A topic about Resistance 2

I didn't want to get Resistance 2 because I thought the first was dull, but after hearing alot of good things about number two and seeing alot of good looking footage and stuff, it seems like Resistance 2 is quite a bit different and I might want to check it out. Like I said, I wasn't a fan of the first one, but I'm really interested in the sequel.

But before I spend sixty bucks on this, can some of you with the game confirm my feeling that is different? How exactly is it different? I didn't like the first because I thought it lacked style and atmosphere and individuality. From what I've seen, Resistance 2 seems have alot more style and atmosphere. But how much of a difference is it? What is the atmosphere like compared to the first? What does R2 do set itself apart from its predecessor and other shooters?

Thanks in advance.

i didnt like the first one but this one is great every gun has 2 types of fire, the battles feel much more a life the atmosphere has been improvd alot and its just a qulity shooter

1- This game has a much better atmosphere this time by....

2- THe multiplayer and COOP are what really set it apart from other shooters...the COOP is essentially a W.O.W in shooter form..addictive and fun..and the multiplayer is balanced, very well designed, and a ton of fun

I don't have as many positives for the single player to be quite honest The campaign IMO is hit or miss

the story sucks, and the ending was just so meh

Nathan Hale makes Masterchief and Gordon Freeman look like they have a personality(I swear to god anybody comes in with "they are your link to the game" crap should smack themselves....REALLY HARD)

The Boss fights........well there decent.....if you liked boss fights in Gears 2 you will like boss fights in Resistance 2(both kind of lame in that department...but atleast the leviathan looks cool)

But the last portion of the game is actually more fun. UTah is a blast, so Is Chicago...Greenland/Louisiana, and the final stage are solid

As far as gameplay is concerned the gunplay is generic.....but the weapons offset that...such as the Auger which is awesome....I just wish i could find more bullets for the Marksmen :P

As far as difficulty i wouldnt say its challanging it can be done, but there are times where it is just cheap as hell. THE AI will completely run by your allies(especially the zombies) and run right at you... I know........wasn't the positives you were looking for But THe Single Player isn't attrocious...unless you thought Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 single player campaigns were attrocious...in which case...my bad :P The Multiplayer and COOP though i have very little complaints about...IMO this is what Resistance 2 does best...Multiplayer.

dont get it for the single player campaign it was worse then gears of war 2's AND resistance 1's put together. Get resistance 2 for the co-op and competitive modes. its extremely fun. ReaperV7

^^The above post by jg4xchamp sums it up well. But I think the SP is very enjoyable, I don't quite understand why so many people are bashing it. It gets overwhelming at times when the game throws floods of enemies at you but I find it to be part of the fun. One thing they have changed is the weapon wheel- you can only carry 2 guns at once. And they've changed the health system, it's no longer split into 4 sections, it's now done in the same way as COD 4.Floppy_Jim

I have a problem with my resistance 2. tha game is 2 damn dark on my Ps3, and i cant find any "brighter" options! I cant even see my enemies. and im just in the begining of the gameWirrexx

I have a problem with my resistance 2. tha game is 2 damn dark on my Ps3, and i cant find any "brighter" options! I cant even see my enemies. and im just in the begining of the gameWirrexx

[QUOTE="Wirrexx"]I have a problem with my resistance 2. tha game is 2 damn dark on my Ps3, and i cant find any "brighter" options! I cant even see my enemies. and im just in the begining of the gameII_Seraphim_II

[QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]^^The above post by jg4xchamp sums it up well. But I think the SP is very enjoyable, I don't quite understand why so many people are bashing it. It gets overwhelming at times when the game throws floods of enemies at you but I find it to be part of the fun. One thing they have changed is the weapon wheel- you can only carry 2 guns at once. And they've changed the health system, it's no longer split into 4 sections, it's now done in the same way as COD 4.jg4xchamp

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"][QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]^^The above post by jg4xchamp sums it up well. But I think the SP is very enjoyable, I don't quite understand why so many people are bashing it. It gets overwhelming at times when the game throws floods of enemies at you but I find it to be part of the fun. One thing they have changed is the weapon wheel- you can only carry 2 guns at once. And they've changed the health system, it's no longer split into 4 sections, it's now done in the same way as COD 4.Floppy_Jim

[QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"][QUOTE="Wirrexx"]I have a problem with my resistance 2. tha game is 2 damn dark on my Ps3, and i cant find any "brighter" options! I cant even see my enemies. and im just in the begining of the gameWirrexx

resistance 2 is cool

its just as good as halo 3 maybe a bit better

its fun

the campaign isnt much different

the style is almost the same

it doesnt have bright flashy stylish colors like halo if your used to halo

the style takes some getting used to

if your too scared of the monsters dont play it lolll from what your saying it seems the style is a bit too scary for you...lol too dark for u eh?

