GamingHeaven: Resistance 2 Review

GamingHeaven writes: "Resistance 2 is a total success and apart from some minor technical issues with clipping Insomniac have pushed the Playstation 3 further than any game to date. The single player experience is wonderfully immersive and it is matched by fully fledged and multiplayer modes which are massively replayable. If you add in trophy support as well as a plethora of unlockables and community support then you begin to see how well rounded the full experience is. The one word to sum up Resistance 2, is certainly "epic", just make sure you don't miss it."

[FBl]

Don't cry Xbox 360 owners,maybe if you shut your eyes and click your hooves together you'll get a AAA game

[thor]

It truly is AAA.

I had my doubts at first, but then I hadn't played it like these guys have.
It looks like Resistance 2 will score higher than Gears of War 2.
It looks like Fable 2 has been MATCHED by a sleeper hit, that no one was even listing in their PS3 lineup, Valkyria Chronicles.

Those are the 360's biggest games this year. Have they had anything to counter:
MGS4
LBP
Wipeout HD
Motorstorm: PR
GT5:P
PixelJunk Monsters
PixelJunk Eden
Warhawk - Operation: Fallen Star
WKC (will release in December of this year in Japan)

[Rick Astley]

Suck it up bots. Another AAA game on PS3.

[Lanoire]

Valkyrie Chronicles
WipeOut HD
LBP
Resistance 2
WKC
Eternal Sonata
Naruto
SOCOM
Motorstorm
FAT PRINCESS
Dead space
Fallout 3
Mirrors Edge
COD World at war
Bioshock
SOCOM

Everything you like, PS3 has got it. They have all games in every genre. From RPG to fighting to shooting. You want it, they have it. UNSTOPPABLE LINE UP!!!!

Best line up ever. 3rd60 has nothing but GeOW 1.1 left. Its a little bigger, a little better and a little more badass than the original. How pathetic.

[HighDefinition]

IGNs score wasn`t outrageous as some made it out to be. R2 looks to be something special. PS3 has a INSANE line-up for Xmas, thing could get interesting, quickly.

[La Chance]

I agree great score.I was expecting less.

Anyway what "INSANE" line up are you talking about ?

I see LBP and Res 2.

What else ?

[Panthers]

You were expecting less? Hmmmm.

R2 is amazing.

[name]

Valkyria Chronciles? Motorstorm 2? Socom?

[Panthers]

not to mention all the mutliplatform games. FO3, FC2, POP, Mirrors Edge, ect. Tons of games to own.

[Darkseider]

First Party:

LBP, R2, Motorstorm 2, Warhawk, GT5:P, SOCOM (yes I said SOCOM)

Third Party:

Bio Shock, Fallout 3, WKC, Valkyria Chronicles, Eternal Sonata

Then there is the Platinum Hits that are being offered for $29.99 for those new to the PS3 and haven't played them. All in all a very strong holiday lineup.

[La Chance]

Ok , I see.

That sure is "INSANE" !!!

You guys are exaggerating.Its good but not "INSANE" !!!

@darkseider : I thought only 360 gamers brag about multiplats ! Whats Fallout 3 , Bioshock , E Sonata doing in your list? Moreover GT5p and Warhawk are already out.

So this Xmas you got LBP , RES2 , MStorm 2 , Socom (you serious ?) and V chronicles.

"INSANE" indeed !!!

[SuperM]

Socom is still a great game even though it had some technical issues. When all that is sorted out and people are playing the game noone is going to care that some sites gave it low score because of problems that doesnt exist anymore. After all its how fun the game is that matters

[BlackTar187]

Whats wrong with socom?
Say server issues do it. They have been fixed or about 90% of it has so whats wrong with socom. Read a review they all say game is great except the server issues so now there pretty much fixed what do you ahve to say now?

wANTED TO ADD THERE WERE OVER 100K PEOPLE ON ON SATURDAY LAST WEEKEND.L sOUNDS LIKE ITS SOMETHING TO PLAY HUh.

