Resistance series
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The Resistance series is a series of first-person shooters developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3 and PSP. The series takes places in an alternate history around the year 1950 in which an alien species known as the Chimera have taken over all of Russia and continue to expand to Europe, Britain, and the United States, converting humans into their forces as super-powered soldiers. The player takes the role of one of the remaining human armed forces as they fight against the Chimera invasion.
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[edit] Games
There are currently three main games in the Resistance series.
- Resistance: Fall of Man (2006)
- Resistance 2 (2008)
- Resistance: Retribution (2009)
[edit] Gameplay
The Resistance games play similar to most first-person shooters and feature a variety of weapons. The weapons include both conventional weapons for the setting of the game, weapons created by the Chimera that possess unique features, and human weapons that have been modified to take advantage of the Chimera technology.
The two PlayStation 3 games feature large-scale multiplayer modes with support up to 60 players in Resistance 2 and up to 40 players in Resistance: Fall of Man. Both console games offer extensive stat tracking for online combat, with Resistance 2 featuring trophies that require online play to earn.
[edit] Other Media
[edit] Novel
Resistance: The Gathering Storm is a novel by William C. Dietz. It details what happened to Nathan Hale during the two years between the events that unfolded in Iceland; after his extraction from Great Britain, and later in San Francisco; where the Chimera launch the invasion of the USA.
[edit] Comics
Main article: Resistance (comics)
Resistance is a six-issue comic book limited series published by Wildstorm that began in January 2009. It is written by Mike Costa, with art by Ramón Pérez, with the prequel being written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, with pencils by C.P. Smith. The first issue, Resistance #0 (which was available as part of the Resistance 2 Collector's Edition), details the early history of Private Jordan Adam Shepherd, the seemingly innocent soldier who volunteered to be a test subject in Project Abraham, and, due to the machinations of Doctor Fyodor Malikov, would transform into "Daedalus".
