(just to note yes I know I started the exact same topic, but for some reason it got locked, anyone know why it would be great to hear)

Hey guys,

I never played enough of 2 to remember it and from what I hear it was shithouse, anyway how important do you think it is to have played through 1 and 2 for a good experience of 3? or do you think I will love just jumping into 3 anyway? Because 3 looks fucking awesome!

Resistance 2 isn't really a shithouse from what I experienced. I only played the single player campaign and (other than the ending) the game was really fun and challenging!
 
I skipped Resistance 1 (though I did buy it) before Resistance 2) and I felt I was fine throughout the series so far, so you should be fine playing Resistance 3 without 1 and 2 IMO. They do a pretty good job recapping the important events at the beginning of Resistance 3, so story wise, you'll be in the loop. If you're still worried about it, I'd suggest looking at a wiki with plot summaries for Resistance 1 and 2.

Wiki plot points for the first two games. The second may not have been a shithouse when first released but, believe me, it has not aged well despite only having come out in 2008. It`s ugly by today`s standards and badly designed in a lot of ways. The boss fights are tedious and glitchy and the level design is beyond linear and just bland. Avoid playing through the game at all costs.

It's unimportant, it's so unimportant that it seems that the game is avoiding all connection with the 2nd one

Shithouse might be a rough term, but it certainly wasn't for me. I would go as far as to say it objectively wasn't a good game (or at least had some serious issues), but combined with my personal tastes I never finished it. Story's pretty neat though.

it's not unimportant. But they sum up everything you need to know in the beginning of this game so there isn't a necessity to play it.  
 
I really still don't get where the hate comes from for R2. I don't recall people hating it when it came out. It got good reviews. It had a ton of people playing the multiplayer ( i know the hate is mostly for the SP). I can't rack my brain and remember anything that I disliked greatly about it. The only thing that comes to mind is that the graphics probably could of been better for the time but it seems they were sacrificed for bigger enemies and bigger multiplayer. 
 
And I really liked the ending a lot. But if you play R3 it spoils that ending within 2 minutes of the game so....

The into cinematic for Resistance 3 will fill in you in on whatever it is you need to know story-wise. FPS games are never heavy on story and Resistance's plot can be summed up rather quickly by the intro cinematic. Resistance 2 was a good game, Resistance 3 is a great game. The campaign is right up there as best FPS campaign I've played.
 
EDIT: I just noticed handlas above, said everything I just did already. So yeah, further reinforced! Lol.

it's not unimportant. But they sum up everything you need to know in the beginning of this game so there isn't a necessity to play it.   I really still don't get where the hate comes from for R2. I don't recall people hating it when it came out. It got good reviews. It had a ton of people playing the multiplayer ( i know the hate is mostly for the SP). I can't rack my brain and remember anything that I disliked greatly about it. The only thing that comes to mind is that the graphics probably could of been better for the time but it seems they were sacrificed for bigger enemies and bigger multiplayer.  And I really liked the ending a lot. But if you play R3 it spoils that ending within 2 minutes of the game so....

I've played all three and I only vaguely remember what happened in the first two. You play an entirely different character in the third and it gives you all the back story you really need. If you have the first two or buy the pack that recently came out with both in it, they're worth playing - but you can definitely just jump right in, if you like.

It's pretty important

It's unimportant, it's so unimportant that it seems that the game is avoiding all connection with the 2nd one

Really enjoyed the first one, as dirivative and brown as it was. But the second one..didn't even really get started beyond an hour...money out. I now have resistance3, and do not care.

This is what happens in resistance 2. 

It was fun when I played it the first time, and I always thought the settings were interesting, but it really didn't age very well.