Apr 19 2009
Why I’m Still Unimpressed By Resistance
Resistance is a series that Sony could have handled much, much better. I’m overall disappointed with the way the series has progressed, and that’s not to say that the games aren’t fantastic as far as FPS fests are concerned. Just that Sony had the real makings of a classic franchise with Resistance’s premise, but I feel as though they haven’t made as much out of the games as could have been done. The first two Resistance games squandered their overall appeal with a story that had a fantastic premise, and little beyond that in terms of real plot value.
And then in a confusing move we get the game with the most fantastic story, in PSP’s Resistance: Retribution, which has a personal well evolved and fantastic plotline, but the horrible clunky shooter gameplay that only a PSP could offer. Which just begs the question from me, why didn’t the best elements get combined for Resistance 2???
I seriously don’t understand why the first two games just couldn’t fully get the involved and entertaining story correct, and yet Retribution gets the series best storyline, and worst PSP lame gameplay. I’m baffled.
And I’m also led to believe that Resistance 3 needs to really up the series quality in the story area to cement itself as a true reason to play shooters on PS3, because I’m just not convinced that we’ve gotten the best out of Insomniac. I’m growing a little weary of spending anymore money on the series until some things shape up, seriously.
