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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: pilonv1 on November 06, 2008, 07:07:41 AM

Title: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: pilonv1 on November 06, 2008, 07:07:41 AM
No fancy titles.

 :o @ opening movie.

 :o :o :o :o @ level of detail
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Tieno on November 06, 2008, 07:15:37 AM
:(
It'll be a week+ before I play this game cause I'm importing it, though still waiting for a report to be 100% sure it's region free.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: pilonv1 on November 06, 2008, 07:17:44 AM
im missing all the story so far cause im drooling over the lighting and detail :drool
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: pilonv1 on November 06, 2008, 07:22:05 AM
AWESOME it gives you an update on how you are progressing with achievements. :bow2
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: WrikaWrek on November 06, 2008, 07:32:05 AM
COD4 wannabe. Better than the 1st, and looks bloody amazing but i'm disappointed.

The scripted sequences just don't have power to it, the chase sequence they showed in the presentation and shit, sucks dick. Even something as little as a shaking camera when a cutscene shows the end of that scene, i mean, Epic just doesn't know.

Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: pilonv1 on November 06, 2008, 07:37:28 AM
yeah its scripted to all fuck
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Darunia on November 06, 2008, 07:45:12 AM
:(
It'll be a week+ before I play this game cause I'm importing it, though still waiting for a report to be 100% sure it's region free.


I'd do the same, if my friend wasn't pushing me to get it asap so we can do co-op. I'm calling some stores today, can't wait to play this.

scripted :bow

train ride games just make for awesome experiences, fact
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: WrikaWrek on November 06, 2008, 07:50:46 AM
If you want to make a linear game with epic battles, you have to make it scripted. Otherwise, the AI does shit you never expect it to do.

Nobody said otherwise. It's just that COD4 did it better.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: pilonv1 on November 06, 2008, 07:53:14 AM
id like to see how co-op is but im not holding my breath
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Darunia on November 06, 2008, 07:54:34 AM
If you want to make a linear game with epic battles, you have to make it scripted. Otherwise, the AI does shit you never expect it to do.

Nobody said otherwise. It's just that COD4 did it better.

what are you talking about

how is it a 'wannabe' then. It's not like they're copying CoD4, they're just continuing the trend they set with 1
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: WrikaWrek on November 06, 2008, 07:58:17 AM
If you want to make a linear game with epic battles, you have to make it scripted. Otherwise, the AI does shit you never expect it to do.

Nobody said otherwise. It's just that COD4 did it better.

what are you talking about

how is it a 'wannabe' then. It's not like they're copying CoD4, they're just continuing the trend they set with 1

Uh no. GOw1 had a couple of scripted sequences, not many, as the design was mostly "room, room, room, room" and so on type of thing.

GOW2 bets much much more on these scripted action setpieces, much like COD4, but it doesn't quite live up to COD4's scripting quality.

It's good, mind you, but it just could've, and should've been better.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Innocent X on November 06, 2008, 08:07:09 AM
My copy of COD4 must have come from a different factory or something, because I thought the single player was pretty poor.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 06, 2008, 10:30:48 AM
COD4 wannabe. Better than the 1st, and looks bloody amazing but i'm disappointed.



I'm confused what you mean by this.  CoD4 is all about dumb respawning clones in infinite supply trying to inhibit you from getting from point A to point B.  Gears has some respawning but it's all about closing up the emergence holes while fighting in set pieces made to provide lots of cover.

not to mention that one is a fast paced FPS and the other is a strategic TPS
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Tieno on November 06, 2008, 10:33:40 AM
My copy of COD4 must have come from a different factory or something, because I thought the single player was pretty poor.
WrikaWrek is training for ubiased fanboy

:(
It'll be a week+ before I play this game cause I'm importing it, though still waiting for a report to be 100% sure it's region free.


I'd do the same, if my friend wasn't pushing me to get it asap so we can do co-op. I'm calling some stores today, can't wait to play this.

scripted :bow

train ride games just make for awesome experiences, fact
I'd buy it day 1 if Fallout 3 hadn't come out, now I can sort of pass the time till it arrives in the mail. Otherwise I probably would have payed the extra 22euros
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: ch1nchilla on November 06, 2008, 10:43:31 AM
Picking this up tonight... this game is going to completely fuck my sleep schedule, but it's cool. Finally figured out how to connect the 360 to the internet through my MacBook Pro, so everything is ready!
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 06, 2008, 11:25:37 AM
Out for delivery  :hyper
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 06, 2008, 11:59:43 AM
How so?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 06, 2008, 12:00:44 PM
cause you're gay

and BUY IT AT CIRCUIT CITY FOR FREE 1600 MS POINTS
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 06, 2008, 12:30:16 PM
How so?

Come on, its like me pretending to be excited for Wii music.

I've likely played more versions of Gears than you have, dude. You are really bad at this.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Akala on November 06, 2008, 12:32:05 PM
cause you're gay

and BUY IT AT CIRCUIT CITY FOR FREE 1600 MS POINTS

That's a pretty good deal.

I saw tons of copies at Target last night. I wasn't going to get it day 1, but I figured I'd get it if I could get it early.

They took it out of the case and everything, but it wouldn't ring up. Bastards. >:(

Got DMC4 PC for $10 tho.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 06, 2008, 12:33:16 PM
OH SHIT! SORRY MAN, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU PLAYED GEARS ON PC! YOUR INEVITABLE ENDLESS COMPLAINTS WILL SURLEY BE JUSTIFIED THEN!

What fucking complaints? You and Tieno should start a club or something.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 06, 2008, 12:36:59 PM
Moron
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: muckhole on November 06, 2008, 01:24:39 PM
Heading into Toronto tonight for the Canadian launch party at some "secret" location. I'll try to get pics. Hopefully they give us free copies like they did with the first one.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 06, 2008, 01:25:59 PM
take pics of some hot dudes
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Smooth Groove on November 06, 2008, 01:28:43 PM
Who cares that the gameplay is scripted as long as the action is hot?  Far Cry 2 already has all the open world shooting that anyone would need.  

Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Vizzys on November 06, 2008, 01:28:48 PM
its out friday
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 06, 2008, 01:29:54 PM
I'm gonna crank up Gears 1 today... try my hand on Insane, which will no doubt end in failure
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Smooth Groove on November 06, 2008, 01:31:36 PM
Do you get separate achievements for beating Insane alone? 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: muckhole on November 06, 2008, 01:32:03 PM
take pics of some hot dudes

That shouldn't be a problem. The guy/girl ratio at these things is usually pretty tilted.

The worst part is the free open bar that I can't take advantage of because I'm driving down for it. :'(
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 06, 2008, 01:33:41 PM
Do you get separate achievements for beating Insane alone? 

No, but I cant really think of anyone at this time who wants to trudge through Insane
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 06, 2008, 01:35:55 PM
take pics of some hot dudes

That shouldn't be a problem. The guy/girl ratio at these things is usually pretty tilted.

The worst part is the free open bar that I can't take advantage of because I'm driving down for it. :'(

You're gonna be a filthy drunk later in life. When you need money for beer, let me know. We can make it work.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 06, 2008, 01:37:08 PM
I'm picking this up early tomorrow.  I liked Gears 1 for the multiplayer (I thought single player was just alright, even in co-op) and it sounds like the multiplayer is now going to be better than before.  I can only hope to be surprised by the single player this time around, but all I've seen has been mostly the same stuff again.  I probably will play horde mode first since that sounds like the best addition to the game.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: muckhole on November 06, 2008, 01:38:29 PM
You're gonna be a filthy drunk later in life. When you need money for beer, let me know. We can make it work.

I'll be the dirty hobo who lives in your shed.  :-*
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 06, 2008, 01:39:00 PM
mmmm
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Smooth Groove on November 06, 2008, 01:41:33 PM
Gamespot review is up.  Game sounds like it'll make Resistance fanboys cry again.  

I can't wait to check out the new UE3 effects.  
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: patrickula on November 06, 2008, 01:42:27 PM
Is normal difficulty harder on this one?  It was a joke last time, but I don't wanna pick hard again or whatever it's called and get pwnt.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 06, 2008, 02:02:54 PM
Amazon shipped copies to people with free shipping early, but not to release-day delivery people.  bastards.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Bebpo on November 06, 2008, 02:16:48 PM
Gamespot review is up.  Game sounds like it'll make Resistance fanboys cry again.  

Yet they gave both of them identical scores....

You can't even really compare the two games.  One is primarily a SP FPS the other is primarily a co-op TPS.  Both Gears 1 & Resistance 1 rocked, no reason the sequels both won't.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 06, 2008, 02:19:25 PM
cause you're gay

and BUY IT AT CIRCUIT CITY FOR FREE 1600 MS POINTS

thats a good deal, the only freebie ive seen is faggy cog tag necklace

Im buying this as soon as my friend does, co-op or bust
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 06, 2008, 02:20:40 PM
7-11's are selling the game early. Couple of co-workers picked up copies last night from the one near the office. Friend received his copy early from Amazon and is playing it right now actually.

Looks really nice.

Yeah, I stopped by a 7-11 in Seattle last night and they were already selling Gears 2.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 06, 2008, 02:21:47 PM
If Gears 2 is more Gears 1 in the same way that Resistance 2 is more Resistance 1, then Gears 2 will be better than Resistance 2.  Gears 1 > Resistance 1 (not by THAt much, but yeah).
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 06, 2008, 02:25:15 PM
(not by THAt much, but yeah).

what?? smh
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 06, 2008, 02:38:27 PM
(not by THAt much, but yeah).

what?? smh

Gears was great, I also thought Resistance was good, but I'm not the biggest fan of games that require you to rape the enemy with buckets of ammo to take them down.

Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 06, 2008, 02:39:42 PM
SMH wii fans
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: WrikaWrek on November 06, 2008, 02:45:01 PM
Gears raped Resistance.

Nobody gives a fuck about Resistance anymore, wait and see R2 pull an uncharted in sales.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 06, 2008, 02:45:56 PM
ouch
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Smooth Groove on November 06, 2008, 02:53:24 PM
It's not just sales.  I bet Gears will once again garner more awards than Resistance. 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: WrikaWrek on November 06, 2008, 02:55:57 PM
It's not just sales.  I bet Gears will once again garner more awards than Resistance. 

Well, the thing is, R1 at least sold well, so even if the industry itself didn't care for resistance, gamers somehow did. But the lack of hype for R2 is really telling how much of a mark R1 was.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Bebpo on November 06, 2008, 02:59:26 PM
It's not just sales.  I bet Gears will once again garner more awards than Resistance. 

Well, the thing is, R1 at least sold well, so even if the industry itself didn't care for resistance, gamers somehow did. But the lack of hype for R2 is really telling how much of a mark R1 was.

...and there's been hype for Gears 2?  I haven't heard anything about it besides the Sept 29th media event.  It wasn't even on the front page of the weekly Best Buy ad.

Neither R2 or G2 have the kind of huge release hype that Halo 3 or MGS4 or even CoD4 had.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Smooth Groove on November 06, 2008, 03:01:58 PM
Yeah, it's been really odd how quiet Gears 2's marketing has been.  Some of my 360 owning friends didn't even know that the sequel was coming out this month. 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 06, 2008, 03:02:14 PM
It's not just sales.  I bet Gears will once again garner more awards than Resistance. 

Well, the thing is, R1 at least sold well, so even if the industry itself didn't care for resistance, gamers somehow did. But the lack of hype for R2 is really telling how much of a mark R1 was.

...and there's been hype for Gears 2?  I haven't heard anything about it besides the Sept 29th media event.  It wasn't even on the front page of the weekly Best Buy ad.

Neither R2 or G2 have the kind of huge release hype that Halo 3 or MGS4 or even CoD4 had.

I've seen very little advertising for Gears 2. I remember seeing tons of commercials for the first one.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: WrikaWrek on November 06, 2008, 03:06:59 PM
It's not just sales.  I bet Gears will once again garner more awards than Resistance. 

Well, the thing is, R1 at least sold well, so even if the industry itself didn't care for resistance, gamers somehow did. But the lack of hype for R2 is really telling how much of a mark R1 was.

...and there's been hype for Gears 2?  I haven't heard anything about it besides the Sept 29th media event.  It wasn't even on the front page of the weekly Best Buy ad.

Neither R2 or G2 have the kind of huge release hype that Halo 3 or MGS4 or even CoD4 had.

wut? What kind of hype are you talking about? I'm not talking about Marketing.

I'm talking about people being hyped for Gears 2.

But yeah, pretty weird how MS is handling the launch for GOW2, hmmm.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 06, 2008, 03:07:29 PM
It's not just sales.  I bet Gears will once again garner more awards than Resistance. 

Well, the thing is, R1 at least sold well, so even if the industry itself didn't care for resistance, gamers somehow did. But the lack of hype for R2 is really telling how much of a mark R1 was.

...and there's been hype for Gears 2?  I haven't heard anything about it besides the Sept 29th media event.  It wasn't even on the front page of the weekly Best Buy ad.

Neither R2 or G2 have the kind of huge release hype that Halo 3 or MGS4 or even CoD4 had.

haha, you think Gears 2 needs hype? rude awakening, son. rude awakening.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 06, 2008, 03:09:28 PM
If Gears 2 sells fewer copies, it's only because there are actually other games to play this holiday. October/November is a slaughterhouse.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: WrikaWrek on November 06, 2008, 03:09:56 PM
PREDICTION TIME

Despite having a bigger install base to sell to, Gears 2 will sell LESS than the original.

Doubt it. This game is gonna push over 6 million in sales.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: WrikaWrek on November 06, 2008, 03:15:03 PM
Obama just won the elections dude.

People feel good, they will be spending some money in the upcoming months.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Bebpo on November 06, 2008, 03:16:25 PM
It's not just sales.  I bet Gears will once again garner more awards than Resistance. 

Well, the thing is, R1 at least sold well, so even if the industry itself didn't care for resistance, gamers somehow did. But the lack of hype for R2 is really telling how much of a mark R1 was.

...and there's been hype for Gears 2?  I haven't heard anything about it besides the Sept 29th media event.  It wasn't even on the front page of the weekly Best Buy ad.

Neither R2 or G2 have the kind of huge release hype that Halo 3 or MGS4 or even CoD4 had.

wut? What kind of hype are you talking about? I'm not talking about Marketing.

I'm talking about people being hyped for Gears 2.

But yeah, pretty weird how MS is handling the launch for GOW2, hmmm.

Yeah and I don't see many people being hyped to play the game.  Nothing like Halo 3/MGS4 type launches.

I wasn't hyped to play R2 and I'm not hyped to play Gears 2 either.  I'll pick up Gears 2 tomorrow play it for an hour and toss it in my backlog to play in a month or two or three like I did with R2.  When there's this many games out in the fall it's hard to be "hyped" to play a more-of-the-same-but-better sequel.  

The only game I'm actually "hyped" to play this year is Mirrors Edge because it's new and fresh and plays well/looks well.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: WrikaWrek on November 06, 2008, 03:20:01 PM
It's not just sales.  I bet Gears will once again garner more awards than Resistance. 

Well, the thing is, R1 at least sold well, so even if the industry itself didn't care for resistance, gamers somehow did. But the lack of hype for R2 is really telling how much of a mark R1 was.

...and there's been hype for Gears 2?  I haven't heard anything about it besides the Sept 29th media event.  It wasn't even on the front page of the weekly Best Buy ad.

Neither R2 or G2 have the kind of huge release hype that Halo 3 or MGS4 or even CoD4 had.

wut? What kind of hype are you talking about? I'm not talking about Marketing.

I'm talking about people being hyped for Gears 2.

But yeah, pretty weird how MS is handling the launch for GOW2, hmmm.

Yeah and I don't see many people being hyped to play the game.  Nothing like Halo 3/MGS4 type launches.

I wasn't hyped to play R2 and I'm not hyped to play Gears 2 either.  I'll pick up Gears 2 tomorrow play it for an hour and toss it in my backlog to play in a month or two or three like I did with R2.  When there's this many games out in the fall it's hard to be "hyped" to play a more-of-the-same-but-better sequel.  

The only game I'm actually "hyped" to play this year is Mirrors Edge because it's new and fresh and plays well/looks well.

You keep talking about MGS4 and Halo 3/Cod4 in the same breath, as if. That game sold like 1 million at best in the 1st month. Gears 2 is gonna trounce that shit. People on my friends list that don't spend their time on message boards like us losers, are hyped as hell for Gears 2.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Bebpo on November 06, 2008, 03:24:16 PM
MGS4 sold like shit but the launch mania was crazy just like the Halo 3 launch or an FF launch.  People were camping out for that shit.

