Gears Of War 2 gets 9/10 in OXM

OXM UK has reviewed Gears of War 2 and given it 9/10.

The review is in the latest issue of OXM UK, which has gone on sale today, and they say "we reckon it's the biggest blockbuster you'll see this year."

[LTC]

9/10 from an Xbox magazine for Gears2 isnt looking good.

[AngryHippo]

....to say exactly the same thing when resistance 2 launches. OXM give honest reviews in my book, and 9/10 is an excellent score. I dont know what your idea of a good score is.

[Sony Rep]

I recall people saying that Resistance 2 wasn't sh!t compared to Gears 2, and that Gears will pwn all this holiday. A 9/10 for Resistance is just proving you Xbutz wrong.

For such a big title, the flagship title for the 360, this score is disappointing.

Not even a 9.5,9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4?? LOL LMAO

X-butz, assed out, again. Gears 1.5 confirmed.

Note: I am in the Resistance 2 beta, and it rocks! Fun competitive online and co-op. The campaign will be the iceing on the cake, baby. Can't wait!! Bigger improvement over Resistance 1. The weapons and gameplay are much more refined and FUN.

@dro: Nah. Eurogamer gave the first one an 8/10. So, Gears 2 will probably get the same score or a 7. LMAO.

@Sena Kobayakawa: Do you remember all the 10's Halo got? I sure do. Anything less is a disappointment, especially for a flagship title. Don't forget, this is also the OFFICIAL XBOX MAGAZINE.

[dro]

lmao....XD

i was expecting a 10 from them!!!! this shows gears wll be getting loads 8 from reviews. but eurogamer will give it a 10

[Sena Kobayakawa]

Take Notes people.
sonyrep wrote:
"For such a big title, the flagship title for the 360, this score is disappointing."

9/10 is dissapointing now

WTF is going on in your head?

this isnt even funny , I dont feel like writing the MAX SPEED line on this one

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

...the P.C version out next year will get a 10/10!!! ;-D
I'll wait for the Better P.C version!!!;)
(Saying that the Videos i watched made me feel ill, the camera jerking alover the place, it didn't do it for me really, i'll pass on this one!!!)

[Keele]

You'll pass on it because it's not like you'll be able to play it anyway, moron.

[robotnik]

the bots are in fully damage control mode today xD

[Lanoire]

Shiatass ending. Honestly who the hell does cliffy turd now thinks that he is. He was biatchslapping how MGS4 is slow and all but his game is even slower. MGS4 gave us the most epic 2 hour ending of the current gen. GeOW2 has a shiatas ending which is the exact same as GeOW1.

The game is ridiculously glitchy and its clear that the game is not DONE. They pushed this game in November release so they could benefit from the holiday sales but what they are doing is actually screwing consumers.

And then the multi player. Damn, ridiculously slow. I cant see how anyone can play that and enjoy themselves after COD4.

Its just not hectic, intense, chaotic and warlike enough. Should have known when its 5v5.

[Flop Runs Deep]

Well well well!

[CloudsEnd]

Oh hell, look what youve done, u made Sena mad!
Jeez, spoiled all my fun. NO MAX SPEED THIS TIME MAKES ME SAD.
OH YEAH, THAT WHAT YOU ALL WANTED?
MAKE CLOUDSEND SAD? OH YEAAAH SURE! CMON!
Jeez i gonna buy it anyways.. I love to chop those f*cking Locust with my Lancer...

IM GOING TO ANOTHER THREAD MAX-CONFUSED BOUT 9/10 BEING A BAD SCORE!

[Eiffel]

Gears 2 is not coming to PC

Also a 9/10 is not bad at all, better than what I can say for Haze.

[Joejoefhosho]

The whole point is that Gears1.5 SUPPOSED to be XBOX360 SAVIOR this year since all they have is "FLOPS" arcoss the board, ZERO AAA - NOT EVEN FABLE2

Add to that, LBP getting 10s and 95/96 meta-critic arcoss the board

9/10 FOR A FLAGSHIP GAME = HORRIBLE, get it?

You lose, bots.

You can rub all the flops PS3 has but REMEMBER, XBOX360 has FLOPS too

Flops don't define a console, GREAT AAA games DOES!!!!!!!!!!

And what do you know?

PS3 this year has MGS4 and LBP already, all way above 90%

FABLE didn't relieved (<90% meta critic, NOT AAA) and Gears1.5 received a 90% EXACT in the XBOT MAGAZINE, it's pretty much NOT GONNA GET AAA STATUS with more REVIEWS (LBP received 6 perfect 10s before the first none perfect score, btw). Of course, BOTS will still buy this game BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE DUHHHHH all great EXCLUSIVES (highest scores) BELONG TO THE ps3 this year.

You lose, BOTS.

[Horny]

Interesting, let the flaming begin, omg it didnt get a perfect 10.
Im actually impressed with OXM lately, they do give good reviews. I predict mostly 9s and 9.5s. Average of about 9.2

[Ps3Fanboy777]

Waiting for other reviews.

[Horny]

No game is perfect, the highest I would have rated a game this year is 9.8. Regardless its still a great game, lately reviews have been better and not everybody is caught up in the hype anymore.

[green]

EDITED: No game deserves a 10.9.8 would be the maximum i would give a game because no matter how good you feel a game is there is always a way to improve it.

