The Resistance 2 thread of exploded Chimera giblets
 

I figure since the Resistance 2 Public Beta is ending tonight, it's time for a thread for the actual game.

It seems to make up for shipping my copies of Fallout 3 and LittleBIGPlanet so late, Amazon has shipped my copy of Resistance 2 to me EARLY! So hopefully I'll have it by Saturday, or Monday at the latest. Really looking forward to digging into this one. What I played of the beta was fun, especially co-op.

This game has received high ratings and seems to be a no brainer when it is released. It will be the last game I buy this year. I'm looking forward to it.

I'm definitely getting this title. The question is whether I get the regular version or use some Game Crazy credit on the Collector's Edition for $20 more. That's the way I'm leaning since the figure looks so awesomely badass.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...BL._SS400_.jpg

This series has a ton of potential, it's unfortunate the single player was so amazingly generic and dull in the first one. Here's to hoping this sequel lives up to the potential.

Edit: The commercial for this game is one of the worst VG ads I've seen in a while. But then I've never been a fan of "real people making a videogame sound important" technique, show game footage to a cool soundtrack.

I love the gameplay in the first one. The first couple of levels were kind of blah but it really picked up after that, and it was also rather lengthy for a single player game nowdays, which I liked. The varied creative weapons made situations a lot of fun to play through.

I sort of wish I HAD ordered the Collectors edition, because the Chimera figure IS cool looking.

Something I wondered about recently... so the Chimera are basically this animal like race of aliens, but somehow are able to have technology far superior to ours. Where are all the Chimeran scientists and engineers that research and design and build all the cool toys they have? I guess they must be back on the Chimeran home planet, and the soldiers are the dumb ones they send to take over planets.

I'm in for the Collector's edition on this. I'm more excited for this game after IGN gave it a 9.5.

Wait, I thought the soldiers are all humans, status-post infection and processing. The badass hybrids, like that figure above are the result of several people's corpses. I assume whatever the Chimera are, they're off somewhere else sending out infectious bugs from their home planet.

Er... I think you're right about that. It's been awhile since I've played Resistance.

Another game I need to buy and have sit on my shelf as I finish others.

Too many good games

This game sounds cool but I wish there was a demo. The first Resistance demo was awful, to me.

The IGN review makes this game sound great but it bugs me a bit that it's apparently shorter than its predecesor.

What's the deal with so many short games lately? I normally don't mind if the game is so much fun I'll play it over and over again but with how pricey games are, it's a bit harder to willingly open up my wallet. :(

Just another of a list of games I want while trying to save money. I really wish they would space this shit out every year.

I'll get it eventually once I make it through the first one.

That reminds me that I haven't finished the first one either. I dunno why, either. Last I recall, I'm at (what I think is) the final level of the game. I better finish it to get me primed for the second one.

I was gonna get Fallout3 first but I think this needs to be above that in the list after reading some positive reviews.

?

It takes ~240 hours to complete this game.

I've been playing the online beta deathmatches.

The levels are amazing.

The weapons are too weak for my taste.

Isn't it great how it works? Nothing comes out in the summer then October and November hit and AAA titles are popping up like buildings in Mercenaries 2.

:lol: I might have said "motorcyclists" instead, but yeah, I get what you mean.

According to the IGN review, Resistance 2 is shorter than Resistance: Fall of Man, taking about 10 hours to beat. But at least that's epic compared to the ridiculously short length of games like Quantum Of Solace.

It just seems like every new game of which I read a review lasts around ten hours or less. I know action games shouldn't last 80 hours but I'd hope for something closer to 20 when I'm shelling out so much for games these days.

Regardless, the IGN review has me sold and I'm picking up Resistance 2 when it streets.

The 240 hour estimate includes the time it supposedly takes to max out every single class in co-op as well.

... as well as the time for the initial Hard Drive install and the required PSN update.


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Amazon just shipped my R2 Collector's Edition and I should get it tomorrow. Can't wait!

Finally beat the first one (just in time for the sequel). :D

Is this game out today or tomorrow?

It is supposed to hit the shelves today!

Sadly, I can't pick it up because everything is closed here in Puerto Rico today because it's election day. :(

Picked it up today.. Nice looking game thus far in the first mission.

The only thing that I don't like is that you can't play the story mode co-op. You can choose Campaign or Co-Op from the main menu, and you would think Co-Op would be the story mode co-op style. It takes you to a map selection screen where you play through maps.

Why is it hard for game developers to give gamers an actual co-op mode in their games that follows the same as the single player mode?

Wow am really surprised I thought co-op was story mode that stinks. Do they have split screen at least in story mode ?

The co-op is a second mission different than the one you run single player. Two for one sounds like a bonus to me. I picked up the game today but a little game called Fallout 3 will not let me play it yet.

That's somewhat disappointing, as Resistance was one of the few PS3 games I actually enjoyed having a buddy over to play split-screen. I was under the impression that co-op would still follow the story, just with different characters. Is it structured that way or are the maps just random levels you can play in any order?

I didn't play around with it to much. It has a level select screen that had all but one level unlocked. I guess you unlock levels as you play through. It looked like it would be split screen, but it would not be the same as the single player story.

For those who don't check CAG, there is a deal at Buy.com on the Collector's Edition>

It's on sale for $69.99 with free shipping, $10 off MSRP
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/go.php?...Bdcaid%3D17653

But if you add this coupon in first, you'll save another 5%, making it $66.49 shipped.
http://www.buy.com/retail/coupon.asp?prid=84773074

That's about what you'd pay retail for the regular edition with tax.

So what's the best deal for the regular edition? CC for the $10 GC?

I ended up picking it up, I wasn't going to since it's so close to GOW2 release. Hopefully I can finish the campaign before Gears hits.

Wow just popped open the manual hot stuff :eyebrow:

Did anyone get the Collector's Edition? Is it worth it?

Played for a couple hours last night. Pretty freakin' sweet so far. One thing I noticed that kinda bugged is that on Standard Controller Layout, the Primary Fire is R1 and the Alt. Fire is R2. This is fine unless you're using the Alt. Fire on the Fareye which slows down time. I end up having to use my middle finger on R2 and index finger on R1 in order to use them at the same time. Not a huge deal, but kinda awkward...

On the plus side, it looks like you can map the buttons in any way you'd like...

Picked up the game last night and played online coop for an hour, definitely fun though it took me a little while to know what I was doing. I connected my Plantronics BT headset to give it a try and seemed to work ok.


So anyone wanna trade user id's and get a few games going tonight?

This is one of the only games that doesn't have it's own brightness setting - my TV's already calibrated and is perfect for blu-rays, dvds and other videogames. But this game looks way too dark and I can't adjust it's brightness like I can with virtually every other game. WTF!