Resistance 3 Preview
The shooter genre on consoles has exploded this generation, and we shouldn’t forget that one of the earliest successes was Resistance: Fall of Man. Undoubtedly the class of the PlayStation 3 launch, it provided a glimpse of what was to come; of what developers could do with Sony’s powerful new hardware. The second was a mixed bag in the eyes of the fans (although we loved it) and the third has been confirmed for a September 6, 2011 release. And considering that we have a bunch of new information, plus a hefty amount of gameplay floating about, it’s long past time we issued a formal preview. Hale is gone and Joseph Capelli is the new protagonist; he’ll face new enemies, utilize overhauled and more effective weaponry and…well, act as mankind’s savior.
First up, let’s touch on a few of the differences: new enemies will challenge us in different ways, as both alien drones and cloaking hybrids highlight the fresh list of adversaries. Sniper hybrids can take you down fast, and they’re all the more difficult to track and kill due to their annoying cloak ability. Drones will often have to be destroyed before their “masters” can be eliminated, and let’s not forget the signature feature of the franchise: mammoth bosses. Although we’ve only caught glimpses of a few, you can bet they will return in full force in this third installment. A lot of our favorite weapons will be coming back as well, but there’s the addition of the Dead Eye, which is the Chimeran sniper rifle and similar to the L23 Fareye, which fans will recognize. The difference? Dead Eye has a fun alternate fire…
The Carbine, Magnum, Bullseye, Rossmore (shotgun), and Auger will also return, and we’ve already seen them in action during recently released gameplay videos. The weapon wheel from the original Resistance is back as well; we’ll access it with the Triangle button and then make our selection with the left analog, as we did before. Perhaps the most important feature pertaining to the weaponry is that every firearm will have two upgrade paths; one for primary fire and one for the alternate fire. Along with the aforementioned familiar names, Insomniac says we can expect new additions to our hefty arsenal, and that’s always good news. One last change involves the health- it will no longer restore when you take cover.
See, Hale was infected, which gave him those restorative powers, but Capelli doesn't seem to have that skill, so he’ll have to hunt for health packs when he’s injured. This might alter the style of gameplay just a tad, as we imagine a slightly more cautious approach will be required when facing stiff odds. Plus, with all those weapons, we might have to focus on a few of our favorites and upgrade the crap out of them. The story will also be an important part of this production, as it was in the past two entries; we’ll be interested to see how everything plays out in the post-apocalyptic U.S. Resistance 3 looks fantastic and perhaps the launch date will be beneficial, as it doesn’t have to butt heads with either this year’s Call of Duty or Battlefield 3, both of which are expected in November.
But regardless of the release date, we know one thing to be true: we really, really want it.
4/14/2011 Ben Dutka
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Resistance 3 | Ben Dutka |
Comments (72 posts)
maxpontiac
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 9:01:54 AM
Beamboom
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 9:15:44 AM
AshT
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 10:18:00 AM
BTNwarrior
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 12:02:43 PM
HighOnFire
Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 9:45:33 PM
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maxpontiac
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 9:02:49 AM
PasteNuggs
Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 9:52:47 PM
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Lord carlos
Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 10:06:47 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 10:41:01 PM
Lord carlos
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 12:48:35 AM
Lawless SXE
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 2:30:07 AM
Peace.
slugga_status
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 8:14:16 AM
I love the idea of med packs..but that is a huge hole in the Resistance story if they're trying to say he's not infected..
Lawless SXE
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 8:18:24 AM
How likely is that?
sirbob6
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 2:45:59 PM
WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 10:41:53 PM
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Shams
Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 11:40:43 PM
maxpontiac
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 9:04:07 AM
Killa Tequilla
Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 11:26:44 PM
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So much joyment grew in my insides as I read this! I was going to get inFAMOUS over this BUT not anymore!!! The gameplay plus preview reconsidered my purchase!!! Fall Of Man was easily one of my 1st games I played on Ps3! It was A GREAT GAME & STILL IS! Cant wait.
