GEARS OF WAR 2

[jh3xp]

Its comin out this friday and im super stoked. Everyones been giving it awesome reviews and even tho i never played the first one im getting this one for sure.

Anyone else gettin it?

[MinisterofDOOM]

I'll pick it up at some point. Probably not friday though.

[dasoupdude]

In other news, i bought Resistance 2 today. I pick it up tomorrow. If I had a 360 I would have picked up gears, that game is soo good. online games on gow are so clean and well executed.

[marlin29311]

Gamespot gave it a 9.0 already.

I'm also eagerly awaiting the new Bond game - going to get that after work I hope.

[BusyBadger]

Play it (Bond) and post a quick review, or at least a thumbs up thumbs down.

I'm sure it will look nice since its using the COD4 engine but I've read a few places that say FPS fans or Bond fans only - it won't appeal to the casual gamer.

[marlin29311]

When I get back from work i'll post an initial play review just as a heads up - i'll also check gamespot to see if they put up a review today.

[marlin29311]

So the new bond game...

It's not COD4, i'd definatly say that, but it is certianly fun. Has a cod, gow, and r6 like feel to it, simply because you have a cover, hand to hand combat, and a regular FPS feel. The multiplayer feels a lot like counterstrike in terms of speed and play, but at points has a little bit of a "choppy" feel to it. The single player so far seems well made, but I've only played through a couple missions, as I wanted to try out the multiplayer.

Overall, I'd say about a 7.5/10. It's certianly not a rinse and repeat Bond game, but I feel some more attention to detail could have been made. Definatly worth playing, to say the least.

[LocAL_anarchy]

So, I went to my local Blockbuster yesterday to rent a movie. And what did they have? Gears 2 for rent! Before the release! Needless to say, it was rented. Just beat the campaign. Now I'm working on mutliplayer. It has a new mode called Horde. Wave after wave of enemies. Up to 50 levels from what I understand. It's very addicting. I wish more games would have this type of mode.

[BusyBadger]

Marlin - thanks for the quick review of QoS. Its been a while since I picked up a new shooter (bought Bioshock for cheap at month or so ago). I'm a 007 fan so it may end up on my shelf (and sitting while I finish Fable II and do the achievement whore thing.

And Anarchy, its pretty cool you were able to get a game rental before release. Those achievements might send up a few red flags to the XBL crew though. Anyway, have fun with that even though multiplayer probably doesn't give you very much entertaiment right now (unless there are scores of Blockbusters that are putting it on the shelf early by mistake!).

Please tell me you can play as Baird in multi.

[LocAL_anarchy]

well, I have 310 out of 1000 achievement as of now, so I hope it doesn't! Yeah, multiplayer has been weird. It's taking a long time for the games to set up; I'm guessing for the obvious reason. And everyone I've been playing with is speaking other languages, or not using their headsets, so that's been frustrating. What's cool is that I'm in the top 100 ranking for Horde on almost every map, which is nice. But that will probably change by tomorrow, when everyone is playing!!! And yes, Baird is in multiplayer! Fenix, Dom, and Cole also. But there are several other new characters as well.

[redtop91]

I cannot wait for tonight to get this game! I'm leaving straight from work to get it and I'll be online ALL night! Who's up for some early morning horde action? I cannot wait to see how this game is on my new setup. I was addicted to Gears 1 and I played it exclusively on an SDTV that is about 20 inches with MONO sound. Now for Gears I got a 47" LCD HDTV full 1080p and a surround sound system. I have a suspicion that this is going to make for a stupid fun game experience.

[safxtacy]

its ok. got it last friday. passed multiplayer. i could spoil the campaign for ou but ill be nice. also multiplayer has some glitches hope they come out with a patch soon. mainly connection problems and people leaving. other than that go get it!! =]

-Force Fed SAF <---add meeeeeee

[LocAL_anarchy]

I agree, connection problems are my biggest gripe right now. I just spent 2 hours (takes 5, from what I've heard from others) trying to get to level 50 wave on Horde. Made it to wave 28 on Security (best map, btw). Was finally grouped with 4 other guys who actually spoke english, and we were totally on our way to 50. What happens? Connection to host failure! Wow...

[s13jus10]

It has a new mode called Horde. Wave after wave of enemies. Up to 50 levels from what I understand. It's very addicting. I wish more games would have this type of mode.

Resistance 2 has a mode like this

..anyway, I'm definitely looking forward to this game as well. I'll be getting it for the campaign just because I don't play my 360 online (I refuse to buy the wireless adapter, even though I get a discount ) and I can't run ethernet, so don't ask. This game is LITERALLY (well.. this and Gears 1) the ONLY reason I still have my 360. I would kill a man with my bare hands to have this on PS3 hehe.

this game will have to wait 'til my next paycheck though.. COD:WaW comes out next Tuesday

[hitbychance]

picked the game up today pretty sweet

[packerjd04]

Got it last night, have played through most of the campaign and its pretty good. Played one game online, took forever to find a game but once i was in it was good. Definitely

[redtop91]

Got it last night! Lovin it so far! I haven't played any game as beautiful as this in HD on any platform. The mechanics are even more refined and the A for cover mechanic is WAY more intuitive. Can't wait to use the flamethrower and the new executions!