Gears 2 will sell millions of copies no doubt.  Probably will sell 5x Resistance 2 at least.  But then again so will Fallout 3.  I think R2 will sell about the same as R1, probably a 1.5 mil at the end of the year.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 06, 2008, 03:33:01 PM
Yeah, it's been really odd how quiet Gears 2's marketing has been.  Some of my 360 owning friends didn't even know that the sequel was coming out this month. 

I'm not sure it needs the marketing, to be honest. The first one was a success with very little in the way of market backlash, so all they need to do is remind people that the sequel is coming. Marketing costs a lot of money and resources, which is probably better spent on projects that need the marketing push to sell. Honestly, I think Halo 3 was far more dependent on "hype," due to somewhat mixed opinions of elements in Halo 2.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 06, 2008, 03:39:10 PM
If anyone wants to do Insane, let me know (Gears 1)... I will take anyone. You just have to not SUCK. Dying is ok since that is unavoidable, but, if you suck, you suck.

Currently on like Chapter 2 (Act 1). Doing ok. Only need 3 more COG tags.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: dark1x on November 06, 2008, 03:42:13 PM
I can't wait to play this.  Resistance 2 turned out to be a huge disappointment for me.  Just doesn't have any magic behind it.  There have been so many great games coming out as of late, but none of them are of the traditional single player shooter variety that I enjoy so much.  I mean, the closest thing was Dead Space, but that really has a different flavor.  I have my racing (Motorstorm 2), platforming (LBP), RPG-ish (Fallout 3), and sandbox (Saint's Row 2) genres all wrapped up.  Far Cry 2 and Resistance 2 both had the potential to work, but I found FC2 to be this years Assassin's Creed and R2 to be generally disappointing.  Most of those games have a pick-up and play kind of feel in that I can jump in and out of them at any time.  Gears 2 is the first honest to goodness hardcore single player shooter experience that I know I'm going to love and I'm pumped.  OK, so Crysis Warhead also fit that bill, but it is SUPER ULTRA short and felt low budget (despite the kickass visuals).  I mean, I appreciate the low price point, but it was a fraction of the length of the original game and lacked the polish.

The hype seems pretty crazy too as a lot of random people at work keep bringing it up in a way that I've seen with no other game.

MGS4 sold like shit but the launch mania was crazy just like the Halo 3 launch or an FF launch.  People were camping out for that shit.

Gears 2 will sell millions of copies no doubt.  Probably will sell 5x Resistance 2 at least.  But then again so will Fallout 3.  I think R2 will sell about the same as R1, probably a 1.5 mil at the end of the year.
MGS4 didn't sell like shit, though.  It actually sold very well and Konami is pleased with the results.  Isn't that what matters?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Tieno on November 06, 2008, 04:47:53 PM
Confirmed region free. Just ordered it. 2euros more than Fallout 3 cause the canadian dollar is getting stronger or the euro worse  :-\
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 06, 2008, 05:04:21 PM
Gears 2 should sell really well.  You can say that since there are other games out now it won't stand out as much, but the first game still sold a lot for a new ip, so I expect this to sell even more.  Worst case is that CoD World at War would destroy it.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Vizzys on November 06, 2008, 05:37:10 PM
got my gamecrazy call, they are having a midnight launch which is surprising considering how small their place is

gonna pick it up tomorrow
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Jansen on November 06, 2008, 07:27:53 PM
i'm gonna sit here and twiddle my thumbs as await for my order from amazon to arrive tomorrow
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mrbob on November 06, 2008, 07:53:34 PM
Thinking about waiting on this since L4D will be more fun online, but the inclusion of a 1600 point card from circuit city is tempting.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mrbob on November 06, 2008, 10:58:31 PM
I didn't know you loved me so! 

But since you put it that way, I think I will!  Thanks to your input, I'll wait for an expansion pack price point for whats basically an expansion pack game! 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 06, 2008, 11:01:09 PM
dirty poors smh
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 06, 2008, 11:35:09 PM
I'll wait for an expansion pack price point for whats basically an expansion pack game! 

... what in the hell?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 06, 2008, 11:51:05 PM
Oh quiet MrBob, you're going to buy this and then rave about it just like Fallout 3.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Jansen on November 07, 2008, 12:50:06 AM
not really no

anything with bald space marines makes me wet
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 07, 2008, 12:51:45 AM
yawn generic war game.  do xbots like anything else?

Rare
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: muckhole on November 07, 2008, 12:58:53 AM
Back from the Canadian launch event. Sadly, no pics, because the lighting was messing with my camera. They rented out an entire subway platform(!), and had a shit ton of hi-def TV's running Gears 2 linked up. Good stuff. Hotter than an oven down there though, but getting a free copy of the game made it easy to cope with.

The game looks fantastic, and I really have to learn how to use that new mortar canon.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Smooth Groove on November 07, 2008, 01:20:10 AM
Xbots like games that just try to be games instead of art. 

:piss Sony's wannabe high concept games :piss2
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 07, 2008, 01:33:05 AM
Braid
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 07, 2008, 05:59:47 AM
Back from the Canadian launch event. Sadly, no pics, because the lighting was messing with my camera. They rented out an entire subway platform(!), and had a shit ton of hi-def TV's running Gears 2 linked up. Good stuff. Hotter than an oven down there though, but getting a free copy of the game made it easy to cope with.

The game looks fantastic, and I really have to learn how to use that new mortar canon.

we should play, baby
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Cormacaroni on November 07, 2008, 08:00:02 AM
My copy shipped today but it'll probably be a week at least, given that it's Play Asia's busiest time of year. :sad
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 07, 2008, 10:08:53 AM
I'll be picking up my copy later today. How many players does online co-op go up to again? 4-5?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mrbob on November 07, 2008, 11:37:52 AM
Dcharlie I give the people of Evilbore what they want!  I'm really not trying to do an all and out troll, it has to do with the huge surplus of games which have hit.  I have Fallout 3 (awesome), just picked up Red Alert 3 on PC, Left 4 Dead is coming in a little over a week, so it is more of trying to convince myself to buy another game when I really shouldn't since I barely have time to play what I have at the moment!

Oh quiet MrBob, you're going to buy this and then rave about it just like Fallout 3.

How are you enjoying the latest Tales experience?   :lol
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 07, 2008, 11:42:48 AM
I got my copy and the guy also gave me a code for the gold hammerburst weapon from the midnight launch, but I didn't need to stay up like a sucker, so cool.  And does anyone want the Gears 2 new xbox dash theme code?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: tiesto on November 07, 2008, 11:44:36 AM
Quote
do xbots like anything else?

xbots buy absolutely everything so i guess they like everything?

even turds in green boxes sell to us mongberts.

Except for all those RPGs :(
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 07, 2008, 11:48:43 AM
You mean except for jrpgs. :(
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: dark1x on November 07, 2008, 12:14:31 PM
Heh, got my limited edition copy along with a free remote control Centaur tank.  :P 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: bork on November 07, 2008, 12:36:00 PM
Mine shipped today from Play-Asia and I hope to get it Sunday at the earliest...UPS shipping baby!
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 07, 2008, 12:36:54 PM
Dcharlie I give the people of Evilbore what they want!  I'm really not trying to do an all and out troll, it has to do with the huge surplus of games which have hit.  I have Fallout 3 (awesome), just picked up Red Alert 3 on PC, Left 4 Dead is coming in a little over a week, so it is more of trying to convince myself to buy another game when I really shouldn't since I barely have time to play what I have at the moment!

Oh quiet MrBob, you're going to buy this and then rave about it just like Fallout 3.

How are you enjoying the latest Tales experience?   :lol

Oh stfu.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 07, 2008, 12:42:28 PM
This shit will have to wait until NXE comes out.  For some reason or another, Gears 1 makes my 360 go into hyperdrive and it sounds like a jet taking off head-on into a schoolbus.  I seriously need ear protection because the fan/drive is so obnoxious.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 07, 2008, 12:48:06 PM
This shit will have to wait until NXE comes out.  For some reason or another, Gears 1 makes my 360 go into hyperdrive and it sounds like a jet taking off head-on into a schoolbus.  I seriously need ear protection because the fan/drive is so obnoxious.
Gotta be UE3 texture streaming I think. ME did the same thing to my Xbox and I first noticed really bad texture pop in with the first gears when I tried replaying it a few months back. Drive was dying I think.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 07, 2008, 12:49:13 PM
Please answer my question, assholes.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 07, 2008, 12:50:28 PM
It's 2 player coop with 5 player horde mode.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: TakingBackSunday on November 07, 2008, 12:53:01 PM
I'm gonna wait for this game until Christmas.  I have other shit to play for the next month or so: Dead Space, Fallout 3, Mirror's Edge, and Banjo.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 07, 2008, 12:55:49 PM
This shit will have to wait until NXE comes out.  For some reason or another, Gears 1 makes my 360 go into hyperdrive and it sounds like a jet taking off head-on into a schoolbus.  I seriously need ear protection because the fan/drive is so obnoxious.
Gotta be UE3 texture streaming I think. ME did the same thing to my Xbox and I first noticed really bad texture pop in with the first gears when I tried replaying it a few months back. Drive was dying I think.

:(  I hope it isn't my drive.

I've got some problems with this 360 but I've got faith that it'll pull through.  4 is my lucky number.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 07, 2008, 01:07:05 PM
It's 2 player coop with 5 player horde mode.
Cool, thanks. How many players do the multiplayer modes go up to?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 07, 2008, 01:19:49 PM
Multiplayer is 10 now instead of 8.  It is broken down in several modes, so sometimes you have 5 vs 5, 2 vs 2 vs 2 vs 2 vs 2, and so on.

 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Kestastrophe on November 07, 2008, 01:29:52 PM
Well the cutscenes are 200% improved, and I love how much more color there is in this game. I haven't even touched multi yet

:heartbeat Gorgon Burst :heartbeat
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 07, 2008, 02:22:05 PM
I got mine at CC just now, but they didnt have any point cards.

"They didnt ship us enough"

So they put down my info, and will call me when they get some in. Works for me.

Regular edition comes with a 5 map pack code and a 48 hour code.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: muckhole on November 07, 2008, 02:26:50 PM
we should play, baby

I probably won't be back on high-speed until sometime next week. :'(

Plus you'd likely have to save my ass roughly every 45 seconds.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 07, 2008, 02:27:52 PM
I am ok with that.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: muckhole on November 07, 2008, 02:28:51 PM
Cool. If you see me on next week, send me an invite.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 07, 2008, 02:55:41 PM
Great, UPS probably won't be here till 6pm and I don't have much else to do today.  Maybe I should pick up a copy at EB games then return the amazon copy.  :tophat
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Jansen on November 07, 2008, 03:39:49 PM
ah yeah ups just delivered my copy
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 07, 2008, 04:07:13 PM
This game is pretty awesome so far.  Graphics are really good, but it's a similar situation as the DoA games where it's a bit hard to tell the difference at first.  There is still texture pop in and it's choppy at times, but for the most part it runs smooth.  With the exception of the horrible rig sequence, the campaign has been better than the firsts already.  The mortar is also a kickass weapon.  Story is pretty shitty and cutscenes are longer than they need to be, and it's a minor complaint, but it's made worse because all the cutscenes are people saying random military jargon with numbers back and forth.  The dom love story stuff is also really stupid.  It's the equivalent of a cop's last day on the force, except the cop is a bearded elephant in armor.

And every game really needs to take the achievement tracker thing.  Valve did it, Bizarre did it, and now Epic is doing it.  It's great.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 07, 2008, 04:07:55 PM
i would let Dom violate my holes
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 07, 2008, 04:14:16 PM
Epic talking up the story should have been ample warning. Remember how they insisted that UT3 would have, like, a real story? Not that Gears needed it; it just needed to explore the story of Sera a bit more.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 07, 2008, 04:18:32 PM
The actual story outside of the Dom stuff seems somewhat entertaining, but the Dom stuff is sooo bad.  Random after a fight he gets a message that they couldn't locate his woman, so he goes and starts stomping on a tire or wedding dress or some shit like that.  Then there is another scene where out of nowhere, like, there is no context for this conversation to happen at all, he just starts asking Marcus to find his woman in case he dies.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 07, 2008, 04:23:25 PM
woo hoo, early UPS delivery today!  Looks like UE3 but plays like fun!
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Jansen on November 07, 2008, 05:44:29 PM
my only complaint so far is that there are too many cutscenes breaking up the kickass action. oh and it looks almost exactly like the first game until you get to act 2 which is beautiful.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 07, 2008, 05:59:52 PM
I've had the game for the entire day but have been waiting for my friend to get home so we can play coop. I am so excited. :D
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 07, 2008, 06:21:48 PM
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Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: siamesedreamer on November 07, 2008, 06:24:25 PM
Love my GoW2 trucker hat from Best Buy.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 07, 2008, 07:20:40 PM
The flame thrower is so awesome.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 07, 2008, 07:49:55 PM
The hospital, the mgs length cutscene, and the very first part of the rig run are distinguished mentally-challenged but now it's awesome.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Darunia on November 07, 2008, 09:32:05 PM
Just finished my first sitting with a friend, played through 3.5 acts (judging from the collectible screen). You just lose track of time with this game. Vehicle section dragged on forever though, which is my only nitpick so far. Incredible game.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 07, 2008, 09:38:11 PM
This game is way better than the first one, it is barely even a contest.

The one thing I find funny is that Resistance 2 was getting pimped out because of the scale, and it was impressive, but this game does it better and even the boss fights are more varied.  Then again there was the promise of 'bigger, badder, more badass', and it was delievered big time.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Vizzys on November 07, 2008, 10:15:51 PM
got it

first matchmaking online took forever, jeez

second time was much faster, dunno
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 07, 2008, 10:26:12 PM
This game is better than I expected. I'm gonna try playing online later tonight. :D
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: AdmiralViscen on November 07, 2008, 10:44:59 PM
Submission on Security is a fucking nightmare
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 07, 2008, 10:49:21 PM
FUCK, I wish I could play Gears 2. :(

Oh well, time to continue packing for my vacation...

I will be here when you get back, honey.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 08, 2008, 12:29:27 AM
Gears 1 to Gears 2 is as big of a leap as ZoE1 to ZoE2

If you know what I'm talking about, then yeah, it's a huge improvement.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: hyp on November 08, 2008, 12:32:42 AM
just got my copy!
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 08, 2008, 12:33:10 AM
Everyone playin Gears 2 and here I am trying to get Clusterluck achievement from Gears 1.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: hyp on November 08, 2008, 12:34:09 AM
you beat it on insane yet?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 08, 2008, 12:34:49 AM
No, I need to find a competent partner. Friend I was playing with last night isnt home yet.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drew on November 08, 2008, 01:02:04 AM
i made it halfway through act 3 on insane by myself and only stopped because i got bored.  lol
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: FatalT on November 08, 2008, 01:05:59 AM
I rented Gears 2. It's okay. Feels like Gears 1.5.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: siamesedreamer on November 08, 2008, 01:13:59 AM
The on rails rig part pissed me off pretty bad. Had to do it at least a dozen times before I got past it.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: fistfulofmetal on November 08, 2008, 01:39:19 AM
Now I really want to play this. I'm getting that really excited feeling I had when I bought a 360 and Gears bundle from Dell all those years ago.

Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 08, 2008, 01:49:54 AM
Big ole shit on Insomniac  :lol
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drohne on November 08, 2008, 01:50:39 AM
Gears 1 to Gears 2 is as big of a leap as ZoE1 to ZoE2

ehhhh there seems to have been a change in style, but if it stays in the highly scripted and mobile style of the rig chapter (as opposed to the relatively static, entrenched style of the first game), i think i prefer gears 1. i don't think anyone anywhere prefers zoe 1. but anyway, i guess i've just started, and i blieve in cliffy
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: fistfulofmetal on November 08, 2008, 01:58:38 AM
Big ole shit on Insomniac  :lol

Heeyy, I still :heartbeat Ratchet and Clank.

Make more of those please!
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 08, 2008, 01:58:54 AM
The rig sequence has been the world part of the game, and the next bad segment doesn't come for a long time.  The bad segments are the obviously scripted bits like that rig, boss fights, and vehicle segments.  The actual core gameplay now is just so much better than Gears 1 and thankfully there is a lot of it.

