Gears of War 2
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- Gears of War 2
- Release Date: Nov. 7, 2008
- Price: $60.00
- Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
- Developer: Epic
- Platform(s): Xbox 360
- Genre: Action
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Blood and Gore
Intense Violence
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Gears of War 2 for the Xbox 360 is a tactical third-person shooter video game in development by Epic Games and to be published by Microsoft Game Studios exclusively for the Xbox 360. It's the sequel to the critically acclaimed best-seller Gears of War. The game will use a heavily upgraded version of the Unreal Engine 3. In GOW2, the Locust have found a way to make giant emergence holes to destroy entire cities at one time. Marcus Fenix and the rest of the COG Delta Squad are now drilling underground to "take the fight to the Locust." The game will also be available in a Limited edition for $69 that includes a hardcover book, bonus DVD, and more.
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| Pros | Cons |
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| Intense action [43] | Terrible multiplayer [14] |
| Amazing visuals [41] | Poor storytelling [10] |
| Addictive gameplay [40] | Doesn't live up to expectations [10] |
| Just plain fun [36] | Repetitive gameplay [8] |
| Tight controls [32] | Not enough content [8] |
| Fantastic multiplayer [24] | Braindead computer AI [5] |
| Awesome audio [21] | Annoying audio [2] |
| Engaging story [20] | It's boooring [1] |
| Epic boss fights [14] | Unresponsive controls [1] |
| Innovative concepts [14] | |
| Loads of content [13] | |
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Most Popular User Reviews
Gears of War 2 - Xbox 360
- Posted: Sep, 22, 2009
- Score: 5/5.0
- Read comments: 0
| Pros | Cons |
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| Addictive gameplay | Braindead computer AI |
| Tight controls | |
| Innovative concepts | |
| Fantastic multiplayer | |
| Just plain fun | |
| Epic boss fights | |
| Loads of content | |
| Engaging story | |
| Awesome audio | |
| Amazing visuals | |
| Intense action |
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Gears of War 2 - Xbox 360
- Posted: Aug, 10, 2009
- Score: 5/5.0
- Read comments: 0
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| Addictive gameplay | |
| Fantastic multiplayer | |
| Just plain fun | |
| Awesome audio | |
| Amazing visuals | |
| Intense action | |
| Tight controls | |
| Engaging story |
Gears of War 2
Well lets keep thiis short and fun......Best X-box 360 anyone can ever get....Who ever dont got thiis game iis so ass....But yea(LOL) Only bad thiing about thiis game iis the unveliiable laggiing thiis game got....Liike OMG.... ii almost broke my 360 cause of the laggiing but really get part 1 and part 2 of thiis game cause you can understand thiis alriight.....Just countiing the months cause part 3 can come out....
Gears of War 2 - Xbox 360
- Posted: Aug, 10, 2009
- Score: 5/5.0
- Read comments: 3
| Pros | Cons |
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| Addictive gameplay | Braindead computer AI |
| Fantastic multiplayer | |
| Epic boss fights | |
| Loads of content | |
| Engaging story | |
| Awesome audio | |
| Amazing visuals | |
| Intense action |
AMAZING GAME
When I first bought Gears of War I almost immediately fell in love with the game with the action and the online multi player. I beat the game on Insane in about a week and continued to play it again and again till I got bored and was able to beat it in about a day or two and knew every cut scene by heart. Then I played online everyday. But when I heard Gears of War two was coming out in November 2008 my heart went soaring. I couldn't wait I pre -ordered it immediately and then in November 2008 I received my game. Played it for hours and beat it in about 5 days. It certainly wasn't as good as the original (what game is) but with the new executions, and chain- saw dueling, and new characters, maps and cut scenes. I was sorta also just glad it was something new besides RAAM and a Corpser, now theres Corpsers you kill with cannons and now your able to kill and ride a brumak and a reaver which was cool. I know i'm late with this review but I just found the site today and wrote my review for it. But if you haven't bought this game yet, don't, buy the first one (only $17.99 used at a game stop) and play it to get some of the stuff in the second, then buy the 2nd, I heard it's pretty cheap from what it used to be (my friend bought it used for like $29.99 i think he got it for).
Gears of War 2 - Xbox 360
- Posted: Aug, 05, 2009
- Score: 5/5.0
- Read comments: 2
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| Addictive gameplay | Terrible multiplayer |
| Innovative concepts | |
| Just plain fun | |
| Amazing visuals | |
| Intense action |
If only for the multiplayer!
GOW 2 is one of those all-time greats in the gaming industry. You can go months on end without picking up another game...if only for the multiplayer!
The problem with the multiplayer revolves around connecting and dropping. It can take far too long for a match to be properly connected and all too frequently there are too many drops after the length of time, not liking the teams or not being the host. This can be really frustrating!
The horde feature, which is multiplayer as well, is fantastic! The originality of the concept is brilliant. The recent addition of being able to restart at the wave your team last died on is a great and needed addition. If you can play Horde the way it was meant to be played- to play WITH a team and survive, rather than individually kill everything- you will have a tremendous amount of fun and your friend requests will go up too.
The voice acting for this game is very under-appreciated. The voices are unique and fitting, the acting is good- especially Marcus Fenix- and the ability to play the different characters in multiplayer is fun just to be able to hear the different exclamations.
This is a game for your game library-- get it!
Gears of War 2 - Xbox 360
- Posted: Jul, 23, 2009
- Score: 5/5.0
- Read comments: 2
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| Addictive gameplay | Terrible multiplayer |
| Tight controls | |
| Innovative concepts | |
| Just plain fun | |
| Loads of content | |
| Engaging story | |
| Amazing visuals | |
| Intense action | |
| Awesome audio |
Chainsaw's and guns and gut's! oh my.
Gears of war two has been put down by many but i hope that you'll take this review into consideration. Gears 2 lives up to the excpectations in lot's of way's and only falls short in a few way's. GAMEPLAY: The gameplay is gears of war 1 times 15 the gameplay doesn't really fall short at anything (in the campaign). If you were a fan of gears 1's fast paced cover to cover shooting than you'll love what they have done with gears 2. The formula in gears two remains basicly the same as in gears 1 but theres alot more to look at in GOW2. GRAPHICS: The graphics in gears 2 has improved since gears one, but it's xbox 360 what do you excpect? MULTIPLAYER: The multiplayer is where the game falls short. Sometimes theres lag and somtimes theres glitches and blaa blaa blaa, but none of that matter's the games multiplayer is still fun to play when your finished the campaign mode and have played through horde mode. Also the new "horde mode" takes a great twist. horde mode pits you against increasingly hard and numerous enemy's in a frantic fight to survive. The super gory finishing moves are absoulutely awsome. I find myself thinking of the words "FINISH HIM" every time i get the chance to execute an enemy. Theres nothing more satisfying then puting a chainsaw in a locust's back and watch him twitch in pain as blood jumps through the air landing on sorrounding objects. The game will defidently keep things interesting until the end so if your a fan of the first gears of war or even if your not than you'll want to check this game out. Awsome. Simply awsome.
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