New games this week: Gears of Resistance 2 edition

by Justin McElroy on Nov 3rd 2008 9:00AM

Last week, our hearts were being pulled in two completely different directions and we just couldn't pick a game to feature. This week ... well, we're just not going to get in the middle of it. If you own a 360, you think Gears of War 2 is the most exciting. If you own a PS3, you think it's Resistance 2. If you own both ... well then, you think it's going to be tough paying rent this month.

There's also Quantum of Solace, Legendary, EndWar ... the list goes on. Which will you be picking up?

Xbox 360:

Gears of War 2
Tom Clancy's End War
Secret Service: Ultimate Sacrifice
James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Namco Museum Virtual Arcade
Legendary
History Channel Civil War: Secret Mission

PS3:

Resistance 2
Valkyria Chronicles
Tom Clancy's End War
History Channel Civil War: Secret Mission
Naruto Ultimate Ninja: Storm
James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Legendary

Nintendo Wii:

James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace
Pop Star Guitar
Movie Games
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Rubik's World
Monster Lab
Bratz Kidz: Slumber Party
Petz Sports
North American Hunting Adventure
Game Party/Cruis'n

PS2:

History Channel Civil War: Secret Mission
Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World
Monster Lab
Pop Star Guitar
Secret Service: Ultimate Sacrifice
Onimusha Essentials
James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Think Fast with 4 Controllers
NHL 09

PSP:

Tom Clancy's End War

Nintendo DS:

Tom Clancy's End War
Exit
Pony Friends: Mini Breeds Edition
Princess on Ice
Winx Club: Mission Enchatix
Imagine: Wedding Designer
Goosebumps Horrorland
futureU: The Prep Game for SAT
Hello Kitty Daily
My Baby Girl
Theresia
My Baby Boy
Monster Lab
Real Soccer 2009
Petz: Dogz Pack
Dragonball: Origins
Imagine: Interior Designer
James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Zoo Vet: Endangered Animals
Guitar Rock Tour
Dora the Explorer: Dora Save the Snow Princess
Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ

PC Games:

CSI: New York
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Guitar Hero III/Aerosmith Bundle
Realms of Arcadia Trilogy
Petz Sports
Space Trader
Operation Mania
James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace

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Tags: DS, joystiqfeatures, newgames, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (147)

dammit i'm broke

pfft... I dont even own a 360 or a ps3, im worse off lol

If you're a Wii owner you'll be up for North American Hunting Adventure, which could theoretically have a Deathmatch component if Dick Cheney is a playable character.

This is "I wish I could afford both consoles" week.

Funny, I own all the consoles, and there's nothing that interests me this week.

I played both Gears 1 and Resistance 1 and found them pretty boring. I only finished them because I had a friend playing split screen co-op with me.

I kind of agree with you Waves. I can wait 6 months to play these games when I can buy a used copy.

@Mike,

lol, looks like you're the only one, judging by how gray my comment is. Luckily I have Fable and Fallout to play right now, and LBP is probably my next purchase. Then I have to stop buying games until xmas so I can save some money for gifts and save some games for people to buy me.

@waves

I totally agree with you. I also played both Resistance 1 and Gears 1 (I own both systems) and I found both of em to be... alright. Definitely nothing spectacular.

I'll eventually rent both of them from Gamefly simply to continue each's story (both had fairly good stories) but I'm really in no rush to play them.

With LittleBIGPlanet, Fable 2, and Tales of Vesperia still keeping me busy and with Left 4 Dead and BanjoKazooie coming out within the next fews weeks I am definitely fine with holding off.

+'s for both of you. :)

I enjoyed the PC port of Gears 1, but found Resistance 1 to be pretty dull. The weapon design is interesting, but I must be 'not playing it right' or something.

Still, R2 doesn't look so bad - less grey, more co-op and colours ;D

I played all of Gears 1 with my then room-mate co-op, start to finish. Never did 1P mode at all.

We've both moved across the country to different locations so I'm really looking forward to the co-op campaign over live in GoW2.

I'll second Markez' take. Playing both game's campaign in co-op made each vastly more fun for me.

Agreed. I think that co-op was the one thing was impressive about both of those games. Together they set the standard for co-op on next-gen (maybe Gears a little more so). I'm hoping for Left4Dead to take that torch and run with it.

Are most gamers employed by Burger King? It's $130 bucks for the combo.... soo expensive....

It's not about working at burger king. It's about having lives. You see, we don't all live in your mommy's basement.

Some of us have wives, kids, 2 car payement, Morgage, etc. So buying a GAME a week gets expensive on the budget.

