The sequel to Gears of War doesn't disappoint. Mostly because a lot didn't change since the first game, but that's ok!
Ok, now to real things of review-age.
Here we have another shooter where the world is melting to bad guys, but luckily you are the most awesome guy with a gun in the universe, so everything's cool. You once again take the role of Marcus Fenix against the swarms of Locust trying to take over the planet.
It really works just as well the first Gears. In fact, it's completely identical. Now what I mean by identical is that I literally used the exact same weapons in the first game as I did in the second. Lancer, Sniper, Magnum thingy, and grenades. So while there wasn't a whole lot of exploration into new game play elements, the good thing is that it still works really well. The duck and cover system is very fluid, and I never had any trouble going to where I wanted to.
Then there's the most important thing to an FPS, the multiplayer. Multiplayer works well and the maps are fun and everything seems well balanced and such. I did have a bit of trouble with matchmaking (not just in Gears, LEMME TELL YA) and I found myself entering a queue then putting the controller to make a sandwich or 17 before the match started.
Graphics are good, but I really wish they could've done something other than just brown EVERYWHERE. The best part of Marcus is the fact that there are bright blue glowing things on his suit, which at least give the game some color. Come on Epic, throw in some accent colors or something. Take ONE art class, please.
Campaign is way too long, since the only reason I play is to get the unlockables for multiplayer. It's certainly not for the story. Saving the planet from aliens, missing wife, and cryptic parents are not interesting crises. Also, dialogue needs some serious work. Everything Dom said made me want to punch his high school english teacher. Some of the corniest, most idiotic phrases ever uttered came outta that pansy's mouth. If Cole's hilarious lines weren't there to balance out Dom's crap, I would've put the game on mute.
Overall, if you already like Halo or CoD you're unlikely to convert.