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Category: Video Games
List Price: £44.99
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 28
Format: Unknown Format
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: sci-fi-action-games
Media: Video Game
Operating System: No Operating System
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: RES2PS3
UPC: 711719768258
EAN: 0711719768258
ASIN: B001FB56NY
Release Date: November 28, 2008 (New: This Week)
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1 to 4 weeks
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Product Description
After a valiant struggle to stop the Chimera invasion in Europe, mankind must make its last stand on the shores of the United States.
Amazon.co.uk Review
The United States is being invaded by the evil Chimera hordes, and only you can stop them. Set in an alternate universe in which World War II was cut short by an alien invasion, this exclusive PLAYSTATION 3 first-person shooter sees the battle moving in the 1950s from the recently liberated UK to a human resistance base in Iceland and finally onto America.
 You play as Nathan Hale, a U.S. soldier immune to the Chimera’s mutagenic virus |  Chimera spaceships appear over the America's coasts |  Resistance is set in an alternative 1953, where World War II never happened |  Fans originally accused the monster in the movie Cloverfield of being inspired by the Chimera | Although the single-player story mode features much more variety than the original, with many new weapons and Godzilla-sized enemy bosses, the game’s real appeal has always been the multiplayer. There’s now a whole separate story mode to play co-operatively with friends, either in split screen mode or with up to seven people online. There were some complaints that the original played the first-person shooter formula a little too safe, but the unique new 60-person online versus mode should help to silence most critics for this sequel. Key Features - Co-operative carnage: Join the battle with friends in an 8-player online co-operative story campaign.
- It takes two: Weapons can be used in pairs, including the new “Marksman” semi-automatic rifle, a .44 Magnum revolver, and a chaingun that can double as a sentry gun.
- Know your enemy:Fight more than a dozen new enemies in the Chimera horde, including the invisible Chameleon and underwater Fury creatures.
- Massively multiplayer: Up to 60 people can play online in giant-sized battles in which gamers will be organized into smaller sqauds to focus on specific tasks to win the overall battle.
- Team rewards: Do well in the multiplayer and earn battle points to boost your soldier’s strength, gain score multipliers, and acquire personal shields and other special bonus items.
About the Developer: Insomniac Games
Californian developer Insomniac created the first three Spyro the Dragon games on the PSone and the Ratchet & Clank series on PS2 and PS3. Resistance 2 is the latest shooter following Disruptor and Resistance 1 from the studio.
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 Resistance 2 Rocks! November 10, 2008
N. Cook (Hampshire, UK)
13 out of 18 found this review helpful
Resistance 2 (PS3)
This follows on from the popular PS3 launch title 'Resistance: Fall of Man (R:FOM)', and I think does it in 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 and 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 sections in 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 playing in 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 achieve in 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 awarded in campaign mode and half in the online modes, more on that in a minute. The game it's self also still uses ribbons and 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 and 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 challenges in 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 and ready for action, using your primary class ability often earns you more experience than just killing the enemies. For example the soldier and 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 and 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 and has variations on `Capture the flag'.
The game as you'd expect supports clans [teams of PSN players that play together] and has an excellent in game community section that ties in with the re-launched www.myresistance.net. This provides detailed stats on you & your friends progress on the game as well as forums and other interesting stuff.
Criticisms:- Casual mode difficulty rating for experienced players in 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 and complete challenges. The autosave/checkpoint in 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 and COD4 fans, with those modes the fun is pretty much endless.
A True Halo Beater... November 22, 2008
N. Chandler (UK)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
(I brought this game from the US before English release)
Coming from a person who has played Halo 2/3 many a time at mates houses and who really doesn't believe it deserves the praise it gets "A True Halo Beater" could seem a little bias. The reason why I bring this up then is because the first game R:FOM was dubbed as PS3's answer to Halo. But even though I don't think Halo is all that I really didn't think R:FOM was close to Halo. However it was clear that R:FOM had potential, and with the second one the makers really have created something that is better bolder and bigger. (And I really do mean BIGGER!)
The first two levels are breath taking. When you first come out to see the chimera ships covering San Francisco you'll be amazed at the level of detail and the real illusion of being in a war/invasion, and that really is what this game does; creates the illusion of you being a soldier in a war, and that there are loads of other separate fights happening all around you. The graphics are superb, and that was such an important element for this game, especially fighting the huge bosses which is a brilliant feature. The single player campaign so far has been an experience which rivals Call of Duty 4 and I'd never thought I'd be saying that.
I haven't played a lot of multiplayer but it seemed very enjoyable. When they said 60 players with no lag I was thinking that's unlikely. But the first game I joined I had 80% or less wireless signal strength, it was 55 players, most if not all of the players aren't from the UK and there was absolutely NO lag.
If you have a HDTV with surround sound then you have to buy this game, its that simple.
To sum is up with one word resistance 2 is IMMENSE.
The most fun you'd ever have! November 27, 2008
Danny Boy
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Reistance 2 is the best FPS EVER! The co-op is just the most fun I've ever had with a co-op game, it's so simple but addictive. . The Multiplayer aspect is just above anything else that you ever played, yes it's better than COD4, for every kill you get XP, which is taken from a RPG levelling up system. The game's weapons are totally unquie, I mean a gun that shoots through walls, a handgun that bullets are explosive upon impact. The Single-player element is what Halo 2 and 3 should have been, its epic in scale and features some of the biggest boss battles you will come across. The AI is on your AI team and the enemies are top-notch, they flank, take cover and work in teams to take you down. The story is impressive and unquie really sucks you in and doen't let you go. Resistance is totally different from the first in everyway, and improves everything that was wrong with the first. Even if you didn't like the first game or didn't play the first game I would still recommend getting this.
Looking Great November 5, 2008
Black Edelweiss (Mega City 1)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have been playing the Beta Version of this Game and i would just like to say that the Game is very Good.The Graphics are excellent..very much like those in COD4,the Control layout is simple and very easy to use,the Enemy AI is awesome,once you are detected,the Chimera simply launch Attack after Attack on you..the Action becomes frantic as you try to escape the Hordes and find a safeplace,and hopefully some Ammo and re supply.As you score more points in the Campaign Mode you will unlock more and more Devestating Weapons and Kit items.I have not played the Multiplayer Mode yet,as there are simply not enough people on line to form Teams very Quickly..I waited for 10 Minutes at one point to try and form a Team and start a Game.i have however persevered with the Campaign Mode and can see this Game becoming VERY,VERY,Big...I have pre ordered my Copy.Fall in Soldier,and get ready to Fight !!....Stop Press !..i have now had the pleasure of playing this Game in the Multi player Scenario,and it is truly Awesome in every way..Great Graphics,Fast Paced Action,Great enemy AI,...This Game is Going to be a real Winner !!!
very hard November 10, 2008
Dr. S. S. Kamal (London)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I went to the What Stuff exhibition in 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 and wispy like COD4. slighlty lower than cod4.And the sun reflection in the game is very real, better sun reflection than cod4.
The 3 levels they had in 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 and crawl in this game.
why did they make the game so hard.?
or is it for the show.
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