[PTrain]

I played the campaign mode yesterday. I wasn't all that impressed. To me it felt pretty much like gow1. The level design also felt very similar, too much browns and greens.

[Crautz240]

So many mixed reviews, i think ill rent it first!!

[marlin29311]

Nah get it - if you loved the first you will love the second. It's everything and more! I love it...

...minus the level with the worm...for those that played though the campaign, you know what i mean...

[C-Kwik]

My GF and I played through campaign on Hardcore this weekend. Loved it. We'll probably be playing through on Insane soon. Hopefully, the areas that felt like the enemies were being belt fed to us to be killed will feel more like they are tactically aggressive. Maybe I'll try using the mulcher less next time.

I don't have a lot of high hopes for multiplayer (I didn't care for it on the first one) but I'll give it a shot soon. Some of our Halo buddies are already bugging us to play. I am quite interested in the Horde mode.

I played the campaign mode yesterday. I wasn't all that impressed. To me it felt pretty much like gow1. The level design also felt very similar, too much browns and greens.

Curious. What were your expectations? A game that didn't look and feel like the Gears of War?

[bmike818]

I have only been playing multiplayer, so far its been fun. I have been lucky in forming competitive teams. The new game modes are a nice addition.

I would wait to jump in to multiplayer since it takes forever to find a game, but when you finally get a game going, it's oodles of fun.

[redtop91]

Curious. What were your expectations? A game that didn't look and feel like the Gears of War?

LOL yeah that statement made me chuckle.

I played the campaign mode yesterday. I wasn't all that impressed. To me it felt pretty much like gow1. The level design also felt very similar, too much browns and greens.

Unless you played through the entire campaign (which you didn't, not in one day) there still is plenty more to see. The gameplay and story telling ramps up fast.

[C-Kwik]

Unless you played through the entire campaign (which you didn't, not in one day) there still is plenty more to see. The gameplay and story telling ramps up fast.

It could be done in 1 day. I spent about 10 hours Saturday and 3 hours Sunday to finish the campaign on Hardcore. I started up the campaign on Insane last night and this will probably take a while. Had to replay a lot of parts where we couldn't save each other as we were split up on different paths. Hell, there were numerous times where we weren't split up and couldn't save each other. We also switched the paths we took so were not as familiar with those parts. We also got a bit sidetracked trying to get the melee 30 tickers achievement. Probably not the best idea doing so during an insane campaign though...

[marlin29311]

O yea- what the hell are tickers?

[C-Kwik]

Kamakaze bugs with bombs strapped to them. When they get close to you, they activate the charge and blowthemselves up. You have a small amount of time to hit them away before they blow. They're pretty easy to deal with by themselves. In large numbers, they can be a pain. In a firefight, they can really make things tough as they are low to the ground and run pretty fast. They're pretty sneaky as they can come up to you while you are zoomed in on a target and either blow you up or flush you out from behind cover. On the other hand, if you can time killing them just right, you can blow up some of the enemy with them as well.

I played some Horde last night. That was fun. Too bad it was only 2 of us. We had to stick together to make sure we can save each other but that left us few good options to use as a stronghold. Let them in too deep and we didn't have much time or space to kill them in. I'm hoping to try it out with more people soon. But that might be a bit iffy right now as our Xbox Live connection keeps going down while we are playing campaign (we use System Link for Co-op at home). Hopefully its not going to be a problem during and XBox Live games.

[marlin29311]

Ahhh...i didn't know the little buggers had names....woops.lol

[C-Kwik]

Yeah, funny thing is I can never remember in the middle of a game. So they become "The little blowing up thingies." Maybe I should start calling them chupathingies (I wonder how many people will get this).

[jh3xp]

ughh this multiplayer is pissing me off hah. Feels way too different from any other shooter games and i feel like im at a disadvantage against other players. I never played the first one and i suck so badly hah. Seems like the only way i can get kills is with a chainsaw. :/ Its still pretty fun and im sure ill enjoy it more as i get better. if anyone wants to play my gamer tag is jh3xp mention how you got my tag if you add me.

[redtop91]

I played some Horde last night. That was fun. Too bad it was only 2 of us. We had to stick together to make sure we can save each other but that left us few good options to use as a stronghold. Let them in too deep and we didn't have much time or space to kill them in. I'm hoping to try it out with more people soon. But that might be a bit iffy right now as our Xbox Live connection keeps going down while we are playing campaign (we use System Link for Co-op at home). Hopefully its not going to be a problem during and XBox Live games.

Horde is pretty fun in a large group as one can snipe, one can mortar, and others can just be frontline soldiers. I got the achievement for beating all 50 levels a couple of days ago on hardcore (Dont have insane unlocked yet :/ ) with a good strategy and alert teammates it's actually pretty easy. River is by far the best level to play horde on.