Resistance: Fall of Man

 PlayStation 3
  • Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: Nov 14, 2006
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 892 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 641 out of 892
  2. Mixed: 166 out of 892
  3. Negative: 85 out of 892
Buy Now
Buy on

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. FrankCreeper
    Jul 28, 2023
    8
    A classic PS3 game this is one of the first come out on PS3 era its a unique style and "old" shooting system with a great mechanics,the story is told in the third person with an external narrator the A.I is very Phenomenal for his years.
  2. Yojimbo2015
    Jun 25, 2023
    8
    Solid FPS that's a little linear, but a nice selection of inventive weaponry and an interesting scenario makes it a cut above the herd.
  3. lesiuML
    Jun 3, 2023
    4
    I guess I was too hyped for this game by reading all positive reviews from 2007... I was absolutely let down by almost everything in Resistance. But first things I liked: Setting - general idea of chimera war is brilliant. Guns - not all of them but most are fun. Design of early stages and design of enemies. Now beside those few good aspects, game is actually horrific... Gameplay loop isI guess I was too hyped for this game by reading all positive reviews from 2007... I was absolutely let down by almost everything in Resistance. But first things I liked: Setting - general idea of chimera war is brilliant. Guns - not all of them but most are fun. Design of early stages and design of enemies. Now beside those few good aspects, game is actually horrific... Gameplay loop is insanely boring you are doing the same thing for straight 11 hours without almost any twist of story or gameplay! Maybe if this game were 6 or 5 hours long it wouldn't be such bad experience... When the game is showing lack of creativity after first 3 missions and you've seen almost everything in terms of story telling, enemys, locations, guns and gameplay experiences it's hard to keep someone engaged for such a long time. Graphics is obscure and disgustingly blurry. Washed out colors, blurry textures and generic locations. It's really sad how this game is unplayable in 2023. And I will not even mention the controls. I can't really recommend this game to anyone. I would love to see a good remake of first Resistance, because in this state it's really hard to enjoy this game... As much as I wanted to love this game at first, I really hated it at the end.… Expand
  4. JrDouble
    May 21, 2023
    4
    This game is a mess. Every enemy is an annoying bullet sponge. The controls are horrible with minimal customization. This was painful to get through.
  5. Miguelbpaes
    Apr 14, 2023
    8
    Resistance é uma subestimada franquia da Sony que começa bem, mas envelheceu bem mal. Os inimigos serem esponjas de balas e a falta de checkpoints que dificultam a jogatina dos jogadores tornam a experiência um pouco menos prazerosa do que poderia ser. Porém, com uma boa história, boa jogabilidade e gráficos insanos (para a época), Resistance é uma joia subestimada para poucos.
  6. Jaidenbrkl1
    Mar 30, 2023
    9
    Easily considered to be the best launch title for PS3 with a awesome and intriguing story, a (at the time) fantastic online experience, and overall, a amazing launch game and for great reason.
  7. infraRecon
    Mar 17, 2023
    8
    I'm always salty about fall of man, but playing it and comparing it to the other games in the series is almost intolerable, however, it was still an amazing start to a franchise I love a lot. I enjoyed it, including the different modes it offered.
  8. hector_bcn98
    Nov 9, 2022
    7
    Gráficamente se le notaba que estaba al inicio de la generación. Al gunplay le pasaba un poco más de lo mismo.
  9. rareapricot
    Sep 12, 2022
    4
    Для стартовой линейки игр очень жалкий экземпляр. Обычный концентрированный шутер без какой-либо изюминки. Бегаешь по коридорам, стреляешь монстров и на этом собственно все. Сюжетная задумка неплохая, но никак не развивается и не дает ничего интересного игроку. Геймплей очень устаревший еще на время выхода игры. Если сопоставить с линейкой игр х360 (а это уже на тот момент Gears и Halo 3),Для стартовой линейки игр очень жалкий экземпляр. Обычный концентрированный шутер без какой-либо изюминки. Бегаешь по коридорам, стреляешь монстров и на этом собственно все. Сюжетная задумка неплохая, но никак не развивается и не дает ничего интересного игроку. Геймплей очень устаревший еще на время выхода игры. Если сопоставить с линейкой игр х360 (а это уже на тот момент Gears и Halo 3), то дела выглядят еще хуже, чем до этого. Все же игра лучше, чем Killzone 2, поэтому пробежаться стоит.… Expand
  10. Donatello
    Sep 7, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Отвратительное не играбельное нечто не прошедшее проверку временем. В общем не советую тратить время… Expand
  11. PS123456789
    Apr 16, 2022
    8
    Pros:
    +Story
    +Combat
    +Environments
    Cons:
    -Poor graphics
    -Poor sound design
    -Bad checkpoint system
  12. BatmanTheNr1
    Apr 10, 2022
    9
    love this game, the atmosphere gameplay everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  13. JoseManuel10_
    Dec 29, 2021
    6
    Resistance: Fall of Man is a 2006 science-fiction first-person shooter video game for the PlayStation 3. It was developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony.
  14. Arfuirl
    May 14, 2021
    9
    Well to start let me tell for the time according the release of the game it had stunning graphics for the time and that's to say it was a release title for the PS3,the story is ecxiting!! the playability is sweet and i like how it gets difficult by time and by being able to adjust it when starting the game and i love playing the Cooperative for it a lot.
  15. PixelGamer115
    May 2, 2021
    5
    Graphically outdated, the gameplay is slow. Some parts of the game are unnecessarily hard. The story is a BIT predictable. However as usual with Insomniac, weapons are fantastic and the design of the Chimera is awesome, they make for a memorable enemy, there was a LOT of wasted potential on how they could've presented them, where the story could've gone. Perhaps a remake would fix this?Graphically outdated, the gameplay is slow. Some parts of the game are unnecessarily hard. The story is a BIT predictable. However as usual with Insomniac, weapons are fantastic and the design of the Chimera is awesome, they make for a memorable enemy, there was a LOT of wasted potential on how they could've presented them, where the story could've gone. Perhaps a remake would fix this?

