Just got back from playing Gears 2 on the PAX showroom floor. How was it? Well, it’s more Gears, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. There was an Ten player team deathmatch LAN going on at the booth so I decided to pick up a pad as a Locust.
What was the first thing I did? Team-killed my closest ally by mistake. Sorry! You kinda looked like Carmine! Geez! Although that was a dick move on my part it did give me a look at the new through-the-back (”anal rage” I like to call it) chainsaw kill, which was disgustingly awesome. After getting a dirty look from the guy two screens over that I probably just killed I ran for some cover. One of the things I disliked about the first Gears was how the cover system revolved around the A button and the A button only. Well, it looks like they didn’t change a damn thing. I can’t wait to unintentionally run for cover when I actually wanted to roll dodge away from the shotgun-wielding teenager that’s about to tell me I “f*ckin’ suck at this game” on Xbox Live. Oh well.
The graphics were much smoother than the original Gears. I would have paid more attention to them if I wasn’t looking at the chainsaw duels happening right in front of me. When you and your opponent Lancer melee each other simultaneously it results in a game of who-can-tap-the-B-button-faster. The slower guy ends up looking like the leftover beef concoction in my fridge that my roommates back in Rochester are probably looking at right now and saying “What the f*ck is this sh*t?” It’s a nice little addition to Gears that I really enjoyed. I was on a decent kill streak until some dude went Charizard on my dumb, unsuspecting ass with the flamethrower.
Gears-lovers, this new title is the same Gears you love but with new weapons, items, and moves that will make the game seem deeper. Gears-haters, keeping hating I guess, because it’s more Marcus Fenix & Co. than you can handle. Although I wasn’t a huge Gears 1 fan I’m actually looking forward to getting in a game with my buddies this Fall.
- Chu Boi
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Gears of War sucked massive balls
Gears of War 2 will suck 2 massive balls
really though? I thought it was one of the better games of this generation… and it was the game that got me to grab a 360.
Mebbe you didnt like it… but sucking massive balls?
The game Singlehandedly ushered in the ‘cover’ mechanic.. which is now standard in 3rd person shooters. If thats ballsucking.. then bring on the nuthummers!
You mean Killswitch ushered in 3rd person cover mechanics, and blind cover fire, and the list goes on. Gears innovated really nothing. It just put a bloodier, better looking look to it.
“The game Singlehandedly ushered in the ‘cover’ mechanic.. which is now standard in 3rd person shooters. If thats ballsucking.. then bring on the nuthummers!”
Something called KILLSWITCH, total rip off, while it did popularise it, it’s something done before, except this time its added with RE4’s unique camera system.
RE4+killswitch = Gears of war.
Good thing Cliffy admitted that.
Gear did not usher in the cover system, That honor goes to killswitch.
wow this ” previewer” doesnt know a damn thing
Gears was awesome. Gears 2 will be better!
wow. Gears 2 is nothing amazing? Very alike to the same shit from 06?
hot damn. Go figure. expansion packs for the win.
Okay… perhaps not singlehandedly… but I stand by the fact that it ushered in the age of cover being a standard feature.
Gears had a great story mode, but I thought the online was pretty lame(slow). I like a fast paced multiplayer experience like COD4. I think the new weapons and the story line alone will make me want to pick up the game. Yes Killswitch did it before gears but the 360 gives it more depth.
What zZytrox are you suckin on a dick right now? Gears 1 is an excellent game, How can you say it sucks massive balls….? Anyway idiots who cant play the game shouldnt try in the first place…….I bet you’re a little PS3 Fan-Homo…..Sorry PS3 fans but another 360 exclusive makes PS3 bite the dust yet again….PS3 is so much ass right now….I have mines sitting the corner collecting dust…it sucks that the only good game on it right now is MGS4….Im about to sell my PS3 its no good…..
Gears is f*cking fun to play, who cares who came up with something, if theres no patent or something for the cover system the Gears haters can quiet walk away.
No expansion pack morons…new face motion-capture technology,implemented Lucasarts Moleculair matter technology,improved Physics/better lightning effects/3 times the polygons in characters and weapons/campaign twice the length and size maps…in others words Just Gears of War 2.
if yyou didn’t like gears of war 1 you probably sucked balls at it.
All of you are just jealous because the PS3 its near to his death no exclusive games not even metal gear because its coming later for the 360. Gears of war its the best game eveeeeeer!!!. Even with Blu ray there is not even one PS3 game that comes close to Gears of War.
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