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Editorial: Resistance Requires More Respect

There are certain games that are kinda like the Rodney Dangerfields of the game industry; they just don't get the respect they deserve, regardless of how much praise they receive from the critics.

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Relientk776049d ago

It's true Resistance is a good series, and Insomniac Games are very creative, original, and make great games. Its a shame the series doesn't get the respect it deserves

socomnick6049d ago

Resistance is a trashy franchise, no originality, retarded story, and above all and most importantly crappy gameplay. If one played these games one would come to the conclusion that the developer never played or made a fps in their lives. Such a crappy franchise, they need to do the sensible thing. Star from scratch on a totally new franchise and learn from the mistakes that are Resistance 1 and Resistance 2.

Its the only sane thing to do, when Resistance 1 sold more than twice as much as Resistance 2 on a smaller install base, then you know your in trouble and need to dump the franchise.

Bathyj6049d ago

Nick, dont you ever get tired of being a douche.

Resistance is awesome. One of the best launch games ever made. The story was a great tweak on the tired WWII genre.

The weapons, setting, AI and graphics were all great, and the framerate on part one is still one of the smoothest console FPS's ever.

But youre so busy hating everything Sony you wouldnt notice any of that.

QuackPot6048d ago

...just wasnt executed as well as it should have. This was surprising considering the overall top quality of the R&C series.

There's nothing wrong with copying the best from CoD4, Halo, Gears, BF:BC, Warhawk etc.

Bring on R3:MW.

Noob6048d ago

More games for me to play, more crying for socomnick to do.

memots6048d ago (Edited 6048d ago )

you said "If one played these games"

How bout applying that to yourself. I do not believe you actually played these games or any game at on ps3 and even if you did try them you didn't play them enough to know what your talking about since you clearly do not own a ps3.

Actually i would be surprised if you ever played any ps3 game. After reading some of your comment about your unfavorable mindset about anything ps3 , One would think that your hand might get burned if you try to hold a ps controller.. You know holy water and stuff.

Rhythmattic6048d ago

Nick, You talk so much SHlT.... No wonder your avatars mouth looks like a Sphincter.....

sikbeta6048d ago (Edited 6048d ago )

Yeah...right... is not original because is not the stereotypical big macho space-marine (how gay sound that?), retarded story because the character fight monster that used to be humans, and no space aliens, crappy gameplay, ehhh I'm tired, so NO! is not crappy

R:FOM deserve a lot of respect, is an excellent game, I can't say the same about R2, not saying is bad, but is not better than the First and I'm sure R3 will be better than R2 if the game is based on the First

callahan096048d ago

I agree 100% with this article. I don't understand why practically everyone around N4G and other gaming communities I visit talks trash about Resistance 2. Personally, I love R2. The co-op is the best of its kind, and the campaign was epic in my opinion. I still put it in my PS3 and revisit Idaho and Chicago because those two levels are just so gorgeous and fun. In fact, the only two games on the PS3 that I've beaten more than 3 times are Demon's Souls and Resistance 2.

RussDeBuss6048d ago

R1 was really good game, excelent and original concept, few errors in excecution, but was a launch title so can be forgiven.

R2, rather than sticking with R1 style and improving it, they listned to too many hating fanboy media complaining about it,
saying R1 was dull (cos they were used to halo vividness) so R2 was more vivid, but took away from the gritty feel

R2 also has too much f**k yeah, team america style, also taking away from the gritty feel of R1 (done to please the fanboys of gears)

why the hell did the weapon wheel go?

R2 was technically better than R1 for multiplayer, but also something was mising from R1, not sure if its just the maps, or gameplay, but just didn't seem as good

R2 was good and kinda original in the co-op, but would have been good if it also had the campaign co-op as well.

lets hope R3 has the feel and atmosphere of R1, thats what made the game so great, i din't like the original for technical ability. it was the story, the feel, the atmosphere, the gritiness. al of which went in R2.

beavis4play6048d ago

R1 was amazing. the weapons, big battles, and story were what made it for me. unfortunately, they took the weapon wheel and big battles (there was only 1) out of R2. also, the story seemed to progress as smoothly. it seemed too convoluted in #2. and with all the mention of russia in #1, i was really surprised that Insomniac did not address any of those R1 questions as to what WAS going on in russia.

i enjoyed R2, but not nearly as much as the first game. they need to bring back the "weapon wheel", have a few more big battles with the chimera, (instead of focusing on larger single enemies) and focus more on the story. plus, come up with a better final boss. (that last fight in R2 was lame.

don't get me wrong though.......these are just some thoughts on how to improve R3. regardless, R3 is a day 1 purchase.

hey, does anyone have any thoughts on who the main character in the story will be if nathan is really dead?

crck6048d ago

Insomniac should of had more respect for Resistance themselves. They sold over 3 million copies of the original so what do they do? They go and change everything to try and be more like other shooters.

ico926048d ago

resistance is just overlooked when compared to other big games on the ps3

MazzingerZ6048d ago (Edited 6048d ago )

I've always thought Resistance had the respect such a franchise deserved so I'm surprised by all these articles. The game plays great, the Chimera are badass, GREAT weapons and the game also looks great.

You don't see some cheesy scenes of extraterrestrials ligthing up cigars to humans like in ODST, when I think about great games on the PS3, Resistance is always there together with MGS4, Heavenly Sword, Folklore, Warhwak, Uncharted, etc

What all these articles mean with "respect"? that kids love it? Kill their parents because they don't get to play more co-op after midnight? Because there are no lunch boxes for kids with a Chimera on it? Because is not mentioned as "evil" and a "threat" to society like GTA by some lawyer?

