Red Faction: Guerrilla

Incredible mechanics built around a shockingly minor campaign, much like the rest of the Red Factions actually

wait there was a campaign in this destruction sim?

Blowing shit up was fun, the game less so

so underrated. the combat and physics were great, and they had the perfect weapons to go along with them. it's a shame online multiplayer for this will never happen again.

Nothing like the joy of rampaging around Mars and destroying entire buildings with a sledgehammer.

This game was and still is absolutely brilliant. I love how damn powerful the guns and sledgehammer feel, the sounds are solid and dudes slam to the ground/fly back when they ragdoll. The destruction is obviously absolutely incredible and the source of hours of addiction.

Fantastic destruction physics, everything else is pretty meh, especially the storyline which was feels like it was written in a day. Grab it in a steam sale, play it like GTA and destroy everything in sight, plough through the campaign.