Gears of War vs Resistance: Fall of Man

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Found this really good video comparing Gears of war with Resistance: Fall of Man, anyone else seen it,

http://www.gametrailers.com/vs.php?ep=1&hd=1

I don't want this to turn into another 360 vs PS3 thread, just thought it was an intresting review.

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Interesting. From what I'd seen stills wise of resistance in another thread I said I thought it looked graphically atleast better than GOW.

After seeing that footage I think it's actually on a par with something like GRAW. Especially the MP. Some of the aliens look like they are floating instead of moving across the floor.

I dont know how you can vote on a game you have never played, most of the voters will be like me voting on a console they have never seen or played.

It will be a good feature when your comparing other stuff say like best beat em up on stuff we have all likely played.

These are the stats so far

Gears of War Resistance
Weapons 57.6% 42.3%
Vehicles 24.2% 75.7%
Enemies 80.8% 19.1%
AI 78.6% 21.3%
Art Direction 77.9% 22%
Multiplayer 72.7% 27.2%
Graphics 87.6% 12.3%
Overall 79.3% 20.6%
 
I cant make any comment now until the damm ps3 arrives, i have resistance coming with it. I just hope it wont be a dissapointment.
 
Hmm I wouldn't like to vote as I've not played resistance, but going of that I'd have to say Gears looks better.
 
I dunno about you guys man. The more i watch the video, the more i think this game are just equal man regardless of what fan boys and publisher will want you to think.
 
Thats as much footage of Resistance as I have seen and I gotta say i wanna play it. It doesn't look as polished as GoW but you still gotta give it props as it looks like a great launch game.
I think saying the games are equal are a bit of a stretch. While it looks great it doesn't look GoW great, but we all know gameplay > graphics so I look foraward to playing Resistance.
 
ElRazur said:
I dunno about you guys man. The more i watch the video, the more i think this game are just equal man regardless of what fan boys and publisher will want you to think.
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Well i'm being honest, I'm not a fan of Sony at all but I'm am slowly coming around, I've got a few freinds that have had a go on Resistance: Fall of Man and they have said what stands out is'nt the graphics (although they are good), it is how smooth it runs when there is lot's of action on screen, they said it felt very solid.
 
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Without actually having really played either of them (not my cup of tea on a console) I have to say that from that vid clip GOW wins hands down for me.

I don't think that it's a reflection on either consoles capabilities though as they are two different games made by two different companies for two different consoles, so it's very difficult to run comparisons.

Will either of the 2 be coming out on the PC in the future?
 
Yeah, it is hard to really judge based on low def video..

But for me, the GoW whole environment is high contrast/high detail, Resistance does look COD3 flat in a lot of places..

But the large city environments look good, shame the open areas look so boring..

GoW has much more detail in some areas, the blood splatters, the animation of characters, etc, etc..

Both good games, but emersion wise, GoW by a country mile..
 
I probably won't be getting either.

But I say that GoW just looks so much better at everything, only thing i like the look of in R:FOM is the Tank, I just feel annoyed that such a good looking game such as GoW is on a bloody pad controlled console :(

I'm buying a 360 in the new year, so may rent it, but tbh I know already that I well never get passed the control system.
 
What stands out for me is actually the weapons section. When they fire in GOW its looks like there is actually a gun being fired and it has some effect to the firer.

It looks and feels right, the PS3 game doesn't seem to give me that feel if it makes sense.

All the lighting seems right in gears the ps3 game seems too bright and they haven't put anything like the detail in rocks and scenary.

That isn't the game that would make me buy a ps3. Maybe the f1 game will suck me in.
 
Fubar said:
I'm buying a 360 in the new year, so may rent it, but tbh I know already that I well never get passed the control system.
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dude you will if you want to, I've converted people from mouse to pad and from pad to mouse over the years and they said the same thing as you, you just need to find a game that you really enjoy and force your self to play it right through and complete it, forget when your playing it that that it would be easier using a mouse and keyboard, just accecpt it, see the difficulty of the pad as an extra challenge within it's self, your be fine :) .
 
A good video. A note in advance, I have GoW but don't own a PS3, so I can only judge Resistance on this video and so I may be a little bit biased!

Weapons: Both seem to have strong weapons. However GoW's sniper seems like more fun than Resistance's, and the chainsaw wins out for me. Also the characters in GoW seem to have more reaction to the weapons. Shotgun blasts blow people back for example. Resistance just seems to have people falling down unless blown sideways by a grenade. Thanks to the 360's rumble you feel it when you get punched in the face by a locust.

Vehicles: GoW looses here. The junker vehicle section felt a bit weak and pointless imo. Resistance's vehicles seem like fun.

Enemies: Both games seem to fail from what I call Half Life 2 syndrome: there seem to only be a half-dozen different enemies. GoW was a bit of a let down as it seemed to can the battle with that huge gorilla like beast. Boss wise Resistance looks like it has some good boss battles though I don't like the whole 'explode into random gibs' deaths. GoW's bosses die in more interesting ways. However the corpser battle, though it looks cool, was a bit weak. Resistance also falls down here in death physics. Too many enemies with floating legs and arms. GoW's bodies fall properly to the ground, and can even be kicked around.

AI: This is a hard one to judge from the video. All I can say here is that the enemies use of cover and flanking in GoW is very impressive.

Art Direction: Both games have different themes so it is hard to judge them. From a concept point of view, both are great though execution varies- see graphics. GoW slips slightly because it features a 32bit grey colour pallet however it features some very fancy in game cut scenes, whereas the video didn't showcase many of Resistance's so its hard to tell.

Multiplayer. Again hard to compare. Resistance seems to be more of a traditional deathmatch and capture the flag, and features more opponents. GoW features 8 max, but is a much tighter game as far as I can tell. Don't get me wrong, Resistance mp seems good, but from experience GoW deathmatch is the beat mp experience I have had for a long time.

Graphics: From the video GoW looks like the victor. Resistance seems like a very pretty game, but it looks like it received a couple less rounds of polish. GoW sacrifices length for its beauty however. The mine level with its organic feel, the rain soaked level, the final showdown, all beautiful. Resistance seems more firmly located in 'the real world' and has a little more variety, but GoW's environments still look nicer. Character wise Resistance fails because its protagonist is in standard army gear, so fails against the super-soldier look of GoW. Also the level of detail seems lower than GoW. I still can't help see that Resistance looks a little bit washed out, and looks more like lastgen 0.99 rather than nextgen 1.0.

Overall: Both games look very strong. If I had a PS3 I would buy Resistance- however it wouldn't be a 'system-seller' for me. Anyone who has a 360 should buy GoW. If both games came on the same format, I would buy GoW, and get Resistance when it came out on budget.


My 2p.
 
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lowrider007 said:
dude you will if you want to, I've converted people from mouse to pad and from pad to mouse over the years and they said the same thing as you, you just need to find a game that you really enjoy and force your self to play it right through and complete it, forget when your playing it that that it would be easier using a mouse and keyboard, just accecpt it, see the difficulty of the pad as an extra challenge within it's self, your be fine :) .
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^^ I can actually play with a pad perfectly fine, and be pretty good, but it becomes a massive chore to play with, and I end up just turning the game off. I t would ruin the game for me in my eyes if I had to play it through with it's designed control method, which is an absolute shame. Maybe I should go for counselling on using a pad.
 
Fubar said:
I'm buying a 360 in the new year, so may rent it, but tbh I know already that I well never get passed the control system.
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I don't think Gears would work with the Mouse/Keyboard combo anyway TBH. Once you get into it, control system is pretty straight forward.
 
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