Resistance 2 is the sequal to the 2006 best seller Resistane: Fall of Man. You play as the commander Nathan Hale in his fight against the Chimeran forces.

Unlike the first resistance this time you fight along side a group called the Sentinels for most of the game, they are a group of soldiers who are also infected with the Chimeran virus. This is where the problems start to show up, your team is pretty much brain dead, they seem just to stand around and do nothing, for example in the chicago level when you get ambused by an army of grims you pretty much have to face them alone, and its even more aggravating on the higher diifficulty levels. On a positive note the enemy AI is pretty decent.

The story is one of the weakest aspects of the game, it fails to explain what is happing, and why you are doing what your doing. Also their are some noticable plot holes, for example in the beginning where hale is captured and taken, it then blacks out and fast forwards 2 years, but it never says what happens during those two years.

The gunplay in the game can really be alot of fun, most of the weapons are fun to use, and have good hit detection, but this is even hindered by another problem, the fact that you can only carry 2 weapons at any time. This really bothered me the most, why insomniac took out what made the original reistance stand out, I will never know, but because of this decision resistance 2 seems like every other shooter that has been released over the last 2 years. It has also taken away some of the replayability of the campaign.

The graphics are good, the character models and weapons are very detailed and colorful, but the environments are flat and some of the textures would be more at home on the ps2, but on another positive note unlike the first game reistance 2 atleast uses color!

The hands down best part of the game is the multiplayer, it is a ton of fun and is really well thought out, there is only a few maps thought which could be a disappointment, but hopfully isomniac will support it with new map packs at a reasonable price(unlikly). I play this part for hours on end, and one of the things that is strange is the community, every time i've played a ranked game I'm just about always in the top 3 players, I don't know if I'm really good at it or the community is just not there. I also don't understand way after a game is over you can't continue to play with the same group.

The co-op experience ultimalty depends on if your team mates are actually playing the game, but most of the time thery are, and it is fun, but it can get repetitive.

Overall Resistance 2 is not a bad game, but it is disapointing to see all the little stupid mistakes maken in the game that relly hinders the game, but that dosen't change the fact that it can be a lot of fun, and the multiplayer can be fun for hours on end. Definitely worth a play.