Resistance 2 Thread

[y2kev]

too human 2 is gonna be great

[Bebpo]

too human 2 is gonna be great

Well since the first game was a mess, maybe they're bucking the trend and creating a new order!

[Bebpo]

It's pretty hard to screw up Doom.

[Draft]

Name one trilogy where the second game wasn't a fucking mess? Hell, even movies are like that. Books too.

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It's pretty hard to screw up Doom.

Don't back off, bitch.

It's the second in the trilogy and the high watermark of the series. Perhaps of the genre.

Bow down to DOOM and while you're down there squeeze one out on your theory.

[Jansen]

  Mirrors Edge 2 is probably going to be a mess as well.  :\

it can't possibly get any worse then the first one

[demi]

I beat it, what a complete waste of time

[Third]

Name one trilogy where the second game wasn't a fucking mess? Hell, even movies are like that. Books too.

Godfather
Terminator

Both have better sequels

[y2kev]

that's horrible

[Eel O'Brian]

poor guy, looks like he was just tryin' to get to that leafy tree in the background

[Third]

Dunno who was dumber. The animal or the one who controller the plane.

[drohne]

chicago level was pretty great -- spectacle, variety, large-scale gunfights, stalkers and drones, cool scripting. maybe insomniac could make ENTIRE GAMES like this if they weren't stuck on a yearly schedule. the boss fight would've been impressive if sony hadn't spoiled it at their e3 conference. good jon sony

[Barry Egan]

Name one trilogy where the second game wasn't a fucking mess? Hell, even movies are like that. Books too.

Star Wars

this theory sucks

[Eel O'Brian]

You can do the co-op missions split-screen, yes?  Two or four players?  How many co-op missions are there?

[WrikaWrek]

Poor giraffe  :'( I had to hold my lol in.

You know, that shit ain't funny at all.

I'm so tired, still doing paperwork for tomorrow, my back hurt, and i could taste the bitch's death when i saw that pic.

So fuck the big titted lady who brought it up.

[drohne]

btw i think this game's pretty great, though it's got that insomniac trick of starting off badly before getting down to business. seems to be a settled mode with them. the chicago, iceland, and louisiana levels are nearly as good as halo, and besides that one lulzy google maps texture, i really didn't encounter any of the polish issues people were talking about. maybe it's a matter of how you play it -- it is very scripted in a way, and i could see it falling apart if you do things the designers didn't intend

what a weird ending

[y2kev]

btw i think this game's pretty great, though it's got that insomniac trick of starting off badly before getting down to business. seems to be a settled mode with them. the chicago, iceland, and louisiana levels are nearly as good as halo, and besides that one lulzy google maps texture, i really didn't encounter any of the polish issues people were talking about. maybe it's a matter of how you play it -- it is very scripted in a way, and i could see it falling apart if you do things the designers didn't intend

what a weird ending

Really? :\

The Chicago, Iceland, Louisiana, and Southern Mexico levels are definitely good, but I just don't know if it's enough to make up for the beginning and some really uneven chunks even in those good levels. Where the hell are the Widowmakers? And the Titans blow and the Ravagers suck.

The swarm boss was fun though 

[drohne]

i can't remember what anything's called in this game. it's like they pulled a bunch of videogame clichés out of a hat and randomly applied them to weapons, enemies, vehicles, etc

[y2kev]

Titans fire the big unavoidable blast of whatever
Ravagers have the green shields and they charge you
Widowmakers were the giant spider things in R1
Stalkers are the smaller spider things that don't do shit in R2

[Rman]

Poor giraffe.  That sucks.

[drohne]

i like the shield guys. they're just strong enough that you can't go toe to toe with them, so you've got to come up with something whenever they pop up

would've been nice to see a widowmaker, yeah -- the london bridge level where you fight one (or more?) of those was the best part of the first game

[y2kev]

Yeah, but for me the strategy was always "spam grenades." I never had enough bullseye or marksman ammo to take down their shields. I found the magnum worked okay, but that was a rare weapon.

