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UGO: Resistance 2 Multiplayer Hands-on Preview

UGO writes: "As one of the few bright spots of the PS3 launch, Resistance was a solid shooter with innovative weapons and an intriguing, alternate-timeline story. And, if you can believe it, the sequel, Resistance 2, is already well on its way to a Holiday release date! We got to spend some hands-on time with the game's multiplayer to see how Insomniac is going to pull off those 60-person matches they've been talking about.

Resistance 2's multiplayer is a very different beast from most multiplayer shooters. Because of the massive player numbers (30 on 30 can get a little daunting) the developers decided to focus things up a bit. Matches are objective-based now, with small squads fighting over portions of the map against "rival" squads. The idea is that, even though you're in a game of 60 people, you're really only dealing with the same dozen or so on a regular basis. This creates feelings of rivalry and deep hatred for the enemy squad, making frags all the more rewarding."

PR0F3TA6236d ago

must... play... now...

between this and Socom my clan is going to have a long fall/winter

Bacon6236d ago

I really can't believe what they're doing with the multiplayer in this game. Insomniac just continues to amaze me with the stuff they do, and this is year after year.

Breakfast6236d ago

I like your name and avatar :)

Im most interested on how they pull off 8 player co-op in this game. Thats gonna be insane.

clintos596236d ago

Resistance 2 is the sleeper that is ready to be unleashed and I can almost guarantee this time around, it will be able to step up against any fps game out there. Insomniac has proven that resistance 1 was far more better then what people expected for a launch title and this time around, they will prove from little mistakes from the first that they will take it to another level and fire back at its competition with vengeance. I cant fu**ing wait for this game, it is my second most aniticpated game after MGS4.

fanboi hater6236d ago

but in terms of hype compared to gears and killzone definitely. This will deliver a far more fufilling experience than either of the other two all though if insomniac shares it's secrets with GG for multiplayer then killzone will be all that it promised and more. Truly though my heart is with resistance and i need it like that heroine addiction i'm trying to kick. lol

P.S I'm really just posting because i want to spread my avatar all around the forums lol

Bacon6236d ago (Edited 6236d ago )

Resistance 2 deserves all the hype in the world. Insomniac never fails to deliver.

LenHart6236d ago

Resistance 2 is the surest bet against even Killzone 2 and Gears 2.

The gameplay of Resistance would be awesome if not revolutionary . The graphics would be great too . As for Kz2/Gears 2 the gameplay is still a question mark.

I think you didnt play Resistance 1. There is no FPS on earth which is as fun as Resistance 1.

If Resistance 2 is not a sleeper hit then what is a sleeper hit?

fanboi hater6233d ago

Of Course i played RFOM which is my favorite multiplayer game of all time. A sleeper hit is something that isn't hyped at all but turns out to be a huge hit such as bioshock. That game got almost no attention until it was released and then it blew up. As for resistance people already know it's going to be a great game and the hype is going to start building so it can't really be called a sleeper.

I agree however with the fact that resistance will be hands down better than gears and killzone but killzone has a great shot at being comparable to resistance with all the dev time they have left.

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remanutd556236d ago

i cant wait to play it, i remember i beat it like 4 times and spent countless hours online but then again it was my fps game.

remanutd556236d ago

it was my first fps game sorry

redmamoth6236d ago

.... purley becauase we are going to destroy the Chelsky scum tomorro!!!

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Video Game Franchises in Danger of Being Forgotten

The gaming industry moves at such a pace that it’s not surprising we’ve seen countless franchises fall into obscurity over the years.

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S2Killinit218d ago

Im surprised that a game with a heritage of Medal of Honor is in this list.

cthulhucultist218d ago

There is a rumour that Driver 1 & 2 remasters will be released for Switch and presumably for other systems as well.

https://www.gamingbible.com...

Not sure however whether this results into new games in the near future.

HellspawnPR1981218d ago

Ninja Gaiden? Splinter Cell? Tenchu? Virtua Fighter? Killer Instinct? Killzone?

DefenderOfDoom2218d ago

I would very much enjoy
a new dedicated single player Killzone campaign. With a fun multi-player.

cthulhucultist218d ago

Tenchu and Killer Instict would be great indeed!

Unfortunately new Killzone game does not seem to be in the works

Virtua Fighter is going to receive a new entry!

https://www.dualshockers.co...

Splinter Cell is likely to be one of the remasters launching next year (not sure whether this has to do anything with the remake previously announced)

https://toronto.ubisoft.com...

HellspawnPR1981218d ago

Yeah, read the news about a new Virtua Fighter and I am so ready for it. Splinter Cell at this point I don't believe anything Ubisoft says plus I don't think modern day Ubisoft can make a decent stealth game. They will likely fuck it up.

Inverno218d ago

Basically everything at this point as companies have no concern with preservation.

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Ranking the Resistance Games From Worst To Best

While it's been on ice for as long as it was around, the Resistance franchise has no shortage of quality.

