[Official] Gears of War 2

[Ricardo Gil]

Just completed Gears 2 on Insane! Way too much time is spent in vehicles, and that bored me I don't think I will be replaying the story. Only 4 Achievements to go; the rediculous Seriously 2.0, the one for winning 10 Guardian matches as leader, capturing 10 meatflags and Party like its 1999!

Finished my first run yesterday on Hardcore. Loved it.

Riding that brumak was f'ing EPIC!

[GameOverRob]

Riding that brumak was f'ing EPIC!

Yeah that was the only vehicle bit I enjoyed if you can call a brumak a vehicle!

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

I loved the vehicle sections, a huge contrast and improvement to the lame section in Gears 1 :yes:

[.KICK]

Just played a few games with DM and man it was so laggy I couldn't enjoy the game properly :( Kept getting long pauses amongst other things.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Yup they are a real pain in the ass. First game was laggy, next we were disconnected, next couple of games were fine, but the last one had big pauses as if it was the old standby trick from Halo 2 :/

[Brad.]

Just played a few games with DM and man it was so laggy I couldn't enjoy the game properly :( Kept getting long pauses amongst other things.

I've had that every time I've played the game online, apart from one horde game.

[Massiveterra]

I'd like to talk about the ending of the game, but don't want to put black bars all over everything. Should we start a new *spoiler* thread to post our theories about the story/ending?

[Razorwing]

anyone up for horde?

[OzO63]

Finished it for the first time on Hardcore earlier this afternoon, really enjoyed it.. was suprised how much i enjoyed it actually since i got bored with the original and never finished it. I only picked it up on a whim but am glad i did now!

Great game, with plenty of "Whoa.. this is f****** mental" moments, especially the final chapter in Jaccinto :laugh:

[+Mystic MVC]

I loved the vehicle sections, a huge contrast and improvement to the lame section in Gears 1 :yes:

I have to agree that the vehicle sections are a bit different but enjoyable. They breakup the monotony with land battles a bit and in my mind are a lot more fun. I used the word epic way too many times when playing game. With the implementation of just more people on screen it seems so much more realistic.

[mail]

I need to do level 36 - 40 on Horde anyone up for it?

[-Nic-]

Riding that brumak was f'ing EPIC!

Damnit, I figured this was a spoiler I would have already known about. :p

Can't wait for that.

[ramsy66]

Am I the only one?

No matter how long I play, or how hard I try, I just cannot be good at this game. I am terrible with the shotgun, the only way I ever got kills was with the lancer's chainsaw, but I recently changed to the semi auto one the locusts have, because I can't stand the lancer. It's so damn cheap.

Will I eventually get good? I usually get used to games within hours and I start doing really well, but I am terrible at this game, and I'm getting nowhere!

[Massiveterra]

Am I the only one?

No matter how long I play, or how hard I try, I just cannot be good at this game. I am terrible with the shotgun, the only way I ever got kills was with the lancer's chainsaw, but I recently changed to the semi auto one the locusts have, because I can't stand the lancer. It's so damn cheap.

Will I eventually get good? I usually get used to games within hours and I start doing really well, but I am terrible at this game, and I'm getting nowhere!

are you talking about single player or multiplayer?

[what]

If you're talking about MP, blame the horrendous lag. The shotgun is easy to use if you're the host, or live really close to the host. Most of the time the host is American though so your shotgun shells have to travel 3000 miles which takes time.

[Vista]

I've played GoW1 on the PC and I just got bored with the cover and run/cover and shoot-gameplay of the game after a while. The graphics were on low settings and the performance wasn't great. I also think the responsiveness of the PC mouse was too good, making the game too easy.

I just bought a Xbox 360 (first console since SNES) and was wondering whether I should give GoW1/2 another chance on the 360. Does it really feel/play better on the console?

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Yes

[.KICK]

Yes

+1

Gears is to be enjoyed on the 360, PC version wasn't as fun from what I heard.

[Massiveterra]

It would really be hard for me to imagine GOW1 in low graphics settings

[Massiveterra]

For anyone that felt disappointed in the last boss battle of the game, here's an interview with Cliff that explains everything (including Super Metroid)

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/11/18/...f-war-2-bosses/

[Ayepecks]

I'll be happy when they work on the matchmaking, personally. Still haven't been able to even load a game, and my dorm connection's a lot better now. That's alright, though, since I can play multiplayer with my roommate and bots for now... but hopefully they patch it soon.

[Razorwing]

anyone want to play some Horde?

[what]

Just completed it on Insane with Spookie. Damn we were getting stressed out towards the end lol. The last level was just as easy as it is on Casual though which just means Epic couldn't find a way to make it harder than it already was so they made it stupidly easy... oh well, got the two gamer pictures for completing it on Insane (the blue one with Marcus that I'm currently using, and a red one with both Marcus and Dom on it) and 225 gamerpoints for completing on insane/hardcore/normal and completing in co-op, so it's all good.

[+Mystic MVC]

Just completed it on Insane with Spookie. Damn we were getting stressed out towards the end lol. The last level was just as easy as it is on Casual though which just means Epic couldn't find a way to make it harder than it already was so they made it stupidly easy... oh well, got the two gamer pictures for completing it on Insane (the blue one with Marcus that I'm currently using, and a red one with both Marcus and Dom on it) and 225 gamerpoints for completing on insane/hardcore/normal and completing in co-op, so it's all good.

Crap, I didn't know about those. A friend and myself are about through Act 3 on Insane so we still have a ways to go.

[Razorwing]

I'm actually going through the campaign one at a time. Yes it is reptitive, but it will get me 4 times the kills for Seriously 2.0 :D