The game got great scores, the ones that deserved,you can't demand perfect scores for the game from all the sites either, those are for games like MGS4

But from the main sites Gamespot, Eurogamer, IGN, Gametrailers they got scores from 9 to 9.5...so I don't get it

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Sevir046049d ago

I went to insomniac Community day 2009 and i got a signed copy of Ratchet and Clank Future:ACIT!!! plus i won a PSP from them during a raffle and.. well i cant talk about that.. but these guys are truely humble, TED and the insomniacs are the most welcoming and humble devs on teh planet.. I love them all to death

check this out...

from insomniac Communtity day 2009, I went Today...

http://forums.n4g.com/tm.as...

PshycoNinja6048d ago

were you the guy from Dallas that won it or the guy that won it in a raffle.

I won the Vinals ( Captian Qwark, Ratchet, Clank) just because I showed up early. Was in the raffle of 6 guys and won them. I was so stoked when I won them, but no onwe wanted to help carry them to my car, except this one guy. It was an awesome day.

Megaton6048d ago

Gah, a friend and I RSVP'd to go but we both completely forgot it was today. It's so close to my house too. Oh well, congrats on winning the PSP and everything else.

unrealgamer586049d ago

thats the godd@mn point Resistance fall of man wasn't trying to be a freaking COD clone it was it's own game, but with resistance 2 it felt so generic. hopefully Resistance 3 will revert back to the way Resistance fall of man was.

oh and if you're going to disagree with me at least make valid points. And because they're will be a person who'll call me out and say "you never played Resistance 2!!!" kindly stfu and look me up.

psn id=unrealgamer38

mrv3216048d ago

The problem with Resistance 2 where fanboys and xbots. They complained about the AWSOME cutscenes the low points the scary elements... watch a review for R:FOM and you'll realised most their complaints aren't valid but they where fixed in R2.

I don't care is R2 was slightly worse(IMO it was better) because they did something new with it. CO-OP was awsome, COMPETITIVE was awsome, the singleplayer has tons of replayability.

unrealgamer586049d ago

lol my lips are sealed too. :]

midgetsanx6049d ago

A group of Devs that puts fans over critics deserve the utmost respect. Insomniac. My favorite developers and will always be my favorite developers. Can't wait for ACIT and whatever they release in the future.

LeonSKennedy4Life6048d ago

They're my third favorite...right behind Quantic Dream and Team Ico.

I'd rather work at Insomniac than any place in the world though. From all the videos and podcasts I've seen/heard, it seems like the most fun you can possibly have with a job.

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_SilverHawk_551d ago

Sony needs to remake the trilogy on ps5

CrimsonWing69551d ago

I’d rather them do a new game in the world of Resistance.

Cacabunga551d ago (Edited 551d ago )

I honestly liked the first one most..
killzone 2 and 3 outshined Resistance 2 and 3 for me in every aspect.

Eonjay551d ago

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.

Mr_cheese551d ago

Loved resistance 3, played the whole thing on co op with the move controller and gun, was very different!

Resistance 2 online was the best

gamerz551d ago

Me too, but also on a 3D tv! R3 was one of the few games that got plastic rifle panning motion right.

isarai551d ago

Such a criminally underrated series, id love a remaster collection of the trilogy.

preciousdeath551d ago

Yes! ...and make them PSVR2 compatible.

Pedrof551d ago

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).

pwnmaster3000551d ago

Naw man.
Resistance 1 will always be GOATed for me.
I remember playing all night on multiplayer. Such a fun game.

P_Bomb551d ago

Ah yeah, R1! I cut my teeth on the one-shot Walmart map, lol! Miss that.

gamerz551d ago

Played that demo soooooo many damn times since it was the only thing to play for a while at launch. That and motorstorm.

refocusedman551d ago

killzone was amazing but resistance was great as well. althpugh theybwrre both fps, I think that served different purposes.

JEECE551d ago

Thanks for turning Insomniac into a Marvel studio.

ApocalypseShadow551d ago (Edited 551d ago )

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?

JEECE551d ago

@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.

Knushwood Butt551d ago

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.

Pedrof550d ago

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.

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lex-1020551d ago

I wish they'd bring back the Resistance 2 multiplayer. God that co-op was so much fun.

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Eonjay1418d ago

Resistance 3 is such a great game. One of my all time bests.

cooperdnizzle1418d ago

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.

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Ranking the Resistance Games From Worst To Best

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Knushwood Butt1476d ago

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.

Eidolon1474d ago

Resistance 1 MP will always be my favorite. Call it nostalgia or whatever, but that was my jam, felt more balance, natural.

Miraak82 1474d ago

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

Sciurus_vulgaris1476d ago

I only played the 3 main Resistance titles. My ranking would be;
1. Resistance 3
2. Resistance: Fall of Man
3. Resistance 2

GoodGuy091475d ago

Man I loved 3's campaign. Another gem stuck on the ps3 and who knows if insomniac will go back to the franchise.

fr0sty1474d ago

Resistance, Warhawk, MAG, Motorstorm, there's so many first party gems on PS3 that Sony has just left to die...

P_Bomb1475d ago

Never played Burning Skies but I still have Retribution.

monkey6021475d ago

Burning Skies was about 3 hours long and rather inconsequential. You haven't missed anything

porkChop1474d ago

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.

darthv721474d ago

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.

Yui_Suzumiya1475d ago

Resistance 3 was shocking and brilliant. Loved it.

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