The new weapons in this game are also all amazing.  It's funny how Resistance got a lot hype for having cool weapons, but Resistance 2 failed to deliver there while Gears 2 delivered satisfying new weapons.  I would go as far as to say that any single weapon you pick up in Gears 2 is fun to use, it's just a matter of how fun they are to use.  
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 08, 2008, 02:00:51 AM
Big ole shit on Insomniac  :lol

Heeyy, I still :heartbeat Ratchet and Clank.

Make more of those please!

don't worry, 9 more coming in the next 4 years

I didn't mind the rig. It wasn't bad. I'm playing in coop on hardcore. The BAD parts are STILL the parts where you split up and it's GAME OVER if you die. I don't know how that survived from gears 1 to 2!
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 08, 2008, 02:00:53 AM
Big ole shit on Insomniac  :lol

Well, at least this shit is being laid on another console. Scheduling the beta for another Sony published game right on the tail of Resistance 2, that was just shitty all around. Especially given how :omg that one is.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: FatalT on November 08, 2008, 02:01:21 AM
Is the game shorter by any chance? It seemed kinda shorter.

It probably felt shorter because you beat it on normal. Lawl, hardcore or bust.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 08, 2008, 02:02:14 AM
The new weapons in this game are also all amazing.  It's funny how Resistance got a lot hype for having cool weapons, but Resistance 2 failed to deliver there while Gears 2 delivered satisfying new weapons.  I would go as far as to say that any single weapon you pick up in Gears 2 is fun to use, it's just a matter of how fun they are to use.  

I've been impressed by the flamethrower. Contrary to the typical video game flamethrower, which seems to be more of an enhanced blowtorch, this one seems to spit death like you'd expect from such a weapon.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 08, 2008, 02:02:36 AM
Hardcore :rock

Having your partner on Normal and not hold you back (lol) :rock
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 08, 2008, 02:02:54 AM
I'm playing it on normal.  I'll probably play it again on harder later on if someone wants to do co-op.

And for those who have it, we should set up a horde match.  I'm eager to try that out after I finish the campaign tomorrow.

I've been impressed by the flamethrower. Contrary to the typical video game flamethrower, which seems to be more of an enhanced blowtorch, this one seems to spit death like you'd expect from such a weapon.

I think the name really says it all, it actually scorches the enemies into ash.  It may not be a very good flame effect, but I don't care, it burns people good.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Vizzys on November 08, 2008, 02:08:24 AM
good games beezy
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 08, 2008, 02:11:33 AM
good games beezy
You were dominating. :lol

The host was being a sore loser and kicked you, so I left. smh
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 08, 2008, 02:12:40 AM
TVC and me are getting connection errors. He or I cant seem to join each other. We were just playing fine.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Vizzys on November 08, 2008, 02:16:36 AM
good games beezy
You were dominating. :lol

The host was being a sore loser and kicked you, so I left. smh

i thought I was losing by 3 in that last game, oh well
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 08, 2008, 02:21:35 AM
good games beezy
You were dominating. :lol

The host was being a sore loser and kicked you, so I left. smh

i thought I was losing by 3 in that last game, oh well
Yeah, but he only had 6 while you and his friend were almost at 20. Whatever. We need to get an EB game going sometime this weekend.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Vizzys on November 08, 2008, 02:29:24 AM
yes I agree about an eb game

I notice you get an achievement for uploading a photo, which I just did:

spoiler (click to show/hide)
(http://xs433.xs.to/xs433/08456/ca67e2a817dea4c86cbb129.jpg)
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thats you on the right beezy i think, and one of of the other players who just downed you then got shot up from behind you
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 08, 2008, 02:32:43 AM
do you need an account on some site to upload a photo or is it not stupid?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Vizzys on November 08, 2008, 02:35:46 AM
well you get on gears 2 then go to that war journal thing, then photos and press y to upload one

then you go to http://gearsofwar.xbox.com and sign in like you would on xbox.com and save them to the computer from there
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 08, 2008, 03:15:04 AM
I've seen some of those screens before, but is that really what the game looks like? Pretty big drop-off in quality from SP if so. Hell, that looks less balanced than GOW1.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: FatalT on November 08, 2008, 03:20:15 AM
I've seen some of those screens before, but is that really what the game looks like? Pretty big drop-off in quality from SP if so. Hell, that looks less balanced than GOW1.

You should probably stop playing the Killzone 2 beta you bastard.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Vizzys on November 08, 2008, 03:22:54 AM
multi looks fine to me, these are compressed jpgs here


in campaign id say the underground parts are :o :o :o unmatched on consoles thats how far I got before I joined beezys multi games anyway
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 08, 2008, 03:23:58 AM
I've seen some of those screens before, but is that really what the game looks like? Pretty big drop-off in quality from SP if so. Hell, that looks less balanced than GOW1.

You should probably stop playing the Killzone 2 beta you bastard.

I doubt that's the problem; the styles are very different, so they are easy to separate, and very hard to directly compare. But the GOW2 MP screens I've seen posted have mostly looked cluttered (or "detailed"), very UT3ish in appearance. In contrast, the SP has seemed to be in a whole different realm of quality.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 08, 2008, 03:27:15 AM
Haven't touched the multiplayer yet, but single player looks really damn good.  If I was to give a comparison, I'd say that the screen shot posted up there looks like a wii port of the game compared to how good the single player looks.

I still have some problems with it in areas, but I blame the engine for that.  In general I think UE3 is unable to make natural looking environments look, well, natural.  Even so the caves look really damn good, but there is a section later on with ice that looked bad.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 08, 2008, 03:31:53 AM
Yeah, pretty much everything I've seen from SP looks spectacular. Except the trees, go figure.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drohne on November 08, 2008, 04:35:56 AM
omg act 2 why did i ever doubt this game

:bow cliffy :bow2

visuals are AMAZING in places -- that sunken city particularly -- but a lot of the time it looks like gears 1. and since gears 1 there have been a lot of things that look like gears 1. i think the tracer fire has been improved though -- and atmospheric effects generally
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on November 08, 2008, 05:31:23 AM
Just played the whole game in one co-op sitting at my friend's house. The early acts look like Gears 1, but the later acts get pretty insane and varied. Some of the environments are fucking awesome.
spoiler (click to show/hide)
The inside of a giant worm, the locust palace, jacinto, that whole boat part with the massive fish boss. Wow.
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Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 08, 2008, 07:23:02 AM
This game is long as fuck compared to 1... TVC and I just pulled basically an all nighter (well for me), and we only made it up to like 3/4 into Act 4.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: TVC15 on November 08, 2008, 07:29:59 AM
So far, I like it better than the first one, even if only because so far, it lacks the terribly annoying parts of the first game.  Lots of big baddies and much better (if not still very silly) cutscenes also help.

I don't really have any serious complaints.  The game looks and sounds great.  Every part that I think is about to be annoying (like carrying the bomb or the vehicle sequences or the split up parts) ends up not being bad at all.  I hated the vehicle part and the split up parts of the first game, and so far the sequel has been good on those.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: WrikaWrek on November 08, 2008, 08:20:06 AM
The underground shit is fucking amazing.

There's stuf that looks straight out of fucking lord of the rings, and stuff that looks out of Aliens, and then there's this fucking ass monster that comes out of the water, and it's just "wow".

Non Underground stuff doesn't look as good, but there's city stuff at the end that looks awesome too.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 08, 2008, 10:19:46 AM
There are shitty textures hidden all over the place and fire looks bad, but the way it all blends together makes the game look pretty amazing...all while keeping the framerate up, for the most part.  Makes other 360 devs look incredibly lazy.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: CHOW CHOW on November 08, 2008, 10:43:38 AM
Best looking console game ever made (not counting the multi-player).  Gameplay is amazing, too.  GOTY
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Draft on November 08, 2008, 10:55:18 AM
Shooting mortars is too hard. I've seen my flaming RV take a nose dive about 10 times.

Garbage sequence, garbage game. Anyone want to buy a gently used Collector's Edition?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: CHOW CHOW on November 08, 2008, 11:05:47 AM
You suck.  Are you talking about that sequence with Brumak?  That was easy.  Shooting mortars is cake.  Judging the distance isn't difficult at all.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: WrikaWrek on November 08, 2008, 11:14:40 AM
Shooting mortars is hard?

wut draft!?  :lol

Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 08, 2008, 11:26:49 AM
Shooting mortars is too hard. I've seen my flaming RV take a nose dive about 10 times.

Garbage sequence, garbage game. Anyone want to buy a gently used Collector's Edition?

Don't give up, it gets better.

Also hold RT to make the mortars go farther...I couldn't pass the sequence until I did that.  Then the brumak went down in a minute.

The one spot where I was ready to sell the game was the very first part of the rig sequence.  Damn cysts and their tiny hitboxes, then the damn reaver.  After that, the scene was a lot better.  Still having a tough time readjusting to analog sticks...I haven't played a console shooter in over a year, so this shit is all janky.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 08, 2008, 11:36:36 AM
Shooting mortars is too hard. I've seen my flaming RV take a nose dive about 10 times.
I couldn't hit them with any of my weapons either, so I used the turret. Much easier.

Edit: I thought you meant shooting the mortor shells out of the sky. :lol

Just hold the friggin trigger until the distance goes up.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: CHOW CHOW on November 08, 2008, 11:38:10 AM
I had problems with that rig part as well.  But this strategy worked:
1) Lancer the cysts (short burst fire, don't hold)
2) Then run to the turret gun and use it to take out the reaver

Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: MCD on November 08, 2008, 11:44:20 AM
good to see you again, kbear.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 08, 2008, 11:50:10 AM
I had problems with that rig part as well.  But this strategy worked:
1) Lancer the cysts (short burst fire, don't hold)
2) Then run to the turret gun and use it to take out the reaver




The cool down trick with the turret is necessary as well (hold down RB to cool the gun down faster.) 

I had to gamefaqs that part, I don't wanna admit how many times I did it.  :lol   but otherwise, the game is pretty easy on Hardcore.  I've noticed that the hardest parts involve unintuitive strategies that aren't the core gameplay (killing brumaks, reavers, defending the rig, etc.) 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Draft on November 08, 2008, 11:52:58 AM
Yeah, I'm talking about shooting down the mortars that hit your RV.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 08, 2008, 12:07:06 PM
Yeah, I'm talking about shooting down the mortars that hit your RV.

ahhh, whoops. thought you were talking about the mortar gun..   

the cyst mortars are the worst.  needed mouse control for that.  but you'll get it, then the awesomeness begins.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 08, 2008, 01:59:40 PM
This game was incredibly awesome.  I'm gonna do some multiplayer modes after lunch, but yeah, the campaign was so great.  Maybe the best exclusive Xbox 360 game.

How this and Resistance 2 got similar scores boggles my mind. Hell, how this scored less than Gears 1 boggles my mind.  Game reviewers are stupid.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: hyp on November 08, 2008, 03:04:23 PM
action goty.  didn't think the 360 could be pushed any further.  the cover system feels much more organic than the first and even weapon switching seems to have gotten faster.  active reload has always been my favorite gears feature though.  :rock
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 08, 2008, 03:23:07 PM
takes like 20 minutes to matchmake, then I get into one with people rapping.

and now the connection is lost...
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 08, 2008, 04:03:51 PM
Made it to act 4. Act 3 was really great but a little glitchy on the boss.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 08, 2008, 04:33:36 PM
Tai - hottest UE3 character ever? Do want
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 08, 2008, 04:37:32 PM
Tai - hottest UE3 character ever? Do want

If you mean post-torture Tai, then hell yes!
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 08, 2008, 05:09:35 PM
How the fuck are Maulers so goddamn fast? Anytime my team loses on Horde, it's because of a Mauler or one of those flamethrower guys. :maf
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: MCD on November 08, 2008, 06:32:43 PM
goty.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 08, 2008, 06:33:42 PM
Tai - hottest UE3 character ever? Do want

If you mean post-torture Tai, then hell yes!

Both work, really.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Purple Filth on November 08, 2008, 06:41:34 PM
Did Dom ever found Maria?

spoil away since i don't really care about that.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 08, 2008, 06:46:39 PM
Yes
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Purple Filth on November 08, 2008, 06:55:57 PM
Yes

cool.

I was checking around and some said it was a sad meeting, any details on what really happened?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Darunia on November 08, 2008, 06:56:52 PM
Made it to act 4. Act 3 was really great but a little glitchy on the boss.

that was the Hydra right? We got so annoyed there: chainsaw cuts didn't register and sometimes my partner was floating in the air and he couldn't move. this game is definitely buggier than the first one
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 08, 2008, 06:57:18 PM
Yes

cool.

I was checking around and some said it was a sad meeting, any details on what really happened?

Play the game and find out

also the Act 3 boss is called Leviathan, read the achievement noobs
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on November 08, 2008, 07:04:42 PM
The Leviathan thing was a pain in the fucking ass. Really pissed me and my friend off.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 08, 2008, 07:08:23 PM
Yes

cool.

I was checking around and some said it was a sad meeting, any details on what really happened?

I haven't even gotten there and I can tell you she probably dies or they get separated again, leaving her life in question.   Vidyagaem stories dude ::)


edit: here you go:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=938611&topic=46457114

Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Purple Filth on November 08, 2008, 07:11:30 PM
Yes

cool.

I was checking around and some said it was a sad meeting, any details on what really happened?

Play the game and find out



i would if i had a 360 but sadly i don't (or any of these recent machines for that matter), just wanna knows what happens (put in tags if you care about that).

It not like your committing a crime here  ???
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 08, 2008, 07:12:41 PM
Yes

cool.

I was checking around and some said it was a sad meeting, any details on what really happened?

Play the game and find out



i would if i had a 360 but sadly i don't (or any of these recent machines for that matter), just wanna knows what happens (put in tags if you care about that).

It not like your committing a crime here  ???


MARIA DIES JUST LIKE AERIS AND ZACK
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on November 08, 2008, 07:21:41 PM
Let's just say someone's head gets blown off, and it isn't Dom's.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 08, 2008, 07:34:24 PM
Yes

cool.

I was checking around and some said it was a sad meeting, any details on what really happened?

Play the game and find out



i would if i had a 360 but sadly i don't (or any of these recent machines for that matter), just wanna knows what happens (put in tags if you care about that).

It not like your committing a crime here  ???

That's a shame, I guess you'll have to save up your pennies and buy it then
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Draft on November 08, 2008, 09:00:40 PM
I still can't beat the mortar segment. I hate this game.

On the bright side Left 4 Dead demo is 10x the game Gears 2 is.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 08, 2008, 09:05:01 PM
Gears 2 is awesome, but I can see how somethings seem bad in wake up L4D.  Left 4 Dead is the best shooter this year.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 08, 2008, 09:08:55 PM
I still can't beat the mortar segment. I hate this game.

On the bright side Left 4 Dead demo is 10x the game Gears 2 is.

Damn, weaksauce confirmed... I thought a ninja gaiden fan would scoff in the face of difficulty.

Big big smh to the PC gamer.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 08, 2008, 09:14:22 PM
I still can't beat the mortar segment. I hate this game.

On the bright side Left 4 Dead demo is 10x the game Gears 2 is.

Damn, weaksauce confirmed... I thought a ninja gaiden fan would scoff in the face of difficulty.

I have to agree with demi on this one. smh
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Draft on November 08, 2008, 09:16:16 PM
Every time I see the RV take its 10 second dip off the side of the cliff, I ask myself, "why aren't you just playing Left 4 Dead?"

