Sports Legends: Resistance 2 Review

Resistance 2 is a game all about numbers. In this quirky but enjoyable PlayStation 3 shooter, you'll take on a 300 foot-tall Leviathan in the single-player campaign, blast countless hordes in the eight-player cooperative mode, and shoot it out with 60 players in online competitive matches. These three modes -- campaign, cooperative, and competitive -- embody the entirety of the Resistance 2 experience, and to see the big picture you'll have to play them all.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Bigger, badder and better than the first, Resistance 2 improves upon the formula set by its predecessor in almost every way. Unfortunately, a handful of minor issues, such as less than stellar graphics, keep this game from reaching the high bar set by competing titles like Call of Duty 4 and Gears of War 2. Still, with its interesting single-player campaign and robust online component, Resistance 2 has plenty to offer any PS3 owner looking for a quick and easy shooter fix. Sports Legends gave Resistance 2 for the PS3 a B+.

[InMyOpinion]

"Unfortunately, a handful of minor issues, such as less than stellar graphics, keep this game from reaching the high bar set by competing titles like Call of Duty 4 and Gears of War 2."

I thought Resistance 2 was the best looking game in the universe...Overrated.

[MURKERR]

that you think your opinion counts for anything

[InMyOpinion]

It's their opinion, not mine.

[anh_duong]

actually it is YOUR opinion that the game is overrated

if you can't understand what you wrote then how can you understand what is going on.

[ultimolu]

...Seriously Jenzo, what's your problem?

Did you play the game for yourself? Why are you determining how well a game plays by reviews when you haven't played it yourself?

Do me a favor and keep your opinions to yourself. Usually, when people don't have anything remotely useful to say, they keep it to themselves.

Anyone with a brain can see what they said about the game. But when a gamer experiences the game for themselves, they can make their OWN decisions.

I was in the beta, I played the game, I LOVE IT.

That's what matters to me.

[HighDefinition]

Nope, Killzone2 is. It`s NOT on the 360 either.

So.....

[kevnb]

is certainly not a console game...

[Man_of_the_year]

"Usually, when people don't have anything remotely useful to say, they keep it to themselves."

Priceless

That can't be any more wrong here on N4G

[InMyOpinion]

lol! I love your reactions. How many copies did Resistance 2 sell in it's first day? I thought it was supposed to be a Halo killer. Killzone 2 will probably go down the drain in sales as well.

You talk about how much you love the games, how come no one is buying them?

[ultimolu]

"lol! I love your reactions. How many copies did Resistance 2 sell in it's first day? I thought it was supposed to be a Halo killer. Killzone 2 will probably go down the drain in sales as well.

You talk about how much you love the games, how come no one is buying them?"

Can you please provide legitimate proof of how people are not buying Resistance 2 dearest Jenzo? If you cannot provide proof, then you are in NO position to claim R2 didn't sell at all.

Unbelievable.

[InMyOpinion]

2.1 million on the first day. That's how AAA titles roll.

If Resistance 2 sold well there would be news about it. Like it's first day sales for instance. They are probably too embarrassed to report it.

How come you changed your account? I guess you use the Juuken account to give bubbles to ultimolu, no?

[DiabloRising]

It's a sad day when all gamers care about is sales numbers. Pathetic, I pity your sad sad existence.

[ultimolu]

A game doesn't need to have a crapload of sales to be AAA. Resistance 2 is AAA material in my eyes and the eyes of others because we played it for ourselves. And Onslaught is correct in his comment. It's a sad day indeed when scores matter so much these days as well as sales.

Also, nice try but no. I changed the password of my old account so I wouldn't remember it. I don't need to *steal* bubbles. I receive bubbles because I'm trying to be more level-headed these days.

That's how much you know. :)

[Panthers]

The graphics are not mind blowing but they Chimera look amazing. Especially the big bosses (and there are a lot of them)

Still, this game is anything but overrated. The fact that some people only care about graphics is sad.

[Brixxer600]

Stuff reviewers

Buy it, play it and rate it yourselves. It's the only way to make your OWN mind up. Never let anyone else decide for you, i've played some real hidden gems in my time and i've also played some terrible games but i always decide for myself.

Reviewers could be having a bad day.

