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Bungie dev: 60-man Resistance 2 will be a 'challenge'

Speaking on Bungie's latest podcast, Luke Timmins, multiplayer engineer on Halo 3, said that he was interested in how Resistance 2 developer Insomniac would keep 60-player multiplayer games from feeling like "just running around in a chat room".

Timmins said: "Some of the stuff that Resistance is doing about trying to keep jacking up the number of guys in a game... I've played Resistance, and I'm a huge Battlefield 2 fan but I'm still interested in how do you keep that number of guys in a game and make it seem like you are actually playing together and not just running around in a chat room. It's real interesting and I wish them well but, yeah, it's a challenge."
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CRIMS0N_W0LF - 677 days 2 hours ago
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bungie you are bunch of noobs.

60+ MP was done YEARS AGO! Even 1000 Players per map on 56k dail up w/o lag was done. And I am talking about FPS.

and no it didn't end up a chat room it ended up a full fledge war.
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v1c1ous - 677 days 1 hour ago
1.1 - learn to read the article next time
he's is not saying 60 person multiplayer CAN'T be done.

it's more like "so you got 60 people in a game. now what? what's to stop this from turning into a frag fest where nothing gets accomplished?"
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Anego Montoya FTMFW - 677 days 1 hour ago
1.2 - here it is and now it relevant and i won`t get booted from the GZ
RFOM2 vs HALO3 (2 years after the launch of each system.)

RFOM2- 60 players
HALO3- 12 to 16 players

RFOM2- 8 Player Co-op
HALO3- 4 Player Co-op

RFOM2- 2 storys
HALO3- 1 story

RFOM2- Looks Unreal
HALO3- Looks OK

RFOM2- 720p/1080i (possibly 1080p)
HALO3- 640p

RFOM2- 60FPS (most likely, Ratchet was)
HALO3- 30FPS (i think, not sure)

IMO

bungie should just sit back and enjoy their success right now.
because RFOM2 is a serious problem for them and their image.
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CRIMS0N_W0LF - 677 days 1 hour ago
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It was done and not ended in a frag feast and it had team seperations. I'm talking about Battlefield. I saw the some of the most tactical matches 32 vs 32 players.

Most tactic "matches" I saw were on PlanetSide, where different clans meet up and pratice formations to raid a whole planet
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v1c1ous - 677 days 1 hour ago
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@1.2

way to miss what i just said

@1.3

yes, it is possible to make such a huge game be controlled, but it all depends on what methods the developers go through to keep the game balanced.

that's the main problem Imsonmiac has to overcome.

and don't get me confused as defending bungie either. i played halo 3, and even with 8 vs 8, that game is filled to the rim with LONE WOLF type gamers who won't listen to reason or work together,
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jwatt - 677 days 1 hour ago
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People at bungie were not trying to bash Insomniac and I agree with what they were saying. 40 players is alot but I felt like it was too hectic.

Now Insomniac said they will address this issues by splitting teams up into groups and giving them thier own objectives. That sounds like that can help out alot and I am definitely looking forward to this games.
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Fragking28 - 677 days 1 hour ago
1.6 - Stupidity
1000 players on a 56k dial up connection yeah right buddy
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wallace1000 - 677 days ago
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What game ever had 1000 player games? That must have taken a long time to find that many players :-P
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TheSadTruth - 677 days ago
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The original resistance multiplayer was pretty bad.. first off you die WAY too quick considering how much autoaim their is.. makes it so even little 10 year old's can aim

