How Far Has The PS3 Exclusive Franchise Resistance Evolved Visually?

GB - Resistance Fall of Man was the best PlayStation 3 launch game and was a commercial as well as critical success for Insomaniac Games. Ever since, along with the Killzone franchise, Resistance has become the flagship title for the PlayStation 3. Resistance 2 was a huge leap from Fall of Man, with improvements all around in the visuals, gameplay and online department.

[Karooo]

Resistance 3 video was amazing, the trailer shown at spike. I hope they have a decent MP though.

I have platinum in R2, 10k kills baby

[dogfacesu]

10K,.. Karooo,.. you are crazy ,..

You know I've just put R2 in my PS3 abour 20 minutes ago and now I am charging my controller,..
Really don't know why,..Was thinking just what was really fun to play ,.. coop is so much fun that's why :)

[despair]

10k sounds like it would take some serious time, I got like 100 kills total, but then again I suck at console FPS MP :)

[ZorinInc]

"Resistance 2 was a huge leap from Fall of Man, with improvements all around in the visuals, gameplay and online department."

Absolutely no. Uglier game that lost all it's atmophere and charm. Gameplay terrible, no weapon wheel, worse enemies, the most pathetic overhyped waste of time and polygons boss battles. Online was a travesty to the loyal fans who went straight back to RFoM.

You don't speak for the majority of Resistance players. The sequel was universally hated. How it scored higher in reviews than the original and also Killzone 2 is a disgrace. Its not often I agree with Edge Magazine but they were spot on indentifying the mediocrity of the product.

Instead of gaining more Resistance supports they lost what they had to begin with and to be honest I doubt I'll pick up this game anywhere near it's release. No excitement in this game dispute their reassurances that it's returning to it's origins.

Resistance FoM 9/10. Resistance 2 6/10.

[dogfacesu]

I love R2 more, because enemies drop faster,.. but that is my opinion,..don't hate me :)

But you guys are right about atmosphere ,.. Game was way less gritty, and I also missed the weapon wheel(but kind of got used to 2 weapons),..

Also cannot comment on Multiplayer, because I mostly played Coop,..
So maybe you guys are right,..

[AKS]

The 8-player online co-op mode of R2 was a lot of fun, but the rest appeared to be rushed. I believe IG even admitted that this was the case. They'll do better with R3.

[El Nino]

I agree but your a little harsh lol

I think R2 was still good, but it lost its hardcore base, the mp in rfom felt unique, whereas in r2 it didnt. Another thing...and it doesnt get mentioned often is the difference in the community on r2 compared to rfom, the party support for rfom was great, in-built friends list, great party system...sometimes we'd just sit off in the party section for a while talking before we got into a game.

I was in the R2 beta (girl with a stick) and from the moment i played it, i knew that it lost something that made rfom so special, i still bought the retail version because i enjoy the story and still like the franchise but i was so so dissapointed with the MP. Alot of people say they fell in love with online gamine with counter strike, halo, call of duty etc, but rfom got me into online gaming and its still the most memorable online game i've played.

[kaveti6616]

"You don't speak for the majority of Resistance players. The sequel was universally hated."

Do you see the irony?

[Bathyj]

I saw it, I saw it.

[Active Reload]

@sparced...wow, I loved R:FOM...way more than R2, but I don't share the seemingly loathing your comment produced, lol.

Anyway, yeah, R2 was somewhat of a step backwards in some areas. The sales show this also. The first Resistance sold like 4 million I think, while the sequel barely reached 2 million. I've never seen a drop off like that in video game sales.

[SephireX]

I haven't played Res 2 yet but played Res 1 and I didn't like the weapon wheel because I think players should be limited to three weapons at max, two large and a pistol. Res 1 was a great game but was boring for the first quarter of the game and then was a lot better. The Res 3 video looks amazing though and I've high hopes for this game.

[SuperStrokey1123]

I personaly like 2 more than 1, to each their own

[specialguest]

Resistance 2 was an improvement on Resistance 1, but some of the environment textures were just pathetic. I recall this stage being one that had many poor textured objects: http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3...

[BattleAxe]

I've got my R2 platinum too, and getting 10,000 kills did take quite a bit of time.

[Jaces]

I'm with ya Karooo on that one, took me a good month playing on and off. If you keep a steady 500 kills a day you could do it in a week and a half.

Anyway I think resistance franchise has gotten better graphically, can't say how R3 will look until we get some polished footage.

[the_best_player]

Evolved more than Halo games thats for sure

[cyborg]

but all PS3 exclusives surpass their previous iterations and this franchise is no exception.

Visuals are meant to be improved upon but I am happy that the devs are talented enough to go beyond their previous work every single time.

I am a happy PS3 owner, 2011 couldn't be better

[gameseveryday]

As far as visuals go:

1. UC2 greater than Uc2
2. Resistance 2 greater than resistance fall of man
3. Ratchet and clank CIT greater than TOD
4. Killzone 3 looks amazing, very close to besting Killzone 2

Now just imagine 3 years ahead. I am already drooling folks :S

[dangert12]

uncharted 3 is better then 2 i think he ment

[despair]

@Rashid Sayed

KZ3 already topped KZ2 at least from what I've played in beta and seen in vids.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

R&C: ACiT does not look better than R&C: TOD. Yes the art style is now a CGI/Cell Shaded hybrid and the character detail did look somewhat better, but overall I wasn't that impressed. I thought they would work on TOD art style and improve and expand on it, but they never did, so it was either a choice or a hardware limitation that caused change.

