I love this game and i also liked gears 1 but...
User Rating: 9 | Gears of War 2 X360
This game is great, and the campaign alone makes it worth buying and playing for hours and hours at a time because it is that addicting. The campaign in gow2 is probably the most fun campaign i have ever played, with all the blood and gore it makes it a very very fun game. I like the addition of the chainsaw duel from the first one and also that you do not have to use the lancer (chainsaw gun) as your primary weapon, because you can use the hammerburst instead. There is not a lot of difference between this game and gears 1 but there didn't need to be as gears of war was a good game already. the only thing that keeps this game from being a 9.5 or even a 10 is the lag in online multiplayer matches. Unlike Halo or many other games that dont have these problems, gears of war 2 has some problems with lag and "standbying". I don't know how to fix these problems but obviously it can be done, and they really need to for this game to live up to its full potential. On the other side, when you do get a good connection, (which happens rarely) the game is also lots of fun online. Overall, this game is worht spending your money on, and i guarantee that you will have loads of fun playing it. 