[SL1M DADDY]

This little place they call the third rock from the sun, a score of 9 is very good if not awesome. Looks like this will be another great game to add to the pain my wallet is going through right now. lol

It's good to be a gamer!

[robotnik]

interesting boobs indeed

[Lanoire]

Dead space received a 6.5 from OXM.
ENOUGH SAID.

And haha another 360 exclusive receives a 9 from OXM. WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED!!!!

Interesting how Fallout 3 received a higher score and interesting how GeOW2 didnt got a 10 from the OFFICIAL xbox magazine.
Rofl I fear that GeOW2 is truly an overhyped piece of POS.

[JOLLY1]

On a side note...hahahahahaha! "a piece of pos".... Do you know what the p and the o stand for?or do you just like being redundant? This website doesn't care about your opinion. Try and stick to one user acccount.

[masterg]

@green

No game is perfect. That doesn't mean no game deserves a 10.
A 10 is for a game being the best it can be at this point in time.
The year later than might only be worth a 9.5.

If the gaming experience is a 10 out of 10, then the game is a 10, even if there are minor things you would like to see changed.

[marinelife9]

Didn't they also give Fable 2 and 8.0? Are they sure they're the Official Xbox 360 magazine?

[Sarcasm]

I agree with OXM's score. The game is a 9/10. Doesn't deserve any less, but unfortunately doesn't deserve more.

Great gameplay, graphics are excellent, characters as crazy as ever, but storyline is good not amazing.

First day Purchase (even though I beat it already)

[Thomazii]

OXM is pretty HARSH on them 360 games these days man...

I aint no fanboy but i am glad i chose the xbox360 this holiday.. Fable, Gears, Banjo..

And I own a ps3 ;) .. i have the Resistance beta.. but that looked pretty ugly (same as part 1) and is pretty boring..

Though imma get LBP maiin.. i would at least like tot try that game .. cuz my ps3 has been eating dust for a year now xD becuz i hate MGS xD sooo no much choise

[u got owned]

G 1.9 marinelife9

OXM gave the game a 9.5/10, OXM UK gave it a 8/10

[n4gzz]

opm is same way. They give low score but they are very detail in reviews. They don't hide fault. I like both OPM and OXM. IGN is another reliable source for me.

[power of Green]

Let the flaming begin?

You posted first setting that tone, only one type of fan would make a big deal of it.

Spare us your predictions lol.

[mikeslemonade]

It's a 9 because they expected to see a bigger jump. Epic kind of outdone themselves with Gears 1 visuals and now the 2nd comes out with the same Unreal Engine 3 it isn't all that groundbreaking or different compared to the 1st one.

Alright Fable got a 9.5 from the same magazine and only has a metacritic of 8.9 the last time i checked, so if that's any indication Gears 2 is going to get around a 9 as well and maybe even lower.

[Cliff Bull-Shit-ski]

Official PlayStation Magazine was honest and gave HAZE a 3!

I still don't trust any of the consoles "official magazines" though.

My most trusted are: IGN, EuroGamer, and sometimes XPLAY(I like to hear why they gave something a certain score before I trust their reviews). GameSpot gave R&C Future: ToD a 7.5! Like WOW WTF?! IGN is by far the most trustworthy but still not 100%. The gave GTAIV a 10 overall and a 10 in graphics...are you fvcking kidding me? The pop-in on the 360 version of GTAIV was absurd and even though the PS3 version ran slightly smoother with less pop-in, the graphics were no where near a 10! They gave everything in GTAIV a 10! The sound was not amazing and the story was pretty good but not as good as the reviewer said - "the story is Oscar quality"...wow! GTAIV getting a 10 made MGS4s 10 not look as amazing. IGN was clearly paid a little something under the table.

[DISCIPLE111]

i cant stop looking at your avatar Deee187 lol

ON TOPIC: as long as its just as entertaining as the 1st one, then its a perfect 10 for me. I mean if gears one kept ppl playing since 2006, then i know this will do the same more than likely. an it may not be a HUGE improvement graphically but it damn sure isn't ugly, add hours of non stop fun online and I say it deserves a 10.

[Cliff Bull-Shit-ski]

BTW I wasn't serious about trusting EuroGamer! They are so inconsistent and almost alway have an opposite opinion to everyone else!

IGN FTW!

[mll09]

And ur a noob, glad we got that out of the way.

[Keele]

Aw, look at the little badass.

[Sena Kobayakawa]

9/10 is far from the flop a few people were predicting this game to be. Fanboys just stop the wreckless bashing. I know true gamers will enjoy the game and even if they dont like it as much because its not their type of game they will atleast give the game props it deserve

Im of to another thread with my MAX SPEED!

edit: Funniest thing about the peope who are pressing the Disagree button you all own a PS3.

[jwatt]

I'm a ps3 fanboy but Gears 2 is my most wanted game then LBP. Some people just can't like a game because it's on another console.

It's good to own both consoles.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Final_Rpg]

I clicked the agree button and I own a ps3 ONLY. Suddenly I regret my choice.

[Sarcasm]

Who in their crack head minds said Gears 2 will flop? Even if Gears 2 was Gears 1.00009, it'd still sell millions and people will still enjoy every bit of it. Though it's not perfect, it's still a must have 360 game.

[baraka007]

Gears2 will be a great game and 9/10 isn't a bad score at all but after they gave farcry a 7 I really don't trust their reviews.

