Common Sense Media Review
By Marc Saltzman
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Sequel delivers a mature sci-fi shooter.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 18+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Play
Parent and Kid Reviews
Based on 5 parent reviews
Based on 13 kid reviews
Kids say this game offers a mix of fun gameplay and intense violence, with some parents expressing concern over the graphic content and language. While many reviewers suggest it's suitable for tweens and older, others find the gore excessive, advising caution and consideration of maturity before letting younger players engage.
- graphic violence
- suitable for tweens
- fun gameplay
- caution advised
Summarized with AI
Summarized with AI
What's It About?
What if you had to hoist a Gatling gun and unleash every bullet into
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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.
Talk to Your Kids 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?
Game Details
- Platform : PlayStation 3
- Pricing structure :
- Available online? : Available online
- Publisher : Sony Computer Entertainment
- Release date : November 4, 2008
- Genre : First-Person Shooter
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : October 9, 2025
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