Local Campaign Co-Op Returns In Resistance 3
See Full ImageYou know, I had a lot of fun going through the Resistance: Fall of Man campaign with a friend. Too bad I couldn't do it with the sequel.
Resistance 2 featured an 8-player co-op mode that was sort of unique and plenty entertaining, but it didn't boast a real story and it wasn't a fantastic substitute for the regular campaign co-op. But thanks to this month's big Resistance 3 feature in Game Informer, we've learned that standard local campaign co-op will return in the new installment. A reader turned us onto this fact, and we've also found out that the aforementioned 8-player co-op is gonna disappear...and we can live with that. The campaign co-op will also feature two playable characters (Capelli or Harper), and both local and online co-op should be allowed. Although large-scope online multiplayer matches in shooters have become the norm this generation, nothing quite beats sitting down with a friend and going through a story-driven adventure. David Jaffe agrees with this assessment, by the way, as do many other veteran gamers and designers.
So if you know someone who will go through R3 with you, let 'em know. They'll have to wait a bit but at least the option will be there.
Tags: resistance, resistance 2, resistance 3, insomniac games
10/22/2010 9:02:05 PM Ben Dutka
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Lawless SXE
Friday, October 22, 2010 @ 9:28:36 PM
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Gimme a date and make me happy.
Peace.
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frostface
Friday, October 22, 2010 @ 9:37:53 PM
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laxpro2001
Friday, October 22, 2010 @ 9:39:01 PM
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SixSpeedKing
Friday, October 22, 2010 @ 9:40:07 PM
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Can't wait.
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SHADOW [Moderator]
Friday, October 22, 2010 @ 9:57:21 PM
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Shams
Friday, October 22, 2010 @ 10:37:21 PM
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SHADOW [Moderator]
Friday, October 22, 2010 @ 11:45:57 PM
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Scarecrow
Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 12:23:28 AM
As long as the campaign is really good it really doesn't matter. Uncharted 2 is a great example of that. Killzone 2 as well.
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Alienange
Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 6:18:32 PM
@ Scarecrow - How can one of your comments say "It better!" and the next one be "Multiplayer doesn't really matter?"
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CH1N00K
Friday, October 22, 2010 @ 10:13:08 PM
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The biggest part of this game that I'm wondering about is what are they going to do about Hale? Everyone wants him in the 3rd installment, but there's been no hints as to how that would happen. The only thing I can think of is the *****SPOILER ALERT****** ending. Where Hale said, "Isn't it beautiful?" and, "This is just the beginning." (or something like that, it's been a while since I played) It's the exact same words that Daedulus said....makes me think that we're going to see Hale in R3 in one form or another.
Regardless, though few games are D1P's for me and I'm not a huge FPS fan...Resistance 3 and Killzone 3 are at the top of my list of games to get. Thankfully they aren't releasing this fall, because there are already too many other games for me to spend my money on, I don't need these 2 draining my bank account as well....
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frostface
Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 10:52:58 AM
R1 is by far the superior of the two games. I was just playing last week with Viper both online games (R1 and R2).
We couldn't get a match other then co-op in R2 as there was no-one still playing the online.
We tried a couple of days later playing R1 and not only were we able to find matches but they were all full to capacity.
Even when Viper created his own game, it wasn't long before there were people logging in to join.
I think it's a universal acknowledgement that R1 is far superior. I hadn't played it in so long so when I seen how good the game looked last week, even comparing it to R2 which also still looks good, it was just great to be back playing in that alternate world war setting again.
I just got to say though, although R1 is much better then R2, I don't think it'd be fair to call R2 a bad game. It's just not a great game when compared to it's predecessor.
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sirbob6
Friday, October 22, 2010 @ 10:27:39 PM
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Beamboom
Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 5:21:02 PM
How to avoid replaying the campaign with a friend is playing the campaign with a friend the first time you play it, of course...!
