Gears of War 2

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  • Release Date: Nov. 7, 2008
  • Price: $60.00
  • Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
  • Developer: Epic
  • Platform(s): Xbox 360
  • Genre: Action
  • ESRB: Mature

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Pros Cons
Intense action [44] Terrible multiplayer [14]
Amazing visuals [42] Poor storytelling [11]
Addictive gameplay [40] Doesn't live up to expectations [11]
Just plain fun [36] Repetitive gameplay [9]
Tight controls [32] Not enough content [9]
Fantastic multiplayer [24] Braindead computer AI [5]
Awesome audio [22] Annoying audio [2]
Engaging story [21] It's boooring [1]
Epic boss fights [14] Unresponsive controls [1]
Innovative concepts [14]
Loads of content [13]
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Gears of War 2 - Xbox 360

Pros Cons
Amazing visuals Poor storytelling
Awesome audio Not enough content
Engaging story Doesn't live up to expectations
Intense action Repetitive gameplay
Better than the first, but still a let down.

Where to begin, lets do the bad first.

Was Gears of War better than the first ...yes, but not by much. The story expanded a little but not much. The overall story with the in fighting with the Locust was done very badly. Also the story about the Abandoned Research Lab led no where and was pretty pointless, except a little about Gears of War 3 which I'm sure will be coming out in a couple of years. Also the climax of the game was anti-climatic. The game was a little easy and short for me.

Now I don't want you to think I hated the game. No I really liked it. First the graphics were excellent. The game play was also great. I like how you have to think in battle or you'll die. The story about Dominic's wife Maria was well done and was the only story in the game I really paid attention to. I also like how Marcus's character has grown and how he has grown close to Anya. The rest of the characters were great also from Cole to Carmine. The last thing was the ending which I did love and after the credits you also get another hit of Gears of War 3.

Overall Gears of War 2 is a very good if not great game, but it lacks depth to be a excellent or a classic game on the level of Metal Gear Solid games, Fallout 3, Mass Effect and others on that level. Still this game is worth playing, just don't be surprised if you'll a little let down after it's over.

Gears of War 2 - Xbox 360

Pros Cons
Amazing visuals Braindead computer AI
Awesome audio  
Engaging story  
Loads of content  
Epic boss fights  
Intense action  
Addictive gameplay  
Tight controls  
Innovative concepts  
Fantastic multiplayer  
Just plain fun  
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Gears of War 2 - Xbox 360

Pros Cons
Amazing visuals  
Awesome audio  
Engaging story  
Intense action  
Addictive gameplay  
Tight controls  
Fantastic multiplayer  
Just plain fun  
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

Pros Cons
Amazing visuals Braindead computer AI
Awesome audio  
Engaging story  
Loads of content  
Epic boss fights  
Intense action  
Addictive gameplay  
Fantastic multiplayer  
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

Pros Cons
Amazing visuals Terrible multiplayer
Intense action  
Addictive gameplay  
Innovative concepts  
Just plain fun  
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!

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