    Whatever the flaws of this game may be, it, along with its two sequels still have the best cover arts EVER    … Expand
  16. yangfanhong
    Apr 29, 2021
    8
    This is a fun first person shooter game featuring various kinds of weapons, which provides flexible fighting strategy.
  17. ToastOnCheese
    Mar 18, 2021
    9
    While it shows some of its age. Resistance is a fantastic classic PS3 title. The world is very interesting and becomes increasingly developed across the franchise. I would absolutely recommend.
  18. Shaw2266
    Oct 23, 2020
    7
    Finally dusted off the PS3 and getting around to some games I missed during its prime. I enjoyed resistance fall of man. For its time the combat is enjoyable, weapons are very fun to use. The campaign story I have mixed thoughts I liked it, but it left me wanting more. One thing that slightly bothers me is they never patched a trophy list, as someone who enjoys trophy hunting I find thatFinally dusted off the PS3 and getting around to some games I missed during its prime. I enjoyed resistance fall of man. For its time the combat is enjoyable, weapons are very fun to use. The campaign story I have mixed thoughts I liked it, but it left me wanting more. One thing that slightly bothers me is they never patched a trophy list, as someone who enjoys trophy hunting I find that frustrating. Definitely a difficult game, if you don’t plan it’s going to mean a death, most likely even if you do plan you will die a decent amount of times. The checkpoints are very far along intervals, so it can be frustrating having to play the harder portions multiple times. I wouldn’t play it again, but it entertained me enough to play the rest of the series.… Expand
  19. elolugo
    Oct 17, 2020
    7
    I'd give it a 7.5 five but i can't so i'm rounding down. The game has a fast gunplay kinda like doom but it has problems with the weapon variety. Out of the 7 or so weapons you'll use just 2 90% of the time because of the unviability of the other, either being too slow or just the lack of firepower.

