Heroic System
Heroics is the name given to the morale meter in Red Faction II.
Description
The Heroics meter plays an important part in the game. Indicated by a green or red star icon, when you perform a bonus objective, you will see a green star pop up on the Hud, this means the player has completed a Heroic objective. When a red star icon pops up, it usually means you have killed a civilian or members of the Red Faction - reducing your Heroics meter.
Throughout the game this system takes into account how much of the Heroics meter is completed and changes the voice over on the ending cutscene of the Game.
Endings
Best Ending
Alias accepts as position as Military Advisor to the newly formed Red Faction Government, when he retired, his memoirs were made into a book and was on the best seller list for 17 weeks, and eventually made into a video game.
Tangier survived her fall and was rescued by a passing boat, and eventually re-immigrated to Mars and became Executive Vice President of Security for the Reorganised Ultor Mining Company.
Shrike remained in the Commonwealth and married into a family of Circus performers, eventually making his fortune as the star performer at a theme park built on the remains of Sopot Island
Good Ending
Alias was decorated for his acts of valour and accepted a position as military advisor to the newly formed Red Faction Government.
Tangier Survived her fall and was rescued by Alias and Shrike. She went on to pursue a career in Politics and became the Commonwealths first Chancellor as a result of democratic election.
Shrike used his skills as a pilot to become a civilian consultant for the reformed Commonwealth air force.
Bad Ending
Alias was branded a mutant and a danger to the Commonwealth and was sentenced to death. He managed a daring escape prior to public execution and was never heard from again.
Although Tangier survived her fall from Sopot Statue, she was never located, her body was never recovered.
Because of his odd appearance and psychological problems, Shrike ended up unemployed and homeless.
Worst/Joke Ending
Alias was tried by the Red Faction government for the massacre on the Red Faction headquarters. Although the evidence of numerous murdered civilians was circumstantial, no one came forward to corroborate his version of events. He was convicted of murder and awaits execution.
Tangier survived her fall and was rescued by a passing garbage scow. She fell in love with the boats captain, they married and she lived happily ever after on the boat with her husband, 6 children, 2 dogs and 3 cats.
Judged to be to unstable to be trusted Shrike was thrown out of the Commonwealth by the Red Faction Government. Eventually he was shot down as he was smuggling bootleg video games into the Commonwealth from third world countries.