[Flop Runs Deep]

You don't trust them now y'say?

It's a conspiracy ay?

[iMarcus]

nice

biggest blockbuster of the year? i dunno about that, but it'll be good

[BabyStomper5000]

In terms of sales it probably will be the biggest. I still think I'll get more enjoyment out of LBP and Fallout 3 than anything though.

[Caxtus750]

Dont forget we had GTA this year...that will probably win in sales.

Gears will very likely get 2nd place.

(im not counting the Wii Fit)

[SoulBrotha3292]

i bet sony boys are gonna be comin soon sayin this is a flop.... but really come on. A 9/10 is excellent. but ofcourse they have 2 rebound cuz socom did bad...so thet gotta trash on sutin...plus this game is goin down in history rite bside halo 3

[MiloGarret]

No need to get defensive and bring up socom brotha, 9/10 is a good score and like chuk5 points out, they gave gears1 the same score. Let's just all be happy that it doesn't suck ass and that it is all we expected it to be.

[Why o why]

but 9 is a good score. It ALWAYS was a good score. Ill let you decide who I personally think started this score crap this gen. Ill give you a hint: they quote a lot of metacritic like its the be all and end all of gaming.

Its not easy to surpass the original WOW factor that new ip's have; that given this is a very very good score and reflectively better than the first because they were up against it this time with so many quality games including its own predecessor to be compared to.

[Final_Rpg]

Why the hell would a 9 be a flop! It's massively higher, it's 9/10 of the way to full marks. If I got that kind of percent in my exams I'd be a very very *Gasps for air* very very happy man. People are just overcritical. The only good score anymore is above a 10.

[ultimolu]

...I even said it was a good score.
9/10 is a damn good score.
Why should it be called a flop?

[Robearboy]

Im a massive gears fan and i only own a 360 but i find the statement "the best blockbuster you will see this year" a bit strange considering it only receieved a 9, i have no doubt it will be sh1t hot but for it to be the biggest blockbuster surley a 9.8 at least is required

[green]

So now we regard 9/10 as only.

[MiloGarret]

The correct quote is: "biggest blockbuster you'll see this year". Not best, biggest. As for it being the biggest blockbuster of the year there really is no doubt that it will be just that, the best selling exclusive game on consoles. If you disagree with this comment please explain why.

EDIT @ below: Exactly, I'm talking mostly about sales, but obviously marketing and media presence is part of it as well.

[jtucker78]

Milo - How do you define "biggest" blockbuster?

Biggest budget?
Biggest marketing push i.e biggest media presence?
Biggest sales?

I'm guessing you mean sales...?

[xBot Lemmings]

Not a perfect game after all...

[FailStation3]

dumbasses

they couldn't give it a 10 and maintain their credibility, so they gave it a 9 to seem like they weren't paid by M$.

funny, if they gave it a 10, how all u moron droids would have called that one.

"derrr derrrr of course it's a 10 derrrrrrrrrrrr M$ pays their salary!!!111 teh celll!!!!

face it. gears 2 will be goty. if not game of this generation.

it gears 2 gets a 9, expect R2 to get a 4.

[Deadman64]

Gears 2 sales = X
LBP Sales = Y
Resistance 2 Sales = Z

X = Y + Z

[mll09]

Well, I must admit, I didn't expect less (or more) from Gears 2.

After all the videos I've seen, it looks more or less the same, and since the first game was hit, then the second would be too if they kept the things that made Gears 1 such a popular game.

And this is coming from a "sony boy".

[BabyStomper5000]

More of the same greatness that we know and love.

and if you're bored: http://www.newgrounds.com/p...

[Chuk5]

Let it be known that they gave gears 1 a 9/10

[Greysturm]

But then what did the famous B,B and B quote from cliffy mean?

[MiloGarret]

Standards have been raised since the first gears, so for it to achieve the same score today it would have to be B, B, and more B. I guess.

[Fishy Fingers]

I've only finished the first chapter, but based on that Id say a 9 is pretty fair, it's an excellent game which is only spoilt by it's predecessor, Gears 1 made such an impact it's difficult for the sequel to do the same.

So many great games over the next few month. We're really being spoilt.

[iMarcus]

you dirty pirate! ahah

nice to hear its going good regardless

[Fishy Fingers]

Ha, no, it's my friends, he brought his console and the game over.

@ Final RPG, we'll all be buying retail copies upon release also.

[Final_Rpg]

Breaking News: It's OK to pirate games!

Just as long as your friend does it for you.

[Sarcasm]

I'm with Fishy on this one, I beat the game with my friend's pirated 360. But I'm going to buy the full retail copy. This game deserves it.

And I agree with you Fishy. Gears 1 blew my mind away with it's intense graphics, gameplay, and just overall badassness. But you're right, we're so spoiled from the last one. Gears 2 just didn't have the same impact. It's a lot of the same with different environments.

Nonetheless, as I keep saying again and again to the haters. It's still a must-buy 360 game.

[Sony Rep]

....

[Sena Kobayakawa]

...

[CloudsEnd]

Oh cmon Sena, let those people be!
Dont get on their Niveau.
YOU ARE MADE FOR BETTER THINGS!

DO SOME TOUCHDOWNS BABY!

