GDC08: Gears of War 2 Announced - November


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Sweet, finally something to look forward to on the 360 this year :happy: (the 360's line up is a little lacking this year I reckon) still I better hurry up and finish GoW1 :laugh: I'm kinda stuck at General RAAM, I can't seem to kill him ...on easy! :blush: yeah I suck that bad :(

They could in the 1st. Did you play it on insane? I got cut up a couple of times.

Yeah, I remember thowing the controller plenty of times because of it. You shoot the hell out of them but they can still run up to you and mow you down, like wtf.

Big careface from me, bought it for the xbox didnt like it, tried it on the PC and didnt like it their either. I'm a big UT fan and tend to like UT engine games in general they just have the right sort of feel to em but I honestly though GoW was the most overhyped POS game I've played in years.

Zero immersion, uninspired graphics and lackluster sound.

WOW! your game taste must suck then if you didn't like this game!

WOW! your game taste must suck then if you didn't like this game!

No it couldn't possibly be that he has a differing opinion from yours? or maybe that he does not like this type of game? or hell even not like these types of graphics? No?

I LOVED GoW and eagerly anticipate November but please try and not make yourself look like an ass by making statements such as that above :/

I just watched and that is ****ing hot. I can't wait for November.

Who says the Xbox doesn't have any good exclusives coming this year... :D

-Spenser

You know what is most annoying? People keep saying its going to be Sony's year but i disagree with this comment. Sony still don't have alot to offer this year from last year and if people thought 360's line was bad, PS3's is not better!

I am full of confidence in XBOX360 from now and the whole of 2008 like i have been when it came out. There is just so many great games coming. And Microsoft knows what it's doing.

Here's some new Unreal Engine stuff running in Gears Of War:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermov...laylist=popular

100 + Locusts in real time?? Where's my chainsaw!

Wow that video was great. I'm already pumped about GoW2 but the new features in that video look like something that will really help the game.

Anyone know if that cutscene editor comes with the unreal editor? Beacuse that looked like it could be a ton of fun. Some Cole-Train and Phoenix dance videos!

Sweet, finally something to look forward to on the 360 this year :happy: (the 360's line up is a little lacking this year I reckon) still I better hurry up and finish GoW1 :laugh: I'm kinda stuck at General RAAM, I can't seem to kill him ...on easy! :blush: yeah I suck that bad :(

I dunno about you but I'm really looking forward to Ninja Gaiden 2 and Fable 2. :)

Here's some new Unreal Engine stuff running in Gears Of War:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermov...laylist=popular

100 + Locusts in real time?? Where's my chainsaw!

That video was awesome. I loved the big cube of meat lol. And destructible environments!

Rapture

You do realize that Gears of War runs on the unreal Engine 3

One of the reasons I bought it, always liked Epic games but they somehow took all of the unreal engine feel out of the game. I think it was the camera position that did it.

GoW is one of the few games I really read into the hype over the last few years. I remember reading cliffy b's blogs and couldn't wait for it. When it finally came I was bitterly disappointed. All of the features he talked up about just didn’t exist and the camera that was supposed to make me associate with the character I was playing just made me feel distanced from the game.

That said, GoW did more for Epic than UT ever did so I know I’m part of a tiny minority.

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