Resistance: Fall Of Man

10 Review to this product

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  Lisa Shea
  November 19th, 2006 on 4:53 pm

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  Resistance – Fall of Man is a first person shooter that combines World War II era environments with Doom-like horrific enemies to fight. It also offers great online multiplayer gameplay.

  The plot is that, around the time of World War II, enemies attacked the world, starting with Russia and moving westward through Europe and England. In the 50s, the US launched a counter-attack, landing in England. You’re fighting, at least to start with, with WWII era weapons and outfits through the streets of England.

  Let’s start with the graphics. The game goes for a very Call of Duty style of look – not quite realistic, more “cartooney” or stylized. Textures are smoothed out, some objects are simplified. That’s not to say this is a Disney kiddie look. The monsters are grimey and nasty looking, the war-torn streets are very gritty. If anything, because this is set in a WWII type atmosphere, much of the game is brown, grimy and shell-shocked.

  The HUD is reasonably well done and not intrusive. A small series of bars on the left indicates your health. An equally small but useful display on the right tracks your ammo, magazines and grenades.

  The sound leans towards epic thundering scores, a la Gladiator or Conan. Players who love heavy rock music might not enjoy this, but I actually love this kind of music. I own both of the soundtracks I mentioned . So to me, this really draws you into the atmosphere. The yells, gun noises and so on seem relatively realistic to help you feel you’re really in the middle of a fight. I also like that, during gameplay, it’s usually done without music. If I’m trying to sneak somewhere and listen for enemy movement, I don’t want that objective made difficult by a soundtrack.

  Gameplay itself is typical FPS fare. You can crouch, jump over things, zoom in on your enemy, throw grenades, strafe, and so on. Your friends and enemies are rather good about taking cover and not just rushing an enemy head-on. There are a few situations which seem quite scripted – if your pals are meant to die, you could play perfectly and take out every enemy quickly and your friends will still be killed by mysterious off-screen snipers. Still, the game needs to keep you on course for the plot so this is to be expected.

  Checkpointing is reasonably good, although sometimes it sends you further back then you might like to start again. Healing is done via canisters you find, but depending on your skill you might wish there were more canisters scattered around . That’s why they have 3 levels of difficulty here.

  The interactivity with your environment is pretty impressive. Say your enemy is hiding behind a car. You can shoot out the car’s windows and then shoot the enemy through the open space. Or you can shoot the car to damage it, and have it explode a la the infamous ‘red exploding barrels’ found in most shooting games. If you shoot at a window a few times, it will first crack, then pieces will fall out.

  Not only is the game great in single player mode, but you can play co-op with a friend at your home, or online in larger groups with friends or strangers from around the world. This helps turn the game from a play-for-a-few-months-at-home style game to a play-eternally-with-friends-online game.

  Well recommended!
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  S. Davis
  November 29th, 2006 on 10:09 am

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  A review of Resistance: Fall of Man is a simple one to write. It’s the best game out of all the launch titles.

  Assuming you are old enough to play a Mature rated game (kiddos definitely shouldn’t be playing this), then this is the game to buy. Single player mode is fantastic. Graphics are wonderful and the enemies are S M A R T! They will try to run around objects and buildings to flank you as you try to take cover.

  The game also include cooperative play, so you and a friend can both play through the levels at the same time. A very nice feature. Where this game stands out in my mind though is the online play. Simply fantastic. Plus they keep track of your stats after the game is over so you can move up in rank and get unlocks.

  I have Call of Duty 3 and would recommend Resistance over CoD unless you’re a hardcore history buff. If you’re looking for just a good game, Resistance is it.
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  identityunknown
  January 2nd, 2007 on 8:49 am

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  Regardless of what some say, the graphics ARE amazing! I was and still am blown away by the PS3′s capabilities. Resistance: Fall Of Man is a great creepy 1st person shooter that has great gameplay, excellent music, and amazing graphics. You can’t go wrong, a must purchase for PS3 owners.
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  Ryan Hairston
  January 5th, 2007 on 12:33 am

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  As a gamer I am highly attracted towards figting games, rpgs, platformers, rts, mmorpg, and adventure type games. FPS games all look the same to me, until I dscovered resistance. As far as graphics and visuals are concerenced…duh it’s a PS3. As far as gameplay extraordinarly fun, great weapons, great story, (AN ACTUALLY SOMEWHAT BELIEVEABLE FPS IS HARD TO FIND THIS IS ONE OF THEM), and smart enemies. Keep in mind I have’nt played a GOOD fps since 007 golden-eye (yea its been that long) so fellow NON-FPS gamers brush up on your inverted Y, hopping, ducking, because Resistance for the PS3 is a great buy!
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  IMALLVOL7
  January 17th, 2007 on 4:23 am

