Has Sony lost faith in Resistance 3?

Chief flop at Sony’s E3 press conference had to be Resistance 3′s paltry showing. The (undoubtedly talented) folks at Insomniac are going to have to up their game if Resistance is ever to live up to the ‘PS3’s answer to Halo’ mantra | FPS Tribe

[paintsville]

Of course they haven't lost faith. The Resistance IP is one of Sony's most valuable commodities.

[Nitrowolf2]

wow since when is bundling something bad? Was Sony loosing faith when they bundled the PS3 with 3DTV? What about they had had Uncharted 3 bundles at launch?
No this is an attempt to get more gamers to go 3D.

[zootang]

I thought it looked better than Uncharted 3. Am I missing something here?

[WildArmed]

loool Exactly.
Bundling a game never means that they don't have faith in the game.

WTF is wrong w/ journalism these days.

Fail logic is fail.

[kikizoo]

Don't talk "logic" with trolls, especially the one living in the opposite world of ms, where inferior is better.

[Army_of_Darkness]

I'm sure its because sony had to much to show like someone stated above... I honestly can't wait to get my hands on R3!! It looks amazing graphically n gameplay compared to r2... I just hope that its a longer story mode.

[ikkokucrisis]

I have lost faith in Insomniac. The first one was promising, the second was very underwhelming, and this third one looks to be more of the same.

Their design team needs to focus on making either single player or multi player amazing. Their strength is obviously their game engine, but their weakness is their level design, texture quality, and gameplay. These are all things that can be improved if they just focus their resources into one type of game mode.

Most of the greatest games ever made only did either single player or multi player really well.

[M-Easy]

Why does EVERY SINGLE PS3 shooter have to be a answer for Halo or a Halo killer. Sony never claims these things its always the gaming "journalist." Halo is not even the top shooter anymore it COD.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

>Uncharted 3 Bundles at launch

...Is this the future??

[Pintheshadows]

Agreed. Bundles are a win for everyone. Silly article.

[Nitrowolf2]

Sorry i meant Uncharted 2 lol

http://www.fearlessgamer.co...

[pangitkqb]

I couldn't disagree with this article more. The conclusions don't make sense.

[Tru_Ray]

This is one of the dumbest articles of the E3 2011 era. Sony showcased this game right after U3, which is undoubtedly their flagship title for 2011. They would not bundle the game with a 3D monitor if they didn't think the game was a great showcase for 3D gaming technology.

The gaming media is notoriously jaded, so we should hardly interpret their muted response as representative as how the gaming community at large feels towards a game.

I do agree that the presenter from Insomniac did a horrible job. He told at least three jokes and they all fell flat. However, the game looks freaking awesome!!!

Next time they should get Ted Price up there. He must have been too busy promoting Overstrike.

I kid, I kid...

[nopunctuation]

Resistance isnt the heart and soul of PS3, it could have been but then resistance 2 came out and we all know what happened there. Sony has a lot to show and dont rely on any one game to push the playstation 3.

[MONOLITHICIDE]

so what happened there exactly, I thought the game was awesome!

[nycrekid]

Just because he read some reviews that didn't like the game he thinks the game sucks. I happen to like Resistance 1 AND 2 alot!

Peaceful_Jelly

Try reading comprehension. I don't where you read it but Not I or Monolith or nopunctuation stated that resistance was "great". It wasn't but by all mean it was not bad like some people make it out to be. It was fun, challenging and entertaining.

Maybe it's just cause I don't over analyze games and try to just have fun with it (it's just games man) but if I have fun with a game I generally like it. Not to mention I liked the story.

If you went into every game expecting greatness then you will be dissapointed more often than. not.

[Peaceful_Jelly]

If you thought Resistance 2 was great then you must be a huge fan of generic games or something. Resistance 2 art direction changed for the worse, the story was your typical sci-fi shooter and they ditched the weapon wheel and health bar to follow the trend of current-gen shooters.

Now for Resistance 3 Insomniac went back to a more unique art style, more human story, the health bar is making a comeback and the same with the weapon wheel... On top of that they are adding new chimera classes, weapon upgrades, more menacing looking alien weapons, new cinematic approach, bigger maps, better post-processing effects and stuff. They are going back to what made the first Resistance great and unique while improving it tenfold.

