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"Sony's Daniel Brooke told the Official PlayStation Magazine UK that they *do not (?) have immediate plans for the franchise"
I sunk like 100hrs with my GF in Resistance 2 and 0 in Resistance 3, they dropped the ball hard with #3 as single player was just ok and nothing special. Scripted boss fights were fucking dumb.
R1 and R2 were solid.
R1 and R2 were solid.
I love the Resistance franchise, and while 3 seemed to end the series, there's no definitive timeline established, so there's still plenty of room for more.
And more I want.
Just a thought but, maybe pass it off to Guerilla Games? The Killzone series is excellent, I'd be curious to see what they could do with Resistance.
And more I want.
Just a thought but, maybe pass it off to Guerilla Games? The Killzone series is excellent, I'd be curious to see what they could do with Resistance.
The Vita title wasn't bad, really. The single player had its issues like unskippable, long ass cut scenes and some odd bugs like corpses disappearing and the like, but it was a perfectly servicable shooter if you like that kind of thing. The multiplayer was better than expected and really quite fun. Only complaint there was a pretty overpowered shotgun, but oh well.
Anyway, point being, the Vita Resistance game is perfectly playable, just nothing terribly special. Worth renting, or picking up used.
Resistance 3 was fantastic, though. More of THAT, please.
Anyway, point being, the Vita Resistance game is perfectly playable, just nothing terribly special. Worth renting, or picking up used.
Resistance 3 was fantastic, though. More of THAT, please.
Resistance 2s co op was awesome. I wish 3 had it. 3 was great and all, just wish it had that awesome co op.
Resistance could have been a better series, IMO. They could have differentiated themselves more from other shooters if they focused more on arcade-like gameplay and cool, fun weapons. I only played a bit of the three games though, so I might be wrong.
I have to confess I bought R3 instead of Gears of War 3, because with Resistance 3 I knew it would feel different from R2 which felt different from R1.
If they keep the tradition alive of inventive weapons and varying gameplay systems from title to title, then sure, I'll buy another one.
If they keep the tradition alive of inventive weapons and varying gameplay systems from title to title, then sure, I'll buy another one.
Resistance was a victim of Sony's attempt to bust blocks with it, plain and simple. While blockbuserizing the Uncharted series worked out very well, it just didn't work at all for Resistance, and I can't imagine the series made nearly as much money as was expected.
What's a great lesson publishers should be learning these days? That throwing money at a series won't make it a great series. Wasted money, lots and lots of wasted money trying to hit a home run.
What's a great lesson publishers should be learning these days? That throwing money at a series won't make it a great series. Wasted money, lots and lots of wasted money trying to hit a home run.
I really just wish we could get Resistance Retribution on the Vita store, or the PSN store, at all.. for that matter.. It was my favorite PSP game... I don't understand why it's not available in digital format..
i really enjoyed resistance 1, one of the ps3s better launch titiles for me. i remember buying the collectors edition for resistance 2 and i remember it didnt click to me as much as resistance 1 did, and it just didnt feel as awesome having all those sweet guns, i guess im more arcady when it comes to fps, so when resistance 2 only have the option to carry 2 weapons it didnt feel right to me, so i sold it the next day and gave up with the franchise. but i did resistance 3 was like the first one so maybe ill buy it one day and play it. but if they do bring it back, i hope its more like the first and not like the second one.
Disagree with you, Dale. Resistance 2 was easily my favorite in the series, because although the solo campaign was a brisk but intense 10-12 hour affair, the co-op was super fun and plentiful. They estimated 420 hours for total completion of all co-op goals and achievements. My friends and I definitely got a couple hundred hours out of it, before another big title came along.
Additionally, I played Burning Skies and it's much better than the poor reviews. People don't appreciate what they've got in their hands. It's a solid FPS, with a couple shortcomings. No matter how much people want to believe that a handheld can do what a console can do, it's not just magically going to happen. For the current tech, the Vita is pretty powerful and I think Burning Skies demonstrates this. Later games will probably supersede this, but while you wait 9-15 months for those titles to come out, Burning Skies is a great game.
Additionally, I played Burning Skies and it's much better than the poor reviews. People don't appreciate what they've got in their hands. It's a solid FPS, with a couple shortcomings. No matter how much people want to believe that a handheld can do what a console can do, it's not just magically going to happen. For the current tech, the Vita is pretty powerful and I think Burning Skies demonstrates this. Later games will probably supersede this, but while you wait 9-15 months for those titles to come out, Burning Skies is a great game.
F**k this series.
I wish Red Faction would do an FPS again and use a better version of the engine from the first game. Guerrilla was a great spin-off, but now I'm hungry for a return to form.
