@@HitboxDetective You heard about the PSOne group? They're modders that are making servers for old PS3 games. They've done Killzone 2 and Motorstorm so far and they might do Resistance in the future.
This was a cool video. I’ve always known about the Resistance franchise, but I have never played it solely because I always had an Xbox. Luckily for me, I got a PS4 for free and I’ll give these games a shot on PS NOW.
I recently beat resistance 3, and i beat resistance 2 over two months ago. In short i had a great time playing them for the most part. It's been years since i played fall of man, i'm thinking about getting another copy of it, so i can revisit the game.
It definitely wasn’t a halo killer but it was damn good at what it did and it nailed the atmosphere it was going for. I’ll admit Halo is a better series but I personally prefer the setting, lore, and gameplay of the Resistance universe.
Thank you so much! I appreciate you saying that. Same. I'm honestly just trying to make the videos I would want to watch, so I'm glad someone out there feels the same way. I hate to sound gross and promotional lol, but I have another retrospective publishing on Saturday that you may enjoy. Thank you for your time and attention!
As an outsider, man does R1 look ugly... Look there is a gritty and gnarly look... but R1 is straight up just ugly. H1 looks better to me, I swear. At least those outside sections.
I hear you. It would benefit greatly from a remaster. While I still enjoy it and think it has a charm to it, I see what you're saying. Thank you for watching!
Resistance franchise was and never will be a halo killer same as the other franchise sony threw into the ring killzone another halo killer but it wasn't Halo was and is still the best FPS game of all time Halo Combat Evolved was the whole reason I jumped ship from Sony to Microsoft granted we don't have as many exclusives bet the ones we do have are Amazing Halo Killer Instinct and my all time favorite microsoft exclusive of all time Gears Of War imo every gears game campaigns are amazing and each one gets better and better I'll take Master Cheif from Halo and Marcus Fenix from gears anyday over any of Sony's flagship characters who are lifeless and boring imo!
Arr you kidding? The only good Resistance was the first. If the franchise continued like that game maybe would be a good alternative to Halo but Resistance 2 is the worst exclusive Sony 's ever had , totally destroyed everything great about the first: history, original ambient, Lore, local coop and competitive, vehicle sections, weapon wheel... EVERYTHING
Was. New 343 did good with Infinite. Best gameplay in all of Halos, hands down. As for the story - I mean it ended at Halo 3, can't blame the studio when it's told to continue a story that has been finished
I unfortunately didn’t play these games since growing up I just had Shrexbox and Nintendo. Thankfully, I’d be able to emulate on my Steam Deck. I’ve been wanting to play Sony’s “Halo Killers” for a while now (we all know the true Halo Killer was itself under 343. Also, in an attempt to keep up with Halo, Killzone killed itself as well with Shadowfall😂). It’s definitely interesting how the Resistance changed radically as the series went on. You’d think they would’ve refined Fall of Man’s systems instead of changing the way health/weapons work each entry. I’m sure I’d like 3 the most since it’s basically Half-Life 2 with the serial numbers filed off (one of the chapters is literally just Ravenholm). It would be AWESOME if we could get Dead Space/Resident Evil style remakes that remain mostly faithful, but apply various improvements to the story/gameplay. Sadly, the chances of that are VERY low since we know from the Insomniac leaks that NOTHING Resistance related is in the pipeline, Sunset Overdrive 2 isn’t happening, there’s only one Ratchet and Clank game slated for the future, and now Insomniac are just relegated to Sony’s Marvel games factory (kind of like how Raven Software made a lot of original stuff, but now Activision have them working exclusively as a CoD support studio). Plus, there’s no real incentive for Sony to bring back their shooters since Halo and other Xbox exclusives will inevitably go to PlayStation. The ONLY way I can see this returning is if they have someone else make it, or if they make MCC style collections for their older games (with Lego Horizon going to Switch we could potentially see Sky Cooper, Ratchet and Clank, and other Sony platformers go to Switch since they’ll definitely sell better there). Even though the chances of us getting a series of remakes are pretty much nonexistent it’s still fun to speculate and brainstorm on what that could look like. Something I’d want in a remake is to give Hale a voice and have him interact with the other characters to better flesh out his character, like how Isaac was given a voice in the Dead Space remake. Use the magic of hindsight to better foreshadow the events of future titles, link the spinoffs/books/games, and tie things in with later lore so the setting feels more cohesive. Have weapons/enemy types from future titles appear where appropriate to better flesh out the gameplay. For health you’d keep the partially regenerating system Fall of Man has, but bump it up to 6 bars towards the end of the game and throw in non-regenerating armor pickups (2 would carry this over and a weapon wheel. Replacing the weapon wheel both went against what Fall of Man setup, and Insomniac didn’t implement it properly. The reason it works in Halo is because you get access to a good chunk of the sandbox for most of the game. In 2/3 you can dual wield small arms. If you hold onto a power weapon you’ll occasionally be rewarded with ammo for it later. And in 2 onwards you had both weapon/ammo crates to replenish your supply, and could swap weapons with the ai. If 2 properly implemented this it would’ve been fine). Add vehicle sections to 2/3. Sure, they were janky and half baked, but if Insomniac stayed the course I’m sure they could’ve made something really cool. A big chunk of why Bungie’s Halo was so popular and fondly remembered is because they did an excellent job weaving on foot and vehicle sections to break up the normal encounters and make the series less repetitive. Backport weapon upgrades to 1/2, and make guns function like the best versions of themselves. In addition to that throw in the multiplayer component like you mentioned (speaking of multiplayer, some crazy people got it working and you can play it with a modded PS3).