The truth is that is just too many people in a console game.. it makes the game fast paced but it's just boring spawning and dieing from getting shot in the back and since there's so much autoaim, the best Resistance players will still get killed by low skill players. The nades are pretty ridiculous as well.. I mean all you have to do is touch a player with a nade and they explode on impact, takes the skill and timing out of a normally skilled weapon. I do like the sniper rifle from what I recall... takes some skill to use effectively. Before anyone flame's me.. I also think Halo 3's multiplayer is pretty bad too.. just because the horrid map designs... I've been doing nothing but play CoD 4 as of late. Good, now Sony and MS fans can both mass disagree me.
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Jenzo - 676 days 21 hours ago
1.10 - Not to break anyones heart but
Bigger isn't always better...
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gambare - 676 days 21 hours ago
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It's obvious that the Halo3 MP engie never player BF2, BF2 got a healthy 32 vs 32 players on a single map, and it wasn't a "running chatroom"
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RelloC_ReBorn - 676 days 19 hours ago
1.12 - @1.10
dude, she is just telling you that to make you feel better.
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kwicksandz - 676 days 18 hours ago
1.13 - ROFL @ 1000 Players on 56k
you must have been smoking some powerful stuff to dream that up. you cant even run 3 player games without lag on 56k with your neighbour
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rofldings - 676 days 16 hours ago
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"Massive numbers should not mean massive confusion: 60 players (up from Resistance's max number of 40) may sound like an awful lot, but Insomniac is doing everything in their power to make sure competitive battles don't get out of hand. Players will be split into lobbies of six-to-eight-member squads, each with unique objectives. Specific areas on each map will foster frantic large-scale battles, but most of the fighting should come in the former of smaller skirmishes."

No. Sorry, that sounds like fun. Not just a 60 person frag fest.
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Monty_The_Great - 676 days 15 hours ago
1.15 - @1.12
Line of the Year.
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ngg12345 - 676 days 14 hours ago
1.16 - halo 3 ran at 60 fps
:o.
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BobDog - 676 days 13 hours ago
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massive numbers have been done of 56k, but u got to remember when u had 128mb of ram and a 20gig hardrive and games were a couple hundred megs
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Jenzo - 676 days 13 hours ago
1.18 - @1.12
I was referring to the subject at hand. The penis measuring contest is that way --->
1.19 Bloodwar | 676 days 11 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Stubacca - 676 days 3 hours ago
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Anego Montoya FTMFW, good point. Bubbles for you.

V1c1ous, have you played resistence? Because if you have, you would know the maps can be massive. As such, these battles turn out to be good old-fashioned war and not just a 'frag fest'.
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PStriple703 - 677 days 2 hours ago
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this is coming from devopers who made the most wanted game(halo3)in 640p, the first RFOM was 40 online was smooth as eggs
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Blankman - 677 days 2 hours ago
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The media has already dubbed resistance 2 as a halo killer lol to get the record straight killzone 2 is the halo killer not resistance. Resistance is gears killer lol.
if they could do 40 without feeling like running around in a chat room why do you doubt they can do 60. Sure it will be hard but thats not to say it can't be done. Insomniac has an excellent track record and they are an excellent games studio. They have made 2 really good games in 2 yrs on a console notorious for difficult development and it looks like they are about to deliver a 3rd in resistance 2. Bungie hasnt worked on anything but halo in almost a decade yet halo runs at 640p on xbox
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BloodySinner - 677 days 2 hours ago
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...yet you worship the 600p Call of Duty 4? Wow!
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shysun - 677 days 2 hours ago
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COD4 looks like a HD games, Halo3 dosen't.
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BloodySinner - 677 days 1 hour ago
2.4 - Thanks, shysun. For helping me prove my point. =)
Basically had you not been told that COD4 was running only at 600p, you wouldn't have been able to tell the difference.
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Johnny Wadd - 677 days 1 hour ago
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@ blankman & bloodysinner:

Not to flame or anything.... but you can't tell the diff. between 720p and 1080p unless you've got a LCD/Plasma tv that's 46 inch or higher. I don't think the general public knows how to distinguish true HD on a smaller tv. That's why I laugh at those people who spends the extra dough to buy a tv that's 1080p but the screen-size is only 37 or 40 inch..... LOL silly consumers that doesn't do their research.

just a side note, you can definitely see the diff. between Resistance/Halo 3 on my 52 inch sony.... I chose the 2 to compare because they are similar games. However, I enjoyed Halo 2 a lot more than Halo 3.
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Bombomb - 677 days 1 hour ago
2.6 - shysun
only if you actually thought about what you've just said, you wouldn't have fallen for the trap.

