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Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3) | 
| From: Sony
Category: Video Games
List Price: £39.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  139 reviews
Sales Rank: 190
Platform: Playstation 3
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Age: 11 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 711719684688
EAN: 0711719684688
ASIN: B000FNA30Y
Release Date: March 23, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: *Note* Rarely the instruction sheet may be missing, in this event the item will dispatched anyway. IF YOU SPECIFICALLY NEED INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE CONTACT US PRIOR TO BUYING THE ITEM. All disks are machine cleaned (scratches removed & polished) where needed. All items are dispatched 1st Class Recorded Delivery usually within 24 hours Mon-Fri. (Monday for Weekend orders).
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Product Description
The action takes place on 11 July 1951. You assume the role of the important sergeant Nathan Hall, who has come to free England from the occupation of the Chimerans (aliens). This game is a first-player shooter game, and has an interesting and original plot. Equipped with an impressive human and extraterrestrial arsenal, Nathan Hall must survive the horror and stop the invasion. What's more, he has to go it alone. This game also comes with a multiplayer mode so that up to 32 players can take part in the same mission at the same time. The realism of this incredible game really pushes the Playstation 3 to its limits! Specifications:- A unique title from Insomniac Games, designed by the creators of the famous Ratchet and Clank series.- Rich and interesting plot- A host of military arsenal and all kinds of innovative weapons- The Chimerans are sci-fi enemies.- Military action and the fight for survival intertwine in a fascinating story that takes place in decimated Europe in the middle of the 20th century.- One of the best multiplayer modes in video gaming: go it alone or with your squadron!
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
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Gets good after a slow start July 21, 2008
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.
84%
 a brilliant game! July 20, 2008
I got this game free aswell as motorstorm and ridge racer 7 with my ps3.
when i first went on the game, i picked up the controls rather easily!
the graphics are brilliant and the storyline is incredible!
I thought this game would have some fear in it but suprisingly it didn't!
which is good for people who are not fans of scary games. I say this game doesn't have any scary parts in it but sometimes it does like when your walking and your on a freaky level called northern command and your character has a hallucination about a creature!
the story is about you, an american solider who has come over to the uk to battle the evil chimera! creatures with 6 eyes! (i think?) it takes you through all parts of the uk killing the chimeran forces, and yet you never get bored! the graphics are brilliant, you can see every little detail and the weapons are fantastic! you get everything from rocket launchers to flamethrowers and weird guns made by the chimera like the bullseye. the online loading is quick and the online gaming itself is brillant and fast. overall this game is awesome! a great first person shooter!
 Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr?? June 26, 2008
Set in England... nice, good start I wondered if I would recognise any land marks (otherwise whats the point of saying its anywhere real?) but even 1940's england was more interesting to look at than this. My 2nd 'in box title' that I got as a bundle with Heavenly Sword (played HS first - played this 2nd). After Heavenly I was really disappointed with the visuals in this game. Very PS2, very grey / brown and very poor. I dont buy that 'brown and grey add's to 1940's realism' arguement. some of the 'wider' environments look very good, the skies and wider scenery for example but generally the levels look quite bleak and repetitive. On the other hand, some elements were really good touches and that made me think that the game had been rushed in development or something.
The levels are very samey, where the enemies just get bigger faster and have better guns. To counter that your own infection makes you quicker and stronger against attack. Not sure why but I thought the Chimera looked rubbish - if they were infected humans, why would they get there own outfits and weaponry from space? where did the weapons come from, who made their outfits and why woulnt they just be running around like 28 days later?? and is there a wider set up for a sequel - I hope not. It was perhaps a good idea to mix the two typical types of FPS - WW2 (and now 3) and futuristic / space but I dont think they made a very good job of it all.
The plot behind the game is quite good and cut scenes are good to follow, with narrative suggesting you are playing out events that have already unfolded. But there is nothing new here really, its simply a release title that was chucked together quickly to give us a taste of bigger and better things. At current values in June 2008 it would be good value for money, as its quite long (certainly compared to COD4) but quite repetitive as well so its easy to get bored.
Unlike other games I own and have completed, I doubt I will play it through again.
A hit and miss above average affair June 22, 2008
Despite not having played this until a long time after it's release date, the game... whilst a good game, isn't really one to showcase what the PS3 can do. On first try it reminded me of the troubled PS2 shooter Killzone. The game is a simple linear affair, grab your gun, plow through the Chimera (the enemy, cliched-gentically modified humans that are superior to you.. damn), Checkpoint Reached, level over. Yeah it's not going to win any awards for originality, it's just tried and tested. Doesn't make the game a bad game, just not a great game either.
The weapons is where the game shines, there are examples of weapons that are done creatively, a bit of a throwback to the old days of Quake II and Duke Nukem 3D where you would get totally over the top weaponry.
For anyone who doesn't know yet, the game takes place in 1940's Britain, the locations of Britain and portrayal of olden-days Britain is done extremely well, with great level design taken in approach too. No offence to you Americans but it's nice to see a game in Britain :) The dull-washed out feeling in the colours is a nice touch to the games setting.
A thing that does take this game from 3 stars to 4 stars is easily the co-op, from my days of playing Halo on Xbox, and Halo 3 especially, the co-op mode was damn fun, especially with 4 people and here it's just as great. Gotta love some co-op action
This is a good game that can be enjoyable for a while, but it's not perfect and nothing mindblowing. Since the price these days is cheap for this game, it would be worth buying.
Only for Co-op May 28, 2008
I would advise playing this on hard, because you get a much longer eperience. The game's graphics are poor, and if it weren't for the ability to play co-op then i would have sold it, but the storyline is great.
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