The Next Gen Watercooler

When you first look at these two titles you would think that there couldn’t be much of a comparison other than they are shooters. When you pull back the curtain on these two games you will see quite a bit in common. This is basically a comparison of what I’ve seen so far and it’s a personal opinion.I’ll be buying both games in November.

Storyline:

Resistance 2 is set immediately following the events of Resistance 1.Taking Nathan Hale to Iceland then to the United States where to Chimera are invading. Fighting off Alien invasions is a specialty in the States here.

(This is some speculation and some educated guessing since not much is known about Gears 2)

Gears of War 2 takes place not long after the events of the first one.Marcus and Delta Squad are trying to get to the last holdout of humanity in a town built over rock the Locust can’t get through.We’ll see what happened to Dom’s wife apparently also.

So basically,fighting off Alien Invasion.Check. It’ll be a tossup in the story dept it looks like.

Advantage:Tie

Trailers

Resistance 2 has had two trailers released. A teaser showing the battle in San Fransico and a brilliant trailer involving a radio announcer and desperation of the battle with the Chimera. One great spot in the trailer is the look on Nathan Hale’s face. It shows a soldier who is tired,angry and ready for war.Just that glimpse get’s you pumped for this game.

Gears 2 gets the nod in the trailer dept. The original Madworld trailer was brilliant and Epic continues with it’s new Rendezvous trailer. Youtube and take a look. It shows Marcus walking into a battle in the caverns with the Locust and he’s using a Locust as a shield to charge into battle.The action is good,but the overall tone of the trailer makes it great.

Advantage :Gears of War 2

Weapons

Insomniac is known for making great guns in games and Resistance 2 is another example.Most of the weapons from Resistance 1 are there(except for the Hailstorm apparently). Now,there’s a Magnum that fires exploding bullets that can be detonated? Amazing. I’m sure there are even more surprises in store and I can’t wait

A gun with a chainsaw.Yes,that should be enough right? Well,theres new weapons like a poison grenade and Gorgon burst pistol,a hand cranked mini-gun. Even with all that,I have to say I really like what Insominac has done with their weapons better. Gears 2 guns look fun though

Advantage:Resistance 2

Multiplayer

Resistance 2 has 60 player maps and 8 player co-op seperate missions.That fact alone will make it a hard act to follow.It also looks like Insomniac is adding some community features,but more will mentioned in the future.

Gears 2 is still sticking with 2 player co-op.I don’t know why when you have 4 people on the team.They are adding some community features like a photo mode and a 5 player mode called Horde.It envolves you having to fight waves of Locust.Good stuff! It’s apparently very hard even for the QA testers.They’ve been working on the Host advantage problem also.

Advantage:Resistance 2

I guess I could do this all day,but in the end both games are going to be good and have some similarities.They are both AAA titles from each respective company.Both are being released in November. They both have big Boss battles.Both are made by excellent companies that are located right up the road from me here in North Carolina:) Well,Insomniac is moving here.

The only problem I ever had with the first titles was that I was so terrible at Gears Mp.It must have been the third person perspective. In the end,go pick up both.They will be worth it I’m sure.