Resistance: Fall of Man

Overview

Gameplay

Plot

The story starts off with a narration that explains how the tension between Russia and America increased after the end of the first world war and how it had led the Russian to create a wall to isolate themselves  from the world. Even so, the world started hearing of reports of biological experiments being conducted in Russia, followed by reports of villages and cities being destroyed overnight. Then around 1949 there was an invasion by creatures known only as chimera from Russia who started systemically destroying all of countries in europe one by one until all of europe was in ruins. Britain, being an island, was thought to be safe but  in 1950 the Chimera burrowed under the English Channel and invaded Britain as well and overwhelmed their forces with ease. Most of the remaining people scattered and lived in bases around england putting up as much resistance as they could. 

The game picks up in 1951 where the US Army Rangers sends a task force to help Britain against the Chimera in exchange for a secret weapon that would help them against the US against the Chimera. It was claimed to something so valuable that the US could not possibly make it themselves. The hero of the game Sgt. Nathan Hale is part of this American task force that is on its way to York to rendevouz with the British forces but both of these forces are ambused on their way and the US rangers are forced to repel the attack of enemies that they had no idea about.  This was because after the destruction of europe the US government started to control the flow of information. News channels became state property and the news about the Chimera was not told to the general public. During this battle, Nathan Hale seemingly gets infected with the Chimeran virus but survives instead of going into a coma, which is what usually happened to humans after being infected by the Chimera. The battle doesn't end well as most of the forces are wiped out and nathan hale makes his way to a bus depot that they are hoping to secure so that they may land reinforcements. With the help of Hale the US forces seem to have pushed out the chimeran forces from the bus depot and prematurely celebrate as they soon after hit with a spire attack. A spire attack invovles missiles pods that land and release crawlers, small beetle-like creatures that infect humans with the Chimeran virus. Everyone is infected and Hale is knocked unconscious.

Hale wakes up in a Chimeran conversion center in Grimsby where he manages to get out of his cell and rescue Rachel Parker, a captain in the British army. She assits hale through the radio and they both escape from the Chimeran conversion center. Here Hale witnesses how the humans were being converted into Chimera. Humans went into coma's after which their bodies started to mutate and became cocoons. These cocoons would later set forth the chimeran creatures such as the hybrids who were attached with a cooling apparatus. This was because the Chimera had 12 times faster metabolism which led to their body generating a lot of body heat, which left unchecked would cause them to burn up.

Nathan Hale then joins the British forces in Manchestor as they tried to reclaim their lost convoy, that was carrying the secret weapon that the British were going to give to the US. With Nathan Hale's help the british are able to win the ensuing battle and recover the weapon which is then airlifted to a British army base in Cheshire. But when he arrives there all is not well, as the base has been overrun by Chimeran forces. Hale becomes seperated from the others and fights his way into a briefing room where he learns about Angels, a special chimeran strain that controlled all other Chimera through telepathy. He learns that the convoy that they recovered held an angel that the British had been able to capture. When Hale finds the Crate holding the angel, it tries to control his mind but he resists and instead kills the angel.

Multiplayer

Resistance: Fall of Man features a full multiplayer experience. For local multiplayer, the game allows up to 4 players. For online, the game allows up to 40 players; all connected through the PlayStation Network IDs.

Online multiplayer allows the creation of clans, creation of matches, or joining ranked games.

Different Species during Online Multiplayer

Humans have a radar, allowing one to distinguish where friends and foes are at any time. Being smaller (and harder to hit), they can sprint and crouch forever. Spawns with one fragmentation grenade and an M5A2 Carbine.

Chimera are easier targets due to their size, but they possess "rage mode" which allows them to see through walls and sprint. However, one must keep an eye on the thermal meter to prevent overheating - a side effect for staying in "rage mode" for too long. Spawns with a Bullseye..

Manchester Cathedral Controversy

On June 9, 2007, the Church of England threatened legal action against Sony for featuring Manchester Cathedral in the game without permission. The level in question features a rather lengthy gun battle against the Chimera. Church officials claimed this use not only be simply in poor taste but also "sick" and even "sacrilegious". To compound this problem, gun violence has been an issue for Manchester authorities as a whole. So the glorification of violence, they claimed, would only encourage more. The Church demanded that Sony remove the game from store shelves and issue an apology. After a brief period the Church of England dropped it's case against Sony in the belief that they could not prove that any copyright infringements had been made.