[rbluetank]

after the first gears, i am expecting more in terms of story,graphic(epic said that they were rushed the first time around and that this is what gears1 shoould have been" and the amount of "enemies that really counting on screen" fighting against you. i seen a lot of videos on this game and it is not the leap of faith that i thought they were going to take with this game in part two..

the horde mode
i watched the horde video. the five cog could stayed in the bacony and reached level 100. all they had to do is drop the shield by the stairs and use the hammer of dawn on all the enemies below with suppressing machine gun fire ect.... i only seen about 5 enemies at a time charging the 5 cog players... the locust queen looks like the ice princess in the movie narnia. there is more to talk about but that is all the time i have right now. okay two more last things.. lol

The faculty monster at the end is just lame!!! epic should wait for the next xboxs or switch consoles because something is wrong here!!!! a quick fix is to make the game and online game only and keep the story mode in the "trash" for the next gears... i just being honest...

[robotnik]

Only 9?? So its that bad, woah, flop of the year confirmed!

Incoming flop, Banjo 3 or how to destroy an awesome franchise.

[Silogon]

It deserves a 7 and here's why:

1 - No graphical improvment from the 1st. Characters still look like they're made from the same model and then textured differently.

2 - Same stiff gameplay from the 1st. Characters and enemies all move around like they're on wooden sticks behing held by children in a puppet show.

3 - Once again the game is only 6 hours long, and to top it off the final boss and ending cenimatic was/is the worst last boss I've seen to date. Even worse than Karnov's ending for the NES, in which it just told you Congratulations: The End.

Gears of War 2 sucks like the 1st one sucks and if you try throwing up sales numbers in my face, well.... those people suck too.

[CaptainHowdy]

the man has a valid point

[sajj316]

Agree and Disagree. The campaign in the first game was extremely underwhelming. The multiplayer is still a blast to play (glitches and all).

6 hours on campaign for the 2nd time around is extremely short considering that it is supposed to be 'bigger' ...

I think that reviewers this time around will not be as impressed ...

[Why o why]

it gets annoying that the sales of a game seem to be the defacto in some peoples eyes. I counter those guys with the okami's, Ico's and conversely the mega sales for spiderman 3 and Indiana Jones at the box office..... What about how good the frikin game is?

[Final_Rpg]

I can't even tell if he's joking anymore... He's been pro 360 for so long it's so strange that suddenly he starts putting down one of the most anticipated games of the year on the 360. Can't help but think that he's just being sarcastic.

[sajj316]

I don't think he's pro anything (referring to Silogon). I just think he's got the testicular fortitude to even bash his preferential system :) Something I actually respect.

[Final_Rpg]

Ahh kk, most of the times I've read what he's said it seems pretty overly critical to the PS3. Must be my luck, but I have seem people complain he was bias before... I'm not saying he is, but from my previous experiences it's the only way I can judge him.

[dachiefsman]

I guarantee and will even wager money that Gear 2 will metacritic out better than an 8.5. What does that mean? The game is good and your opinion does not fall in line with most of the gaming populous.

[Firstkn1ghT]

Siligon just dislikes life.

[Cheboury]

I heard from somebody that works for Future U.S that Resistance Fall Of Men 2 got an 8 in the next issue of Edge.

Not that this would come as a surprise since Edge Magazine is usually very strict with their scoring system.

Wonder how much Edge is going to score Gears Of War 2.

No matter... I got my hands full on Dead Space, Fable II and Far Cry 2.

[robotnik]

And what does Resistance 2 have to do with this?

[Cheboury]

To show that it's very hard to surpase the previous installment.

Every reviewer has an angle from which they approach a sequel with.

SO a 9 or an 8 could still be a 10 in some peoples minds.

[Final_Rpg]

You forgot to mention that Edge are bias pricks. Not as bad as Gamespot, but they're getting there.

[green]

How are they biased?

EDIT: I hope your not saying they are biased because they gave your favorite game this gen MGS4 an 8.Well they gave my favorite game this gen MASS EFFECT a 7, but i ain't calling then biased now am i.

Its all a review, sometimes they are right sometimes they are not but we should all remember that it's mostly their own opinion.Example , the gave the highest and most critically acclaimed game of last year BIOSHOCK and 8 and do you know what i agreed with them because BIOSHOCK in my opinion had zero replay value.I bought the game, finished it in 2 days and returned it to my local GAME store 3 days later.

Now they gave GTA4 a 10.I got the game 2 weeks ago because i needed something to play till FABLE 2 arrives, and what better game to buy than the most highest rated title of the year.Well in my 2 weeks of playing GTA4 i don't think that game warrants anything more than an 8.5 max and the more i play the score keeps dropping.

So i hope you can see that they are not biased but what i think the right thing to say is that they are slowly loosing touch of what makes a good game in their quest to be really critical in the face of other credible reviewers like IGN (shakes head because they also gave GTA4 a 10).

Aha the post man just arrives at my door with my copy of FABLE 2.Good by GTA4 and good bye N4G for a few hours.

[CR7JUVE1897]

Has anything to do with Gears of War 2, which I pre-paid for yesterday and cannot wait to get my dirty little mitts on, but since you brought up R2 and Edge Magazine possibly giving it an 8, keep in mind that they gave R:FOM a 7.

[Cheboury]

You lucky you! Fable II got me in its grip... so much that I wouldn't mind if GOW 2 is postponed to 2009!

Love it, all the way! The music is so captivating!