Thanks for making the video. I really think that the whole “Halo Killer” was entirely made up by and pushed by the gaming media. 100% certain there wasn’t a single thought in the minds of any Insomniac employees while building it that they were trying to make a “Halo killer” whatsoever. I really think they saw the popularity of early 2000’s WW2 shooters (MoH / CoD / etc), and also saw some good sci fi shooters (Halo / Half Life / Killzone / Gears, etc), and decided to make a fusion of the two. And I think if that was their “target”, they hit it perfectly. If it was trying to be some high octane response to the Halo franchise, I can see why it was a let down by comparison. But I don’t think it ever intended to be that.
Very good video! Thanks for your work. Resistance is my favourite Sony IP ever and you made a very good overview what was making this franchise so good. I really hope some day we see a new entry in the franchise. In my opinion the best way would be to release a PS5 Remaster for all three campaigns and also the 8-player Coop mode followed by an complete Reboot cause to much time has passed since Resistance 3. Hopefully some day Resistance is coming back. #wearetheresistance ❤
We need more videos like this. Good on you for reviewing these games years later. I have to ask, when did you play RFOM online? Because the way you describe it sounds like you must have got into it late when the player base had dropped off significantly. I know it's tough to detail the experience because we're years removed from it, but RFOM had everything back in the earlier days. There may have been other games with more players, but those that did play frequently were as competitive as they come. R2 is also a great game, especially for co-op, but that's the one that lacked some of the fundamentals and was a bit too ambitious. Ted Price even later remarked that one of the reasons for the decline of the series was due to the change in format between 1 and 2 and again with R3. Anyway, you still did well to bring some more attention where it's needed.
i replayed this game last year and it felt so bad to play again when compared to like halo ce where i had the same amazing fun that i had when that came out
totally! but fingers crossed for a remake or its inclusion in the recently announced playstation "gamepass" service! if they could update the controls, that would be amazing!!
Resistance deserves to have a remastered or reboot.
Resistance 2 had the best co-op I've ever played in any game.
I couldn't agree more! I'd love to be able to play it again.
@@HitboxDetective You heard about the PSOne group? They're modders that are making servers for old PS3 games. They've done Killzone 2 and Motorstorm so far and they might do Resistance in the future.
@@Mbrace818 I saw that on Twitter about a week ago! I hope they do and if so, I'll likely make a video about it. They're doing the lord's work lol.
Halo 2 is better in story and sales.
With the purchase of Activision by Microsoft, I can see Sony potentially bringing the series back to try and keep their hat in the FPS ring.
These videos are a great idea, love a good video essay. I had never even seen this game until this video, great work man
Thank you! I really appreciate you saying that! Means so much.
This was a cool video. I’ve always known about the Resistance franchise, but I have never played it solely because I always had an Xbox. Luckily for me, I got a PS4 for free and I’ll give these games a shot on PS NOW.
I appreciate you saying that! Thank you for your time and attention. That's an awesome deal lol. I hope you enjoy them when you check them out.
I remember Insomniac not being enslaved to the Marvel mines. Better times and better consoles.
I loved the challenging gameplay of resistance fall of man
I recently beat resistance 3, and i beat resistance 2 over two months ago. In short i had a great time playing them for the most part.
