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Resistance: Fall Of Man Review
User Submitted Resistance: Fall Of Man Reviews
Date: 2009-01-03
Suitability for younger players?
There are many excellent reviews already posted, but perhaps the one thing I can add is the suitability of the game for younger audiences. There are two sides to the question... first is the content suitable, and second, is the gameplay reasonable?
As for content, I would say it's mostly suitable. The game is constant action (a.k.a. violence) from start to finish. This is a first person WWII shooter with alien creatures replacing the German soldiers. There are cut scenes that show humans being converted into the Chimera army, but they aren't particularly disturbing or gory. The language is also pretty tame with very few curse words. There is no nudity, drugs, or sexual content. The music and sound effects are not startling or spooky, and so the game plays more of as a "war combat" game than a "monster hunting" game (e.g. comparable to the HALO games).
As for gameplay, the game is readily handled by younger players. My 7 year old son took the controls within a couple of minutes, and was playing cooperatively with me firing machine guns and launching grenades. We spoke candidly about the content - he especially hates bad language and scary things - but he indicated that this game didn't make him uncomfortable. That said, I only let him play when we are playing cooperatively as two soldiers out saving the world from the evil Chimera.
Hope this helps if you're trying to decide about purchasing the game for a younger player.
Written by Arthur Bradley, author of "Process of Elimination" - a thriller that pits a martial artist against a world-class sniper out to shape the Presidential election.
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Date: 2008-12-28
Great FPS
This was one of my first FPS(First Person Shooter) and it was a great intro to the genre. The graphics are great and so is the story. The difficulty can be set to your liking and all the difficulty settings are good, easy is easy for new comers and hard for the veterans. There is a co-op mode so two people on the same screen and the online game is great.
Date: 2008-12-27
Hard to Resist, Even harder to put down
The year is 1951. World War 2? Whats that? World War 2 never happened, instead, A nefarious race of creatures known as the Chimera have conquered all of Europe, and can take the North Americas in a matter of days. This could be the very end of all humanity. We must fight back, we must resist.
You'll be strapping into the boots of Nathan Hale, a United States soldier who is one of many sent to Britain to aid their allies. While in Britain, you are infected with the Chimera virus, but not killed. The narrator refers to Hale's eyes multiple times, and how they are golden and subtle. Playing as a figurative "Walking dead" is an interesting idea, and sports you regenerating health. While Hale is immune to the virus, how long will it last?
You absolutely cannot review this game without mentioning the weapons. Insomniac Games (Creators of the hit series "Ratchet and Clank") have not only thought outside the box with these weapons, they have completely obliterated it. You have the typical M2A2 Carbine, nothing new there. But think of how drastically combat can change when you or your enemy can fire straight through your cover and destroy almost any tactical plan you may have had. I wont say much more about the weapons, you just have to experience them for yourself.
The graphics have aged (Since this was a launch title for the PS3 after all) but the unique art style and use of colors is to be commemorated. You'll find alot of Grey and white environments, and just out of nowhere, a bright chorus of red or blue light. The reason why this works, is that it really feels out of place (Much like the Chimera invasion.) The Chimera themselves also look fantastic. Insomniac has paid definitive attention to detail, as every object has a meaning. Cars that are rusted look like they are actually rusted, and you can even blow apart tubes on the Chimera's coolant tanks (Located on their backs) and watch the steam escapse from them.
You get a hopeless ambience from playing this. As the back of the box says, every death for you, is a gain for them. This truly is humanity's last stand, and everything is at stake.
This game will keep you hooked from the very beginning to the very end. Be sure to take a stroll through Manchester, just try not to get killed.
Date: 2008-12-23
Must Buy for P$3
This is a really fun game, and playing online is fun. It is sweet how you can blow aliens heads off. I think by the end of the P$3's lifetime, this would become one of the classics along with R2(sequel), MGS4,GTA4,and Gran turismo 5
Date: 2008-12-22
good game
Good game. After seeing how awesome resistance 2's commercial was, I decided to get the first game and beat that before getting the 2nd. I'm glad I did..and at 19.00 from Amazon..how could I go wrong?
The game reminded me a lot of Halo meets the Borg. It did have a good storyline that keeps you quite entertained. If you have never played the resistance games...get it. Lots and lots of alien carcasses accumulate in this one.
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