Resistance 2 co-op to have independent story
You should be aware there is a co-op mode, where eight folks can join up and tackle the game together with three different classes (medic, soldier, and special ops). Insomniac hinted that they have something in the works to make the gameplay fresh every time you play co-op, depending on how your team splits their classes. They won't reveal what, though.
There's a lot more story and character development this time around. No more narration by the crazy British woman -- it's all about Nathan Hale. Co-op mode, however, has a completely different story. It's unique and pretty shrouded in secrecy as of now. There's a ton more information about multi-player experiences and how Insomniac feels about a number of things, but as far as useful information goes, it's up to you to decide.
[Thanks, Jared!]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
LJ @ Feb 8th 2008 8:29AM
Too good to be true! release date please!
RazLeboL @ Feb 8th 2008 9:45AM
This fall like they always do. Insomniac said they would release a new game every year at that period.
Artist101 @ Feb 9th 2008 4:46PM
Everyone PLEASE help me get the word to insomniac, online would be SO much better if we could take guests(split screen) online too!
Eggy @ Feb 8th 2008 8:33AM
My one beef against co-op gamemodes is that fact that the vast majority use the same story as the SP part of the game and just throw in more enemies. It's great to hear that R2 will get a original co-op story and hopefully new gameplay elements that require people to work together to overcome obstacles. As a long time Sven Co-op player it's those elements where people have to really work together that make co-op so cool.
Noshino @ Feb 8th 2008 9:02AM
Hey Nick, could you check for the release date of the title?
According to GameTap it is released on Nov 4..
Riley Freeman @ Feb 8th 2008 9:22AM
good stuff. now if only more games do this. co-op should be a standard across alllllllll single person shooters. and so should ONLINE co-op. rainbow six sucked for this well it sucked on its own period but call of duty major downfall for this. i look forward to this very much. also haze even though it looks a little crappy in the videos. what happened to army of 2
B1gC72 - PSN: KillaKornbread @ Feb 8th 2008 9:38AM
well there's something i didnt know about it, the British Women wont be back to narrate it. i hated her, why the hell would she always leave me behind to fend for myself damn near alone? i think it worked with her narrating but we didnt get to know Nathan Hale all that well. this should be another improvement to the long list of improvements already announced.
LJ @ Feb 8th 2008 10:46AM
Come on! the narration was really good... i know she wasnt the nicest gal but the voice acting on that game was good. She is not gonna come back beacuse according to what i've heard this R2 takes place before the Resistance: FoM.
TheEnd187 @ Feb 9th 2008 3:13AM
How does this take place before Resistence:Fall of man? Nathan Hales sccuming ot the virus in this, unless he was super infected then built an immunity, then in part one he gets the virus again? o.0
Xboxbydegrees @ Feb 8th 2008 10:48AM
All of this was covered in the Game Informer article.
topbravo @ Feb 8th 2008 11:14AM
They already said what it is... Everytime you play the game its different, it uses logarithms to mix up the levels so everytime you play it, its different.
Sauvage @ Feb 8th 2008 12:42PM
Rather than logarithms, which are maths table related, I think you mean algorithms, which are recursive logic related.
topbravo @ Feb 8th 2008 12:51PM
thats what i meant to write but i spelled it wrong and firefox spellchecker fix it as a log lawlz... my bad.
Mr.ESC @ Feb 8th 2008 12:28PM
That's awesome I hope there is an engineer class.
“Spah sappin' mah sentry!”
Ranus Studios @ Feb 8th 2008 2:41PM
There had better be offline co-op.
nick @ Feb 8th 2008 4:51PM
this game does sound awesome with all of its features and everything but i hope they change the style of gameplay a little bit. I dont like the style where you have to be turning and shooting at the guys head for about 3 seconds like in R1 and halo. i liek the cod 4 type where its fast killing and accuracy and speed is key. i hope thay change that because in my opinion that would make it the best game ever.
Don @ Feb 9th 2008 10:12AM
Sauvage, How would this game take place before R:FOM when the chimera evolved from Russia, spread to Europe, and the U.S. chose to get involved only when they felt that the Chimera posed a threat to us. At least that's what I got out of the first one, I could be wrong though.
I'm just so excited for this game, I think I'm even more excited for this than I am Killzone 2, and I think it's because I absolutely loved the first Resistance. 60 player online multiplayer is just insane, I can only imagine how technical team death matches or CTF games will get. I'm also excited to see if they bring in new vehicles, what the new enemy bosses will look like, and Insomniac is the master when it comes to creative weaponry.