Resistance 2 V's Gears of War 2

[MikeB]

MikeB said:

starcraft said:

MikeB said:

starcraft said:

MikeB said:
I bought into the original Gears hype and I won't be buying Gears 2, I think there are more gamers who think Gears of War was too overhyped by Microsoft, Epic and the US media and will be more sceptical with regard to follow-up hype for the sequel.

I think Resistance 2 will prove to be an eye-opener showcase title for the PS3's technical capabilities.

Your right, it's 2008's Lair. Wait what?

Lair has its impressive moments, but Factor 5 is no Insomniac.

Didn't catch anyone saying that before the reviews came in. I did however, regularly hear the words "technical showpiec" and "eye-opener."

Lair lacked the polish a game like this deserves, in parts amazing in other parts annoying because they show lack of polish compared to what could have been achieved when compared to the amazing parts and reviewers disliked the tilt controls. I think the scale of the project was simply too big for Factor 5 to handle, they showed potential but that's not enough.

Really I think people should actually play the game or watch some in-game footage:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uc__oKIJdMA

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GzoX7ZQ0cFs

Note these are just ultra low quality youtube videos, Lair's native rendering resolution is higher than any 360 game of this sort (although there's nothing really that similar available on the 360 at all).

Honestly the US reviews were not very objective while reviewing this game, not the classic it could have become but certainly not the disaster reviewers claimed it to be. Technically Lair is very impressive for an early PS3 game, it should not be used as proof the PS3 is incapable of producing amazing games. I hope 360 fanboys quit bringing up Lair as a huge technical dissapointment, the main dissapointments with this game lie elsewhere.