Are the Resistance games just not for me?

I dunno. I hear people talking about how R2 will be the greatest shooter this gen. Im not dogging on the game, but I just didnt think the first was all that awesome. Granted, I played the demo and about 3 hours of the full game, but I think I got a good feel for what the game was like, and I wasnt too impressed. It seemed like your average run n gun shooter. It seemed waaay to conventional to have all the praise heaped onto it and its sequel. With shooters, if I like them, I really get sucked into them, and Resistance 1 just didnt do it for me. Im not a huge fan of shooters, but I tend to like the shooters that do things differently, like tactical battles (Brothers In Arms), stealthy gameplay (Far Cry), or even superpowers (Bioshock).

I personally think Far Cry 2 will be better. Look at the trailers and see all the awesome things it does. Weapons degrading, an awesome open world setting, the use of fire, the stealth, it all looks so much more compelling to play then R2.

What really sets the Resistance games apart? Did I just miss the boat on Resistance? Is it just not my kind of shooter, because im tired of run n gun linear shooters.

Tell me what you think.

The problem i see is, they are making the game really big, giving it loads of fewatures,

but , i can not see any improvments to the game it self, and resistance 1 was pretty average for gameplay.

i reckon 8.0 - 8.5

Resistance: Fall of Man, was my first PS3 game. And it wasn't long till I forced myself to get another. The gameplay was way to repetitive for me, and the story dragged on for way too long. The protagonist (Nathan Hale) was also not very likeable at all. I am around 3 chapters from the end of the game and let me tell you, I have no intention of ever playing it again :P TheMazaku

To be fair, R1 was pretty good considering it was rushed for launch. R2 has no excuses.

I dunno. I hear people talking about how R2 will be the greatest shooter this gen. Im not dogging on the game, but I just didnt think the first was all that awesome. Granted, I played the demo and about 3 hours of the full game, but I think I got a good feel for what the game was like, and I wasnt too impressed. It seemed like your average run n gun shooter. It seemed waaay to conventional to have all the praise heaped onto it and its sequel. With shooters, if I like them, I really get sucked into them, and Resistance 1 just didnt do it for me. Im not a huge fan of shooters, but I tend to like the shooters that do things differently, like tactical battles (Brothers In Arms), stealthy gameplay (Far Cry), or even superpowers (Bioshock).

I personally think Far Cry 2 will be better. Look at the trailers and see all the awesome things it does. Weapons degrading, an awesome open world setting, the use of fire, the stealth, it all looks so much more compelling to play then R2.

What really sets the Resistance games apart? Did I just miss the boat on Resistance? Is it just not my kind of shooter, because im tired of run n gun linear shooters.

Tell me what you think.

hillelslovak

I couldn't agree more. I got resistance with the launch system and well... wasn't that impressed either. Its a nice looking game, some weapons are fun, but its just another shooter. Compartively its a good shooter. Its story is, eh ...ok i guess. I don't care too much about the story though. The online play wasn't all that great, certainly doesn't have the following of COD4.

I'm betting Far Cry 2 will be better, but i did see some info on R2 and i'm interested. They've peaked my curiousity. Maybe R2 will be much better than the 1st. So many choices starting to come about in our ps3 game library! Its about time! I like having trouble deciding which good game to get, rather than deciding should I get a game I know i might not like.

[QUOTE="TheMazaku"]Resistance: Fall of Man, was my first PS3 game. And it wasn't long till I forced myself to get another. The gameplay was way to repetitive for me, and the story dragged on for way too long. The protagonist (Nathan Hale) was also not very likeable at all. I am around 3 chapters from the end of the game and let me tell you, I have no intention of ever playing it again :P CosmoKing7717

He looks funny :P Don't mind me... I have lame excuses for everything.

Many people like the first resistance because it was the first game they played on their PS3. I find it pretty solid, the gameplay was fun, the story was ok (at least it didn't get much in the way), and it was my first experience (and a good one, too) with console online multiplayer. Although the gameplay was pretty generic and nothing really new, I had no problem with that...

Because of that, I am willing to give R2 a chance, although it is perfectly reasonable if it wasn't for you... As you can see from other posts, you are not alone.

How long or what chpter did you guys get to in Rfom before turning it off or just not going any further for the guys who didn't like it. I bet in most cases only to about chpter 4, am I wrong?

I say this cause I felt the same way, but since getting the game myself in the past month I've set down with it and after chapter 4 or 5 the game takes a whole new turn. The enviroments change up, the weapons change up, the atmosphere changes up, the enemies change up. And now I love it and I'm about 3/4 way through the game, and can't wait to go ahead finish it up to see how it all shacks out.

I have about 2 ole sh#t moments lol each time I sit down for a gaming session with it now lol. Thats pretty cool and really haven't had that since quake4 or doom3 in a game. But never the less when you walk on those pods I just say tip toe lol.

How long or what chpter did you guys get to in Rfom before turning it off or just not going any further for the guys who didn't like it. I bet in most cases only to about chpter 4, am I wrong?

I say this cause I felt the same way, but since getting the game myself in the past month I've set down with it and after chapter 4 or 5 the game takes a whole new turn. The enviroments change up, the weapons change up, the atmosphere changes up, the enemies change up. And now I love it and I'm about 3/4 way through the game, and can't wait to go ahead finish it up to see how it all shacks out.

I have about 2 ole sh#t moments lol each time I sit down for a gaming session with it now lol. Thats pretty cool and really haven't had that since quake4 or doom3 in a game. But never the less when you walk on those pods I just say tip toe lol.

GreyFoXX4

I agree...some people just dont have patience to play a little longer and discover how fun a game really is...like some people say that gta4 is repetetive..that all the missions are the same "hey cousin...go kill this guy...he is escaping in a car.." but once u pass like 30% of it it starts to change...and u get really original missions..people just need to give thier game a chance instead of playing for 2 hours and deciding not to like it