    The setting is cool, 50's england in a war with the aliens. The plot is forgettable    I'd give it a 7.5 five but i can't so i'm rounding down. The game has a fast gunplay kinda like doom but it has problems with the weapon variety. Out of the 7 or so weapons you'll use just 2 90% of the time because of the unviability of the other, either being too slow or just the lack of firepower.

    The setting is cool, 50's england in a war with the aliens.

    The plot is forgettable too, in a couple of years i'll forget everything about this game. But overall is fun    … Expand
  20. dggt
    Aug 29, 2020
    5
    In general, this is an average FPS shooter. Graphics are little bit better than on the PS2, the physical engine is fine.

    The shooting mechanics very simple, each weapon has a primary and secondary shooting mode, a choice of 8 weapons, only 3-4 of them are really effective, the gameplay is very repetitive, in basically it's shoot and run, 2 times I was allowed to drive: car, tank and    In general, this is an average FPS shooter. Graphics are little bit better than on the PS2, the physical engine is fine.

    The shooting mechanics very simple, each weapon has a primary and secondary shooting mode, a choice of 8 weapons, only 3-4 of them are really effective, the gameplay is very repetitive, in basically it's shoot and run, 2 times I was allowed to drive: car, tank and stalker (spider-like robot), with possibility to jump and squat, that's all, all the other time it's just shooting.

    Plot itself is interesting, its presentation is boring, cut scenes are minimal. Sometimes game is too hard due to lack of cover system with full recovery of HP, and all this against the high complexity of enemies, so you often need to play very save, which is not fun.

    After all, nothing special, I do not know how in 2006, but now it is not worth attention.    … Expand
  21. LironesAlviento
    Aug 20, 2020
    7
    Un muy buen juego de disparos, una saga muy recomendable en general si tienes una Ps3.
  22. magmamaster1801
    Jun 21, 2020
    6
    The game itself has the potential to be really good even with a lot of its flaws. The main problem comes in when you get to actually playing.
    The framerate is really bad, never going above 30 which is nowhere close to enough for a shooter especially and there is no mouse and keyboard support forcing you to play with a controller which is a horrendous method of playing an FPS. The worst    The game itself has the potential to be really good even with a lot of its flaws. The main problem comes in when you get to actually playing.
    The framerate is really bad, never going above 30 which is nowhere close to enough for a shooter especially and there is no mouse and keyboard support forcing you to play with a controller which is a horrendous method of playing an FPS. The worst part is that the game rarely accounts for these issues and many of the combat encounters are structured as if you have proper control which you can only dream of. Some of the combat encounters have the problem of putting enemies in a way where they can very often get cheap shots on you. It is just a huge shame, really.
    What the game does get right is the weapons. They are not perfect but you have a good mix of different weapons that fill different roles. Especially the Auger is interesting and engaging to use. The ammo balance isn't the best though so you will find yourself often being empty on some weapons for extended periods of time while walking over ammo pick ups that you have no space for with other weapons even if you use them during that time. I genuinely wonder why they put excessive amounts of shotgun ammo in wide open spaces as well.
    The vehicle sections don't feel very good either. It is surprising considering Insomniac have made some good side gameplay in their previous titles.
    I really want to love this game but whenever I go in for a hug, it knees me in the balls and that is just something I can not ignore.
    Lots of potential, shame they never brought the franchise to PC where this game could have turned out a lot better. Maybe the sequel will do better in the aspects that were not determined by the terribly unfitting choice of platform.    … Expand
  23. XxAlbertoBuzzxX
    Jun 2, 2020
    8
    Resistance: Fall Of Man
    ...................................................
  24. eva3si0n
    May 13, 2020
    7
    Resistance: Fall of Man evokes a twofold feeling, especially playing the game in 2020. This is the first decent PS3 exclusive. Here, even after so many years, gameplay is not bad and dynamic, but only in places. In general, the game itself on AAA-project does not pull in any way, here very simply the plot in the form of a slide show is submitted. Only couple of characters. The saddestResistance: Fall of Man evokes a twofold feeling, especially playing the game in 2020. This is the first decent PS3 exclusive. Here, even after so many years, gameplay is not bad and dynamic, but only in places. In general, the game itself on AAA-project does not pull in any way, here very simply the plot in the form of a slide show is submitted. Only couple of characters. The saddest thing about the game is balance. He 's hardly here. Points of preservation and appearance of opponents are scattered as if randomly. In general for the game of 2006 it is not bad, it is possible to pass. But Insomniac Games could do much better if the level of difficulty was easier (at the average level of difficulty it becomes almost impossible to play) and there was at least an autoregenation of the main character 's health.… Expand
  25. Broyax
    Mar 28, 2020
    0
    Je crois que c'est quasiment confirmé ou presque sûr... Insomniac est un développeur qui a une forte tendance à faire de la merde et notamment des sales jeux de merde... alors, il faut résister et dire non aux sales jeux de merde ! résistez ! résiste, putain, sinon j'appelle France Gall !

