Red Faction: Armageddon studio Volition isnāt terribly concerned about piracy on the PC, saying itās focused first and foremost on making a game thatās actually worth stealing.
PC versions of Volition games have been rather dodgy affairs in recent years. I didnāt take Saints Row 2 for a spin but I did spend some time with Red Faction: Guerrilla and it just wasnāt quite fully baked. Volition believes that a lot of those quality issues are a result of the games being ported by external studios and as the saying goes, if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.
āSome people say PC is dying. Some people say PC is the future. PC is the most variable, because it depends on what youāve got under the hood,ā Studio Manager Eric Barker told Eurogamer. āFor us, the key thing was making sure the PC version was done in-house.ā
āYou should see [the PC version of Red Faction: Armageddon], it looks absolutely beautiful. If youāve got a great graphics card it looks fantastic. We definitely believe PC games are great and if theyāre done right and done well by a studio, theyāre phenomenal,ā he continued. āThereās a lot of debate and discussion. I canāt predict the future, but Iām really happy with how Red Faction: Armageddon looks on PC. Itās beautiful.ā
Barker also said that Volition has a circumspect attitude toward piracy, the notorious PC bugbear that other studios have cited as a reason for stepping back from the platform. āI donāt think [piracy] is something at the forefront for us,ā he said. āFirst and foremost, we want to make sure weāre making a game people would want to pirate. Letās make a game thatās worth stealing, and then weāll worry about making sure they donāt.ā
Red Faction: Armageddon comes out on May 31 for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Published: Mar 18, 2011 8:44 PM UTC