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Binding: Video Game
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0711719810728
ESRB Age Rating: Mature
Label: Sony Computer Entertainment
Manufacturer: Sony Computer Entertainment
Model: 711719810728
Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Release Date: November 15, 2006
Sales Rank: 127
Studio: Sony Computer Entertainment

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Resistance: Fall Of Man takes you back in time to an early 20th century that's very different from our own. Through brute force, a species of unknown origin known only as the Chimera have conquered Asia and most of Europe in mere decades. Seeing the risk of annihilation, the United States supports the British Resistance in a European counterattack. The story follows Hale, a US Ranger, as he struggles for survival and desperately seeks a means to eliminate the Chimeran blight.

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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.



PLAYSTATION 3's killer app has arrived.


Wield human or Chimeran weapons. View larger.


Chimera come in a variety of terrifying shapes and sizes. View larger.


The environments are incredibly detailed and lifelike. View larger.


Enemies will flank you if you're careless about picking them off. View larger.


The Chimera wars
War is everywhere and everything in Resistance. An alien race began toying with the planet just after Word War I and in mere decades, the Chimera Ð a species of unknown origin propagating a virus that converts other life forms into more Chimera Ð has overrun Russia and all of Europe. HumanityÕs hope for survival is slim, and the tide of the battle rests on the shoulders of U.S. Army Ranger, Sgt. Nathan Hale.



The Chimera didn't plan to take this protracted war lying down, however, and amassed their forces in Russia. Once Russia was captured, they quickly erected a wall around the former country, rebuking all efforts at communication or contact. While the world waited and wondered what other terrors might spill from the wall, England prepares for and falls to a major Chimera invasion in 1951.



The United States comes to aid their English allies, but all does not go as planned. The next three days will see some of the most intense fighting the war has known thus far, and it's up to you to end the Chimera threat before the plague of defeat can encircle the globe.



Next-generation gameplay and style
The gameplay of Resistance is classic First Person Shooter. Insomniac Games has combined its passion for creating exotic weapons and vehicles with a proprietary physics system to create unique human and alien weaponry. Many of the weapons of the game are era-appropriate, such as pistols and grenades. Other weapons, such as the Chimeran Auger, are of alien design. Due to the differences in the ways that the various weapons handle, great care must be taken when entering an area infested with Chimera with their own weaponry. In addition to the obvious array of weapons, players can use melee attacks and jump to avoid attack.



Special game actions, called "Skill Tasks," are worth set number of points that can be spent to unlock new content in the game. A Skill Task may be something as simple as killing a number of enemies in a short period of time or as involved as locating a hidden area in the single player campaign. The mystery of the tasks, however, is that they aren't actually revealed until you have completed the task. This makes for a great reply incentive, as you will be mowing down Chimera and be suddenly rewarded with task points, often when you least expect the reward.



Obviously, presentation is one of the areas in which Resistance shines. The frame rate is silky-smooth, and never seems to get bogged down when there is a large number of Chimera or teammates on screen. Animations are believable, the locations are detailed, and the voice acting is top-notch. Explosions are especially impressive, sending shrapnel and smoke in all directions. If you're looking for a game to impress your friends with graphically, look no further. Resistance is the type of game that makes you feel confident about the future of the PLAYSTATION 3.



Track stats and more online
Resistance also boasts an impressive 40 player online multiplayer mode. It's not uncommon to find large-scale battles with both intricate strategy and simple "run and gun" play styles. Created and managed jointly by Insomniac Games and Sony Computer Entertainment, MyResistance.net is the official online community destination for Resistance: Fall of Man. At MyResistance.net, players can view their multiplayer stats in near-real time, participate in forums with other fans, download unlockable content and more.



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Not That Fun
I thought it would be something like rainbow six games but the graffix were cartoony.Maybe fun for small kids.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - 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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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - 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.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - 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.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - 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

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