Yes... there will be blood
I loved the first gears of war, I thought it was near perfect. although there was technical glitches, the biggest disappointment about the game for me was the storytelling. Epic created an interesting world,and interesting characters. But the story felt weak and not fleshed out enough. So going into gears 2, I was concerned that the same would happen with the sequel. I am proud to say that my concern is nonexistant as this time around, the story feels more in depth. What helps this is that there are plenty more cut scenes in gears 2, its no metal gear but players will be stopped frequently to watch a cut scene(although you can skip them but why would you.)
The characters feel more fleshed out as many of them have their own kind of backstory and epic tells you their motivation to be in the war. A big part of the story is Dom's continueing search for his wife, It's definately more of a focus this time around.
The first gears featured some of the best graphics ever and the sequel is no different. Some how, epic has made gears 2 look even better than the first. There is more facial animations, better textures, huge vistas, and it looks much more colorful.
If you thought the first gears was gory, wait to you play the sequel. Blood now splatters from gunshots and the chainsaw now paints the walls with blood. If a downed enemy crawls, they will leave a trail of blood wherever they go. And headshots could make the quezzy throw up. Basically, this ain't a kids game and it wears its "M" rating with honor
The first gears of war gave us some very addicting multiplayer, although there wasn't many game modes and they weren't that varied, the gameplay was golden. Gears 2 brings that gameplay back but with a vastly superior multiplayer mode. There are many more modes and weapons and it features a matchmaking system making it easier to get into a match. To sum the multiplayer up, this game will be played online for years to come.
As you can tell I love gears of war 2. Its my game of the year and I give it a perfect 10/10. Its not a game you wanna miss out on. Halo is no longer xbox's flagship, that title belongs to gears of war. An Instant classic.