Product Description

In Resistance: Fall of Man, US and British forces band together in a last-ditch effort to save England from a horric scourge -- the Chimera. This parasitic species infects other life forms with a virus that rapidly mutates victims into new Chimera. In mere decades this race has ripped apart populations across Asia and Europe and by 1951 has landed on the shores of England. You play the part of US a Army Ranger, fighting alongside a group of British resistance soldiers to free the country from the Chimera and to halt their spread across the globe.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #415 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2007-03-23
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Amazon.co.uk Review
In the end it will probably be to the benefit of European gamers that the PS3 was delayed, since it will give Sony the chance to put together a much more impressive line-up of launch games than greeted the console in America and Japan. Resistance was easily the best of the U.S. launch games – a first person shoot ‘em-up from the creators of Ratchet & Clank. The game’s story is based around an alternate version of World War II where instead of Nazis you’re facing off against the insect-like Chimera in a war torn Britain (naturally you’re playing an American though). It’s basically Call Of Duty meets Doom.

The game doesn’t use the tilt sensors of the Sixaxis controller for movement but it does demonstrate the improved build quality of the analogue sticks, which previously made first person shooters difficult on the PS2. The tilt sensors are used in a variety of secondary roles though, such as when you have to shake off a monster or if you get set on fire. Despite the faux WWII setting, most of the game’s weapons are fantastical and, as with Ratchet & Clank, are probably the highlight of the whole game. All have secondary fire modes, from grenade launchers to homing bullets. The armour piercing Auger for example, also doubles as a shield. There are also vehicle based sections, including a particularly fun ride in an almost indestructible tank.

Although the single player game is well above average, the criticism about the sometimes generic art and design are not entirely without foundation. Thankfully this is compensated by an excellent forty person online mode – a huge achievement for a launch game and a very good sign for future online PS3 games.
HARRISON DENT

Edge
Resistance proves itself to be a crisp and powerful piece of software

Manufacturer's Description
Resistance: Fall of Man is a first-person action game developed exclusively for the PlayStation 3. Set in a frightening alternate 20th century reality, it delivers a unique blend of harrowing military action and unnerving horror, with smart enemies, a variety of horrifying creatures, physics-based weaponry, playable vehicles, and highly detailed, diverse environments. Battle both on and offline, as the game delivers an engaging single player campaign, a cooperative mode, and one of the most complete multiplayer offerings on any console.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic!!
I have always been a fan of fps arcade shooters and here we have one of the best out on ps3. The graphics are very good, gameplay in single player and co-op is good but could be a little better, hence the 4 stars. however this game comes into its own online. now i used to frown upon people who played online...but this game is seriously addictive! this game was meant to be played online...there are loads of different types of games so you won't ever get bored! Personally i recommend the huge maps with loads of people on one-hit-one-kill...its mayhem!!

Overall if you love arcade shooters and fps and want a bit of fun then i would recommend this game especially if you want to play online!

Amazing
What a first game on PS3, the graphics are better than most new releases on Playstation 3 and the gameplay is fun and addictive
Must Buy!

Gets good after a slow start
I was actually quite suprised that this turned out to be any good at all, and considering I got it for a tenner it was fantastic value for money. It was actually quite long for an Fps.

The story is reasonable all the way through, but the whole game starts off very slowly and is incredibly easy to begin with. I actually found it pretty boring for the first few levels as all the missions were so short and simple. There was always a feeling of 'is that it?'

However, it does get much, much better as you get into it and it becomes quite frantic and challenging, especially near the end which I have to say was actually quite hard. Definatley doable, but I was suprised how quickly the difficulty ramped up.

Everything about the game works ok. The engine is good, although it does feel quite strange and light at first. Think more Unreal Tournament (But slower) than COD4. The Weapons are excellent, and improve as the game goes on, but the enemies do get a bit samey and although they look unique, behave in a very similar way, and have a very similar pecking order to those in Halo. Very similar. The AI is also reasonbly good, but not groundbreaking at all.

Obviously this is the PS3s answer to Halo and on the comparison front it does pretty well. It has all the enemies, weapons and gameplay to match Halo, but its just missing the atmosphere. The basic premise of the story has you (Hale) as an American Soldier that has been mildly infected with the Chimera (Opposing alien factions) disease. Yet nothing is really made of this apart from the fact that it means you can take more hits than a regular soldier. There are brief scenes every now and then outlining his struggle with the disease but nowhere near enough, and so there is very little character development with the main character.

There is also a lack of decent non player characters. There is one that is okay, some British soldier guy, but you never really get much info on him.

I think the game suffers from being based around missions. The beauty of Halo was that it was just one long game, so it kind of felt like you were in a sci fi movie. This constantly reminds you that you are playing a game though and so any kind of suspended belief is destroyed.

All in all, its an excellent bog standard fps if you see what I mean. As good as they get. It just doesnt really leave you with a great sense of satisfaction after you've completed it as you never felt you were truly engaged in the story.

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