To start, I just have to come straight out and say this; the Resistance 3 beta is UGLY. No, I don't mean "sub-par" nor "Not Uncharted". I mean ugly. The ghosting is horrible. Is there a blur effect in place? I don't know, nor care - it's headache inducing. I've never had a problem with any such thing while playing a console game until now.
It's not exactly blurring crystal clear HD graphics either. While R1 and 2 had resolutions that were literally less than 20 pixels parallel short of being 720p, Resistance 3 seems to have gone with a resolution many blocks further down sub-HD street. While Resistance 2 didn't look groundbreaking, it looked good. However, that's irrelevant, as R3 makes Resistance:FOM look like God of War 3.
And the framerate chugs like a slideshow in situations that don't call for it. In a situation where the framerate might skip a beat in Resistance 2, Resistance 3 has an utter breakdown. Between framerate and horrendous lag, Resistance 3 becomes almost unplayable in such situations as when more than 4 players end up in the same room shooting at each other.
But visuals wouldn't be a huge issue (aside from unplayable framerates) if the gameplay was well done. Unfortunately, they through that to the dogs, too. I was disappointed that they greatly reduced the amount of possible players in the multiplayer, but I was willing to try it. They seemed to have designed the maps for twice the amount of people. The action can get slow, even in a full match, as you search for where the enemy is spawning.
The changed default controls remind me of some game I've played before. Something modern. I think it had something to do with warfare, too. Oh well, at least you have the option to make your own control scheme.
And could they have overpowered the auger and shotgun any more? I absolutely HATE invisibility in shooters, and since every other player pairs it with a shotgun, it becomes sickening really quickly.
I was going to try the Move controls, but frankly, I don't think changing utensils will make a poo-poo platter taste any better.
This simply isn't the Resistance I've come to love. It's slower paced, unresponsive, and technically unsound. I couldn't shake the feeling that I was playing Call of Duty:BLOPs with Chimera. I just hope the final product has infinitely more polish and great SP and CO-OP.
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Let Resistance 4 go to another developer. Someone more competent with creating technically sound games and can just generally design a better MP experience.
Yawn. We are talking about the beta version here and the SP was always the focus of Resistance. The constant whining about the MP as if that is the main point of Resistance is very annoying. I have played worst MP that had basically no substance or anything e.g. Bioshock 2 and Dead Space 2. Don't play the MP if you don't want to but really the SP is the meat of the game.
Meh. I disagree SilentNegotiator. I really like the beta. I think it's the best Resistance MP yet. I've put 15 hours into the beta and will put many hours into the full game. The graphics are good enough. Btw, you can't even use Move in the beta.
Yes the lag is pretty bad at times but other than that I think it's a ton of fun. Insomniac is doing they're best to get their game running smoothly. How is the auger overpowered? It's a reward for getting a 6 kill streak. What do you expect it to be just as powerful as the normal weapons?
The MP can be fun at times, but it just feels really unpolished in many areas.