Good trap and bait sinner...

see, it's all in the mind..so mindless delusional fanboys
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Pain - 677 days 1 hour ago
2.7 - mmmMMMmm Imsonmiac
Have Not been hyped for ANY other FPS since Perfect Dark 64.

This game is going to Rock.

And Make others take a look at what they doing .
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Perkel - 677 days ago
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@ Johny Wadd

pff haha sorry guy u are wrong

1080p on 24 or 40 or 100 inch tv is still 1080p. I have Sony KDL40W2000 and yes it's 1080p and 40" 1080p in Lair is mindblowing and waaaay better than 720p Motorstorm.

Can't see the diffrence ? You are blind my friend then. More, picture at bigger tv with 1080p looks worse than same picture at smaller tv with 1080p. Go figure why..
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wow14 - 677 days ago
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Resistence (86) and Killzone (70!?) have both been owned by the Halo Series (97,95,94).

Really, it is the universal opinion of the industry that RFOM and KZ are second rate when compared to the pinnacle of the genre: Halo.

YOU might disagree -- its your right -- but the collective wisdom of the industry says you are incorrect (in the sense that one can be right/wrong about such things..).

Edit, just show you something of interest:

MGS 94
MGS2 96
MGS3 94
Average 94.6 / 100

Halo 97
Halo 2 95
Halo 3 94
Average: 95.3 / 100

So, In the pantheon of Shooters, are you going to say that RFOM and KZ(!?) are better than MGS? Because they would have to be in order to be "better" than Halo.

M'kay thanks.
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Johnny Wadd - 677 days ago
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@ Perkel:

You, my friend, are wrong. In order to truly "see" the difference between 720p vs 1080p, you have to have a television that's preferably, 50 inch or larger. As you sit at the same distance from the TV from 40 inch or 52 inch, you can tell the difference. What you're buying for in the 50 inch or larger 1080p tv is the clarity/resolution factor that you get as you move away from the TV. As you move away from a 1080p 40 inch tv, you will notice a pretty significant image deterioration. Go on AV forum and read the faq list. Trust me, 1080p for a 40 inch is just a way for tv companies to get more of your money.

You're right in the sense that 1080p @ 20 or 24 inch is the same....
But it also looks the same when you compare 720p @ 20 or 24 inch between its respective 1080p counterparts. Because the tv's are so small, you can't see the extra resolution/pixels on the 1080p. In essence, you've paid extra for something you can't see.

Oh yeah, if you sit close enough to the 40, your pictures will turn crappy just as when you sit close enough to the 50.
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RecSpec - 677 days ago
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@wow14

What the hell are you talking about? MGS is not a FPS.
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SSCOOLCHEA - 677 days ago
2.12 - you forgot when subsistence came out
it got 10 10 10 9.5 .....and thats was from and xbot magazine EGM
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kurochi - 676 days 23 hours ago
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@ Perkel:

ha ha ha ha ha
what the hell are you talking about? Go read up on some of the facts before you embarrass yourself in regard to the HDTV subject.....

ha ha ha ha ha ha

I'm sorry, it's just so funny at how brain-washed you are by the tv companies..... ha ha ha You should return the 40 inch you got and spend the extra grand to really enjoy 1080p on the 50 inch..... ha ha ha ha ha ha
2.14 crank | 676 days 22 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Johnny Wadd - 676 days 21 hours ago
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@ Crank:

You, get educated my friend.
Goto this link as these people know what they're talking about. What I said above is exactly what these people are talking about in greater detail. Have fun reading the post. I'm too lazy to explain the diff. to you. Bottom-line, on a smaller screen, you eyes cannot see the diff. from 720p vs 1080p. Of course if you're talking about 100 inch tv, your image will be lousy at 1080p and worse on 720p. But the optimal viewing distance for 1080p 50 inch is about 7-8 feet from the tv. But at 8ft for 720p 50 inch, it's not the same.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs...

Oh, one more thing. The quality of your display ultimately depends on your signal input. So, if COD4 and Halo 3 is only at 640p, than that's all you're gonna get (unless there's up-conversion involved). So, nobody can tell the difference unless, like I said on my previous post, you have 50 inch or above 1080p tv.