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IrreducibleSUN
Friday, October 22, 2010 @ 10:40:06 PM
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dlte
Friday, October 22, 2010 @ 11:14:07 PM
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BTNwarrior
Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 12:16:59 AM
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Condemnedsoul23
Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 1:03:12 AM
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nilos95
Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 1:08:34 AM
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___________
Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 2:08:54 AM
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miss the good old days where almost every single game had co-op.
almost every 360 exclusive has it, every wii exclusive ive played has it so god knows why only a select few ps3 exclusives have it!
this gen has really gone backwards, yea games look and sound better than they ever have but at what cost?
there no where near as fun as they use to be!
PoP, R&C, GOW, MGS, splinter cell, RE, DMC, GTA, GH, NG, NFS, burnout, spyro, crash, COD, MoH, looney tunes, FC, battlefield, RF, TC, halo, FF, KH, NRL, hitman, SH, alone in the dark.
all these series were better in either the ps1 or ps2 days, most of those games have been with us since the ps1 era but every ps1 iteration kicks the royal crap out of every ps3 iteration!
GOW for example, the first came out and was so amazing, had such fluid flow from puzzles to combat, to platforming, had a real charm and was so brutal.
than its sequel came out, more of the same and had lots of epic boss battles.
than GOW3 came out and threw everything out the window!
1 and 2 were about pacing, it was not go in and rip everything apart, it was about exploration, scale and breaking up the journey.
GOW3 had none of that, your constantly in the same area so you constantly feel like your repeating the same level.
i wish games would go back to the ways of the good old days.
go back to making games focused on gameplay, not graphics.
that is what makes games like saints row, fallout and just cause so much fun!
yes they are buggy, yes they have poor graphics, yes there not very realistic BUT WHO CARES!!!!!!!!
i dont play games to get a life simulation, i play games to have fun and escape reality!
resistance was allot like that, id did not fuss over how big the enemies were, or how many enemies they had on screen, or how good it looked they worried about how fun it was.
i finished the campaign 6 times on my own, and in the tens of times when friends came over because it was the only thing with co-op.
did i ever get bored?
NOPE!
i finished resistance 2 twice, once on hard and once on superhuman and i was bored of it.
twice and i was bored, appose to the 16+ i finished the original and never got bored.
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Ultimadream
Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 5:34:22 AM
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Ultimadream
Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 10:20:40 AM
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SebastainTate
Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 11:46:26 AM
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I personally didn't like the first Resistance nearly as much as RE2. Don't get me wrong as I am sure that sediment goes both ways, but you cant just scrap the legions of coop fans who continue to keep this game alive.
WOW, just unbelievable amount of disrespect here. The least they can do is give us purchase options for coop or something. Not to exaggerate, but I am one of RE2 biggest fans, and I am not kidding. I have the comics, the figures, the limited edition everything, the shirts, all things RE2, and its the coop that created this devotion.
Yes I love the campaign, and love the story, but the campaign isn't what keeps a person playing for hours on end. And multi-player...man I am so sick of stupid chaotic multi-player games where you get killed over and over with nothing but messy game-play and just overall crap. But hey, my best friend loves it. Guess what best friend, it appears they are taking that away too!
Oh, and that horrible weapon wheel, the reason I did NOT like the first Resistance. geeze, what is wrong with these people? I loved the ease of switching back and forth with one button. Made the gameplay more fluent and seamless...oh well, lets mess that up too!
They need to reconsider this very seriously! I better stop now before I get too upset!
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gumbi
Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 11:58:51 AM
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If co-op campaign comes back for R3 then you can count me in!
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Reckoner
Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 2:42:24 PM
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Steel
Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 2:49:56 PM
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Alienange
Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 6:24:08 PM
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And please don't make the carbine weaksauce this time.
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Scarecrow
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Friday, October 22, 2010 @ 9:25:31 PM
The original implemented this so well, really fun.