And I can't think of a single reason.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 08, 2008, 09:18:10 PM
It is ok Draft. I won't tell anyone else how weaksauce you are. You can hang out with Smooth Groove.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 08, 2008, 09:20:54 PM
btw, just use your assault rifle and no the chain gun to take out the mortars.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Vizzys on November 08, 2008, 09:27:15 PM
the vehicle parts were fucking awful, damn

also
spoiler (click to show/hide)
tais suicide scene was kind of bothering/unexpected
[close]

im at the lake monster or whatever now
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: FatalT on November 08, 2008, 09:32:42 PM
the vehicle parts were fucking awful, damn

also
spoiler (click to show/hide)
tais suicide scene was kind of bothering/unexpected
[close]

im at the lake monster or whatever now

That scene was badass.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drohne on November 08, 2008, 09:40:04 PM
ninja gaiden: the casual gamer's beard of choice :'(
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 08, 2008, 10:08:27 PM
Horde mode is pretty fun, my expectations were low and it managed to exceed them, but it's nothing too great.  It fails largely because the stages don't seem to be based around the mode itself, it just seems like an after thought to those who wanted more than 2 person co-op.  If Horde mode is changed into it's own entity for Gears 3, I will be happy.  It helps that Epic does like to borrow aspects of other games to add to their own, so they can study up on Left 4 Dead in the meantime.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 08, 2008, 10:28:37 PM
up though 5-1, panzer gears!
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 08, 2008, 10:34:45 PM
you're doing co-op right? how does that sequence even work in co-op? you both control one? what about the tank sequence?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 08, 2008, 10:38:33 PM
Both control one. Tank sequence is one person controls the wheels and the other the gun (and later the light). The light is AWFUL because I was like POINT THE FUCKING LIGHT FORWARD and he was like WHICH WAY IS FORWARD. So we basically bickered over what was forward while I drove off cliffs into the dark.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drew on November 08, 2008, 10:42:41 PM
i'm about to rent it :D
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 08, 2008, 10:43:01 PM
haha tvc and me were like that. i'm like "no dude shine it there- no dude to the left- too far"
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 08, 2008, 10:43:31 PM
that tank part sounds terrible with co-op, it was bad enough alone.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 08, 2008, 10:51:42 PM
shit, just got to the tank.  sounds like fum. 

Niles at the research facility seemed like a bad gladdos impression.   My only complaint is that the war journal stuff is hidden--some of the stuff fills out the backstory nicely, so I wish there was more of it and not hidden. It's weird cause the whole situation on Sera is actually kinda interesting, but it seems like Epic just wants it to keep it at B-movie level.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 08, 2008, 10:52:46 PM
Niles looked like Dyack, hah
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 08, 2008, 11:11:54 PM
That's true, he did. i wonder if Dyack is still suing them for making Too Human suck (b/c its definitely all Epic's fault.)
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drew on November 08, 2008, 11:33:37 PM
Blockbuster didn't have any copies to rent/buy :(

fuckin doye :duh
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Draft on November 09, 2008, 12:00:33 AM
I beat it. I'm awesome.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 09, 2008, 12:30:15 AM
I beat it. I'm awesome.

Now enjoy the rest of the game, that was the worst part by far.   The tank part is pretty bad too, but it's mostly just boring. 


Love how it was a big deal to fight a Brumak in GoW PC, but in GoW2 you kill them and all the other huge fucking creatures like nothing.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drew on November 09, 2008, 12:35:11 AM
 :-\
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 09, 2008, 12:42:48 AM
:-\

don't let it get you down....it's only GAME OF THE FO-EVER

spoiler (click to show/hide)
j.k. it's more of the same, but with prettier graphics. by "the same" I mean the fucking awesomeness.
[close]
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 09, 2008, 01:38:31 AM
Horde mode is pretty fun, my expectations were low and it managed to exceed them, but it's nothing too great.  It fails largely because the stages don't seem to be based around the mode itself, it just seems like an after thought to those who wanted more than 2 person co-op.  If Horde mode is changed into it's own entity for Gears 3, I will be happy.  It helps that Epic does like to borrow aspects of other games to add to their own, so they can study up on Left 4 Dead in the meantime.

Does it at all feel like the cover game model hinders the mode? I'm used to Invasion, but that's an FPS, and a bloody fast one at that. I was sort of wondering how it'd transfer to the Gears of War model of gameplay.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 09, 2008, 01:51:59 AM
Not really, if I blame anything (I do) it's the level designs.  If you look at Left 4 Dead and how well it's designed to have enemies rush you in ways where you have no cheap place to hide, you just know it was made for that principle game mode.  The levels in gears 2 multiplayer are all really awesome when you play them in the other multiplayer modes, but the various enemies you encounter don't seem to have the proper AI to tackle your cunning skills of hiding in one location that they fumble trying to get to.  Like, in one stage the big enemies with a mace got stuck walked towards me despite being on lower ground, then he got in some sort of loop where he would just walk back and forth letting me easily kill him with my pistol.  Then you can even make use of the dumb AI there by placing those cover shields in walk ways and make an impenetrable fortress for your team.

It's a cool concept and still entertaining, but it feels so half realized and lazy compared to everything else.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mrbob on November 09, 2008, 02:06:54 AM
How do the enemies spawn in horde mode.

I read every 10 levels the settings rotate back to stage 1, but the enemies get tougher.  Do they come out of the same vantage points all the time or do the enemy spawn points seem random?   
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Draft on November 09, 2008, 02:12:59 AM
There seems to be 3 or 4 spots in a level that they can spawn in.

That other thing is correct. Every 10 waves the types of monsters reset to be simpler, but they are tougher and do more damage.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 09, 2008, 02:13:35 AM
Enemies seem to came out of the same places.  After the first 10 rounds (you get an achievement for this) a message pops up saying that they now take twice as much damage and deal out more, then it's the same patterns over again.  It's actually a bit weird because it goes from Easy to Hard, back to Easy before going to Hard again.  It is a tiny bit more difficult at each step, but I guess it acts a cool down period.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Draft on November 09, 2008, 02:19:10 AM
It's probably because if they didn't you'd just be fighting a dozen boomers by the 20th round.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mrbob on November 09, 2008, 02:21:04 AM
Hmm, that sounds a bit shitty.

Left 4 Dead ruining online co op for all other games everywhere. 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 09, 2008, 02:24:54 AM
AI Director :bow2

Please beat down my cocky attitude with a witch and tank at the same time  :hyper
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Draft on November 09, 2008, 02:26:07 AM
AI Director is the most brutal game enemy since... ever?

I was just playing a game on expert, and do you know where the witch was? Directly beneath that big hole behind the gatling gun in the final room  :lol
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 09, 2008, 04:31:00 AM
COULD THAT BE THE WORST CLIMAX EVER?????????????


THAT WAS LIKE A FAKE ORGASM!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS LIKE, THEY DIDNT EVEN BOTHER

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: TVC15 on November 09, 2008, 04:33:50 AM
Yeah, the other bosses were pretty cool, but the last one was like, not even a boss.

Awesome game, though.  I think it's better in every way than the original.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 09, 2008, 04:44:38 AM
uh, did you guys forget the events 2 minutes before the final 'fight' (more like interactive cutscene) where you
spoiler (click to show/hide)
RIDE A FUCKIN BRUMACK
[close]

 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 09, 2008, 04:45:25 AM
Did you forget the part where you jerk off and before you cum you just stop jerking off and put your clothes back on and walk away?

Yeah, it's kind of like that
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: TVC15 on November 09, 2008, 04:45:30 AM
That was awesome, but it was hardly an awesome boss fight or anything like that.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 09, 2008, 04:54:37 AM
I would argue that it wasn't even a boss fight since all you did was hold down R, that's why it didn't disappoint me.

Did you forget the part where you jerk off and before you cum you just stop jerking off and put your clothes back on and walk away?

Yeah, it's kind of like that

If anything, it was like cumming like crazy before noticing it got on your carpet and you start to freak out a little.

Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: TVC15 on November 09, 2008, 04:55:26 AM
swaggaz has clearly never cum.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 09, 2008, 04:56:44 AM
Don't tell me your one of those people who keeps a corner of their room as their designated cum corner
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: TVC15 on November 09, 2008, 04:58:40 AM
I just cum into a cocktail glass and then once a week I drink down what's accumulated in it.  I believe it helps me retain my youth and virility.  Back when I was a teen, I used a lowball glass.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: FatalT on November 09, 2008, 06:02:04 AM
I just cum into a cocktail glass and then once a week I drink down what's accumulated in it.  I believe it helps me retain my youth and virility.  Back when I was a teen, I used a lowball glass.

Hahahahaahahahahaa holy shit gross!
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Darunia on November 09, 2008, 06:02:05 AM
So... has anyone managed to unlock the Meatshield achievement yet or is that thing just glitched as fuck? In both campaign and mp I pick one up, let the enemy destroy it, then continue on. That should make the counter go up, but I got 0. Anyone know how to get it?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 09, 2008, 06:02:50 AM
We need to set up a time and date for some EvilBore HORDE

I would like to get the 50 round achievement, so maybe Normal would be a good difficulty, unless that's too easy, we can bump it to Hardcore.

Post what days you are available... we will probably do this during evening / nighttime.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: TVC15 on November 09, 2008, 06:09:53 AM
I'm up for Horde.

Has anyone here done it?  How long does it take?  Will it take more than 1 session?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: trh on November 09, 2008, 06:11:03 AM
I got 50 on horde day 1 8) I'll most likely be asleep when you guys play tho. Edit: it took us one hour on normal, fooled around a bit too much though, could probably cut it down by 20 minutes or so. The last 3 levels are almost only tickers, boomers and all their variations, bloodmounts and campy theron guards, all with 2.5x health/accuracy/damage. Grinders are a fucking pain in the ass. A good strategy is to pick up and barricade yourself with the shields, make sure there's enough space for a human to pass through though because otherwise the regular enemies will kick them down, boomers will get stuck though and so will bloodmounts if you put them at the top of stairs or in doorways (otherwise they'll jump over). Remember to pick them up just as the next round starts though because otherwise they'll disappear.

So... has anyone managed to unlock the Meatshield achievement yet or is that thing just glitched as fuck? In both campaign and mp I pick one up, let the enemy destroy it, then continue on. That should make the counter go up, but I got 0. Anyone know how to get it?

It has to protect you from something that would have killed you, ie a boomshot or something like that.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Tieno on November 09, 2008, 06:23:51 AM
So you played Horde on normal, not insane?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: trh on November 09, 2008, 06:25:48 AM
Yes, and it's harder than you might think. Good teamwork will get you through it pretty easily though, most rounds we lost were due to two teammates dying from being by themselves or running into the midst of everything to pick up ammo. Got to the very last waves before they wisened up and stuck with the rest.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: TVC15 on November 09, 2008, 06:26:41 AM
I want to do Horde on Casual first, just to get the achievement.

Does ammo carry between rounds or anything like that?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: trh on November 09, 2008, 06:31:23 AM
I want to do Horde on Casual first, just to get the achievement.

Does ammo carry between rounds or anything like that?

Yeah it does, your position and everything too. For the last waves we let one guy live and hoarded up on ammo before moving on. We played on Blood Drive, worked fairly well staying at the top of one of the stairs to ensure that they wouldn't spawn behind us, only problem was that there's no ammo or weapons except for in the middle.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Himu on November 09, 2008, 07:02:26 AM
I thought GoW1 was okay. It was fun on co-op, but aside that not exactly memorable. The enemies take too long to kill, I could only stand to play the game for 30 minutes at a time. How much improved is the sequel?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 09, 2008, 07:04:23 AM
go away
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Himu on November 09, 2008, 07:11:04 AM
nawwww
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 09, 2008, 12:11:44 PM
Horde on insane is fucking impossible. Hardcore seems possible, but the people I've been playing with so far keep messing around and won't stick together.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Tieno on November 09, 2008, 12:12:53 PM
When you play horde, do you pick one map to play all waves or does it cycle through them?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 09, 2008, 12:14:50 PM
you pick one map
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 09, 2008, 12:21:51 PM
Anyone here have an extra code for the gold plated Lancer by any chance?

Oh and please, before we ever play any matches online together, DOWNLOAD THE FUCKING FLASHBACK MAP PACK GODDAMMIT! :maf
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 09, 2008, 12:39:28 PM
I'll be up for EB horde, I just wanna be Baird.

I thought GoW1 was okay. It was fun on co-op, but aside that not exactly memorable. The enemies take too long to kill, I could only stand to play the game for 30 minutes at a time. How much improved is the sequel?

It's a huge improvement.  I wasn't a huge fan of the Gears 1 single player either (multiplayer was my thing for the game), but Gears 2 is so much fun.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drohne on November 09, 2008, 12:40:16 PM
holy shit i am superhumanly bad at gears multiplayer
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Darunia on November 09, 2008, 12:54:05 PM
holy shit i am superhumanly bad at gears multiplayer

heh, you're not alone. I just don't bother anymore
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 09, 2008, 12:57:47 PM
holy shit i am superhumanly bad at gears multiplayer
Lol that's how I felt on Friday, but I got much better by last night. I'm still not that great, but I don't feel completey worthless anymore.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: archie4208 on November 09, 2008, 01:10:42 PM
Is matchmaking really bad?  Was reading alot of complaints about it at GAF.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 09, 2008, 01:16:08 PM
Yesterday I had a lot of problems with it.  20 minutes to get into a match, then it was unplayable because of the lag.  At night I had a better time and did find some good matches, but I don't know how it now kicks you out of the group you were playing with similar to Halo 3 or CoD4, except it's not executed well here.  I remember people complaining about Gears 1, but so far that was better than the Gears 2 system.  I wish more 360 games would have server lists.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: archie4208 on November 09, 2008, 01:21:28 PM
I'm kinda torn between buying it and renting it.  If the multiplayer isn't working that well I might as well just rent it.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 09, 2008, 01:26:24 PM
Buy it.  Do it.  Buy it.  Even if the multiplayer occasionally works, when it does it's amazing.  The maps are better than the Gears 1 maps.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 09, 2008, 01:35:57 PM
I've had no problems with multiplayer, but I only play with people on my friends list.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 09, 2008, 01:38:49 PM
I've never actually played Gears MP I think. But I beat the single player and that was funzor!
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 09, 2008, 01:40:31 PM
I thought GoW1 was okay. It was fun on co-op, but aside that not exactly memorable. The enemies take too long to kill, I could only stand to play the game for 30 minutes at a time. How much improved is the sequel?

It's the same basic game with better graphics, new guns, and new enemies.  The levels are much bigger and the environments are more varied.  Otherwise, there's nothing new about the gameplay that'll change your mind--you go from spot to spot having cover-based firefights.  There are actually some long stretches where you don't do much but walk through, clicking switches or cutting intestines while fighting smaller enemies who die with 1 melee hit.  People who liked the first one will appreciate the improvements, people who didn't will notice the new stuff but probably not care that much.

The enemies still take a lot of lead.  Rather, it just seems like a long time, but you only need to lock them twice for a few seconds or so to kill them.  Except for the reavers, they do take a couple clips.  I don't mind that in Gears...the enemies are supposed to be ridiculous. 

As opposed to Uncharted, where impoverished south americans take like 5 bullets before they go down.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 09, 2008, 05:17:41 PM
A couple clips? Where are you shooting them at?

The reavers?  In the mouth (around that area).  2 lancer clips with an active reload bonus.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 09, 2008, 05:20:40 PM
A couple clips? Where are you shooting them at?

I assume he is playing other than Normal

:smh
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 09, 2008, 05:22:28 PM
yeah, I'm playing on hardcore.  Forgot to mention that























...pussies.   :-*
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: trh on November 09, 2008, 05:31:58 PM
Those things are not fun on Insane, they'll one shot you if you're exposed or if it's close to you. I've taken down most by blind firing circa 200 bullets from a rather long distance. And I'm just about to hit the part where you have to take down two in a row in a very cramped area with little cover. :(
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 09, 2008, 06:00:35 PM
Is the multiplayer better, worse or the same as the original?  I just could not get into multiplayer for the original.

I also wonder if I'll abandon it entirely once Left 4 Dead hits.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: TVC15 on November 09, 2008, 06:44:58 PM
Is the multiplayer better, worse or the same as the original?  I just could not get into multiplayer for the original.

I also wonder if I'll abandon it entirely once Left 4 Dead hits.

