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At long last, Gears of War 2 has gotten its "Mad World" commercial.

Remember the sappy, artsy "Mad World" advertisement that ran before Gears of War released a couple of years ago? That was a pretty ballsy marketing move, I thought, for a franchise yet to prove itself. (Then again, Gears of War was about the most surefire, ready-made hit you can possibly imagine.) In the same spirit, here's the Gears 2 edition.

  


A little less ballsy now that Gears is one of the biggest franchises going, but then, I like the idea that the game is going to sell gangbusters no matter what happens, allowing Microsoft to get a little nutty with the marketing.
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it's a joke dude, lighten up a bit eh?

I really like this commercial, it conveys a much more emotionally impacting scene that what you would expect.

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Alien you say? :p hehe

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GOW 4tw.

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That Mad World trailer was always gorgeous to me but I'm a sucker for juxtaposition.

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I think it would have turned out better if they used the mad world song again :D

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I don't think this music fits at all.

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though how much of this type of music in the final game as Gear's is more hard rock kind of game.

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i dont think this song is in the game

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I love this ad! it works soo dang well, and its a good song too :D

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I don't get it.. this is not a representation of the game.

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Rofl at this - mental 

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I like it. It's got a real 'calm before the storm' thing going on. Also while every other game'll be trying so hard to look action packed and awesome, Gears 2 can afford to have some quiet confidence.

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A little nutty? It's EXACTLY the same formula, only a bit not so good anymore.
That's Microsoft being a coward, again. All bets on the old horse. They can't do that a 3rd time, but prolly will. Lets see.

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I liked the Mad World ad and I hella like this one too. I think they're cool.

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I liked the Resistance 2 trailer more than I liked this one. It was just a bit more catchy

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that was cheesey as fuck. 

come on, next time just do it like the rambo trailers. 
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not a fan

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I still think it's pretty lame they would market the game like this. Heh, my friend's a diehard Gears fan and was like "DUDE! Do you know the name of this song?! I gotta download it!" Haha, Gears fans...
The trailer certainly didn't make me excited for the game. If anything, it just made me less interested in it.

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I think this one was pretty cool, even if the MadWorld one was still better.  I liked it better than Rendezvous.

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It just doesnt have the same feel as Mad World

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It's not as good as Mad World -trailer but it's still pretty good. I know they did this mainly because the previous trailer was such a huge succes and they thought they could re-create it but who could blame them?

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No wonder why Gears trailers are so sad, it's gotta be tough pumping all those steroids in yourself.

I personally liked the Mad World trailer better, still incredible excited about this game though.

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Is this game actually going to have a structured story or are you still just going to go around and shoot dudes in the face with little to no reason? Either way, I'm happy,

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Pretty good, not as awsome as the mad world one but still not bad. Yes it's little miss sunshine music. And like someone said up there, like this game needs commercials.  GOW2 = SOLD,

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this was really awesome

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Man, that is a chilling commercial.  Gets me so pumped for Gears 2.