Though Sony never officially admitted fault, they did issue an apology to the Church of England:

"We do not accept that there is any connection between contemporary issues of 21st Century Manchester and a work of science fiction in which a fictitious 1950s Britain is under attack by aliens. It is not our intention to cause offense by using a representation of Manchester Cathedral in chapter eight of the work. If we have done so we sincerely apologize."

Weapons

M5A2 Carbine

This is the first weapon that you recieve in the game and the gun primarily used by human soliders. The primary fire just shoots regular rounds while the secondary fire acts as a 40 mmm grenade launcher.

Bullseye

This weapon is also acquired early on inthe game and is the gun primarily used by the Hybrid and advanced hybrid Chimera. The primary fire just shoots rounds out rapidly while the secondary fire allows you tag enemies. Once tagged the primary fire rounds will hone in on the target.

Rossmore 236

Primary fire shoots out regular shotgun shells while the secondary fire discharges both barrels creating a stronger attack.

auger

Often carried by the Steelhead Chimera, this gun's primary fire shoots out rounds that can pass through solid objects such as walls and crates. The secondary fire creates a shield panel that protects the player for all weapons except other auger rounds which can pass through it. The shield wil also hurt anyone who passes through it

L23 Fareye

This sniper rifle's primary fire is a normal shot but when the secondary fire is held the player can view through the scope in bullet time, making it easier to get head shots.

XR-003 Sapper

This weapons primary fire releases blobs that if touched act as mines and explode. The secondary fire allows you to exploed the mines whenever you want.

XR-005 Hailstorm

The primary fire of this gun shoots out a large number of small projectiles that bounces of anything they hit. They secondary fire unloads the rest of the clip to create a ball of bullets that act as a turret that automatically attack enemies nearby.

L209 LAARK

The primary fire of this guns shoots out standard rockets while the secondary fire allows you to stop the rocket in mid flight and change its direction so that you can hit the target even if it tries to move out of the way.

Reapers

A dual handed weapon used by the Slipskulls, primary fire shoots out rounds from the right gun while the secondary fire shoots out rounds from the left gun.

L11-2 Dragon

The primary fire shoots out flames while the secondary fire releases gas. While the secondary fire is held gas will start to leak from the gun and then releasing the button causes a flame to appear that will last longer.

Arc Charger

A gun that shoots out arcs of electricity and is used by the Hardfangs Chimera

Skill Points

General

These skill points can be acquired in any stage of the game.

Reading Is Fun! (2 points)
Collect 10 Intelligence Reports.

Chicks Dig Eyestrain (3 points)
Collect 20 Intelligence Reports.

Too Many Secrets(7 points)
Collect all Intelligence Reports.

In For a Penny(1 points)
Kill 3 Hybrids with a single grenade.

Fetch(2 points)
Kill a Howler with a grenade.

Acupuncture Is Cheaper (2 points)
Kill 3 enemies at once with the Hedgehog.

Why Are These Candles Screaming? (3 points)
Kill 8 Hybrids with fire in within 20 seconds.

Lovely Parting Gifts (2 points)
Squat over 15 dead Hybrids.

Tag, You're It (2 points)
Kill 5 enemies with the Bullseye within 30 seconds.

Gasping For Air (3 points)
Kill 2 Hybrids in a level only after severing all of their hoses.

Nowhere To Hide (3 points)
Kill 5 enemies in a level by shooting them through a wall with the Auger.

Twirly-Whirly (3 points)
Kill 5 Menials with the Bullseye trap.

Turrets (3 points)
Kill 6 enemies with the Chimeran Sentry gun.

Mechanical Thumbs (5 points)
Successfully complete the game on the Hard difficulty setting.

Stage specific Skill Points

These skill points can only be acquired in their respective stages

___________________YORK_______________________

 Supersonic Meat Cubes (3 points)
Kill 3 Leapers with a Frag grenade in the York level

Homing Beacons (3 points)
Kill 4 Hybrids with the Bullseye in the York level.

Chimera Pate (3 points)
Run over 10 enemies with the tank in the York level.

                                            GRIMSBY_______________________

Don't Worry, Insurance Has It Covered (3 points)
Destroy 3 or more black boxes in the Grimsby level.

20th Sentry (3 points)
Do not get his by a laser mine in the Grimsby level.

Personal Space Bubble (4 points)
Do not let any Menial grab you in the Grimsby level.

                                      MANCHESTOR________________________

Lightfoot (4 points)