I'll be getting Gears of Wars 2 myself even if I'm not done with Deadspace (almost though, I am at chapter 11) Fable II and Fallout 3 (still didn't even put that one in my 360 so far).

yea what ^^^HE said........

although I dont have but one car payment......2 kids, rent, insurance, cable/internet/phone, cellphone, food, lights......at least gas is down to $2/gallon........

some people dont have it THAT easy.....I've been sticking money to side for months in order to get a 360........so yea......glad I got gamefly.....Gonna Rent Both Gears 2 & Resistance 2 and then buy them when the price drops.....

Fuck, in the UK we pay about $7.57 a gallon.

Hey Lorem, not all of us can steal from our mom's wallet like you, ya know? ;)

@Phizzy

Damn......the British pound is just too damn strong.......lol

Even though us Americans complain about the higher cost of gas than years back, Europeans for instance have been accustomed to very high fuel prices for a long time. But yet, they also use much more public transportation, have much better infrastructures than parts of the U.S which we need to learn from, especially Houston. :(

Fuck, us Canadians even spend way more on gas then you guys do in the States. :P

some of us are also poor college students working 1-2 days a week whos bodies are held together via caffiene, sugar, ramen noodles, and multi-vitamins.

Imma try and get Gears 2 and Fallout 3 for Xmas

Hahaha please stop with the Mom jokes. Maybe you douches should get a real job so you can afford to have a kid, car, and house. Don't blame me for you poor decision in investments.

I still haven't finished Dead Space, Fable 2 or Fallout 3.

And I still want Little Big Planet and Valkyria Chronicles...

Sigh...

The DS is the new NES, with its plethora of shitty games.

fuckshit, that was meant for above.

*looks at Wii list*

lolz.

Fuck Nintendo

You guys just wait, Pop Star Guitar Will be fucking mind blowing.

It's a sad state of affairs when the PS2 list looks better than the Wii list. But holy crap the PS3 and 360 list's are a boon to gamers everywhere. I've bought 3 games in less than a month and have around 5 more that interest me greatly.

stfu comet u noob! Bratz Kidz is the shit!

Yes, yes, because said list is cleary Nintendo's fault

yes it is?

Cannot wait for Gears 2, nothing says you appreciate your friends than a chainsaw to the nuts!

oh I'll totally be picking up "Game Party/Cruis'n" (wtf kind of name...)

No but really, I never jumped on the Resistance bandwagon, I've always been looking forward to the next Killzone, but then I saw a commercial for R2. R1 looked kinda bland, should I give it a go? Am I wrong here??

R1 didn't shatter any FPS rules, but it was a solid and well done action title. I enjoyed it a lot. I will be grabbing R2 for sure, just because its nice to get some games that have high production values and a solid core engine, so the disappointment is less likely.

Is it just me, or does every week have at least (1) Wii title with a S replaced with a Z in the name?

Nice user name, btw.

Totally unrelated, of course.

DS usually has 2

Yeah, the rulez of writing sure have changed eh Scissorz?

Unfortunately, the name I wanted was taken and had to replace the letter. Unlike the Wii titles, I doubt that "Brats Kids: Slumber Party", "Pets Sports", "Pets Horses Club", and "Brats: Girls Really Rock" were already taken and they had to resort to a Z. I forgot that making a comment (neither negative or positive) about the Wii would result in fanboy attack.

Well for one "Bratz" is the name of the franchise the game is based on. That's hardly Nintentdo's doing.

Of course its Nintendo's fault

They should bring back the seal of quality

I'm selling my wii

/idiot mode

LOL, man, I hate the Wii, don't blame it on that.

Even you have to admit the hypocrisy of complaining about people using 'z' to replace 's' in their titles, while posting under a username that does the exact same thing. I almost thought it was intentional at first...

I complained or said something derogatory about Nintendo? More like I just had a question regarding title names. Way to blow things out of proportion Wii fanboys.

"...well then, you think it's going to be tough paying rent this month."

yep. i'm one of those unfortunate chaps. got both reserved, and it has put a severe crunch on my wallet.

Resistance isn't in the same league as Gears, come on now.

IGN gave them both the same score (9.5).

Personally, I'll be buying Resistance 2, and playing my housemate's copy of Gears 2. Moar fun for me, I guess.

OK. They're both identically good games. The PS3 gets Resistance, 360 gets Gears. If you were only going to get one and have both consoles- just make an arbitrary decision. They're both shooters and they both got a 9.5 from IGN.

i am a Resistance fan and i agree with FAT MAN.

Gears clearly has better graphics, and (imo) a stronger art style.

Valkyria Chronicles is coming out? Cool, finally a reason to consider getting a PS3. If it reviews well.

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