It's been years since i played fall of man, i'm thinking about getting another copy of it, so i can revisit the game.
It definitely wasn’t a halo killer but it was damn good at what it did and it nailed the atmosphere it was going for. I’ll admit Halo is a better series but I personally prefer the setting, lore, and gameplay of the Resistance universe.
Resistance was made as a counterpart of Gears of War.
Resistance 3 is beter than any halo game still want resistance 4 don't think it will happen 😢.
Really great videos man. I truly appreciate these style of videos more than any other these days.
Thank you so much! I appreciate you saying that. Same. I'm honestly just trying to make the videos I would want to watch, so I'm glad someone out there feels the same way. I hate to sound gross and promotional lol, but I have another retrospective publishing on Saturday that you may enjoy. Thank you for your time and attention!
@@HitboxDetective No problem! I will definitely check it out. I'm on my way to check the others out as we speak. Keep up the great work.
Honestly dude, you should have more views. Heres a sub
I appreciate you saying that! Thank you for the sub. I appreciate your time and attention!
I didn’t have any fps issues in resistance 3 on my ps3 slim. Playing from a disc, not hard drive. Maybe you played in 1080 and I played in 720? lol
awesome video dude, i love resistance
Thank you so much! Me too. I hope Sony gets a dev studio to make another one. The universe has so much promise. Thank you for your time and attention!
I've read the book 's they need to be made into a movie. Also a comic book series.
I had no idea there are books! I just looked them up. Thank you so much! I appreciate your time and attention.
Two words rocket flood
As an outsider, man does R1 look ugly... Look there is a gritty and gnarly look... but R1 is straight up just ugly. H1 looks better to me, I swear. At least those outside sections.
I hear you. It would benefit greatly from a remaster. While I still enjoy it and think it has a charm to it, I see what you're saying. Thank you for watching!
Damn at first I thought you were talking about the R1 button, lmao
Resistance franchise was and never will be a halo killer same as the other franchise sony threw into the ring killzone another halo killer but it wasn't Halo was and is still the best FPS game of all time Halo Combat Evolved was the whole reason I jumped ship from Sony to Microsoft granted we don't have as many exclusives bet the ones we do have are Amazing Halo Killer Instinct and my all time favorite microsoft exclusive of all time Gears Of War imo every gears game campaigns are amazing and each one gets better and better I'll take Master Cheif from Halo and Marcus Fenix from gears anyday over any of Sony's flagship characters who are lifeless and boring imo!
Trying to read this gave me a stroke.
What you could’ve said instead: “I like Xbox games, PlayStation bad.”
I thought Killzone was suppose to be the Halo killer. Still talking about the console wars years after it is over. It's over, let it go.
Halo killer? Nobody even knew what resistance are 😂😂
U are a youngin💀. U don’t know what ur talking about😂
Resistance 2 is the worst fps I’ve ever played
Click bait. It was never meant to be a halo killer. It was just its own game.
Bad troll is bad. Go away kid
Arr you kidding? The only good Resistance was the first.
If the franchise continued like that game maybe would be a good alternative to Halo but Resistance 2 is the worst exclusive Sony 's ever had , totally destroyed everything great about the first: history, original ambient, Lore, local coop and competitive, vehicle sections, weapon wheel... EVERYTHING
343 is the Halo killer.
Lmaooo
Was. New 343 did good with Infinite. Best gameplay in all of Halos, hands down. As for the story - I mean it ended at Halo 3, can't blame the studio when it's told to continue a story that has been finished
Resistance was never positioned to be a Halo Killer. I think that was more Killzone, even though Resistance was the better of the two.
Resistance was designed to counter Gears of War.
I unfortunately didn’t play these games since growing up I just had Shrexbox and Nintendo. Thankfully, I’d be able to emulate on my Steam Deck. I’ve been wanting to play Sony’s “Halo Killers” for a while now (we all know the true Halo Killer was itself under 343. Also, in an attempt to keep up with Halo, Killzone killed itself as well with Shadowfall😂).