[Man_of_the_year]

I don't buy games just to find out later that i didn't like it...i would rather base my opinion off of reviews before i buy...just like what i do with cars. Reveiws do matter.

[kevnb]

there are actually plenty of reviews that said Dark Knight was a horrible movie... Almost nobody buys video games based off reviews, car reviews are different since they are not nearly as opinion based.

[thewhoopimen]

you count on car reviews because cars cost so much that if you got a lemon.... ouch in the pocket.

Game reviews... purely subjective.

[Man_of_the_year]

Actually you are both wrong. I use a wide variety of reviews to get an "average". I then base that average to see if its more Positive than negative...I have read Dark Knight reviews and i have yet to find any of them bad...as for cars being more expensive...well that is a null point as 1 persons perspective of "expensive" may not be shared by someone elses. If reviews were not important than why are you guys in every review thread...why are so many gamers eager to dispute negative reviews to games they like and commend positive reviews to the same games...

You are both hyprocrites as you say they don't matter yet....here you are in a review thread....

[i am the truth]

Is not that some people only care about graphics.When i played killzone2 beta and played resistance 2 it was like playing a last gen game.The propblem is there are so many shoot em up coming out with mind blowing graphics so when u play another FPS game that is not as good looking as the rest u start to think the graphics are crap.And killzone 2 has both graphics and gameplay!!!!

[Foxgod]

Finally a scrore that Resistance 2 deserves, good review.

[baum]

"Unfortunately, a handful of minor issues, such as less than stellar graphics, keep this game from reaching the high bar set by competing titles like Call of Duty 4 and Gears of War 2."

Yeah, that's the same thing gamepro said. Call of Duty 4 doesn't beat this game on graphics, and for the size of the environments, and the amount of enemies and simulations on screen also counts as technical achievement. You can't have as much detail obviously, and reviewers should know this, but that's what happens when fanboys and noob websites looking for hits review games.

[joebahrjoebahr]

crazy if you think this looks better than cod4.

[Pennywise]

R2 rocks. End of story. I dont care what anyone rates it. I only care what gamers think about this game after playing it.

A+/A+ for me.

[Foxgod]

What is wrong with B+ ? B+ means its just as good as Ninja Gaiden 2, and that game rocked too.

So Resistance 2 is just as good as Ninja Gaiden 2, thats a good thing.

[Man_of_the_year]

@Foxgod - you don't get it....Sony fanboys are starving for AAA titles - they hype and hype and hype because to them reviews do matter more than they like to let on - thats why they are in every review thread praising good reviews and bashing all the bad ones - and they haven't played the game...They want to be able to say see - look it got a AAA status on Metacritic - the site they bash yet always use as their source for the only 2 games they have that are AAA status, LBP and MGS4.

When a game doesn't meet the review scores that they Hyped - they then say the only review that matters is theirs...

[Foxgod]

Thats just awkward, i wonder if they get B+'s on college or work reviews constantly....

[thewhoopimen]

Great theories you got going there... but nope Sony fanboys aren't starving for games any more than 360 fanbois are starving for something to bash Sony fanbois owners. As for the anti-sony bias in the US? Seems very real to me. Is it really that un-American to applaud the foreign competition for their strengths? I find Famitsu more impartial than 70% of the publications here in the US.

PS- Assuming that "yes" Sony fans are starving for great games, is that necessarily such a bad thing? It seems that the attach numbers are really working in their favor. What is it I heard again? Most publishers want to lead now on the PS3 first?

[Foxgod]

Why do you have such a negative tone in your writing, i wonder if you need somebody to chat with.
Maybe someone just needs to let you know, that even you are somebody, that you matter.

[ultimolu]

I could say the same thing about 360 fans because they care more about the reviews than playing the games for themselves and making their own observations.

Wow, don't your true colors show?

And PS3 owners starving for AAA titles? Seriously, you're kidding, right?

[Foxgod]

I am a 360 fan, reviews dont mean so much to me, so your statement about 360 fans has to be false.

I really enjoyed Ninja gaide and Lost oddysey, and want to play infinite indiscovery and Banjo 3, all of those are in the range of 8 ~8.5.

So reconsider your opinion to make it more according to reality.

[ultimolu]

Well FoxGod, clearly you're not in the majority. You enjoy games to enjoy games. For other 360 fans, the game MUST be AAA or it's a pile of garbage.