Unlike Zipper with their major over fu**ing haul, Insomniac Upgrades and adds not subtracts. If you don't own a playstation 3, you better sometime soon. Maybe XBOX hold Ps3 back on multiplats, but there are SOOOOOOOO MANY Ps3 exclusives out there that dont & give you maximum potential. Uncharted 3 aint even out yet & it's already doing what Avatar did for movies but for games... man dont miss out, get your playstation.
JMO_INDY
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 1:17:37 AM
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Beamboom
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 9:17:06 AM
Qubex
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 1:51:33 AM
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Eurogamer reporting that there is to be a Wii2 announcement at e3 2011...
Nintendo was reported as stating that the Wii2 will be significantly more powerful than the 360 and the PS3.
They want to regain the hardcore market!!!
Looks like my prediction was correct and has come true...
Nintendo was the Dark Horse after all!
Q!
"play.experience.enjoy"
bigrailer19
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 2:29:27 AM
Clamedeus
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 2:52:36 AM
Qubex
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 3:10:52 AM
Clamedeus
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 3:20:56 AM
Lawless SXE
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 3:37:09 AM
I'll be very interested in seeing how all of this pans out, particularly with the broad market brand recognition that the Wii has managed to garner since its release.
Peace.
___________
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 3:42:19 AM
Clamedeus
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 3:48:03 AM
Lawless SXE
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 4:11:51 AM
Clamedeus,
Yeah, I'm not about to make any official guesses yet, but with Ninty's desire to get the gamer faithful back on their side, I don't doubt that they're going to put their balls to the wall and create something that will appeal to the gadget freaks. Surprises still do happen in this world.
Peace.
Clamedeus
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 4:24:47 AM
Temjin001
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 9:47:35 AM
For over a decade they've maintained a consistency in their product offerings.
While I don't doubt that the next Wii will be a powerful system, I do doubt that we'll start seeing a large effort on their part to re-engage Microsoft and Sony head on with the kind of content that those gamers crave.
Nintendo has not been one to dump 25-55 million into their game titles. Games like Uncharted, GoW, and Killzone are Hollywood-like in presentation and production values. That just isn't Nintendo's MO. They also have a ton of catch up to do on the online side of things.
But I guess anything could happen.
Pandacastro
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 3:53:31 PM
Lawless SXE
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 8:28:14 PM
I know this isn't really the right place, but this is sounding like it may tempt me away from the PS family for a while, provided they have solid software support for it.
Peace.
___________
Saturday, April 16, 2011 @ 9:08:43 AM
Lawless SXE
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 3:32:54 AM
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The story, I really like. I mean, it's so rare that you are left feeling as though you really are fighting a losing battle, so hopefully that hopelessness is evident in everything that you do. It was alright in R2, but I want it pushed to the next level. I just hope that the game is a decent length to really live up to what I'm hoping for. If it's yet another six-eight hour campaign, I'm going to be heartbroken.
The eradication of the regenerating health (as I mentioned above) is a definite plus. It may seem an archaic mechanic, but I like the strategy that you have to employ in choosing when to fall back and hunt. And if the AI is as good as it seems to be, it should turn into a very hairy, harrowing experience. That will be aided by the new enemy types, and the inclusion of both 'feral' and 'militarised' Chimera. That alone sounds awesome. I wonder if we'll see any more of the Cloven. And I wonder who the new leaders of the Chimera are. It was the Angels in the original, Daedalus in the second and the Chrysalid in Retribution. It's only logical that they'll have something entirely new. Can't wait to see it.
But I still can't come to grips with the thought that Hale is gone. Still makes me sad.
In case you couldn't tell, the Resistance series is one of my favourites, in spite of the fact that it's an FPS. I can't help but be overly excited about this. It really is a close call on whether I want this or Uncharted 3 more. inFamous 2 beats out both of them though.
Peace.
