Despite an announcement trailer at GamesCom and a number of leaked screens (one shown above), Sony and Insomniac have been pretty tight-lipped about Resistance 3. But now the latest issue of Game Informer has a new preview, and would you believe it, some of the details are already spreading across the Internet in bullet-pointed form.
The details come by way of NeoGAF,
and include quite a few interesting tidbits. For one, Resistance fans
will be happy to learn the Weapon Wheel will return in Resistance 3.
More generally, the third game takes place in a world where the Chimera
"have basically won," with new protagonist Joseph Capelli having started
a family with Susan, Hale's stepsister. The few details paint a bleak
picture of a world overrun by Chimera, with Chimeran plant life growing
across the world (which explodes when shot), and human survivors
becoming so desperate for food that some resort to cannibalism.
As for gameplay features, returning weapons include the Bullseye,
Magnum, Shotgun, Auger, and Carbine, with all weapons now being
upgradable the more players use them. One new weapon is the Mutator,
which shoots "biological mist" that causes boils on enemies that pop and
damage other nearby enemies. The secondary fire causes enemies to go
insane and attack each other.
Two-player co-op was also confirmed, but it won't have the
alternate story co-op as in Resistance 2. Insomniac is also promising
better enemy AI, with enemies now more aggressively climbing over walls
and through windows. As for multiplayer, apparently not much was
revealed, although Insomniac says they want to make it more "organized"
compared to the 60-player modes in Resistance 2, and that one map will
be an African prison.
As confirmed at GamesCom, Resistance 3 won't be released until
some time next year (probably late next year, if we're guessing). So
we'll probably hear a lot more about Insomniacs third entry in the series between now and then.
Originally posted on 1UP.
