@ Leo-J

No, I didn't beat the game - I've spent 4 hours playing it.

@ DMeisterJ

I have played tons of games and good ones are still great even months, years later. It's what keeps you coming back. Check it - within a six month period, I played the following FPS - Turok, Timeshift, COD4, COD2, Gears, Bioshock, Halo 3, MOH-Airborne, The Orange Box, Rainbow Six, GRAW 2, America's Army: True Soldier, Hour of Victory and now, Resistance. I can truly say several are forgetable. You know the formula - you grab a gun and duck for cover. You don't do anything different than any other shooter.

With COD4, you have such much to remember, and I can't get enough of being the TV gunner guy on the gunship. With Gears, going through the mansion to catch a ride with tons of aliens descending on you was memorable. With The Orange Box, just one word - Portal. With Halo 3, jumping on the scarab and playing 4-man on my wall was killer. And lastly, in Bioshock, unlocking the toaster in the tub achievement made me want to play the game again.

Great games stand the test of time. I still enjoy popping in COD2 and mashing Nazis. Doing the D-Day invasion mission never, ever gets old.

Thanks all for your comments. I was wondering if I missed something or it was a visually stunning shooter and that's about it. 

I prefer Gears, general consensus agrees with me (hello gamerankings). That said, I can't say I've spent more than a little time with Resistance, so while I can attest to GeoW's brilliance, I can't say much about Resistance.

isnt 40 players online still the best this generation?  (seriously I am not sure if it is)
Did you play online, because that is where the games strength lies.
And here is the real important part, play something other than death match. because given the FPS's you are used to, death match might seem way too fast paced for your liking.
Other online modes with tons of players on each team can become extremely fun. In no way do I think this game is better than COD4, but at the time of its release- Resistance was the shit.

To summarize :

Resistance is an average good game with a good (40, no lag) online multiplayer.
It is also the firts game people could enjoy on PS3 that is why it was so much supported (lack of others good games or even AAA title).

Note that I believe Reiestance 2 will be far superior to Resistance1, not even in term of gfx but mroe in term of gameplay or achivement (same for Motorstorm2)

Frontlines: Fuel of War has 50 player online for 360 (64 on PC), but before that I believe Resistance still had the most stable 40-player online play. Warhawk is also 40 if I remember correctly, and I think he last patch is meant to make it more stable. I agree that until CoD4, Resistance was awesome. I'd say it's still the 2nd best online FPS on PS3 (since Team Fortress 2 has issues).

Resistance is one of the first PS3 games I bought. It was fun, and I finished it. I think it's better then Halo 1 and 2 (not Halo 3), but that's about it. Gears and CoD4 are a lot better then Resistance imo.

being you seem to love FPS's, and in another thread you said you were going to get a new PC, you should check out UT3. It's very good, and you can use KB/Mouse.

You must be fast because it took me much closer to 16 hours. I agree with you that the weapons and scale of the battles made the game. Insomiac certainly has a reputation for weapons. I agree it's not the best, but I think it was the best on consoles until CoD4 and Halo 3 (and the latter just because of forge and replays). Most people I know that have played both Gears and Resistance prefer the latter, but regardless of which you prefer (and they are very different experiences), Resistance 2 is a very exciting announcement because of how solid the first game was and the potentially revolutionary features that have been announcd (60-player online, 8-player co-op in a completely seperate story campaign).

Wow, I'd forgotten a lot of the details. I loved the slow-mo sniper and auger.

IT took me 12 hours to win gears, so its all relative.

resistance' story mode sucked, try playing online. it is why resistance was so addicitve for me. but to be fair, i just came off resistance, and after playing, graw 2, vegas, warhawk, and cod 4, resistance, just looks crap compared to them.