I wish Red Faction would do an FPS again and use a better version of the engine from the first game. Guerrilla was a great spin-off, but now I'm hungry for a return to form.
I enjoyed R1 & R2. I've committed myself to using the Sharpshooter exclusively for R3 and of been holding back because of it.
Can't say I care. None of the games have really been all that great. They're just okay sci-fi FPS games with great weapons and an interesting premise. Insominac peaked with the Ratchet 2, and I think the incredibly average nature of the Resistance series is proof of that.
On that note: long live Naughty Dog.
On that note: long live Naughty Dog.
I haven't played the portable versions, but Resistance was always really meh for me. Seemed to be because of poor execution mostly, they had good ideas here and there but didn't put a good game together.
"Would you want another Resistance game? A good one, I mean."
And this is why the franchise needs to take a break. It needs to clear out the minds of those it has tainted. Once then it can rise from the grave rebooted.
And this is why the franchise needs to take a break. It needs to clear out the minds of those it has tainted. Once then it can rise from the grave rebooted.
I played Resistance 2 more than any other first person shooter simply because of the 8 player co-op. I'll still sometimes fire up a few copies at home and play 4+ players locally.
I've played 3 of the Resistance games... the first 2 PS3 games and the PSP one. Out of those, the PSP one was by far the best. I can't help but think the series has so much untapped potential, but it just comes off as generic.
I wouldn't mind seeing more from the series in the future, but they need to change the direction a bit...
I wouldn't mind seeing more from the series in the future, but they need to change the direction a bit...
The Resistance series started in 2006 and there have already been five games released. FIVE GAMES IN LESS THAN SIX YEARS! At the very least we could use a break from the series.
Like others have said, R2's co-op is my jam. All I ever wanted was a DLC pack of more levels if an entire game based on the mode wasn't feasible. I still think that's where the series shined, normal everyday people making incremental steps in the war as opposed to the tired, one-man army super-soldier. They could have done something awesome with the franchise if they focused and expanded on the 8-player gameplay.
My favourite Sony shooter is still Warhawk by a long shot but it was kind of a niche title. KZ2 with the whole Dtoid ALPHA vs BETA clan battles finishes a proud 2nd.
My favourite Sony shooter is still Warhawk by a long shot but it was kind of a niche title. KZ2 with the whole Dtoid ALPHA vs BETA clan battles finishes a proud 2nd.
I must have been the only one who was "meh" about Resistance 2 in general, the few times I played the co-op I found it & most of R2's modes to be a clusterfuck.
I personally prefered Resistance 3's streamline multiplayer and the return of Co-op Campaign, which I'd personally rather have but that's me. Plus graphically the game looked pretty good. It's a shame the game didn't sell to expectation.
I personally prefered Resistance 3's streamline multiplayer and the return of Co-op Campaign, which I'd personally rather have but that's me. Plus graphically the game looked pretty good. It's a shame the game didn't sell to expectation.
I still can't get what's wrong with Resistance 2. Resistance is my first ever FPS love, so I think I'd always have good words for it, but R2 isn't bad at all being (saying it as objective as I can). There were tense moments in the campaign. The story worked for me. It looked great. The multiplayer games are fun.
To be honest the Resistance games never really worked out the way I wanted them to 'work out'. The premise as I remembered it was this is a 1950s alien invasion, but one where WW 2 never happened. It was going to take the typical trope of 1950s 'alien invasion' and flips it on its head.
But the end result had zero hooks to the American 1950s, the European 1950s or even the Soviet 1950s; not even a changed 50s. The whole story might as well have happened on another planet because nothing was really identifiable in time or space. There was no joy in seeing something you'd expect from the 50s looking slightly different or having a twist.
You could actually just sit down and tick off dozens of mistakes made with the direction of the first game that WASTED the concept of the IP or just mismanaged the concept. But, in the end the game just wasn’t at all what “it could have been”.
But the end result had zero hooks to the American 1950s, the European 1950s or even the Soviet 1950s; not even a changed 50s. The whole story might as well have happened on another planet because nothing was really identifiable in time or space. There was no joy in seeing something you'd expect from the 50s looking slightly different or having a twist.
You could actually just sit down and tick off dozens of mistakes made with the direction of the first game that WASTED the concept of the IP or just mismanaged the concept. But, in the end the game just wasn’t at all what “it could have been”.
Insomniac and Sony killed resistance. Sony with the fucking online pass, insomniac taking away the co-op that was the most awesome part of R2 and some of the funnest mp ive played on ps3. Then they fucking went all CoD on the competitive mp on 3 and changed main character in the singleplayer. I cared about nathan hale not fuckin capelli, a fucking bottom of the barrel sidekick! Fuck insomniac and their bullshit! Same thing with Ratchet going multiplayer in all4one!
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