Dont hate please reply. i would love to hear the server problem is why you throw around your hate. Becasue its fixed now so please explain to what else now. Or why 100k people are all playing a gmae that you have to serious about. 100k onlne at one time there are well mre then that who bought it also. I played socom 2 alot and I have over 100 people I played with they all like it and to me and every socom 2 fan(that I know ) its a gem. Spread your hate somewhere else.

[Imallvol7]

stop trying to incite a riot in here . . .

when you look at the PS3 line up this Christmas . . . YES, it IS spectacular. All of the multiplats + exclusives = amazing.

R2, Little Big Planet, Valkyrie Chronicles, Socom, Motorstorm 2 are all exclusive big hits and getting great scores (Socom isn't, but its online will be worked out in a few days. The game really is awesome). In addition, PS3 just picked up Bioshock!

Yes, the PS3's lineup all together is spectacular. In addition, PS3 has four of the top five contenders for game of the year on its system (MGS4, LBP, GTA4, and Fallout 3)(if you were wondering, Gears of War 2 is the 5th game of the year contender . . . I have played 8 hours of the campaign and it is AWESOME) . To act like the PS3 isn't bringing its A game is a complete fanboy fabrication.

I am sorry for the rant . . . but I get so tired of this PS3 does everything wrong and nothing right SH*T that everyone likes to convey.

Enjoy your games . . . both PS3 and 360 are great. Get back to playing them.

[RememberThe357]

So whats your point.

[Darkseider]

@La Chance

I include the multiplats because they are new to the PS3 and offer something to a current or future owner of one. As for SOCOM yes I said SOCOM. I have been playing it since day two of release and have had only one problem where it locked up on me. Other than that it has been rock solid and stable. Yesterday Patch 1.20 was released and even though I haven't noticed any difference in performance I haven't heard or seen anything bad either. It is a very solid game and just because of a few bad days on the backend servers it was dismissed which in all honesty does that game an injustice.

[BlackTar187]

Great post. Its sad that a game that has good code (or no code issues) for the most part can be swept away by the crazy's becasue of a issue thats 100% fixable. its just sad that people are more and more relying on other reviewers to give there opnion to them. be like me play every game every system and be happy. Just so you know I make my own living and buy my own stuff nothing momy daddy about my collection

[Lanoire]

The amount of triple As and highquality games are insane.

Valkyrie Chronicles (this is sleeper hit of the year - this, or Dead Space. No doubt. I have a hunch some biased websites will award the title to Dead Space just because its multi platform and Valkyrie is PS3 exclusive. See, they dont want to recognize the truth and dont want to admit that PS3 line up is sick and where its at, see).

WipeOut HD
LBP (GOTY)
Resistance 2 (best shooter of the year)
Motorstorm 2
WKC
SOCOM (sick sick game, trust me. The best 10 bucks you will ever spend, after WipeOut HD).

Hold on there, ladies and gentlemen. The Xmas exclusive line up aint over here.
Still to come, the next triple A (I guarantee this), ultra slick and ultra fun FAT PRINCESS (make sure you buy this gem, its dirt cheap but ultra fun) AND OF COURSE THE BEST FIGHTING GAME OF THE YEAR NARUTO!!!! Yes, Naruto is looking like a sleeper hit as well.

And then the multi platform games!
Bioshock
Eternal Sonata
CoD World at war
Fallout 3
Mirrors edge
Dead Space

Holy smoly, biatches. Thats not even including the most epic game of all times, MGS4.

IT AINT OVER AFTER THE YEAR PEOPLE. Sony basically gives us December and January to finish as much as we can because things are going crazy in February again people with the release of

KILLZONE 2 (KZ2 has no competition. None. Nothing at all).
Infamous
FF13 demo

And after that? Well Sony gives us some more time to finish as much as we can again, because things are going crazy again in the summer and autumn.

