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Six months after the successful detonation of the Light Mass Bomb in the heart of the Locust Horde tunnel complex, mankind's struggle with the aliens on the planet Sera continues. The surviving Locusts are on the move, having discovered a way to dig sinkholes under the previously impregnable Jacinto Plateau – humanity's last refuge.
In this third-person shooter, you play as Marcus Fenix, the leader of the Delta Squad that set off the bomb as he builds a new squad around the survivors from that mission. To save humanity, your team must return to the heart of the Locust nest.
Built on the Unreal Tournament 3 Engine, Gears of War 2 expands upon the original in both the game world and playability. Ambient Occlusion modeling adds more realistic lighting and shading to objects and characters. A new communal combat system allows players of different difficulty settings can play together with equal challenges. Multiple save files allow you to work with drop-in/drop out co-operative play. Team up with other players on Xbox Live for challenging missions and head-to-head combat. New weapons and adversaries have been added including a fearsome new creature that is even more lethal than the Brumak.
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Fail.
- Pros: Campaign was pretty good... Boss battles were fine until the last... Graphics are better contrary to popular opinion...
- Cons: Multiplayer. This game is broken beyond repair. The lag DOES exist. If you are playing public matches online, you WILL run into lag. The quitters... you WILL run into quitters. When a host quits, you get booted back to the main menu, and guess what? You get penalized for it. Thats right, you get points taken from your overall rank... for someone else quitting.
Host advantage.... Oh they fixed that right? Nope. The "fix" was that they made the host random. Its matchmaking now, similar to Halo, except that it is inferior... (and take it from a player that HATES Halo 2 and 3... the matchmaking in those games is SUPERIOR)
Matchmaking.... broken. I have at times had to sit for upwards of ten minutes, just to be matched. This is not from a lack of players. There was a "patch" that was supposed to rectify this problem... but its still there. Now for the unforgivable stuff. (see below)
- Other Thoughts: Chainsaw. I am not one to cry about cheapness in games, because that is a scrub thing to do... if its in the game its not too cheap right? Wrong.
The chainsaw CANNOT be lowered. If I charge at you with a rev'd saw... You can shoot and shoot, but I will die before that saw ever goes down. That is totally wrong. I am all for change... but in Gears 1 it was almost impossible to saw someone in MP because one shot interrupted a rev.
Now its the polar opposite? Me thinks fail.
False walls. Every wall in MP can be used as a weapon... If you are in cover, and someone melees the wall opposite, it hits you. That's right, you can hit through walls. Think that's bad enough? You can grenade tag though them too... and not just walls... pillars too. Was playing on the map Pavilion today and actually tagged someone in cover from opposite side of the pillar they were on near grenade spawn.
My final recommendation here is rent not buy... at least until the game gets a fix, Unless you only wa
Liked Gears 1? You'll Love Gears 2
- Pros: Yes, although it's rather soon to write a review for a game that hasn't been out for not even 24 hours, but I have to say I'm impressed. The graphics are slightly improved, but that's the least of the game play enhancements. Horde is a LOVELY addition, and they did fill in the gaps to the story. Online has never been better, a lot of the bullet lag that plagued the first game is no where to be found in this one. And Chainsaw Duels solve all that "host" garbage.
- Cons: Like I said if you liked Gears 1, you'll love Gears 2. But! If you hated and can't stand Gears 1, Gears 2 has very little to offer to make you like the game. ... Oh, and the story is still a bit stale, but it's still an improvement over the first one.
- Other Thoughts: Bottom Line-
Although the campaign is SLIGHTLY stale, the vast multi-player options and game types keep this game replay-able.
GET THIS GAME, especially if you love shooters... Actually even if you hate shooters, get this game!!!
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| ESRB Rating | M - Mature |
| Genre | Action |
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Get it!
- Pros: FANTASTIC game. Worth Every penny!
- Cons: What Cons?
- Other Thoughts: Uber game. A Must Own for ANY 360 Player
Terrible in every way
- Pros: -horde mode
-very solid and enjoyable campaign
NOTHING else
- Cons: -poor graphics compared to 1st
-slow moving and just slow feel overall gameplay
-too many weapons just hectic
-poor very poor online play
-patched way too many times
-way too many cheaters and glitches
-slow laggy horrible servers
-horrible online community
-game mechanics are basically a Halo 3 complete rip off which is what made gears 1 so great it wasn't halo i love halo but i want to play gears not halo with a new look
-wish i could give it a zero this game is the greatest disappointment of all time for me in the gaming world
-this game along with the xbox 360 fail rate has pushed me back to being a hardcore PC gamer
- Other Thoughts: AMD Phenom X4 9950 @ 3.2Ghz
Zalman CNPS 9700 LED
Arctic Silver 5
Gigabyte MA-GA790GP DS4H
4GB OCZ DDR2 1066
XFX 4870 1GB core @ 800Mhz mem @ 1100Mhz
750W Thermaltake Tough power
640GB Western Digital Caviar Blue
Antec three Hundred
Chemei CMV 221D
- Pros: Great Game, love the multiplayer, but hate those "RAAAAAAWR" moments online (no such problems with LAN)
- Cons: See Rawr moments
- Other Thoughts: Great game : D
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Gears of War 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to the 4.7 million-selling blockbuster third-person tactical action game, and one of the most popular Xbox 360 games in history. Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of Gears of War, and thrusts you back into a deep and harrowing story of humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde.
Gears of War 2 is developed by Epic Games exclusively for Xbox 360. Continue the story of Marcus Fenix, a reluctant war hero, as he leads Delta Squad on a series of perilous and adrenaline-pumping missions. Gears of War 2 blends a best-in-class third-person shooter with unsurpassed high-definition visuals, all layered on top of an engaging story of survival, loss, and retribution. |
Introduction
Six months after the successful detonation of the Light Mass Bomb in the heart of the Locust Horde tunnel complex, mankind's struggle with the aliens on the planet Sera continues. The surviving Locusts are on the move, having discovered a way to dig sinkholes under the previously impregnable Jacinto Plateau – humanity's last refuge.
In this third-person shooter, you play as Marcus Fenix, the leader of the Delta Squad that set off the bomb as he builds a new squad around the survivors from that mission. To save humanity, your team must return to the heart of the Locust nest.
Built on the Unreal Tournament 3 Engine, Gears of War 2 expands upon the original in both the game world and playability. Ambient Occlusion modeling adds more realistic lighting and shading to objects and characters. A new communal combat system allows players of different difficulty settings can play together with equal challenges. Multiple save files allow you to work with drop-in/drop out co-operative play. Team up with other players on Xbox Live for challenging missions and head-to-head combat. New weapons and adversaries have been added including a fearsome new creature that is even more lethal than the Brumak.
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Reviewed By: Wha tHappened Epic? on 12/17/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
