Red Faction: Guerrilla was an open-world game with purpose

Eurogamer: "I've played enough blandly gorgeous open-world games in my time, however, so I'll happily take Guerrilla as it is over the alternative. Its destruction mechanic remains state-of-the-art, and the way Volition make it the focal point helps provide Guerrilla with a sense of identity and direction that shines through its dreary landscapes. There may have been larger and prettier open world game developed since Guerrilla, but few of them let you shape that world as comprehensively as this Martian revolution."