Resistance is a Good Shooter with a Few Flaws
Having recently played a few games with which I was a little underwhelmed, I found myself looking more and more for a title to not take itself overly seriously; have lengthy, unnecessary dialogue or cutscenes; terrible, outdated play control; etc. Resistance: Fall of man is none of these.
The storyline involves the protagonist, Nathan Hale, who through a turn of events finds himself smack dab in the middle the Chimeran invasion. Set shortly after the second World War, Resistance takes an alternate history where the Chimeran race, a race whose origins are not readily understood initially, are moving across Asia into Europe in a massacre of Biblical proportions destroying cities and laying waste to the land and its inhabitants. It's your job to stop them.
Although the graphics are a little dated, many of the character models look passable even with a few instances of lacking emotive faces. Some of the environments could use some polishing, but many are quite impressive. For instance, when Nathan Hale reaches London, the snow animation is nearly stunning with its blurring effects and its changing course as you turn the screen right to left. I don't try to come down too hard on the game for some of its graphical flaws considering this game is a release title for the PS3. Often with more work and allotted time, developers, Insomniac in this case, could have better perfected the overall experience. Don't be too dissuaded however, because Resistance is still a nice looking game predominantly.
I don't think most people will be humming the tunes from Resistance for years to come, but they won't need to. The sweeping musical nuances and gunshots in the distance act as they need to to move the player along and keep the game upbeat as well as creepy and reserved when those circumstances arise.
In short, Resistance: Fall of Man is a competent and interesting shooter that any fan of the genre should experience. Not a masterpiece, but it holds its own quite well.
