Resistance 2
by Sony Computer Entertainment
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Video Game Reviews of Resistance 2
Customer Review: How can you do worse the second time around?
Summary: 2 Stars
To insomniac, this game was like retaking a class that they had already received an A for and getting a D. I really wanted to enjoy this game but everywhere they got it right on the first one, they really failed on the second. 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. 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. 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. I could go on for over two pages on the misses in this game but another reviewer has already done so excellently. And I quote;
By Raul G. "Raul G." (USA) - See all my reviews
"Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars
Resistance 2 comes as somewhat of a disappointment to me. I absolutely loved the first Resistance game for the PS3 and it was truly the first "must have" title for the system.
Unfortunately many of the things that endeared me to the first game have been modified or dropped completely in R2. The excellent narration between levels featured in the first game is now completely gone and sorely missed. The story suffers because of it. 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. It simply doesn't work for me. The objectives are never quite clear enough, the motivation isn't quite there. I felt like every level was simplified to "kill the guys who don't look like us". Very disappointing considering the first game had such an excellent story.
Another disappointment to me is the graphics. While R2 does add more colors to the originals palette the game is by no means stunning. Graphical glitches are prevalent in everything from evident polygon seams to areas completely missing textures. The environment textures themselves vary from pixilated to blurry. This all stands in stark contrast to in-game bosses which are stunning. The graphical detail from level to level is also uneven. The very first level looks terrible while the next level, situated in a redwood forest, looks great. I can't help but feel that the game could've used another 6 months in development to improve the graphics.
Also cut are the fun vehicle sequences from R1. That's right you won't get a crack to pilot any vehicle of any type at any point in the game. Co-operative offline campaign has also been cut and replaced with random levels that feature no story to speak of. Very disappointing.
Another change to R2 is the weapons themselves. 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. 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.
Changes too have been made to the health system. In the first game the player had a traditional health bar that provided the pertinent information. That has now been removed in favor of a damage system represented by a red screen. The more damage your character takes the more red the outer ring of your screen will become. 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. Certain enemies retain the capability of stopping you dead in your tracks. 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. It's very frustrating to be killed unexpectedly because you're unclear where to go or what to do or by invisible enemies.
One change to the game that I liked is the inclusion of a cast of characters that Nathan actually fights alongside. The first Resistance game was essentially a one man show. While in R2 you have no direct control of your squad-mates they are there and fight along with you. The AI for these characters is moderately capable.
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. A big selling point touted by the developer is the ability to fight in 60-player online battles. My experience thus far has been mixed. The massive battles I've played in are unorganized and chaotic. I confess that thus far I'm not a fan. The game attempts to encourage small squad based objectives but it hasn't had the desired effect. In online games I've started it seems that my squad immediately fragments into individuals.
Ultimately, Resistance 2 will probably be liked more by newcomers to the series. Fans of the original game will likely notice the shortcomings and changes all to well. Still, R2 is a proficient enough of an effort and here's hoping the next game realigns with the efforts of the first. "
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Customer Review: Will so called gamers ever learn how to play online FPS?
Summary: 2 Stars
After "complete" the campaign portion of the game, I started play a lot of online team deathmatch games. So, my short term memory is all about online now. 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. I use just the regular Sixaxis and/or DualShock controllers from Sony. After a while I can pretty much stay within top 15 in a 60-people match consistently. 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. And many of them are very good at it and proud of their ability of "spotting the enemies" for a quick kill. Then there are a few the "true elite" R2 experts who are experts on every weapon they choose to use. 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 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. Then at the end you look at their kills score, they have over 150 kills with only less than 20 deaths. the next person only has little over 100 kills. 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 understand things have to do with your internet connection speed, skill and all. But for the life of me, I just don't see that one can be 50% better than the next guy in top 3. Well, I couldn't care less whatever that is they do. 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. 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. Anyway, I am way passed the point that running around shoot everything brings excitement. Sometimes, I get into a good rivalry with some good sniper players and we try to out do each other. That's the excitement I am looking for and get me back to play this game. 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. 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. 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. I guess that's what keeps them come back to the game to show off to the others how it's done. 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. Yeah, believe me, there are plenty 40 and older people still play video games.
Customer Review: Rent this first.
Summary: 3 Stars
Okay I rented this game with Borderlands. I didn't play Resistance 1, but I saw the trailer for this and really REALLY wanted to like this. I started playing this thinking, "Man.. I'm gonna buy this!" But then slowly after that... I lost interest in this game and got more and more frustrated with it.
