C-12: Final Resistance
Encyclopedia
C-12: Final Resistance is a video game developed by SCE Studio Cambridge
for the PlayStation
. It was released in Europe on April 6, 2001 and in North America on July 22, 2002.
The story is set in the future, as alien
s have invaded in an attempt to harvest all of the Earth's carbon
resources (C-12 is a reference to 12C
, the most abundant isotope of carbon). The player uses Lieutenant Riley Vaughan, a cybernetic
human soldier, and member of the underground resistance. The player undertakes missions played out in a third-person view, killing aliens and cyborgs, collecting weapons and keys, and the like.
SCE Studio Cambridge
Cambridge Studio, part of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, was formed in July 1997 when Sony Computer Entertainment Europe acquired the Millennium development studio from Cyberlife Ltd...
for the PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
. It was released in Europe on April 6, 2001 and in North America on July 22, 2002.
The story is set in the future, as alien
Extraterrestrial life in popular culture
In popular cultures, "extraterrestrials" are life forms — especially intelligent life forms— that are of extraterrestrial origin .-Historical ideas:-Pre-modern:...
s have invaded in an attempt to harvest all of the Earth's carbon
Carbon
Carbon is the chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on the periodic table, it is nonmetallic and tetravalent—making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds...
resources (C-12 is a reference to 12C
Carbon-12
Carbon-12 is the more abundant of the two stable isotopes of the element carbon, accounting for 98.89% of carbon; it contains 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons....
, the most abundant isotope of carbon). The player uses Lieutenant Riley Vaughan, a cybernetic
Cybernetics
Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of regulatory systems. Cybernetics is closely related to information theory, control theory and systems theory, at least in its first-order form...
human soldier, and member of the underground resistance. The player undertakes missions played out in a third-person view, killing aliens and cyborgs, collecting weapons and keys, and the like.