Johnny Novgorod said:
Never played any of these games.
Both collections have the same price.
Killzone Trilogy has Killzone (HD remake), Killzone 2 and Killzone 3. Includes some DLC. Only the third game has co-op, as well as online multiplayer.
Resistance Collection has Resistance: Fall of Man, Resistance 2 and Resistance 3. Includes some DLC. Every game supports local co-op, though online multiplayer has been disabled as of last year.
I'm leaning towards Resistance because of Insomniac Games + local co-op, which is a big plus for me. But I don't know. I know nothing about these games except that they're military shooters with an alien twist, and Yahtzee had nothing but praise for Resistance 3 (AKA Half-Life 2) while he was pretty meh about Killzone 3. Yet Killzone seems to be the more popular franchise, going by forum debates.
Which one should I get?
I've been a long time fan of The Escapist (Zero Punctuation), and I found this thread by Googling a similar question. So I registered and figured I'd share my $0.02.
I bought my PS3 in 2013 and finished out my list this past Xmas. I have a PC, so I was really looking for console / PS3 exclusives. I ended up getting the following series: God of War, Infamous, Resistance, and Uncharted.
I tried the demos of each game (the 1st if it was a series) and made my decisions that way.
The only collection I'm still considering is Killzone.
The KZ2 demo didn't impress me; it was super short and I had a hard time figuring out what to do. Ally soldiers were just yelling at me, and the enemy soldiers kept weren't very difficult to kill. It reminded me of the Halo series after Halo 1; a boring single player campaign because most of the focus was on multi player. But again, I only played the demo of KZ2.
Resistance 1 was fun. Good length demo, decently challenging, and I must admit the WWII / post-apocalypse vibe worked for me. Kinda reminded me of Fallout. And the series having offline split-screen co-op really appealed to me (yes, I know not *all* the games have that feature though).
The Resistance series can be bought for $16 total at GameStop ($3 for R1, $3 for R2, and $10 for R3; no coupons / discounts). For KZ if you want KZ1 in HD you need to get the trilogy, which is $20 new at GameStop, but was recently $15 new at Target. Not really worth buying the Resistance series new for the DLC IMO.
Seems like the consensus online is go Resistance for single player, and Killzone for multi player; guess it depends on what interests you more.
If Zero Punctuation reviews mean a lot to you, Yahtzee seemed to like R3 a lot more than KZ3.
