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 Greatly improves on the 1st Gears of War August 1, 2009
Private First Class Daily(Iraq) (Deployed to Iraq)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The 1st Gears of War was great and all this one did was improve on it. Loved the survival mode. It got wicked hard and kept me and my friend playing for a long time. It kept us on the edge while trying to take out the massive enemies. The story line was excellent too. The story was deep and kept suprising moments all throughout the game. I Highly recommend it to anyone who loves shooters. One of my top XBOX 360 games. The only downfall is that they didn't bring back the creatures that attacked you in the night. The missions for them last time were innovative. I feel they could have done so much more with them. But the new weapons made up for it.
 Finish the Fight! July 28, 2009
Michael Corona (New York City)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Gears of War 2 - Circa 2008
GOOD:
- Intuitive cover system, the cover systems (called Stop-n-Pop) works well and is easy to pick up it also makes for a fun realistic gameplay experience.
- Great Co-op Gameplay allows two players to go through the entire game from start to end.
- Multiplayer Hoard mode allows up to five players to fight up to 50 waves of enemies on the multiplayer-maps using team work.
- Intense multiplayer versus action with plenty of different modes to choose from.
- Gorgeous graphics which look even better then the first title, and the animation looks better too.
BAD:
- The plot is trite and too over the top at times, as well as being confusing.
- Vehicle and turret shooting sections are not very fun and can be tedious.
IF IT FITS YOUR TASTE:
- A Sci-Fi First third Person Shooter (Camera behind the player) with quick pacing (Although slower gameplay then lets say Halo 3) that has an emphasis on shooting from behind cover and big explosions.
- Cover Play's a big role in this game much like it did in the last, similar to that of Mass Effect and
- A Team orientated game especially in the multiplayer sections like Hoard mode
- This game is not meant for children or the immature; this game is gory/bloody/violent and has many foul words, although you can turn off some of these features.
- Co-op, online versus and Hoard mode will keep you playing this game long after you beaten it.
GAME IT'S MOST ASSOCATED TOO:
- Gears of War (Xbox 360/PC)
- Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
- Resident Evil 5 (Xbox 360/PS3)
- Dead Space (Xbox 360/PS3)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- Some limited collector's editions of this game (that can be found on Amazon) will give you a real to life replica of the Lancer Assault Rifle for home use.
- In the limited collector's edition you can get a download for a Golden Lancer Assault Rifle for use in multiplayer only.
- Downloading the `All Fonts' (A.K.A. Dark Corners) collection package from Xbox Live Marketplace gives you a ton of new multiplayer maps (which can also be used in Hoard mode as well) and a cut single player/co-op story chapter called `Road to Ruin', which can be played either stealth or "guns blazing".
- By beating the original Gears of War on Hardcore mode you can unlock characters (like Kim and Carmine) for use in multiplayer for Gears of War 2.
- By beating the game on hardcore mode you can unlock even more characters for use in multiplayer as well as a new difficulty `Insane'.
Not as fun as I remember the first one being... July 28, 2009
Cat
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
When I played the first Gears of War I was a little in awe because of how different it was, how great it looked and how well it played. Gears of War 2 is still different than other games, still looks great and still plays well. However, I noticed that there was one thing missing: fun. I just wasn't having any fun playing this game. All the things that wowed me in the first game were still there, but they didn't make the game fun. I'm sure for many people this will be an awesome game and they will love every minute of it, but for me it was pretty to look at, but not something I will re-visit multiple times.
 Too Short for my Money July 23, 2009
Vorhese (Miami, Fl)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Love this game and have no complaints about anything other than the length of the campaign. I was very dissapointed when I beat the game in 2 nights?!? I wish Cliff B. would have paid as much attention to the campaign as he did with the online play because honestly I know plenty of gamers that hate going online
Enjoyable Game July 15, 2009
M. Bell (Kapolei, HI United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a very fun game to play in cooperative mode, and the graphics are dark (HDMI) but very well done. Overall a great game for single, console multi-player, and live mult-player.
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