Excerpts from the Interview:
VB: You still have no urge to move to other game platforms?
TP: No. There are always opportunities, since we are independent. But for this generation, we are focused on the PS 3 and the leading edge.
VB: So the new office doesn't mean you will try to do an Xbox 360 title out of that office?
TP: We aren't saying what they are working on. But we have said they are using tools that we have developed here in Burbank to make games.
VB: How are you going to make Resistance 2 better than "Gears of War 2"?
TP: (Laughs). I wish I knew more about Gears of War 2. I saw their trailers and they look great. I don't know about the features. What we have talked about with Resistance 2 is the huge single-player campaign with a much greater scale than what we have been able to pull off before. I am talking about the size of the enemies, the density of game play, and the overall scale of the story as well. That scale is paralleled in our multiplayer mode. We can have 60 players online at the same time in competitive mode and eight players in cooperative mode. It has a separate campaign with its own light story, with features like multiple classes, character progression, and persistent rewards. It's a big game.
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!!
The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
"We’re focused on quality over quantity"
That is why they are my one of my favorite developers
TP: No. There are always opportunities, since we are independent. But for this generation, we are focused on the PS 3 and the leading edge."
This is why I love Insomniac;They recognize the leading tech and most promising platform and decide to focus on that platform.
it was really nice to see how humble Ted Price is. CliffyB could really take a page out of his book, or you could include Shane Kim and Greenberg in there as well.
Ted Price is the man humble and a true gamer
Insomniac is going to have another huge hit with RS2
Loving the PS3 love from them
what a nice man.