Seems just about the same to me.  The same in that it takes way too many bullets to down another player.  That kinda kills multi for me.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 09, 2008, 06:47:18 PM
Gears multiplayer was fun.  It's the reason I actually liked the first game.  Gears 2 is better because you can beat down civilians and  double their use as cover and a flag.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: FatalT on November 09, 2008, 07:11:23 PM
I finished it last night on Hardcore. The campaign was better than the first one because of the more varied level environments and the larger sense of scale. Horde mode is pretty neat, too!
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Vizzys on November 09, 2008, 10:33:41 PM
bloodmounts are so goddamn annoying I want to break my controller

Im past that flying shit near the end I think (fuck that sequence btw)

also defending the comm tower was bullshit

why is the teammate ai so fucking distinguished mentally-challenged, dom is a complete idiot who is constantly yelling "revive me!"
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 11, 2008, 12:15:24 AM
:bow Brumak ride

:piss Panzer Reaver Dragoon


beat it on hardcore, sold, back to fallout 3/ninja gaiden 2
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drohne on November 11, 2008, 01:04:53 AM
:bow horde :bow2

:piss :piss :piss matchmaking :piss2 :piss2 :piss2
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: trh on November 11, 2008, 01:29:57 AM
I finished it on insane yesterday, by myself. 8)
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 11, 2008, 01:32:24 AM
I finished it on insane yesterday, by myself. 8)

I bet the rig scene on insane is impossible...like 10 cysts at once.  :lol
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: trh on November 11, 2008, 01:39:32 AM
I finished it on insane yesterday, by myself. 8)

I bet the rig scene on insane is impossible...like 10 cysts at once.  :lol

Actually no, the number of cysts do not increase afaik. You can only take two hits though, and the first one can be really hard to hit.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 11, 2008, 04:06:00 AM
well I picked this game up and shit

fucking solid so far, looks way better than Gears 1 and they really listened to Chad Warden's design tips, TEARS OF WAR. Dom got so emo lol. Love all the new executions and yells while you chainsaw dudes, this is truly a mans game. Even the local 'hardcore' energy drink has teamed up with MS to promote the game :rock

(http://www.demonenergy.co.nz/vula/clientfiles/6aae9675-f11c-4c97-8f4a-dca52e790c3a.jpg)

this weekend Im going to drink Demon and play heaps of Gears! I love advertising
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 11, 2008, 04:14:01 AM
I was never a big fan of Gears and I wasn't sure when or if I'd pick up Gears 2 but when I was out today buying LBP I got Gears 2 for the hell of it.  99 of 100 people on my friends list were already playing it anyway, might as well join the party.  After an hour of LBP boredom (this is the game everybody's been jonesin for?  Seriously?) I half heartedly popped in Gears 2 not expecting a whole hell of a lot.  Now I've only scratched the surface at the single player campaign so far but I can already tell that it's leagues better than the first game and I can't wait to get back at it tomorrow. I'm freakin' blown away.  Best looking UE3 game I've ever seen and perhaps the best looking console game out there - there's some honestly impressive stuff going on here.

 :bow Cliffy B :bow2

:bow Gears 2 :bow2
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 11, 2008, 05:01:41 AM
i like the "fade" popin instead of actual popin. revolutionary!
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Kestastrophe on November 11, 2008, 07:38:09 AM
I don't know how you can fuck up the multiplayer in a multi-million dollar sequel so bad. Worse in almost every way
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: AdmiralViscen on November 11, 2008, 10:02:58 AM
I only had online lag issues the first day or two the game was out, none at all since.

Matchmaking is a dream if you have a team of 5, it rarely takes more than 20 seconds in that case. If you have 4 people forget about it, it takes ages to fill that one gap before you can move on to finding opponents. No one plays alone I guess. I felt like the multi was worse than the originals that first night but now I like it a whole lot better. I guess if you play alone you would hate it but I always play with friends and it totally sucked trying to get 3-4 people into a match and then getting them on the right team between rounds.

I'm up to the start of Act 5, all on co-op with a good partner, and have no complaints about any part of the game. Fucking rocks.


If you want the achievement for having your hostage dying in your hands - stick him with a grenade and then pick him up as cover, it counts and it will not hurt you.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: ch1nchilla on November 11, 2008, 10:59:23 AM
Getting near the end, and I think it's going kind of downhill graphically, and Dom is a fucking jackass. I recommend only playing through via online co-op.

Also, vehicle sections. Why why why?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 11, 2008, 08:57:00 AM
I still can't get over how much better this game is over the first one. 

 :piss Gears 1
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Kestastrophe on November 12, 2008, 10:56:01 AM
How is multiplayer fucked up exactly? I'm having alot more fun now because people aren't hiding behind corners with the chainsaw constantly revved or doing that roll + shotgun = instakill thing. My only complaints are that it takes to fucking long to get a match going and people are doing that thing where they lag on purpose to kill everyone.

Edit: What? How is Dom a jackass?
Let's see:
-It takes many more bullets to make an enemy stop revving the chainsaw
-Range on Chainsaw is ridiculous and worse than before. Button minigame is nice, but the outcome still seems random.
-Range on tags is still awful
-The splash damage on mortar is random

Those, along with the horrendous matchmaking, are my main complaints against the multiplayer. I do really like that you can shoot guys while chainsawing and what they did with the smoke grenades. And overall, the game is much more tactical than the first, which really turned into chainsaw/shotgun spamming. Parts of it still seem very random and not sharp.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 12, 2008, 11:59:41 PM
I cant wait to crank the insane co-op. Completing it nets you a cool 240 gamerscore 8)
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 13, 2008, 12:45:44 AM
I cant wait to crank the insane co-op. Completing it nets you a cool 240 gamerscore 8)

Ha, apparently you dont even need co-op. Just start a local co-op game, with 2 controllers. You are Insane, the other guy is Casual. Just play as the Casual guy. Beat the game, you win.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: laesperanzapaz on November 13, 2008, 01:51:58 AM
honest question:

Gears 1 for PC - yay or nay?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 13, 2008, 01:57:31 AM
I cant wait to crank the insane co-op. Completing it nets you a cool 240 gamerscore 8)

Ha, apparently you dont even need co-op. Just start a local co-op game, with 2 controllers. You are Insane, the other guy is Casual. Just play as the Casual guy. Beat the game, you win.

haha, classic. I might resort to that if my co-op buddy bails out. I'd prefer to get the achievements the old fashioned way, Gears 1 Insane co-op was an awesome experience
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 13, 2008, 01:58:19 AM
honest question:

Gears 1 for PC - yay or nay?

ask Borys (by PM preferably). I remember him saying it looked awesome on his 9" CGA monitor
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 13, 2008, 02:03:25 AM
also, this is the first video game with a Maori character afaik

Rugby simulations dont count
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 13, 2008, 02:08:31 AM
Gears 1 is great on PC, but just understand that you still would want to play it with a controller.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 13, 2008, 02:09:18 AM
Yeah, Gears is totally a controller game.

And Gears for PC is pretty hot, even if the added content is all sorts of shit.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 13, 2008, 02:16:17 AM
I can't wait for Halo 3 and Gears 2 to come out on PC.  60 fps + getting rid of that nasty aliasing (specifically for H3)
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 13, 2008, 02:44:18 AM
Honestly, who the fuck could go back to playing Gears 1 after they've played Gears 2?  PC or not, the leap in quality between the two games is enormous.

I don't know how the hell is Epic ever going to top this for Gears 3.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 13, 2008, 02:56:29 AM
I felt the same way after playing God of War 2.  It's like, so much better than the first game that you don't think a huge leap like that could be done again, but you still want there to be.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: GilloD on November 13, 2008, 09:57:21 AM
Fun. The 2nd level turret shit was heinous, but whatever. And who thought it was a good idea to replace THE COLE TRAIN with a faceless rookie?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: ch1nchilla on November 13, 2008, 10:14:29 AM
Dom is a jackass because his AI is totally distinguished mentally-challenged. There were many, many instances during my playthrough on normal where he'd just sit there right next to me as I died. What the fuck? Also, he contributes nothing at all during the boss fights, he just stands behind cover. This is why I recommend going co-op only.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 13, 2008, 10:48:09 AM
Yeah I've had Dom ignore me even though I was crawling right by his feet and there weren't anymore enemies around.  At first I thought it was because you only get one save per encounter but I was revived a couple of times in a row towards the end of the game so maybe it's just an incredibly shitty AI bug.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Draft on November 13, 2008, 10:58:05 AM
also, this is the first video game with a Maori character afaik

Rugby simulations dont count
(http://news.softpedia.com/images/extra/GAMES/large/markofkrips2_002-large.jpg)The most awesome Sony franchise that time forgot.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: ch1nchilla on November 13, 2008, 11:04:16 AM
Yeah I've had Dom ignore me even though I was crawling right by his feet and there weren't anymore enemies around.  At first I thought it was because you only get one save per encounter but I was revived a couple of times in a row towards the end of the game so maybe it's just an incredibly shitty AI bug.

I think we can all admit that the AI is pretty shitty in general, although it seems like your teammates' behavior is modeled after your own, so if true, that's kind of cool. But maybe I'm completely wrong.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Draft on November 13, 2008, 11:09:29 AM
Dom is worthless. The only thing he brings to the table is NPC toughness. He can apparently absorb about 3x as many bullets as I can, so when fighting a reaver or something, just try to let him get its attention and you'll be free to toss grenades.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 13, 2008, 11:27:13 AM
Really fun game.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Tieno on November 14, 2008, 06:40:09 AM
Just got the game played the "It's a trap" chapter. I do like how they present the achievements, it's always way cooler to have an in-game menu than rely on the guide.
Right from the start the game knows how to pull my strings to get my heart pumping, great opening cutscene. Also great how they introduced the other carmine, ever since the first Gears ended I wanted another one and he brings a lot to the game. At the end of the first chapter he awkwardly failed to "Hi-five" Tai in the background after Marcus gave him a compliment.
Also like the addition of the generic cogs fighting alongside you. Game starts off giving a better feeling of a populated world than the first one.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Darunia on November 14, 2008, 07:29:12 AM
Nearly finished with my insane co-op run. Whereas Gears 2's hardcore mode seems easier than the original, insane mode is incredibly brutal. The difficulty jump is huge. In the Centaur section the tank has little to no health, you have to take things out from like a mile away.

I have to say that playing on this mode has confirmed this game as goty for me though. The large encounters are epic: I went longshot exclusive while my buddy takes the bow. In act 4 we only saw meat flying and heads popping, it was amazing. The hammerburst and especially the lancer are too risky later on . Exposing yourself for 2 seconds on insane = certain death.

edit: agreed on the AI. Remember that epic split up encounter in act 4, where you both had to fight through hallways? I had Cole as an AI partner and he was serviceable, but my buddy's Baird went full on berserk as soon as he saw a flail Boomer. Every time we failed, it was because Baird got himself killed. Stupid that you get a game over for crappy AI.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: trh on November 14, 2008, 07:57:59 AM
I ran through insane co-op with a friend and the difficulty seriously doesn't hold a candle to solo insane, being able to get revived helps so much.

And I got all the achievements sans the guardian, which I'm getting later today, and the 1999 rounds/100 000 kills ones. :-*
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 14, 2008, 08:02:18 AM
lol, 100k

I'll pass on that, and the 1999 matches one.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Darunia on November 14, 2008, 08:08:25 AM
1999 rounds can be done by just leaving the console on

-local game, 1 bot, 15 rounds to win
-1 minute round
-all weapons mulcher
-avalanche map

the round will end on stalemate and this will continue on forever
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: trh on November 14, 2008, 08:19:26 AM
I'm at 5.5k kills and 500 rounds in a week, totally going for both of em.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: GilloD on November 14, 2008, 09:44:01 AM
Dom is worthless. The only thing he brings to the table is NPC toughness. He can apparently absorb about 3x as many bullets as I can, so when fighting a reaver or something, just try to let him get its attention and you'll be free to toss grenades.

The real trick is to get under the Reavers and shoot this pinkish part of their body. They go down like pussies after that.

And who thought it was a good idea to replace THE COLE TRAIN with a faceless rookie?

You better not be talking about Carmine. I will go down to new york TODAY and beat your silly ass with my carmine faceplate and while wearing my "Carmine's best friend" t-shirt. Cole Train is amazing(and pretty racist to others) but Carmine is like the face of Gears of War.

Carmine is okay, but he's no COLE TRAIN. It's like. Chicken is tasty, but it's not BACON
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: dark1x on November 14, 2008, 11:07:51 AM
Honestly, who the fuck could go back to playing Gears 1 after they've played Gears 2?  PC or not, the leap in quality between the two games is enormous.

I don't know how the hell is Epic ever going to top this for Gears 3.
I can.  I think Gears 1 is every bit as good as Gears 2 and I much prefer the environments in Gears 1.  Though, in the end, I suppose Gears 2 is indeed the better game.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: trh on November 14, 2008, 12:51:36 PM
Holy fffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Played a game of Guardian with an unknown group of people, up against some asian people who were host so I had like a two second lag on every shot. First round, everyone on my team, including the leader, is dead. I'm alone versus their entire team with infinite respawns, unless I get their leader. I take down five people in a row, take out their leader, and take out the remaining four left. Ten god damn kills. :bow me :bow2 I outplayed those fuckers so bad. Ended up with 18 kills total, they won 3-2 though.

Despite all its flaws I'm definitely enjoying the multiplayer, it took a while but once I got used to it it got way more fun. They've made some weird decisions, but overall it beats Gears 1 by a mile.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 14, 2008, 01:13:35 PM
Honestly, who the fuck could go back to playing Gears 1 after they've played Gears 2?  PC or not, the leap in quality between the two games is enormous.

I don't know how the hell is Epic ever going to top this for Gears 3.
I can.  I think Gears 1 is every bit as good as Gears 2 and I much prefer the environments in Gears 1.  Though, in the end, I suppose Gears 2 is indeed the better game.

Yeah I've read that you somehow prefer the environments in the first one over the sequel, which I don't quite understand to be honest, but whatever.  I think what's there in GeoW2 is pretty spectacular.  The detail in the building  architecture in the hive level easily matches the best of Gears 1 and makes up for any perceivable lack of quality in the city areas imo.

And I just found Gears 1 to be a little boring with too many similar encounters.  There were some fun sections, I admit, but nothing really that memorable.  It was like a kernel of an idea that need some more room to grow.  Thankfully Epic delivered more than I expected they would and gave us an exponentially better game in every way possible.....minus the tank stage. :p
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: AdmiralViscen on November 14, 2008, 01:15:59 PM
Gears 2 campaign destroys Gears 1. Tons more variety in gameplay and in environments.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Jansen on November 14, 2008, 01:36:00 PM
i could see why plenty of people would go back to gears 1 multiplayer until epic fixes the mess they created.

- the complete neutering of the shotgun (i know it needed to be toned down, but it's almost worthless now).

- the chainsaw is way over powered (at close range i can shoot the shit out of someone getting up from being revived with the shotty and as long as they're revving the chainsaw i'll die).

- completely fucked up matchmaking. getting into a game shouldn't take so fucking long.

going back to gears 1 for its campaign is lol tho. especially if you're doing so for the enviroments. cuz the enviroments in gears 1 are not in anyway shape or form better then 2s.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Tieno on November 14, 2008, 01:51:05 PM
First part of act 3 is the best so far (the plant and the hail). Gears is at its best in close quarters combat, with densely populated cover opportunities. I don't agree with people who always want it 'bigger' with more enemies cause you have to pull back the perspective and 'zoom out' (guess people always want the 'epic', ugh). In Gears it's better when you're up close fighting a few locusts and the combat situation changes, which they do a lot in first part of Act 3. Zooming out is nice every now and then to change up the pace, but not too much.
Also didn't know that shooting the gastank of flamer would blow up the locust, very cool to see. Lots of other cool details like a down but not out scorched locust crawling and huffing and puffing from the smoke. He was behind cover so I couldn't see him but I could hear him, so I scorched him some more and he started screaming. The plant is also the prettiest part so far, those glass tubes look like concept art, incredibly beautiful. Haven't seen something that close to concept art in any other game.
The palette cleansers are a bit frustrating sometimes though, the vehicle section (in the snow)  is better this time, but it's still not good. The ice breaking up reminds me of the end of Halo 3, which made me realize how there's no other game/shooter I've played that can change the combat scale as well as Halo can, it's great/fantastic at all level. From small quarters combat to big vehicle sections or battles on foot.
I'm really liking it, it's one hell of a ride and Gears does the 'squad' feeling better than anything else. I can remember all the characters and it's cool how the first part of the game has your squad constantly changing.

Still have to end act 3, just met up with some dudes in the cave.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: cool breeze on November 14, 2008, 01:51:27 PM
Out of those issues only the matchmaking is the only one that bothers me, and when I say bothers me, I mean it completely kills the multiplayer for me.  I'll hold off on playing it until they fix that issue.  The shotgun issue is not a big time and even the chainsaw issue isn't too bad.  It's pretty obvious that they want you to chainsaw dual a lot, the problem is that you don't always have the Lancer handy.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 14, 2008, 02:24:53 PM
Still have to end act 3, just met up with some dudes in the cave.

