I found Resistance: Fall of Man, to be a competent shooter. I didn’t think it was terrible, but it wasn’t a mind blowing experience either. Insomniac Games’ Resistance 2 was poised to improve over its predecessor in every way, and for the most part, it did. An improved single player campaign, a more robust cooperative element and an impressive 60 player online multiplayer component was crammed into a single Blu-ray disc. Despite all of that, is simply being better than Resistance: Fall of Man enough to warrant your hard earned dollars? It depends.

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Congratulations, Insomniac. You made a great trailer that actually hyped me up for Resistance 2. What’s going on with Hale? Is he losing himself to the Chimera? I’m genuinely fascinated.

Here’s something you don’t see every day: a $14.99 CAD downloadable game with the production values of a $59.99 CAD game. The catch with Insomniac’s Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty is that this pint sized version of Ratchet & Clank is a mere three to four hours in length. It’s a title that is treading new ground for console downloadable titles, but is this worth your time and hard earned fifteen bucks? Well that depends on how much you adore the Lombax.

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So it looks like the Resistance 2 beta is now live. Unfortunately, I’m not in and thus cannot join in the 60 player multiplayer activities. Despite not even trying the multiplayer, I’m still interested with how the game will play. I want to know how they’re organizing such a large amount of players.

Fortunately, there will be multiple ways of entering the beta which include:

• Purchasing an issue of this month’s Qore from the PlayStation Network store
• Pre-ordering the game
• Applying for beta key via the R2 site in the coming months

I’m going to pre-order the game. Maybe.

LTTP or ‘late to the party’ pieces are opportunities for us to catch up and write about games we missed out on the first time around. They may contain spoilers.

It’s rare for me to pick up a console at its launch. To me, the games available at that time aren’t worth picking up and thus I ignored Resistance: Fall of Man when I finally picked up my 60 GB PS3 in mid-2007. The consensus for Insomniac’s first person shooter was “generally favorable“, but despite the praise, I didn’t deem it worthy of a $59.99 CAD price tag. With Resistance 2 on its way and my new appreciation for Insomniac’s work after the fantastic Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction, I thought it would be a prime opportunity to play through Resistance: Fall of Man. So, I got my hands on the game via other means. Through a trade via CheapAssGamer no less! Let’s see if I made a good trade.

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The original Resistance launched with the PS3 and since I completely ignored the platform until several months later, I never bothered with it. It received decent reviews and was one of the better launch games of any platform. Still, it remained unplayed and will remain unplayed until I get my hands on a copy. I will most likely pick it up just to see what all the fuss is about and because I love Insomniac’s work. They make great games.

Well, I took at some of their work in progress gameplay footage and I’m liking what I see. It doesn’t overwhelm the senses, but it doesn’t look dull either. I get the Half-Life 2 vibe from some of those scenes.

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Insomniac is an amazing development studio. They don’t just create great games, but they also create excellent working environments. Check out their office and all the perks it has. Weekly masseuse visits? Ridiculous.

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No need for words. Just gawk at Insomniac Games’ skills in these seven screenshots:

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Insomniac’s Resistance: Fall of Man was a launch PLAYSTATION 3 which I never got around to playing. It was well received and I enjoyed the demo, but it never grasped me. Well, two years later, Insomniac will (hopefully) be releasing its sequel, Resistance 2, in Fall 2008.

The latest issue of Game Informer reveals some tasty tidbits of the upcoming first person shooter including:

• One campaign focusing on Nathan Hale across USA, 1 player
• One separate story based campaign supporting 2 players offline, 8 players Online
• Online Multiplayer (dedicated servers) supporting 60 people, lobbies for individual squads
• Classes for online, templates include Heavy, Special Ops, Medic
• New vehicles including Chameleon (Stalker with cloak)
• Partial randomized geometry in level spots
• Insane stat tracking coupled with MyResistance.net

More info? Check out the NeoGAF post. As for screens? Buy a copy of Game Informer or wander over to another forum.

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