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Overall, amazing storytelling, graphics and fun of course. I wont say things than everyone has already said. I love how much Insomniac puts love in its games. Just than from day one a got this game I was so amazed from the scale, I become a FOS fan since modern warfare, but somehow y actually enjoy a lot more this kind of games, i am not so much into online gameplay, but tried this one and really enjoyed it, but more than anything. it has a great story, sadly it ends in a a strangae way, but openning the prelude to what's to come. I I gadly way for them, just as Kojima Productions, Naughty Dog and Poliphony's quality. I do software for living, there fore I am completly against piracy and enjoy paying for videogames that deserve the money, for thos who dont, shame on them.
The story was more like Halo than the first game, and I was not thrilled with the ending.Overall the game is well made, executed and everything is good on paper. I didn't like the limitation now placed on holding weapons.
The sequel looses those elements and makes a rather generic game. Like most here, I believe the first Resistance was an excellent game, that blended WWII sensibilities with aliens to make something fresh and rather excellent.
Perhaps the creators thought it would be better to advance the game and make it more like other FPS, but in so doing they lost their special magic. The game itself is well made, the graphics are an upgrade over the previous one, the controls very tight, and some genuinely good boss fights make the experience well constructed.
But there's feeling of something new or fresh, or even the feeling left with the first. More often than not, I was using the same weapon the whole game to get through it, rather than using whatever weapon may be fun at the time.
If you're looking for a FPS in general you won't be disapointed, but if you're looking for an improvement on the original, you'll probably be disapointed.
The first game was awsome, couldn't wait to get R2, they basically changed everything GREAT about the game & ruined it. Time to look for a different game.
While in R2 you have no direct control of your squad-mates they are there and fight along with you. The reason why I dropped it by an additional star is purely personal as I got ripped off when I purchased it off of ebay; It was listed as new, but when I received it not only was it not new, it was severely damaged from misuse by the seller and it froze everytime I inevitably died and try to restart, making the one hit kills even more annoying. That's right you won't get a crack to pilot any vehicle of any type at any point in the game. And I quote;By Raul G. Another change to R2 is the weapons themselves. The very first level looks terrible while the next level, situated in a redwood forest, looks great. The story suffers because of it. It simply doesn't work for me.
"End Quote Now instead of getting a quick update of the fight against the Chimera the game relies on in-game voice acting to move the story. While R2 does add more colors to the originals palette the game is by no means stunning. One change to the game that I liked is the inclusion of a cast of characters that Nathan actually fights alongside. A big selling point touted by the developer is the ability to fight in 60-player online battles.
Co-operative offline campaign has also been cut and replaced with random levels that feature no story to speak of. The objectives are never quite clear enough, the motivation isn't quite there. This all stands in stark contrast to in-game bosses which are stunning. That has now been removed in favor of a damage system represented by a red screen.
Very disappointing considering the first game had such an excellent story. The more damage your character takes the more red the outer ring of your screen will become. Also cut are the fun vehicle sequences from R1. I could go on for over two pages on the misses in this game but another reviewer has already done so excellently.
Graphical glitches are prevalent in everything from evident polygon seams to areas completely missing textures. Another disappointment to me is the graphics. The massive battles I've played in are unorganized and chaotic. The first Resistance game was essentially a one man show. Unfortunately this is abused by the developer and you'll find yourself randomly dying at the hands of enemies in what can only be described as trial and error.
I felt like every level was simplified to "kill the guys who don't look like us". To insomniac, this game was like retaking a class that they had already received an A for and getting a D. The game attempts to encourage small squad based objectives but it hasn't had the desired effect. I absolutely loved the first Resistance game for the PS3 and it was truly the first "must have" title for the system. I really wanted to enjoy this game but everywhere they got it right on the first one, they really failed on the second. The excellent narration between levels featured in the first game is now completely gone and sorely missed.
The AI for these characters is moderately capable. It's very frustrating to be killed unexpectedly because you're unclear where to go or what to do or by invisible enemies. Ultimately, Resistance 2 will probably be liked more by newcomers to the series. I don't have a problem with the new system as much as I have a problem with the one-hit instant kills that have been added to the game. Fans of the original game will likely notice the shortcomings and changes all to well. The environment textures themselves vary from pixilated to blurry.
