Resistance 2 (PS3) - Page 2

Ok, I officially love this game's co-op. It really is a blast when you've got a good group.

A negative if I have to go there is that it does kind of suck how right before a game some people will drop out sometimes it's your only medic or spec ops guy. Also, automatic ranked matching will just pick your level in any class (my medic is level 1 because I don't really enjoy playing it) so even if I switch to a different class, I'm often playing with pretty crappy people because it matched me with other level 1 players.

I also wish they made it easier for a good co-op group to 'party up' like in Halo 3 though. Sometimes stuff is just clicking and you wish you could just do another level with the same guys. Still, I'm really enjoying the co-op and am hoping it'll get me trained up for doing better in the single player once I eventually do switch over to the main campaign.

I don't know about the single player experience yet actually. I've played only the co-op this past weekend (logging in the most time I've played pretty much any game since Guitar Hero). I haven't heard amazing superlatives about the single player campaign but there weren't many for Halo 3's either and I enjoyed that well enough.

I will say that I'm amazed by how well the massive amount of on-screen activities in an online co-op is handled. I've seen rooms with just tons of enemies, 8 players, and just massive stuff going on and not even a hint of slowdown. The graphics aren't the most intricate you'll see, but they are rock solid.

That being said, the current beta.myresistance.net and some of the servers have been a little disappointing. Some stats just don't make sense and there is no explanation of what the different things mean. They really should have hired a better team to flesh it out more if it's going to be considered in the same realm as bungie.net.

So I still haven't played any single player but I am quite enjoying the co-op. The abilities and upgrades you unlock as you level up really are quite good. It plays almost completely different at level 25 than it does at level 1.

I've also had some time to play all three classes, soldier being my best and spec ops being my worst. They all have their strengths and weaknesses but they also each provide a very different experience. Once I've maxed out my soldier's levels, I don't think I'll have any trouble playing through with the medic as well.

Eventually I'll have to play the single player campaign or competitive multiplayer but for right now, even with co-op only this is the most I've played a game in quite some time.

I'm telling you, the online co-op is a blast though. I've already put upwards of 30 hours just into that and I haven't even maxed my one character yet.

I've kind of decided that R2 is going to be where I get my first Platinum trophy. I'm basically going to try to get every Ribbon/Medal/Trophy that can be had in the game. I figure it's a good way to keep myself from needing to buy new games and I do really enjoy playing it.

I just really hope that at some point they come out with new stuff for online co-op via DLC. I love it but know basically every scenario by heart at this point.

Yeah, I guess I feel like it's a shame that R2 isn't getting more attention. It's a great game that for some reason is getting ignored by a lot of people. I am not a fan of WWII shooters though (and wasn't even a huge fan of CoD4) so I guess I'm just not the typical gamer.

I love that I can go online and play with a group of people and not have to worry about someone shooting me in the face. At some point I'll switch to standard multiplayer and it will be getting shot again but for now I really enjoy the 'us vs. them' gameplay.

That said, I basically made the decision not to buy any other games that I wanted like LBP, Fallout 3, Fable II, Left 4 Dead and just play R2. If I had bought those other games I'd probably just be sitting around not able to decide what I want to play and end up watching TV instead.

The 'competitive' multiplayer (standard deathmatch and other player vs. player modes) supports up to 60 players. The online multiplayer co-op supports up to 8 players and are not really related to the main campaign. The main story campaign is single-player only.

Yeah Bruce, miss having you around. Hopefully you'll get your PS3 back in not too long.

Since I'm the only one playing this I figure I'll give an update, I made it to level 30 in co-op with my soldier. The guy is badass and I have a hard time not accidentally getting the most XP in any round.

Since I'm waiting for my brother to pick up the game before I play co-op with the other classes I've started working through the single player campaign. I've only made it to Orick at the moment (3rd location in the game) and am generally enjoying it.

I miss being able to carry all the weapons you wanted from the first game though. Having to decide between carrying the Bullseye and Carbine with a ton of ammo or either Bullseye/Carbine and a sniper rifle or rocket launcher can be tough. The Marksman sort of resolves this but at least as far as I've played, finding ammo for it can be tough (which generally means you end up using the Carbine or Bullseye).

