[PS3] Your Resistance 2 is only making my penis harder!

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So a bunch of new info all of a sudden spewed all over the net about this game. All of this information can apparently be found in the latest GameInformer, but most of the stuff written here is stuff I just copied and pasted from random websites that I found:

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• Two different campaigns:
• One campaign focusing on Nathan Hale across 1950's USA invaded by the Chimera
• One campaign focusing on a squad of soldiers, supports 2 players offline, 8 players Online Co-op
• Online Multiplayer (dedicated servers) supporting 60 people
• Classes for Online, templates include Heavy, Special Ops, Medic
• Mobile phone quality headset voice transfer
• Partial Randomized Geometry in level spots that change with each play through
• Boss fights in FPS gaming “finally done right”
• New vehicles including Chameleon (Stalker with cloak)
• Insane stat tracking & Community features coupled with MyResistance.net
• Release: Fall 2008

Obviously one of the bigger announcements is the 60 player online matches and the 8-player campaign co-op. Here’s some more information about those things:

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• The multiplayer will not be a focus on fast and furious gameplay, but more on squad vs. squad for strategic and tactical matches.
• When initially logging into an online match, the game will divide players into smaller four-to-eight man lobbies for each squad, where the squads may then communicate among one another and camaraderie.
• Differing game modes may have squads be tasked with particular objectives.
• Careful level design aims to deliver intense combat zones with small team conflicts that flow within the arena of larger battle.
• Dedicated servers coupled with stat servers for faster matchmaking.
• Full-featured profile pages through myresistance.net will incorporate social networking concepts.
• Open clan and party systems to promote the community aspect. No player invites needed.

I really enjoyed Resistance: FOM, even though I must admit I havent played the game in MONTHS. I'm a little skeptical about some of the things they are gunning for, such as mobile phone quality communication. I haven't really seen anything come close to that yet.

Still, this is Insomniac we're talking about. Those guys are fucking robots, consistently putting out nothing but high quality.

I like how they are taking the whole 'class' concept (I assume ala CoD4?) and combining that with the implementation of squads. If executed properly, it could really be a pretty sweet idea - kind of like a team within a team.

Anyways, what do you guys think?

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Originally Posted by Qwarky

Please please please please don't again force us to start an entirely new campaign just to play co-op. That was the stupidest idea ever.

Granted I really don't know too much about the game yet, but I would bet that you probably will have to start an entirely new campaign, since the single player campaign and co-op campaign are supposedly two completely separate storylines with different characters. I could be wrong, though.

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In case anybody is interested, the first teaser trailer just popped up on the Playstation Blog -

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The next trailer and worldwide gameplay footage debut will be on the June 13th episode of Gametrailers TV with Geoff Keighley (it’s a full episode covering R2).In the meantime, check out the teaser, and don’t worry, you’ll be hearing more from us before June. Check out the April 17th Full Moon Show Podcast (Insomniac Games :: Welcome) for more details about the teaser and about R2.

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Hay. June 13th just hit, and GameTrailers just did their huge Resistance 2 special, thus releasing another load of details about the game. Take a break from MGS4 and check it out:

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Details:
- Singleplayer campain focuses on Nathan Hale and not just the Chimera invasion but his own "internal issues"
- Hale has 19 hours to live (Price suggests that it's not Hale predicting it)
- The biggest boss in the game is about 300ft high
- Sentinels are ally soldiers that are immune to the virus, but have side affects due to immunity
- Boss called "Leviathan" (looks like the Cloverfield creature or Godzilla)
- One of the cities later in the game will be an altered 1950's Chicago
- The Grims are a melee enemy that attacks in hordes
- Chicago will be near the end of the game
- Opening of the game picks up exactly where Resistance Fall of Man ends
- First level takes place in Iceland
- One of the locations in the Co-Op campaign takes place in Scotia, near the Redwoods.
- There will be a lot of story cross over between singleplayer campaign and co-op campaign
- Multiplayer maps are specifically designed for multiplayer
- Chimera will be in multiplayer, just not shown in current build
- New creature called the Chameleon will cloak and appear only when close, attacks are one hit kills
- Cloven are involved in the war against the Chimera, but won't be in the U.S.
- For weapons...the Auger is back, however Insomniac has trashed the XR-005 Hailstorm
- Resistance 2 will have a 2 weapon system instead of carrying every weapon in the game
- Singeplayer will have at least one vehicle
- No vehicles in multiplayer
- Cpt. Rachel Parker will not return in Resistance 2

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Looks sexy. I hope the restriction on how many weapons you are able to carry at once will hopefully add some more strategic value to the game.

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For anyone who is interested -

RESISTANCE 2 BETA SIGNUPS.

Carry on.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Emails are going out today to people who signed up for the beta, which is apparently starting tonight.

I haven't gotten one. YET.

Has anybody else purchased Quore or preordered the game and received a key? I know there were something like 4 different ways to obtain entry into the beta...too bad I chose the one method that is the most unlikely. What can I say - I'm cheap :/.

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Originally Posted by RockgamerXIII

I haven't heard anything about a normal demo, and the full game is less than a month away. I guess they could always release one after it comes out, though.

Who knows - they could always pull a Warhawk and release a demo for the game well over a year after it's release.

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On that note though, is anyone else getting freaking sick and tired of betas? It seems like every other game now has some beta nowadays, and it especially sucks when they release one in lieu of an actual demo (would it hurt Sony to release a small one or two level demo for LBP, especially for people who didn't get into the LBP beta and are on the fence about it?). The worst part is when they use it as some kind of premium enticement, like a preorder bonus or something. Why should you have to put money down on a game just to test it for them?

This is something I've always wondered, and sadly fell prey to with MGO. I really want to get the Valkyria Chronicles demo that's out with the new issue of Quore, but c'mon - it's a goddamn demo.

Seriously though, it's genius from a business perspective. If a game receives a great enough level of hype - you can essentially further entice people to buy your product in advance while simultaneously receive free raw testing data from the beta.

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Rock on - I just got accepted into the beta. It's downloading now - but I won't be able to try it out until later tonight after the Wild beat the shit out of the Sabres.

Anybody else able to grab it who possibly wants to play a round later tonight?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Wow. So not only did the Wild lose when they were up 3-1 with less than 5 minutes left in the game, I come home and see that I set the damn PS3 to turn off after an hour of inactivity. The thing is only sitting at 13%.

Damn 2.5 FW update...

Jam it back in, in the dark.