[Final_Rpg]

Correct me if I'm wrong but did Edge give Halo 3 a 10 or did edge give halo 3 a 10? Any reviewer that can give Halo 3 a 10 and then give MGS4 an 8 is bias in my opinion.

[iHEARTboobs]

I'm planning on getting Bioshock for my PS3 but used because of the lack of replay value that I think it might have. Same thing with Dead Space. As for Fable, i'm not really that into RPG's, is this the type of game that I might enjoy? I mean, is it easy on RPG noobs?

[KingDizzi]

Good score, not anything special though considering how many games this year have got 10's.

[sajj316]

I have high expectations from this game in the campaign department ... anything less than 9 would be considered a blow to Epic and Dude Huge. Don't get me wrong here. I have wasted more time on Gears than any multiplayer game. I don't think they'll screw up the multiplayer and I know a majority of those glitches will get fixed sooner rather than later. Although ... you've got to admit ... seeing the Long Jump glitch and Mounts are just killing me. They should have fixed those issues by now!

[pp]

Talking of FLOPS socom ring any bells .jealous droids i feel sorry for you lot i really do know go back and crawl under the rocks that you came from.

[Jandre02]

look at your whole year of exclusives
/thread

[TheDeadMetalhead]

We don't have to deal with this little kid in our forums. De-bubble pp as much as you can!

[Deadman64]

Your forums? This is a 360 Related Story.

[sonyfanonly]

we knew it was going to be the best on the 360 but see thats all you gor is one 9/10 this holiday season

look at the ps3

MGS4/9.5/10
RESISTANCE2/9.5/10
LITTLEBIGPLANET/9.8/10
VALKRYCHRONICLES/ 9/10
ENOUGH SAID

RESISTANCE WILL BE BETTER

[LeGenDx]

!CONFIRM

[nonAsianDroid]

*CONFIRMED* you droids must don't know the meaning of a FLOP

GEARS OF WAR 2 WILL KILL RESISTANCE 2 IN ALL REVIEWS AND SELLS

[Jock]

Im a PS3 fanboy but I can agree that Gears will most likely outsell RFOM2 but you'll be just stupid to think that GoW2 will be the better game...

RFOM2 Camapaign mode is twice the length of Gears plus 60 player Online..comapare to "5 VS 5"

8 player Co-op....just to name a few...lol...

[LeGenDx]

an its just a beta ? wtf dude. best game i played in awhile (besides mgs4 and co4 multi player) and the best thing about it is... ITS LAG FREE !

[Why o why]

is that this game would of been longer if they'd made it on 2 disks. Sequels are normally longer than their predecessors so it can only lead me to believe that the media size was not enough. Improved graphics visuals, physics and a lack of black hole compression means this game was ALWAYS going to need more space to truly be B,B and more B imo.

[Jock]

i swear some of these comments are funny as hell....well it looks like Gears didn't Flop like many had hoped , but then again it's just one review and it's from an Xbox magazine so we'll see how it fares in the coming days

but I still think RFOM2 will come out on top this time...

[divideby0]

good score, I am suprised it didnt score higher..especially from the source

[robotnik]

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE, SUBMIT TO SONY NOW, YOUR LIFES WILL BE SPARED.

[dragon ball Z DROIDS]

sure you are realy into this war arnt you. it matters that much lol.
i come on here for a joke. you come on here as if you bet your life on the out come of sony and ps brand

[LeGenDx]

isnt there a droid in dbz name like droid 1,2,3,4,5,6 etc

[dragon ball Z DROIDS]

an'droid' 17
an'droid' 18
an'droid' 19
we owned them again!!

[ezcex]

please remove the dbz title from your name. your making a great anime look bad. you say you come on just for a joke but in the end you say "we" guess you pwnd yourself there. btw i came on just to pwn you

[dragon ball Z DROIDS]

i said i came on for a joke. but the other guy just pwned them so did i so the tence 'we' must be said

please view my bio for full inrolements in dbz

[cr33ping_death]

sweet good score :) but hopefully they patch the game, after seeing all those damn glitches it makes me worry that a bunch of @ssholes are going to ruin the game and boost up the way they did with the first one.

[Andras84]

It's not a perfect 10??? what world are we living in????? / sarcasm.

[ultimolu]

My prediction was correct.
It's a good score regardless.

[na2ru1]

but how???

pay up MS.

[Enigma_2099]

... but appropriate or not, I can't really see magazines with names like "Official XBox Magazine, Nintendo Power, or PSM" as 100% unbiased...

[die_fiend]

OXM UK gave Gears 2 9/10 and Fable 2 8/10 (which is defo harsh having played a few hours) which shows that's it's not going to give 10's to heavily hyped games if they don't think they.
Soon some Sony fanboy dumb@$$ is gonna say Microsoft bribed millions to themselves to give it a 9 or that the mediocre Resistance will smash Gears (which we all know is an impossibility)

[Enigma_2099]

... and no one's done it yet. Why not wait until then before opening your mouth?

[Dark_Overlord]

Didn't think so, it literally walks over any other multiplayer FPS ever created

[die_fiend]

Enigma, I said Microsoft are going to bride THEMSELVES, so it was a joke. Thanks for taking it so seriously cos it's now funny. And no I haven't played the Resistance 2 beta, y would I when I was so unsatisfied with the first? If the 2nd turns out to be immense then mayb I'll try it

[Enigma_2099]

... it's an insult, I don't care how you try... and FAIL... to sugar-coat it.

