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Resistance 2 vs. Gears of War 2

VideoGamer.com writes: "Before we say anything else, let us say this: we expect both Gears of War 2 and Resistance 2 to be superb games - graphical showcases that will push the Xbox 360 and PS3 respectively to their limits. We will, fingers crossed, love them both to bits. With that out of the way, let us say this: both games are going head to head this November as the next-gen consoles' exclusive flagship titles for the Christmas period. This fact is indisputable. While one is a third-person shooter and the other is a first-person shooter, comparisons are inevitable. And thus, this special edition of VideoGamer.com's Versus series is inevitable. Read on for our head to head comparison of the console war's two biggest weapons in 2008."
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Published: 585 days 1 hour ago | Article | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360
 
 

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Fishy Fingers - 585 days 1 hour ago
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Comparing games still in development and different genres now huh.

Next week, DM: Forever Vs Alan Wake.

Either way, both will be great, if you have both systems, get both. If you don't, get the one thats on that platform and dont concern yourself with a game you cant even play.

Games strive to be fun, how do you quantify fun? It's all opinion, there is NO right or wrong.
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jtucker78 - 585 days ago
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Both games look excellent.
I'll be getting R2, but that's only because I only own a PS3.
60 player multiplayer looks great, but I want to see some single player footage. I want to see if it can live up to the high quality screenshots released.

BUT if I had a 360 I'd definitely buy GoW2.
The gameplay footage looks amazing. That will be a great game.

Great times ahead for both consoles. Yeehaaaa!
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pharmd - 584 days 23 hours ago
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yeah man i agree.... its pretty ridiculous... i know im gonna play what i want to play, actually BOTH but who cares what someone else thought about them.....

this is gonna heat up fast!
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P4KY B - 585 days 1 hour ago
2.1 - I smell fear.
mixed with BS
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P4KY B - 585 days 1 hour ago
2.3 - No matter how long your posts the truth remains.
Gears 2 will rock.

and all the diasgrees come from MediaStream (nasim) having multiple accounts.
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Boink - 585 days ago
2.7 - wow
wonder what system you're a fanboy of.
your zone is thataway---->

and answer me this then, why did gears win game of the year all over the place and resistance didn't? I mean if it was that much better of a game? oh wait, let me guess, the entire games industry was paid off by MS right?

seriously man, these both look like they wuill be awesome titles, and I must admit 8 player co-op in R2 and 60 player online has my interest peaked. and with gears it sounds like they have addressed some of my personal complaints from the first.
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Lord Vader - 585 days ago
2.8 - Gonna have to disagree MediaStream...
Lol, you can layout all the stats you want. Resistence 1 collects dust at my house while Gears MP is played at least twice a week. I don't care if R2 has 40,000 ppl per match, it's just another FPS compared to Gears MP.

Now that said, I look forward to both games & I think this is an unfair comparison. Gears of War swept all the GOTY & other awards all the way down to freakin voice acting. I expect Gears of War 2 to be Epic. I expect R2 to be a great game too that I will enjoy as well.

Now if you wanna compare, I'm interested to see how MGS4 does against Gears, as I see those 2 as the strongest exclusive titles each console offers in 2008.

As for your comment "Gears of War 2 looks like a 4.5/10 game" = Lol, son, you are a serious fanboy to believe that ! = ROFL
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darkequitus - 585 days ago
2.9 - shut is nasim (media)
and go to the open zone
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idontcare - 584 days 23 hours ago
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eehm. you know that Gears of War has some of the best graphics ever, don't you?

holy fanboy
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Monchichi025 - 584 days 23 hours ago
2.12 - EVERYONE, EVERYONE!!!
Please stop listening to the dumb things MediaStream says cuz we all know he's talking out his arse. Even he knows Gears is on another level compared to Resistance.

That is why Gears won almost every single game of the year award and Resistance was not even NOMINATED for one! LOL No way to jusity that because that is a COLD HARD FACT!!!!
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Nytr8 - 584 days 22 hours ago
2.13 - How about
comparing positives with positives and negatives with negatives?

Your comment is blatantly one sided. Stinks of fanboyism.

Your loss, because upon release true gamers will be enjoying both while u will only get half the cake and be posting more negative dribble on this site.
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The Dark Side - 584 days 22 hours ago
2.14 - @ Lord Vader
MGS4 is on a whole different level. You better stick with Gears 2 vs RE2. Gears of War should not be in the same breath as Metal Gear Solid Franchise. There is no game for the rest of the year that will be on par with Metal Gear Solid 4, except for GTA4 which already came out.
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Monchichi025 - 584 days 22 hours ago
2.15 - MGS
Sorry to burst your bubble "The Dark Side" but I would truly have to disagree with you. MGS is a good game in it's own right, but don't overblow it cuz its not that great.