[Eel O'Brian]

You can do the co-op missions split-screen, yes?  Two or four players?  How many co-op missions are there?

anyone?

[Bebpo]

The Titan's were so annoying.  They are slow and stupid but take a lot to go down but the blast radius on their rockets is large and fighting 2 at once by yourself just means running circles around a rock while shooting them in the back 

Ravagers were ok, but I never found a good strategy when no Auger/Rocket/Pulse/Strong weapon was in hand.  It was usually just run up to them and when they move their shield to bash me = pump them full of everything I've got time.

Those flying saucers that die in 1 hit were lame enemies too.  There were always a ton of them and having to deal with them while fighting real enemies was annoying since you'd be under cover and these things would fly over you shoot you in the back.

Furries were lame because you couldn't kill them even with a rocket/pulse :\

The unshielded drones were pretty dumb too.  You just pumped them with a lot of lead until they blew up.

The leeches were so generic.

I guess I didn't really like the enemies much this game.  The tall guys and normal guys were still fun.  Also the bosses were really weak.  There was no challenge and they were just one pattern repeated over a few times.

[cool breeze]

You can do the co-op missions split-screen, yes?  Two or four players?  How many co-op missions are there?

anyone?

off the top of my head it's 2 player split screen and personally I've tried three different co-op missions...so at least 3, but each time they are generated to be different, so unless you hate playing in the same environments it won't be an issue.

[Eel O'Brian]

I picked this up in trade today, so if anyone wants to give the co-op a spin this weekend i'm up for it

[FatalT]

I picked this up in trade today, so if anyone wants to give the co-op a spin this weekend i'm up for it

I might be down. I haven't played in forever though!

[cool breeze]

I'll play a bit.

[AdmiralViscen]

I'm halfway through chapter 2 and the campaign is really all over the place. The pacing is great but there are way too many moments where you instantly die because you had the wrong gun in your hand or something.

The multiplayer is fuck awesome though, just like the beta.


edit: Catching up on the thread, I see dark10x chose to switch to easy.  Is he alone in doing so? Can I do that anytime or will I have to restart the whole campaign?

[Eel O'Brian]

cool, let's set a time everyone can get together and resist all over the place

[AdmiralViscen]

Who else thinks it's sort of lame when games give you exactly the right weapon for the task immediately ahead of you, and super-lame when they do it seemingly all the time?

And yes this is annoying.

-I come upon a shotgun. I like my current weapons so I leave it there. 5 feet later I get mauled by an invisible guy and I get a pop up "use the shotgun on those guys!" OK
-I come upon a sniper rifle. I like having my weapons so I leave it there. Round a corner and I am smoked by a bunch of faraway enemies. OK, so I have to use the sniper.
-I come upon a field of broken down cars. I see a Carbine there, Pavlovianly drop the sniper and pick it up. I get killed by a big guy with a shield and I get a pop up "Try using the sniper rifle's secondary fire!"

[Bebpo]

edit: Catching up on the thread, I see dark10x chose to switch to easy.  Is he alone in doing so? Can I do that anytime or will I have to restart the whole campaign?

I switched to easy for the last 2 chapters.  Game just got really annoying later on.

[demi]

You didnt HAVE to use them, but they were good indicators on what was coming up

I didnt switch to Easy cause I aint no pussy bitch HOLLA

Though it was really annoying yeah

But I am a COD Veteran Veteran so this is normal

[Tieno]

Poor giraffe  :'( I had to hold my lol in.

Probably easier than keeping your dick in

HAYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


Thank you!

[AdmiralViscen]

Sonic Unleashed has a more entertaining single player than this game.

[AdmiralViscen]

Just picked it up again, FUCK is this boring.

Does it pick up in chapter 3 and beyond?



Great, it autosaved me with no fucking ammo in the part where you drop down through an air vent and have to fight 75 guys. I guess I have to restart the whole chapter because I'm fucked.

At least the graphics have improved on the ship.

[y2kev]

You've barely started! Yes, it gets much better, but you've got another level or so to go. You have to keep playing so you can see the google maps texture.