Incidentally, why is it so wrong for PS3 owners to bash 360 owners, but when you do it, we should just chill... it's all in good fun.

THIS is the kind of FANBOY behavior that bugs me.

[Enigma_2099]

...you get a disagree from me because Resistance: Fall of Man was NOT mediocre... I have seen mediocre... and it was Halo 3... which Gears of War completely curb stomps.

[Harri4444]

the 360 is showing its age. if it was on the ps3 it would have gotten a 10/10.

[IQUITN4G]

Who knows.I'd give the original Gears an 8/10 and i love it a whole lot.A 9/10 for me would be excellent news

[Rampant]

Why would OXM review it if it was on PS3? You weren't in the top of your class, right ;).

Oh, and OXM usually gives fair reviews. GOW2 will probably end up around 9 on metacritic and will sell a shietload of consoles.

[Harri4444]

the reply button is under my comment. dumb a@@

[Jandre02]

there goes its GOTY contention.

[name]

The only reason this can be considered "bad" is because its the biggest 360 title of the year and people expected OXM to give it a 10 just because of that fact.

[read disc error]

x360 magazines aren't really bias to 360 exclusives.

[dachiefsman]

I love it. Now when some game doesn't get the review they wanted from that particular publication its automatically deemed "biased".

[Excalibur]

One review is taken as the gospel.

So because one early review gave it a 9/10 no one else will give it anything higher (or lower)?

If I've learned anything of late it's this.

OXM gave Dead Space a 6.5
The game is a 10/10 all day long.

A review is in the eye of the beholder.
What you call a 6.5 I call a 10, what I call 5.5 you consider an 8.5
In the end WTF really cares? I don't.
I'm gonna buy/play anything I want and it doesn't matter what your opinion is of the game, movie, book or whatever.

As long as you have fun with it what do you care what other people think of it.
Are you a lemming?
I'm not.

[Sarcasm]

No, it's because some people have actually played it and beat it. And come on, 9/10 is a high score. It's just not perfect. Though If this game was to come out two years ago the way it is, instant 11/10.

Unfortunately people are already spoiled by Gears 1 which paved the way for the graphical benchmark on consoles. Gears 2, just didn't quite do the same achievement.

[Excalibur]

Even if they played it and beat it before everyone else, it's still just their opinion.
Nothing to take as Gospel.
You or I could play it and think in fact that it is an 11/10. It's still just an opinion and nothing to get upset about.

[enjoi187]

oo and on farcry...id rather see my tv stay at 1080 and not switch to 720......whats the point of having a 1080 tv if your only using 720...you moron....enjoy your fallout 3 RUBBISH...

HALO RECON

GEARS OF WAR 2

FINAL FANTASY on the 360

BIGGEST SELLERS YET!!!!!!

[enjoi187]

if it was on the ps3 it wouldn't sell because psn sucks and more people buy games for the 360...anyday anytime

[Flop Runs Deep]

It hurts seeing the above doesn't it?

[fufotrufo]

R2 9/10 from OFFICIAL PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE

It hurts doesn't it??

hahahahahahaha

[shawnsl65]

EH WRONG! More people DOWNLOAD games for xbox360 (i should know). It's a mandatory to buy certain games for PS3. All other multiplatform games/ xbox360 exclusives can be downloaded. Can't wait to test Gears out and compare it to Resistance 2. Both will be temp games til I get my hands on KillZone 2.

[360 man]

ok now according to sony fanboys, not sony fans, sony fanboys (BIG DIFFERENCE) a 9/10 review is now a bad score WTF.

ITS GETTIN OUT OF CONTROL AND REDICULOUS

[Flop Runs Deep]

Having a nervous breakdown?

[Mr Fancy Pants]

well if you look at articles of LBP reviews xbox fanboys were bashing the game even if it scored a 10/10 so what's the problem now?

well sony fanboys are corresponding with the same nonsense... now go and give thanks for that to fanboys like zerodin, pp, flopstation3 and a bunch of more crazy trolls.

[rawd]

Can I get extra Gears AAA flop sauce on my Fail 360 burger?

[PimpHandStrong]

where are all the ppl saying a 6hour game is weak?

atleast it has 5on5 online to extend that

still
R2 offers much much more game for your 60 bucks

[PS360PCROCKS]

It's what I expected so we're good to go.

[u got owned]

OK, im confuse. Since when a 9 is a bad score. You people complaining about the score need a reality check, this site is getting worst by the minute.

Game on...

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

So will 360 get finally it's first AAA exclusive this year? LMAO sorry but it's going downward with the 360 and next year it will be even worse.
I also have to seriously ask me how the hell 360 can have any fans, I mean the hardware is of crap quality, for online you gotta pay 60 bucks a year and you can't save any money on games. Oh yeah and it does have an outdated drive, the games get cut and you get games on multiple discs and you can't watch HD movies on your HDTV. On PS3 it's the opposite and the best part from this all is that you can save a FORTUNE when you are a PS3 gamer. First of all online costs nothing and secondly you can get brand new games for cheap(20-40 bucks). MS fanboys are probably asking themselves "how the hell is that possible" haha well, you can thank Sony for making the games region free so everybody can buy now games from Hong Kong for cheap over Ebay. Oh and while I'm at it you can also thank Sony for including a Blu-ray drive, because all games from HK have the main languages like english, german and spanish haha try to beat lol so how the hell can 360 have any fans? I seriously can't think of any other than national pride and the worlwide sales give me right as 360 is only strong in USA. Pretty sad to be with such an inferior system just because the company behind it is from your country.

