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Insomniac Games, developers of Ratchet & Clank and Resistance, takes another look back at a game that never was. In this case, it’s the original vision for Resistance: Fall of Man, formerly a time-traveling World War I shooter.
Sony and Insomniac Games are giving it away tomorrow, with snazzy Resistance 2 themes and map packs ripe for the taking. Slow down, PlayStation Store looters. Everyone will get theirs — just relax.
Insomniac Games delivers the second Resistance just two years after the PlayStation 3 launched with the original, armed with a full clip of marketable bullet points. Online multiplayer with up to sixty people, an extensive eight-player cooperative campaign, bigger polygon counts, more massive enemies and a world-spanning adventure all add up to the epic, but succinctly named Resistance 2. Set just a few years after the events of Resistance: Fall of Man, the sequel continues right where the first left off, dropping what didn’t work and largely improving upon what did.
Eurogamer.tv got their hands on, uploaded, then pulled some previously unseen footage of Insomniac Games’ Resistance 2. Like all things leaked, it’s made the rounds, with a YouTube version of the PlayStation 3 game’s trailer still available for curiosity seekers. The trailer, which opts for spooky narration in lieu of gameplay, may hint at the sequel’s plot.
Spooky Demonic Narrator Guy issues the ominous warning — to, we’re assuming, either Resistance: Fall of Man protagonist Nathan Hale or Resistance 2 players — “You think you can resist, but you haven’t seen what we’re truly capable of”. Explosions, flesh eating and gargantuan space ships follow — the kind of stuff you demand from your first person shooters.
Unfortunately, the whole thing’s a low-fi affair. Here’s to hoping we see it in more glorious resolutions at E3.
Resistance 2 – 2nd Trailer. [YouTube]
Got at least 2500 bones to drop on the centerpiece of a lifetime? If Resistance: Fall of Man is your thing, you’ll definitely want this authentic Chimera skull prop—used in the filming of the Resistance TV spot—to help complete your collection of things that will scare the bejeezus out of visitors and house guests. It’s super pricey, with the auction house expecting it to sell in the $US 3000 range, and will most likely be snapped up by Ted Price from Insomniac Games anyway, but it’s still fun to imagine this resting menacingly by your PlayStation 3.
Chimera Skull from Playstation 3 game TV ad [eBay - thanks, Benj!]
We sure liked Resistance. It’s a good game! So good that some people wish that they could take it will them on the bus and train and shoot-up aliens. That’s be super! But is it going to happen? Insomniac Games bossman Ted Price says: Sure. I think that’s possible… I think Killzone demonstrated that it doesn’t have to be a first-person shooter. I think Killzone: Liberation was a fantastic game, but a very different game from the original. Anything is possible.
You heard that? Non FPS Resistance on PSP, cats living with dogs, mass hysteria — anything is possible! Ted Price Part 2 [MTV]
Blink and you’ll miss it! The rest of this recruitment vid more than makes up for it with pinball, giant chess pieces and, yes, even cowbell.
Thanks, Mike!
How do you know when you’ve made it? When the Germans, famous for their rapier wit and brooding lifestyle photography send you up in a magazine ad for Sega’s Wii shooter Ghost Squad. Obviously, Ghost Squad doesn’t take itself too seriously, but who knew the boys and girls in the marketing department were so quick with the PlayStation 3 puns? They don’t stop there, apparently, as it seems no game franchise is spared the hilarious Sega of Germany treatment. You guys! I’ve going to start wagging my finger in mock disapproval if you don’t stop!
Please, no Wii Date Rape jokes in the comments. It’s beneath you.
Ghost Squad: neue Printanzeige [WiiGamer via UK:R]
So we all totally know that Insomniac is developing Resistance 2, but we don’t actually know that Insomniac is developing Resistance 2. A sequel to one of the PS3s most praised titles seems like a sure bet, especially after rumor monger Surfer Girl gave us specific tidbits about the game…which while we in no way can trust to be true, certainly inflate our expectations.
On December 18, 2007, Sony filed a trademark for “Resistance 2″ in relation to a video game. And while it’s not uncommon for companies to go on the trademark defensive, ensuring that another company won’t steal the title, we already totally knew that Insomniac is developing Resistance 2. You know, even though we don’t at all.
Resistance 2 [trademork]
