[Official] Gears of War 2


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Hey guys, i got gears of war in the post today!

Its very much like the first one (which isnt a bad thing in my opinion)

But what the hell happened to it graphically?

There appears to be no AA, the textures areent the best, any area where theres more than 20ft of space ahead of you is blurred, and ive noticed the game freeze quite a few times when loading up an area.

Hopefully when the NXE is out installing it to the HDD will sort some of these problems, but maybe its just me after playing crysis and far cry 2 on the pc lol.

Gameplay wise its rewarding though! :D

I still haven't touched littlebigplanet, been giving to much love to my xbox plus i have too many games to play atm, I don't think I have touched my wii in about 3 months!

I know how you feel, but I sold my Wii to fund my Ps3 purchase.

I find I have games that I have hardly played.

Hopefully when the game releases slow down, I can catch up.

According to my mate sniping is easier, the lance sounds crap, the shotgun fires at a much slower rate, the weapons seem to have quite a bit of recoil now so you can't just hold the trigger down. You can no longer quit out of room [Thank God for this people quitting games really p*ssed me off about the first Gears]. You can't decide what game mode or what map to play as they are both randomly generated unless you are playing in a private match [This sounds SH*T and if its true they had better patch it and make it selection based like the original]. And also apparently the default time for rounds is 5 mins and can no longer be altered!

Urgh! :( but I shall not pass judgement till I have played it and given it a fair go.

I know how you feel, but I sold my Wii to fund my Ps3 purchase.

I find I have games that I have hardly played.

Hopefully when the game releases slow down, I can catch up.

Yeah same for me quite a big ammount of catch up mind lol

Wii:

Finish:

Resident Evil 4 [second play, but first on Wii],

Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess,

Mario Kart (Can't Really finish, just play more I suppose)

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles,

Wii Fit (Can't Really finish, just play more I suppose)

Begin:

Super Mario Galaxy

PS3:

Finish:

Resistance: Fall of Man

Begin:

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune,

Ratchet And Clank: Tools Of Destruction,

Metal Gear Solid 4 - Guns Of The Patriots,

LittleBigPlanet

Xbox 360:

Finish:

Half-Life 2 [Orange Box] - (Episode 2 only),

Alone in the Dark (Waiting for Patch),

Saints Row 2,

Far Cry 2,

Bully,

Forza 2

Begin:

Condemned 2,

Dead Space,

Gears of War 2(Will Start this tonight!!!),

007: Quantum Of Solace.

Way too many games! So busy atm as well with work and lots of birthdays going out and getting wrecked(which obviously takes priority!)!

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Awesome game. It's like the first, but on a more epic scale. I wanted to try out Horde over Live but there was no one playing, and playing on local by yourself just isn't the same :p Looking forward to tomorrow night when we can hopefully get some NW games up and running ;)

Awesome game. It's like the first, but on a more epic scale. I wanted to try out Horde over Live but there was no one playing, and playing on local by yourself just isn't the same :p Looking forward to tomorrow night when we can hopefully get some NW games up and running ;)

There is only so much you can do on Horde by yourself or even with 2 players, my brother and i managed to get to Horde 29, but after that i think its just impossible to keep going with just 2 players, it gets really hard.

Quick question about the DLC - the flashback maps or whatever the gridlock mansion etc from gow1, it says its a first day only deal on some places and on others it says you just have to buy a new copy (not pre-owned) can anyone confirm either one? just wondering so i know whether i neeed to buy it tomorrow or i can wait a couple days :p

Quick question about the DLC - the flashback maps or whatever the gridlock mansion etc from gow1, it says its a first day only deal on some places and on others it says you just have to buy a new copy (not pre-owned) can anyone confirm either one? just wondering so i know whether i neeed to buy it tomorrow or i can wait a couple days :p

Only new copies come with a code.

My CE copy arrived today :) Not even had time to open it as I got in late tonight. My copy of LBP arrived also and I decided to play that first. The box that Zavvi sent was hugeeee. I was like wtf have they sent me lol..

GOW2%20Zavvi.jpg

(crappy quality, took it in a rush)

Anyways, I will definitely be playing lots over the weekend so we should get some NW matches going! :D

My CE copy arrived today :) Not even had time to open it as I got in late tonight. My copy of LBP arrived also and I decided to play that first. The box that Zavvi sent was hugeeee. I was like wtf have they sent me lol..

GOW2%20Zavvi.jpg

(crappy quality, took it in a rush)

Anyways, I will definitely be playing lots over the weekend so we should get some NW matches going! :D

man.. I wants my copy now... Although I have to wait till Saturday night to play it :(

I will hopefully have it on Saturday, decided to save $20 so am waiting for it through Gamefly, but they shipped it this morning at 8:20 AM.

For anyone who might not have it and was waiting to buy it in store, I saw a commercial just before that Friday & Saturday Circuit City has a deal, if you buy the game you get a free card for 1600 MS Points, pretty damn good deal.

I will hopefully have it on Saturday, decided to save $20 so am waiting for it through Gamefly, but they shipped it this morning at 8:20 AM.

For anyone who might not have it and was waiting to buy it in store, I saw a commercial just before that Friday & Saturday Circuit City has a deal, if you buy the game you get a free card for 1600 MS Points, pretty damn good deal.

Yeah i think i am going to Circuit City if i decide to pick it up. I got Fallout 3 there, came with a 10$ giftcard and 10$ off the guide, niiiiioce

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