[tigertron]

I'll tell you what happened there. Resistance 2 changed so much you could barely call it a Resistance. The art style change, the method of story telling changed, the atmosphere changed, the gameplay was different etc, and the whole game just felt like a let down. Maybe thats just me (and some others here by the looks of it) but RFOM is one of my favourite games of all time.

R2 seemed to have been created to cater for the COD crowd, and it shows. Fortunatly the franchise was fixed by Retribution, which returned the franchise to its FOM roots.

I'm praying R3 is like RFOM.

[DaTruth]

I didn't read any reviews and I thought it was lacking and never revisited it!(and I'm the type of gamer who never sells games and always plays them several times)

I don't know if it paled in comparison to R1, or if R1 was just so early in the life of the PS3 that it seemed better than it was, but R2 just didn't live up to R1 and was a big disappointment; Its actually making me question whether to just rent R3... and I almost never rent! Although I did enjoy the coop.

I still have both in my collection!

[persistentlobster]

http://www.metacritic.com/s...

Yes, I'm gonna be THAT guy who pulls up review scores rather than arguing. They're both great games guy.

[Inside_out]

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Insomniac is going with a multi-platform title and they announced it at the EA E3 press event. Sony thinks Insomniac should keep making games WITHOUT owning the ips and have no future if Sony decides to hand the production to some other outfit...you know like they are doing with Uncharted and the vita thingy.

It is crazy to me to think how many years and blood sweat and tears Insomniac wasted on Sony with NO IPS to show for it. The only thing crazier was media molecule selling their IP to Sony for peanuts AFTER it had already won numerous awards and was destined for multi-platform heaven...that my friends is a dumb as it gets. I can't wait for the day when Sony gives that IP to someone else...lol

Bungie is on the same path as Insomniac and I wish them the best of luck. If you made/created the IP Sony, MGS or Nintendo should NOT own it just because they publish it.

[SilentNegotiator]

Resistance 2 was by no stretch "Bad", but it wasn't like Resistance:FOM at all. They tossed out vehicular sections, which I flipping loved. They had lots of cool bosses, but they were so simple to beat and quick. And many were understandably annoyed that it wasn't as gritty as the first game.

I didn't feel like R2 improved in any way.

[khellendros1]

I personally thought R2 was better than the first. I played through it more than once and the co-op multiplayer is what finally got me into playing shooters online. I thought the pacing in R2 was better.

[mastiffchild]

Can we stop talking about the Resistance series unfairly? BOTH FoM and R2 wre rushed out at Sony's insistence-FoM for launch and R2 to give KZ2 it's moment in the sun away from Gears2. They were rushed and as a direct result lacked the polish we Insomniac fans expect from them-R3 hasn't this issue and will blow people away and finally be the game the premise and talent at Ted's place merit it be-great.

No one EVER claimed it as a Halo killer or Sony's Halo answer.EVER. Only trolling sites did that-in R2's case with a little fairness but only because it flew too close to Bungie's epic in terms of gameplay(two weapons and regen health and more run and gun) , in colours(very Halo palette of day glo unrealism) and in the less gritty approach and focus more on MP(the vast MP 60 player games and excellent and still a great isea squad co-op routines-why ditch the best bit of R2 by a country mile when it could ahve been expanded toa second campaign? EVERYONE liked R2 Co-op even though most like FoM best in SP and overall as MP seemed less frantic and more tactical first time out. Weapon heel, narrator bird and a couple of other things including gritty direction were asked for and most given back for R3 and by not being rushed we will get a GREAT game from Insomniac.

Certainly better than deserves a crappy article like this-who'd approve this shit? How they imagine Sony aren't supporting it with the demo on the BR film disc and the 3DTV bundle and Move/sharpshooter stuff is beyond me. As MS haven't yet announced a bundle for CE remake have they lost faith in Halo? Exactly-don't be so stupid, people, and lets laugh at those approving this cack.

[Blacktric]

If they did, I must say they're pretty stupid to do so. I've played the demo yesterday (downloaded it from Singapoure PSN Store) and it blew me away. It's going to be an awesome game with a great scale at everything and I seriously can't wait. I hope Sony Europe also releases Resistance dual pack so I can catch up with the story.

