Gears of War 2 is a very ambitious game that should be played by all Xbox 360 owners

User Rating: 9 | Gears of War 2 X360
By R41N_M4K3R | Review Date:
Gears of War 2 is a ambitious game by the folks from Epic. The lead designer Cliff Blezinski claimed that the game was going to be "bigger, badder, and more bad_ss". The game deliveres in all three of those categories by creating an amazing game world and atmosphere along with some of the graphics and sound in a video game to date. The single player once again has Marcus Fenix and delta squad out to save the world from the evil locust hoard again. The overall story is more well written then the first Gears because their are deeper and more complex story lines including Dom Santiago's search for his wife. The scale of the story is much wider and Epic does a great job of making delta squad feel like a little fish in a big pond by the sheer number of soldiers on screen. The ending is slightly a let down but is understandable because Epic had planned on making Gears of War a trilogy.
The multiplayer is a very different beast then Call of Duty or Halo but is still extremely addicting. There are many different game modes to play with your friends online over ten new maps and five revamped maps from Gears 1. The maps are evenly balanced and are easy to learn. The best multiplayer mode is a cooperative mode that you can play with five of your friends. It is called horde mode and the main goal is to try to survive an onslaught of enemies as long as you can with your friends on a multiplayer map. The game takes place in waves of enemies where the longer you and your friends survive, the more points your team can earn.
There are several issues with the game that keeps it from being a all time classic. The overall single player campaign is way to short and only takes between 8-10 hours. There is also no 4 player story co-op which is found in Halo 3 and CoD 5 and the waiting time for a multiplayer match is terribly long. I timed myself and I waited for 20 minutes to join a game where all I needed was one partner. I also wish there was accessible stats for online play like what is found in CoD 4, Rainbow 6 Vegas 2, and Battlefield Bad Company.
The issues are minor to the overall game of Gears 2. The upside is so much higher then the negative aspects that it should not be missed by anyone that owns an Xbox 360.
9/10

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