PlayStation 3 At E3: Fall Of Man Will Be Playable

By Billy Brown

The E3 lines just got a little longer

Insomniac Games' latest newsletter confirmed that the latest Resistance title: Fall Of Man will be playable on the PS3 at E3 next month, according to Jeuxfrance.

When a trailer for the PS3 game (originally title I-8) showed at last year's E3, many gamers were underwhelmed. However, when IGN got to see a demo last month, excitement once again grew for this anticipated title. Here's some of what IGN had to say after seeing March's Fall Of Man demo:

Less spectacular as the demo might have been, it did show off some nice next-gen effects that you wouldn't be able to do on the PS2. High-end bump mapping, specular highlighting, and other accelerator-friendly goodies were obvious from the very beginning but they weren't any better than what the 360 can do with software right now. No, the real stars of Resistance's show were the weapons. An Insomniac specialty, the main character's arsenal in Fall of Man is already looking pretty interesting. In addition to the typical shotgun-type weapon and pulse rifle, there was also a Lombax-like exploding spike gun that shot out a number of deadly needles the moment it blew up. The fourth and final weapon revealed was hard to decipher because the ammo was shot a bit off-screen. We're only guessing here, but it looked like a vortex or blow-back gun with a wind effect. Hopefully, Ted will clear that up in the future (since he also stated it was his "personal favorite').

Unfortunately, the demo's level design was a rather straightforward alleyway, so we didn't get to see many in-game assets other than that. We did get to sample some of Resistance's rag doll physics, though, and they look pretty good. Additionally, players can expect to see a lot of blood when they eliminate their ugly alien humanoid targets, and they'll also be able to duck and take cover behind obstacles in-between shots.

Sounds like something we can get behind. Just one more reason to get excited about E3!

Source: Jeuxfrance