    Donc, il s'agit du premier Resistance, certainement un brouillon mais quand même... c'est déjà de    Je crois que c'est quasiment confirmé ou presque sûr... Insomniac est un développeur qui a une forte tendance à faire de la merde et notamment des sales jeux de merde... alors, il faut résister et dire non aux sales jeux de merde ! résistez ! résiste, putain, sinon j'appelle France Gall !

    Donc, il s'agit du premier Resistance, certainement un brouillon mais quand même... c'est déjà de la merde ! une sorte de mauvais clone d'un Call of de son époque, à cette époque où les Call of n'étaient pas aussi merdeux que maintenant... quoique, faut voir : un petit peu quand même !

    Ce qui est bizarre dans ce sale jeu et FPS en carton au scénar de nanar de série Z (triple Z même) c'est l'absence de régénération mais aussi l'absence de trousses de soin... alors comment qu'on fait ? on galère comme un crevard ? déjà qu'on s'emmerde à tirer sur des ennemis ridicules... dans ce FPS générique, creux et déjà vu !

    Les graphismes sont plus ou moins corrects, je suppose et les scripts plus ou moins standards et attendus... mais que ça reste plat et concon, fade, sans relief, mou et aseptisé... de quoi faire passer un Call of Kevin ou un Halol de base pour des merveilles d'inventivité !    … Expand
  26. Bulbotrax
    Aug 4, 2019
    10
    A very cool FPS with a good lore, and a very effeicient gameplay. One of the best early games of the PS3.
  27. Bottlecaps
    May 15, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Resistance fall of man was a launch title for the ps3 and when i think of it like that its easy to see how this game got raving reviews. but seeing as i played this for the first time in 2019. i lack those nostalgia glasses.

    Story/characters: the story has its merits , a ww2 style alien invasion that's also a viral infection. its different enough that i can say iv not seen anything like it before. the concept is good but the characters fall by the way side. nathan hale the main character its a mostly silent soldier with no real motivations. other than nathan there is only really 2 characters Rachel who's the narrator and is pretty much there for exposition and that exposition feels sorta misleading, shes constantly talking about how shes worried about nathan turning into a chimera but he never dose (maybe in the sequel). and then some sniper dude they tried to kill off for "emotional" effect " but i don't even remember his name.
    Story: 5/10

    World building: sony's shooters seem to be packed full with lore , killzone and now resistance. the chimera are a very interesting enemy, and i have many questions about them that went un answered a lot was un answered in this game but i digress . i think the weapon design is great to arm a fictional army you will need a believable fictional weapon and i can very much believe that america in the 1950s had skipped ww2 had invented a rifle similar to the m14 witch is a Vietnam war rifle and it was this little attention to detail i appreciated even if it might have been a fluke. but the chimera weapons are the most well thought out and i though they were rather clever in function even if they looked a little to complicated. and in a shooter yes the lore behind the guns is important. the locals are ripped out of real life. similar to fallouts world but an alternate history that creates an alternate future.
    World building 8/10

