[Official] Gears of War 2

[spenser.d]

Casual then Insane FTW

I can't imagine what Casual is like. My first playthrough was on Normal and that was ridiculously easy. I've just started Hardcore, but I haven't played in a few days and I want to play some more MP, and I haven't played Horde yet. Hopefully I'll get online soon, but I might not be able to for any good length of time until Friday.

-Spenser

[GameOverRob]

Did casual first, p*ss easy, started insane last night and completed all of act 1. It is pretty darn difficult can't imagine what it will be like later on!

[SojIrOu]

Damnit, i'm stuck inside that worm, I can't get past the acid jets. Think I need to give this a good go tonight and not give up till I get past 'em all

you have to shoot the part that's spraying the acid. that will stop the acid and you can run past it without getting injured. it took me a few go's to figure it out.

[spenser.d]

you have to shoot the part that's spraying the acid. that will stop the acid and you can run past it without getting injured. it took me a few goes to figure it out.

It's times like those when my 'shoot everything first, ask questions later' mentality works out well :p

-Spenser

[ramsy66]

Completed the game. Parts I hated, parts I enjoyed. I should point out I was never a big fan of the original either.

Online with friends is the most fun part, parts of the single player felt very... I dunno, but they didn't feel fun. Epic, but not fun. I don't want to say my favourite or least favourite parts in fear I'd spoil it for someone. Let's just say my favourite parts were the parts where you're on foot, fighting, the parts where you veer away from this, not so much fun. Just frustrating. Except the last level, that was pure epic + fun.

[gigapixels Veteran]

Just got out of the abandoned government facility with the sires... I'm loving this game :D

I forgot how much I loved the GoW gameplay.

[killmaster84]

I got stuck last night, so I played more MP and got good with the shotgun n_n

[+Mystic MVC]

you have to shoot the part that's spraying the acid. that will stop the acid and you can run past it without getting injured. it took me a few go's to figure it out.

Are you serious? I just timed my run/rolls so that I didn't hit the acid but still had to do that part like 6 times (Hardcore). Wish I would have known that earlier. :pinch:

[IceBreakerG]

I plan on doing Hardcore first (I can't remember where i'm at, but I think i'm still somewhere on Act 2), then doing Insane. I'm somewhat of an achievement ######, so I'm doing it on insane for the achievements lol. Then I'll do horde. I still haven't played MP yet, but hopefully that'll come soon.

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

because i cleared horde mode before i got to that part in the story line, that was massivly easy for me, now when i came against them in horde mode, i found out how well shooting them works, so in single i just chained them all

Just got out of the abandoned government facility with the sires... I'm loving this game :D

I forgot how much I loved the GoW gameplay.

[Remysaus]

omg, insane is frustrating on your own, can't even get past the part where the mortars start hitting your vehicle in the first level :laugh:

[smurphy999999999]

omg, insane is frustrating on your own, can't even get past the part where the mortars start hitting your vehicle in the first level :laugh:

Same here I cant kill the reaver to your left in the time before it kills you, even though I am using a turret. Quite sure that you can only do it with co-op.

[Si_]

you have to shoot the part that's spraying the acid. that will stop the acid and you can run past it without getting injured. it took me a few go's to figure it out.

Damnit, i've been trying to run/jump past it :(

[Remysaus]

yeah, and it's extra frustrating because after the checkpoint you first have to wait half a minute before you can even start shooting the mortars and those are a pain already, after that you get shot down by that damned reaver to start all over again >_<

btw, in co-op on insane can you get down but not out? so your teammate might revive you, that would be great :p

[Guyro]

my idea to get the insane achievement, is to play co-op, one player plays insane, one player plays casual, the casual player does as much of the killing as possible

[what]

Me and Spooky are going to be doing (or at least starting) the co-op campaign on Insane tomorrow night. Should be interesting to see how we get on after clearing level 50 on Horde.

[IceBreakerG]

my idea to get the insane achievement, is to play co-op, one player plays insane, one player plays casual, the casual player does as much of the killing as possible

Is it even possible to play co-op on 2 difficulty levels? Hth would that work?

[Guest]

Is it even possible to play co-op on 2 difficulty levels? Hth would that work?

It's possible, and apparently a very neat feature.

Players can now play on individual co-op play settings. One player may, for instance, play on Casual difficulty while the other teammate plays on Hardcore. A "communal combat system" will adapt to give a player at a lower difficulty an equivalently fair challenge as the player at higher difficulty.

[smurphy999999999]

yeah, and it's extra frustrating because after the checkpoint you first have to wait half a minute before you can even start shooting the mortars and those are a pain already, after that you get shot down by that damned reaver to start all over again >_<

btw, in co-op on insane can you get down but not out? so your teammate might revive you, that would be great :p

It was that way in the first one so I would assume so. Its sad though cause you could beat the first one on insane solo, it was increadibly hard, but you could do it. Until someone shows me otherwise I dont think you can in this one.

[Remysaus]

the problem with insane on gears 2 is that there are too many parts that are nearly impossible because you have to take someone down very quickly and often don't have cover or time to take cover, whereas in gears 1 you could take your time on insane, making it more tense, but def. not impossible.

[spenser.d]

It does say in the description not to attempt without a partner :p

I just started playing Horde online with randoms. Not getting too far. I'm not sure what difficulty it's on, or how to change that though.

-Spenser

[Dirk]

I hope they fix the matchmaking soon. My friend and I waited fifteen minutes to get into a territories game. :(

[Guest]

The government facility chapters reek of BioShock.

[spenser.d]

The government facility chapters reek of BioShock.

Ha! I thought the same thing. I think the game also reminded me quite a bit of Prey too.

-Spenser

[spenser.d]

Got to Wave 15 in Horde with some randoms. We probably could've gotten a bit further, but one player quit after dying in Wave 14. They get a lot tougher after Wave 10, I'm interested to get further along in Horde.

-Spenser