Resistance 2: EXCLUSIVE Co-op and Leviathan Details!
- September 03, 2008 14:23 PM PST
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We report on our hands-on time with Resistance 2's cooperative campaign, the towering beast known as the Leviathan, and more!
A Cast of Thousands: Resistance 2's Co-op Campaign Revealed!
The GamePro crew was fortunate enough to be the first ones granted access to the Resistance 2's Co-op, clashing with sheer overwhelming numbers of Chimera troops in the new online Cooperative campaign. Cooperative mode follows a different storyline than the Campaign, pitting eight players against hordes of rampaging Chimera. We picked up a controller to play a round of Cooperative, and it was an intense experience. Once the game began, it took mere seconds for our eight-man team to be overwhelmed by a crushing tidal wave of incoming Chimera troops.
Massive Starship Troopers-style enemy onslaughts are par for the course in Resistance 2's epic Cooperative mode: our group often battled 20 or 30 different Chimera at a time, with reinforcements constantly streaming in. We also encountered a tough boss creature, and it took the combined firepower of all eight players to finally bring the uber-beast crashing to its knees. Our reward was a collectible artifact that will unlock new equipment, both cosmetic and functional, in the final game.
The firepower of your friends during co-op will aid in wiping out Resistance 2's slew of new enemies, including The Grim, a new hideous breed of Chimera that infests the streets of Chicago.
You'll have to dive into both the Competitive and Cooperative online multiplayer modes in Resistance 2 to unlock all the extra content in the game, including rewards and equipment.
Massive numbers are also a major highlight of Resistance 2's new online Competitive mode, which drops two armies of players into a sprawling war zone. Online, the norm is 60-player battles -- nearly twice the players of most online shooters. But Insomniac is dead-set on eliminating the chaos and confusion that would plague a super-sized team deathmatch game, so they've implemented some safeguards to keep 60-player battles sane. Both teams are comprised of small squads that individually complete objectives for the team's greater good.
From a distance, the effect is seamless: a fluid 60-player battle fought between two enormous armies. But on the front lines, our squad was constantly focused on completing a stream of lightning-fast objectives, whether storming a fortified base or fighting off an enemy raid. We always knew exactly what to do and where to go with the help of incoming radio messages and other helpful intel.
After playing everything Resistance 2 has to offer, we were most struck by its sheer size and scope. Between the gameplay-rich Campaign, Cooperative, and Competitive modes, Resistance 2 packs in enough variety to entice almost any breed of shooter fan. The battle begins this November.
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- Sep 03 2008 at 02:55:49:PM PST
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Epic is how'd I describe Resistance 2's scope. Big competitive games with lots of players, big boss battles in the single player campaign (and the storyline is much more indepth than you'd ever imagine...anyone see the ARG?), and hordes of chimera to kill with friends in the coop. Can't wait for this one!
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Just look at that slimy beast. Can't wait to battle him when the final version of Resistance 2 hits.
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Resistance 2 coming out Nov 4, and LBP coming out a week before it on Oct 29. Good times indeed.
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This game looks to be absolutly sick. Online looks to be one of the best ever. Plus i just got to say the boxart looks sick also. I just have to say that is the coolest box art cover i have ever seen.
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