"Raul G." (USA) - See all my reviews "Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars Resistance 2 comes as somewhat of a disappointment to me. Certain enemies retain the capability of stopping you dead in your tracks. I would give this game three stars for online game scale, not that it is as fun as any of the others out there, but simply for scale, as you can play up to 60 players, but that's not worth $65.00. In the first game the player had a traditional health bar that provided the pertinent information. The graphical detail from level to level is also uneven.
I confess that thus far I'm not a fan. Changes too have been made to the health system. Instead of fixing issues from the first one like the fact that you can't go prone, they only capitalized on the first one's shortcomings with their own new batch of failures for the second. The online portion of the game has clearly received more attention in R2. You now have a slew of options including cooperative and competitive online modes. I can understand certain players citing more realism as the reason for the change but it simply doesn't make sense - Resistance isn't about realism. The first game featured a large variety of weapons that were added to the player's inventory permanently.
Now, not only has the amount of weapons offered dwindled; but you can only carry 2 weapons at one time. Unfortunately many of the things that endeared me to the first game have been modified or dropped completely in R2. In online games I've started it seems that my squad immediately fragments into individuals. I can't help but feel that the game could've used another 6 months in development to improve the graphics. Very disappointing. My experience thus far has been mixed. Still, R2 is a proficient enough of an effort and here's hoping the next game realigns with the efforts of the first.
So, I tend to play with the FarEye sniper rifle a lot since I like to be able to hit from distance and position myself to make maximum damage to the enemy team. Anyway, I am way passed the point that running around shoot everything brings excitement. I am sure they use some kind of whatever "techniques" or "gears" to make them "the best of the bests" or whatever terabits network they are on to play the game. The thing that frustrates me the most (I am sure it's the same with other online FPS games) is that there are just too many "kids" like to just run around and shoot everything that is of a body shape and/or moves. Well, I couldn't care less whatever that is they do.
For instance, if they use the same sniper rifle, they can kill you every time if they want to and you (even for me who can get in top 10 of 60 players) will have to play really hard to get to them (if lucky) one out of 5-6 times against them. I use just the regular Sixaxis and/or DualShock controllers from Sony. And many of them are very good at it and proud of their ability of "spotting the enemies" for a quick kill. I simply play with what I had been trained from all previous levels and can stay top 10 in the game, I don't really care about the guy who can kill me every time he aims at me. So, my short term memory is all about online now.
Sometimes, I get into a good rivalry with some good sniper players and we try to out do each other. Just an observation to me.On the other hand, I wish the game will allow snipers to battle each other in a setting similar to that in the movie - Enemy at the gate. But for the life of me, I just don't see that one can be 50% better than the next guy in top 3. Then there are a few the "true elite" R2 experts who are experts on every weapon they choose to use.
Then at the end you look at their kills score, they have over 150 kills with only less than 20 deaths. That's just amazing to me and make me feel sad about the guy actually has the need to play the game that way and be proud to be the number one at the end of that match with 50% more kills than the second person with only half the deaths than number two. After "complete" the campaign portion of the game, I started play a lot of online team deathmatch games. Like there are snipers on each side, but still allow you to be others (with different weapons, but you will not be able to run around so fast, get real, do you see soldiers running around in battles, may be only when they got attacked by Transformers, lol), but there are also (generated) troops that you need to take out on either side. Every time you fire a shot, you give away your position to the other snipers. That's the excitement I am looking for and get me back to play this game. May be I have not keeping up with the gaming gears, but I really doubt that these guys are that good if they play like the rest guys on there. I guess that's what keeps them come back to the game to show off to the others how it's done.
After a while I can pretty much stay within top 15 in a 60-people match consistently. Online games came a long way (did I mention that I saw way too many running around in Delta Force/Land Warriors days) and yet have a longer way to go for people 35 and older. the next person only has little over 100 kills. I understand things have to do with your internet connection speed, skill and all. It actually makes me laugh at the guy playing so hard (may be he's not at all) move like a ping-pong ball to avoid being shot, yet he can kill everyone while doing the dance. Yeah, believe me, there are plenty 40 and older people still play video games.
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