Gears is good. I don't know for sure where you guys got the idea that it was supposed to be the most awesome game ever in every way but you should probably give less of a crap about what you read on forums.
I just want the sequel to have big battles, more bosses, destructible environments actually used often to kill enemies, have actually useful squad commands, and maybe have the allies be in different classes so it matters who you send to do what type of thing (artillery, sniper, engineer classes for example). Seriously, as long as it still has tight level design, gratuitous violence, and a decent amount of new features I'll be happy. The graphics should also get a decent bump but I'll forgive 30 fps for a game like this.