PC Gamer (US) hypes Gears of War 2

Courtesy of CVG.

1) The helicopters still suck. Locusts, despite living underground, seem to have no problem dealing with the COG's air units, and in the trailer, you can see more of the COG helicopters make pretty fireworks in the sky. The COG can build satellites that can fry a single mutant but they can only make helicopters made of Popsicle sticks? No wonder they're losing to guys armed with bows and arrows.

2) Marcus Fenix still sucks. He's got John Travolta's voice, Bender from Futurama's voice, and a backstory that makes Rambo look like high art. We can only assume that the "Cole Train" returns, too, ensuring more time with two of the most unoriginal characters in gaming history. Maybe they'll be joined by a gender-bending Japanese sidekick with crazy hair!

3) The length of the game still sucks. Although, at 5 minutes, it virtually doubles the length of its predecessor!

4) The 360 exclusivity still sucks. I didn't happen to catch a release date for the PC version anywhere in the video, but I'm pretty sure I caught a glimpse of a message on one of the rigs. If you squint a certain way, you can vaguely see a line of text written on a wall between two soldiers. It says, "Suck it, PC fans."

5) The fact that we can't hope for it to suck still sucks. We can't even root against it - if GOW2 is a rousing success, it's more likely that the game will be ported to the PC. No one ports games months later to another platform if they suck. Unless they're Sonic games, of course.

6) Cliff Bleszinski's faux hawk still sucks. David Beckham from 2002 called, Cliffy. He wants his hair back.

:lol:

My God, he is right. I don't want to play that game anymore. :shock:

Really though, has it gotten to the point where even the publications themselves have to tell me why every popular game that I like totally sucks? Gears of War 2 will be one of the best games this year, and all they can do is hate.

What I especially don't get is the hate with the characters. They aren't original, but they are the kind of characters we haven't seen enough of this side of the 80s. It's totally campy and juvenile, but man, you must have a heart of ice if you don't even smile when the Cole Train opens his mouth.

Gears of War 2 will be one of the best games this year, and all they can do is hate.AtomicTangerine

They're not hating on it, it's just some humorous, sarcastic fan rage for not being on PC at the same time (points 4 and 5). :wink:

[QUOTE="AtomicTangerine"]Gears of War 2 will be one of the best games this year, and all they can do is hate.UpInFlames

They're not hating on it, it's just some humorous, sarcastic fan rage for not being on PC at the same time (points 4 and 5). :wink:

Oh! Sorry, I actually thought they were being serious. After that one article I read about how the PS3 version of GTA4 was going to be so much better, this actually doesn't seem that crazy.

:lol: ...hilarious.

Well I'm hyped. Actually I've been hyped ever since the first game but now I'm even more hyped.

[QUOTE="UpInFlames"]

[QUOTE="AtomicTangerine"]Gears of War 2 will be one of the best games this year, and all they can do is hate.AtomicTangerine

They're not hating on it, it's just some humorous, sarcastic fan rage for not being on PC at the same time (points 4 and 5). :wink:

Oh! Sorry, I actually thought they were being serious. After that one article I read about how the PS3 version of GTA4 was going to be so much better, this actually doesn't seem that crazy.

PC Gamer are above something like that :P. Sure, they're PC elitists and their reviews cater to a certain group of gamers but they still have a much better sense of humor than most publications out there.

5) The fact that we can't hope for it to suck still sucks. We can't even root against it - if GOW2 is a rousing success, it's more likely that the game will be ported to the PC. No one ports games months later to another platform if they suck. Unless they're Sonic games, of course.

UpInFlames

My favorite one on the list ;)

Sonic sucks but he keeps coming back!!!

Courtesy of CVG.

1) The helicopters still suck. Locusts, despite living underground, seem to have no problem dealing with the COG's air units, and in the trailer, you can see more of the COG helicopters make pretty fireworks in the sky. The COG can build satellites that can fry a single mutant but they can only make helicopters made of Popsicle sticks? No wonder they're losing to guys armed with bows and arrows.

2) Marcus Fenix still sucks. He's got John Travolta's voice, Bender from Futurama's voice, and a backstory that makes Rambo look like high art. We can only assume that the "Cole Train" returns, too, ensuring more time with two of the most unoriginal characters in gaming history. Maybe they'll be joined by a gender-bending Japanese sidekick with crazy hair!

3) The length of the game still sucks. Although, at 5 minutes, it virtually doubles the length of its predecessor!

4) The 360 exclusivity still sucks. I didn't happen to catch a release date for the PC version anywhere in the video, but I'm pretty sure I caught a glimpse of a message on one of the rigs. If you squint a certain way, you can vaguely see a line of text written on a wall between two soldiers. It says, "Suck it, PC fans."

5) The fact that we can't hope for it to suck still sucks. We can't even root against it - if GOW2 is a rousing success, it's more likely that the game will be ported to the PC. No one ports games months later to another platform if they suck. Unless they're Sonic games, of course.

6) Cliff Bleszinski's faux hawk still sucks. David Beckham from 2002 called, Cliffy. He wants his hair back.

:lol:

UpInFlames

:lol::lol::lol:

mmmm soo hyped up now..