Edit

Haha sorry buddy, but everything is correct. Just live with it and what do you mean with fanboy comment? It's not my problem that you are such a fanboy that can't deal with the truth. So while I enjoy free online, cheap games, AAA exclusives and a reliable system you enjoy...well, nothing of that, but a headache instead haha

[Excalibur]

Post is correct and the stupid fanboy comment zone is that way >>>>>>>

You might want to Re-think your name, something like "Enforcer Of stupidity" maybe?

[GMR_PR]

Last time i checked, Fable 2 was a AAA tittle.

http://metacritics.com/game...

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

LOL few days ago it was under 90 with only one perfect score. MS must have realised that and quickly bribed some reviewers, the Czech were surely cheap haha and who the hell is this Level from Czech? Never saw them in other reviews, Gamerankings doesn't rank them and Fable 2 is still rated under 90 there.
The proof is on the table and MS got also caught in the past bribing Halo 3 reviewers.

[GMR_PR]

Gamerankings average ratio is 90, look again. Now i see why you have 3 bubbles.

[PS360PCROCKS]

Um did you seriously re-post your comment from a different story? Very lame enforcer, very lame indeed. Last time I checked, Fable 2, Farcry 2, fallout 3, dead space, and now gears of war would all be considered as such. Plus GTA IV earlier in the year, left 4 dead later this year and Banjo.

[Jill Valentine]

ps3 has no games and is a movie player.enjoy forced installs,no games,crappy online,everything half assed.

[Jandre02]

Gears 1 got a 100 from OXM eDIT: NM. OXM US GAVE IT A 10 OXM UK gave it a 9/10 again like last time

[Flop Runs Deep]

I have a rendezvous with flop

[IQUITN4G]

All that so called extra potential though has amounted to nothing.People not tech minded or on sites like this wont ever be able to see any dramatic differences between the two

Providing the games are there for 360, it's worthy of the money regardless of the faults you speak of.And in truth games look sharper and generally will always feature better textures so while it loses out on storage say, it makes up on visual presentation - games appearing on a few discs is perfectly fine by me and most gamers using 360

360 hardware is fairly dire concerning a few issues but it's exceptional live, pricing and library of games makes owning one a fairly easy choice as far as many are concerned

[m23]

I wonder what the negatives were for the game. I'm in Canada so I can't even buy the magazine, maybe someone will put some pics up of the review.

[Mcrmarcher]

Im a sony fan, but i find it quite funny when a sony fanboy says that 9 out of 10 is a flop, however when a game on ps3 gets a 9 its epic. 9 out of 10 is a brilliant score,bloody hypocrites. Same goes for the 360 fanboys.

Anyway Gears got a good score, we are definatly spoiled for choice this year =P

[devilhunterx]

GEARS OF WAR 2. TWICE THE ACTION, TWICE THE GLITCHES.

Torrent your copy today :)

[Jill Valentine]

ps3rd,no games and grill burgers,get yours for only $400.

[PS3n360]

Twice the price - half the games, mortgage your home for one today!

idiot.

[read disc error]

PS3: a Blu Ray player for twice the price, a selection of games with half the quality. Play broke beyond! (and if you don't like it then you can trade it in for credits towards an Xbox 360)

PS Please rescue our shareholders. Home is slated for 2010.

[darkequitus]

the idiot criminal

[FailStation3]

goty confirmed.

pooor droids:(

[air1]

lmfao.

if a 9 is a flop then 99.99% of ps3 games should of never been released.

i would of thought that you guys would expect more out of the most expensive console. but hey if you feel like making a level to run from 1 end to the other is enough for you then game on my friend game on.

ill be on live in intense shoot outs using some poor soul as a meat shield to then snap his neck. all while you sony fanatics are being amazed by a sack .

[N4PS3G]

OXM UK FABLE 2 - 8/10
OXM US FABLE 2 - 9.5/10

OXM UK GEARS 1- 9/10
OXM UK GEARS 2- 9/10

same score ..as the first and yet the first one recived many game of the year awards ..how is this worse? It gets the same score as the first and gets called biggest blockbuster of the year.

[Re-versed]

get yourshelf a next gen console

[air1]

yea, cause we all want a blu ray patchmestation

[Nicolator]

that is a really good score.. really good game.. cant wait for nov 7th .. will be right infront of the store..waiting..

[Jill Valentine]

ps3rd fanboys jealous,go play childbigplanet in kindergarden.

[Galvanise]

meanwhile, you'll be mucking around with your Mii Rip offs, your Apple ripped off New Xbox Experience etc, well, if your console works that is.

I've got both consoles. You need to grow up. LittleBigPlanet is a revolution. PS3 fanboys are not jealous. Resistance 2 offers more bang for their buck. Calm the hell down.

[read disc error]

littlebigplanet is a revolution.

It's a 2d scroller with a level editor...wait, haven't I played one of those before? Oh yeah! It was called Excitebike and it was on the original Nintendo.