I love that section.  When I first got there after the tank bullshit I was thinking to myself  "great, another cave" but by the end I couldn't stop smiling.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mrbob on November 15, 2008, 12:31:13 AM
Man R2 storyline must be complete and utter shit if Gears 2 is an upgrade.

Emo Dom cry moar.  Shooting is pretty good.  I'm midway chapter 2 right now havent had that oh shit moment yet.

Also the early Brumak battles are disappointing as hell.  Gears 1 sets them up as these huge hulking beasts to be feared, and I've taken out 4 or 5 already in Gears 2 like they are damn grunts. What the fuck. 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Tieno on November 15, 2008, 10:38:15 AM
I hate bossfights with the fury of a thousand suns, I hate them even more in shooters. Same with Gears 2, can't stand it. Only bossfight in a shooter I've been able to stomach...well absolutely loved, are the scarabs in Halo 3 (my favorite gaming moment of 2007). Everything else is so fucking annoying. Just finished the 4 act and starting with the flying sequence.

God, I hate bossfights, I HATE THEM SO FUCKING MUCH it taints my experience of Gears 2. They give some really cool firefights throughout the game though, but man I just don't want bossfights AT ALL. The drama cutscenes are pretty nicely done, better than in a lot of other games. Pretty true to the spirit of the game and marcus.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Darunia on November 15, 2008, 12:13:49 PM
I hate bossfights with the fury of a thousand suns, I hate them even more in shooters. Same with Gears 2, can't stand it. Only bossfight in a shooter I've been able to stomach...well absolutely loved, are the scarabs in Halo 3 (my favorite gaming moment of 2007). Everything else is so fucking annoying. Just finished the 4 act and starting with the flying sequence.

God, I hate bossfights, I HATE THEM SO FUCKING MUCH it taints my experience of Gears 2. They give some really cool firefights throughout the game though, but man I just don't want bossfights AT ALL. The drama cutscenes are pretty nicely done, better than in a lot of other games. Pretty true to the spirit of the game and marcus.

calm down :p

bossfights in gears 2? how many are there, 1?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: MCD on November 15, 2008, 12:17:23 PM
2.

the last one is like...credits mini boss lol.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: CHOW CHOW on November 15, 2008, 12:26:41 PM
anyone wanna play?  add me @ HIPPO SMASH

im down for whatever
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Tieno on November 15, 2008, 02:10:39 PM
Finished the campaign and rather conflicted on it. They improved on a lot of stuff, especially the presentation (achievements progress, warbook etc) and the dramatic direction of the cutscenes, which is up there with the best in the industry. The 'hard' scenes were done surprisingly well and in character with the game, especially for a game. Love the squad interaction, it's great and funny. Dialogue is great, I don't know why people bag on it so much, do they realize what kind of game this is? Do you need philosophic ramblings in order for dialogue to be good? No, it needs to true to the game. It was always on key and delivered well.

I do feel that in pursuit of 'varied' gameplay and 'epic' encounters there wasn't enough of the core gameplay I loved so much in Gears 1. The gun battles in tight environment with regular Locusts (anything from reavers and up is a no no). The intimate combat, as Cliff likes to call it, wasn't in the quantity I would have liked. I hardly had to use the shotgun, which was the weapon for intimate combat in Gears1, because I usually was so far away or in situations where I had to do something different. Now, the actual combat scenarios they give you where you can do some close up shooting and maneuvering around cover are definitely a step up and more imaginative from Gears 1, quality was improved. But I fucking hate people who always want more 'epic=more enemies on screen'. Which means they have to zoom out and Gears is at its best zoomed in.

The palette cleansers were hit and miss and caused  lot of frustration for me on hardcore. Either due to bad controls, too hard or mix of both. They don't need to be hard, they need to be fun. The brumak rodeo was actually good, just give the player an overpowered tool for a short time and let him go nuts.

Don't think I'll replay this game as much as the first one due to my criticisms.

Now on to Horde.
I hate bossfights with the fury of a thousand suns, I hate them even more in shooters. Same with Gears 2, can't stand it. Only bossfight in a shooter I've been able to stomach...well absolutely loved, are the scarabs in Halo 3 (my favorite gaming moment of 2007). Everything else is so fucking annoying. Just finished the 4 act and starting with the flying sequence.

God, I hate bossfights, I HATE THEM SO FUCKING MUCH it taints my experience of Gears 2. They give some really cool firefights throughout the game though, but man I just don't want bossfights AT ALL. The drama cutscenes are pretty nicely done, better than in a lot of other games. Pretty true to the spirit of the game and marcus.

calm down :p

bossfights in gears 2? how many are there, 1?
2 or 3 I think.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Darunia on November 15, 2008, 03:30:19 PM
well the only 'real' bossfight was the Leviathan imo, Skorge was just avoiding stuff and bashing B.

I sort of understand your complaints about the encounters, but I don't really agree with them. I had just as much fun, if not more, during the fights compared to gears 1.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: AdmiralViscen on November 15, 2008, 09:49:40 PM
Tieno, have you played Horde yet?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 15, 2008, 10:06:25 PM
okay I'll be playing horde tonight, I'll be down to play through it with someone. I dibs Tai
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: ch1nchilla on November 15, 2008, 10:39:59 PM
Almost done with the campaign so far (normal difficulty), for me it feels like too much of the game took place in the center of the world, and a lot of the game was very murky in appearance as a result. I'll definitely play through it again on hardcore through co-op, so hopefully it'll be better without a distinguished mentally-challenged AI teammate.

The package as a whole, however, including multiplayer, was awesome. So a pretty good sequel, I'd say. I guess I still have to finish to have a real opinion, though...
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 15, 2008, 10:39:59 PM
Beat the campaign today - loved every minute of it except for fucking driving the Centaur over the frozen lake.  I thought Gears of War was a fun shooter with an okay campaign and pretty awful multiplayer.  But here, they expand on everything and make an incredibly fun single player experience and Horde mode is so fun that it gives this game real legs.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 15, 2008, 10:50:46 PM
I actually agree. I've played Gears a lot but I'm not sure I'll be replaying Gears 2 soon. It might be just because it's longer...
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mrbob on November 16, 2008, 02:14:34 AM
Yeah the set pieces are way too open in this game.  The feel of gears 1 is somewhat lost in favor of attempting to be bigger and badder.  Also, the lack of cohesion in the set pieces is a bit ridiculous as well.  Gears flowed well level to level, Gears 2 does not.  Here I am underground and move forward on a fucking pirate ship, and then you go into a damn rock worm after a short stay back on the surface.  Seriously (2.0)?  To be even more crazy, the rock worm is a damn death trap with puzzles galore  combining indiana jones and contra rip offs.  Get away from the boulder inside the rock worm!  Oh cut the heart so the secret passage can open to a new area.  But instead of doing it  two times, cut the next one three times!  Me and DM were playing online co op, and we joked after the secret passage comes up  we'll have to cut another set of heart arteries 4 times.  Sure enough this ends up being the case, the secret passage opened up after 3 arteries were cut and now lets move onto the next!  The only problem with Gears 2 is that it is too good?  Holy fuck the overstatement of a century.  This single player is the Spiderman 3 of game sequels.  Horrible dialogue (hell even the cole train isn't funny yet), horrible script that's trying to be MGS4 but failing, and level design which is worse than the first game so far.  The game isn't horrible, but it is barely servicable at the moment.  Here is hoping the second half of the game picks up. 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 16, 2008, 02:22:20 AM
horrible script that's trying to be MGS4 but failing
What? You're gonna have to explain that one.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: MrAngryFace on November 16, 2008, 02:25:08 AM
Yeah, Gears makes sense
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Vizzys on November 16, 2008, 02:31:37 AM
cole train > liquid ocelot
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mrbob on November 16, 2008, 02:34:28 AM
I get the feeling of a setting of doom and gloom around Marcus and Dom trying to hunt down the locust.  It almost feels like its a last mission for an old time crew, sort of how MGS4 sets up solid snakes last mission.  The main difference Gears 2 is trying to be too serious for its own good.  Hell, at least Kojima had the ability to know the world of metal gear was basically bullshit, and he would poke fun with the storyline and make it go crazy at times.  This is part of the charm.  Epic must be drinking the "Game scripts can be as entertaining as hollywood movies!" kool aid.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mrbob on November 16, 2008, 02:44:35 AM
Just so anyone doesn't think I'm blindly hating on the game, Horde mode is pretty damn awesome.  I will play that for awhile. 

I'll replay Gears 2 on insane for achievements, but I don't think I'll have more than two play throughs on this title.  Gears I finished many times. 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 16, 2008, 03:07:20 AM
Combat is as great as always, but I really hope this Dom love story shit doesn't stay in the spotlight. And :wtf unskippable cutscenes? Visually, if people say it's an improvement then I guess it is. Lighting seems strangely flat, but I'm only one chapter deep.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Tieno on November 16, 2008, 03:15:59 AM
I've found the script to be pretty good. Handled very well, like how Marcus's reacts to some of the stuff taking place in the game. Rather understated and true to the extreme tough nature of his character, yet not devoid of sympathy. The love story doesn't get that much attention anyway, they don't linger on it too much.
Tieno, have you played Horde yet?
Played it last night and I loved it. It's very good.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 16, 2008, 03:35:46 AM
Yeah, Epic has a sense for creating weapons that feel genuinely brutal that most other developers just can't approach. That, and the audible crunchsplat when you perform even a long distance headshot is just plain neat. One thing though, did they decrease the level of gibbing? I tried shooting the limbs off of some dead locust, and got nothing.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 16, 2008, 04:00:28 AM
push the back button, that skips cutscenes. Must be really hard remembering that button is there when youre on a Suxxaxis all the time
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 16, 2008, 04:11:51 AM
It almost feels like its a last mission for an old time crew, sort of how MGS4 sets up solid snakes last mission. The main difference Gears 2 is trying to be too serious for its own good.
Wtf, no it doesn't. Not at all. I think you're overanalyzing the simple ass story in Gears 2. The only time that the game ever feels like it's trying to be serious is when
spoiler (click to show/hide)
Dom finds Maria.
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Everything else feels like a cheap action movie.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Tieno on November 16, 2008, 04:26:11 AM
:bow Horde on Avalanche :bow2

Our team dug in on this platform at one side of the map, with two mini-guns (they feel so heavy and powerful), lots of horde. The firefights you see all around you, boomers, maulers, flamers, locust, your other teammates, all doing their part in this big battle. The sound, the bullets...so fucking cool to see it.

What a fantastic mode, had some very good intimate combat too with my flamer and shotgun. Trying to get to downed people, reviving them.

Epic is so good at nailing the details of the sound and the visuals. Popping a head never gets old, hearing the locust scream as they get flamed or breath heavily as they're downed by my flamer. The boomers and flamers yelling.

Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 16, 2008, 08:59:46 AM
Haha, I think I IM'd Prole that Horde was the new Terrorist Hunt, so it's funny that you'd state that.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 16, 2008, 09:14:28 AM
Quote
It almost feels like its a last mission for an old time crew, sort of how MGS4 sets up solid snakes last mission. The main difference Gears 2 is trying to be too serious for its own good.

dood - it's Mr Bob.

I don't know anything about this guy.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mrbob on November 16, 2008, 10:42:57 AM
Dcharlie thinks I get a hard on for bashing things totally xbox.  When I don't...I just call it like I see it.

The firefights are getting better now that I got out of the worm.

<3 Flame Thrower
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 16, 2008, 11:04:35 AM
hello hillary 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mrbob on November 16, 2008, 12:30:50 PM
Hello Tales fanatic.   :D
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 16, 2008, 12:51:21 PM
:cheflop
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 16, 2008, 12:53:22 PM
Alright, the next developer to include a "shoot down the threats before they destroy the ship!" shit section of shitty shit can seriously eat tar and die.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Smooth Groove on November 16, 2008, 01:03:28 PM
Alright, the next developer to include a "shoot down the threats before they destroy the ship!" shit section of shitty shit can seriously eat tar and die.

Still mad about R2 being an overrated POS and Gears continuing to be a GOTY franchise? 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Tieno on November 16, 2008, 01:04:25 PM
Alright, the next developer to include a "shoot down the threats before they destroy the ship!" shit section of shitty shit can seriously eat tar and die.

Still mad about R2 being an overrated POS and Gears continuing to be a GOTY franchise? 
Just say 'Haze' to achieve the result you're aiming for.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 16, 2008, 01:08:13 PM
Alright, the next developer to include a "shoot down the threats before they destroy the ship!" shit section of shitty shit can seriously eat tar and die.

Still mad about R2 being an overrated POS and Gears continuing to be a GOTY franchise? 

I don't think I've once claimed that Resistance was better than Gears, and R2 is certainly not better than Gears 2, based on what I've played. That doesn't stop Gears 2 from having some seriously shitty, too-standard things in it.

:piss Protect the vehicle against incoming threats! :piss2
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Smooth Groove on November 16, 2008, 01:10:25 PM
Nah, Duckman has already been hazed enough.  

I'm just rubbing it in 'cause I predicted that R2 would be an overrated POS.  


Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 16, 2008, 03:15:25 PM
Meh, I've had time to get used to that, what with the MP "beta" being what it was. I didn't realize that SP would be as much of a Halo clone as it was, but all the signs were there. By far the most infuriating thing about it is that it's received an overall warmer welcome than the first one, despite being 10x as derivative.

To their credit though, in my few hours with the game, I never encountered a single "eliminate the incoming threats before they hit our vessel" scenario. It did, however, feature a plethora of "shoot it head one with the indicated gun for a great win" scenarios.  :-X
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drohne on November 16, 2008, 04:07:31 PM
tieno's right on about the campaign relative to the first game's. though i like boss battles in general, and i liked the leviathan fight out of gears 2's boss battles. i don't think the story was any good, and i'm not sure you can tell a good story about characters who look like giant walking scabs
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 16, 2008, 05:54:59 PM
What Halo twist are we talking about exactly?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Tieno on November 16, 2008, 06:02:11 PM
What Halo twist are we talking about exactly?
the lambent?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 16, 2008, 06:15:24 PM
I didn't mind the level so much but they didn't do anything with it after it was done which was a little confusing.  I mean why even introduce something like that if there's no pay off?  It was kind of like "OK, now here's some Flood-like shit.  Finished?  Alright now let's get back in the tank and never speak of this again."
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 16, 2008, 06:22:50 PM
What Halo twist are we talking about exactly?
the lambent?

But that's ultimately just a story twist, right? I mean you never actually fight the Lambent. They don't have any real effect on the game proper, do they?

Or are the Sire things lambent? I don't know, I just help up the chain saw and ran through. Kind of easy.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: ch1nchilla on November 16, 2008, 07:16:33 PM
Finishing up on normal now, honestly getting very fatigued. Maybe I should mix it up and play more multiplayer.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Vizzys on November 16, 2008, 08:48:53 PM
the lambent are the glowy locust I think
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 16, 2008, 08:56:31 PM
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But that's ultimately just a story twist, right? I mean you never actually fight the Lambent. They don't have any real effect on the game proper, do they?

spoiler (click to show/hide)
you DO fight the Lambent on SEVERAL occassions! AND they are introduced as 'the real bad guys that can destroy everything'. They even use the damn word "flood" in describing them :/ They are obviously a big part of Gears 3. I don't get it - it's like they lifted the idea straight out of Halo... THE WORST part of Halo i may add.
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Where? They say "there's a flood of them," which I thought was pretty funny.

I remember the lambent wretches in Gears 1, but I just figured they were exploding wretches. I didn't really adopt any new gameplay strategy or anything. Just shoot 'em in the haaaayd
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: y2kev on November 16, 2008, 09:06:28 PM
that fight is such bullshit
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 16, 2008, 11:54:37 PM
It wasnt as hard as the photojornalist achievement, you had to press 3 buttons for that one.

Also why is no-one discussing the fucking huge twist?
spoiler (click to show/hide)
that the locust are actually man made organisms
[close]
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 16, 2008, 11:58:22 PM
Because it's not a twist LOL cmon
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 17, 2008, 12:24:31 AM
haha, I didnt see it coming.  :(
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 17, 2008, 01:19:09 AM
Did they even test the Landsdown area before shipping the game? Weird texture quality balance all over the place, and now I got physically stuck on something in a small passage (where you chainsaw your way through) forcing me to reload. The rig wasn't so bad, but it feels a bit weird mowing down a Brumak like it's nothing after having met one in Gears PC.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mrbob on November 17, 2008, 01:37:09 AM
Whole game is buggy.  Encountered many bugs where me and DM were just floating in the air after something would happen.  Or as the second co op player Dom my weapon wouldn't fire until I got hit by an enemy. 

