Gears of War 2: Review

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Gears of War 2
by Epic Games
Released: Nov 7, 2008


Sequels have a way of staying the course. They'll try to expand on what made the first game popular, even if that comes without innovation. It's a game that is fun to play, even if it's just more of the same. The highly acclaimed sequel to Gears of War was one of the most anticipated titles of 2008. It was going to be bigger and better, a game that offered a better plot, better online play, just an all-around better game than the first. Somewhere along the way though, Epic managed to take all that was good about the original and curb stomp it down and out with a spiked boot. And what's new? Let's find out.

- New waepons
Ranging from shields, mortars, flamethrower, rail gun, and more. The originals also reappear here too, with some redesign or fixed shooting ability (ie. Lancer is now 550 bullets).

- Chainsaw battleWhen you are going to chainsaw an enemy, a chainsaw battle will take place. Unfortunately, it's only about button mashings though.

- New online modes
Gears of War 2 has more online modes to its precedents. Like Horde Mode which will place you to fight waves of hordes with up to 5 players online. The highly touted Horde mode is an intense cooperative game pitting five players against 50 waves of increasingly difficult Locust enemies. While throughout the first 15 or so waves you may think it to be too easy, before you know it you'll be surrounded by the games most vicious enemies. Every 10 waves the Locust also get health and damage bonuses making things even more challenging. As long as one human player is alive at the end of each wave, everyone else will get to re-spawn at the beginning of the next.

- Execution System

Are you down! Don't worry, now in Gears of War 2 your teammates can revive you (unlike in the original Gears of War, which only co-op players can revive you). But in this situation, you could only crawl to safe place and waiting to be revived, because the enemy will try to execute you. Executions are variable, depending in button pressed and weapon. You can also be made as meatflag, making you as a shield for the enemy.


And here are the marks! (eng ing eng)

Gameplay 8/10
Okay, Gears of War 2 did some improvement here and there, but I still think Gears of War is better in some aspects. I still think Gears of War 2 is deferior in difficulty than Gears of War. The campaign mode are too easy to bear even in Insane difficulty, never to say the original which needed me to play co-op (at some stages). But the most disappointment is bosses fight, which is all about button mashing. I miss General RAAM and of course, our lovely Kyrll ^_^. But, the addition of weapons and online modes are good things.

Graphic 8.5/10
Gears of War 2 did improvements in graphic, especially in sceneries, which amazes me. The bullets fired from weapons also look detailed, plus the blood and gore, which made Gears of War famous for, been improved. Though objects in the game could get some attention as it just like some dead objects (nothing happens even if you shot at them). Also the characters could be better, I think.

Sound 9/10
Could get scream? Shouts? I liked them. They sound so realistic. And I also like Dom's emotional voice when find out they lost their source of information about his wife.

Personal Opinion 10/10 --> 20/20 (x2)
So, what made me give this perfect score? Of course it's the replayability! 'till now, GoW2, has been the most game I replayed, 'couse it's fun! And also the almost impossible achievements (ie. killing 100.000 enemies), some of other courage me to keep playing this, and GoW2 is a good stress reliever.

Total 45.5/50 (91%)
GoW is a must have title for Shooting game lovers, especially for its addictive cover system. Should GoW supports more players in online mode, GoW could be a serious competitive for CoD or CS.