If you played Resistance 3 and saw the credits roll, it wasn’t much of a surprise to recently hear Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price revealing the studio was now done with the franchise.
Price appears to have been caught off guard by the headlines and ensuing fan response, however, and took to YouTube to deliver a message towards fans about the decision.
“I did want to confirm it face-to-face that we are not moving on with the Resistance franchise,” he said. “Now, the question we’ve gotten through our forums and through emails is: why? Well, we believe Resistance has reached its logical conclusion in terms of the story we wanted to tell.”
When everything faded to black, Resistance 3 definitely felt like an ending to a trilogy, even if I took issue with how much Insomniac Games chose to keep open-ended regarding the overall mythology. With Nihilistic Software working on Resistance: Burning Skies for Vita, however, it’s clear Sony has plans to keep going.
“With Sony’s shepherding, we know that it [Resistance] will continue to live on and expand,” he said. “We’re excited, as fanboys, to see where it goes.”
Now that I have a PS3, I feel like I should try the first and third resistances. Skip the second.
Would that be right, fellow GBers?
@Shaka999: The second one isn't as bad as people say. And it does have a story. I think. The ending, at least, is kinda cool, because it's crazy.
@Shaka999 said:
I hated the first, but liked the second. Never played the third.
It was fun while it lasted.
@Shaka999 said:
I had a LOT of fun playing through the single player and coop sections of Resistance 2. People claim Resistance 2 gave into popular console FPS trends by having regenerating health and such, but I felt that it was still very fun and challenging. Play through all three on hard difficulty!
Fine with me, I just want to know if they will be continuing with main line Ratchet games.
@Shaka999 said:
Yes, that is the correct thing to do.
@Shaka999 said:
I liked the 2nd. It was different and not the best in the series, but good.
1st was interesting, if a bit too grim with its gray/muddy green/brown palette all the time. Best part of the 2nd was the coop, which with a full group was some of the most online fun I've had in a game. I heard good things about 3, but after they dropped the coop I lost interest and never picked it up.
@Shaka999: Just play the second one, it's not bad at all. Just different.
@Shaka999 said:
I would even go as far as to say skip the first one, too.
I played through R1 and R2 back to back in 2010 and I didn't really think the first one holds up and the second is just not that interesting. But the third comes highly recommended, it does every cool thing from the first two games better and manages to deliver a very emotional story at the same time.
At some point the tug of war between humans and Chimera has to get more then a little hopeless for the player.
Kudos to them for commiting to ending the series due to the story. At least they didnt announce another trilogy.
@Shaka999 said:
I thought the second was the best one...2>1>3.
Regardless of any sugar coating they put over this story, I still feel like they've decided to stop Resistance because the franchise began to fall off from profitable and disappointment.
This doesn't mean that Sony won't keep the series going, and it's evident that they own the IP and it's out of Insomniac's control, regardless of what they feel, or what "note" they wish to end on.
@HeartbreakRidge said:
3 does have co-op. Four players online, two local, the entire campaign. OK, so it isn't a separate thing, but it's still good.
@Shaka999 said:
2 isn't complete shit, it's just... shallow. It's a middle child in a series that was desperately trying to break its head into mainstream territory, and the second one is where it showed most. I wouldn't call it "bad", but it definitely isn't essential. All you need to know is that
Anyway, all I can say is "oh well". The series finally had a noteworthy installment and its creators just left it by the wayside.
I wish Halo took this route and ended at 3. Now, it's just ridiculous.
@Shaka999 said:
The first one was good back when it was basically the only shooter on the PS3, but overall it isn't anything special compared to many shooters that have been subsequently released. If you can find it for $10 or something it might be worth you trying out. It is still 100x better than the second game though...even though the 8 player Co-op in the second game did have it's moments (I have to imagine that community has all but disappeared at this point).
I still haven't played 3, but based on all the reviews I've read it is something I do intend to play eventually...if only I can stop playing Skyrim for long enough to go to the store and buy it.
This! in fact I would even go as far as to say play R2 over R1 because the first games control's are now very dated.