Finished it on hardcore tonight.  Stupid XBL went down though so we have to replay one part of a chapter to get the co op achievement.  Besides the horrible final boss, mission 5 was amazing.  This was the frantic pace of Gears I remembered.  If only the first four chapters were this good the single player would have been a worthy sequel. 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: ch1nchilla on November 17, 2008, 01:48:41 AM
Whole game is buggy.  Encountered many bugs where me and DM were just floating in the air after something would happen.  Or as the second co op player Dom my weapon wouldn't fire until I got hit by an enemy. 

Agreed, sometimes I'd have to reload a checkpoint because a switch wouldn't work.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 17, 2008, 02:39:05 AM
The underground has sort of redeemed the Landsdown fiasco, but I think they went a little overboard with cutting up the action. The highlights have been the extended battles, and even those could have been made significantly shorter had I bothered using the preferred weapon. A bit of Resistance 2 warning on that (as well as on the unpolished bits), but the skirmishes have been overwhelmingly good. They should stick to these kind of environments, the game really shines here.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 17, 2008, 05:01:06 AM
Shit, Horde gets pretty tough real quick

And wtf is up with online matchmaking? I was waiting 10 minutes and I couldnt even get a game
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Tieno on November 17, 2008, 06:58:58 AM
Shit, Horde gets pretty tough real quick

And wtf is up with online matchmaking? I was waiting 10 minutes and I couldnt even get a game
Played some Horde this morning and it was a lot faster than yesterday. Still on the slow side.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: dark1x on November 17, 2008, 08:11:09 AM
Yes it's amazing. A-FUCKING-MAZING. Looks like a CG movie with AA enabled. The PC exclusive chapter ROCKS.
The game is a bit less polished on the PC, however.  There are some odd hitches at various points that Epic has yet to address in a patch and there are still occasional (rare) areas where the framerate just won't hold 60 fps.  There's no reason why a GTX260 Core 216 should drop below 60 fps at any point in the game (even when dropped to 1360x768 with no AA).  Try loading up Act IV.  Is the opening cutscene completely smooth?  When you finally land, try spinning the camera around (I'm using a 360 pad) and you'll notice drops while facing the main area.  That's just one example.  Also, it's a pain in the ass to get 5.1 sound of the PC version for some reason (most UE3 games have no issues with this).

Still, the PC version is very much worth playing.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: AdmiralViscen on November 17, 2008, 08:19:41 AM
If you have a 5 man party matchmaking is insanely fast. Otherwise it sucks, especially if you're a party of 4 (there is no one playing alone). It'd be nice if after a match took 30 seconds or more they would just make it a 4 on 4.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 17, 2008, 09:29:04 AM
Finished it on hardcore tonight.  Stupid XBL went down though so we have to replay one part of a chapter to get the co op achievement.  Besides the horrible final boss, mission 5 was amazing.  This was the frantic pace of Gears I remembered.  If only the first four chapters were this good the single player would have been a worthy sequel. 

So Gears 2 isn't a worthy sequel? You're fucking nuts.  I'll give you act 1 because it can feel like Gears 1.5 at the beginning but after that it was nothing short of incredible.  If you're a fan of shooters and you couldn't enjoy Gears 2 then you need to find a new hobby because nothing will please you.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: GilloD on November 17, 2008, 09:31:40 AM
I was super psyched when the Cole Train pulled into the station
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Smooth Groove on November 17, 2008, 09:46:26 AM
Yes it's amazing. A-FUCKING-MAZING. Looks like a CG movie with AA enabled. The PC exclusive chapter ROCKS.
The game is a bit less polished on the PC, however.  There are some odd hitches at various points that Epic has yet to address in a patch and there are still occasional (rare) areas where the framerate just won't hold 60 fps.  There's no reason why a GTX260 Core 216 should drop below 60 fps at any point in the game (even when dropped to 1360x768 with no AA).  Try loading up Act IV.  Is the opening cutscene completely smooth?  When you finally land, try spinning the camera around (I'm using a 360 pad) and you'll notice drops while facing the main area.  That's just one example.  Also, it's a pain in the ass to get 5.1 sound of the PC version for some reason (most UE3 games have no issues with this).

Still, the PC version is very much worth playing.

Gears on PC supposedly scales the graphics according to your hardware, regardless of what you picked in the settings.  It's why some people with a low end 8800 claim to have completely smooth gameplay while people with faster GPUs get hitching and framedrops. 

On my previous 8800GTX SLI rig, I used to get some stuttering but once I swapped them with the 280 GTXEs, the game became completely smooth.  I think it's possible the engine gave the 8800s too much to handle whereas the 280s got just the right amount of work. 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: dark1x on November 17, 2008, 10:06:16 AM
Gears on PC supposedly scales the graphics according to your hardware, regardless of what you picked in the settings.  It's why some people with a low end 8800 claim to have completely smooth gameplay while people with faster GPUs get hitching and framedrops. 

On my previous 8800GTX SLI rig, I used to get some stuttering but once I swapped them with the 280 GTXEs, the game became completely smooth.  I think it's possible the engine gave the 8800s too much to handle whereas the 280s got just the right amount of work. 
Still, you shouldn't need two GTX280 cards to get a perfect framerate in this game.  A GTX260 C216 should be more than enough to handle it at a perfect framerate.  I believe it is unoptimized simply because there are certain scenes that just refuse to run perfectly regardless of settings in use.  However, to be fair, it's 60 fps a good 99% of the time with odd loading hitches occuring between major areas.  It just annoys me that the framerate would drop at all but it's the loading pauses that annoy me the most.  What's I'm curious about is the beginning of Act 4.  If you get a chance, try loading up the beginning of Act 4 and watch the cutscene (the realtime scene).  Does it hitch at all?  It's a good example of what I'm talking about as it occurs at the beginning of an Act.  I've never seen this scene run completely smooth on any PC (framerate is fine, but the game "hitches" for some reason).  When I say completely smooth, I mean 100% 60 fps never a skip anywhere.

I'd imagine it all depends on how someone defines "smooth".

Fallout 3, for instance, has a setting enabled by default that results in a constant framerate hitching on ALL hardware.  There is a setting you can change in the INI file to fix this, but it requires your machine to hold 60 fps 100% of the time (else the gameplay speed moves at a slower rate).  This is no problem for me, fortunately.  However, I'm sure a lot of people are playing with the default settings and believe the game to be perfectly smooth despite the fact that it absolutely is not (this is a settings issue that occurs by default on all PCs).  I think FO3 perfectly demonstrates the differences in how people perceive framerates.

That's why it becomes so difficult to discuss framerate, however, as one persons "perfectly smooth" doesn't cut it for everyone.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 17, 2008, 01:11:15 PM
Gears on PC supposedly scales the graphics according to your hardware, regardless of what you picked in the settings.  It's why some people with a low end 8800 claim to have completely smooth gameplay while people with faster GPUs get hitching and framedrops. 

That's possible, but the end result was a game that looked awesome, and ran smooth as hell. Not at the highest resolution, though, just 720p.

Disregarding the PC version though, I'm a bit surprised by the performance and quality issues in the first levels of Gears 2. The underground section has been flawless and quite nice looking so far, but I get the feeling that once they reintroduce daylight, the visuals will take another hit. It's a bit weird, since my memory likes to suggest that the outdoor areas in Gears 1 never suffered when compared to the indoors.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: dark1x on November 17, 2008, 01:23:53 PM
Gears on PC supposedly scales the graphics according to your hardware, regardless of what you picked in the settings.  It's why some people with a low end 8800 claim to have completely smooth gameplay while people with faster GPUs get hitching and framedrops. 

That's possible, but the end result was a game that looked awesome, and ran smooth as hell. Not at the highest resolution, though, just 720p.

Disregarding the PC version though, I'm a bit surprised by the performance and quality issues in the first levels of Gears 2. The underground section has been flawless and quite nice looking so far, but I get the feeling that once they reintroduce daylight, the visuals will take another hit. It's a bit weird, since my memory likes to suggest that the outdoor areas in Gears 1 never suffered when compared to the indoors.
Eh, the outdoor areas in Gears 1 (part of Act 3 and most of Act 5) all look really good.  The outdoor areas used during Act 1, however, seemed a bit weak.  I don't think the game ever quite hits the high notes of Gears 1, but there are still some fantastic locales in there.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 17, 2008, 01:44:40 PM
As said, I'm not that far into the game yet. Me and my fellow dudes have just discovered a really big creature, and everything underground has been good.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: GilloD on November 17, 2008, 02:03:07 PM
Anyone interested in some co-op inside the worm tonight around 10est?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Smooth Groove on November 17, 2008, 03:19:48 PM
NM
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 17, 2008, 07:36:13 PM
So where is the screen capture tool?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mrbob on November 17, 2008, 10:02:45 PM
Damn I thought I could post my thoughts at this forum without it acting like GAF lite.  I guess I won't play a shooter again. Jesus. 

And Dcharlie I said the other four levels weren't as good as the fifth chapter.  ;)  Of course, the worm part still felt a bit like jumping the shark to me but I digress!

Mainly my negativity is squared at the single player campaign.  I'll throw down with you guys in Horde mode anytime.  It is a blast! 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Cormacaroni on November 17, 2008, 11:06:58 PM
Finished it last night on Normal. Loved it from start to finish, with the possible exception of that bit where you had to shoot the reavers with the turret near the end. I swear the left turret is broken or something - i couldn't hit shit with it. Apart from that, the campaign was very smooth. Lots of variety, nothing frustrating or broken, just fun fun fun.

Also, it's waaaaaaaay easier than 1. You don't really need to use cover very much. I'm hoping to do a Hardcore co-op run after this to get really stuck into those firefights.

I don't know how you could nitpick the visuals unless you're comparing it to Crysis, maybe. This is the best-looking console game I've ever seen. I think it wastes Gears 1.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 17, 2008, 11:50:13 PM
So where is the screen capture tool?


where are the games for the PS3?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 17, 2008, 11:51:51 PM
okay I played some 5 player Horde last night with randoms and It was amazing. My dick is so hard for horde, if I see you dudes playing Im'a jump in, or invite me or something

Im actually keen to 1000/1000 this game  :-X Hopefully the multiplayer gets fixed so I can actually play some Wingman

Love love love Gears 2
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mrbob on November 17, 2008, 11:59:15 PM
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And Dcharlie I said the other four levels weren't as good as the fifth chapter.    Of course,
spoiler (click to show/hide)
the worm
[close]
part still felt a bit like jumping the shark to me but I digress!


that level is my biggest gripe in the game - no one on the planet wants to replay that level. NO ONE.


If anything, maybe Epic should take up the reigns and make a 3D contra sequel!  That part would have fit in perfectly in a contra game! 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 18, 2008, 12:01:19 AM
So where is the screen capture tool?


You can only do it in multiplayer games. It uploads itself to Gearsofwar.com website, probably linked to your Gamertag then
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: fistfulofmetal on November 18, 2008, 12:39:59 AM
I just got an invite from the person I played through Gears 1 with to play Gears 2

 :'(
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 18, 2008, 12:50:36 AM
I don't know how you could nitpick the visuals unless you're comparing it to Crysis, maybe. This is the best-looking console game I've ever seen. I think it wastes Gears 1.

I finally got to the first area that I'd say is genuinely spectacular looking (sunken city). Up until then, it had been really uneven in quality, with some areas feeling down right rough. They seem to be going for more variety though so I guess it's harder to pay attention to every detail.

On a different topic, didn't they say that they had increased the difficulty? I selected Normal despite feeling that Normal in Gears 1 was too easy, and this actually feels easier than that. I'm sure I'll regret saying that when I hit some choke point soon, though.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Cormacaroni on November 18, 2008, 01:50:25 AM
Not every area is spectacular - but thank christ for that. Most of the best gameplay is in the non-eye candy sections. The pure eye candy moments are :o though.

I kept expecting to hit a bottleneck but there was literally only that one spot near the end. And it doesn't seem to have been a problem for most people either. I got through most of Gears 1 on Hardcore in co-op so I really should have picked Hardcore this time around too. I just wanted to scoop the cream off the top this time. I shall be back for more later!
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Tieno on November 18, 2008, 02:36:19 AM
I don't know how you could nitpick the visuals unless you're comparing it to Crysis, maybe. This is the best-looking console game I've ever seen. I think it wastes Gears 1.

I finally got to the first area that I'd say is genuinely spectacular looking (sunken city). Up until then, it had been really uneven in quality, with some areas feeling down right rough. They seem to be going for more variety though so I guess it's harder to pay attention to every detail.

On a different topic, didn't they say that they had increased the difficulty? I selected Normal despite feeling that Normal in Gears 1 was too easy, and this actually feels easier than that. I'm sure I'll regret saying that when I hit some choke point soon, though.
lol,

I played on Hardcore solo first time through. Had a lot of choke points.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 18, 2008, 02:38:31 AM
So I should bump it up to hardcore then?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 18, 2008, 02:39:30 AM
lol, you're playing Normal
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 18, 2008, 02:40:33 AM
They said it would be normal normal. Not easy normal like Gears 1.  :maf
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drew on November 18, 2008, 02:57:35 AM
 :wag
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Tieno on November 18, 2008, 02:58:45 AM
We're in the casual age, duckman, you're a hardcore shooter fan who has plenty of experience with shooters. Hardcore should be much better suited for you.

I had a hard time on hardcore solo. Bit/lots of frustration on one of the bossfights and the defend the stuff before it blows up shit, but the combat was very good.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 18, 2008, 04:59:58 AM
there was like a total of 2 choke points on hardcore, it was cake

sounds like you guys are getting buttersoft
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 18, 2008, 05:05:03 AM
just played online for a few hours. Jeez wingman is hard, havent got the multi tactics down yet. Got creamed every time. managed to win one match becuase I had a good partner.... tried a few rounds of Capture the Flag and King of the Hill. I did a bit better and won a few times. Gotta get these fucking achievements

and why did I pick a lame gamertag like Sceneman? why not VA6POUND3ER or beer111? I loled at those names
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: dark1x on November 18, 2008, 08:03:17 AM
I'm playing through insane right now and, really, it's not bad overall but that first rig section gave me a hard time.  Hitting all of the mortars with the shotgun wasn't bad (you can only miss one on insane), but that damn reaver was annoying as hell.  If he rams you three times you fail, but it was difficult to determine whether or not you were even doing real damage to him. You basically have to sit on the troika and make sure your aim is perfect.  The problem I had with that section is that I had to retry it like 10 times and every time you retry they force you to sit through a series of scripted events before you even get to the gameplay.

I have a feeling that the reaver riding near the end of the game is going to be a pain in the ass on insane, but I guess we'll see.  Haven't really run into any other difficult spots yet.  It just keeps you on your toes a bit more.

I must say, there seems to be a pretty huge difference between hardcore and insane this time around.  Really never had any problems on hardcore.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: AdmiralViscen on November 18, 2008, 08:25:50 AM
What's with people on page 10 playing on normal and complaining that it's too easy?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Cormacaroni on November 18, 2008, 09:11:19 AM
What's with people on page 10 playing on normal and complaining that it's too easy?

i wasn't complaining, just stating an opinion. You seem to agree so let's be friends. Special EB friends.

As i said, i played GoW on both Normal and Hardcore, and i'll get round to the harder levels later. But i only have a limited time to play these days so i went for Normal.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: ch1nchilla on November 18, 2008, 10:16:20 AM
Just finished it up last night, enjoyed it quite a bit and will be going back to play through hardcore co-op.

Also, the final boss

spoiler (click to show/hide)
was SUPER FUCKING EASY, and I didn't like playing through the final segment on the back of a fucking Brumak at all.
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Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Mrbob on November 18, 2008, 04:42:25 PM
Yeah play it on hardcore, especially if you co op.  Anything less is too easy.

