Resistance: Fall of Man (Platinum)

Although it's a little dated now, Resistance is still one of the best FPS titles on the PS3. The campaign's story is mysterious and intriguing, and is one of the few PS3 first person shooters which can be played both single player and co-operatively split screen. The game also features a hefty multiplayer, with lots of modes and maps, which can be played both off and online. Sure it may look a little ‘senior’ by current standards, but you owe it to yourself to play PS3's first true classic (even if it's just so you are informed prior to playing Resistance 2, or the up-coming Resistance 3).

This is currently the premier shooter on the PS3 – but that's not saying a whole lot right now. It's definitely not breaking fresh ground in any one area, apart from some excellent multiplayer facilities, but in lieu of Killzone 2, we'd take a sequel to Resistance: Fall of Man any day of the week. Is it worth the price of PS3 admission? Well, that depends on how much you love your shooters. But when you factor in MotorStorm too, these might just hold enough clout to sway your wallet towards the cashier. (IGN)

This game does not look amazing, but it plays amazingly with a friend. Co-op is great! And the weapons are fun. The story is just perfect for the needs of the game play and it takes you through multiple environments.

This was the game I got for my PS3 and it still holds up today. Graphically, yes it can't compare to the current day games but in pure gameplay it is unrivalled. The only way I could describe it is Ratchet and Clank in WW2. The variety of weapons and situations give you a huge palette to experiment on to pass through the game, culimnating with one of my favourite final levels of this generation. Still worth dropping a few dollars on this as it is one of the most solid shooters of this generation.

Resistance is one of those games that although there's nothing wrong with it, it's barely more than an average FPS. As a launch title, I'm sure it kept many busy but at $100+ I couldn't recommend it to any one (especially as I own a 360 with Gears of War, Halo 3 etc). Now the price has dropped and now I definetely believe this game is Value for Money.

Although more recent shooters (Call of Duty 4 especially) run faster and look prettier, Resistance still doesn't look too bad or slow down (or at least not at standard definition). Throw this into a Hi-Def TV and you may be disappointed as there are many better looking games out there.

Multiplayer is great although I tend to think its flailings are due to the Playstation Network. In my experience with the Playstation Network and Xbox Live, I tend to find I run into less problems, and dropouts on my 360 when compared with the PS3 (which I seem to be constantly having to reboot to get a connection to a game, i.e. play one game then search for a host, unable to find one, even if it searches for ages, until I switch off and load up the game again and find a host in seconds).

By all means this is not a necessary buy, but it will keep your trigger finger happy for at least 6–8 hours on hard until Unreal Tournament III is out.