[ElementX]

To be honest, I haven't been that impressed with the Resistance franchise.

[ElementX]

Let me rephrase... Resistance was cool, but I wasn't a fan of Resistance 2. The same way I liked the original Halo, but I didn't like the sequels much (except for Reach). It was just rehashes and minimal improvements.

I'm hoping R3 does something to blow me away. I'm also hoping Halo 4 blows me away like Reach did. I think Halo 2 and 3 were meh. I've spoken before about Bungie's lack of innovation and improvements across the series.

[mastiffchild]

Disagree- R2 was a MAJOR cange in direction which is why most fans preferred the FoM S ansd MP but still had the sense torate that cool co-op idea. A class based co-op that worked, wa fun and the most addictive thing of it's type I ever played but sadly it's gone now-the must have wanted to get totally away fromR2 even though, even now, you can get whatever game you like whenever you like,lag free on dedicated servers with up to 60 players on R2. People, some of them, LOVED the chaos of the HUGE number games.

Anyway, point is Resistance hasn't been incremental changes but revolution every time!! Ironically, pertaining to your post, R2 changed to be more like Halo if anything! Good to see, barring the death of the great co-op for a more dull,mundane one in R3, a return to FoM sensibilities and not Halo3 ones!! Was REALLY hoping they'd expand THAST co-op from R2 rather than ditch the idea, mind and lets hope it appears in their multi which looks amazing too-insomniac rule, srsly!

[Ju]

I agree that R2 was a change in direction. I saw Retribution much more connected to FoM than R2 (which interestingly does not have a subtitle). FoM is what got me into shooters. Never played much shooters before. So I owe the Resistance franchise big time.

[XabiDaChosenOne]

@paintsville I see you are trying to increase your bubble.

[TheMrMadzen]

What a fucking joke of an article!!
You obviously bundle something WHEN IT'S GOOD!!!

[kickerz]

Actually I've seen HEAPS of console bundles where they give you 2 crappy games with it.

[FACTUAL evidence]

Bundling would be super smart for new ps3 owners. So they can see how good resistance really is. Was the GT5 bundle bad? Guess sony lost faith in gran turismo as well. /s

[the_kutaragi_baka]

fuck for all haters.

anyway, Killzone 3 is better than Resistence 3 lol

[Ju]

That remains to be seen.

Fact is, when R2 and KZ2 released I played the shit out of both, constantly switching betwen them.

[trollpolice]

both resistance were terrible generic FPS games with creative weapons that is all. However Resistance 3 hopes to deliver this time around. Resistance Retribution on PSP was even better. lol

[showtimefolks]

expect it to do well. insomniac have really listed to their fans and what they wanted with resistance 3 and we have a game that look like half-life atmosphere wise.

Bundling is smart online community will be stronger and it will get 3d tech to move along too.

so in short no they are actually doing promotional things for resistance series which is well deserved

[ShadowJetX]

I'm guess R3 didn't get as much face time as some people would have liked. My educated guess would be that R3 isn't that far enough in development yet to warrant to full fledged trailer, when compared to other games like U3 yeah.

[avengers1978]

They are using resistance 3 to help push there new TV, and the sharpshooter bundle. I think they have tons of faith in the game, I already have a copy of the game reserved, and any fans of Resistance currently can't wait to play it.

[Jonah_Reese]

I simply cannot figure out the point to this article... If Sony lost faith in the Franchise it would not have been on display, let alone onstage. It seems to me that the only thing this author set out to do was take shots at a franchise he probably just does not like. Rather pointless to me, he didn't even bother to ask a legit question.

[Dart89]

*The ensuing 3 minutes of gameplay footage confirmed one thing – Resistance 3 has achieved astonishing new levels of brown. Brown guns, brown buildings, brown aliens, brown hero. And an astonishing amount of un-inspiring, FPS drudgery..

WTf do you expect of course it's gonna be brown after all they're at war what were you expecting the scenery to be like a beautiful sunny day with a double rainbow??

[BrianG]

Haha, the word ATMOSPHERE means nothing to him I suppose.

OH NO, Battlefield 3 is a bunch of silvers, dark greens, off whites and blacks. The game obviously sucks if it doesn't have pink camo or orange buildings.

Obviously sarcasm. Color doesn't equal better story.