HeavyRain
EyePet
Gran Turismo
and more.

This ladies and gentlemen, is the best line up ever seen. This line up is so sick and insane, it has no competition. NONE at all.

[La Chance]

lol , relax.Just have a look at the reviews , speaks for itself.But since you so angry I guess you must be a Socom fan.Thats great for you.

@all the others : well I asked you guys to tell whats so "INSANE" about the PS3 lineup for Xmas.Well theres nothing "INSANE" about it.

Not hating just asking in complete honesty what on planet earth is so AWESOME about the PS3 lineup ?!

@blacktar : oh ! stop lying to yourself Socom got bad scores because of the overall quality.

[BlackTar187]

I am realexed and you avoid the question and also cosigned to the people cant think for themselves line i thru in there thats great. Look at the review you obv. did not more then the Magical number associated with them they all state great game messed up servers. Answer that for me. if the servers are fixed will you then agree that its a great game because your willign to put all your chips in based on reviews so im assuming that you then agree thats its a awesome game now that the servers are working.

[kazan]

dude why are you so serious?! its funny to see this one word "INSANE" is driving you insane :D the guy said it out of joy no big deal .. you make me rofl ..
La Chance repeat after me.."THE PS3 IS INSANE" feel better? ;)

[Maxned]

1up (which is way more credible) gave it a B+

[La Chance]

"THE PS3 IS INSANE" haaaa !!!! its driving me crazy !!!!!!!

[Ninja-Sama]

Is LaChance dumb?

[poopsack]

Quality over quantity

[kazan]

"haaaa !!!! its driving me crazy !!!!!!!" i know it is man ..looks like it anyway u dont need to say it ..thats why we like to play with you :) keep it up

[BlackTar187]

Show me where these reviews are that state the overall quality of the game is bad. Please I havent read them all so you could be right but I have read about 15 or so and they all state what i said above. Dont dodge the question with a 1/2 sentence response stating what im challeging you to prove.

What is it? where are they? and i can guarntee you never even read one of them. Look on this site for instance every single review posted on this site was brought down for server issues. so I suggest you look elsewhere for that.

Im also not stating this game deserved a 10 not even a 9 Im a huge socom fan as you can tell and I give it a 8.5 but i also didnt give socom 2 a 10 or a 9 either but it was my favorite and still is MP game. See im being fair why cant you. Hell if i gave it a 8 and so did evryone else 8=good and Im happy with good. not everything can be hype fake like 10's GTA.

[doomx56]

You forgot MAG coming out sometime next year

[ablecain]

@ La Chance: Why do you sound so down and bitter? It's pathetic. I for one am thrilled about all of these new and upcoming games for the PS3... Don't need you hear to pointlessly try to bring everyone down.

[SL1M DADDY]

It's plain and simple...

This game should score better than the first Resistance as it is bigger, prettier graphics, and has tons more options in way of online play. If it scores less, then you have a pretty sad review on your hands and should take up another career. - 1up, I'm looking at you.

[jtucker78]

Maxned: "1up (which is way more credible) gave it a B+"

...the same company that gave Wii Music A-

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....
<wipes tears from eyes> Good one.

[Nineball2112]

No matter what game gets GOTY, there are going to be other deserving games that miss out.

Resistance 2 is going to be a blockbuster and I can't wait until next week!

[nbsmatambo]

srry to say this but i dont think R2 isnt gonna be GOTY...

LBP is =p

[Nineball2112]

You're probably right... but I only said R2 had GOTY potential. Like I said before, there are going to be some deserving games not getting the designation.

[FBl]

http://www.cheatmasters.com...

[thor]

Riddle me thither, riddle me thence, what did "GamingHeaven" say about Resist-ence? ;)

"One of the best games on the Playstation 3, miss this at your peril."

Damn straight.