Please get educated. I suppose for some people, ignorance is bliss?
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pukka_p - 676 days 20 hours ago
2.16 - Scores aren't everything
#Wow14
Resistence (86) and Killzone (70!?) have both been owned by the Halo Series (97,95,94).
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I honestly thought - resistance 1986, Killzone 1970? Halo in 1997, 1995 and 1994? "What's this fool on about?", I thought...

Then I realised... Of course. Why would anyone ever want to argue their own opinion of a game when they can use another person's opinion expressed as a number out of 110?

I'm sorry to have a go, but I just played pixeljunk monsters yesterday (a true classic) having seen a score in a magazine of 7/10!!! Sooooooo very, very wrong. But then, that it just my opinion (although most agree with me this is a great game).

So back to my criticism.... Variable reviews with dubious scores are bad enough, but people quoting them like gospel is well just <INSERT OpenZone comment>. Please don't lower yourself to quoting random scores.
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socomnick - 676 days 20 hours ago
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I dont mean to sound fanboys but imo resistance 1 multiplayer was absolute trash it felt tacked on. It was nowhere near what halo 3 multiplayer is. Resistance 2 might have a chance who knows.
2.18 crank | 676 days 19 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Mpiece - 676 days 15 hours ago
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Crank...well said. I know a bit more than the average joe when it comes to this stuff . definitly not as much as you (pro)

and I have been saying the same thing on other forums of course in much less detail. What kills me the most is 90% of consumer dont even know what the real details are to look for when buying a tv or monitor, and you would be surprised as to what peoples questions are when searching for a tv or monitor. NO one that I have ever came across ever refers to ppi or dot pitch or the measurements

Most just argue over 1080 vs 720 ...occasionally they argue over contrast ratios or more rarely aspect ratios , and everyone expects perfection out of the box or as seen on display out of the box
i love tech first and self school myself for the most part and second i just so happen to be a salesmen and installer who does NOT calibrate tvs on a pro lvl but i do calibrate em...and as far as pro goes im a sound guy and i do calibrate those systems on a pro lvl

and as far as screen size goes you can only take recommended viewing distance into account...since at a fixed distance say 20ft a 50 inch and a 20 inch looks different at the same resolution DUH cuz your not going to sit 20 feet away from a 20 inch tv

anyway bubbles for you and dont mind my grammar and punctuation ...i just type
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Skizelli - 676 days 15 hours ago
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You people pick the stupidest things to argue about. Talk about Small D#ck Syndrome.
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Perkel - 676 days 9 hours ago
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pff BTW i have enought of stupid people who think 1080p (or any bigger resolution) is good only above 40inch or more. It's like fight with air...

Crank bubble for u for time spent fighting with air ^^
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Daurelus17 - 676 days 3 hours ago
2.23 - wow14
MGS 94
MGS2 96
MGS3 94
Average 94.6 / 100

Halo 97
Halo 2 95
Halo 3 94
Average: 95.3 / 100
UR trying to compare the scores when MGS came out on the ps1 while the other 2 game out one ps2. mg2 on the ps2 was better then halos 2 score while halo 3(360) got the same as MGS3 (ps2). not to mention the halo scores go down since the game never changes. try to compare something else there buddy
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pukka_p - 675 days 23 hours ago
2.24 - Well said crank
Have a bubble...
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mintaro - 677 days 2 hours ago
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60 people online for a *console* (key word) will be tough for any developer. but if anyone can do it, its insomniac
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PS360WII - 677 days 2 hours ago
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This coming from someone who could only get 8 people multiplayer? I suppose if you look at it that way it would be challenging.
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wallace1000 - 677 days ago
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I might have misinterpreted what you said but if you are referring to halo 3, big team battle is 16 person multilayer.
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PS360WII - 677 days ago
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ah, well no you didn't misinterpet me and I guess that why I got 5 disagree's ^^ I've only done 8 people multiplayer games must of missed out on the 16 maps :(
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