Splitkick: Since I got the PlayStation 3 later in its lifecycle, I missed out on playing the platform-exclusive Resistance series.Resistance: Fall of Man and the much lauded Resistance 2 were both flagship shooters upon their release, and marketed as Sony’s answer to Halo. However, Insomniac’s sci-fi epic was more akin to Half Life in its execution and narrative than any other AAA shooter. The game emphasized a dark and detailed narrative, as it followed the battles of US soldier Nathan Hale against the horrifying Chimera in an alternate history around the year 1950. After playing through the first two games, I recently finished the core trilogy off by playing Resistance 3; the final installment in the series created by Insomniac.
Insomniac Games' thunderous conclusion to its acclaimed first-person shooter series remains an under-appreciated work of art.
I honestly liked the first one most..
killzone 2 and 3 outshined Resistance 2 and 3 for me in every aspect.
I absolutely adored Resistance 3 but they do not NEED to remake this game. They should do something that they enjoy and if it is Resistance then so be it.
Not a classic in my opinion ; a pretty mediocre PS3 shooter as far as I'm concerned, not bad, not the worst of the trilogy, but certainly not great. Killzone 2 was miles ahead of it (and of most FPSs even today as far as I'm concerned).
Naw man.
Resistance 1 will always be GOATed for me.
I remember playing all night on multiplayer. Such a fun game.
killzone was amazing but resistance was great as well. althpugh theybwrre both fps, I think that served different purposes.
Although I agree on original games and creativity over licensed IP, especially something like Ghost of Tsushima. But Sony's looking at that series selling less and less overall with the 3rd estimated to not even sell 2 million. Gamers who say they loved it didn't really buy it.
While Spiderman the series has sold over 50 million not counting PC. And Spider-Man 2 is over 11 million so far. If you had their business and had to make their decisions, what would you do in their shoes?
@ApocalypseShadow
Umm, that's exactly my point lol. Insomniac made great, original IP games and people didn't buy them because they were too busy lapping up yearly CODs and Assassin's Creeds, so naturally Sony/Insomniac had to pivot to something else.
So you are saying 1 was the worst?
I respect your opinion but strongly disagree.
I'll start with what I didn't like about 3:
- OK, Nathan Hale is gone but new player character totally forgettable. Can't even remember their name.
- Awful forced in 3D. Just look at KZ3 for 3D done well.
- Online multiplayer that paled in comparison to 1 and 2. Put hundreds of hours into the first two. Probably less than 10 hours into 3.
- Campaign was OK but I played the other two more, especially 1.
1 had my favorite gunplay of the trilogy (no need for COD iron sight) so I guess my worst would be 2. At least 3 wrapped up the storyline, supported the move controller and had prettier graphics. But in my book, none of the three really stood out. From that era, I prefered Singularity for example and obviously Killzone 2.
I wish they'd bring back the Resistance 2 multiplayer. God that co-op was so much fun.
There are some epic PlayStation Plus Premium shooters, from Naughty Dog's Uncharted series to the high-stakes action of Doom published by Bethesda.
Couldn’t agree more. Still love It as a shooter to this day.
Just something about that game. I really wish they would just do a remaster, don’t even need a remake just bring it up to todays out put, touch up a few things if any, and I am there to buy it day one.
Of course I would love a remake built from the ground up. As long as they treated it like Shadow of the Colossus, or close to those type of remake. Wouldn’t want it to get the RE treatment…. Just because the game is already paced so perfect and hits all the right beats that I wouldn’t touch that aspect.
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.
I really like the Resistance series but I wish Insomniac hadn't played around with it so much.
I understood the need for alteration in the wake of CoD4, but even though I loved 2 I felt it was detached from FoM with its bright colour pallete and different feel. I wish they had ignored the outside influences and evolved what they had done with FoM which they eventually did with 3.
It's hard to describe exactly what I mean but if you've played them you'll know that all 3 feel different and have different tones to them as well. Not to mention drastically different MP. Admittedly 3 was close to FoM in its tone (and thoroughly excellent it must be said) but I think this IP had more to offer than what we saw.
Hopefully we'll see the Chimera next gen, perhaps with SSM at the helm trying something different with the IP. A survivalist game in this universe could be interesting.
I definitely agree. The series in general feels like they took many chances with each installment, but not in a good way. More like they just experimented to see what would stick and what wouldn't. FoM and the majority of 3 were definitely highlights for me, and yeah, a survival horror game set in this game's universe would be potentially awesome.
They should have kept the dark gritty feel of the original, and built a better engine for graphics, added new enemies with the invasion and taken you across the world.
Most of the development with FOM2 was with mp, But as nice as the large scale was, and the 8 player co-op. It still felt stiff.
The 3rd game should have been no.2.
Better graphics, some excellent character design, but need a higher rez, wasn't clean enough.
But overall I enjoyed them all. and hope they bring back Resistance4 for PS4.
Still go back to Resistance 3 mp and sp frecuently. I was on a week ago but noticed although servers were still populated everyone was from like Europe or so i assume because they had their mics on and i heard no English lol hahahaha