[thor]

Riddle me "whither?", riddle me "whence?", where should I buy from if I'm on the fence?

Rent it first then buy after the rental period if you like it - find somewhere that will do this and take the rental cost off.

[DeforMAKulizer]

OMG a 97?!
WOW!!! Yay! Can't wait! 5 days!

[jammy_70]

but if u didnt no its coming out on the 28th lol
still a bloody cracking score :)

[DeforMAKulizer]

True! But i preordered mine from Amazon hehe... CE!
Thats what wonderful with region free games! =D

[FBl]

http://i35.tinypic.com/313g...

Vs

http://i36.tinypic.com/zpt3...

[thor]

Resistance 2 vs Smears of Grey 2:

WHICH WILL WIN THE EPIC GRAPHICS BATTLE?

[Algullaf]

lol is that realy gears its ugly as my @$$ hahahaha

no need to compare lool the score is enought :D 97 near perfect.. AAAA

[GamerscoreWhores]

You used the best screenshot on R2

and the worst possible screenshot captured on GEOW2

Your not biased at all are you...

[NeoBasch]

F#ck, Game of the Year awards. We don't need another pissing contest. The amount of quality games this year is out of this world. Simply astonishing, for both 360 and PS3. As a gamer, I have plenty to look forward to this holiday season, but I have to say this game cannot wait. This is Day 1 for sure. Had this baby preordered over half a year ago. The Collector's Edition no less. Still, I would hate to see the handful of masterpieces that might end up getting neglected because of the measly Game of the Year award. One award doesn't do this year justice. And no matter what, one company is going to feel left out after all their hard work. Instead, let us toast to the fine year that this has become; that will likely end up as one of the best years in gaming history.

[reincarnated]

u took the words right out of my mouth brother.

[RememberThe357]

bubble up.

[zdudynot]

once again

[Danja]

Amazing score thats all I can say this game will own.

[Sevir04]

to a dead carcass. and suddenly the game isn't a AAA.. i tell you Fankids make me laugh, it's nice to see that IGN's Review isn't out landish and true to it's word. though i never expected R2 to garner a 9.7/97% i expected reviews in the 90s-95 area.. Good to see. insomniac has pushed the PS3 to new heights. i cant wait to play.

[beavis4play]

but the problem is, there are 360 fanboys doing the same type of sh1t. if the game gets an "89" score....then they dive down and say "not a AAA game".

i agree with you though....all of this stuff is stupidity.

[cmrbe]

This game is mine. Period.

[ER1X]

Word.

[rbluetank]

The game that gives you your money worthy is R2 hands down. Replay value R2. MP/Coop is R2. it has website support next to and beyond Halo... ther is no developers bring the pressure for GOTY like R2 is in 2008. there is know reason why this should not get GOTY. LBP is heavy and might get it but i like action games. time will tell...

[Mr Fancy Pants]

another great review.

[STARS]

It's funny, you go over to the 1UP review and see nothing but Xbots in both the Gamer and Open Zone bagging on R2. Where are all the bots in this one?

[NeoBasch]

The only thing that has me more excited right now than Resistance 2 is watching the rest of the first season of Heroes. Seriously, that show is full of win. Legendary. Check it out if you haven't already. The Blu-Ray is awesome. Here's a couple trailers in case you're interested...

Peter's Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Isaac's Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Nikki, DL, and Micah's Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Sorry, I couldn't help it. You have no idea how hard it is to wait for the last couple of episodes for the season. I couldn't think about anything else this whole week; not even my classes. XD

[ultimolu]

OWNED YA STUPID BOTS.

That makes three 90's and an 85.

Still a AAA title.

[robotnik]

I'm in love with this game, I had a blast playing R1 sometime ago and this game isn't going to be diferent.

Everyone should enjoy this magnificent game, leave the fanboyism aside and play it, really, it's like the MGS4 case, you can't miss this game, it's lots, and I mean, LOTS of fun.