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Resistance 2 patch 1.40 goes live today: details, hint at new PS3 firmware feature

Posted Jan 26, 2009 at 3:02AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3 Tags: EULA, Insomniac Games, Splash Damage
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Resistance 2 Patch 1.40 Details - Image 1 


Shrug off the weekend snooze, gamers, Insomniac Games will be releasing Patch 1.40 for Resistance 2 today! We're getting new trophy rules, added clan support, and a more balanced matchmaking system. And what's this? A hint at a new PS3 firmware feature?

According to Bryan Intihar of Insomniac, they want to be able to release a feature that will allow the second player to save his progress. Unfortunately, this requires a firmware feature that wasn't available on Resistance 2's release. We won't have to wait much longer though. According to Intihar:

We now have that firmware and are currently working to implement the feature. As soon as itÂ’s ready, weÂ’ll get it out to you.


Wonder if this new firmware update will allow the same function in other games that need it as well. While we're looking forward to that, here are the details for Patch 1.40:

Multiplayer Progression


Some people have seen their competitive and/or cooperative characters reset to level 1. For several of those cases, this patch will not only bring back all the XP, stats, and attributes that youÂ’ve lost, but it will also add to your character profile the XP/stats/attributes that youÂ’ve earned since those levels were reset. For example, say you were a level 20 medic and after being reset to level 1, and you earned 5,000 XP. Thanks to the patch, youÂ’ll return a level 20 medic and that 5,000 XP will be added to your profile.


This patch will also correct some medal and trophy issues, including the “Killing Machine” trophy (if you’ve already accumulated 10,000 kills but haven’t received this trophy, it’ll pop up as soon as you download the patch).


Trophy/Medal/Ribbons

  • “Salute Me” trophy is not awarded until player reaches level 31 (Lieutenant)
  • “Berserker” trophy can be collected during non-ranked games
  • “Survivor” medal can be collected in cooperative games
  • “Sure Shot” ribbon is awarded if player has accuracy of exactly 50%

Clans

  • Added clan support for viewing members, sending invites, and setting up clan tags
  • Default clan region is now USA

Match Balancing

  • Unbalanced ranked games are cancelled in staging before the game is started
  • Parties are prevented from matchmaking into free-for-all Deathmatch games

Competitive

  • Loadouts can be disabled in the “Create Game” screen in competitive games
  • Balanced the chance of dropping large ammo pickups in competitive games
  • Core Control scoreboard displays “Kills”
  • Improved scoreboard formatting

Cooperative

  • Balanced the amount of XP gained by the Medic class in cooperative games
  • Stalker movement enabled in cooperative games
  • Small ammo pickups donÂ’t give LAARK ammo in cooperative games

Weapons/Gameplay

  • Splash damage on Pulse Cannon can damage the player firing it
  • Rossmore reticule better reflects its accuracy
  • Fire is easier to shake off
  • Players cannot swap weapons in the middle of a melee attack

Miscellaneous

  • Localized text updates
  • Network message optimizations
  • EULA displays the correct language text for Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish and Danish
Big thanks to Biig Biscuit for the tip!



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# Thankyou.runningxbackward 2009-01-26 04:13
Thanks insomniac, its about time we see some updating done to this great game you have made.

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# Now THATNavani 2009-01-26 04:27
is an update. Working to balance gameplay, fixing whatever the issue was that reset players to level 1 (I don't know anything about this game unfortunately) and then giving them the experience they earned since then!

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# That's what I was going to sayTwenty-Se7en 2009-01-26 04:46
Like, holy *****. What a team of developers.

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# yeahroca 2009-01-26 05:11
it makes gears 2's patch look like crap

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# 2nd player savepitichat 2009-01-26 05:50
Saving for the second player is a feature seen before on LittleBigPlanet without the wait of the last system update...



When you play with other players on the same system, each player progress is saved on each PS3 Account.

Only Trophies are won for the main player. oO

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# Another Awesome GameGUNBEHINDTHESUN 2009-01-26 08:08
But sadly, not enough time for me to play all these great games. I have a lot of games but only have passed maybe 1/4 of them. I want to experience all of them, but with more and more hits coming, I don't know how I can pull it off.

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# ...TouchDaSkeleton 2009-01-26 08:25
where is in-game did everyone forget? where is this feature ,everything is trophies trophies trophies start adding the in-game music

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# whatmilo128 2009-01-26 08:26
why does the first paragraph say new trophies is that an error or did you guys forget it?

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# thatGuest 2009-01-26 08:40
was an error on my part. haven't had my coffee yet when i wrote it. correction should be up in a bit.

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