[quote name='DestroVega']I bought Resistance 2 so me and my friend could play through the game together online... not only did I find out you can't do that, but I HATE the online "deathmatch" modes.... I wish I had bought COD WOW for the PS3 even though I already have it for the 360... I would have had a better game to play online with my friend
I still have yet to get into the one player aspect of R2 and hope it justifies my purchase.[/QUOTE]IMO, R2 co-op mode > ANY campaign co-op. It works like a MMO, and you NEED at least 5-6 people in your game (one of each class) to play. When you do, it works very well and tons of fun. While there may be 6 maps, there's around 61 variations, and just about every time I play a map it feels different. It's just fun working together as a team with many people. You level up classes, buy new stuff with gray tech, etc. It's so addicting. Insomniac stated they did NOT put a campaign co-op because they wanted the story to focus around Nathan Hale. If they were to have a 2nd player, they would have to create a 2nd character and make him fit into the story also (since the game uses real-time cutscenes, not like the first with artwork storyboards). The current co-op setup is where the majority of the resources went too.
Let me just say, if you try ONLY playing R2 for the single player and nothing else, you probably will be a bit disappointed (while it's fun, it's short). If you try it for only competitive, you MIGHT like it, you MIGHT not like it (It is very different from the first one).
However, what really makes R2 shine is the online co-op, like I said. If you try playing online co-op with JUST two people, you will NOT survive and will probably end up hating it. It requires (like I said) multiple people and every class. Once you play that way, the co-op is brilliant. Since I kind of like MMO type games, I truly love R2 online (favorite online game of 2008, and possibly on PS3).
Getting back to CoD games, I'll give my overall opinion on it (while I haven't played WaW, I have heard a lot about it). CoD is a bit more realistic where fewer shots will kill you. It's more of a war type game too. Some will prefer CoD, some will prefer R2 (personally I prefer R2). It's online setup on PS3 is both good and bad. It works well when it's just you playing competitive because you can enter search for games automatically (and the match making is very good), gain experience, then keep playing with the group (or find a few game). But at the same time, CoD has had some MAJOR issues on PS3, which is why I kind of refuse to buy WaW:
-Playing with friends is a pain. First problem is that you can only invite people when they are logged on (not the biggest deal since R2 is that way). But someones name only appears on the list when they logged on. Many times, it does NOT list every buddy that's online. Even though you see a list of buddies online, it doesn't tell you if they are staging, in-game, etc. (nothing, only says their name). The only way to fix this is to go offline, then go back online.
-Party system is broken in a way. If you want to back your party out of a ranked match, the party does not re-connect with eachother at times. You pretty much have to back out of the game, send invites to everyone again to change your game type. Also, if the host leaves the party, the party gets disbanded.
-The game lacks host migration. If the host disconnects from the game, everyone gets kicked off. In R2, if the host disconnects, you will still play.
-The invite system on PS3 NEEDS to be changed. If you pause the game or on the menu, a pop-up will appear saying do you want to accept the invite. It's on the center of the screen and you can't do anything, but accept or decline. Sometimes, it will not let you decline, so you press the back out and you are at the main online menu again. Sometimes when you accept, the game already started and full, and you are back to the main menu again (lets say you were in a good game, chose to accept the invite, and that happens).
The smoothest way to play with friends is to create a private match (which is not ranked) because you can invite people while you are playing and such, but your stats will not go up (that was the best way to handle CAG nights for it).
CoD is still a good game no doubt, but its online issues is what keeps me from getting back into it (and I do prefer more sci-fi shooters).
Like someone said, R2 is more Halo, CoD is more realistic.
! Are you for real? I simply asked what are the main differences of the two games were in online competative play. I breezed through the SP campaign on the hardest difficulty available my first (and last) time through.
