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 Unplayable Multiplay game November 11, 2008
D. Kaufman
8 out of 13 found this review helpful
The old adage comes to mind if it isnt broke do not fix it.Well instead of epic just fine tuning the multiplay from GOW1 they instead took the whole lobby system,shotgun system and play mechanics and trashed it.Also their are serious Lag issues here that in itself make the game a joke/unplayable again and again.
First off they had a great lobby system in GOW1 why did they alter it into this abomination.Your now waiting around for sometimes 10 minutes(yes ten minutes) and on a board where your guessing which game your in and who your playing.Its a crapshoot ! If you want to play ranked warzone well your out of luck here.Epic really dropped the ball here.Plus you can no longer just drop in unranked matches. The game from this perspective just go and play has been ruined I must say. The lag has you glitching all over the board and you just want to drop out but even this you cant do ,you must shut down your xbox.Than go wait ten minuites to get into a game you have no idea what type or area it will be in.
GOW1 was great ,Epic could have just revamped and upgraded the maps ( as they did and they look really great I have to say) fine tuned the players(as they did again) added some great weapons( as they did to some extent,the balance here is a bot off) and the game would have been awesome. The shotgun makes an odd pop noise here ,unlike gears 1 where it was authentic.Plus you cant shoot and run ,very little shotgun battles now.Some like that but really if you take out all the parts that made GO1 great than you are changing a great game not making it better.
The chainsaw duels if the other failings of this game werent so great too would in itself almost ruin game.Gone are Gears 1 sneak ups with the shotgun and now its a free for all of shotgun attacks .Very lame and boring and takes the skill factor to about "0". And the duel chainsaw attacks pressing b like crazy is a joke too.Like playing ateroids from the 80,s.Just smash the buttons.No skill no fun just crazy.
All in all the game has taken all that was good about gears 1 out of the game,made it absolutely stunning to look at, added lag that is so frequent you drop out of games on rountine just due to that,has a horrible menu that you cant just jump in any more and play and you have no clue what you will be playing.Taking the shotgun and chainsaw elements out of the gears type gameplay is a real shame too as now its like your not even playing gears of war but a whole new game.If they wanted to make a whole new game than they should have by why did they ruin this one? The horde mode is fun but again severe lag,horrible menu and lobby system too.
If Epic doesnt at least fix the lag and flickering issues this game will never be played like the last one. I guess people will get used to the altered weapons but the lobby system I doubt it thats a disaster.Just go play and you here ten people complaining about framerate,lag,weapons and the horrible lobby system.Their were never complaints about this while playing Gears 1, but now their is1 Says alot when you get ten people in room all complaing ,dropping out due to lag too
I give the game a "C" in its persent form ,if lag is fixed and lobby system where you can pick a game and get in it relatively quick like gears 1 than I would upgrade to a "B".The other issues are just too much to overcome to give it a better score.
 Must buy for Gear Heads November 11, 2008
Jonathan R. Collier
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
GOW2 is worth every penny. New weapon selection as well as some of the old favorites is great. A.I. is far superior to the first (they will actually save your butt when downed). Sound track is intense and guides you through the campaign. On-line is fantastic with the addition on Horde, new style (respawning) execution and Meat Flag. Matchmaking has made it possible to link up with your friends and destroy your enemy. Get ready for some action!
 Gears of War v2.0 November 11, 2008
Brian Long (Ogden, UT USA)
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
I thoguht it was rather ironic that the game includes a achievement title "Seriously 2.0" That seems to be the mantra of the game. Its Gears of War with better graphics, a few new weapons, and a few new enemies. This is by no means to say the game is bad, but I'll save my nits for the moment.
GoW 2 follows everyones favorite smoking-since-childhood Sergeant Fenix. The COG has decided to go on the offensive, having been backed into the one remaining habitable city of the world. Fenix and his squad are sent on an attack against a nearby settlement, drilling down into the caverns of the Locust to take the fight to them.
The new level designs are pretty, and have the look of actual underground caverns rather than dark, dank sewers like most shooters. Theres local plant life and animal life that doesn't try and eat your face, which is a nice deviation from the norm. Theres an appearance by a weird Darth Maul esque Locust, and a new species of Imulsion eating creature that also fight the Locust, as well as a few new characters which are shuffled around with a little to much speed.
The problem, and really the only problem, is that this is by and large Gears of War version 2.0, or better yet, Gears of War Episode 2. Theres not enough new material to justify the full price. Sure theres some new toys and skins, and the storyline is gripping, it has plot holes you can drive a 20-meter wide worm through, and WTF moments abound during some of the explanation, but otherwise, the game is a rehash of encounter by encounter fights we all know and love. Again, this is not to say the game isn't fun, it is, but its all more of the same. Theres no new sequences like we've gotten from Half-Life, no interesting new game mechanic to change it up any, and while the levels are pretty, some have a problem with flow, and theres that nagging feeling of repetition.
All told, it plays good and it looks good, but has a faint overarching taste of bland and uninspired. I didn't go into this expecting revolution, and there wasn't any, but there was a genuinely fun game that can kill quite a few hours, but the difficulties been ramped down and the story is starting to grind. While being kept in the dark is a good way to stretch out a good plot and keep players interested, keeping the player totally blind gives a feeling of annoyed helplessness, rather than the overwhelmed feeling they were able to create in the first installment.
 dont pre order !!! November 10, 2008
C. A. Gonzales (las vegas)
8 out of 50 found this review helpful
i pre ordered the lancer and game. its monday the 10th and my game is not expected to be here till the 12th ! but if i order it today i could get it by tues !! where is the sense in that !!!
 Gears 2 November 10, 2008
Jason R. Farabaugh (Colliers, WV)
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
First off, please understand that I am a huge gears fan. Gears 1 was undoubtedly mike favorite game on any system, hands down. Even with all of it's quirks that many complain about, it was still the best game for me. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and that is mine.
As for the second, I think the overall game was good. The campaign was a little longer than the first, but not too long. I personally prefer this over a super long campaign that gets boring during play. I just can't get into games like GTA 4 that take forever and have a lot of boring things to do while you are trying to play it. I know they are different genres of games, but just using that extremely long campaign as a comparison. Gears 1 and 2 have great campaigns and gameplay that I think are unrivaled by other games. Again, just my opinion.
My problem with this game is the multiplayer. That is what kept gears 1 so interesting for such a long time. Even with all of it's quirks(host advantage, glitchy play at times) I think it is the best multiplayer that I have played to date. Gears 2 was supposed to address these issues, but instead changed the feel of the multiplayer and didn't fix anything. Lag still is an issue. I have noticed a drastic difference in gameplay with different hosts. Load times are long, also. On top of that, the overall gameplay was altered a lot. I know this is a new game, but being such a huge fan of the first makes adjusting to the second very difficult. I am sure I will get used to the new feel of the game over time, but it seems to leave the original faithfuls of gears 1 a little frustrated.
In order to be completely fair, they did add a new type of multiplayer called Horde that is very good. I think this is one of the most enjoyable games I have played on multiplayer that involves computer controlled characters. This mode is what salvaged the overall review of gears 2. I would have dropped the overall score down to three if it wasn't for this cool addition.
All in all, I am still a huge fan of gears. Without a doubt, it is my favorite gaming franchise. If this review seemed overly critical, it is only because I am a huge fan of the franchise and am going to critical of my favorite games.
In conclusion, the game is still a must own in my opinion. Great graphics, great campaign gameplay, and some cool new features. If they work on the multiplayer a little, it could take this four star rating to five without a problem.
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