It's funny cuz even after so many years, Gears is already a bigger mass market game then MGS. Outside of us hardcore gamers, not many people know who Snake even is.
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christina aguilera - 585 days 1 hour ago
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why are things always compared like rihanna beyonce burger king mc.

me and britney..

this makes me sad and i will write a hit single about it .
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cmrbe - 584 days 15 hours ago
3.1 - I LOVE YOU
Christina and yes you are beautiful.
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PS3ROCKS - 585 days 1 hour ago
4 - Im geting Resistance 2 day one Gears of war from gamefly so I can buy it cheaper and Call of duty 5
day one if it is good
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Condoleezza Rice - 585 days 1 hour ago
5 - In terms of Multiplayer
I REALLY hope GeOW2s multiplayer is more than 4Vs4 this time around,6Vs6 would be fine considering the new characters being introduced.

I can't wait to try out R2s multiplayer,a few people who tried it are comparing it to COD4s multiplayer,which was awesome.
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OOG - 585 days 1 hour ago
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And heres another fanboy flamebait article....about 2 games that are totally different in story, artstyle and gameplay.....wait they are totally different games....

Ah well this site is goin to the crapper more and more everyday
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WIIIS1 - 585 days ago
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With so many games allegedly scratching the surface of the almighty PS3 even after such a long time, but somehow the games are still glitchy or require HDD install despite the vaunted power of the cell, you have to be scratching your head wondering if maybe the PS3 might just be hollow beneath the surface.
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Azures - 585 days 1 hour ago
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C'mon guys lets continue to compare two games with nothing in common.

hehe disagree cowards, come face me and my army of bubbles.
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Premonition - 585 days ago
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Heres the problem, they do have something in common, they are both shooters and they are both exclusives, so this is why people will say so and so about this game on his or her system and so and so about this game on his or her system, so regardless if they have different stories or characters, they are still sh ootersat the core and will be compared, now for the people that dont want to compare are the people that dont like when good games or games that sound better than whats on their system compared to their game.

MY POINT: This is why they compare these 2 games, They are both shooters and they are both BIG exclusives, so if you cant see that then I dont know how to get my "point" across.
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Azures - 585 days ago
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No I don't see your point, this is simply a flamebait article written to generate hits to a mediocre game website.

Putting commas doesn't mean you can ramble on forever in a sentence btw.
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Swiftfox - 585 days ago
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Compair? VS? I hate when people try to instigate the inevitable conflict of "Ps3 vs Xbox 360"

Why not do a constructive artical on Gears compaired to Gears 2 or Resistance to Resistance 2?

At least that would be insiteful, and not another "My console has a bigger d*ck than your console" argument.
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BigKev45 - 585 days ago
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No doubt. Gears 2 for the win. I'm convinced that this is a Sony fan boy
website now. I enjoy gaming itself. If you can afford it buy both a X360 & PS3. Shoot, I did.
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Daz - 585 days ago
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Resistance 2 vs. Gears of War 2

Winner = ME because im a gamer not a low life hater :P

Cant wait for these.
Happy gaming :)
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Spinitus - 585 days ago
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amen. im getting both 1st day.
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darkequitus - 585 days ago
11.2 - Me TOO!
and a bubble for you

PS360

PSN/Steam/Xfire/XBL: darkequitus
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WIIIS1 - 585 days ago
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All I can say as someone who has played both predecessors of these 2 games is that Gears has already proven itself.
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Anego Montoya FTMFW - 585 days ago
12.1 - RFOM
Definitly proved it`s self being a launch title and selling lots for how many systems were out at the time.

R2 stepped it up more than GeoW2 did (so far from what we know about them), and regardless of what anyone says, that`s the truth.
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fredy - 584 days 23 hours ago
12.2 - Anego Montoya that BS
xbox 360 had way more games in it's arsenal then when resistance came out and the ps3, we all know why that game sold.

