10 Mediocre Video Games Saved By ONE Amazing Feature

10. Red Faction: Guerrilla - Insane Destructibility

Red Faction: Guerilla has a special place in many people's hearts, and it's not because of the setting or characters. Mars as an environment is insanely repetitive, only changing incrementally across the game from an orange rock to a slightly more yellow rock.

The main gunplay didn't set the world on fire and the open-world contains few interesting aspects beyond a smattering of optional missions. It's incredibly one-note as you carve your way across the planet with basic third-person shooter mechanics and missions that don't stray from the formula found in nearly every shooter from the time.

This all means absolutely nothing though, the second you grab a sledgehammer and realize you can level an entire building.

The level of destruction you can unleash in Guerilla is unrivaled, with entire structures crumbling stunningly realistically and offering crazy levels of carnage when you introduce explosives into the mix.

The shooting is evolved from its basic mechanics as you realize all of your cover is now crashing into rubble around you, and the vehicles become improvised weapons that can be crashed through the sides of enemy forts to break in and wreak havoc.

It's crazy to think that over a decade after its release the only thing that's come close to the level of destruction available in this game was when it was re-mastered in 2018.