It’s definitely interesting how the Resistance changed radically as the series went on. You’d think they would’ve refined Fall of Man’s systems instead of changing the way health/weapons work each entry. I’m sure I’d like 3 the most since it’s basically Half-Life 2 with the serial numbers filed off (one of the chapters is literally just Ravenholm). It would be AWESOME if we could get Dead Space/Resident Evil style remakes that remain mostly faithful, but apply various improvements to the story/gameplay. Sadly, the chances of that are VERY low since we know from the Insomniac leaks that NOTHING Resistance related is in the pipeline, Sunset Overdrive 2 isn’t happening, there’s only one Ratchet and Clank game slated for the future, and now Insomniac are just relegated to Sony’s Marvel games factory (kind of like how Raven Software made a lot of original stuff, but now Activision have them working exclusively as a CoD support studio). Plus, there’s no real incentive for Sony to bring back their shooters since Halo and other Xbox exclusives will inevitably go to PlayStation. The ONLY way I can see this returning is if they have someone else make it, or if they make MCC style collections for their older games (with Lego Horizon going to Switch we could potentially see Sky Cooper, Ratchet and Clank, and other Sony platformers go to Switch since they’ll definitely sell better there).
Even though the chances of us getting a series of remakes are pretty much nonexistent it’s still fun to speculate and brainstorm on what that could look like. Something I’d want in a remake is to give Hale a voice and have him interact with the other characters to better flesh out his character, like how Isaac was given a voice in the Dead Space remake. Use the magic of hindsight to better foreshadow the events of future titles, link the spinoffs/books/games, and tie things in with later lore so the setting feels more cohesive. Have weapons/enemy types from future titles appear where appropriate to better flesh out the gameplay. For health you’d keep the partially regenerating system Fall of Man has, but bump it up to 6 bars towards the end of the game and throw in non-regenerating armor pickups (2 would carry this over and a weapon wheel. Replacing the weapon wheel both went against what Fall of Man setup, and Insomniac didn’t implement it properly. The reason it works in Halo is because you get access to a good chunk of the sandbox for most of the game. In 2/3 you can dual wield small arms. If you hold onto a power weapon you’ll occasionally be rewarded with ammo for it later. And in 2 onwards you had both weapon/ammo crates to replenish your supply, and could swap weapons with the ai. If 2 properly implemented this it would’ve been fine). Add vehicle sections to 2/3. Sure, they were janky and half baked, but if Insomniac stayed the course I’m sure they could’ve made something really cool. A big chunk of why Bungie’s Halo was so popular and fondly remembered is because they did an excellent job weaving on foot and vehicle sections to break up the normal encounters and make the series less repetitive. Backport weapon upgrades to 1/2, and make guns function like the best versions of themselves. In addition to that throw in the multiplayer component like you mentioned (speaking of multiplayer, some crazy people got it working and you can play it with a modded PS3).
too long didn't read
Bro wrote a whole ass book
Thanks for making the video. I really think that the whole “Halo Killer” was entirely made up by and pushed by the gaming media. 100% certain there wasn’t a single thought in the minds of any Insomniac employees while building it that they were trying to make a “Halo killer” whatsoever. I really think they saw the popularity of early 2000’s WW2 shooters (MoH / CoD / etc), and also saw some good sci fi shooters (Halo / Half Life / Killzone / Gears, etc), and decided to make a fusion of the two. And I think if that was their “target”, they hit it perfectly. If it was trying to be some high octane response to the Halo franchise, I can see why it was a let down by comparison. But I don’t think it ever intended to be that.
Very good video! Thanks for your work. Resistance is my favourite Sony IP ever and you made a very good overview what was making this franchise so good.
I really hope some day we see a new entry in the franchise.
In my opinion the best way would be to release a PS5 Remaster for all three campaigns and also the 8-player Coop mode followed by an complete Reboot cause to much time has passed since Resistance 3.
Hopefully some day Resistance is coming back.
#wearetheresistance ❤
Resistance 3 was not that rushed. Your head after inhaling a bottle of poppers is what’s rushed . . .
We need more videos like this. Good on you for reviewing these games years later. I have to ask, when did you play RFOM online? Because the way you describe it sounds like you must have got into it late when the player base had dropped off significantly. I know it's tough to detail the experience because we're years removed from it, but RFOM had everything back in the earlier days. There may have been other games with more players, but those that did play frequently were as competitive as they come. R2 is also a great game, especially for co-op, but that's the one that lacked some of the fundamentals and was a bit too ambitious. Ted Price even later remarked that one of the reasons for the decline of the series was due to the change in format between 1 and 2 and again with R3.
Anyway, you still did well to bring some more attention where it's needed.
No it wasnt
i replayed this game last year and it felt so bad to play again when compared to like halo ce where i had the same amazing fun that i had when that came out
totally! but fingers crossed for a remake or its inclusion in the recently announced playstation "gamepass" service! if they could update the controls, that would be amazing!!