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Re: Gears of War 2

11/17/08 12:15 pm | #151

Quote by CaptainMayhem88:

What in the bloody hell are you talking about, are we playing the same game? Where is this platforming you're talking about?

i think he's talking about the part you have to jump in and out of the giant sea creatures mouth and also the part with the crane and the stupid explosive co-op box!

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12/31/69 7:00 pm | #152

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Re: Gears of War 2

11/17/08 1:07 pm | #153

Quote by Xc Livewire cX:

i think he's talking about the part you have to jump in and out of the giant sea creatures mouth and also the part with the crane and the stupid explosive co-op box!

Lets not forget the part in the Worm's insides where you have to avoid the walls closing in :baffled:

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12/31/69 7:00 pm | #154

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Re: Gears of War 2

11/17/08 2:09 pm | #155

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Wouldn't exactly think that that one 2 minute part would ruin a game but ok....

I'm not saying that those few parts ruined the game; it was a culmination of things. The online play is what I expected. Getting used to the chainsaw made it a little more fun, but all in all I am not getting nearly as much enjoyment out of this as I did with the first Gears. I played the first Gears constantly for months and months, but I am already tired of Gears 2.

I am not sure how to put it into words, but I was just expecting a lot more out of the game. That is probably not fair of me, but that is what I expected. The campaign seems like a direct rehashing of Gears 1, but on a lesser scale and with stupid little platforming things thrown in so Epic can say "Hey, at least we have this in there, that wasn't like Gears 1." A few spoilers below, so readers beware:

For example, the tank thing. Seems to me the same as Gears 1. Instead of rolling threw a twisting and turning dilipidated city, you are rolling through a twisting and turning mountainside, but replacing the initially awe-inspiring Krill attacks are annoying Seeder missles. Skorge was a freaking joke; he was an excuse to use the new Chainsaw duels, much like what Epic had said in the L.E. DVD. After that, it turned into Panzer Dragoon Orta. I don't care for vehicle levels in games; they are there because developers think they have to be, but I do not enjoy them, and having my Gears of War turn into a flying space shooter did not really make me too happy.

The final boss was another freaking joke; I mean come on, how can you go from taking on big bad ass General Raam (who I always play as in multiplayer) to that? It was not all bad, but while I was playing the cons seemed to outway the pros in this case. I like how the graphics look, no complaints there. I know Epic is still using the Unreal Engine, so I was not expecting a brand new redesigned game, but I certainly did not expect an almost total rehashing.

The Hospital, the Prison. Going down in the depths to drop the Light Mass Bomb, going down in the depths to find the Locust Queen. The new enemies were nothing great; "Hey, everybody got scared when they heard the ominous 'Boom' sound, so how about we take that and...create five other enemies off of that one character model". The only real new enemy they introduced was the Kantus Priests.

Horde mode was a nice inclusion, 5v5 is great, I like Wingman and the party system works nicely, but there was no reason not to include at least 4 player coop on campaign. They tweaked the guns nicely so as to allow all weapons to be level, but IMO broke the chainsaw by making it too powerful compared to everything else. I like the Hammerburst; I like what they did with it and I would definitely use it in multiplayer, if I was not at a complete disadvantage against anybody with a chainsaw. It would have been nice to get into a Chainsaw duel with the Hammerburst: Having it try to block the chainsaw, and if you lose the duel the lancer goes through it or something, and if you win then you knock the chainsaw back and down them.

I am not saying it is an awful game and should be avoided; I am saying that to me, it was a bit disappointing. It seems like Epic got a bit of the Bungie disease: They set the bar with their first game, so they think that everything else they make, no matter what it is, if they stick that name on it then it is going to be great. Brand-recognition is a nice thing, but don't spit in the face of the fans that made your brand popular by doing something like that. The multiplayer is fun to get together with a group of friends, but at a little over a week after its release, after playing the first Gears almost exclusivley for months, Gears 2 has already left my CD tray.

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Re: Gears of War 2

11/17/08 2:42 pm | #156

I agree, the only thing I enjoyed was Horde, it's like a small campaign like mode which makes it really cool BUT the campaign felt like it was going nowhere and I expected the ending to be something really cool but I mean come on, I was on Hardcore.. it should have been semi-difficult to beat, I was expecting to atleast die???????? the game was just annoying

but I'm going to sell it within the next month so whatever! Big disappointment on my end.

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Re: Gears of War 2

11/18/08 4:44 pm | #157

We all must be seriously be playing a different game, I've beeen paying non stop since launch and haven't gotten even remotley bored yet. This is my top 360 game of all time as of right now, and if they come out with a patch to fix some of the bugs in the multi-player it may just be my all time favorite game!

Seriously 2.0 here I come!

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Re: Gears of War 2

11/18/08 4:46 pm | #158

the game is garbage, except for horde mode.

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Re: Gears of War 2

11/18/08 5:23 pm | #159

I guess I'm easy to please because I like this one way better then the firsts gears.

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Re: Gears of War 2

11/18/08 5:32 pm | #160

so do i lol

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Re: Gears of War 2

11/18/08 5:36 pm | #161

Its my second favorite game right now, behind Madden. Yeah, flame all you want, Madden is my favorite game in winter, MLB is favorite in summer >_>

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12/31/69 7:00 pm | #162

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Re: Gears of War 2

11/18/08 5:49 pm | #163

its a fun game

tho the easy way to get insane it like, retarted :\...yet quite humorous and fun ;yes:

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Re: Gears of War 2

11/18/08 5:52 pm | #164

I really don't see anything wrong with it, the campaign was amazing in scale compared to the first. The last boss was disapointingly easy, but it was a very solid experience that set up a Gears 3.

The multi-player is where its at though, and it is undeniably better than Gears 1 multi-player, with Horde mode, 5 on 5, new waepons, ranks, new maps, re done old maps, bots, less host advantage, match making, new modes (including the amazing submission"), stopping power, the list goes on and on.

I am loving every minute of this game.

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Re: Gears of War 2

12/10/08 7:06 pm | #165

There is going to be a "Major" Gears of War 2 announcement at this years VGAs. Hopefully a new patch! lol but seriously it will probably be new maps.

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