Gears of War 2 is a highly addictive shooter that will suck you in and wont let go till the early hours of the morning.
Gears 2 is still the pop in, pop out of cover game-play you know and love, but it has had some changes. Diving into cover just feels better now, the turns and rolls can be interrupted and the controls are much more responsive.
The sound design is great, with radio chatter and the screams of your fellow gears will make you feel like your in a warzone (although some of the voice work is cheesy, mainly from cole, in a gears kind of way). The graphics are wonderful, with excellent lighting and textures. The only thing i saw was at the beginning of a match the textures take like 5 seconds to load, but this is not a big problem at all, and you wont really care about it. And the framerate never bogged down.
There are a few more weapons in Gears 2, the scorcher is a flame-thrower, the mulcher is a heavy turret gun, and of corse you got the old fashioned mortar. There are small changes to your old arsenal to, the lancer now has laser sights, and the hammerburst is now semi-automatic instead of burstfire.
The story is mainly focused on Dom looking for his wife. Personally i think it's executed perfectly and one cutscene gives me goosebumps, you'll know which one when you see it.
You drive/ride 3 "vehicles" in the game. The first one is the centaur, which was an ok experience, but it was a little hard to drive. The reaver level is quite enjoyable, But you are rewarded for making it to the end by finally riding a burmak, and you get to stomp on all the locust or simply gun them down, and it is great fun.
The ending boss is way too easy, you can't die, but other then that the ending is actually really good. And the multiplayer is very addictive although it can take sometime to find a match. (like 5 minutes).
Overall this is a great game that anyone should try out.