If I said Resistance: Fall of Man didn’t remind me of Killzone, I would be a filthy liar. Both feature a basic storyline, a typical combat system, and predictable gameplay. Both have that grey, gritty style of play that’s been done so many times before, and both were hyped beyond belief. Great games in their own respect, but both miserably failed because of in-game mistakes and crushing blows by competition. Like Killzone, Resistance never reaches the coveted legendary status that other First Person Shooters have, before them.
Resistance: Fall of Man sets you 1950’s alternate history England, where WWII never happened. Alien creatures known only as Chimeras have plowed through Europe, and have begun there assault on Britain. You are Nathan Hale of the United States Army Rangers, sent to help liberate England.
The interesting story is quickly quashed by long exasperating cut scenes that are very prominent in the early goings. With odd narration and overall dull cinematics, Resistance slits its own throat early.
Once the game starts, it’s easy to be fooled by the lighting effects and bright colours, as very little is offered in terms of substance. The lighting effects are good, but some objects, like structures, have an odd look about them, and the sky and ground both have an unnatural look to them with no real reflections or lifelike appearances.
Characters on the other hand were a mixed bag. Fellow humans had the ‘same old’ look to them like in other shooters, but the Chimera and most other enemies, were visually impressive. The only problem I have with the Chimera, visually, is that they lack variety. And while were on the subject of ‘same old’, Resistance takes the path most taken and favours quantity over quality. I can see every bullet that whizzes past my head, yet textures seem non-existent in this pre-pubescent female world.
A huge variety of weapons and easy-to-use controls will seem natural, if not monotonous, to seasoned FPS players.
I’ll make a point of not mentioning the audio within this game as it was neither here nor there but absolutely expected.
Maybe it’s because I usually play so much online multiplayer that makes me so critical of it, but like some of today’s other shooters, I found the online multiplayer aspect to be hollow, bland, and quite pointless. The variation in terms of characters, levels, and weapons is there, but I just couldn’t hook myself on because of the linear, repetitive play.
The online play boasts games that allow up to 40 people to join at once, something PSN clearly shows capable of. While I personally didn’t enjoy the multiplayer, I will give credit where its due as Resistance has a solid party system and top notch clan system, something a lot off online shooters can learn from.
There are some features such as unlockable weapons which can prolong the game, but in the end I didn’t find much longevity within this game. Although the singleplayer campaign was much longer than standard.
For aiming too high and not landing anywhere near the stars, Resistance: Fall of Man finds itself among fellow average shooters, but a high-quality launch game nonetheless. With far from the top graphics and nothing audio, this game tries its best to compete against giants, yet numbers fail to be mightier than caliber.
The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.
Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!
I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.
Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.
resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword
Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2
Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.
There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.
Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence
The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!
The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer
The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.
Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱
While it's been on ice for as long as it was around, the Resistance franchise has no shortage of quality.
My take:
Single player
3, 2, 1
Multiplayer
3, 1, 2
Overall
3, 2, 1
I beat the lengthy single player in 1 multiple times and spent hours in the online too. Plus 1 featured my home town! Special mention to the audio design in 1: playing that with surround headphones blew me away.
Note: I have the platinum for Resistance 2.
Resistance 1 MP will always be my favorite. Call it nostalgia or whatever, but that was my jam, felt more balance, natural.
i have the platinium too , 10k kills in online ranked matches was no joke . Took me 3-4 months straight grinding but it was fun . To put it in perspective you only got like 25 kills per match if you were 1st place every match that's at Least 400 matches in 1st
I only played the 3 main Resistance titles. My ranking would be;
1. Resistance 3
2. Resistance: Fall of Man
3. Resistance 2
Man I loved 3's campaign. Another gem stuck on the ps3 and who knows if insomniac will go back to the franchise.
Resistance, Warhawk, MAG, Motorstorm, there's so many first party gems on PS3 that Sony has just left to die...
Burning Skies was about 3 hours long and rather inconsequential. You haven't missed anything
Honestly, Burning Skies was shit. There's no two ways about it. At first I thought it looked terrible, then I second guessed myself. Big mistake.
Retribution has this really cool feature where you could use a PS3 to link a controller to it and play. So if you had a 2000 or 3000 hooked to a tv, you can use a real controller. All of this predates the PSP Go's ability to sync a sixaxis to it via bluetooth.
Days Gone director & former Bend Studio dev Jeff Ross says he pitched an open-world Resistance game to Sony; he wasn't interested in a Syphon Filter reboot.
Sony rejected an open world Resistance? Come ON guys. Stop with these timed deals for Deathloop etc and let’s go!
This plus the fact Days Gone hit 9 million has me scratching my head this week. Why so cynical?
Resistance doesn't need to be open world though. Just because it can technically work doesn't mean it's a good direction for the franchise.
No I know, but seeing as the franchise has no current direction, I’m in the camp of anything’s better than nothing. Could always just dip a toe in like GOW, TLOU2.