[BulletToothtony]

download the demo and judge for yourselves.

Very intense! imo

you can sign in with this email and use the password and go to downloads you should be able to find it and download it.

email: [email protected]

pass: hale1234

my name is not tom btw :)
Enjoy

[Cosmo811]

That's all well and good - realism means it's better, right? Wrong - not necessarily. Colours that are simply shades of brown become very boring, very quickly - it's actually very easy to mix things up a little. Put a bit of overgrown city in there - plenty of green; you can even have water in there from broken waterpipes, ponds etc. Then have another area that has lots of red fire, maybe some lava or a big boss - it's really not that hard to mix things up, and I do think they're making a mistake in having just browns through the game as it'll make it dull.

[Max_Dissatisfaction]

contrary to gaming popular belief, the sun actually does come out even in war torn countries. Its true, war does not automatically suck out all the colour of the planet.
So yes, it wouldn't be out of place to have sunny skies and double rainbow*
*after it has rained of course

[labaronx]

but doesn't this have more to do with atmosphere among all things.....

why are most horror movies are set at night....

would resistance, gears, killzone,etc tone fit if the atmosphere was as bright and colorful as uncharted's

[MONOLITHICIDE]

and how do you know R3 wont, weve seen like two levels, and plus isnt the african prison multiplayer map sunny and yellow.

[nycrekid]

Not to mention who ever claim Resistance to be the Ps3's Halo? This douche is just a Halo fanboy cause it's so colorful.

Edit: Also now 3 minute is enough to judge an entire game right? Gaming sites are the scourge of the industry.

[TheDivine]

Double standards much? Gears is hated for muddy colors yet resistance is praised? LOL. I enjoyed both resistance 1 and 2 mainly for the co-op. The campaigns were average and there are much better multiplayer games out although the big player count was cool. The saving grace for resistance is co-op and splitscreen. R3 looks like it might be one to remember though. The multiplayer looks more focused and thats a good thing.

[rabidpancakeburglar]

What is this guy on?

[Relientk77]

Drugs

[jacksons98]

Microsoft marketing $$

[NYC_Gamer]

uncharted is the flagship title its that simple

[TheKindRoost]

haters gonna hate.

[LarVanian]

Wow...just wow. People complained about Resistance: FOM for having a lack of colour and then people complained about Resistance 2 for being too colourful, and now this guy is complaining about Resistance 3 for being too 'brown'.
Honestly, it is just impossible to please everyone, there will always be some crybaby moaning about something that many other people will like.

[Uncharted3Goty]

well like the saying goes you can never please 100 percent of your Fans.

[LilDeja93]

Insomniac delivered one of the PS3's first exclusive title with the fiest Resistance, i highly doubt their going to lose faith on their biggest sequel yet.

[Series_IIa]

I haven't lost faith anyway...

I preferred Fall of Man to R2, but still both awesome games!

[Why o why]

Same here. The 1st one just had better atmosphere.

[GarandShooter]

The second one had good atmosphere, it was just different, and from a weird perspective. R:FoM depicted WWII England, and R2 depicted 1950's rural and urban America, but with the growth and carefree nature stunted, but not eliminated, by not winning a conventional WWII.

I applaud Insomniac for taking the risk with such a unique perspective.

[NicSage]

I loved both R1 & R2, i'm going to love R3 as well. The story is so freaking awesome. One of my fav series.

[SLLCKGT]

I am completely sick of FPS games, regardless who makes it. As much as I like the Killzone series I wasn't that excited for Killzone 3. Resistance franchise however I feel is in it different class, especially with its weapons, story, and atmosphere. Loved R1 for the weapons wheel, loved R2 for 60 player MP, story and not to mention the 8 player CO OP. R3 makes me feel like I did back in 06 when I saw screen shots of Resistance. Can't wait for this game. Definitely a favorite franchise.

[1998gamer]

The fact that Sony actually bundles it with the 3D tv shows how much faith they have in Insomniac.

[Tru_Ray]

If I am not mistaken, Jack Tretton referred to the game as "their (Insomniac Games) next great masterpiece on the PS3" during their E3 press conference.

Does that sound like he has lost faith in them?

It is obviously their #2 priority this year. Their #1 priority is Uncharted 3. Plain and simple.