What's next from Sony? Pong in 3d? Pac-man multplayer co-op? Space Invaders 2: return of the pixelated aliens?

[DiabloRising]

Wow... Galvanise tells someone to be a gamer, not a hater, and you make a stupid comment like this? LULZ.

You know, I enjoyed Gears of War much more when it was called Kill.Switch, back on the PS2. ITS SO ORIGINAL OMG. GO MS!!!

Grow up.

[maikel19]

ok, i finished the game and.........
its not 6 hours its about 13 hours on normal which is double then the first game.
my brother finished the game on casusal(easy as hell)10 hours.
the game is great and deserves a 9/10.
the story is really good during the game but not the ending(its no near MGS GOD or helflife)
it is the best action game of the year(sorry kojima)only in terms of action, and pure action(no story or anything else...)its the best and there is no match, its perfected in ways that you need to play to understand it.
you have so many choice(not mgs4 style choice)on battle that you simply don't want to let go.
so mgs4 deserves 9.7/10 for me and gears 2 9.3/10
mgs is a better game in full but gears is more action then you can ever imagine and gears wins.
still haven't played multiplayer on gears waiting for my original copy to drop at my door step, and i already prepping my other xbox360 which is unmooded so i can play online(yes i have two one for early pirated games and one for all my games till they arrive and i can play them online or that its just a good game and i buy it.
hey i still like buying games but i also like playing early before every body else, and it also keeps my original game in great condition so i can sell it as new if its crap.)
cant wait for LBP.

[Spike47]

Last time I checked Gears of War 2 was supposed to crush every other big PS3 exclusive.

NOW YOU GUYS ARE SAYING THAT A 9.0 IS GOOD FOR THE XBOX360 GAME THAT WOULD CRUSH ALL PS3 GAMES?

facepalm

[PS3n360]

you can bet your grandma (see avatar) that this game will crush all ps3 games in sales. not that sales matter but the statement is still true. Doesnt make the game better but the anticipation for the sequel does reflect the magnitude of the series and the fact that it is damn fun to play. Only a fanboy would deny its greatness.

[RebornSpy]

What bothers me is that a large number of comments criticize the amount of time it takes to finish the campaign. If the campaign is good enough, though, it doesn't need to be super long. MGS4, for example is only about 6 hours long, but it is good enough that you will want to replay it multiple times.

But yeah, Gears 2 is going to be amazing. I will be at the midnight release for sure.

[GWAVE]

You would be hard-pressed to finish MGS4 in 6 hours. Did you even play the game? Even if you skip every single cutscene, it is difficult to finish the game in under 7 or 8 hours. In fact, there are rewards for finishing the game under 6 hours, 5 1/2 hours, 5 hours, and 4 1/2 hours. These are meant to be difficult accomplishments. My first playthrough was 32 hours. Cutting the 6 1/2 hours of cutscenes out, that's still a solid length of time. I just finished my sixth playthrough and my "average" playthrough (in which I'll skip some of the unnecessary cutscenes and conversations) is still roughly 15 to 20 hours.

On the flip side, Gears 1 was short no matter what. It seems Gears 2 is also going to be very short.

[TheDesperado]

We know they're Xbox fanboys.
I expect B-grade metaranking (80s) like Fable 2.

[fufotrufo]

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

90- Universal Acclaim

http://www.n4g.com/Xbox360/...

77 Reviews | Average Score: 9.0

looks like someone is getting desperado spreading bullshit

[deividpaulo]

Gears of War 2 Filled with Glitches

187 Gears of War 2 has been available for a few days to a small percentage of gamers that have a modded xbox and tons of glitches have been popping up recently on youtube. Many of those will give you advantages over the opponent therefore ruining the Online Multiplayer experienced for many. This is just the beggining of the glitches that will be found.

[PS3n360]

but can not deny the impact of glitches, many many matches ruined by glitching idiots. I hope they fix it but if they were unable to fix gears 1 I am nervous for the future of gears 2 online.

[San anto]

biggest blockbuster this year with 9/10, mayb biggest blockbuster on 360 but certainly not across all platforms

[GWAVE]

I'll wait for "real" reviews of the game, but even with those reviews I imagine journalists will give the game a free pass much like they give many of the 360's exclusives a free pass.

To me, Gears of War is a joke. It takes the worst aspects of the Halo franchise (generic aliens, archetypal characters, generic storyline, "macho" attitude) and magnifies it by 1,000. When I play the game, I can't help but grimace at the multitude of lame one-liners that wouldn't even have made it into Duke Nukem 3D.

[anubis12]

good stuff its going to be a good game. Game is going to sell like hot cakes.

i think Gears has the potential so sell VERY well this Christmas. on the 360

AND Resistance to sell VERY well on the PS3

going to be a good year for gamers.

[badkolo]

when resistance 2 gets a 9 and killzone gets a 9 then we will see what these fanboys have to say, even lbp is over scored, that game is in no way a 10

[badkolo]

but when you have no games for sony this holiday then they will score the ones they have higher so the ps3 dont flop. lpb,resistance2 and motorstorm2 , thats all there is from sony, motorstorm is getting mediocre reviews, so resitance2 is left.

[ReTarDedFisHy]

tell me. what does the 360 have.
And no, M2 isn't recieveing mediocre scores.

[Isaac]

Stupid Xtards

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

Poor 360 and it's fanboys, worst quality console in history and now like no games lololol