It's mediocre, no matter how many players can play at once, which is nothing new looking at pc gaming.

and really didn't do that much on the scale of what gears did for its console.

well see come november
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anh_duong - 585 days ago
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journalists who write these articles should be sacked.. how can you compare two games that no one really knows a great deal about.. furthermore, because the games are exclusives, it will make no difference to the majority of gamers who only have one console.

so tedious
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Rayko - 585 days ago
14 - gosh
compare Gears of war 2 with Resistance 2 is just plain silly!! Ofcourse Gears of war 2 will be the "much" better game. Just compare Gears of war with Resistance, its like comparing Super mario against Barbie adventure.
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Azures - 585 days ago
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I wonder what most of the people on this site would do without these flamebait articles. Whither and die I imagine.
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Boink - 585 days ago
16 - dumb journalists
how can they make a decent comparison of 2 games still in development that are completely different games??

I mean on is a first person, one is 3rd person??

this article was written solely to anger fanboys.

waste of space...
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00 - 585 days ago
17 - How
can you compare games that are not even out.?

EDIT: the more important question is how can you disagree with a question.
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damnwrx - 585 days ago
18 - "Let's enjoy the games"
Buy what you want or both, if you must! As for me, for me to know for you to find out! Coz I certainly agree with the Daz-man
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aliveinboston - 585 days ago
19 - Polish and technical prowess vs Gore and shinyness
The so called "hardcore" gamer tends to prefer gore and shinyness. I'd expect them to prefer Gears of War 2.

If Resistance is going after the same market segment as Gears of War then it has a serious identity problem. What Resistance offers is not what "hardcore" gamers want. Not enough blood. Not enough over-contrasted shinola. The kind of people GeOW caters to want blood and guts, chainsaws, mutilation. They want maximum sensory overload. They want to feel, not think. They want a heavy metal video game.

Then again, Resistance may be targetting a different audience all together. If that's a case, that article was a waste of space for the same reason that car magazines dont do head-to-heads between luxury cars and sports cars ... they target a different audience and therefore cannot be judged on the same criteria.
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Zancruz - 585 days ago
20 - I'm getting both games....
Resistance 2 has more, I truly believe it's going to be the game of the year....
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juuken - 585 days ago
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Um...the games aren't even finished and they're doing this already? o.o
But personally, I think Resistance 2 is gonna rock more.
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Premonition - 585 days ago
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Its only going to get worse come June 13th when the world gets to see first footage of Resistance 2 single player mode, and I bet all the money in the world this site will have vs videos posted within hours.
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Truplaya - 585 days ago
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im not sure how 60 players in R2 makes it a good game, i think COD4 with 18 players in GroudWar is too many.

Both will be good games and im not sure why someone like MediaStream above feels the need to list god points for one game against another.

MediaStream has obviously never played Gears, nor has he even watched the footage of the new one so im not taking his opinion to heart.

take the blinkers off fanboy and go and play some games. To say Gears of War 2 looks like 4.5/10 game reeks of fanboyism
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jdoggystyyle - 585 days ago
23 - wow fanboys are pathetic
i own all systems ... a 360.. a ps3...a wii....i play my 360 about 30 hours a week..play my ps3 about 2 hours a month ..and havent touched my wii in months.. (that sounded odd)

http://i161.photobucket.com...

i have both resistance 1..and gears 1...
and i played resistance a total of maybe 10 hours...and have played gears since launch day...and still play it to this day...about 20 hours a week...one of my fav games of all time

when i come to this site it doesnt seem so much the xbox people actin like fools....it the idiots who shelled out 600 dollars on launch day and waited in line for days at a time to pick up a ps3....so have to wait 2 years to get a good game....

i have 38 xbox 360 games... and 3 ps3 games...had 4 but sold my unreal tourny on ebay..so i can get it on xbox here end of june cuz xbox live is 24353453445234543524 times better then psn

and 60 player online battle? am i the only one who finds that to be wayyy to much.. i mean even in team fortress 2 on pc when its 16 on 16..its a madhouse and just wayyyy to much..die spawn die spawn...cliffy b already said gears 2 is 5 on 5
and that is a perfect number...then in gears 3 they can ramp it up to 6 on 6

ill pick up both games..cuz ya...i did pay 600 bux for a ps3...and hopin here at some point...ill finally have a reason to sit and play a game more then 5 hours (heavenly sword)

60 player online fight does nothing to get me excited..nor does resistance....but as i said ill get it anyway hoping that its something to turn my ps3 on for...and gears 2..well.... has game of the year written all over it or a top 3 mention

gears
mgs4
gta 4

all could win it

but you lame fan boys wh own one system cuz thats all your mommy and daddy can afford or will buy you need to shhh..your points are so invalid and ludacris ...gears 2 ftw
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