous game's repertoire of tools and weaponry. Using the Magnet Gun, Darius fires first at one object, then at a second object, and then the first object rockets toward the second. Players can also hunt for alien artifacts to create new 'hybrid' alien/human fusion technology weapons, such as Tremblers and Rhino Charges.

Support Summary

Widescreen
Ultra/Super‑Wide
Multi-Monitor
4K Ultra HD
Support
Method
HUD
Cutscenes
FMVs

Game Information

Game Status:Released
Release Date:
Play Styles:
Setting:Space
Developer:Volition

Screenshots Comparison

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
21:9 Screenshot
A monitor with a question mark on it. The text above it reads "There is currently no image uploaded for this field." There is a semi-transparent WSGF logo in the background, while the main background is white. The image aspect ratio is 21:9.
32:9 Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot
Solutions & Issues
Widescreen Solution & Issues:

From the Options, Video menu select an aspect ratio (4:3, 16:10 or 16:9) then pick your desired resolution. For 15:9 (1280x768) use the registry edit detailed below.

FMVs and 2D interface screens (including HUD) are formatted for 16:9 widescreen and are squished in 16:10 and 15:9.

Ultra/Super-Wide Specific Solution & Issues:

3440x1440 (2.38888)

Steam/SteamApps/Common/red faction armargeddon

Hex editor DX11 exe file - Replace 398EE33F (16:9) with 8AE31840 (21:9 / 3440x1440 / 2.38888

Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues:

Game is Hor+, HUD and crosshair stretch. You can change resolution via registry (i.e. 5040x1050).

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Volition\Red Faction: Armageddon\Video Settings]
"ResolutionWidth"=dword:0x000013b0 (5040)
"ResolutionHeight"=dword:0x0000041a (1050)

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You can also change FOV with this tool (DX9 and DX11 versions).

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I get a huge FPS boost running this game in 3-way SLI by forcing wtih Nvidia Inspector, in game's profile, SLI rendering mode to SLI_GPU_COUNT_ONE. Refer to additional screenshots.

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
21:9 Screenshot
A monitor with a question mark on it. The text above it reads "There is currently no image uploaded for this field." There is a semi-transparent WSGF logo in the background, while the main background is white. The image aspect ratio is 21:9.
32:9 Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot
4:3 Cutscene
16:10 Cutscene
16:9 Cutscene
Eyefinity / Surround Cutscene
4:3 FMV Cutscene
16:10 FMV Cutscene
16:9 FMV Cutscene
Eyefinity / Surround FMV Cutscene
4:3 Menu
16:10 Menu
16:9 Menu
Eyefinity / Surround Menu
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Upgrades interface, 4:3
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Upgrades interface, 16:10
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Upgrades interface, 16:9
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Upgrades interface, 48:10
15:9 Resolutions:1280x768
Eyefinity / Surround Resolutions:
Multi-Monitor Types:Nvidia Surround
Multi-Monitor Layouts:3x1-L