Editing Red Faction (video game) (section)

==Development==
''Descent 4''<!-- no link; redirects to a different game --> was a game being developed by Volition as part of the ''Descent'' game franchise, as a prequel to ''[[Descent (1995 video game)|Descent]]''. However, it was cancelled and the technology behind it and some of the plot were incorporated into ''Red Faction''. Examples include the main character Parker as well as the GeoMod engine.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.planetdescent.com/site/articles/asrale/9-11-00-asrale-volition.asp | title = Planet Descent Volition Interview | author = Asrale | website = [[GameSpy|PlanetDescent]] | publisher = IGN Entertainment | date = September 11, 2000 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070222091516/http://www.planetdescent.com/site/articles/asrale/9-11-00-asrale-volition.asp | archive-date = February 22, 2007 | access-date = May 9, 2007}}</ref>

Similarities between ''Red Faction'' and the 1990 film [[Total Recall (1990 film)|''Total Recall'']] have been pointed out, with its setting on Mars and the rebellion against the guards. Lead designer Alan Lawrance acknowledged the similarities in a 2014 interview but stated the film was not used as the main inspiration; any connection is purely coincidental.<ref name="EuroMaking">{{cite web | url = https://www.eurogamer.net/the-making-of-red-faction | title = The making of Red Faction | last = Mason | first = Graeme | website = Eurogamer | publisher = Gamer Network | date = March 9, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231112021849/https://www.eurogamer.net/the-making-of-red-faction | archive-date = November 12, 2023 | url-status = live | access-date = February 9, 2024}}</ref>

''Red Faction'' entered a pre-production phase in 1998. The original intention was for every part of the game to be destructible but this was reduced in scope due to technical challenges and the requirement to guide the player through a linear game. It was created by a small team on a relatively limited budget, and released in 2001.<ref  name="EuroMaking"/>

The [[N-Gage (device)|N-Gage]] version was developed by [[John Romero]]'s studio [[Monkeystone Games]].