Difficulty:

Easy

Time Spent:

10 to 20 Hours

The Bottom Line:

"Almost, but not quite"

Your first impression, from the first cinematic - you're kind of lost, are these aliens? Or is this the virus? I had to re-watch the first cinematics to comprehend what the situation was. Resistance: Fall of Man is a science-fiction first person shooter which combines some of the many good FPS elements in it, however, the game just ends up being another generic and rather, at times, uninteresting shooter. Resistance is by far, the best launch title of the Playstation 3, and if one is to buy a PS3 - I would point them in this direction.

The setting and plot in Resistance is something you wouldn't expect: historical events have been changed, the end of first Great World War leads to a prosperous European alliance and global peace, preventing the Great Depression, the rise of the Nazis in Germany, and World War II, but also leads to the rise of an isolationist Russian Empire, one that is still under czarist rule. In 1921, Russia initiated a communications blackout with the rest of the world, and built a wall against its European border called the Red Curtain. In December 1949, the Red Curtain is suddenly breached by numerous Chimera forces. The Chimera overrun continental Europe by February 1950, leaving very few survivors. The Chimera then proceed to dig underneath the English Channel, invading England in late 1950. The bulk of the British forces are wiped out, with the rest fleeing to scattered bases in the northern parts of Britain.

This is where the game begins, you play as Sgt. Nathan Hale, as part of the United States Army Rangers five thousand man task force to help liberate Britain and to retrieve some sort of a secret weapon that the British claim can be used against the Chimera. The human forces initially believe the Chimera to be the result of a biological experiment gone wrong, but through events and revelations during the course of the game, along with the Chimeras' advanced technologies such as weather control, energy weapons, and force fields, it becomes obvious to the humans that the Chimera are extraterrestrial in origin. The Chimera army expands by infecting humans with a mutagenic virus which causes its victims to fall into a coma, transforming them into Chimera.

The visuals and sound in Reistance are good to say the least. For a launch title, Resistance was the best looking Playstation 3 title. The voice acting, the sound design, and the score all sound great, my only complaint is that some of the weapons sound "weak" as I would put it. Not enough "oomph" as I would call it. Other than that, everything sounds great. The enemies look good, though obvious AI stupidity, move and act fair enough as well.

The gameplay is generic, but its FPS elements are good since most of them are taken from other successful shooters. Each weapon in Resistance provides a unique play style and strategy in the game, such as one gun is has just a rapid fire, but when you use the alternate fire for this weapon, the round will go through walls - borrowing through it going faster. The game has grenades, the game has melee and yes, supposedly realistic jumping. The motion sensing I thought was a little tacked on, but done well to say the least. Whenver you are grabbed, you can shake the controller and it will get the enemy off of you. You will eventually be able to drive a vehicle and get on the turret of a jeep as well.

Overall, Resistance is a great game for the Playstation 3; however, compared with todays' games and shooters - it pales in comparison. If you own a PS3 this game is certainly worth playing, and with the good multiplayer which can consist of 20 versus 20 players, it's very hectic and very fun.