IGN:Resistance 2 could easily be one of the largest games of the year

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Skeeuk said:

yes, it could possibly be one of the best games this year, its extremly difficult to say only 1 game was best for the year because of differing genres, but R2 is certainly looking like one of them. insomniac are correct in that R2 is like 3 games in 1

fully fledged single player

fully fledged multiplayer

fully fledged 8 player co-op

 

Fair enough. I was just wondering why Leo-J was hesitant to infer that R2 is one of the best games of the year. The word "biggest" disguised a bigger meaning.

It could simply be that he refused to use any descriptive terms that weren't said at IGN.

However, I had a feeling that he was particularly hesitant to compare the game to MGS4 and GTAIV, which might be over-hyping the game, considering exactly what we know about it.

It doesn't take much for a game to be "one of the best games of the year," and it only takes money for a game to be the "biggest."

However, if you're going to compare a game to MGS4 before it's released, especially if that game has a rather questionable, but good, first entry, you better be sure that statement doesn't come back to haunt you.

Leo-J, like most smart posters, knows the danger of overhyping a game, and how if that games only manages to be somewhat great, overhyping can marginalize it completely. Calling it the "biggest" prevents him from defining what IGN meant, but it implies "best," which is the best of both worlds. Leo-J, and I, very much hope that R2 is one of the best games this gen. However, we both realize that there is a very significant chance that it might not be, thus, watching our verbage around our predictions is necessary.