Agree tbh it sounded straight off the bat what halo infinite turned into but just a resistance version of it.
As a huge fan of the series, an open-world Resistance would not be a bad idea. Especially if it had Day's Gone's gameplay engine. Replace the motorcycle with a military hummer or a chimeran vehicle. I think it could work very well.
The problem with continuing Resistance as a linear FPS game is that the market doesn't respond to those games anymore. I think the games industry is tired of 8 hour (linear-shooter) campaigns. That was acceptable in the PS3/360 days but now I think the industry wants more. IF a new Resistance game were to come out and it followed the gameplay structure of the original trilogy, it would be regarded as "just another FPS." But if it got the Days Gone treatment, it can attract a larger fanbase.
Porkchop
Maybe they're not considering the halo effect ?
Mwhahahahahaha
I'd try any new resistance experience but if I'm being truly honest, my first instinct is that it would not touch the heights of the original trilogy and should continue to be a story driven linear campaign. Especially with the technology afforded in this gen, even linear can have a very open feel to it.
That 9ml was an estimate, he confirmed he doesn't have executive level sales figures so he just guessed. I would assume it was much lower than that with the majority coming from PS+ and discounts.
If Sony brought Housemarquee after Returnal didn't sell 9ml, it's obvious sales aren't all Sony cares about.
Thats what im thinking. Ntm the game was on sale relatively faster than most sony 1st party games. Released buggy horrible framerate that took months to "fix" and it took about 10chours of slow paced gameplay till you got to a point where you got enough mods tools and guns for it to be enjoyable.
I find it weird that all the sudden ppl are praising the game asking for a sequel just because a former director said it sold x amount. Given the 6 year cycle, bad launch, 50/50 reception and to leads who were supposedly not a good fit leaving/ getting fired shows why sony probably didnt greenlight a sequel
He didnt guess ffs, he used data from a trophies website with there own internal data which matched up.
That’s different though. The ps5 was in its infancy when returnal released. Different sales targets
If they were pitching some kind of third person, open world Resistance with destructible environments similar to Red Faction Guerrilla where you can take down Chimera towers and giant robots, sure. But I don't want Far Cry with aliens, which is all I see this being.
I'm fine without another Days Gone too. I have yet to play much of it, but it seems like a great game with a tired setting. I'm not dying for more zombies.
I'll take Syphon Filter in any form though.
It was revealed the director didn't use officisl sales figures.
https://www.gameinformer.co...
Yeah I saw. You can't base sales on trophies. Those trophies include anyone who bought the game used, borrowed from friends, households with more than 1 gamer, rentals, PS+ subscribers, review copies, etc. Those altogether would account for likely at least a couple million PSN accounts.
What I find ridiculous is that he says he still "stands by" his numbers. If the game was as successful as he thinks it was then Sony wouldn't have shot down any chance of a sequel. He shouldn't have gone around talking shit like he did with a source as flimsy as trophies, he made a fool of himself. He likely burned some bridges, limiting his options in the future.
As far as Syphon Filter goes, it's a shame that after two generations of leaks and rumors the game was never actually in development. MGS is dead, Splinter Cell might as well be dead from what we've heard. Sony's had a massive opportunity to come in and take over a dormant genre, and they're just dragging their feet. So many opportunities to bring franchises back and they just don't.
Rumors from multiple sources have it that an open world 3rd person tactical stealth game is in works as a first party Playstation game. Perhaps they just didn't want to double down.
Yes. I know that. I didn't say it is dead, I said it might as well be. They're literally making a "stealthy Assassin's Creed" but with Splinter Cell paint.
I really wish we got more grounded action-crime or action-espionage games, not everything has to be over the top action RPGs and have sci-fi/superhero/fantasy elements.
Especially after seeing that jawdropping Matrix showcase... we can really rival some great action films if done right :O
Shame about Siphon Filter as I believe there is a market for it.
Also, there are some rumors that Sony is working on a new game that mix both Splinter Cell and MGS features.
Let's hope it is true.
I probably would give this game a similar score if I reviewed it now, however at launch it probably deserved at least another 1 point overall, the joys of hindsight.
But be warned.....angry sony fanboys are coming...*
As much as I enjoyed the game at launch, I'm inclined to agree.
I loved the chimeara, and they were an interesting enemy and the game is well put together and all that stuff you said.
My problem is that it wasn't "memorable".
The music wasn't epic, the set pieces weren't as impressive or big as they could have been.
It's things that can be improved in the sequel. And I hope they do.
Resistance is nowhere near as good as sony fanboys make it out to be, it was the only decent launch title for ps3. Either RFOM, MS or a bunch of crappy multiplatform games.
I agree with this review. While Resistance was good launch FPS it falls behind Halo or Condemned for being the perfect launch FPS (imo).
My biggest disappointment with Resistance was the length of the levels in the game. I wanted to explore the environment more, not just mow down enemy AI. I would still recommend buying Resistance as it is a solid FPS I just hope in the sequel the levels are longer.