___________
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 3:45:10 AM
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i really hope this turns out to be the worthy successor to one of the ps3s best games!
but i seriously doubt it, its looking allot more like a tad better then resistance 2.
i mean how can you have a war based off girls?
ohhhhh mommy the scary monsters have taken over the world, so im leaving the army and going into hiding.
come on, this is suppose to be a war game!
wheres the hero?
Clamedeus
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 3:50:47 AM
Lawless SXE
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 4:15:17 AM
Seriously, it adds an emotional element to the story, and as far as I'm concerned that CAN'T be a bad thing.
Peace.
aaronisbla
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 6:42:02 AM
___________
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 11:03:59 AM
Lawless SXE
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 11:13:26 AM
Peace.
___________
Saturday, April 16, 2011 @ 9:07:05 AM
capeli was such a hard ball in the last game, and now hes turned into a whiny 8 year old girl?
shooters should not be dramatic, its a war game its suppose to be about heroes risking everything to save the world!
just seems too much of a drama story to me, the slow mo and music of the announcement trailer shows that.
Lairfan
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 5:25:28 PM
Sure, he goes into hiding. Who wouldn't if they were PO'd that they just killed someone they thought was an excellent commander, had anger issues, and the US Army was falling apart at the seams? He did what anyone would do, and even though he basically deserted the Army, he's getting a chance at a sort of redemption by helping Malikov make his cure to the virus. Plus, when he's going on a mission to save ALL of humankind, and his family, not only is that so much less cliche than your stupid soldier stereotypes, but its quite a bit more heroic. And he's obviously doing it with a whole lot fewer F-bombs and swearing than most other "macho men" soldiers use.
In short, you obviously don't understand what constitutes a good story. If "save the world, macho men" soldier stereotypes were excellent characters, then Battle: L.A. would have gotten 4 stars from Roger Ebert.
MadPowerBomber
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 4:07:14 AM
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This is definitely Day One for me. STOKED.
Victor321
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 7:09:46 AM
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*SPOILERS BELOW*
Wasn't Capelli a Sentinel just like Hale in R2, except that he wasn't progressing to become a full-fledged Chimera as fast as him? Up until now, I thought he was; now I'm unsure :S
If anyone can clarify and quell my confusion, thanks a bunch!
slugga_status
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 8:22:07 AM
slugga_status
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 8:24:24 AM
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One thing I will say is that this series keeps improving itself in the graphical department. Nice to watch it grow in that regard.
RadioHeader
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 8:49:15 AM
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What I'd most like to see is for them to somehow create camper-proof maps. The friggin campers in KZ3 are driving me insane! I imagine it's a problem with all online shooters but it's only KZ3 that I've got heavily involved with (thanks to the Move).
At least there won't be invisibility or disguises. Camper + invisibility = broken TV.
maxpontiac
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 9:08:38 AM
Anyways...
It's the guys in the corner with the assault rifle all the while using the Marksman class that have hurt this game.
HighOnFire
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 9:21:09 AM
maxpontiac
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 10:48:46 AM
slugga_status
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 12:25:43 PM
RadioHeader
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 12:37:15 PM
HighOnFire
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 1:14:36 PM
slugga_status
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 2:17:48 PM
I care less about mine personally. I want to win plain and simple. It's far more embarrassing to have your team lose 0-7 or 1-6 then a horrible K/D..
I swear if people just want to kill then go play CoD but even in CoD that ish pisses me off...
HighOnFire
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 4:14:07 PM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 10:34:09 AM
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BTNwarrior
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 12:03:39 PM
slugga_status
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 1:17:57 PM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 2:31:02 PM
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Saturday, April 16, 2011 @ 9:04:29 AM
normally when humans turn they turn into the chimera, but hale was different he gained the regeneration power.
capeli did not though, he was turning but he got a shot in time which delayed the conversion but he did not get the mutation hale did.
if you listen to the lady at the beginning of the game she tells you that.
Lairfan
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 5:29:16 PM
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BTNwarrior
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