[Bebpo]

It gets better at Chicago but it also gets frustrating at Chicago.

[demi]

gamesp oop. turn it off.

[AdmiralViscen]

It really is poop lol, The beginning was dull but the more Halo it gets the duller it gets.

The enemy AI seems to flip a coin to decide whether it will stand around like distinguished mentally-challenged fellows or bumrush you and fuck you with its high HP.

I will continue to trudge through it but only because the only person I know who bought it is on vacation, so no multi.

[Eel O'Brian]

I think I'm beginning to understand some of the hatred for this game.  Seems like every time you see the checkpoint icon flashing, there's an instadeath right around the corner.  You'll die a couple of times before you figure out what the hell you're supposed to be doing.  That's poor design, adding artificial length to what seems to be a short storyline.  I don't mind it too much, but there have been a few times where I actually said "that's bullshit" out loud.  I don't think it's boring.  There's definitely more variety in the levels, and the bosses have all been pretty cool so far (I hated the "chimera hatchlings" level, though).

Graphically, I think it looks really nice, certainly a league above the first game with its blocky geometry and smeared textures (like I've said before, it doesn't take much to impress me as far as graphics go, but it was hard not to notice the hexagon tires on the cars in the first one).  Looks like they really paid attention to the backgrounds, seems as if there's always a bunch of business going on in the sky or in the distance.  I haven't really cringed at any of the voice acting or dialogue.

It controls fine, maybe a little on the loose side.  I like the sprint button, and once I mapped the crouch to the left stick, the combo worked well together.

Haven't tried any of the online stuff yet, but I will as soon as I wrap up the SP (which is looking like maybe 3 more hours or so).

All in all, I like it fine, but if I hadn't traded in a bunch of junk I probably wouldn't have paid full price for it.  It's not outstanding, but I think it's a pretty solid "thrill ride" type of shooter.

[AdmiralViscen]

I kind of regret buying it. If the Mythic map pack comes out in the first few months of 2008 and I follow through on Killzone 2 then there will be no reason to have bought this game. I could deal with only getting a month or two out of the multiplayer, but I was hoping the single player would have at least SOME value.

[duckman2000]

Not that we usually agree on games or anything, but dude, me ripping on it should have been a hint.

[Bebpo]

Yeah, I mean I liked the first one so I had happy bias going in and I still thought it was mediocre.

You don't buy R2 when people who liked R1 don't like it.  :'(

[Eel O'Brian]

see, i didn't like the first one at all

i never even finished it

[AdmiralViscen]

Not that we usually agree on games or anything, but dude, me ripping on it should have been a hint.

I didn't read this topic, I bought it for the multiplayer.

Although the only guy I know who has it going on a 2 week vacation probably doesn't help things. Maybe I'll feel better about it when he gets back.

[cool breeze]

btw, I think for this week only the map packs for Resistance 1 are free.  I'm downloading them because I have 200 gigs free and if I might in the future play R1 multi (more likely than playing R2 multi), then good for me.

[AdmiralViscen]

lmao, they even have the Flood

[fistfulofmetal]

Yeah but to give R2 some credit

The "Flood" parts in R2 >>>>> The Flood parts in Halo

[AdmiralViscen]

Chapter 4 is the ugliest yet.

Does anyone do multiplayerrr

[AdmiralViscen]

Awesome, my gamesave is fucked. When the game is loading I get an error message saying "This is not your save data. Load aborted" and when I select Campaign I can only pick New Game.

I've never carried the gamesave to another console or played the game with a different user account. I'm logged in to PSN. The only thing that I can think that has changed is that I changed my password for my PSN account, but why the fuck should that matter.


Even my custom controls got deleted. Fucking awesome.


edit: changing your password back restores your campaign. My custom controls are still gone, and now I'm stuck with my gamesharing password. I'm just gonna crash through the campaign on my day off using that password, then switch  back to my normal one and start over for multiplayer.


editx2: Wait nope, my save is gone. I didn't get the load error when the game booted, but all my shit is still gone. Fuck this game. My gamesave is still visible in the XMB but the game will not recognize it. All my EXP is also gone. DO NOT CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD

[duckman2000]

R.I.P. Insomniac legacy

[AdmiralViscen]

What business does this game even have checking my PSN login info before I even hit the title screen?

