Resistance is the most daring and original FPS franchise of the gen

Think about it - Most other FPS franchises play it safe and simply make minor tweaks. Very few have gone through the amount of dramatic changes in gameplay and tone that this great and underrated trilogy has undergone. Some of the changes weren't for the best, but they were always new and refreshing. R1 and R2 feel as though they could be two entirely different FPS, and R3 went in an even darker direction. Insomniac never needed to make such changes as they already had a winning formula, but they chose to take the high route anyways and deliver a new experience with each installment. And answer me this - [spoiler] how many game series kill off their main protagonist half way through the trilogy, hm? Now that took balls. [/spoiler]

Some installments are uneven in comparison to others: R1 nailed both it's campaign and multiplayer nicely, R2 had a much weaker campaign but was also one of the funnest and most content-packed multiplayer experiences available on PS3, and R3 dropped the ball entirely with it's multiplayer but backed it up with a tremendously good campaign that was both enthralling and also a nice throwback to old school FPS. As a whole the Resistance series stands as testament to truly creative and daring game design. A diamond in the rough that has been largely forgotten in favor of more generic franchises that only want to appeal to the masses. Insomniac simply has not received the respect that they deserve for this amazing series. My hat is off to them.

Just looking at the premise of the games, I know that this is a fanboy thread.

I liked the changed between RFoM and R2 but Insomniac really dropped the ball with R3. I was expecting an awesome conclusion to the story and all I really got was what seemed like a spin off campaign and a laggy ass CoD clone MP. They didn't even do an 8 player online co op mode like R2 had which was a huge letdown.

Resistance: FoM was great. They dropped the ball with 2 and never redeemed the series with 3. Oh well.

That being said, it's not the most daring or original FPS this gen.

No, it's not. bbkkristian

I like the Resistance games, I'd even go as far to say that R3 had one of the best SP campaigns of this gen. But as a series it always felt like it was off, and in each one there was an element that just failed to impress. Like R3 had a great campaign, and abysmal multiplayer, the polar opposite of R2. The series has always been held back in that regard from being a great one, but it is a good one.

In other news, The Agonist is awesome.

Them's fightin' words here in Halo country derp.

FoM was good, and it was damn good for a launch title. Resistance 2 was the great. A much bigger campaign than the first one, and the MP was more fleshed out.

Resistance 3 was crap, both in its tiny, low scale campaign and in its sloppy, lag-infested MP.

No, it's not. bbkkristian

Resistance games are my favorite FPS this gen.Awesome games.

Resistance 3> Resistance 2> Resistance 1.

Never heard of L4D, i see!

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Would it kill you not to make a pointless thread overpraising some random game?

Easy to kill the main protagonist when it was a weak one to begin with. WeepsForFools

I can't even remember his name for the life of me...

Stalker. Play more games bro. NeonNinja

Trying to. Already have a huge backlog of games on Steam.

[QUOTE="WeepsForFools"]Easy to kill the main protagonist when it was a weak one to begin with. spinecaton

I can't even remember his name for the life of me...

Remember Nathan Hale, remember Nathan Hale...

Man was a true hero.

Reistance 2 is awesome, minus the dreadful story. Amazing co-op. The rest are all just alright.

0/10

Easy to kill the main protagonist when it was a weak one to begin with. WeepsForFools

Except that he wasn't... when he was killed he could've easily killed Master Chief and pretty much any other FPS protagonist with a single move of his hand. :cool:

R3 was/is underrated IMO.

I kinda doubt that.

And Call of Duty has made a habit of killing off protagonists, so I hardly think that aspect makes it original.

It's not a franchise, but the most original FPS I've played this gen is probably Cryostasis. The story, the way it was delivered, the healing system and the mental echo element were all unlike anything I've ever seen in a video game, let alone a first person shooter before. I understand you recently got yourself a gaming pc/laptop, so if you can run this game (which is, unfortunately. horribly optimised), I highly recommend giving it a try. It's like 10 euros on Steam.

