6 November 2008
Ferry

Resistance 3 rumored to continue from Resistance 2’s ending

As far back as October 2007, there have been Resistance 3 rumors by the likes of Surfer Girl and CVG that suggested that Resistance 2 would feature a cliff-hanger ending paving the way for a third game in the series.

Now that Resistance 2 will be out worldwide this week, fans of the PlayStation 3-exclusive FPS are beginning to finish the campaign. Guess what they are finding out? That developer Insomniac Games saying the game tells “the story of Nathan Hale in his last 19 hours to live” where more than foreshadowing. But that’s not how it ends, in fact, Hale’s last words in Resistance 2 are — and I quote — “Can you hear them? They are calling to us. It’s beautiful. [...] This is just the beginning.”

Obvious spoilers aside, you can watch a camera recording by Slaesil of the ending below (it’s the only ending, there are no alternatives) and judge for yourself how likely a Resistance Trilogy is…

PS: My guess would be that Resistance 3 will be announced in 2009 and released by 2010. Especially with Insomniac mentioning in past interviews that they are enjoying their current Ratchet & Clank / Resistance yearly rotation.

Original rumor via CVG, image courtesy of Vgboxart

Update October 12, 2009: Neogaffer Goldsounz snapped a photo of a Resistance 3 billboard for an upcoming movie that takes place in Los Angeles, confirming the game’s logo. The logo has the Statue of Liberty in the middle, thus showing the game at least partly takes place in New York, America. To quote: “I saw this billboard today in Shreveport, Louisiana. There are a lot of movies filmed here, and this one is about some sort of alien takeover of Los Angeles; the name of the film escapes me at the moment. Snapped off a few photos of the billboard since I wasn’t sure if the game had been announced yet or not. If not, then I’m surprised Insomniac would be announcing it here of all places.”

6 November 2008 10:09
Mike

Ha ha that Resistance 3 boxart is hilarious!

6 November 2008 15:37
Matt

May I just say that this article is pointless. Ted Price said AT LEAST a year ago that both Ratchet and Clank Future and Resistance would be trilogies.

6 November 2008 16:05
joe

you may say that matt but i had never heard that so im super excited about resistance 3 coming!

9 November 2008 15:43
Nick

I remember Ted Price saying that they planned to do a Resistance game every other year and a Ratchet and Clank in between them so the trilogies thing is very likely. Hopefully theres more story in R3 though because that was my only dissapointment in R2. Awesome game otherwise.

9 November 2008 21:41
Jose

i wonder wut the story plot 4 R3 would be….and i don’t know if any one is good enuf 2 replace hale ………….R.I.P Hale

10 November 2008 16:07
Lui

Capelli will probably be the new main character and i really wouldnt mind playing as him. Just bummed that hale died right when he got daldeus powers.

10 November 2008 20:24
Cameron

hey i have played and beaten resistance 2 and chimeras have the ability to regenerate…so even though hale was shot in the head, daedelus took over his mind…it wasnt hale it was daedelus…bud since capelli shot him, i think daedelus dies and hale (with his chimeran traits) will regenerate and the game will i think proceed in russia (since thats where the chimeran threat bagan…so yea i think they left room for a 3rd.

10 November 2008 20:48
Tom

I hope i’ll you get to play with the chimera in the 3rd resistance

that’d be awesome

10 November 2008 22:29
enrique

i think there will be another faction, if i have it correct, i think the dr said somethin about the ancients, and digging them up outa the ground…maybe i dunno

11 November 2008 19:50
Johnny

@ Camerson:

No, even though Chimeran have regenerative
abilities, they can still die with too much blows. Its more like, get hit a few times, get out for a while and then regenerate. Its not getting shot multiple times and automatically regenerating, its not possible with chimerans. Anyway a headshot would kill Chimerans so why wouldn’t it kill hale? He’ll probably come back though. Just we dont know on which side.

As for the ending i was shocked. I expected something else. And i for one like the stance Insomniac took with Resistance 2 because its different, its harder then having every gun at your disposal. Anyway i expect even more from R3. It should be out late 2009 or Q1,Q2 maybe Q3 2010. Hopefully . Since Insomniac is doing a game every year:

Resistance: FoM – 2006
R&CF: ToD – 2007
Resistance 2 – 2008
Ratchet & Clank Future 2 – 2009
Resistance 3 – 2010
Ratchet & Clank Future 3 – 2011.

That’s my interpertation on how they’re game releases are. They said it themselves.