[Laika]

why would sony package it with their new new 3d tv if they didnt think people wanted it??? this guy is an idiot.

[Thecraft1989]

Will get flamed for this; lose my bubbles but I hated the demo. The graphics seemed worse than resistance 2. the controls felt off and it was just to easy there was no difficulty even on the setting ''difficult''. I love my ps3 other comments will show this but this really is getting worse as the series goes on.

[labaronx]

remember demos are not full representation of final products, give it some more time, try a full retail copy at one of the systems at gamestop, or gamecrazy, it's what they are there for

[nycrekid]

I hated the Uncharted demo but look how that turned out.

[SLLCKGT]

I doubt Insomniac would release R3 with bad graphics considering how amazing R1 looked as a launch title.

[dc1]

Hoping that you don't lose anymore bubbles.
However I loved R1 and R2. R2 might just be my favorite FPS. I would have a platinum If not for the 10,000 Multiplayer Kills trophy.

However it should be noted that your comment about difficulty is a farce.
Are you stating that you played the game (our beat it) on Superhuman and did not find it challenging?

[Thecraft1989]

I love all the resistance games don't get me wrong. Yes i like the first one more but r2 was great game with great multiplayer.

The demo just felt really bad compared to previous 2 I know its just demo graphics will be improved but the gun controls just felt different and the difficulty compared to first two it was like playing on ultra easy on the hardest difficulty on the demo.

I think point came across wrong what trying to say was there is a lot to improve and I hope this was seriously old build.

[HuGi]

Woow what the f*** ??

Dude the game looks good, not great, good enough... Better than Uncharted no WAY.

Uncharted 3 doesnt look great. it look outfuckingstading!

[Tru_Ray]

U3 makes most games look inferior. R3 will be among the top sci-fi shooters this year, but U3 will very likely be another watershed moment for the industry.

[DrRichtofen]

Resistance needs to be like Microsoft's Halo? You mean the only game worth playing on PS3? I have news for ya Sony has numerous games that take the crown as Sony's "Halo" why would they limit themselves to one.

[Why o why]

Too many people looking for the perfect pepsi when they really should be looking for the perfect pepsi's. Crap analogy but yeah, sony have more so we get more choices not just one perfect game but more games of different varieties. Dont like resistance, play some killzone, if not some mag if not a multi.

http://www.ted.com/talks/ma...

[IronFistChinMi]

I lost faith mid-way through the 1st game. Just wasn't my cup of tea.

[BeaArthur]

I do enjoy the Resistance games but have never seen them as "Flag Ship" quality. I don't think Sony has lost faith I just think they have realized that U3 and other titles are more popular than Resistance.

[brew]

No mention of Twisted Metal or Starhawk ? I am disappoint.

And mentions of all things overrated Halo and Call of Doody like they are somethihg special? I am disappoint.

[beast242tru]

resistance 3 looks wayyy sicker than both of the previous games me personaly cnt wait to play it

[TBONEJF]

WHY THE HELL THEY KEEP ACCEPTING THESE TYPE OF ARTICLES?

[thekiddfran]

It is their best selling ip. why would they lose faith in it. Their multiplatform game hasnt a hope of generating the same sales as the resistance trilogy.

[Why o why]

Double post

Good marketing strategy by sony and insomniac or whoevers idea it was. Hopefully it helps shift mor units

[Holeran]

In the trailer you can see that the chimera are changing weather patterns somehow with a WMD of some sort and it's very cloudy. Not much sunshine going to happen during that time. And when the military rolls out around here everything they bring is military drab green and military drab brown, with that and the weather you can expect a bland color palette in real life.

[blink3020]

Resistance 1 was good (especially the co-op campaign). Resistance 2 was pretty medicore and not that much fun. I traded it in within a week or two. I'm not even considering Resistance 3.

[49erguy]

Well, the Resistance 3 multiplayer had more colors and looked GREAT. They should've shown a MP map or 2 cause I was VERY impressed with the MP footage that came out a few months back.

[corroios]

Dude, R2 was not a bad game. The single player is average, but the co-op mode is very good, is fast and has tons of enemies. I just wish they made more maps.

I hope the third chapter is good and for me the Resistance franchise is one of the best in market.

