I'm watching this Gears 2 marathon and I am currently not overwhelmed like I was with the Halo 3 playthrough. It seems to me that it's more like COD5- basically COD4 with a few tweaks (COD5's case just re-skinned guns). GoW is not that bad from what I've seen, as there are some nice adds on the multiplayer side. Perhaps it's my disdain for third person shooters, though. Hopefully GoW 2 will cause a drop in the price of a used GoW so that I can properly enjoy the multiplayer asset. Perhaps it will grow on me, and it will allow me to see the differences that only people who have played a lot of the game will notice. That's what I hope, because it looks like an awesome game.