Hale is at it again, but this time he's fighting on american soil and at times in american air space. The chimera has found they way over to America and have taken over, a select few of soldiers recruit Hale to aid in the eradication of the chimera.

Resistance 2 introduces quite a few different breeds of chimera that occupy land air and water making nowhere safe for you to turn especially the water which can only lead to sudden death by a species known as furies which we are unable to kill bearing resemblence to a chimeran mermaid. Your attackers by air while not exactly living chimera but rather of chimera design and they are design for one thing and one thing only, kill, your best bet is to shoot them on site before they shoot you. Remeber those slow moving species from Fall of Man that only use to pounce on you as they get close, well a similar type are back, this time, they are fused with the world's fastest man Usain Bolt, these things come at you in waves and very fast, keep a shotgun on hand or some air fuel grenades. These are joind by many other types that will sure to keep you on the edge of your seat wondering where your next attacker will come from.

Boss battles is where it's at in R2, key to defeating all is weapon selection and using your surroundings. Weapon selecting is essential in this sequel cause gone are the days of you carrying every single weapon, this is not actually a bad thing cause all weapons are balanced just more strategy is needed whengoing about you daily BBQ of chimera, it's not hard choosing a weapon, the game usually provides the optimum one there for you laying around near where you'll need it. You'll always have the 2 weapons for the job.

Throughout most of the story, you are accompanied by some allies, you know this and they know this, but do the chimera do? Nathan Hale is such a bad ass that even unarmed you pose more threat than 4 soldiers carrying LAARKS and they will relentlessly attack you and ignoring the soldiers at most times. It's annoying to say the least, but good strategy prevails, i.e having the right weapon and being in the right place

This game is like a good book, it wont let you put it down. The story is captivating, hinting at the chimera's heritage and history linking real events with the alternate reality that it is set in makes it believeable that something like this could have happened. The ending?, is it really the end?