Resistance 2

Release Date: November 2008
ESRB: Mature
Manufacturer: Insomniac
GCRating: 3
Stats: Single Player, Online Co-op, Multiplayer Online, FPS, Trophies,
Story: Hale is BACK and jaundice as ever!! This time the Chimera have launched a full out take no prisoners (or rather TAKE prisoners and turn them into Chimera monster freaks) of the West.  That's right, America.  Land of the free and flee ridden! Ok well Crawler ridden. Hale is one of the few humans who have been infected by the Chimeran army and not changed over to a long-toothed drooling baddie.  This makes him not only unique, but also important to the human resistance (tee hee 'resistance') of the chimeran invasion.  Hale joins up with the Sentinels, an elite team of heroes all of which are like Hale, Jaundice and cranky.  They all take a temporary inhibitor to hold back the chimera virus' effects.  Yeah its like Midol.
Review:  Ok, so I was UBER excited for this game as the first Resistance was soooo EPIC!  So when I saw how much they changed the game, and not in good ways, my heart was inevitably crushed.  First, the campaign co-op was scrapped.  Say WHAT?  yeah. scrapped.  Instead they decided to focus on the multiplayer online aspect.  The BEST thing about Resistance 1 was the Co-op Campaign mode man!  The guns changed too.  Suddenly Hale could no longer carry every gun in the world, which btw, SUX man bcs ammo is limited and I found myself trying to remember where ammo and gun caches were all of the world, which if you can't guess takes up a LOT of RAM i can't afford to expend!  The health system changed too, which wasn't so bad I guess. They went from picking up health at every turn to a hide till you feel better system.  I personally die a whole lot less in the hide and seek system, but I think that the health block system was unique to Resistance and it felt like they were just trying to be like other games.  You are Resistance.  Be the best Resistance you can be, we don't expect you to be Halo man, we don't. OH speaking of the guns, they are more hybrid-y - between late 1950's human guns and the chimera guns.  This blending of the technology just adds another facet to the plausibility of this alternate reality. The baddies changed too, they added new ones and got rid of some oldies, but that too makes the game plausible.  Of course the Chimerian Army would adjust to the warfare!  They make their guys better, more efficient killing machines!  Awesome.  The graphics in this were, decent for the time period.  Or should I say this, the cut screen graphics were beautiful.  The ships were detailed and beautiful.  The VO could have been better, but I let that slide bcs frak I just thank jebus I don't have to read anything!  That being said the in game graphics was identical to the first game, which was a bit of a let down.  I hope in R3 they suit up and getter dun! The play is seamless, and unglitchy. The story was a continuation and brought back familiar characters, although they didn't exactly explain anything, like where the frak did they come from!?  Over all its worth a play through, even though it was a bit of a lunch bag let down.
Likes: Love this franchise! The graphics were cool, and they put TROPHIES in so - ya gotta love trophies!
Dislikes: The lack of trying in the in play graphics dept, the changes to Campaign Co-op, Gun and Health Systems. Really Insomniac, don't go changing what is GOOD with a game for the sake of change man. But mostly the Campaign Co-op was the biggest let down.