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Amazon Maximum Age: 20 Amazon Minimum Age: 204 Batteries Included: 0 Binding: Video Game Brand: Microsoft EAN: 0882224691635 ESRB Age Rating: Mature Feature: Award-winning sequel picks up six months after the events of the blockbuster original Is Autographed: 0 Is Memorabilia: 0 Label: Microsoft Manufacturer: Microsoft Model: C3U-00001 Platform: Xbox 360 Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: 2008-11-07 Studio: Microsoft
Features
Award-winning sequel picks up six months after the events of the blockbuster original Innovative third-person tactical action gameplay; Xbox LIVE delivers online multiplayer (up to 10 simultaneous players) and cooperative action Unreal Engine 3 delivers jaw-dropping graphics; new effects include ambient occlusion, dynamic shadows, advanced destructible environments, and more Winner of several awards at E3 2008, including Overall Best Shooting Game, Overall Best Graphics Technology, and Best Action Game Original cast of characters returns, including Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago, as well as several newcomers
The gears of war continue to turn as Marcus Fenix and his squad of Cogs go back into action. Gears of War 2 continues the story of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad, locked in an increasingly desperate battle against the nightmarish Locust Horde for the survival of humanity. It is an epic saga of survival, loss, and retribution. Gears of War 2 raises the bar with the amazing technological advances of Unreal Engine 3, delivering a bigger, badder, and more intense experience.
Party system and skill-based online matchmaking - form a full or partial team with friends and continue together from match to match without the need to reform after each game. A skill-based online matchmaking system groups players of similar skill level together in competitive multiplayer matches
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: Game of the Year! Comment: I can't say much more than what has already been said by others. This game is amazing. Customer Rating: Summary: Not worth the price Comment: For the price this game sells at, it is not worth your money. You will like the graphics but the story line is not that great. I like Gears 1 better. Customer Rating: Summary: COGs Comment: Not a bad game for a non-fps. Gets a little silly when trying to destroy worm attacking gunboat and shooting down reapers when attempting to flee on another reaper. Anything that gets shot over 500 times should eventually DIE or flee but they keep attacking.
Customer Rating: Summary: whinny babies Comment: whoever gave this game one star shouldnt be allowed to own or play either Gears of War games forever, people always have a way of ruining the fun for others for some stupid little thing that they didnt like that happened to them in the game. "oh, it was too hard," or "everyone only uses the chainsaw in multiplayer," all i have to say is suck it up, its part of the game, the lancer and other new weapons are there to challenge your skill, if u sold it or got rid of the game, good, at least no one will have to listen to u online whinning the whole match. dont rent, buy the game it is well worth every penny. Customer Rating: Summary: More of what you want Comment: The original Gears of War sold me an Xbox360. Prior to that game, I hadn't seen anything on the 360 that really impressed me and screamed, "This is the next generation!" Gears changed that. And now we're back with Gears2.
Gears2 is a sequel of the conservative kind, which quite frankly, I prefer. Professional game reviewers and editors seem to love when sequels throw in lots of random $H!T out of nowhere, or radically change the fundamentals of the game. They forget that this ends up making a game that has little to do with its predecessor other than its name. Thankfully, Epic didn't go this route, and Gears2 is actually more of the same, but refined and tweaked slightly (and with faster chainsaws).
The weapons are all back, including the beloved assault rifle with chainsaw attached, the game is as gruesome as ever, and the new weapons work well (mortars are amazing...seriously). The cover system has been tweaked so that there are fewer instances where you get sucked against a wall or piece of cover when you were actually trying to run full speed out of dodge. It still happens, but Gears2 doesn't have very many "run away from the big angry monster" moments, so it's easily forgiven. There aren't quite as many "oh $H!T" moments as in the first game, and overall, I'd say the original campaign is more diverse and entertaining. Still, the friendly AI is MUCH, MUCH better, meaning your teammates are less prone to walk out and get themselves killed like they did in the first game.
What Gears2 does have is a deeper, more disturbing plotline, which follows Dom looking for his wife Maria and Marcus learning a bit more about his father and his work than he perhaps wanted to know. However, like The Matrix Reloaded, a lot of really cool stuff begins to take shape, such as the true origins of the Locust Horde, but then the game just ends without bringing any closure to the ideas. Bummer.
The multiplayer is again refined and improved. Unfortunately, it would seem the servers were not. As of the time of this review, online games lag horribly, to the point that you'll enter a room, only to have it jerk around for a few moments before suddenly you're dead and you don't know why. A buddy of mine complained of the same issue, so I'm pretty sure it's not my connection, as we both then jumped into a Call of Duty 4 game and it ran flawlessly. Thus, the verdict is still out on the multiplayer, though it looks promising.
Gears2 is more of the same, but that's a good thing. The campaign is best played with a friend, but is bearable if a bit boring if done solo. The UNREAL engine continues to demonstrate that it's a freaking beast of technology, and overall Gears2 is a slightly better version of an already tremendously impressive game.
And seriously, who doesn't want more of the Cole Train?
