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September 1, 2011
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Resistance 3 Beta Impressions

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Written by: Shane Craig
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The Resistance 3 beta has been here for a while and we thought it was time to tell you what you’ve been missing if for some reason you haven’t tried it.

When you first load up the beta you will be greeted with a very nice set of menus. This may seem like a non-issue, but to me menus can make a game a lot worse. These menus I like. They are clean and intuitive. The whole game has a very nice aesthetic that the menu keeps pace with.

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Getting into a game is fairly simple. It take a while to get enough people to start actually playing the game, but while you wait you can voice chat and chat with text with a keyboard. That’s a nice touch.

Once the waiting has ceased and your in a freaking game you’ll notice how nice it actually looks. Everything is a bright and colorful variance from the brownish world we usually shoot things in. Textures are nice and the framerate is relatively solid. It has some drops, but its a beta. The game should be buttery smooth by release.

The shooting mechanics are all solid as well. Aiming is crisp and accurate even if headshots aren’t the most accurate thing on earth. My biggest complaint thus far comes from how hard it is to get started. Your first loadout is awful. The gun may as well be a pea shooter next to the level 10 players. I’m not half bad at shooters and I was getting demolished a lot. Finally, I made it up a few levels, got some new loadouts and suddenly I wasn’t doing half-bad.

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The guns are pretty creative, and that’s where the game stands out. Each gun has a secondary fire on top of the two special abilities you already have as a class. Then you get the killstreaks on top of that. I know that sounds like a lot of special abilities, but it keeps the game feeling fresh. Dare I say, not like a Call of Duty game. Kudos to the makers on that.

The game modes we get to play are par for the course. Team deathmatch and a capture and hold type match. They aren’t new, but they’re still fun.

All in all the beta is very enjoyable. It already feels fairly polished and that means good things for the full release. Be sure and go download it yourself so you can give us your thoughts on the beta in the comments below!





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  • Paul Méndez

    I agree with everything you said.

    It’s fun and I enjoyed leveling up to whatever level I am now, which is above 20. But I think the game is kinda more of the same I’m used to play. It has some great original details here and there, but all in all it feels like something I’d get tired of playing quick. There’s not much going on in the battlefield, the maps in the beta are kinda flat. Not many vertical spots to snipe or anything, etc.

    I like the “original” touches like the special abilities like decoys, energy shields, improved sights, etc. The weapon upgrading system is cool, the character skin unlocks, and all those little details add up to something fairly good. Also, unlike the previous Resistance games, I think the game is more balanced now thanks to the tweaks made to the story in past games. For example, the humans can now get infected by the chimeran virus, which gives them chimeran powers and stuff. That’s another thing done right.

    I mean, the game is good and I really hope the full game is even better and turns out being successful, but it just didn’t impress me too much to make me think about buying it.

  • CrazySouthernBoy

    The beta is just the same as the other to games. not much has change.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002632390845 Jonathan Whedbee

    i only played it for like, 30 minutes.. im just waiting for the BF3 beta to release..
    i like playing as the alien things. lol