If you just can't wait to start tearing apart Chimera in Insomniac's upcoming "Resistance 3," there is a way you can get your hands on a bit of the game early. Yes, the developer is releasing a demo – and even better – it's actually a hefty thirty minutes long; that's the good news. The bad news – unless you happen to be really into the flick – is that you'll have to buy a copy of "Battle: Los Angeles" on Blu-ray in order to play it.
As announced on a recent episode of G4's "X-Play," fans of the "Resistance" series are going to have to pony up some cash if they want first access to the game's single-player demo. When sci-fi action thriller "Battle: Los Angeles" releases on Blu-ray June 14th, the game's demo will be packaged right on the disc. Just drop the movie into your PlayStation 3 and start fighting the good fight.
"Battle: Los Angeles" currently has a 34-percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with most reviewers attributing their distaste to the film's unnecessary length and arduous dialog. Having seen the film myself, I can tell you that I won't be purchasing the Blu-ray anytime soon; "Resistance 3" demo notwithstanding. That's not to say that it's ludicrous to pair these two titles together. They're both big-budget sci-fi extravaganzas about saving the world from an alien invasion. It makes sense, I guess.
After all, they are both Sony properties. "Resistance 3" was more or less first revealed via billboard placed on the "Battle: Los Angeles" set.
"This film feels so much like a videogame your hands keep reaching for controllers -- shoot the aliens, shoot the aliens, shoot the aliens," The Detroit News' Tom Long wrote in his review of the film.
I'm not so sure I like the idea of demos exclusively packed in with other media. It's unfortunate when fans are locked into making a decision where they must use their wallets to prove their loyalty to, or interest in, a particular franchise. When companies like Sony – who distribute film, music, and video games, among other media – want to market something, I suppose it stands to reason that we'll see cross-promotion like this.
At the very least, it's a sure fire way to distribute demos when PlayStation Network is down.