Personally I think they lost it when 2 came out. The first one, to me, had such an original premise and unique take on World War 1 with a bunch of aliens fucking up Europe. Than it got really generic for me. I guess I was expecting this to be on a Halo level of popularity and influence on the industry but sadly that isn't the case. What about you guys? 

Ya I really liked the alternate history story they had come up with, so I loved the first one. The second one was definitely a let down, although it was still a good game but the story wasn't nearly as good especially with Hale dying. I really don't know what to expect from this third one coming out.

First one was decent, second one blew don't care about the 3rd.
 
It was just another game that was over hyped due to the original E3 trailer. Lair, Killzone and Heavenly Sword also suffered because of the original trailers.

" First one was decent, second one blew don't care about the 3rd. It was just another game that was over hyped due to the original E3 trailer. Lair, Killzone and Heavenly Sword also suffered because of the original trailers. "

When I bought my PS3 it was bundled with the first game. I played through it with a friend and it was pretty fun, but nothing about the story or the characters (what little there were) drew me in at all. 
 
This has left me completely uninterested in the franchise, which is a pity since I've heard the second game was still pretty fun.

" @zombie2011 said:

" First one was decent, second one blew don't care about the 3rd. It was just another game that was over hyped due to the original E3 trailer. Lair, Killzone and Heavenly Sword also suffered because of the original trailers. "

I agree with all the ones you said except Killzone. Fuck man I forgot about Heavenly Sword, another game that looked to have an interesting premise and graphical style but in the end was a total letdown.  "

The original Resistance was a great console first-person shooter, and I would consider it to be the best console FPS since the original Halo. It offered grand scale set-pieces with intelligent A.I. and  an unique arsenal. The storyline was actually decent for an FPS, I also liked open size of the environment that played well with the set-pieces. Also, it has one of the best health system in a first-person shooter; with it's combination of regenerating and health bars. Resistance 2 was a disappointment, the way I viewed Halo 2. They watered down the health system, replacing it with the regenerating health system. The environments were also claustrophobic and quite small compared to the original's.  
 
The boss battles were totally scripted and just poorly designed, not to mention the unbalanced difficulty curved. I will say that the A.I. was definitely improve, it's quite impressive. Still, the game was a letdown compared to the original. I will say that Resistance 2 isn't bad, and people are just being whiny by dismissing it as a "failure". The sure did look purty for 2008.
 
I would also like to show this, since it's relevant. 
  

I've played some of the second one and I thought it was one of the most generic shooters I have ever played. The single player is sub-par and the multiplayer doesn't have much unique appeal to it at all.

" @RE_Player92 said:

" @zombie2011 said:

" First one was decent, second one blew don't care about the 3rd. It was just another game that was over hyped due to the original E3 trailer. Lair, Killzone and Heavenly Sword also suffered because of the original trailers. "

I agree with all the ones you said except Killzone. Fuck man I forgot about Heavenly Sword, another game that looked to have an interesting premise and graphical style but in the end was a total letdown.  "

Yeah also wasn't Heavenly Sword like 6 hours long.   I tried to find the original trailer for Resistance back when it was titled i8 but had no luck. I just remember it being bad ass there were like 40 dudes on screen just running through a field getting blown up and stuff it was crazy. "

i'm neutral really. I enjoyed the first one because of the campaign coop and the ratchet and clak-esque weapon selection, but they took both of those out in the sequel which was very disappointing

I loved the first Resistance, because it honestly reminded me of the first Halo.  The combat was sort of free form, where there were different ways to approach things and the levels were fairly open.  Beating it co-op was bad ass, and the story was intriguing.
 
I was initially disappointed in the second one because you were forced to use certain weapons in certain situations, the levels were a lot more scripted, etc.  In a sense, I didn't improvise in the battles as much.  But when I finished it, I realized that it had a ton of memorable moments, and I thought they nailed the atmosphere the were going for (everything has gone to hell).
 
Looking forward to 3, for sure.

Could not be more generic imo
 
I prefer Killzone 2

Loved the first one, with it's dark, gritty atmosphere and somewhat suspensful parts. The second one completely ruined the franchise for me story-wise and gameplay wise. They just tried to make it into a CoD game and it was terrible. I'm hoping the guys at Insomniac can learn their lessons from the 2nd game and go back to where they were going with the first one. for R3. I'm really interested to see what direction they're going to take the game now.

" Could not be more generic imo  I prefer Killzone 2 "