Roll over and die, DOOM! Sgt Hale's coming for ya!

User Rating: 9.7 | Resistance: Fall of Man PS3
By kyvor | Review Date:
The European PS3 launch would have been, quite frankly, a damp squib for me, if it had not been for this, and 1 other, game. I found myself bitterly disappointed that the PS2 compatibility had been removed as, being a massive fan of the Pro Evolution Soccer series, I've had to resort to keeping my PS2 hooked up to my TV in order to play my favourite game, rather than go back to playing Pro Ev 1..

Resistance:Fall of Man, however, has made me see the light. I had wanted to get this game since I read the first previews on Gamespot, which, although not exactly showering all aspects of the game with praise, included a phrase which has now become very dear to my heart...."Split-Screen Co-Op"!

My brother and I are avid gamers, and regularly get together for a drink and a go on the Playstation, but FPS games have always been a no-go as they were single player only, and it gets kinda dull watching after a while, regardless of how gruesome the action is!

Then along comes the PS3 and Resistance. Excellent graphics that integrate seemlessly with the cut scenes (to the point where you can easily be forgiven for not realising that the level has started) and near-constant, adrenaline pumping action throughout, with some cool, bad-ass lookin' weapons and bad-ass lookin' aliens to boot..Throw in the split-screen co-op mode, which, by the way, causes no slow-down whatsoever, and you have a game more than fit to grace this mightiest of gaming machines.

OK, so the developer could have spent a little time giving us more story, and a bit more dialogue from the main character, but lets think for a second; it's a first person shooter, in which a mysterious alien horde descends upon mankind, tears it to pieces and spits out what it can't chew. Do you wanna talk about it, or do you wanna go shove a grenade up a Chimera's you-know-what? I, for one, choose the second option. Did the original DOOM game have a story? Hell no, you just killed pixelated demons, end of. Yet it's still thought of as THE classic FPS (though my personal taste leans more toward Duke Nukem, "Rip 'em a new one!"). I sincerely hope there will be a follow-up seeing Sgt Hale wandering into Russia and putting his boot where the Chimera really don't want it. And I'll even add my own colourful dialogue if necessary!

If you're not a fan of racing games, like me, and you own a PS3, this is, without a doubt, THE PS3 launch title and you want this game. If you own a PS3 and enjoy sharing firefiighting, exploding, alien-bashing games with your family and friends, without the need to analyse your oponents' motives, you NEED this game.

Get it.

Now.

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