gears of war 2 was one of the most anticipated games of 2008 cliff blesinsky said it would be more bad ass. he was RIGHT
gears of war 2 is the sequel to the best game in 2006(gears of war). cliff blesinsky promised to the press that this game would be bigger, better and more bad ass. he was true to his word and heres why.
this game starts off by introducing you to the problems currently happening in the war, and telling you that jacinto(the city) is humanitys last stand for survival.you then figure out that you need to go under ground to the locusts terf to kill the queen. later on you see a huge worm that has been eating up different citys, and those citys are surrounding jacinto. so when you get swalloed by the worm you plan to kill the worm and get out safley. after that dom really starts to get mad and fustrated on where his wife is so you go and try to safe her. after that there are some parts that are real spoilers so i wont say them. so the story over all is great!
In this game you will meet new characters such as ben carmine the brother of carmine from the first game, tai the big bad ass hawaine soldier, and dizzy the guy who will help you drive the derricks that you will incounter in the early part of the game. also the game happens to have more enviornments then the first from the city streets, to the cold tundra then to the bif areas of water all the way to big palaces and locust tunnels. also throughout these enviornments you get new guns such as the scorcher, the new improved lancer, ink bombs. boltok pistol, mulcher, hammerburst assault rifle. etc. also you get a chance to ride a reever, and brumak in the late stages of the game.
in the perfromance and techincal issues it is great. the graphics are top notch and perfromance is great. also just for facts it got the best graphics award of 2008 and best thrid person shooter. so no argument there .
for multiplayer there hasent been much changes from the first game except the fact for new maps, you can crawl for saftey, new game modes, and you can drop out and in at anytime you want. and last its easier to set up. last thing is that they brought a new mode called horde and that can be played either xbox live or locally and its up top 5 people to try and make it through 50 waves of survival, its simple really you have to try to survive through the wave and kill every locust you see and its really fun, and very addictive.
so over all i think gears of war is from a 9.5 to a 10. also i think gamespot did a bad job on the review for this game. ign, gametrailer, g4, and gamesbomb gave it at least a 9.5 so yea. and i do think you should buy this game since ITS GREAT!!!!!!!!