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Resistance 2
- PlayStation 3
- Price: $59.99
- Genre: First Person Shooter
Common Sense Media says
Sequel delivers a mature sci-fi shooter.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that in this game you can use all kinds of weapons to destroy enemies, which are mainly aliens. The violence, however, makes up the bulk of the game-play and is quite graphic in nature. This includes blowing up creatures into bloody chunks, which fall to the ground with a "splat". With some weapons you can zoom in like a sniper and take head shots. In the online modes, you can shoot at human characters, too. Language can be gritty both in-game and online.
What's it about?
What if you had to hoist a Gatling gun and unleash every bullet into
an enormous 300 foot-tall leviathan stomping through Chicago? All in a
day's work in RESISTANCE 2, the follow-up to 2006's Resistance: Fall of Man
for the PS3. This sequel still takes place in an alternate history
(1953, to be exact) and once again, we're trying to resist an invasion
by the nasty, bug-like Chimera alien race, now appearing on U.S. soil
(as opposed to fighting in the UK with the first game).
Played
from a first-person perspective, the lengthy and challenging
single-player campaign takes you, as Nathan Hale, to major cities with
familiar landmarks. You'll have access to many sci-fi-like weapons at
your disposal; back again are the Bullseye (shoot a tag and then all
subsequent bullets follow the tag, even when facing another way) and
the Auger (a powerful gun that can see and shoot through walls). New
weapons include the Marksman, a rifle that packs a serious punch; the
Splicer, a gun that fires ricocheting saw blades; and the Spider
Grenade, which ignites everything within a large radius.
Is it any good?
Even with the outstanding enemy artificial intelligence, nothing beats playing online against other human players. Resistance 2
ships with many co-op and head-to-head multiplayer modes, supporting up
to 60 players online. In the team-based Skirmish mode, for example,
four to six gamers join a squad, and each has a specific objective to
complete, such as advancing to a control point, regrouping with other
squads, attacking enemies, defending a base, and so on. An enemy squad,
however, has the exact opposite objective as your team, therefore your
mission might be to find and destroy a communications post, while the
rival squad's task is to protect them at all costs. One of our favorite
maps was "Scotia," based on a heavily forested northern Californian
town.
If you liked the first Resistance, you'll love this
sequel. The talented developers at Insomniac Games, led by Ted Price,
have done a "bang up" job creating this fictitious world with memorable
monsters, over-the-top weaponry, and multiple ways to play online.
While not for children or young teens because of its violence and gore,
Resistance 2 is an exhausting and exciting action experience and one of the best PS3 titles of the year.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about whether a war game that takes place in an alternate 1953, and involves fighting against aliens, is any better, morally speaking, than a contemporary war game, such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, that pits man against man. Does one scenario make it any better for concerned parents or is firing a gun and blowing up enemies the same regardless of the fiction?
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I think it is a good game for tweens.
Its a good game. My husband got my 12 year old boy it for christmas, I was mad but I found out I should treat my kids a little older. I let them play it and I found out that it wasn't bad because the aliens or whatever they are is yellow. There is also little swearing. Please take time to read this review.
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2 is better than 1
this game is better than the original. the graphics are better, the weapons are better, especially the auger haha. the blowing up that common sense says is mostly only with the titans chimera. this site tends to take one bad thing about the game and blow it out of proportion. there is some strong language in the game that parents should be wary with but the main thing is violence. the weapons in this game are even better and show more blood. I suggest that parents shouldn't buy this game for their children unless they are 14
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7/10 I rate it.
Im 12 and it was alright, I beat it in a few days, onlines not really that great. You can kill people and gore splatters on the wall and slides down(odd). Anyway i give it a 7/10.
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One word: Horrible
Rented it, hated it. Way to violent, there's an option to turn off the blood after you complete the game. So after you go through and you've scattered alien bacon bits all over the world then you can turn it off. I was dissapointed in the gameplay, all you did was run through objectives and killed aliens. I got sick to my stomach because of how graphic it was. Don't get it, it will be the worst waste of your money forever.
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I was supprised I liked it.
Well... I was iffy at fisrt but after I read the common sense review about how it was ok for kids 12 and older I let my kid get it. He LOVED it! It wasn't very bad at all. Sure you shot at things but hey, it could have been call of duty where you shoot at humans. They cursed sometimes but it wasn't bad. My kid and his friends loved it. Thanks for taking time to read my review, Remember this game is ok for kids 12 and up.
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A surprisingly more violent game than the first.
The violence is around the same as the last game, but the gore is much worse. Crawlers burst into tiny gory chunks when killed, and when Titans explode, their limbs and various body parts fly out; you can even see things like their rib cage and internal organs. Also, grenades can cause enemies to explode, and leave various organs (even their brains sometimes), everywhere. Add other things like graphic dismemberment and other various things in cutscenes, and you have a game inappropriate for kids. It's a fun sequel, but make sure you're mature enough for it.
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Kid, 12 years old
October 4, 2009
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REsistance good?
great game a vey good alien fighting war game!!!
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REsistance good?
great game a vey good alien fighting war game!!!
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Kid, 11 years old
October 4, 2009
AGE
REsistance good?
great game a vey good alien fighting war game!!!
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Resistance 2 is a very gory and scary game.
Resistance is a very gory and over the top game. Stupid amounts of gore can spoil the experience. You blow creatures into bits and there is blood all over the shop. It becomes very graphic at times. Which gets quite irritating. Also its very scary, The creatures are just deformed horrible looking things. The language isn't too bad. I hear a couple of swears but there isn't anything to worry about.
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| Platforms: | PlayStation 3 |
| Available online? | Available online |
| Genre: | First Person Shooter |
| Developer: | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Release date: | November 4, 2008 |
| Price: | $59.99 |
| ESRB rating: | M for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language |
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