I will say I was wrong about the story.  I thought it was going one direction, and it really isn't anything like MGS4 at all.  One last small nitpick....why did Epic pussify the Brumak in Gears 2?  I remember in  being scared shitless of the beast in Gears 1, and they are all cannon fodder in Gears 2.  I had hopes to be able to fight one up close without a tank or heavy machine gun...I wanted an up close fight like what was offered in Gears PC.  There weren't any other Locust in Gears 2 which picked up the slack either in terms of bringing the fear factor the brumak did in Gears. 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: duckman2000 on November 18, 2008, 05:08:56 PM
Seriously. Having gone up against one of those beasts with only regular rifles in Gears PC, the Brumak encounters of Gears of War 2 have so far seemed pretty silly.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 18, 2008, 09:47:04 PM
(http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7460/dsfaba4.jpg)
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Bebpo on November 19, 2008, 12:17:09 AM
I finished this today and it was fun game.  In some ways I'm happy with it, in other ways I'm disappointed.  In the end it was a fun action-y 12-15 hour game full of good room designs for good fights.  To me it didn't satisfy that fall/winter HUGE AAA title spot that Gears1 did when it came out.  But then Gears was new and fresh and looked amazing.  This is Gears...again, and it still looks amazing although not to the level above the competition that Gears1 was.

I'll get this out of the way:
Act 1 = looked weak, played weak
Act 2 = looked amazing, played amazing
Act 3 = looked great, played weak
Act 4 = looked boringly great, played great with no variety
Act 5 = looked amazing, played amazing outside final boss

+Having HUGE MONSTERS to mix up with grunts was excellent.  Gave the standard fighting more variety.  My favorite part was fighting a reaver in the graveyard in act.2 jumping from grave to grave to avoid its stabs.
+Shooting was still satsfying
+framerate was solid
+graphics were good.  The engine really shined with destroyed cities/caves/rain/darkness.  Not so hot at normal looking places in the daylight.  Never noticed the lack of AA in the first one because it was so ahead of everything else.  Now that standards have raised considerably this gen, IQ is a bit rough.  Motion blur was good again, though caused problems during the reaver ride at high speeds.
+Witty dialogue OUTSIDE OF CUTSCENES when walking and playing is very well written.  Makes for great memorable characters.
+Length was very good.  Game was meaty.
+Mortar was good
+Introducing some actual plot like the mysteries in act 3 added to the game and made it more than just doom in TPS

-Cutscenes were terrible, especially the dom story
-Story pacing was weird.  Normally you have a beginning, a middle, an end.  With antagonist and protagonist development.  Here I never had any idea where I was in the overall plot of the things.  Like when I got the clear game achievement I was like "wait, what?  That was the final boss?  The game just ends here?"  Seemed odd.
-Sadly game was seriously just Gears 1...again.  I'm surprised they didn't at least add a TON of new weapons or new gameplay system or something to differentiate it.  For most of the game you're moving behind covers using your chainsaw gun & sniper gun and shooting grunts who are hiding behind cover as well.  As I said above, throwing in the giant enemies helped mix it up.  But it really felt like it was more of the same (luckily Gears1 was excellent, so more of the same is still fun)
-Even though I'm glad the game was long.  I don't think they had enough variety to fill that length.  Some chapters really felt like they mixed it up (act 2) by having a new environment every hour.  But some chapters like act 4 were just filled with tons of fights that were all the same in a ton of areas that all looked the same >_<  The gameplay was strong, sure.  But it just wasn't very exciting because it lacked variety.
-The vehicle stuff ranged from terrible (tank), bad (reaver), ok but shallow (brumak).  Did not really add to the game.  Brumak scene was extremely similar to the Metal Gear Rex riding in MGS4.
-I HATED the 4 person system.  I don't really see why they did it if they weren't going to put in 4p coop.  Maybe they were trying for 4p coop but in the end couldn't do it in time or something.  But my problem with having 3 AI buddies is that THEY ARE TOO USEFUL.  Like I'll walk into a room and they're already in the middle of it having killed a few guys and drawing the attention of everyone else.  So I just pull out my gun and shoot all the enemies while they are firing at my buddies.  I DON'T LIKE THAT.  Too many parts of the game felt like what I don't like in war with buddy AI games:  I felt like I was hardly doing anything.  I was shooting a grunt here and there and there and then I'd hear the sound that everyone was dead and it's time to move to the next area.  I don't feel like I'm moving the game but rather that the game is scripted and moving on it's own and I'm just staying alive between scenes.  I strongly preferred the 2 person sections since Dom is useless and does nothing like Gears1.

So yeah, I actually really had a good time because the mechanics from Gears1 are so strong that 2 years later it's still fun shooting a thousand grunts and listening to the Gears say silly stuff.  At the same time I do feel like it was too safe of a sequel and more of the same to the point that it didn't give me that amazing game experience that the first did.  It was Gears...again and still fun.  I just hope Gears 3 greatly changes up something to give a new experience.

I haven't played Multi, so that's just my take on SP.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 19, 2008, 03:12:27 AM
okay online is fucked, Im going to have to give it a few days I guess. Its not every week that the NXE is rolled out lolz. In the meantime Im playing solo insane. WTF the rig part was not hard at all on insane, I died once in the whole chapter
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Vizzys on November 19, 2008, 03:18:59 AM
I encountered a weird glitch in the last act

when fighting those two brumaks from far away with mortars I killed one when its standing next to the other and it kind of fell over on the other one and it looked like it was wearing a dead brumak as a stretchy coat or something, pretty amusing to look at
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drew on November 21, 2008, 03:08:45 AM
OK, first impressions (brought to you by muckhole :-*)

dom is a cigarillo

i am rusty as fuck, forget what button the roadie run is and how to change weapons smh

the new menu sucks ass

where the fuck are my graphic options besides brightness
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: GilloD on November 21, 2008, 09:40:07 AM
Am I almost at the end? I'm

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Just at the Nexus
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Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 21, 2008, 09:43:04 AM
There's 5 acts, you figure it out
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 21, 2008, 09:54:43 AM
stupid span-exic-uertorican
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 21, 2008, 09:57:14 AM
Yeah play it on hardcore, especially if you co op.  Anything less is too easy.

I will say I was wrong about the story.  I thought it was going one direction, and it really isn't anything like MGS4 at all.  One last small nitpick....why did Epic pussify the Brumak in Gears 2?  I remember in  being scared shitless of the beast in Gears 1, and they are all cannon fodder in Gears 2.  I had hopes to be able to fight one up close without a tank or heavy machine gun...I wanted an up close fight like what was offered in Gears PC.  There weren't any other Locust in Gears 2 which picked up the slack either in terms of bringing the fear factor the brumak did in Gears. 

The Brumak was the biggest creature in Gears 1, so it naturally brought on that "holy shit" horror feeling.  In Gears 2, everything is huge and you tear through them like nothing...it's more based on huge spectacles and action than Gears 1.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: GilloD on November 21, 2008, 11:45:59 AM
There's 5 acts, you figure it out

I have no idea what act I'm in. Just give someone a straight answer for once.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drohne on November 21, 2008, 12:13:38 PM
i don't know what 'the nexus' is and i just played this a couple weeks ago

every other place in every other game is called 'the nexus'

you can pretty easily figure out where you are using the war journal
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: GilloD on November 21, 2008, 03:00:39 PM
i don't know what 'the nexus' is and i just played this a couple weeks ago

every other place in every other game is called 'the nexus'

you can pretty easily figure out where you are using the war journal

Right afer
spoiler (click to show/hide)
Dom finds Maria :(
[close]
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drew on November 21, 2008, 08:40:50 PM
here i will unspoiler that for you gillo

Dom finds Maria :(

noone gives a shit
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drohne on November 21, 2008, 09:03:03 PM
you are towards the beginning of act 4 i think

act 4 is awesome

act 5 is awesome when it's not throwing stupid minigames at you...which is too seldom
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Bebpo on November 21, 2008, 09:04:52 PM
you are towards the beginning of act 4 i think

act 4 is awesome

act 5 is awesome when it's not throwing stupid minigames at you...which is too seldom

Act 5 has mini-games?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drohne on November 21, 2008, 09:07:32 PM
spoiler (click to show/hide)
panzer minigame, brumak rodeo, shitty final boss which might not even be up to minigame standards
[close]
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Bebpo on November 21, 2008, 09:25:28 PM
spoiler (click to show/hide)
panzer minigame, brumak rodeo, shitty final boss which might not even be up to minigame standards
[close]

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Whoops, totally forgot about the panzer part.  If you count act 5 as starting after that it's a good chapter.  Even the rodeo part is okish.
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Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drew on November 22, 2008, 04:02:32 AM
Picking this up tonight... this game is going to completely fuck my sleep schedule, but it's cool. Finally figured out how to connect the 360 to the internet through my MacBook Pro, so everything is ready!

HOW
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 22, 2008, 08:48:19 AM
halfway through act 4 on insane, sea monster boss was annoying.

Having heaps of trouble with horde mode, anyone have any tips? Ive been doing public sessions but the team always cacks it around wave 16 or so. Is there a good map you can do it casual solo on? Or does anyone want to team up?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: CHOW CHOW on November 22, 2008, 09:50:55 AM
anyone wanna play co-op
i still havent beaten this, im up to right after the sea monster boss
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on November 22, 2008, 03:49:09 PM
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/0ccf0001-0000-4000-8000-00004d53082d

Free gold lancers for one and all.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drew on November 22, 2008, 03:54:33 PM
halfway through act 4 on insane, sea monster boss was annoying.

sea monster? :hyper

was it as good as the re4 one? :teehee

spoiler (click to show/hide)
besides the annoying part
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Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: trh on November 22, 2008, 04:30:13 PM
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/0ccf0001-0000-4000-8000-00004d53082d

Free gold lancers for one and all.
I get an error message

edit: now it tells me the marketplace is currently inaccessible
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 22, 2008, 04:32:16 PM
I just clicked the link, still works

Move to a real country looooosers
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: trh on November 22, 2008, 04:35:47 PM
doesn't work with my us account now what!?

oh and does the lancer count as a separate weapon in the menu or does it switch out the regular one? gold lancer is pretty fugly but I want it anyway
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on November 22, 2008, 04:40:14 PM
You can choose between which version
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 22, 2008, 05:27:35 PM
halfway through act 4 on insane, sea monster boss was annoying.

sea monster? :hyper

was it as good as the re4 one? :teehee

spoiler (click to show/hide)
besides the annoying part
[close]

Its an ok fight, the sea monster is pretty cool looking but the battle is too long for its own good.

No its not as good as the RE4 one, its pretty hard to top most things from that game. Cant freaking wait for RE5. Whats hte release date again?
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drew on November 22, 2008, 06:19:23 PM
Its an ok fight, the sea monster is pretty cool looking but the battle is too long for its own good.

No its not as good as the RE4 one, its pretty hard to top most things from that game. Cant freaking wait for RE5. Whats hte release date again?

2009 lol
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Beezy on November 22, 2008, 07:19:28 PM
yep
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: trh on November 22, 2008, 07:28:05 PM
I got yer back like a buttcrack
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drew on November 22, 2008, 09:45:33 PM
you can pause during cutscenes

there is a god
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 22, 2008, 10:23:37 PM
Im probably going to give up on the online achievements, im pretty rubbish at multi
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drew on November 22, 2008, 11:05:40 PM
gears multi is a joke

no worries mayne
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: GilloD on November 23, 2008, 01:09:56 PM
FUCK THE fucking courtyard battle. What the fuck. SUCKS.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: OptimoPeach on November 23, 2008, 09:19:54 PM
Played it through Saturday night with a friend on Hardcore. Big WTF at
spoiler (click to show/hide)
that bullshit ending. Seriously? No boss fight? The last 15 minute of gameplay was probably the most boring portion of the series that I can remember, and since I wasn't paying attention to the story at all I really thought that lame-ass Brumak ride was leading up to something big.
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There were some very awesome sequences of the game though. I guess I liked it better than GoW1, but then again I haven't played that all the way through since its release.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: AdmiralViscen on November 24, 2008, 09:23:16 PM
I really like the new shotgun-boomshield glitch.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on November 27, 2008, 01:45:36 PM
FUCK THE fucking courtyard battle. What the fuck. SUCKS.

ITT, Silky Boys

I beat the game on Insane solo, it was comparatively cake compared to shit like Call of Duty and Stranglehold

Having loads of trouble with horde though, trying to do it solo but cannot pass wave 49  :( Any of you dudes want to give me a hand? Pleeeease
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 03, 2008, 04:58:28 PM
yaaaaaaaaaaay
Gamefly shipped Gears 2 to me.

me so happy.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 05, 2008, 08:21:14 PM
OMG THE GRAFX
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 06, 2008, 04:26:05 PM
Just beat it.

Such an awesome game. So much better than the first.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: AdmiralViscen on December 06, 2008, 10:19:29 PM
Try Horde, with friends if possible.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: WrikaWrek on December 06, 2008, 10:44:21 PM
It's funny, but the moment that has stuck with me from the campaign, is when Marcus and Dom are in a building, and the floor starts falling, and it's like pomp, pomp, pomp, pomp, till you reach ground level.

That was pretty awesome.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drohne on December 07, 2008, 12:36:35 PM
so your favorite moment was a bit of rollercoaster scripting involving no gameplay i see thats very surprising
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: WrikaWrek on December 07, 2008, 12:48:24 PM
so your favorite moment was a bit of rollercoaster scripting involving no gameplay i see thats very surprising

Not favorite moment, just the moment that stuck. From that you might extrapolate that i found the game to not be very memorable at all, or you might try to act like a smartass.

<-->

It's probably just because i thought it was well thought. I guess part of me likes to see what others can think of, you know, how they use their creative minds to come up with little moments.

But i guess if you are more self centered, you will always be more worried about what you made happen. Not surprising.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drohne on December 07, 2008, 03:25:04 PM
no just fucking with you, i thought that part was cool too. too bad they kind of spoiled it at microsoft's e3 conference
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: WrikaWrek on December 07, 2008, 03:31:39 PM
no just fucking with you, i thought that part was cool too. too bad they kind of spoiled it at microsoft's e3 conference

The interwebz makes me cynical  :-\

Well i'm glad i didn't see it at the conference. Funny thing with GOW2 is that, i unwillingly went through a media blackout with it. I wasn't very hyped for it at all, so i never felt the urge to see footage of it.

 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: AdmiralViscen on December 07, 2008, 05:23:54 PM
no just fucking with you, i thought that part was cool too. too bad they kind of spoiled it at microsoft's e3 conference

:bow ignoring preview media :bow2
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 08, 2008, 12:34:55 AM
So I've been wondering.

These games don't take place on Earth, right? The planet is called Sera?



Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on December 08, 2008, 01:18:24 AM
yeah
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Jansen on December 08, 2008, 03:08:41 AM
whoa initially i didn't think think the patch improved the matchmaking speed but i've been playing the past 2 nights and getting into matches rather quickly
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: AdmiralViscen on December 14, 2008, 12:09:10 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Y9ILvI0WM
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Kestastrophe on December 22, 2008, 12:29:53 PM
I have yet to even touch horde, so feel free to add me to your friends list if ur down for some multiplayer

GT: Kestastrophe
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: The Sceneman on December 22, 2008, 01:41:02 PM
oh no
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: bork on December 25, 2008, 02:06:54 PM
I got this game at kind of a bad time; was getting ready to move so I really haven't played much of it, but it has pretty much become "That Horde Game." Don't play anything else; played campaign for maybe 10 minutes when I first got it and a few online matches, but Horde has dominated the game for me and it's all my friends want to play.  I hope Gears 3 offers 5-player campaign co-op.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Vizzys on December 25, 2008, 02:25:01 PM
i didnt even know they already released a map pack for this on dec 15 called the combustible map pack
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: AdmiralViscen on December 25, 2008, 10:21:21 PM
lyte, don't miss out on the campaign, it's amazing.


And yea they came out with a map pack, I was not going to buy until they fixed multiplayer but my friend went and bought it as soon as he saw it without thinking. So I might have to.
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drew on December 28, 2008, 01:58:25 AM
Soulja Boy just uploaded a gow2 montage. lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUVOUPxVdGY&ap=%2526fmt%3D18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUVOUPxVdGY

(http://opa-ages.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/blingbling1lv.gif)
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: Madrun Badrun on December 28, 2008, 02:31:23 AM
I'm almost on the fifth act so far it hasn't been as good as the first.  It's not nearly as hard and the level design is more closed in. 
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drew on December 28, 2008, 02:36:01 AM
i really feel guilty for not digging into this like i should

i hope muckhole doesnt think i dont appreciate it. i do. fucking Fallout 3 :'(
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: demi on December 28, 2008, 02:41:03 AM
I told him so...
Title: Re: Gears of War 2 THREAD
Post by: drew on December 28, 2008, 02:51:59 AM
 :'(