I think Resistance 2 is great, but it took a while to grow on me. Past the first level it feels a bit slow at first, but when I came to replay the game I didn't understand why I thought this. Boss battles and set pieces are excellent, and the build up to them is great. In between set pieces the game is a little bit boring, usually because you will be fighting the same enemies in very dull locations, thanks to some underwhelming graphics (Though this does not apply to the Chicago level, that level is by far the best I have played in a long time.), but the smart weapons make up for it a bit, by letting you approach a situation in unique ways, and the enviroments are quite varied (Though you will get sick of Chimera architecture.). Atmosphere is pretty much what you would expect, but to be honest I don't really know what was wrong with RFOM's atmosphere. It is quite diffrent though, it's not as bleak and the improved sound track helps alot. It no longer feels like im playing a Ratchet and Clank FPS. My main complaint is the insistance on spamming Titans, espically annoying because they removed alot of the really cool enemies from the first like angels. Also it's quite short, not CoD short, but say about as long as the original GeoW. So about 8 hours.

But even if you count the flaws of the single player, if you're a multiplayer gamer then the online will more than make up for any short comings. You have 2 modes, Co-op and Competetive. Co-op is unique in that it allows up to 8 players to form a team to tackle a (fairly) random set of objectives on large maps, using class based gameplay. It's alot of fun, and there isn't much like it out right now. You will also be able to upgrade various classes through the use of a leveling system, and through the collection of gray tech used for buying upgrades, and for each mission you complete, you will unlock a mission report detailing current events for that area, so it dosn't feel like you're doing it for nothing either.

Competitive is alot of fun aswell, though there arn't that many suprises to be honest, unless you count the 60 player limit and some seriously big maps. You can access most weapons from the start, and you no longer have to locate them on the map. Competitive uses a leveling system that rewards you with perks, which are special powers that can be activated by earning a certain amount of XP, and some visual upgrades aswell. It's pretty fun, espically the new mode Skirmish, which is like a dynamic version of the traditional Zones and VIP game types seen in many online games.

Just another note about online on Resistance2:

Resistance is is practically lag free, even with 60 players all on at the same time and there isnt a single dip in the FPS. But "practically" isnt the same as "actually". You cant blame Insomniac if someone decides to use milk carton as a modem and a straw as an ethernet cable. Unfortunately, sometimes (although rarely) you will run into these people and boy will it flip you out. People are actually rewarded in this game for being laggy, its like a cheat or something. You will be moving silky smooth as will be everyone else, but that one laggy guy will be teleporting around the area so I cant get a single shot in, and he will kill you. And then my personal favorite is when I shoot someone with my SnakeEyes berserk (The pulse cannon) and they dont die but instead shoot me and kill me, walk over to another player and kill them, then they suddenly blow up and I get the kill....Its rare but when it does happen, its freaking annoying.

I didn't want to get Resistance 2 because I thought the first was dull, but after hearing alot of good things about number two and seeing alot of good looking footage and stuff, it seems like Resistance 2 is quite a bit different and I might want to check it out. Like I said, I wasn't a fan of the first one, but I'm really interested in the sequel.

But before I spend sixty bucks on this, can some of you with the game confirm my feeling that is different? How exactly is it different? I didn't like the first because I thought it lacked style and atmosphere and individuality. From what I've seen, Resistance 2 seems have alot more style and atmosphere. But how much of a difference is it? What is the atmosphere like compared to the first? What does R2 do set itself apart from its predecessor and other shooters?

Thanks in advance.

Tragic_Kingdom7

It does 60 players in MP, but it is still just a generic shooter with aliens.

[QUOTE="Tragic_Kingdom7"]

I didn't want to get Resistance 2 because I thought the first was dull, but after hearing alot of good things about number two and seeing alot of good looking footage and stuff, it seems like Resistance 2 is quite a bit different and I might want to check it out. Like I said, I wasn't a fan of the first one, but I'm really interested in the sequel.

But before I spend sixty bucks on this, can some of you with the game confirm my feeling that is different? How exactly is it different? I didn't like the first because I thought it lacked style and atmosphere and individuality. From what I've seen, Resistance 2 seems have alot more style and atmosphere. But how much of a difference is it? What is the atmosphere like compared to the first? What does R2 do set itself apart from its predecessor and other shooters?

Thanks in advance.

BudsMcGreen

It does 60 players in MP, but it is still just a generic shooter with aliens.

[QUOTE="BudsMcGreen"][QUOTE="Tragic_Kingdom7"]

I didn't want to get Resistance 2 because I thought the first was dull, but after hearing alot of good things about number two and seeing alot of good looking footage and stuff, it seems like Resistance 2 is quite a bit different and I might want to check it out. Like I said, I wasn't a fan of the first one, but I'm really interested in the sequel.

But before I spend sixty bucks on this, can some of you with the game confirm my feeling that is different? How exactly is it different? I didn't like the first because I thought it lacked style and atmosphere and individuality. From what I've seen, Resistance 2 seems have alot more style and atmosphere. But how much of a difference is it? What is the atmosphere like compared to the first? What does R2 do set itself apart from its predecessor and other shooters?

