First Halo 3 vs COD4, now Resistance 2 (Sony PS3) vs Gears of War 2 on Xbox 360
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3 | By: Daniel
Posted on: May 12, 2008 | 27 Comments
After playing games like Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4, the next game in their class has to equal them and be much more. On the upcoming games, we want features that are both different and unique, the good news is 2008 may be bringing just that. Last year it was COD4 vs Halo 3, but in 2008 we will see the Sony PS3’s Resistance 2 up against Gears of War 2 on the Xbox 360.
You can see a new video below explaining the features in Resistance 2 and some gameplay, this game will not only feature 60 players on one map, but it will also have battles within battles. They are taking the gameplay we love so much and adding some unique features, and that’s just why this game has not been released yet. Insomniac will make sure everything is right before they release Resistance 2 and looking at the video below, you can see it looking good.
While Gears of War 2 will look stunning, it does not seem to have added much from the last version, well not compared to Resistance 2 anyway and if these two are the big games of 2008, you need to give a lot more. The first Resistance game was not good enough in my opinion, I played it for a few hours but found it lacked what other games had. This sequel makes up for that in many ways and it looks like a lot more has gone into it. Gears of War 2 will have the better graphics by a long way, but if your talking gameplay, my money is on Resistance 2, but that’s if they can pull it off with the 60 player online play.
The biggest problem with some of the PSN games currently is hosting a game, on Call of Duty 4 you get many games starting and then saying “Host Ended Game”. This is very annoying and what should have happened, is the host role should have been passed to another player. If that situation happens again with Resistance 2 and 60 player online gaming, it will be a big fault.
Two other big upcoming games include killzone 2 and mgs4, but these are Playstation 3 exclusives. Watch the video below and let us know what you think of Resistance 2.
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I think both games will be amazing and multi-console owners really win out being able to enjoy both experiences.
One note though, Resistance 1 had 40 player Multiplayer matches and did not have a single second of lag. Sony first party MP games use Dedicated Servers which reduce lag to nothing. I’m sure R2 will employ the same Dedicated servers. Gears MP really suffered from lag and I hope Epic takes a page out of Insomniacs playbook and uses dedicated servers as well.
Can’t wait for November!
It is too early to judge both games, online for both games and its features except the 60p cap for resistance is unknown. Singleplayer footage has only been released for Gears2, june 13 on spike tv is resistance2 debut with a whole show dedicated to it. There is no doubt that both games will be awesome. Also in the article you write about the CoD4 problems with host ending match, it happens because of the way online is handled in the game (p2p), it could only happen in R2 (dedicated servers) is if sony servers fail which is unlikely.
the first resistance had nothing on gears of war 1….resistance 2 is going to be a big mess up and full of bugs becuz PSN is all screwed up…gears of war 2 graphics are amazing, gameplay seems a little better and the online mode is gonna be a killer……
Love the people making claims about what Gears 2 won’t be and anyone who says Gears 1.5 is so full of crap that it’s laughable.
No details beyond a small gameplay video has been released. Not one shred of multiplayer information has been given so unless you are a Sony fanboy(I’m so sorry) you can’t even begin to compare these games. You can look at the history however and see how mediocre Resistance 1 was and how stellar Gears 1 was. With Gears winning a couple GOTY awards, huge sales and raising the graphics bar on consoles. Gears is still in the top 5 most played games even 2 years after release. Resistance was simply a blip on the radar unless you were a Sony fanboy desperately trying to match up against the 360 at the time.
Also Gears is a third person shooter while resistance is a first person so makes things harder to compare.
Gears franchise > Resistance franchise
R2 will rule 8days n getaway 3 will rule microlost 360 is the past all they have left is gow2 after that whta I ask u all 360 lovers. move aside daddys home (ps3)
I wasn’t impressed much by either game but at least Resistance lasted more than 5 hours. Hopefully Resistance 2 does something new (other than higher player limits online) to mix things up a bit. BTW, Resistance featured server support unlike CoD4 so there should be no host issues with Resistance 2.
I found that GOW was better than RFOM originally mostly because the online despite it’s glitches, was much less bland and hectic. GOW had nice gore something I find many shooters( and games in general)lacking. I will give it up to RFOM on the story arc as it could be taken much more seriously that what they call dialog in gears. I personally will buy both ,but I expect to like gears more because it feels more on a personal level to me than most other shooters. Yeah, I suppose I am alittle biased but both systems will have a fantastic game either way so enjoy!
Going from X360 to PS3 is not that hard. It’s when you go from playing PS3 back to X360 that you really see the difference.
I can’t play my 360 anymore. The jump graphically is mind blowing.
Wow I have multiple PS3s in my house and just 1 360 and I will say this, the 360 is hands down the winner in the GFX department to date. Just look at multi console releases to see the 360 pretty much wins the day, everyday. I will probably never buy a mutli platform release for my PS3s ever this gen. They are similar, but the 360 GPU is just a beast. As for exclusives they both have some wins in different areas this gen.
early third party titles gave a graphical edge to 360 but the trend is now for ps3 having the edge. expect that to continue. resistance 2 looks pretty sweet in that clip. 5 hrs is way too short no matter how good a game looks. maybe gears will edge out RFOM in graphics but i doubt the same will hold true with mgs or killzone 2. the game to beat graphics wise right now is uncharted drakes fortune. that is a beautiful game to look at and play. the next few months should be interesting.