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    Gears of War 2

    Game » consists of 13 releases. Released Nov 07, 2008

    Join Delta Squad once more in the fight against the Locust Horde, in this "bigger, better and more badass" sequel to the 2006 smash hit.

    ishoturface's Gears of War 2 (Limited Collector's Edition) (Xbox 360) review

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    Gears 1 was awesome and this game matches up to it. (lets chainsa

    The good: The first game had great graphics and this game tones em up a bit - Still the great gore from the first game - awesome sound - great multiplayer - AI is a lot better - Horde mode - same awesome co-op gameplay.


    The bad: Matchmaking takes forever to find a single match - campaign has very frustrating moments - campaign doesnt have the replay value you would expect.



    Gears 1 defined gore.. And its a lot more brutal in gears 2.
    Gears 2 picks up a while after gears 1 where marcus and dom had killed general RAAM and tried to stop the locust once and for all but that failed. So they are back to try and crush the locust once more and find the locust queen.

    You once again play as Marcus fenix son of the legendary Adam fenix and along with Dom it's your job to send the locust back into their hole..
    Throughout most of the campaign you are underground trying to find the queen and sink the city jancinto before the locust sink it..
    In the first game you were underground a little but not a whole lot and fighting on the locust turf is a nice change of scenery.
    There is sort of a sidequest that Dom is trying to find Maria (wife im guessing) who was captured by the locust and since they are in locust territory Dom tries to find Maria.
    The last time around you never really felt for the characters and their story but this time you will more than likely...

    In the first mission you are defending a hospital filled with injured people. The next few missions have you trying to get to the area where you are going to drill down into the earth and fight the locust underground. And you will notice how evil the locust and their cause to destroy the human race is.. You will find mutilated bodies and people being kept as slaves by the locust to do their dirty deeds..

    The rest of the time you are underground is mainly you trying to plant a bomb to sink the city and along the way you will encounter some very interesting missions.. For instance in one missions you are inside a giant worm that was swallowing cities whole and you actually have to cut the worms three hearts out.. Which is pretty freaking awesome and bloody.
    When you down an enemy instead of just doing the curbstop you can do 10 other different types of exacutions. Like having your shotgun out and pressing a certain button to then hit the enemies head like the shotgun is a golf club.. Most of the new exacutions are lame but some are good. Or instead of doing an exacution you can pick up the enemy and use him as a shield from bullet and explosians alike.

    There are also some vehicle like missions one near the begining where you are riding on a derrick which is a giant transport vehicle and you have to defend the derrick against attacking enemies. A tank mission which is frustrating, and you also get to ride on a reaver (the flying enemies), and then perhaps the best part.. you get to ride on a brumak..
    There is a new level difficulty called normal and its in between casual and hardcore and normal is very easy (maybe even easier then casual on the first game) but still a new level of difficulty adds some replay value.
    The game may take you anywhere from 8 hours to 14 hours (8 on casual and 14 on insane). The campaign can be played by yourself through local co-op or drop-in drop-out co-op online.. Drop-in drop-out meaning you can join a mission someone else is doing online.

    There are quite a few new types of enemies... Like the mauler which has a boomshield and a giant mace, the butcher which has a giant knife for slicing you up, flame grenadier who sports a flamethrower, tickers which are like little bomb and will explode when they get close to you, big guys who carry mulcher (which is a mini gun) and wuite a few other types of enemies so your not just fighting only drones and wretches any more like the first game.

    There are also some new weapons in addition to the old ones..
    The mortor which is a portable mortar that you can choose distance and aim at your target then unleash a hail of explosives from the sky.
    The mulcher which is a minigun like weapon that is capable of downing the largest enemies in a short amount of time. The flamethrower which feels absolutly usless at times and only works good on the smaller enemy types.
    The gorgon pistol which fires in 4 shot burst and can easily take down large enemies with only one mag.
    There is also a new type of grenade called the Ink grenade which is pretty much just a poison grenade and only works if the enemies are staying still.
    There is also a shield which you can hold out in front of you while using your pistol but it provides great cover and you can also plant it in the ground and take cover behind it.

    Ther hammerburst which is the locust weapon was pretty crappy in the first game and only fired in bursts is now fully automatic and a lot more powerful.
    The lancer is also back (if it wasnt then that would totally suck) it fires a bit faster then last time and yes it still has the chainsaw that i oh so loved to cut enemies in half..
    The shotgun is also back but doesnt seem as deadly as before though but still it works fine..
    You can now plant grenades on walls to create a trip mine so that if any enemies went past it it will explode.

    Then there was horde mode.. Probably one of the best if not the best part of the game.
    Horde mode is either you by yourself two people on local co-op or up to five people online co-op trying to survive 50 waves of locust each wave getting harder and harder.


    Now the multiplayer has its share of flaws and some good things about it as well...
    The multiplayer can be played up to ten people now online two more then from the previous game.. You can still play splitscreen but there is an addition of bots which makes the multiplayer even better since i never really liked the online multiplayer.
    There are the same game modes from the original gears but now there are some new ones besides horde. The new game modes are submission which is sorta like captue the flag except one team has to find a person drag them using the meatshield and take them to a certain area. Guardian which is each team has a leader and once the leader dies the other players can no longer respawn while they could if there leader was alive.
    And wingman which is 5 teams of 2 and each team trying to survive the longest and which ever team is left last they get they will get the most points.
    The old game modes are abck as well. LIke warzone which is probably the best game mode which is two teams of 5 fighting against each other and whichever team is left last wins.
    Or annex which is sorta like battlefield series conquest mode but there is only one area on the map and each team has to try and hold that area for as long as they can but every 60 seconds the area moves.
    The there is also king of the hill which is kinda odd for this game if you ask me.
    There are some new maps along with a few redone maps from gears 1. Each map is great in its own way but you wil probably fall in love with atleast one.
    You can now level up in the multiplayer after getting acertain amount of EXP you will then rank up.

    The multiplayer is great but the online can be annoying since matchmaking takes longer then it should and sometimes you will get matched with a higher level player then you.



    The visuals are great now dont get me wrong the first games graphics were awesome but the dark colors didnt give it much varitity but finally they realized that and made the world have more brightful colors.
    Something new i liked about the visuals is that you can see bullets flying this time around i dont know why i just liked it..


    The sound is very good the weapons sound awesome acting is very solid and music is very good.



    So overall if you liked gears 1 you will like this game just as much if not more, despite the online multiplayer being dissappointing this game is very worth paying $60 for it.

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