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Eurogamer’s just put its Resistance 2 review live, giving the shooter 9/10.
Snip:
Overall, multiplayer is the satisfying other half to a formidable package, and Resistance 2 is precisely the sort of exclusive game that the PS3 needs. Improving tenfold on its predecessor in almost every area, it not only belongs on the shopping list of existing Resistance fans, but those who were underwhelmed with the original as well will also want to check it out, and then fight for it on the internet. It’s the way of the warrior.
Full thing through there. It’s out in Europe on November 28.
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Blerk said:
Seems to be dividing opinion somewhat, this one. I’ve not seen anyone say it’s a bad game, though. All is fine.
patlike said:
It’s picked up a few 8s. Quite surprising, to be honest. The first one was a bit bollocks, though.
ecu said:
I loved the first game. Found it hugely entertaining, I thought the weapons and their uses were a stroke of genius. It’s a vastly underrated game.
Syrok said:
Just like Folklore.
BillyBatts said:
EG are handing out 9s and 10s like sweets these days.
Blerk said:
Maybe games are getting better?
BillyBatts said:
I’d love to believe that
Tonka said:
I think devs have figured out what gamers want from a shooter by now. The rest is down to whether or not they are willing to invest the money it takes to make a 9-10 game.
patlike said:
The first one was OK, but it was so “on-rails”. I hit a silly difficulty spike and gave up, as well.
ecu said:
Which difficulty spike was that? I can only recall one tough section in the whole game, and that was near the end.
patlike said:
It was an open, outside bit with vehicles. You drive along and attack buildings full of chimera. I just got to a bit with one building that I played about 15 times then turned it off.
JPickford said:
pat, never publicly admit you find any game difficult!
patlike said:
Shit, I forgot.
*tears off HARDCORE eppilettes*
Shatner said:
I liked the gun in the first game that shot through walls. Totally changed the dynamic of using cover. R:FOM was the first place I’d seen a weapon like that – not claiming R:FOM was the first game to come up with the idea though.
Ecu, the end of the game was a bit of a letdown. The climax wasn’t a big snarling alien thingy, just a prolonged “survive the horde” type scenario. Having said that R2 seems to have a few ‘big’ alien bits in it.
Anyway, I heard Ted Price say “Trying a beta is like making love to a beautiful woman”.
ecu said:
It was an open, outside bit with vehicles. You drive along and attack buildings full of chimera. I just got to a bit with one building that I played about 15 times then turned it off.
Ah yes. That was the Halo rip-off level, and probably the worst one in the whole game. It was a much better game when it wasn’t trying to be Halo.
As for the gun that can shoot through walls. Perfect Dark had a weapon that could do that, called the Farsight. It was ridiculously powerful almost to the point of breaking the game. Fun, though.
I’m not even sure if it was the first game to use such a weapon though (actually, I’d be surprised if it was).
patlike said:
I should go back and try to finish it. Seems silly not to, really.
Gekidami said:
EuroGamer Portugal gave it a 10/10, and had it reviewed long before the other EuroGamer sites for some reason.
RedFaction also had a gun that could fire thru walls, though it worked more like a sniper rifle…
Syrok said:
EGPT is like the Sony edition of Eurogamer though.
morriss said:
I thought the first one was pretty boring. I thought the 7/10 it got on EG was about right. Hopefully I’ll agree with the 9.
Morrius said:
To the theme tune of ‘Jurassic Park’:
‘Meh meh meh meh meh, meh meh meh meh meh, meh meh meh meh meh, MEH MEH’ etc.
Syrok said:
Impostor!
Shatner said:
IS Morrius a cloned version of morriss that went horribly wrong in the science lab?
DOES he shamble along dark corridors and have one arm longer than the other?
JACK BAUER would know.
Morrius said:
I’ve been using the name of Morrius for aaaaaaaages. Sorry
But the answer to both of your suggestions is yes.
Psychotext said:
Sweet… that’s going to be confusing.
ecu said:
I thought the 7/10 it got on EG was about right
It got 6/10.
No_PUDding said:
WTF!!!??
Eurogamer you weird sons of bitches.
I didn’t like this game at all. Actually I haven’t played it, but the videos I ahve seen disappoint me. Nowhere near as much style as the first games. They should have kept it out of America.
CastellanSpandrell said:
Loved the first one. The weapons and locations were a lot more satisfying and solid than pretty much any other fps at the time (apart from maybe COD3). Really looking forward to R2.
No_PUDding said:
I wish I was part of Insomniac, they have a democracy there that ruins their games.
I’d make sure to side with some, rather then inout my own ideas to make sure their games don’t end up schizophrenic.
DrDamn said:
I liked the first – particularly the way the story was told with stills and voice over. It was a solid but not a really great game. Seems like with a bit more time they have been able to do better with this one. Pity SCEE are a bunch of incompetent fools.
Jmek said:
Anyone know why we are getting this three weeks after the USA?
Alpha Male Stu said:
I enjoyed the first game, certainly not the worst shooter i’ve ever played…but i’d be the first to admit that a lot of my early excitement was based on “I’m playing a PS3!!” haha
airdom said:
Turok had the Cerebral Bore. didn’t really shoot shit through walls…just ate your brains out,which was pretty sweet haha. just thought id mention it even it doesn’t shoot through walls like those other guns
Morrius said:
Sweet… that’s going to be confusing.
Sorry! Now back to Gears 2…
Johnny Cullen said:
“IS Morrius a cloned version of morriss that went horribly wrong in the science lab?
DOES he shamble along dark corridors and have one arm longer than the other?
JACK BAUER would know”
Jack Bauer wouldn’t know.
He DOES know.