[ILikeTurtles]

The guy who presented resistance 3 during the conference sucked hairy balls -.-

The game looks great though. :)

[Ju]

Sony lost so much faith that R3 was actually the 3rd big presentation at the show - besides UC3 and Starhawk. Yeah, lost faith, sure. /s

3 big wall fronts of games at the booth, UC3, Starhawk and R3.

[Tikicobra]

Sooo... short demo = Sony losing faith?

Does not compute.

[Ethereal]

The demo was short but looked incredible. Also coming from someone that played the SP/MP at E3 its going to be great from what I can tell.

[Miiikeyyy]

would people just fuck off with articles like this

[Balflear87]

Can't agree more, and this is on the top...

[guigsy]

My main problem with Resistance is that it doesn't have a USP. Both Resistance 1 and 2 were very good games, but nothing to set them apart from other shooting franchises. They both sold respectable amounts though, I reckon Resistance 3 could do 3+ million sales.

[DAS692]

Honestly... I hope they have. Sony knows a good game when they see one, which is why they have the best exclusives, but Resistance, and REALLY Insomniac Games as a whole don't make quality games... They have been diminishing the equilibrium since ratchet and clank Deadlocked. :/

[punisher99]

"Resistance is ever to live up to the ‘PS3’s answer to Halo’ mantra"

I see after all these years they still dont get it. The PS3's answer to Halo is not Resistance, Killzone, or Uncharted. The PS3's answer to Halo IS THE PS3.

[yojoe26]

Ah that's nonsense. I thought the game is looking great. I'm not understanding the logic behind the statement that Sony's E3 was "underwhelming" or disappointed. They had ALOT of freakin crap to show and not enough time to dedicate to everything. I'm sure they would've loved to show 10 mins previews of games like Twisted Metal, Last Guardian, Starhawk, The Final Fantasy titles, Metal Gear, and the boatload of other software they have coming soon. However, they were very insistent on giving as much time as possible to the Vita, and I personally can't argue with that. It looks incredible.

All in all, I will say that I thought the conference was a little "Move" heavy for my own personal taste, but I'm not bothered because I KNOW what is coming out in the next 6 months on PS3 and can confidently say that PS3 is where it's happening. Plus we got to remember Sony and their studios LOVE to premier games before and after big events like E3. Think about it. Starhawk was just announced a month or two ago. Who knows what kind of bombshells are going to be dropped from now until Tokyo Game Show or whatever.

Difference is: As PS3 gamers we get exciting announcements and premier AAA software all year long. Not just at E3. That's what excites me. Knowing that Sony hasn't let all of their eggs out of the basket. They spread the love all year long.

[rob_gamestribe]

Bubbles for coming back at me with a decent argument, without resorting to petty insults like the rest of the people on here.

I thought the Resistance 3 demo was really toothless though. Here's Insomniac's chance to show their game off to the gaming world, and it was the same thing we've seen countless times before. I just reckon that with Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 coming out round about the same time, Sony are throwing as much help Resistance 3's way as possible - hence bundling the game with the TV.

They could have waited a couple of months and bundled it with Uncharted 3 - after all that would probably ensure more sales of the TV itself. They chose to stick it with Resistance though, and I reckon that indicates Sony feel Resistance 3 needs all the help it can get.

[gijsbrecht]

Wow, these pieces of shit that N4G calls 'articles' nowadays come up more frequent than ever before. What the hell ?

[rob_gamestribe]

It's an opinion. If you don't agree with me then good for you, but tell me why instead of just insulting my article.

[xtremegamerage]

First was better, but i like the split screen co-op in the second game.

I got the demo from the singapore store:)

Atmostphere is excellent, gameplay is sweet. Graphics are good, but the demo is only on the boat and it's foggy, so you don't see alot etc.

I don't know how early the code is, how much is left to do, polishing happens during the end of the cycle.

I'm buying it.

http://www.gamersyde.com/ne...

Proper shots.

[leonlion]

Why do xbox fanboys have to compare ps3 shooters to halo?

No every game is trying to be a halO killer

[xfrgtr]

Some journalists are desperate for hits,I feel sorry for them

[StarWolf]

R:FOM is one of my favorite games this generation, it made me feel happy that i bought a PS3 at launch. Then R2 beta came out and I felt my heart melting -_-

[Raptura]

Gears of War 3 is being bundle with a console. Microsoft must have lost faith in that too.

