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Red Faction: Armageddon Commando & Recon Edition

PLAYSTATION 3
Also available on:XBOX 360
Red Faction: Armageddon Commando & Recon Edition
THQ6/3/2011REGION 2

Two outfits. Two distinct combat philosophies. The Red Faction: Armageddon Commando & Recon Edition on PlayStation 3 takes a focused approach to the collector's treatment, offering a pair of exclusive character skins that split the difference between stealth and brute force. It's Red Faction distilled into a wardrobe choice.

The Clandestine Recon uniform is for the players who believe the best explosion is the one nobody saw coming. Sleek, tactical, and purpose-built for the kind of covert approach that Red Faction occasionally pretends to support before everything inevitably gets demolished. The Armored Commando uniform goes the other direction entirely, suiting you up in heavy-duty gear that says "I'm here to break things and I dressed for the occasion." Together, they represent the two poles of Red Faction's gameplay identity.

This edition sits alongside the Collector's Edition in the Armageddon lineup but takes a different angle. Where the Collector's Edition packed in a poster and weapon DLC, the Commando & Recon Edition focused purely on visual customization. For completionists building a full Red Faction: Armageddon set, you need both.

As a standalone collector's piece, this one appeals to the PS3 completionists who track down every retail variant. Red Faction: Armageddon was the franchise's final entry, which gives even its modest editions a sense of finality. These two uniforms shipped exclusively with this SKU, locked behind a print run that ended when the game left retail shelves. The last suits worn in the last Red Faction. There's something poetic about that.

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