PlayStation Magazine UK - 12.2019

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We’re hiding in the remains
of a small traditional
American diner. The wet
and muddied personal
effects of its long-dead
occupants are scattered
across the floor. We
scramble to reach a grenade made from

a tin can and a handful of nails. Sounds like

The Last Of Us? But it’s not. Resistance 3
predates Naughty Dog’s survival classic

by two years.

You can play this final chapter of
Resistance on PS Now, and though the

previous games aren’t playable on PS4 or PS

Now this entry is so distinct from the others
they won’t be missed.

ROAD TRIPPED

Set in an alternative 1957, you play as

Corporal Joseph Capelli, the last remaining

member of the elite Sentinels and killer of

the series’ hero Lieutenant Nathan Hale – the

die was cast as the original protagonist

mutated into one of the invading aliens

threatening to wipe out mankind. Living with

the guilt, but now married with a son, Capelli

is one of PlayStation’s most interesting

leads. A flawed hero embarking on a mission

to prevent the Chimera from opening a

wormhole over New York City and plunging

the world into a new ice age, Capelli is doing

it all to save his son, not the world. The

world forced him to shoot his friend dead.

The world can go to hell.

What follows is one of PlayStation’s most

memorable road trips across the often-

overlooked cities and states of America.

The mist-shrouded Mississippi River jaunt, in

which alien eyes peer from the gloom and

the sound of war machines is audible

through the murk, is pure War Of The

Worlds. While the alien threat is obvious, the

danger from greedy and lost human survivors

gives Resistance 3 a darker layer to explore.

Amid the proto-Last-Of-Us gloom

developer Insomniac is able to have fun with

its weapons. The Ratchet & Clank team know

how to create a unique gun or two, and this

shooter’s artistic blend of alien tech and

human weapons cobbled together from

found parts is certainly unique.

While it lacks some of the flair of modern

shooters – there’s no cover fire system –

the blend of classic strafe and shoot

gameplay with playful weapons, and that

end-of-the-world art direction lift Resistance

3 above the competition.

We’ve come to accept there will never be

a new game in this overlooked series, but we

couldn’t have asked for a better instalment

to sign off with. Resistance 3 is a classic

worth playing, now.

Resistance 3

Karma, kaarma, karmma, karma, k arma Chimerreon

FORMAT PS3 / YEAR 2011 / PUB SONY / DEV INSOMNIAC GAMES / ISSUE OPM #63 / SCORE 8/10