Graphics- Just okay, nothing spectacular. On the cover you see a yellow sky. When you get the scene with that sky in the game it is absolutely beautiful. But scenes like that are very FAR and inbetween. For the majority of the game there is nothing special about the graphics or scenery at all.
Enemies- There are some enemies that attack you and kill you with one shot. That is not a big deal but the thing is this happens unexpectedly a lot and this forces you to do a lot of trial and error to figure out what to do because you die from hidden or invisible enemies. This isn't fun. Also the death sequence is not short and it never varies, which makes it even more frustrating... not fun. Also, you run across the same enemies a lot. Not much variety.
The bosses are big and bad, that's cool. But they don't FEEL very threatening or special. Some are epic but some are just big but somewhat boring.
Weapons- Okay here is my biggest issue with this game. The weapons are NOT interesting at all. They are basic and VERY FEW OPTIONS. Seriously, there are like 4 main weapons to pick from. I felt like there was no real need to change most of the time. It just made things boring. They only give you something special right before a boss or before you need to do some special task. Come on Insomniac! You can do better than this!
Health- You get hit, there shines red on the screen, you take cover til you hear "Phew", then continue. This is boring to me. I would much rather have heath kits than this as this ads some edge to the game play.
Story- Not bad, but not that interesting either. It is just... meh. I found myself slowly losing interest in pushing forward. At first I really wanted to see what was going to happen, but slowly I found I was just doing it to get my rental monies worth despite the frustrations.
Multiplayer Online- I don't like doing multiplayer so I have no review on this part. If you like that then this may be the game for you.
After a while I just didn't care to continue the story and put Borderlands back in. Borderlands left me wanting to play more. While Resistance2 just let me wanting to take it back to Blockbuster.
It doesn't SUCK by any means, but it's just not all that appealing either. Not worth the price they are asking for it, though after this rental I think I won't be playing this again.
Customer Review: All they had to do was copy what they did perfectly the first time.
Summary: 3 Stars
Back in 2006 Resistance: Fall of Man was the first videogame that I had played in nearly 15 years, after selling my 1st generation Playstation so that I could focus more on my studies. My nights and evenings rapidly sunk back into a gamer lifestyle with more than one Friday night spent in front of the screen instead of in bed. I was addicted and I still think the game one of the funnest I've ever played. So, you can imagine my eagerness to pick up the sequel and my disappointment in finding that the designers seemed to go out of their way to make the game less fun to play. While the new locations are great, the graphics themselves aren't on par with the original. The maps are too limiting as to where you can move, similar to Call of Duty 3, but not quite that bad. The checkpoints aren't that sensibly placed. There are too many aggravatingly useless soldiers constantly getting in your way, yet never serving a purpose (their shooting is ineffective and they don't draw the enemies fire either, as if everyone is invisible except you - it's pretty silly watching the enemy run right through a wall of soldiers to go after you). With the first Resistance you gradually collected an arsenal of weapons that you kept throughout the campaign. With this one you're limited to carrying only a couple at a time, each level dictating which you can choose. There are further inconsistencies with how difficult it is to kill some of the larger beasts as well.
Being such a huge fan of the first, I still enjoyed playing this one for the new locations. But, aside from a few new weapons that are pretty fun, they didn't get much right. I don't know anything about videogame design. Maybe Insomniac skimped on the budget, content in exploiting the established fanbase. Or maybe this fits the cliche of simple inexperience or an overly ambitious effort to fix what wasn't broken. If they had left the gameplay alone, I could better accept the inferior graphics. But as it is, after playing through the story mode a few times, I decided to sell this one. I'll have to content myself with the first, in hopes that they'll redeem themselves with another sequel down the road.
Customer Review: This game sucks
Summary: 2 Stars
I just rented this game and played the single player campaign for a few hours. I really liked the first Resistance game, but this one is a huge disappointment. Its biggest problem is that it's not fun, it's just frustrating. There are some really crazy enemies that can kill you quickly but take forever to kill, and I just didn't really enjoy playing this game. As I said, I play a lot of FPS games, but this one together with Killzone 2 are really terrible to say the least. It looks terrible in today's standards, nothing special about the level design or the environment, and it's not even FUN. A good game has to be fun to play. I only rented the game so I am not too mad, but ask yourself this question before spending your hard earned money on this game: Do I want to play something that's frustrating and boring, even if it's free?