I tried copying my save to a flash drive, deleting it from the PS3, and then copying it back. Didn't do anything.

If you are a gamesharer don't even buy this game.

[Purple Filth]

Awesome, my gamesave is fucked. When the game is loading I get an error message saying "This is not your save data. Load aborted" and when I select Campaign I can only pick New Game.

I've never carried the gamesave to another console or played the game with a different user account. I'm logged in to PSN. The only thing that I can think that has changed is that I changed my password for my PSN account, but why the fuck should that matter.


Even my custom controls got deleted. Fucking awesome.


edit: changing your password back restores your campaign. My custom controls are still gone, and now I'm stuck with my gamesharing password. I'm just gonna crash through the campaign on my day off using that password, then switch  back to my normal one and start over for multiplayer.


editx2: Wait nope, my save is gone. I didn't get the load error when the game booted, but all my shit is still gone. Fuck this game. My gamesave is still visible in the XMB but the game will not recognize it. All my EXP is also gone. DO NOT CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD

wow that bullshit.

What business does this game even have checking my PSN login info before I even hit the title screen?

I tried copying my save to a flash drive, deleting it from the PS3, and then copying it back. Didn't do anything.

If you are a gamesharer don't even buy this game.

Ive been hearing that the "changing password thing" being an annoyance now, supposedly it has to do with the trophies.

[duckman2000]

The hysterical thing is that this was one of those errors that made me want to pee on PDZ. First the clutter, now this. Insomniac is the new Rare.

[AdmiralViscen]

Awesome, my gamesave is fucked. When the game is loading I get an error message saying "This is not your save data. Load aborted" and when I select Campaign I can only pick New Game.

I've never carried the gamesave to another console or played the game with a different user account. I'm logged in to PSN. The only thing that I can think that has changed is that I changed my password for my PSN account, but why the fuck should that matter.


Even my custom controls got deleted. Fucking awesome.


edit: changing your password back restores your campaign. My custom controls are still gone, and now I'm stuck with my gamesharing password. I'm just gonna crash through the campaign on my day off using that password, then switch  back to my normal one and start over for multiplayer.


editx2: Wait nope, my save is gone. I didn't get the load error when the game booted, but all my shit is still gone. Fuck this game. My gamesave is still visible in the XMB but the game will not recognize it. All my EXP is also gone. DO NOT CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD

wow that bullshit.

What business does this game even have checking my PSN login info before I even hit the title screen?

I tried copying my save to a flash drive, deleting it from the PS3, and then copying it back. Didn't do anything.

If you are a gamesharer don't even buy this game.

Ive been hearing that the "changing password thing" being an annoyance now, supposedly it has to do with the trophies.

Wait, what is this? Does this affect other games or are you talking only about R2?

I could see them not wanting you to boost your multiplayer EXP by sharing your account, or something, but who gives a fuck about trophies. My trophies are still there. And what's that have to do with unlocking campaign levels, it's so STUPID.

[AdmiralViscen]

http://beta-forums.myresistance.net/myres/board/message?board.id=resistance2&thread.id=24197

[duckman2000]

Another important thing to know, no one got 63$ from you. The government got the taxes, the store got a 20% share and the publisher got a 30% share, so the developpers are left with 25$, not 63$.

Worst response ever. That's a mud-dip of near-BennyBird level.

[Eel O'Brian]

  "mud-dip"

i have to use that somewhere now

[AdmiralViscen]

I got partway through chapter 4 of Resistance 2 and I don't remember the Haze demo being any worse than it.

I'm sure Haze's multiplayer is worse than R2's though. Although if they don't wipe your EXP then that's a bonus.

[duckman2000]

From what I've heard, Haze MP is the definition of drab. Which is surprising, actually.