R3 was/is underrated IMO.

i liked its weapons because they were great like they are in every insomiac game...but most daring and original? :lol:

resistance 2 was great....1 and 3 sucked badly.

Think about it - Most other FPS franchises play it safe and simply make minor tweaks. Very few have gone through the amount of dramatic changes in gameplay and tone that this great and underrated trilogy has undergone. Some of the changes weren't for the best, but they were always new and refreshing. R1 and R2 feel as though they could be two entirely different FPS, and R3 went in an even darker direction. Insomniac never needed to make such changes as they already had a winning formula, but they chose to take the high route anyways and deliver a new experience with each installment. And answer me this - [spoiler] how many game series kill off their main protagonist half way through the trilogy, hm? Now that took balls. [/spoiler]

Some installments are uneven in comparison to others: R1 nailed both it's campaign and multiplayer nicely, R2 had a much weaker campaign but was also one of the funnest and most content-packed multiplayer experiences available on PS3, and R3 dropped the ball entirely with it's multiplayer but backed it up with a tremendously good campaign that was both enthralling and also a nice throwback to old school FPS. As a whole the Resistance series stands as testament to truly creative and daring game design. A diamond in the rough that has been largely forgotten in favor of more generic franchises that only want to appeal to the masses. Insomniac simply has not received the respect that they deserve for this amazing series. My hat is off to them.

Master_ShakeXXX

Stalker. Play more games bro. NeonNinja

Terrible shooting, which is kind of important for a first personshooter.

It's one thing to like the game, but don't give it credit it doesn't deserve.

[QUOTE="bbkkristian"]No, it's not. ArisShadows

[QUOTE="NeonNinja"]Stalker. Play more games bro. Pug-Nasty

Terrible shooting, which is kind of important for a first personshooter.

It's one thing to like the game, but don't give it credit it doesn't deserve.

nope nope nope. RFOM is a great and well rounded game, but R2 and R3 dropped the ball in key areas and squandered what could have been a much better series.

Agreed

Resistance is a masterpiece:cool:

I kinda doubt that.

And Call of Duty has made a habit of killing off protagonists, so I hardly think that aspect makes it original.

It's not a franchise, but the most original FPS I've played this gen is probably Cryostasis. The story, the way it was delivered, the healing system and the mental echo element were all unlike anything I've ever seen in a video game, let alone a first person shooter before. I understand you recently got yourself a gaming pc/laptop, so if you can run this game (which is, unfortunately. horribly optimised), I highly recommend giving it a try. It's like 10 euros on Steam.

DraugenCP

Cryostasis was one of the first games I played on my new computer. It was really good but did indeed run poorly.

Isn't it pretty much a retread of Halo? I only played the demos available on PSN.Zeviander

Daring, original, and absolute crap. The series was never great to begin with and it really tanked with the third one. No one bought it.Plagueless

The price they had to pay for getting rid of Hale.

Isn't it pretty much a retread of Halo? I only played the demos available on PSN.Zeviander

Not at all. Resistance as a series is much much darker than Halo. The Chimera are far more ruthless and evil than the covenant or pretty much any other FPS villain. Their multiplayer also puts more of an emphasis on large scale battles with 40 or 60 players (R3 ditched this concept though for CoD-esque action). Resistance 2 borrowed a couple of things but that's it.

I got a good laugh out of this thread. 10/10 (which is about 6 points higher than I'd give the series)

You shoot aliens with guns. What exactly is so daring about it? Granted it is a bit different than most shooters these days.

Resistance games are so generic. They have some good gun ideas and the MP is solid but that's about it. They are pretty decent games though and not the garbage that people on here pretend they are (most of those people have never played Resistance before). The series is a solid 7 or 7.5. Not the best but not bad either.

I would say Bioshock is the most daring and orgional FPS series this gen. COD and KZ though are the best.