Gears 2 keeps all the fun of the first while adding some entertaining extras
User Rating: 10 | Gears of War 2 X360
This game surprised me I thought it was going to be like most other sequels that let down the first game but I was very wrong. The change I noticed most was the story, everyone remembers that the story in the first was mainly to kill the locusts, but in the second you see much more emotion from all characters I just think adding more emotion to a story can either make or break the game in this case I think it was a good choice because It deepens the plot of the story to be more immersive. Gameplay still remains mostly the same but has some differences from the first, one change is the addition of a new difficulty level, second change that came to my head was the new weapons (mulcher, mortar, boomshield, gorgon pistol, Ink grenade, and the flamethrower) another change they made was characters they added a few new types of boomers and a prophetic like creature. The last change I noticed was the addition of yet another multiplayer gametype called horde which is where you go through waves of locusts coming at you getting more difficult as you progress through the waves, having this addition made me happy because my internet is somewhat unreliable so I cannot always connect to XBOX live. as far as the graphics go not much changed other than the blood because well the graphics in the first were terrific.unfortunately there is still some problems with "solid walls" you'll know when you see them
My review
Graphics 9.5/10
Sound 10/10
Story 10/10
Additions 9.5/10
Value 9.5/10
Gameplay 10/10
OVERALL
9.8/10