If you look at how metallic & chrome objects shined in TOD and then compare it to ACiT, you'll see how much better TOD looks than ACiT, not to mention that R&C: ACiT is the first game in the series that I haven't fully 101% completed.

[halocursed]

Whoa the character models look so much better.

[dragonyght]

"Resistance 2 was a huge leap from Fall of Man" visually yes gameplay and online was a draw back it has lost its originality gameplay wise and was limited online compare to fall of man

[Kalowest]

So true.

[MidnytRain]

While I enjoyed both games thoroughly, I thought the multiplayer in R2 was miles ahead of FoM. FoM's online was boring and shallow for me. The co-op in R2 has me hooked. But while both games are great, I think the biggest problem is that Insomniac Games made too many changes.
-No campaign co-op
-No narration with 50's-styled photographs
-Fully regenerative health. To balance this out, you have less health, so that means less one-man army shootouts that were popular in FoM
-Saturated color palette=less gritty feel
-Almost-always-present friendlies that eliminated the lonely, desperate, overwhelming feeling and make Hale seem less important
-Too-familiar enviornments that aren't claustrophobic and feel less mysterious and adventurous to the target audience in America than the British locations
-No weapon wheel that robs players of creative freedom
-Confusing story progression; events are not always explained well

I loved the game, though. Also, I don't about you guys, but due to the new default control scheme, the Faireye was awkward to use. It required me to use my index and middle fingers on my right hand simultaneously to slow down time and take a shot.

[Corepred4]

"I thought the multiplayer in R2 was miles ahead of FoM. FoM's online was boring and shallow for me. The co-op in R2 has me hooked."

The multiplayer in R2 sucked so bad! Ive been hearing alot of people say they like R2's multiplayer only to immediately bring up co-op. Co-op is co-op i think most of us that are saying R2's multiplayer sucked are talking about the team deathmatch part of online not co-op. I miss Resistance FOM multiplayer sooo much! = (

[Kalowest]

I like R1 more than i like R2, but both are great games.

[Petro89]

R1 & 2's graphics are poor in comparison to the majority of other PS3 exclusives.
Heck, even compared to multi-platform titles like CoD, BFBC etc, they're still garbage.
There's no excuse for it.

R3 looks better, but the franchise is without a doubt the worst of the (otherwise excellent) PS3 exclusive line up.

[UCMEandICU]

Compared to other PS3 1st party exclusives Resistance series does not compare and sure, high end multiplat exclusives like MW are better graphically too... but that's where it stops cause technically, Resistance runs circles round games like MW or BF:BC even with BCs building destruction.

When these games can run 30v30 and 8player co-op, with various particle effects all over the place, butter smooth then we can talk. Infact, let them first try what R1 did as a day one PS3 launch title w/ 20v20 first.

But hey, No body uses halo's graphics to take away points and seeing as Resistance's graphics are better than halo's and many other great FPSs on the market then there should be no issue here w/ Resistance's visual look which only gets better and better while the MW types stay stagnant.

But you likely got disagrees mainly for this tad bit of stealth trolling though lol "R3 looks better, but the franchise is without a doubt the worst of the (otherwise excellent) PS3 exclusive line up"

[DeathMetal1474]

Man you PS3 fanboys are idiots

"Resistance runs circles round games like MW or BF:BC even with BCs building destruction. "

You can't honestly beleive resistence is better than BFBC2
WOW Drink the Kool aid Bro

[Achemki]

@Petro
The franchise looks just fine. Definitely not worse than MAG or the new Twisted Metal (what I've seen of it).

I wouldn't be bringing up Bad Company 2 right now either, considering the game's been broken ever since Vietnam came out. Purty graphics don't ease the pain of losing earned weapons, unlocks, ranks, and kills 'n' trophies not counting.

I'll take Resistance: FOM's stable 'walmart' one hit kill server or its 20 vs 20 1 hit kill shottys on the aircraft carrier before plunking down another $15 on a broken game, thx.

[mushroomwig]

Nothing major but it has definitely improved.

Hopefully there will be no silly trophies this time, 10,000 killz? Ugh...

[theonlylolking]

10,000 kills are easy to get as long as you play it. I bet most of you people could get 10,000 kills in a call of duty game in about 6 months.

[downwardspiral]

awwlook at those chimeras, they look so cute. I want one XD

[UCMEandICU]

You could probably have one if Insomniac does one for your PSN HOME pet... which is a great idea when I think about it now lol

[blackburn5]

@ Petro89. I disagree. R1's and R2's graphics were just fine in my opinion. You talk as if it they were graphical disasters or something. Of course if you compare it to things like KZ2 and UC2, of course it looks dated but Resistance graphics were never 'poor' as you put it.

