Bigger, Badder, and More BADASS
-GAMEPLAY-
The control scheme is the same as the last game so it is really easy for you to pick up the controller and begin playing. The enemy AI has definatly improved from the first one. The are actually working together and will team up on you. Even at the lowest difficulty, you will find some form of a challenge in it. Not only has the enemy AI gotten better, the friendly AI has improved too. They are actually participating in the action. My only gripe, however, is during multiplayer. If your like me and have no friends, you have bots to play with, and if you die, you have a small chance of winning the round. They will look at an enemy and not shoot. That of course is a small little thing and nothing to really worry about.
-STORY-
After the minimal disaster story of the first game, the story actually was a good one. It takes a humistic approach at looking into the mind of one of the Gears, Dom, who is looking for his lost wife Maria. While this was good and all, there were many questions that I had at the end of the game, which was promised that loose ends would be tied up. That said, the story is immersive, and you will get to know the men of Delta Squad, as well as the Locust Hoarde all throughout the game.
-SOUND/PRESENTATION-
The sound has always been a good addition to the Gears Series. The music, weapons, characters, all have their own unique sound. Apart from the sound, the graphics were amazing as well. Getting rid of the black, dark look of the first one was a great difference. On the day I bought the game, I played Gears 1 right before playing Gears 2, and boy was there a difference. The water physics were amazing, the lighting was better, and everything seemed more colorful than ever. Apart from some instances of the texture not being loaded, (it takes like 5 seconds for the details to pop up), this was an amazing presented game.
-MULTIPLAYER-
This is one of the weaker parts of the game. Sure, the multiplayer has many incredible moments of hard core action, but it could do better. It takes forever to load into maps, and it just seems like the last game but with some different maps. Their take on CtF is a good one I'll give them that, but it just wasnt up to the expectations they set for themselves. Hoarde mode on the other hand is absolutly incredible, I absolutly loved this mode and play it constantly.
-FINAL THOUGHTS-
Epic promised us a badass game, it came up BADASS X10. If you liked the first game, even if you love the shooting genre in general, BUY THIS GAME.
FINAL 10/10