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Resistance: Fall of Man for PlayStation 3
Resistance: Fall of Man for PlayStation 3 is a science-fiction shooter set in an alternate 1951. The Chimera have conquered much of Europe and threaten Britain. As American soldier Nathan Hale, you join the fight to stop their advance. You cross damaged towns, military positions and enemy installations. Familiar buildings and uniforms contrast with creatures and weapons that do not belong to real history.
The arsenal gives you several ways to approach a fight. The Bullseye can tag a target and guide subsequent shots towards it. The Auger fires through certain obstacles. Many weapons have a secondary function alongside their normal shot. You therefore switch not just for more firepower, but to approach an opponent’s position differently. Soldiers help in battles, while larger Chimera demand different responses.
You can play the campaign alone or locally with two players in split-screen. Each player needs their own PS3 controller for cooperative play. This covers the main adventure, not just separate battle maps. Official online services have ended, but the offline campaign remains playable. Standard and Platinum releases contain the same original story; temporary download offers and separate map packs are not promised as standard disc content.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Resistance: Fall of Man for PlayStation 3 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Resistance: Fall of Man
Insomniac Games developed Resistance: Fall of Man as one of the first PlayStation 3 games. It initially launched in 2006 and was also part of the lineup when PS3 reached Europe in March 2007. Sony published it. After the colourful Ratchet & Clank adventures, Insomniac chose a different world, but unusual weapons and distinctive enemies remained part of its design interests.
During development, the project was called I-8. The creators later described its evolution from a space adventure through an alternate First World War into the 1950s. That setting combined existing cities with unfamiliar technology. The team already had first-person shooter experience from Disruptor on the original PlayStation. Resistance drew on that background again, using a larger war and its arsenal to design varied battles.
Resistance 2 followed in 2008 with the war in America. Resistance 3 chose Joseph Capelli as its protagonist in 2011. Fall of Man remains the beginning of Nathan Hale’s story and the British campaign. Sony ended the PS3 trilogy’s official online services on 8 April 2014. Original online player counts are therefore historical information, while solo and local cooperation remain separate from those servers.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
Resistance 2 continues Nathan Hale’s fight on PS3 but moves much of it to America. You carry two weapons rather than Fall of Man’s larger arsenal. The main campaign is solo; cooperative missions are separate. The first lets two local players share its main story. Differences therefore extend beyond locations and enemies.
Resistance 3 brings the weapon wheel and local story cooperation back on PS3. Joseph Capelli crosses an America where humanity has largely lost. Fall of Man instead shows organised defence in Britain. Both reward switching unusual weapons, but the third gives survival and developing weapons through use a larger role.
Killzone 2 also uses science fiction for a military war on PS3, sending the ISA to Helghan. Its single-player campaign uses first-person cover. Resistance offers an alternate Earth and more unusual weapon functions. Sharing the story locally is another difference.
Killzone 3, like Fall of Man, lets two local players share its PS3 campaign. Helghan’s war uses different terrain, military hardware and its own cover system. Resistance emphasises combining human and Chimeran weapons. Both have stories with set missions rather than an open city of freely chosen jobs.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare uses contemporary soldiers and firearms for a PS3 campaign with changing viewpoints. Fall of Man rewrites the 1950s with Chimera. Both send you into battles with allies, but Call of Duty 4 keeps its main story solo. Resistance offers more unusual weapon tricks and local two-player campaigning.