[tigertron]

The only thing I didn't like about R2 in terms of visuals was that it was too colourful. Now I don't bone grey games with a limited colour palet, but RFOM's was spot on. It made the game gritty and it made the game feel like it was in the 50s. Think of Saving Private Ryan and then making it all colourful. It wouldn't have the same effect, so I'm glad R3 has gone back to the RFOM look (from what I've seen).

[JonnyBigBoss]

I love seeing visual evolutions like this. However, I must admit that Resistance isn't about visuals, and instead is about gameplay.

[TeCh77]

Fall of Man>R2 multiplayer...there is no debate.

Whoopty friggin doo to those bragging about 10k kills. Like that's hard to do (unless you completely suck, or, just don't play a lot of games).

Insomniac will be dead to me if they f up the MP again.

[metsgaming]

I may pick up R2 before R3, but i didnt really like fall of man that much. Should i still give R2 a shot and then decide about R3?

[strickers]

Funny how people judge visuals.
Gears looked better than R1(I agree).Why?Streaming textures.
The funny thing is that most of Gears tech was inferior to R1.
It had no destruction in environments
Inferior level size
Inferior AI
Inferior enemy numbers
Inferior particle fx,that disappeared immediately.
The lighting was different between the 2 with Gears torchlight type vs a more diffused look on R1(matter of taste)
Lens of Truth also did tech test on R2 vs Halo Reach and in many ways R2 was superior tech wise.

I think people look at graphics and decide how good graphics are mainly based on art.Do they actually look at the tech?
How much do most gamers know about tech(me included-my comments on Gears vs R1 were just observation I noticed that take more processing.Limit of my knowledge)?

[JohnnyHalo]

Honestley R3 didn't really impress much. Hell, I'm looking more foward to play killzone3 than Resistance 3.............And still, that isn't saying much.

[DigitalRaptor]

Oh look, a Gears/Halo fanboy trolling on PS3 games.

[Ascalon94]

the last comparison was the best. I just preordered this game toady.

[ian72]

Haven't tried Resistance2 yet but got Fall of Man with my PS3 and it was the first game I played and finished. I loved FoM but didn't get 2 for some reason, I think its cause some didn't think it was as good as FoM. The third game has got my interest back into the series and will get 2 now it's only £10. Looking out to see how the third game will turn out.

[xtremegamerage]

Don't really think anyone can judge resistance 3 yet.

I'm actually playing through R1 atm.

Will then get R2, playing through older games atm.

I'm actually impressed with R1, yes i can see i does not stream textures, but does not do a bad job in alot of places. For the amount going on, it's hectic. Have also played it co-op mode and it runs very well.

I've heard R2 messes some stuff up, i'll see when i get it. But i love the feel of this one and hope R3 ups the graphics while keeping gameplay similar and some new added weaps, action etc.

It's early days yet, But i'm sure it'll be sweet.

[clarkdef]

I really miss the one shot kills in R1, man that game was good, and it controlled very nicely. R2 I didn't love nor like.

If R3 goes back to R1 with the weapon wheel and all the goodness, then I'm in, I don't want to play a CoD wanabe game. Hell I hate CoD SP.

[PirateThom]

Resistance 2 was design by committee. Reviewers, fans, people who would never play it all got their requests in and, in the end, it made the game unfocused.

The co-op was pretty much perfect and the highlight of the game, just wish there was more of it, but the campaign wasn't as good as the first games, the multiplayer went to Call of Duty and everything just didn't work. They were trying to make too many people happy.

[clarkdef]

Exactly

[DEADEND]

Well I'm sure their not going to make the same mistake like in RFOM 2. From what I've seen so far this game will surpass all our exceptations and then some.

[Figboy]

I've loved the first two Resistance games.

Insomniac isn't afraid to try new things with their titles, and Resistance 2 tried a few different things. Some things worked really well, others people bitched about.

I didn't care much for the two weapon system, but I thought the rest of the game was really good, and the co-op was addicting.

I don't understand what people consider to be a "bad" FPS campaign.

I think gamers are spoiled in that regard. Looking at games like Frontlines: Fuel of War, Legendary: The Box, Conflict: Denied Ops, Blacksite: Area 51, and more, I can say, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that those games had SHIT game play, and SHIT campaigns.

Resistance: Fall of Man, and Resistance 2 don't even come CLOSE to reaching the lows of those games, and both titles EXCEL at things even the most PRAISED FPS titles fail at.

I mean, CoD gets it's piss poor campaign glossed over EVERY SINGLE DAMN TIME. Resistance 1 and 2 had quality single player campaigns, AND quality multi-player, but for some reason, points are always deducted because, for some reason, the reviewers always think the single player is LACKING something.

I DARE them to try and sit through more than 10 minutes of Legendary: The Box, and come back and say that Resistance 2's campaign was bad.

The FPS genre is a very difficult genre to really innovate in, so it's really more about refining existing core mechanics, and making the experience more unique and immersive. Something FPS titles like Killzone and Resistance do really well (Killzone, with it's amazing presentation and gritty sci fi setting, and Resistance, with it's unique and genuinely fun to use weapons, which set it apart from just about any high profile FPS on the market).