/s

[clarkdef]

I don't like Uncharted as a game, I think if it had bad graphics then no one here would like it, there's just not much to it. I really enjoyed R1. R2 for some reason didn't grab me. R3 I have hopes for though.

[SwampCroc]

I dunno.. something was up. I watched the E3 presentation live... and compared to all the other games Sony announced and showed... it seemed like R3 got a considerable amount of less stage time.. it seemed like their little bit @ E3 was so quick... Yeah, he said 3 minutes of Resistance 3 at E3...

other than that... i don't really understand the marketing partnership with the Demo being included in the Blu-Ray of Battle: LA.... it just doesn't fit... I'm not buying some shitty movie to play the demo a couple weeks early.. I just don't think it's a smart marketing scheme... it's like they paired it up because they both contain aliens...

I dunno if they lost faith or anything. I'm sure they want to sell it... But the franchise could be getting stale.. I don't know never played any of the games.. But, like I said I didn't think they showed enough at E3.

[blackburn10]

God almighty why is it every damn person compare every shooter to Halo? Was Halo set in the 1950s fighting against creatures made of combined humans using super, physics defying weaponery? The world is torn to shreds. I am not sure what you want it to look like. This is the same stupid argument we had with KZ3. It's was a war torn, industrial planet. It's supposed to look grey and dull. It's atmospheric people.It's better then painting everything ugly neon colours for no reason like Halo does.

[axerated]

Sounds like flamebait to me, who approved this shite?

[Rikan]

When you compare any game to a legendary franchise like Halo, much like PRey 2 is deemed to be 'better than Skyrim" (lol), it is setting it up for failure.

I have played all three of resistance: good story/gameplay and fun mp. But it isn't Halo. I think Resistance is one of Sony's better IPs.

For the record, someone said "halo isn't even the top shooter anymore". To this date, Halo has been king of XBL the most frequently and holds the record for making the most returns to the #1 spot. It usually gets supplanted by a new COD title for a few months, but inevitably it makes it's way back to number one. COD and Halo are the most successful FPS games on console, Resistance is simply not even in the same league. Good game--but doesn't compare.

This really just seems like a 360 fanboy article. Sony fans do the same thing. Each 'side' goes back and fourth submitting one dumb article after another. Only 25% of N4G articles are worth reading by my reckoning..

[JitterbugTS]

I never liked the Resistance games all that much. They just never impressed me and I agree with the article on that opinion. However, I can't agree that bundling the game with the system is in anyway showing a disdain for the game or a lack of trust in Insomniac. If anything, bundling a game with a console is a way of enticing people to buy the console. That's the way it's been since the NES and Mario/Duck hunt.

[mcstorm]

I've not played the first two games but played the 1st demo and I thought it looked like a game I would pickup along the way. And after watching them show no 3 at e3 it made me want to pick them up even more as the 3rd looked really good. To say its Sonya answer to halo is wrong as nothing is like halo on any console or pc but just because they are bundleing it with the tv does not mean anything lbp was bundled with the ps3 when it was released MS bundle halo 3 n reach with 360 its all done to make the offer better.

[gk07]

i hate shooters on consoles, one thing i need is a helping hand controllers make this game suck for me , fuck your guys auto aim ,just a rant :)

[bunfighterii]

harsh analysis....

and since when does a game need to have a brighter colour palette than mardi gras to be good?

please.

[sarshelyam]

Seems more likely they have complete faith in the title pairing it with a piece of hardware that will only add to the adoption of 3D and 3D Gaming.

Furthermore...bundling it with the Move and Sharp Shooter? Again, a testament to the fact they KNOW this game is good and makes great use of pretty much everything in their arsenal. 3D Gaming, Move support...seriously now, this is journalistic crap at its finest.

[DTForever]

I think it looks awesome!! This is the look they're going for. Why would anyone want it to look like any other FPS...it's not, it's RESISTANCE and it ROCKS !!! CAN'T WAIT !!

[AngelicIceDiamond]

I dunno maybe I'm missing something but the demo Sony Showed looked spectacular to me honestly. Maybe Its because I don't own a PlayStation and never experienced it but the graphics alone are wow in my opinion.

[curtis_boy]

3D IS A fucking fad