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GameSpy: Resistance 2 Review

Once again, Insomniac promises and it delivers with Resistance 2. Although its campaign has some plot twists that are mind-boggling, and there's no pretense that the ending is a bonafide cliffhanger, it's engaging, even if the narrative fails to explain some of the big story hooks. Competitive multiplayer is bigger and more brutal than its predecessor. Most importantly, co-op multiplayer is an absolute joy to play.

Ultimately, however, it's the role-playing elements, such as experience points, that really enrich it. It's an FPS that accomplishes the rare feat of being both rock-hard and rewarding. There's still room for a few surprises, but right now, there aren't many shooters this year that can stand up to Resistance 2.

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VsAssassin6028d ago

I'm really gonna buy this game when it comes out. I wonder when the Philppines will have it?

arika6028d ago

i like the last sentence on the review which states "There's still room for a few surprises, but right now, there aren't many shooters this year that can stand up to Resistance 2". SWEET!

Socom6028d ago

The game is sick in everyway. And leaves gears at war 1.1 totally in the dust no matter what these rigged reviews and biased reviewers say.

These biased reviewers need to open their eyes. People arent blind and consumers arent STUPID.

60 player > 5 player
8 player coop > 4 player coop
Real 300 feet free roaming bosses > fake 200 feet bosses that you only fight 10 feet of it.
R2 graphics > GeOW2 graphics
R2 has 40-50 enemies on screen you fight at once, without slowdown.
GeOW2 has the same old 3-4 enemies on screen at once.

el_bandito6028d ago

It's not the perfect shooter, but this sequel just blew me out of the water compared to the 1st one.

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Danja6028d ago

I bet you also think that the 360 is the greatest console ever built also huh ?

ne ways stick to ur laggy 5 vs 5 online play while I'll enjoy 30 vs 30 and 8 player co-op without experiencing ne LAG what so ever .

Socom6028d ago

"An incredible average of 95% vs. 89%."

>> Are you being deliberately dumb? Gears of war 1.1s average is 9.2 even on the precious biased site called Metacritics.

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Socom6027d ago

LBP: 9.6 second highest meta
Gears of war 1.1: already down to 9.2
Resistance 2: 9
WipeOut: 9
Valkyria: 9
Motorstorm: 8

3 warranty expires this month. Truth hurts, dont it.

Aquanox6027d ago

Resistance 2 has fallen below the 90s in Metacritic.

Largely surpassed by Gears of War 2 and now below Fable 2 too, which is at 90.

Insomniac has the hardest mission of all Sony studios: Compete with Epic.

jollygoodchap86027d ago

You do know Fable 2 is not a 90 it's under 90 now.

Unless you deliberately overlooked that for the sake of fanboy squabble.

Anyway just correcting you.

Aquanox6027d ago

The must have added a new low review recently. It was in the 90s just yesterday.

Anyways, the fact still remains that once again, Gears of War 2 has taken the shooter crown of this year, and by a long shot this time.

hulk_bash19876027d ago

Be that as it may, it doesnt change the fact that Resistance is a great shooter that I believe holds its own against the competition. Dont get me wrong i enjoyed the 1st gears and odds are im gonna enjoy Gears 2 but that doesnt take away anything from resistance 2.

olivia6027d ago

omg those new gameplay vids look amazing talk about scale,and what a sweet review can't wait to get this game and play and my sony brivia full hd tv,it's gonna be intense

Cryos6027d ago

I just picked up my copy of the collector's edition tonight. Haven't gotten to play the campaign yet. But here's what I'm already missing...

Had my buddies over, and apparently you can't play 4 player co-op offline. only 2 at a time :o( bummer.

Also, can't play 2 player campaign as in the first game....

And worse of all......

I can't have my buddies over and play offline deathmatch.

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I still can't wait to play the campaign, but those features kept me playing the game today. Just this past weekend my buddies were over playing deathmatch and we were all psyched to play it on the new game.

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Daz6028d ago (Edited 6028d ago )

cant wait, oreded it from gamestop because i have to wait till the 28 otherwise:P

Shaka2K66028d ago

Insomniac delivers a true sequel unlike failepic tears of war 1.5 is so boring and linear dont even get me started about the stupid AI and dumb story ect.

PopEmUp6027d ago

people like you that the whole reason why you had only 1 bubble

olivia6027d ago (Edited 6027d ago )

those new gameplay vids looks amazing,talk about scale.and what a sweet review,can't wait to play this on my sony brivia full hd tv.it's gonna be intense can't wait,the ps3 true start ..start with resistance 2 so happy to own a ps3.i own the backwards compatable 80 ps3 with one game mgs4,six demo's and warhawk,all i play is warhawk everyday.so with just one game i have so much fun with my ps3,not theirs isn't games out it because i can't afford them right now.but the hell with buget all the games sony have coming out, i can't (resist)..thats why i'am getting (resistane2)

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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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S2Killinit178d ago

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

cthulhucultist178d 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.

HellspawnPR1981178d ago

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

DefenderOfDoom2178d ago

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

cthulhucultist178d 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...

HellspawnPR1981178d 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.

Inverno178d 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 Butt1101d 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.

Eidolon1099d ago

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

Miraak82 1099d 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_vulgaris1101d ago

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

GoodGuy091101d ago

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

fr0sty1100d ago

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

P_Bomb1100d ago

Never played Burning Skies but I still have Retribution.

monkey6021100d ago

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

porkChop1100d 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.

darthv721099d 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_Suzumiya1100d 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_Sakai1456d ago

Really wish Insomniac would bring back Resistance!

darthv721456d 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.

monkey6021455d 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

darthv721455d ago

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

SullysCigar1456d ago

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

monkey6021455d ago

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

CBaoth1455d 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_Darkness1455d 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_cheese1455d ago

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

BlackIceJoe1456d 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.

Dragonopolis1455d 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

waverider1455d 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.

Jambola121455d ago

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

Chevalier1455d 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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