[PS3] Resistance 3

[Swarley]

Game Informer doesn't have a lot of nice things to say about the single player. Saying it's pretty bland. 7.0 rating for them.

Oh well, not going to stop me from getting it. Going to pick it up after my noon class.

 

[Twigg4075]

Trying to decide if I should get this or Dead Island today. I'm definitely getting this but only want one today. I'm leaning towards DI.

 

[Twigg4075]

I'm probably going to head out to Best Buy tomorrow and snag my copy.

And here's another review, from Games Radar. They give it a 9/10 and say that it is better than R2.
http://www.gamesradar.com/resistance-3-review/

But keep in mind that there site is absolutely bathed in ads for the game. So much so that I was about to throw my netbook across the room because every time I tried to click on the review link it would load another one of the gigantic ad banners and the page kept scrolling up and down. ***rage***

 

[KNUBB]

G4 gave it a 5/5.

I have a lot of good things. Should have it tomorrow

 

[Swarley]

After what I've been hearing, it sounds like the guy who did the Game Informer review was kind of a little bitch about it and didn't give the game a good chance. Definitely going to play a little bit tomorrow morning.

 

[Twigg4075]

After what I've been hearing, it sounds like the guy who did the Game Informer review was kind of a little bitch about it and didn't give the game a good chance. Definitely going to play a little bit tomorrow morning.

It is interesting how two outlets can have complete opposite opinions on a part of a game. Yes, an opinion is an opinion. But to have such drastic differences between GI and Games Radrr for instance, is interesting to say the least. GR applauds R3's campaign while GI slams it.

 

[Twigg4075]

looks like the campaign has not been improved as the creators and IGN would have you believe. Besides IGN everyone else is saying the story is weak and forgettable akin to a killzone campaign with less grandeur

Really? Because now that I'm actually doing my research it looks like reviewers writing off the story are in the extreme minority

Games Radar- 90, "polished, impeccable campaign"
Gamepro- 90, "intensely memorable encounters"
PS Lifestlye- 90, "the single player can stand next to the likes of Uncharted 2"
Joystiq- 90, "isn't just a great game full of marked, inspired improvement"
IGN- 90, "this time the action is more focused and tightly structured."
Gametrailers- 88, "the variety and pacing of the campaign makes it the best in the series so far."

Hmm, so who's in the minority? And who is this "everyone else" that you speak of?

 

[KNUBB]

I was using my phone so I couldn't link a bunch of reviews but I was gonna say that most reviews I saw were positive and the only bad review I saw was the one mentioned in here.

 

[stevsta]

Really? Because now that I'm actually doing my research it looks like reviewers writing off the story are in the extreme minority

Games Radar- 90, "polished, impeccable campaign"
Gamepro- 90, "intensely memorable encounters
PS Lifestlye- 90, "the single player can stand next to the likes of Uncharted 2"
Joystiq- 90, "isn't just a great game full of marked, inspired improvement"
IGN- 90, "this time the action is more focused and tightly structured."
Gametrailers- 88, "the variety and pacing of the campaign makes it the best in the series so far."

Hmm, so who's in the minority? And who is this "everyone else" that you speak of?

Look at their reviews for resistance 2 and you will see a trend in how the rated resistance 2 and the story

 

[Twigg4075]

Look at their reviews for resistance 2 and you will see a trend in how the rated resistance 2 and the story

Who? All of those outlets?

And that still doesn't answer my question. You said a bunch of outlets were shitting on the story but I've only seen one, GI. Where are all the others?

 

[stevsta]

Who? All of those outlets?

And that still doesn't answer my question. You said a bunch of outlets were shitting on the story but I've only seen one, GI. Where are all the others?

metacritic reviews

1up

giant bomb

edge magazine

gameinformer

inc gamers

 

[KNUBB]

If you match up the good reviews to the bad reviews guess who is still in the minority.

 

[Twigg4075]

metacritic reviews

1up

giant bomb

edge magazine

gameinformer

inc gamers

Really? What reviews did you read?

1UP- "The gameplay pacing is often superb; you easily move from tense shooter firefights, to zombie-movie-esque "you versus Grim" scenarios, to epic boss battles."

Giant Bomb- "Resistance's premise remains terrific, imagining an Earth around would-be World War II where Hitler never became society's greatest threat. Instead, an alien race is insidiously subverting humanity and turning them against one another by physically transforming humans into adopted Chimera. It's gross, laughable, and awesome."
"It feels like a side story, but a really good one..."

Edge- They apparently don't keep their site updated so who knows?

GI- We know they they were one of the few that didn't like it.

Inc Gamers- Grasping much? I've never even heard of this site. It's probably like posting a VSD game review as gospel.

 

[SethMode]

Why are we even discussing the story of a Resistance game? It wasn't like they were ever trying to create BioShock or something with it.

I have really no desire to play this after not really caring for either of the first 2, but at some point I'll probably stumble upon it. The thing that always perplexes me is how this is the same developer of the R&C series. Especially after 3 games. R&C went from good to better to great (and then great and great on the PS3), while Resistance for me went from average to good to bad to (based on reviews I've read) back to average to good.

 

[Twigg4075]

Why are we even discussing the story of a Resistance game? It wasn't like they were ever trying to create BioShock or something with it.

I have really no desire to play this after not really caring for either of the first 2, but at some point I'll probably stumble upon it. The thing that always perplexes me is how this is the same developer of the R&C series. Especially after 3 games. R&C went from good to better to great (and then great and great on the PS3), while Resistance for me went from average to good to bad to (based on reviews I've read) back to average to good.

Because the stories are at least a bit cooler than the typical military shooter trite.

Insomniac is known for their humor and crazy ass weapons, which R&C had in spades. Resistance has the unique and awesome weapons down but since it's a serious game the humor is out the window.

 

[Swarley]

Really starting to like the multiplayer. I mentioned earlier that I've never really played any Resistance MP before. But after a few matches and getting used to trying to play FPS MP on PS3 it's really starting to grow on me. Hopefully I'll be putting some good time into this over the weekend. Anybody else plan on logging some MP time over the weekend?

 

[hackett]

I can't get connected. Played it for a couple of hours like 3 days ago..... Now whenever I go to matchmaking, it will search for a game for about a minute and time out. Anyone else having this problem?

 

[Swarley]

I can't get connected. Played it for a couple of hours like 3 days ago..... Now whenever I go to matchmaking, it will search for a game for about a minute and time out. Anyone else having this problem?

Mine has been running smoothly. I played last night and this morning.

 

[deathdealer]

i just bought it hit me up to play

 

[KNUBB]

Finally had the money to buy it today. I know Virix is considering it. Anyone else pick it up