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  I am really, really picky about my FPS’s. Over the years, only Halo, Halo 2, Half Life 2, Socom 2, and Counterstrike have been able to make me say “wow” and keep playing for months. My games have to have it all (story, gameplay, online, sound). This is another one to add to that list. Resistance is all around incredible. I would say this is one of my favorite games ever (and thats saying a ton for a launch title). The single player comes second only to Half Life 2 and the multiplayer is on par and may be even a little better than the rest of the titles I mentioned. I have been playing relentlessly since launch and plan to play for months to come. Throw in the coop op mode and all the unlockables and leveling up in the online game and you have an instant classic.

  Probably the biggest stand out in the game are the weapons. This game has a weapon that shoots through walls for goodness sake. The sniper rifle slows down time. Even the rocket launcher can be stopped in midair, fire its own volley of rockets, and then be aimed again and launched in another direction. Its just amazing how much thought and innovation went into these weapons. The sound is great, the story in engaging, and the graphics are very good. They aren’t Gears of War good, but then again, Resistance puts more than 4 creatures on the screen at ones and keeps a steady framerate.

  And last but not least, the online play (20 vs 20) is LAG FREE. I have yet to see one instance of lag in my entire time playing the online game, and everyone else seems to have the same results.

  All in all, this game is amazing, and the fact that it is a launch title makes it all the more impressive. BUY THIS NOW. If your waiting to buy your ps3, BUY IT THEN.
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  Sky
  May 21st, 2007 on 12:12 pm

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  No one can resist the urge to keep playing Resistance: Fall of Man once the game is started. Chapter after chapter of exhilarating battles against a plethora of creatures that you use a plethora of weapons to defeat (and they’ll use them against you too).

  To really put the plot of the game in context (if you care about the plot), it’s well worth the visit to the official Resistance: Fall of Man web site; there’s a ton of story there that I’d bet 90% of the people who start the game are unaware of. For me, the story helped me “get into character” for the game. If you just want to start wasting some nasty beasts, “Get to it, soldier!” Rest assured, the story won’t help you beat the enemies or evade the barrage of defenses that will be fired at you by them.

  As a relatively new gamer, I’m glad that I played Call of Duty 3 Call of Duty 3 before I cracked open Resistance: Fall of Man. It was good FPS training (set in approximately the same time period) for this much more difficult PS3 title.

  Resistance has an M (mature gamers only) rating which miffs me a bit, but then I’m a bit more liberal when it comes to what I think might warp the little minds of kids these days. I’ve seen this classified as a Horror title, but I think that Sci-fi Action is much more fitting. Resistance deserved a T (teen) rating. My kids and I get hung up all too often on sunny days playing Resistance’s Co-op Mode when we should be outside playing ball. And hopefully that alone speaks volumes as to how addictively fun this game is.

  Co-op Mode is split screen of course because the game is FPS; it would be nice if some games could give the option of switching to a single screen, third person view for Co-op in order to negate the need for split screen, but that would distinctly change to look, range, feel and some of the weaponry…so I assume that’s why it’s never offered on Co-op mode.

  Multi-player is very cool. Multi-player is not like Co-op where you play the Campaign Mode with a partner. In Multi-player you battle against your friends offline (4 player max/split screen) or online (40 player max/full screen). You get some areas of battle to play in that you encountered in Campaign Mode and some new map scematics.

  But Resistance’s real challenge is in single player Campaign Mode.

  Your weapons are plentiful. You start with a pretty standard machine gun (M5A2) that includes a grenade launcher that will become your best “little friend” in the game. It’s very useful on the enemies that you encounter most throughout the game. You also get several mean weapons that you pick up from your fallen comrades and defeated beasts including the enemy’s main machine gun (The Bullseye…very handy), grenades, a shotgun, a sniper rifle, a radiation blaster (The Auger), a mine thrower, a rapid fire subsonic bolt dispenser (The Hailstorm) and a rocket launcher.

  Grenades are key to survival…use them, but you’ll want to keep in mind that you can run out real real fast…so use them pretty much exclusively to take down groups of enemies.

  (And five other weapons aside from the ones that I mentioned above are unlocked only after beating/completing the game once on medium difficulty or higher.)

  If you missed the countless gamer magazines’ synopsises of the creature types and the power of the individual weapons, there are some great gamer help web sites that are worth taking a look at to help you strategize (just click on my profile above and email me if you’d like me to point you in the right direction).