The graphics have been pretty good but not amazing, I guess we're waiting for Killzone 2 for those. There are a number of guys who will cheap one-hit kill you (Chameleons and Furies and the Furies are in the water and can't even be shot) which can be kind of frustrating. I don't know how much fun I'll have playing through on the next higher difficulty.

As for the competitive multiplayer, I kind of suck right now. I don't know the maps, don't really know the tweaked versions of the weapons, and don't generally play these type of games much (last time I got into it was over a year ago when Halo 3 came out). But it's pretty good and at least it's nice to know that without getting that many kills I'm still earning XP and working towards getting some nice rewards.

Anyway, can't recommend this game enough if you enjoy a decent FPS and want to get some interesting online multiplayer and entertaining single-player and don't want to be playing CoD.

Well, I had CoD4 for 360 and just never got around to playing the online much and ended up trading it in for the same price I paid for it to get MGS4. Co-op is really the thing I love playing most in videogames though (and preferably not against other people who will just shoot me in the face). If Call of Duty had a co-op mode I'd consider it a lot more (although not World at War ... I just don't enjoy WW2 weapons for some reason).

The co-op is actually what makes me like the hardcore military shooters like GRAW. Single player bores me but when it's me and a friend against the CPU it's just a ton of fun.

Yeah, I think KZ2 will probably be my next purchase (well unless Fallout 3 or Left 4 Dead tempt me too much).

Well, as we get closer to release we'll probably start a Killzone 2 thread (if there isn't one already) but it's both single player and multiplayer. I'm not sure if there is co-op or not but there is definitely a fairly large single player campaign and pretty good online system as well. The online allows you to mix and match classes and level up in them and pick what abilities you want (I think basically you get a major class and a minor class and certain abilities are only available for the main class).

The single player is your typical FPS war campaign. As I understand it in Killzone 1, Earth was attacked by this alien planet and these guys called the Helghast. At the end, you manage to fend them off but now in Killzone 2 you're going to their planet and taking them on or something like that.

I can probably play a bit tonight. I've got to do some stuff to get ready for my trip home for the holidays but I'll be around later.

Here are the key points:

Class: Soldier
Primary Weapon: Chain gun
Primary Benefit: Alternate Fire is a shield that protects friendlies from gunfire/missiles/grenades (not melee though)
Negatives: Moves really slow while firing, constantly needs healing and ammo

Class: Medic
Primary weapon: Phoenix (absorbs enemies health and gives it to you refills alternate fire)
Primary benefit: Alternate fire shoots out a blast that will heal everyone in the area of where it impacts some.
Negatives: Doesn't do too much damage and dies easily

Class: Spec Ops
Primary Weapon: Scoped battle rifle
Primary benefit: Instead of grenades, throws out ammo kits
Negatives: No health, no grenades

Basically you earn XP one of three ways, either by doing damage (with a bonus for kills), achieving objectives, or using the classes primary benefit. Soldiers get XP for blocking shots, spec ops for throwing out ammo, medics for healing.

If you don't have at least one of each class you're probably screwed, although a medic and any other class can slowly make their way through levels.

As you level up you unlock which alternate weapon you can carry around and upgrades for your class like how much ammo you can hold, how fast your stuff recharges, what kinds of grenades you can carry, how good your armor is, different 'berzerks', etc. Besides that, just get on there and kill swarms of guys.

ETA:
Each level has different little text things they'll show you at the beginning. If you successfully finish a level (even if you join it mid game) you get credit for having collected that intel. To be able to create a game using a particular level you have to collect all the intel, beat it a certain number of times, and collect a certain amount of gray tech. Gray tech is required for buying some upgrades but I've never had a situation where I didn't have enough gray tech at a particular point to buy the upgrade.

If you're a low level avoid playing with guys who have tons of upgrades (as visible by things on their spines, face masks, ridiculous clothing and things like that). They'll end up getting the kills and XP without even trying. When I play my maxed out soldier I almost feel bad about how much he dominates.

Oh, and most importantly, don't press ANY buttons until everything is dead.