{"id":902,"date":"2007-06-03T22:36:47","date_gmt":"2007-06-04T02:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/06\/03\/resistance-fall-of-man-15-minute-impressions\/"},"modified":"2007-06-03T22:36:47","modified_gmt":"2007-06-04T02:36:47","slug":"resistance-fall-of-man-15-minute-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/06\/03\/resistance-fall-of-man-15-minute-impressions\/","title":{"rendered":"Resistance Fall of Man (15 minute impressions)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At this point there is not much to write, but I wanted to get something down before I called it a night.\u00a0 First, the background story is fairly compelling; the alternate history seems reasonable to me.\u00a0 Second, the graphics in 720p are outstanding.\u00a0 Third, I am too damn old, slow, and uncoordinated to play this sort of game.<\/p>\n<p>I spent about 15 minutes with this game and just could not get the controls.\u00a0 I cannot get the look around with the right analog stick system down.\u00a0 I got slaughtered a handful of times before I made it to the second area.\u00a0 It was really more of the same with the second area, so I called it a night.\u00a0 All that on easy level.<\/p>\n<p>I think I am going to need some sort of auto aim or auto enemy lock feature to succeed with Resistance.\u00a0 I will have to read the manual tomorrow (when all else fails, right?) or maybe look for some sort of FAQ with some control setup tips.<\/p>\n<p>If there was ever a reason to rent a game, this one screamed \u201crent me.\u201d\u00a0 I made the purchase because there is not a whole lot in the PS3 library that I find attractive right now, and because the game received fairly positive reviews.\u00a0 All that is well and good, but I have never been a fan of FPS, and I am not into online games or military type stuff.\u00a0 Sounds like I set myself up for failure with this one.\u00a0 I am not about to judge the game after 15 minutes, but I hope I can get the controls down fairly quickly so I do not feel like I threw $60 + tax down the drain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this point there is not much to write, but I wanted to get something down before I called it a night.\u00a0 First, the background story is fairly compelling; 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