Gears of War 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to the 4.7 million-selling blockbuster third-person tactical action game. 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 continues Gears of War 1, but bigger, giving a greater scope to action with new enhanced weapons, vehicles and characters. The enemies are tougher too and the fights thrilling. In short, Gears of War 2 is a refined version of Gear of War 1.
On the graphics side,: Gears of War 2 raises the level for the nextgen consoles through its breathtaking visual effects. This is made possible through the advances in Unreal 3 engine. The new visual effects include ambient occlusion, dynamic shadows, improved character lighting, the ability to render hundreds of on-screen characters simultaneously, improved water physics, additional blood and bullet decals, advanced destructible environments, new weather effects, and the introduction of fluid objects.
The story
Gears of War 2 continues the story of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad, locked in an increasingly desperate battle against the nightmarish Locust Horde for the survival of humanity.
Gears of War 2 is developed by Epic Games for Microsoft Game Studios
Gears of War 2 is a deep and immersive epic battle for survival is felt on both the personal and epic levels. You explore multiple story arcs that introduce new characters and flesh out the histories of familiar ones. A new in-game conversational camera system helps to bring the compelling story to life in a cinematic fashion.
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Best game of its.
Gears of War 2 is a fantastic game, great graphics and a must buy for online 3rd person shooters fans!I dont like it for 2 reasons.
*Online is probaly one of the best, but there is 2 much lag and if your host you have like a 99% chance of you being the top scorer in the game (10% chance of you being host)
*I honestly think that Gears of War 1 is a little better the GoW 2
Good game but the price...come on, Thats ...
Good game but the price...come on, Thats almost $70.00 big ones.The older the game the lower the price.Lets keep it realistic people.
This game in the daddy of action ...
This game in the daddy of action meat headed gaming and I love every bit of its meaty headed goodness (killzone 2 says hello also). The storyline in the game has plenty of holes in it so good luck on that part. The game play is Gears of war, great mechanics better enemies and the stages are awesome (not a fan of the worm stage but I understand) Great buy! Replay value is great because of the Horde mode, the multi player has all the glitchy goodness you expect from a Gears of war game so expect some unfair craziness when you play multiplayer VS.
First of all the graphics are once ...
First of all the graphics are once again above and beyond, especially if you compare it to other games like Dragon Age: Origins and The Way of the Samurai 3.
Some of the things I thought needed more effort was the storyline and weapon variety. There are more weapons, but mostly big, hulky ones that you can't really carry around like the sniper rifle and shotgun. I was looking forward to new weapons and was very dissapointed in that sense. The story was even worse than that first. Although its not something I focus on, I thought it was a sorry excuse for a plot. At least in the first one you knew what was going on and what you were fighting for and so on. In the sequel, you're just baffled by what's happening.
The gameplay is where this game shines, still a fun, aggressive shooter. I'm personally not a fan of most stealth-styled shooters like Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell or Rainbow Vegas. There's no fun in blowing someone's head off when you have to make sure no one is watching. So you will not be upset with the single player or co-op campaign, although there is no real boss at the end like General RAAM from the first - which I was kind of looking forward to.
I thought the multiplayer wasn't as good as the first also as far as ranking system and just all around wasn't as fun for some reason. As long as people are still playing Gears of War 1 online, I'll stick to that as well as Modern Warfare 2 & Halo 3.
In comparison, I thought Gears of War 1 to Gears of War 2 was similar to what most people thought about Modern Warfare to World At War, good sequel but the previous game was great.
While playing Dragon Age: Origins today, I ...
While playing Dragon Age: Origins today, I was overcome with revulsion as the game's terrible graphics, ghastly art direction, and tedious, clunky gameplay impressed themselves unmercifully upon my fevered brain. Enraged, I ejected the disc and flung it from an open window. So far the holiday 2009 lineup has been extremely underwhelming. It made me realise again just how good the Gears of war franchise is - everything about it - the graphics, the design, and the gameplay are pitch perfect. I spent the rest of the evening replaying the campaigns of both gears one and 2, and found myself completely immersed in its ruined world of shattered pavement and drifting smoke as well as totally engaged by the tactically involved gameplay. Its one of only a handful of games from this generation that I will want to remember.
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