Best games where you can go on a rampage?

[Beev]

After finishing Infamous 2 and having fun rampaging here and there as an evil guy, I have a hunger for more carnage . What are some of the better "mass murder/destruction" games? Obviously the GTA series sticks out, and I recently played Just Cause 2, which I loved as well. Are there any games these days where you can level buildings of your own will (as in, not via a cutscene or story event)?

 

[Krynj]

Rampage

I can't think of any, but it will be awesome when console or PC games are to the point where everything will be interactive and destructible. InFamous does a good job at making every building climbable, but it would be awesome to just destroy everything you see.

I'd also be interested to hear what games offer that kind of gameplay.

 

[dougp]

Red Faction: Guerrilla is a game with destructible buildings and such, good sandbox game and it's rather fun.

 

[Beev]

Red Faction: Guerrilla is a game with destructible buildings and such, good sandbox game and it's rather fun.

Hmm, I own that from when I bought a huge game pack on Steam... I'll check it out, thanks.

 

[Jeraden]

I remember Destroy All Humans was good for free-for-all mass destruction. At least the original on the old xbox. I don't know how good the sequels are, but the original was a ton of fun.

 

[warcrow]

Red Faction Guerrilla
Prototype
Saints Row 2 (It's actually encouraged in some side missions)

 

[Chapbass]

Heavenly Sword for PS3. Short, but a TON of fun.
Prototype

 

[purbeast0]

dead rising
ninja gaiden
god of war

those are all slice and dice games with a lot of violence.

 

[RedRooster]

Prototype was actually pretty fun. I thought I read they were making a second one?
At the time, it and inFamous came out at the same time and were compared a little.

 

[shingletingle]

Red Faction: Guerrilla is a game with destructible buildings and such, good sandbox game and it's rather fun.

Go with this game. It's a lot of fun.

 

[Tristicus]

Prototype
GTA IV + Episodes
Incredible Hulk
Red Dead Redemption
Mafia II
The Saboteur
Dead Rising 2
inFamous 1 + 2
Just Cause 2
Red Faction: Guerilla
Saints Row 2

 

[AstroManLuca]

dead rising
ninja gaiden
god of war

those are all slice and dice games with a lot of violence.

Dead Rising, the entire game is a timed escort mission. To this day I do not understand why people enjoy it.
Ninja Gaiden and God of War are both linear action games, lots of fun sure but they don't seem to fit what the OP is looking for. No environmental damage, no open world.

EDIT: Bad Company 2 has lots of environmental damage but not really the style of game you seem to be asking about. Still it might be worth picking up on the cheap and doing some single player. Great multiplayer game too (the real reason to buy it).

 

[smartpatrol]

A few kick ass suggestions for you:

Sin & Punishment: Star Successor for Wii - an excellent on-rails shooter. Probably the best use of the Wiimote that I have seen. If you like Treasure's games, and games like Starfox and Panzer Dragoon, check it out.

Carmageddon 2 - you get points for hitting pedestrians and animals (extra if you hit them so hard they dismember or splatter). You can win the "race" by smashing opposing cars to death. It has surprisingly large, open areas to explore. Soundtrack by Iron Maiden. It's possible to get it running on a modern system, and well worth it

Serious Sam 1 & 2 - no experience points, no chest high walls, no squad, just you mowing down notstop hordes of ridiculous enemies.

 

[BoberFett]

Surprised nobody has mentioned the Mercenaries games yet.

 

[Krynj]

Beev, I just watched IGN, and Zero Punctuation's reviews of Red Faction: Guerrilla, and you might want to check it out.

Both say the game is pretty much based around blowing shit up.

IGN:
http://www.ign.com/videos/2009/05/2...ps-to-wreck-shop-like-a-pro?objectid=14235419

Zero Punctuation:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/834-Red-Faction-Guerrilla

Can't find it new anywhere, but used prices seem to be in the $15 range.

 

[zinfamous]

Surprised nobody has mentioned the Mercenaries games yet.

I got about 5 hours into the first one on PS2, and found it way more repetitive than Assassin's Creed 1. I just could not finish it.

 

[Monster_Munch]

I remember Destroy All Humans was good for free-for-all mass destruction. At least the original on the old xbox. I don't know how good the sequels are, but the original was a ton of fun.

Yeah it was a pretty good game. Some of the missions were really original or you could just run around firing your anal probe at people.

 

[gorcorps]

I can't think of any games as good with screwing around as Just Cause 2 or Infamous 2. I dumped lots of hours into Just Cause 2 on the consoles, then got it on the PC and with mods it was a whole new game. Infamous 2 is already a blast (heh) and there's lots of game I still need to play. Each new power adds to the already high level of awesome.

You've set the bar too high OP. Everything else pales in comparison :\

 

[purbeast0]

Dead Rising, the entire game is a timed escort mission. To this day I do not understand why people enjoy it.
Ninja Gaiden and God of War are both linear action games, lots of fun sure but they don't seem to fit what the OP is looking for. No environmental damage, no open world.

EDIT: Bad Company 2 has lots of environmental damage but not really the style of game you seem to be asking about. Still it might be worth picking up on the cheap and doing some single player. Great multiplayer game too (the real reason to buy it).

he said "mass murder/destruction" games .... there is plenty of mass murder going on in those games.

but ia gree with dead rising ... i hated that game for doing anything other than goofing off and just killing all the zombies in different ways, but that got old fairly quickly.

 

[AstroManLuca]

he said "mass murder/destruction" games .... there is plenty of mass murder going on in those games.

but ia gree with dead rising ... i hated that game for doing anything other than goofing off and just killing all the zombies in different ways, but that got old fairly quickly.

No you're right. When I hear "go on a rampage" I assume open world, but if you also include third person action games and first person shooters it opens it all up.

Darksiders is pretty fun for that, kind of like God of War. Oh and Dead Island is coming in September, promising to be an open-world zombie killing game without railroading you the way Dead Rising did.

 

[trigun500]

Serious Sam

 

[Beev]

I've always wanted to try the Serious Sams. Maybe I'll give them a shot. Should I play them all? Avoid any of them?

 

[trigun500]

I've always wanted to try the Serious Sams. Maybe I'll give them a shot. Should I play them all? Avoid any of them?

They are all pretty much the same thing. I think you can pick them up on 360 arcade.

 

[BoberFett]

Yep, there's a redone Serious Sam HD on XBLA.

 

[exar333]

GTA2 and Postal on PC.