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Knushwood Butt1141d ago

My take:

Single player
3, 2, 1

Multiplayer
3, 1, 2

Overall
3, 2, 1

I beat the lengthy single player in 1 multiple times and spent hours in the online too. Plus 1 featured my home town! Special mention to the audio design in 1: playing that with surround headphones blew me away.

Note: I have the platinum for Resistance 2.

Eidolon1140d ago

Resistance 1 MP will always be my favorite. Call it nostalgia or whatever, but that was my jam, felt more balance, natural.

Miraak82 1139d ago

i have the platinium too , 10k kills in online ranked matches was no joke . Took me 3-4 months straight grinding but it was fun . To put it in perspective you only got like 25 kills per match if you were 1st place every match that's at Least 400 matches in 1st

Sciurus_vulgaris1141d ago

I only played the 3 main Resistance titles. My ranking would be;
1. Resistance 3
2. Resistance: Fall of Man
3. Resistance 2

GoodGuy091141d ago

Man I loved 3's campaign. Another gem stuck on the ps3 and who knows if insomniac will go back to the franchise.

fr0sty1140d ago

Resistance, Warhawk, MAG, Motorstorm, there's so many first party gems on PS3 that Sony has just left to die...

P_Bomb1140d ago

Never played Burning Skies but I still have Retribution.

monkey6021140d ago

Burning Skies was about 3 hours long and rather inconsequential. You haven't missed anything

porkChop1140d ago

Honestly, Burning Skies was shit. There's no two ways about it. At first I thought it looked terrible, then I second guessed myself. Big mistake.

darthv721139d ago

Retribution has this really cool feature where you could use a PS3 to link a controller to it and play. So if you had a 2000 or 3000 hooked to a tv, you can use a real controller. All of this predates the PSP Go's ability to sync a sixaxis to it via bluetooth.

Yui_Suzumiya1140d ago

Resistance 3 was shocking and brilliant. Loved it.

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Why Resistance Was So Incredible

While the studio is best known for Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet, and Clank, and Spider-Man back on the PS3 the studio broke from creating platformers and made one of the highest regarded science-fiction first-person shooters of all time. This was Resistance and it remains one of Sony's most acclaimed and dormant franchises.

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Jin_Sakai1497d ago

Really wish Insomniac would bring back Resistance!

darthv721496d ago

Agreed. Until they do a new entry, I'd love to get the two portable games remade into console versions. Maybe in a nice compilation with the mainline titles.

monkey6021496d ago

Burning Skies wasn't a great game.
It was only a couple of hours long and there was nothing memorable about it.

I'd love a new entry

darthv721495d ago

^monkey, hence why it should be remade into a better version.

SullysCigar1497d ago

Resistance 3's campaign was gorgeous for the time - and an awesome game to boot.

monkey6021496d ago

I remember being put off by it because McHale wasn't the MC but it turned out to be my favourite campaign

CBaoth1496d ago

by and large though the Resistance IP featured many protagonists (4 altogether I think if you include the portables). One of the reasons I enjoyed it was not being shackled to individual story arcs. Very rare for a major franchise.

Army_of_Darkness1495d ago

My favorite resistance game as well! It seriously had creepy, scary a$$ moments bro! It made me want an action horror game from insomniac!

Mr_cheese1496d ago

Remember playing this through online co op with the move controller and gun attachment! What a game!

BlackIceJoe1496d ago

I've said in the past I'd like to see this series return and have it take place years later, like in the present.

I'll give you an example if I'm not mistaken the last game ended in the 50s, so if it was to take place some time in the 2020s you'd have an opportunity to see how the world changed after the fall of Chimera and all the new technology that came out of that war.

Just like in our universe we all know WW2 happened, but we never experienced it, so if the next Resistance game takes place years later so too would people in that universe know a war look place against the Chimera, they just wouldn't know what it really was like.

So getting to see how that universe would respond to the Chimera reemerging would be interesting.

Imagine a little kid talking with his grandfather about the war and the kid just thinks it was just a made up bed time horror story and what was said was worse than what really took place, but now that the Chimera come back the kid will find out why years later the old timer adults were still waiting for the Chimera to return.

I think there is great potential for this series still and I really believe the best way forward for Resistance is make it have a time jump too.

So hopefully this series will return.

Dragonopolis1495d ago

Great Idea. I'd play that version.

Resistance was a great game and of all the remasters.... I would play a great remastered version of resistance series as well

waverider1496d ago

I was blown away when i played for the first time Resistance on the PS3. Great Game. Also liked very much an played for hundred of hours the Co-op of R2. The SP campaign of R3 is also excelent. I really hope that Sony and Insomniac annouced the Remaster of the Series and a new chapter. They got story to do that.

Jambola121496d ago

Resistance 2 was one of the first few games i played on ps3 and I loved it, would definitely finish that again :D

Chevalier1496d ago

I loved all the Resistance games. But part 2 online was amazing. The Marksmen for the Spec Ops type class when it was fully upgraded was such an amazing weapon. Oh man I wish they release all the games again and let us play part 2 online again.

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