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Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3)

Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3)


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From: Sony
Category: Video Games

List Price: £39.99
Buy Used: £8.99
You Save: £31.00 (78%)



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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 142 reviews
Sales Rank: 182

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

Accessories:

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  • Chillstream Controller for PS3
  • 4Gamers Controller Charging Dock (PS3)
  • Logitech Black Chillstream Controller (PS3)
  • Cordless Action Controller for PS3

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
In Resistance: Fall of Man, US and British forces band together in a last-ditch effort to save England from a horric scourge -- the Chimera. This parasitic species infects other life forms with a virus that rapidly mutates victims into new Chimera. In mere decades this race has ripped apart populations across Asia and Europe and by 1951 has landed on the shores of England. You play the part of US a Army Ranger, fighting alongside a group of British resistance soldiers to free the country from the Chimera and to halt their spread across the globe.

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


Customer Reviews:   Read 137 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars Over-rated   September 26, 2008
This game was really naff tbh. Did not enjoy it at all. Oh yeah...also the fact that the hero is the only American in England as well....hmm i wonder why? Oh yes it is because Americans wouldn't buy it unless they are depicted as the heroes...get over it.


4 out of 5 stars Fantastic!!   September 10, 2008
I have always been a fan of fps arcade shooters and here we have one of the best out on ps3. The graphics are very good, gameplay in single player and co-op is good but could be a little better, hence the 4 stars. however this game comes into its own online. now i used to frown upon people who played online...but this game is seriously addictive! this game was meant to be played online...there are loads of different types of games so you won't ever get bored! Personally i recommend the huge maps with loads of people on one-hit-one-kill...its mayhem!!

Overall if you love arcade shooters and fps and want a bit of fun then i would recommend this game especially if you want to play online!



5 out of 5 stars Amazing   July 27, 2008
What a first game on PS3, the graphics are better than most new releases on Playstation 3 and the gameplay is fun and addictive
Must Buy!



4 out of 5 stars Gets good after a slow start   July 21, 2008
 0 out of 1 found this review helpful

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%




5 out of 5 stars 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!


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