  And speaking of getting pointed in the right direction, part of the fun of this game is figuring out on your own how to get from chapter to chapter. There are no maps, which at times was frustrating. Let me tell you that if the phrase “the best route is not always the most obvious” ever applied to trying to get from here to there it applies in this game on more than one occasion.

  You’ll also need to at times navigate a jeep and a tank.

  So what exactly are you fighting? Where exactly did they come from? If you’re up to the challenge to find out….You’re Sgt. Nathan Hale, and you’re the only one with a Resistance to the Fall of Man. Prepare for some serious battle.
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  Va- Bank
  July 12th, 2007 on 1:10 pm

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  I hated playing FPSs on consoles, because I was used to PC controls (I tried MoH and a few others that I don’t even remember the name of). I bought this because it’s early in PS3′s life and there aren’t a lot of highly rated games yet.

  Coming from many years of FPS on a PC, I was really surprised how little time it took me to get used to the controls. They are fluid and precise.

  Another thing I loved is the style of graphics, not just the detail, but the feel of the environment. I think this is what sets it apart from all other FPS games.

  Another thing I really like about this is that there’s no single weapon that you can use to get through the whole game. You need to constantly change weapons based on the situation your in. Shotgun is a must in close combat, while your basic M Carbine is still most effective in outdoor battles. Also, (and this might just be a coincidence) it seems like the game PUSHES you to use different weapons. If I use the same rifle for too long, the ammunition for it becomes more difficult to find, but you come across plenty of ammo for your other weapons. Switch to one of them and suddenly you find ammo for the one you just ran out of. Maybe that’s just me, but maybe it’s a pretty clever design feature.

  This game finally sparked my interest in FPS on consoles, I can’t wait for a sequel and the game hints there may be one.
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  Henry Tuttle
  March 11th, 2008 on 3:42 pm

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  Admittedly, I’m a newbie on FPS games for consoles. I’ve been mostly playing on PCs. However, I was very impressed by this game in general, but most specifically for playing with a friend on a widescreen projector with surround sound.

  I’ve tried playing with a friend on Halo and a Gears of War (for Xbox) and REALLY dislike the way they split the screen. This game splits the game vertically and most others split the game horizontally. On a widescreen, you end up with two very wide and low games. Almost unplayable. This game gives you 2 quite reasonable almost square screens.

  The atmospheric effects are very nice in surround sound (although I can’t say I’ve played enough with other games to compare).

  Basically, if you’re playing with 2 players simultaneously, this is a better game than other console FPS if for no other reason than how the screen is laid out. It gave me one of my better gaming experiences I’ve ever had.
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  MVP
  August 4th, 2008 on 6:34 pm

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  People constantly criticize this game because of the “ps2″ graphics. I’d like for one person to show me a ps2 game that can look and sound this good, while having this much action onscreen without any slowdown whatsoever. Insomniac is a brilliant development team, and their hard work shines through once again w/ Resistance.

  This is not a “run and gun” type of shooter, and if you try to play without using cover or using strategy then you’ll die A LOT. Here are reasons why you should buy or at least rent Resistance:

  - The gameplay is intense, but also strategic and encourages use of cover
  
  - The AI is fairly smart when it comes to using cover and taking accurate shots
  
  - The level design is creative and well thought out
  
  - The guns are insane and very powerful
  
  - The sound is superb
  
  - The graphics, while not photorealistic like COD4, are very impressive and fit this “fantasy” world perfectly
  
  - The environments feel alive – the grass and trees sway, debris blows around in the wind, etc
  
  - The physics are decent and many objects in the environment are destructible
  
  - The single player campaign is long and challenging, and very addictive
  
  - The multiplayer is fun and addictive, plus the maps are huge

  This is one of those games that I will sit and play for hours without even realizing it. Please ignore the people who are bashing this game…they either haven’t played it or simply judge games based on graphics alone. This game is fun, unique, and still very impressive almost 2 years after it was released. Highly recommended!! Plus it’s only $30 brand-new!!
  
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  daniel
  May 22nd, 2009 on 12:55 am

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  Wow, Where to begin? So i finally bought myself a ps3 in march 2009. Upon purchasing it i bought Skate 1 (rocked) and NBA Live 08 (sucked). blown away by the graphics i was slightly dissapointed throwing $400 down for this system. I went to my buddies and a light dawned on me when he let me borrow Resistance Fall of man. i popped that baby in and was completely blown away! The story captures you and clings you in to play each addicting chapter after chapter untill hours have flown by. I have completed it on easy and i’m now half-way through on medium. To my surprise the replay value is immense! new weapons on each time you play makes it a different experiance on each replay! I’ve said enough, now i know its money well spent for my ps3! a must have!