Gears of war 2 is without a doubt one of the best mindblowing action games ever made...
What was really hyped with Gears of war 2 was mainly the story elements which was not used to its full potential in the original not only is the story more powerful and provides more backbone to the universe of sera it is a very powerful and emotional story, Doms search for his wife has reached high tension with Dom desperate and the end result is rather sad. But with more backstory and new characters ( Tai Kaliso is some badass spirtual warrior ) there is still the annoyance of unresolved storylines for example there is a bit where in the 3rd act you are in some abandoned facility where there has been some wierd and trippy science experiments gone wrong and somehow the locust are conected with this facility.
Where Gears of war 2 be without some great new weapons and highly explosive action. The new weapons available are the flamethrower, the Mulcher which is just a portable turret, the mortar which is fun to use but difficult to determine where the carnage will happen, the Gorgon pistol is a burst pistol which kind of resembles robocops pistol its awesome. The game also has some great set pieces in store for you and the action is heated up even more with more chainsaw moves such as the duel which is a three second B button mash and the victor saws the victim in half in a shower of blood and gore AWW Sweet. There is also the new execution moves and the result is determined by which button you press on your victim.
Multiplayer is still superb and the addition of the addictive horde mode just sweetens the deal along with the flashback map pack for download when you purchase the game and all of the improvements of the campaign make a good transition to the multiplayer component. If you are noob or dont have access to xbox live then the addition of bots in multiplayer is awesome as these bots while sometimes will go crazy resemble lifelike opponents.
Not only is Gears 2 an awesome action game it filled with so many 80s action movie references and the co-op will have you and your mates giggling like little **** AWESOME.
+ Improves on every thing on the original.
+ Awesome set pieces.
+ Deeper story
+ Horde mode is awesome.
+ Cole train is hilarious + great characters
+ better multiplayer.
- unresolved storylines are really annoying.
- Dissapointing conclusion
- jaggy viehcle sections.
For all you action junkies out there and i am one myself as my library is filled with numerous action games like COD 4, Far Cry 2, Halo 3, Rainbow six this is one game you dont wanna miss.