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Not trying to be sarcastic, just legitimately curious, as I assumed PSN was just like XBL, that when a new game in a franchise came out everyone immediately dropped the old one.
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Everybody wins!
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So I came into the idea of Resistance 2 with much trepidation. Got into the beta and actually had quite a bit of fun playing with my fiancee in the co-op.
But it grew pretty stale (likely due to just being 1 map). But it's mainly the actual gameplay is very very stale. Which is unfortunate since I love the Ratchet games. Resistance is just incredibly dull when compared to other FPSs.
Sure, the bullet points you can throw up on the back of the box are impressive, and some of the visuals are great, but overall the game is a drag to play. Which is unfortunate since I wished I could love the Resistance games as much as the Ratchet titles.
11/07/08
But it was well-done, and I can't wait to dive into the co-op and competitive multiplayer.
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• Completely disagree with low marks for the story. I thought the story was sufficiently engaging to hook me for the campaign. It's a sum total whose separate parts have been seen before - but it doesn't diminish the entertaining way Insomniac sewed them together.
• Completely disagree with low marks for the setting/design. Resistance 2 is brilliant from a visual standpoint...and not at all similar to the myriad World War 2 Europe set pieces we've been treated to already. In fact, I can't think of a single game off the top of my head that's provided the sort of '50s Americana imagery Resistance 2 is steeped in. Admittedly, it doesn't do for the 1950's what Bioshock did for Art Deco, but it's still a very visually arresting title.
• Loved the fact that this game actually features bosses. And not just bigger enemies that you meet once at the end of a stage and then pop-up as underlings later on. No, these are ginormous, "16-bit glory days" kinds of "big bosses". They fucking rule.
• I do miss the following things (or think they were done better in Resistance: Fall of Man):
1) The "weapons wheel": seriously, only two waepons at a time when I use to be able to carry around this killer arsenal? Boo.
2) The third-person, grainy black and white death animations were far better than the cheap-looking "bodiless eyeball" in Resistance 2.
3) Vehicles. Seriously, those were fun and well-done in Fall of Man. Why'd they leave them out of the sequel? A boat sequence in Louisiana? Piloting a shuttle in California?
4) Narration. It did add something to the story-telling. I've always felt one of the single biggest flaws of Western game design is the insistence on presenting everything story-related "in-game". Honestly, I'm shocked this game even features cinematic sequences (a huge plus, BTW).
That's pretty much it though. Overall I think Resistance 2 is a great FPS with some truly epic moments. Well worth the wait and my $60.
11/08/08
Also, multiplayer is excellent in R2 but I can't be the only one that wants some of the original stages back for the sequel. I want the Busyard and Manchester
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I just like pointing out things I find amusing. I'm getting a PS3 sometime in the next few months (mostly for the Blu-Ray player), and Resistance 1 & 2 are definitely on my list of games to buy. True, I own a 360 (which is pretty much a Rock Band 2 machine at this point), but I actually do the vast majority of my gaming on PC.
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Please don't even try that argument. For one, Nathan Hale went from a pretty much silent protagonist to a run of the mill rugged voice marine archetype.
Gordon Freeman never reacts because YOUR reactions are Gordon Freeman's actions. That's why silent protagonists in a game like Dead Space don't work as well, because you see their emotion but at the same time they are not verbally saying anything. That is the complete opposite of Half Life, or even Portal. If HL games had Gordon Freeman in cut scenes spouting off one lines and stuff...well, it just wouldn't be the same. Even though he was underdeveloped in the first game, Nathan Hale came off more strong in my opinion, at least compared to Resistance 2.
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What's with this "sucky campaign mode" idea? I'm enjoying the Campaign mode.
11/08/08
"Some people just don't have the chops to hang with the big boys."
Some Pc Fans would love to discuss this..lol
11/08/08
Then we have UT. Where even on PS3 I was playing a pal on my friend's list with a group of other guys. my friend proceeded to grab some jump boots and pulled out a shock cannon. He shot the secondary shot from the shock cannon in a crowd of people duking it out and then jumped a good 40 feet in the air with the jump boots. While sailing upward fired, the primary shot from the shock cannon to get the shock core combo and killed two or the three guys fighting. He did all of this in the span of 2 seconds. Maybe three. mouse and keyboard FTW
Some would say that's cheap. I say that's skill. Resistance2 has enemies that use their abilities to kill you dead. You job is to not get killed. simple. lol
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