Thanks in advance.

II_Seraphim_II

It does 60 players in MP, but it is still just a generic shooter with aliens.

A lack of style. No character development. Obvious influences from other, better, games. G-E-N-E-R-I-C.

[QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"][QUOTE="BudsMcGreen"]

It does 60 players in MP, but it is still just a generic shooter with aliens.

BudsMcGreen

A lack of style. No character development. Obvious influences from other, better, games. G-E-N-E-R-I-C.

Define style in this context. State the flaws of character development (Because every FPS game has character development up to the quality of HL2 by your standards apparently). And explain what makes Halo 3, CoD 4, or any other game that Resistance 2 takes influence from, better.

Reistance 2 is not a generic game. Generic is such a pointless term. I'm sick of hearing it. The people who use this word have very generic lines of thought, because all I hear are people just making baseless comments and claiming that a game is generic because of them.

A lack of style. No character development. Obvious influences from other, better, games. G-E-N-E-R-I-C.BudsMcGreen

[QUOTE="BudsMcGreen"][QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"] Define generic in the context of shooters please. I see that term thrown around a lot, but I have yet to see a definition for the term in relation to FPS games.WasntAvailable

A lack of style. No character development. Obvious influences from other, better, games. G-E-N-E-R-I-C.

1.Define ****in this context.2.State the flaws of character development (Because every FPS game has character development up to the quality of HL2 by your standards apparently). And explain what makes Halo 3, CoD 4, or any other game that Resistance 2 takes influence from, better.

Reistance 2 is not a generic game. Generic is such a pointless term. I'm sick of hearing it. The people who use this word have very generic lines of thought, because all I hear are people just making baseless comments and claiming that a game is generic because of them.

1.****would be something that sets it apart from other games.2. Nathan Hale is not humanized to the point where anybody gives a crap if he lives or dies by the end.

Apparently you can't quote the word $tyle without it being censored:?

[QUOTE="WasntAvailable"][QUOTE="BudsMcGreen"]

A lack of style. No character development. Obvious influences from other, better, games. G-E-N-E-R-I-C.

BudsMcGreen

1.Define ****in this context.2.State the flaws of character development (Because every FPS game has character development up to the quality of HL2 by your standards apparently). And explain what makes Halo 3, CoD 4, or any other game that Resistance 2 takes influence from, better.

Reistance 2 is not a generic game. Generic is such a pointless term. I'm sick of hearing it. The people who use this word have very generic lines of thought, because all I hear are people just making baseless comments and claiming that a game is generic because of them.

1.****would be something that sets it apart from other games.2. Nathan Hale is not humanized to the point where anybody gives a crap if he lives or dies by the end.

Apparently you can't quote the word $tyle without it being censored:?

I don't think so. The idea is that he was supposed to be losing his humanity over the course of the game. There is very little feeling of humanity left in Hale by the last couple of chapters of the game, and this becomes quite obvious at various points. I felt Hale was actually quite unique in the sense that he was gradualy degrading down to the level of the enemy. I thought it was espically cool how his apperance changed at the menu screen as you played through the game.

Incidently it's blocked because an exploit apparently. I'm suprised it didn't block it in the first case, it usually does.

[QUOTE="BudsMcGreen"][QUOTE="WasntAvailable"]

1.Define ****in this context.2.State the flaws of character development (Because every FPS game has character development up to the quality of HL2 by your standards apparently). And explain what makes Halo 3, CoD 4, or any other game that Resistance 2 takes influence from, better.

Reistance 2 is not a generic game. Generic is such a pointless term. I'm sick of hearing it. The people who use this word have very generic lines of thought, because all I hear are people just making baseless comments and claiming that a game is generic because of them.

WasntAvailable

1.****would be something that sets it apart from other games.2. Nathan Hale is not humanized to the point where anybody gives a crap if he lives or dies by the end.

Apparently you can't quote the word $tyle without it being censored:?

I don't think so. The idea is that he was supposed to be losing his humanity over the course of the game. There is very little feeling of humanity left in Hale by the last couple of chapters of the game, and this becomes quite obvious at various points. I felt Hale was actually quite unique in the sense that he was gradualy degrading down to the level of the enemy. I thought it was espically cool how his apperance changed at the menu screen as you played through the game.

Incidently it's blocked because an exploit apparently. I'm suprised it didn't block it in the first case, it usually does.

Ive beaten R2 SP, and im currently playing MP and Co Op, and i can safely say the game is better than the first, and it is definently worth a buy. This one has a slightly different feel than the 1st one. It feel like a combination of Rfom, Halo 3 and CoD.

lol, when i beat the game, I started a new game because the endgame Hale on the title screen with the bullseye was starting to freak me out :PII_Seraphim_II

:lol: I remember the first thing that hit me about this game was the title screen, which I felt looked a bit shabby at first. Better than the on in Reistance FOM by a mile, but it didn't feel right. I didn't actually notice the changes until I started a new game, and I was bit confused for a while. I still don't like the cover art though.