Resistance 2 (PS3)

It seems that Sony has started to reveal some of the details for the upcoming Resistance: Fall of Man sequel (coming out Fall 2008 I'd assume). Game Informer has it on the cover for February and is highlighting 60 player online matches and 8 player online co-op (scans of the article here).

PS3Fanboy has some video interviews from GameInformer talking with the Resistance 2 devs and they mention that some enemies in the game will be over 100 ft. tall and that the Co-op, campaign, and on-line multiplayer will all be integrated.

They also seem to indicate that there are going to be different classes you can play as and that they're really going to focus on groups with squads. I don't know if this is going to result in more 'clan'-like online playing where you get groups of 4-8 together and try to compete or what.

With as good as the original Resistance (although punishingly cruel in how many times you die sometimes) and Ratchet & Clank PS3 games are, I've got high hopes for this one. Although there are some other high profile games coming out for the PS3 like Killzone 2, Little Big Planet, MGS4, FFXIII, etc. Until God of War 3 info starts coming out, this is the one is probably at the top of my list.

Yeah, I'm excited to see what they can do. As long as there is Home/In game messaging by the time this comes out, it could be pretty cool. Also, I appreciate that the lack of peer-to-peer networking makes these 60-player online things possible.

The 3 classes sound interesting too and the different objectives for different squads in a huge map sounds really cool too.

I'm not sure that you need to put "holy" in quotes when referring to non-Christian religions.

Yeah, there are still a fair number of people playing it online. I haven't played it recently but I'd assume there are still a fair number of people playing it. It's the PS3's best-selling game.

You're complaining that it's only taking 2 years for a sequel to come out? You're lucky if you get 3 games in a series per generation of hardware if that's how frequently they come out.

I think that yeah, a new game in a series every year could be kind of tough but every two seems not that bad.

With the beta getting wider release and the full game coming out in just 2 weeks, time to bring this baby back.

After seeing just a tiny bit of the beta last night, it was immediately obvious that the world of Resistance 2 seemed more alive and vivid. As in the case in many post-apocalyptic games, there's lots of empty space but the lack of destructible anything and complete stillness of things like plants and grass in some areas made it feel much more sterilized.

Anyway, from the first bit in Resistance, the environment felt a lot better and had at least 3 more colors (no longer entirely brown/black/grey/yellow!). I'll be interested to see how the co-op goes since that's the area I'm most interested in (I get sick of getting shot in the face by Bruce Wayne).

Anyway, anyone else on the beta we need to get a party going this weekend in the beta (and once the full game comes out).

Yeah, I'm pleasantly surprised at how great this is. I think the feel is just so much better since the original Resistance and it's amazing that this came out less than 2 years later and they put out another game in-between. Insomniac is pretty crazy.

The it's interesting how completely different the co-op seems between a 3 man team and an 8 man team. I keep wanting to level up my soldier so that I can buy my first upgrade. I also like the way you get XP by healing, dispersing ammo, or blocking shots that would have hurt your teammate. Taking the same 8 man squad combat and applying it in a team PvP match would be pretty cool.

I still was having a ton of problems with the invites though. Is everyone else having those kinds of issues?

Yeah, in-between games I was heading to the other room and trying to find my Bluetooth headset. I just rearranged the furniture and can't find it anywhere for some reason. It definitely hurts when you can't ask for ammo (though the fact that each class tells you who needs what is quite nice) or say thanks when you get saved..

I think I'm probably only buying one game before Christmas and the beta has made me think that R2 might be the game.

I had the same problem with the stats. I have to say, with all the issues in the beta right now it's a good thing they didn't just release it without doing a beta.

By the way, the game has a site, beta.myresistance.net that tracks all your stats. I logged in there last night and it looked like it had all my stats on there correctly.

Yeah, it seems like you'd have no problem getting the grey tech to buy the upgrades (since in just my limited amount of playing I've picked up almost 75 units of gray tech) if you're grinding to get the experience.

Once I can buy an upgrade for the soldier class, I'm wondering what I'd pick ... increased ammo is probably the way to go but faster reloads would definitely be nice as well.

Also, I unlocked a second perk or whatever they're called and now I can detonate myself. I'm not sure exactly how beneficial that is though.

I've settled on this being the one game I'm buying at full price. Everything else: Fallout 3, LBP, RB2, L4D, GoW2, etc. are all going to get rented or bought used/on sale but Resistance 2 is getting picked up day one.

Compared to the minigun though, that shotgun is a bag of crap.

I so desperately want to pick this up right now ... unfortunately I'm completely swamped until the weekend. I'll probably be picking up a new Bluetooth headset (the official Sony one maybe?) with it as well so I don't sit there mute the whole time.

I just picked this and a new Bluetooth headset up at lunch today. I'll definitely be playing this weekend. I I'll just be doing co-op though.

You have a 7 day grace period with no late fee. After that extra week they charge you the full price of the game. If you return it before 30 days they'll refund you that entire amount back except $1.50 (or around that ... differs by store).

Yeah, if you don't mind getting charged/refunded Blockbuster game rentals usually work out to being cheaper than joining GameFly. Just make sure you return it by 30 days after you rented it or you'll own it!