Customer Reviews
Game of the Year 2008 - By: Rene Kristensen, 11 Nov 2008 
I have the US version of Resistance 2, & after playing it i must say that this is the best game of 2008, at leastin my opinion.
BUY THIS GAME!!!
very hard - By: Dr. S. S. Kamal, 10 Nov 2008 I went to the What Stuff exhibitionin Excel london.
The Playstation stall had Resistance 2.
I have completed resistance fall of man ( first game)3 times.
I must say graphics on the second game are on par with COD4, except the grass was clumpy, not windswept & wispy like COD4. slighlty lower than cod4.And the sun reflectionin the game is very real, better sun reflection than cod4.
The 3 levels they hadin the show ( beta version) were really hard.
And the game play is still wonderful. the chimera are even uglier, if thats possible. level design linear. You can crouch & crawlin this game.
why did they make the game so hard.?
or is it for the show.
A PS3 fps that's good! - By: Tec-know, 10 Nov 2008 
Fps nothing more, nothing less - better then the average 1st game. Better graphics - probably on par with Call Of Duty 4. The game is still liner & the vehicle section are just plain average. The game bosses are great & absolutely huge. Probably a great game on PS3, but if experienced other fps on PC/360 this is just a good shooter. Great fun with high production & worthy title.
Resistance 2 Rocks! - By: N. Cook, 10 Nov 2008 Resistance 2 (PS3)
This follows on from the popular PS3 launch title 'Resistance: Fall of Man (R:FOM)', & I think does itin some style. Having played the beta, I was fortunate enough to get a copy of this from the US which launched on 4th November.
The game offers three main areas: Campaign, Co-Operative & Competitive.
Campaign is the next installment of the offline story, picking up where the R:FOM finished. Insomniac the producers of the game wanted more wow factor for the sequel & I believe they have achieved it, you still have the enemies from the first game but some of the new `bosses' are very impressive. The PS3 handles the action with ease, even when tackling enemies as big as skyscrapers the action & play is very smooth. The story spans 10 major locations with numerous sectionsin each. Campaign mode uses checkpoints often (sometimes pointlessly) as a kind of autosave feature so that you don't have to do the whole level again.
Those familiar with the first game will know there are 3 difficulty ratings when playingin this mode. Completing the first unlocks `arcade mode' allowing you to play the game using a `number of lives principle' to see how far you get. Completing the hardest difficulty unlocks a 4th called Super Human.
Why you ask? Well with recent upgrades to the Playstation network you now have elements to achievein the game called trophies. These elements you can share with other PS3 friends to show how far you have progressed through the game. Resistance 2 has approx. 39 trophies to collect with half awardedin campaign mode & halfin the online modes, more on thatin a minute. The game it's self also still uses ribbons & medals to acknowledge other achievements to. Insomniac have suggested that over 400 hours of game play would be required to collect all trophies, medals & ribbons!
Co-Operative & Competitive are the two online modes available with the game, the first `Co-Op' allows a team of up to 8 people to tackle random challengesin over 6 locations against the Chimera (Computer controlled). It's called Co-Op because a class system has been introduced that encourages you to work as a team, you can still go it alone but it makes these levels much, much harder. The three classes are Soldier, Medic & Special Ops. Although all three classes are armed & ready for action, using your primary class ability often earns you more experience than just killing the enemies. For example the soldier & his chain gun have a shield function that protects others around them, the soldier earns XP for shielding others. The Special Ops earn XP for keeping the soldiers shields & other player weapons topped up with ammo & the medic earns points for healing with a rather interesting gun!
Lastly, `Competitive', pitting teams of PS3 players against each other, again spanning over 6 maps of varying sizes supporting network games of up to 60 people! Having 60 people randomly running around could make for a hectic situation so for the larger games the two teams are further broken down into squads of five people. These squads can then have particular objectives to achieve. Competitive mode includes the usual suspects like Deathmatch & Team Deathmatch & has variations on `Capture the flag'.
The game as you'd expect supports clans [teams of PSN players that play together] & has an excellentin game community section that tiesin with the re-launched www.myresistance.net. This provides detailed stats on you & your friends progress on the game as well as forums & other interesting stuff.
Criticisms:- Casual mode difficulty rating for experienced playersin campaign mode is too easy, I'd recommend playing the campaign on difficult, although you do still need to revisit particular levels to find intel & complete challenges. The autosave/checkpointin campaign mode can also frustrate sometimes as it can be too frequent , often saving when ammo is low, making further attempts at a section very difficult.
Overall:- value for money I think is excellent. Completing the campaign mode was very enjoyable. Network modes will please R:FOM & COD4 fans, with those modes the fun is pretty much endless.
Can't Wait - By: E. Verchase-Manger, 09 Nov 2008 Hi,
I have Resistance 1 which came with the PS3 last christmas & my husband & I dubiously put it on to play on the 27th December(after all it was a bundled game ) .....fast forward to the 29th December (and note that we don't play games for more than 2 or 3 hours normally ) & the games completed we've cancelled going out with friends & all we've stopped for is comfort breaks & food !! We can't wait for the release of resistance 2!! Although we'll be saving it up for the Christmas Holidays.
Roll on the release date !!