    Graphics: this game has not aged well at all. its clearly a launch title, textures are good enough i guess and lighting is ok but it just doesn't look like what im use to on the ps3. the animations in the cut scenes feel like some one put the game on fast forward but only at 0.25x fastforward. so they are super awkward but you wont notice how awkward for the first hour or so of this game. i do like the games visual style even if the tech is not very impressive
    Graphics: 6/10

    Gameplay: playing this game was fun. insomniac knows how to make games fun. each gun has an alt fire, most of the human weapons have what you would expect for alt fires (grenade launcher double shot , scope in ) but the chimera weapons have very interesting effects like how the auger makes a shield and you can shoot through the shield but also see through it. and i had alot of fun using that gun and i think that certain game play mechanic could have been improved and it make me kinda look forward to resistance 2. playing this on the ps3 actually felt great and was really well optimized and was smooth the whole way through witch is something i really appreciated
    Gameplay: 7.8/10

    Sound design: the voice acting is actually pretty decent and i was pleasantly surprised with it considering this game came out in 2006. the sound effects are great as well i love the sounds the chimera weapons make they sound satisfying and other worldly. the music how ever is just adequate it dose its job sure but the music feels to this game what a Toyota camery is to cars. solid reliable car but boring. its alot of percussion and what feels like war time themes. but no tracks stood out to me
    sound design: 7/10

    5+8+6+7.8+7=33.8
    33.8/5 = 6.76

    this game has not aged well at all. but it was a quality made game by a respected studio and has aged better than most. for a ps3 launch title i think it was a success. alot can be improved and the sequels witch iv yet to play give me some hope    … Expand
  28. solarstrIker
    Dec 7, 2018
    6
    Basically Halo for Playstation (3). Slightly reminiscent of Gears of War, because of it´s military/alien shooter theme. Britain is a weird setting, but it fits into the big picture. I understand why Resistence became a trilogy (+ handheld games) in the long run. There is something about the alien design and all that. The problem is that Fall of Man blends in with every other FPS you haveBasically Halo for Playstation (3). Slightly reminiscent of Gears of War, because of it´s military/alien shooter theme. Britain is a weird setting, but it fits into the big picture. I understand why Resistence became a trilogy (+ handheld games) in the long run. There is something about the alien design and all that. The problem is that Fall of Man blends in with every other FPS you have played in your life, too well.… Expand
  29. okayokay
    Oct 10, 2018
    7
    rrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddiiiiiiiiiiicccccccccccaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllll
  30. iddqd4
    Feb 13, 2018
    7
    Довольно слабый старт нового шутера для PS3, как в целом и все эксклюзивные FPS на платформе.
prev
Page:

Awards & Rankings

1
#1 Best PS3 Game of 2006
1
#1 Most Discussed PS3 Game of 2006
1
#1 Most Shared PS3 Game of 2006

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 70 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 64 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 70
  3. Negative: 0 out of 70
  1. IGN
    91
    From start to finish, Fall of Man is one hell of an outstanding roller coaster ride that every last PS3 owner needs for day one...Above all else, it's the multiplayer elements that truly ascend this one to the next level. It's a must have for sure.
    Read full review
  2. GameBrink
    91
    When you kill an enemy it doesn't disappear and when you blow up part of the near fully destructible environments the pieces don't go away either. The obvious power of the PS3 and the masterful coding work of the developers let everything stay on screen all the time while never taking a frame hit. This is an incredible accomplishment for a launch game on any system. [JPN Import]
    Read full review
  3. 1UP
    85
    Resistance falls a little short of being the hoped-for "Halo-killer," but with a package that would be considered complete by any standards, it delivers a launch classic, and it lives up to its billing as the PS3's killer app.
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »