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Resistance 3 Multiplayer Revealed, Beta Later This Year

Greetings from the PlayStation.Blog.Lounge here at the fabulous W Hotel, across the street from the Game Developers Conference in downtown San Francisco. As this post goes live, we are revealing our all-new multiplayer for Resistance 3. We’ve said all along we wanted Resistance 3’s MP mode to bring the best of both Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2’s MP and co-op modes, and you’re about to see just how we’ve managed to do that.

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2fk5571d ago

sweet another beta im down

Static-X5571d ago

Text chat in lobbies was just confirmed :]

SCEA_RULES5571d ago

awesome, those days of rfom

Nitrowolf25571d ago

Holy Shit YES!!!
i think they need to bring back in-game player friend list, def cuts back on your friend list and was actually quite a useful feature, especially if your list is full, or there are just players you want to be friend to play resistance on.

More online games need this

AKA5571d ago

like in FOM nice!!!

the only thing i dont like so far is the faster shooting ability i meant what is IG thinking?

i understand faster reloading but not faster shooting makes no sense :/ but it looks great everything else.

pangitkqb5570d ago

I want in on this freakin' beta! I love the Resistance series and look forward to this latest installment.

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InfiniteJustice5571d ago

16 players and apparently deep customization and progression. Objective based gameplay... Drop in player numbers (especially since R2) but this should be great

Nitrowolf25571d ago (Edited 5571d ago )

drop in player number is a good thing, although i would prefer around 18. 60 players is far to much for this game (to much for R2 if you ask me), R1 had 40 i think which was perfect due to map size, so this makes me think map sizes are much smaller this time around.

Hopefully the get things right this time. I feel like they are still experimenting with the online part of Restistance as you can see with the other titles.

-Alpha5571d ago

Agreed!

I hate when people assert bigger numbers as better quality.

Lower numbers simply offer a DIFFERENT experience, whether or not it's a quality experience is totally dependent on the game itself

InfiniteJustice5571d ago

Just look at Uncharted 2 multiplayer. Because it was only 5 v 5 it allowed for more tactical and thoughtout gameplay. 16 seems like a good number, especially if the maps aren't too small or too huge.

AKA5571d ago

i could have make it 22 or 24 player but i guess if 16 players is what they think is the best
it will be the best but i don't know :/ 16 sound to much like cod i hope its well pace gameplay.

CaliGamer5571d ago

This sounds like it might be good. I really wanna see some video tho.

-Alpha5571d ago (Edited 5571d ago )

16 players confirmed. I like that a lot.

Perosonally, I love that Resistance 3 sounds a lot like Halo/COD instead of Killzone or MAG. IMO, it could be the best thing we get to Halo-style FPS for the PS3.

I also see this appealing a lot more than Killzone to the "wider FPS audience" that GG was trying for.

If they can focus on deeper customization, etc. then we can get a content-rich MP game filled with hopefully Theater mode, tons of game modes, game mode options, customization, etc. that makes games like Halo so fun

Sony's FPS games like MAG and Killzone are more squad based and I was hoping Resistance would do what Uncharted MP did and go more arena-style.

I love lower player MP because it offers a more competitive, personal MP experience than bigger games. I love knowing my enemy and then constantly outwitting their playstyles.

Team/class games require a certain dedication while with games like this you can just kick back and have some mindless fun. It's appealing to the COD base while not forcing teamwork as a necessity for victory.

I'm very excited for R3 MP now

theonlylolking5571d ago

I still with it had 40 like in R1 or near that. Oh well, I guess we can see how they do with a smaller number of players.

a_bro5571d ago (Edited 5571d ago )

its a huge departure from the the 40 or 60 player games from the past 2 titles, but i think its a good idea as well.

bringing in a higher player count doesn't mean a better multiplayer game. its all about quality. hopefully they have learned that.

Resistance 1 had a decent multiplayer, but R2 killed it.

And yes i agree, what the PS3 needs is a a halo esque multiplayer game that rivals that of course of Halo/COD.

-Alpha5571d ago (Edited 5571d ago )

This is what I've always said. Numbers=/= Quality

I also think arena FPS's are more successful than games that require teamwork. With games like this you can sit back and just enjoy some mindless fun, and the option to work as a dedicated teammate is something optional, meaning you wont lose games if your teammates are important for victory.

It's a more "selfish" mentality, but I think Halo and COD are successful because they allow for players to do that.

Takoulya5571d ago

The thing I find though is that Halo would be much better with 40 player dedicated servers. A game with such large maps (Boneyard, Spire, Hemmorage) are wasted with an 18 player limit. I like the arena style of it, but Halo seems like it should have a large war-sized player count, mainly because of the vehicles. Either way, I just find it horrible to take such a large step back in terms of gameplay, since Resistance is a hectic game with large maps.

-Alpha5571d ago (Edited 5571d ago )

But Halo isn't that sort of shooter to have ridiculous chaos like that.

I think it'd be great for modes like Invasion, but the core of Halo has always been epic 4 on 4 matches. This doesn't make the game inferior- it makes it a different experience, something some fans never seem to understand.

There is a TON of strategy when you have a clan of 4 v 4 Halo.

There is such an adrenaline rush when you are so focused on the 4 enemies and constantly out-playing them. It's a difference experience than having a 60 player game where you could die by some random player coming in out of nowhere.

In smaller games you have more room to predict factors and have them play out like you expect-- the strategy comes from out-smarting and thinking ahead in a more controlled environment.

Takoulya5571d ago

@Alpha-Male22

I agree with that completely, but that's why I think that competitive clan battles and large scale battles are completely different. There is a ton of strategy involved with Halo's small matches, but I love playing a chaotic game with randoms on Invasion or Big Team. I'd love for both to stay, but if Halo Reach supported large games for Invasion and Big Team while keeping MLG for small numbers, it would probably be my favourite FPS, depending on how it would have been handled.

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Resistance 3 is a Classic, 13 Years On

Insomniac Games' thunderous conclusion to its acclaimed first-person shooter series remains an under-appreciated work of art.

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_SilverHawk_568d ago

Sony needs to remake the trilogy on ps5

CrimsonWing69568d ago

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

Cacabunga568d ago (Edited 568d ago )

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

Eonjay568d 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_cheese568d 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

gamerz568d ago

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

isarai568d ago

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

preciousdeath568d ago

Yes! ...and make them PSVR2 compatible.

Pedrof568d 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).

pwnmaster3000568d ago

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

P_Bomb568d ago

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

gamerz568d ago

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

refocusedman568d ago

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

JEECE568d ago

Thanks for turning Insomniac into a Marvel studio.

ApocalypseShadow568d ago (Edited 568d 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?

JEECE568d 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 Butt568d 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.

Pedrof567d 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-1020568d ago

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

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Eonjay1435d ago

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

cooperdnizzle1435d 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

While it's been on ice for as long as it was around, the Resistance franchise has no shortage of quality.

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Knushwood Butt1493d 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.

Eidolon1491d ago

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

Miraak82 1491d 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_vulgaris1493d ago

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

GoodGuy091493d ago

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

fr0sty1491d ago

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

P_Bomb1492d ago

Never played Burning Skies but I still have Retribution.

monkey6021492d ago

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

porkChop1492d 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.

darthv721491d 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_Suzumiya1492d ago

Resistance 3 was shocking and brilliant. Loved it.

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