Ted Price on why their FPS is good for Japan |
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Ted Price, Insomniac President, has been a very busy man lately. He's been taking charge of most of the interviews for their newest project, Resistance: Fall of Man. Last time, he was featured while giving a six-part preview, now he sits down with Play Beyond and gives them the background story and the reasons on why their game should be treated better than other FPS games out there.
In the video interview, Ted gives the game's background story and how the main character enters the picture. Asia is overrun by the Chimera --a parasitic race-- and is taking over Britain. The U.S. sends their troops to help the Brits kick the parasites out, but is immediately wiped out save for one. Sgt. Nathan Hale survives being infected by the virus and continues on fighting with the depleted British troops. However, the game is not told from his point of view but rather from one of the soldiers. In this way, the gamer can observe how the sergeant deals with not only the external aliens he must vanquish, but also the internal demons which he must overcome. Everybody is haunted by their own demons, right?
The variety of gameplay improves thanks to the different enemy AI and unique weapons not normally seen in an FPS. Since the aliens are made up of different forms, they move and attack in different ways. For example, there are some who are team-players and like to swarm while there are those who choose to attack alone, not waiting for reinforcements.
The weapons are not the normal, garden-variety, and Army-issued ones we usually see or hear about, plus it can be combined with other weapons to build a totally different kind of firepower. All these combinations - varied enemy AI, weapon-mixing, third person point of view storytelling- will hopefully make the game more replay-friendly and very engaging.
The First Person Shooter (FPS) genre hasn't really been a hit in Japan, so most were surprised that Resistance will be coming out as a launch title for the PS3. Ted defends the genre by saying that first-person-shooters can bring a lot more to the Japanese audience in terms of story, variety, and great gameplay. He believes his game offers a lot, be it for single, multiplayer or online, compared to many others.
He talks more on how the PS3's graphics power and Blu-ray helped them in creating and developing the game. If you don't want to take our word for it, you can view the whole video on the link below. Do you think Japan will open up to more FPS games because of Resistance: Fall of Man? Why or why not? Let us know through your comments.
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It seems that they are excited about the system, and with no rpg's or fighting games in sight what else are they going to buy? Maybe they have just been waiting for a killer FPS to come out on a console they like. Me personally I can't wait. This game looks sick! Single player, on-line, co-op, launch, FPS goodness Need I say more?
this game is starting to appeal to me more and more... i'm not sure whether i'm going to get this or call of duty 3 at launch.
one japanese RPG will hit the ps3 in november ( not launch but the same month ). One that hit the xbox 360 already, still don't know the name? yes, Enchanted Arms! ( but only in japan for november, USA is still TBA, I suppose an early 2007 launch ). And less than 40 000 xbox 360 have been sold in japan so nobody know about the game ( compared to 4 000 000 units in US ).
I suppose the japanese won't love this game, I mean, I love japan, I'm a real fan ( also learning japanese kanjis... tough ). And I dislike shooters... I mean, it's fun with friends but it's simply not my style in solo. My style is really RPG and no launch title of the ps3 interrest me. My "I HAVE TO BUY" titles are: Final fantasy 13, final fantasy versus 13, grand theft auto 4, Shirokishi ( white knight story ) and L.A. Noire. And on the top "Medium Must" I have enchanted arms, lol. I think the japanese will buy ridge racer a LOT more ( one racing game I like, with GT that I LOVE ). I suppose in japan the top selling games will be : genji 2, ridge racer,mobile suit gundam, and full auto 2 ( not in this order ).
Hopefully this game will appeal on a large scale.. it looks like they've done a good job with it.. dark and gritty.. lots of weapons.. not to mention the whole... fill up a blue ray disc with content. thing..
HL2 was the last fps to really impress me... Fear, Quake condemned.. etc.. not that wonderful.
call of duty is a waste of money.
Resistance is actually new:O
call of duty is not a waste of money and its call of Duty 3 which is new. COD 2 is head and shoulders above any other console FPS. Resistance hasnt even proven anything yet , wait till the damn game comes out .