GamePro: Gears of War 2 Review

The good news is that Gears of War 2 significantly improves upon the original game in every possible way, addressing several key shortcomings that kept its predecessor from being a bona-fide classic. Gears of War 2 is a terrific action game that deservedly resides in the upper echelon of console shooters, and is the best shooter to hit the Xbox 360 so far this year. Action gamers, you've found your next obsession.

[Hiruma Youchi]

nice

[Time Lord]

this holiday season.

[Lifendz]

I'm a PS3 owner and I love my PS3 but I have to admit that the screenshots for Gears 2 are just phenomenal. The game looks great and I'm sure it's going to do well.

Direct comparisions to R2 are going to come and I'm sure we'll all agree that they're good games but R2 is not on the same visual level as Gears 2.

Killzone 2, however, is going to be a much better opponent against Gears 2 in the graphics category.

[ape007]

dom is one of favorite vg characters ever

"marcus take cover,TAKE COVER"

"oh yeah"

[solidsnakus]

yea cole was really awesome with his punch lines in the MP.
its the cole train baby!!wooowoooooo!!!!

[Cheeky Gamer]

Another 100% review? Very impressive.

Will this make Gears of War 2 go up a mark to 96/100?

[Pennywise]

I see a 9.2 right below your perfect score.

[chasuk08]

Unfortuantly even though n4g shows a better average for Resistance, according to metacritic it is 6 points ahead. To me this just proves that metacritic only selects sites that seem to be biased. If they included more sites then the average would even out. But anyway resistance has 8 reviews on metacritic, and gears has 20. So this doesnt really prove anything yet.

[Panthers]

Metacritic is biased. This is obvious because of how LBP was handeled. Go to the forums on there and read about it. Ever single score below a 10/10 is put on LBP score, but there are tons of 10/10 scores not on there. And the sites giving them 10/10 are way better than Variety LOL.

[solidsnakus]

n4g review scale is complete BS. all the dumbass fanboys enter in really low scores from blogs wanting free hits and what not.

[tatotiburon]

and now metacritic is biased LOL!...N4G avg reviews proves nothing!!, here in N4G we can find even blog reviews, wtf?? who gives a sh** about blog reviews??

[RememberThe357]

This is f*cking pathetic. You are seriously arguing over 5 points... If you are interested in Resistance 2 then pick it up and give it a try, if you interested in Gears of War 2 pick that up and give it a try. Me? I'll be picking them both up because from what I've seen the both seem like they're going to be great.

[pp]

Another perfect score keep them coming more the merrier. Just another nail in resistance 2 coffin.

[NaiNaiNai]

Fable 2 is AAA....just so you know fanboy.
-nai-

[darx]

but neither was the PS 3's.

[Yoma]

its not fcking worth 10/10 damn fanboy reviewrs

[NaiNaiNai]

thats odd, it was sitting at 90, for like the past 6 days, looks like some biased site got to it. >.> and i see some site gave it 75. if anysite gives a game like fable II a 75 its one of 2 things, 1. a sony supporter. 2. a FPS fanboy site.
-nai-

[WaRBuckZ]

http://n4g.com/PS3/games/g-...

Check Average Score

Don't Get To Happy

[Hiruma Youchi]

WTF is that pennywise Mofo doing up here?

[tatotiburon]

LOL checking reviews from N4G hahaha, so sad counting blog reviews.

[Zerodin]

mmmmmmmmmmperfect!

[xaviertooth]

your teacher said less than symbol is < and not >

how many times she will teach you about that? sigh such a stupid pupil...

[etownone]

very nice!

i wonder if there are still Sonyfans out there that want to believe that ReFOM2 is going to get a higher metacritic score?
I mean, I can understand all the wishful thinking and hopes, but it's just not happen this round either!

[Pennywise]

grats on making a perfect score game. I bet you worked hard. Unfortunately I will be buying your competitors title instead. Again, thank you for all your hard work delivering this stellar game... I'm sure your sweat and blood will pay off.

[tatotiburon]

pennywise...hahah stop crying please, take it like a man

[tatotiburon]

now it's official Gears of War 2>>>LBP>>>&g t;Resistance 2>>>>>MGS4

source: metacritic.com

lol

[big shadow]

this and resistance 2 are definitely on my *games to get* list.

[etownone]

checked out metacritic scores and Resistance dropped down a notch to 90 while Gears 2 moved up one to 96!!

[Pennywise]

You did it!!! YAYYYYYYYYY

[Omega4]

i just saw that too, this is crazy its currently even higher than LBP

Well done Epic another wicked AAA game, just 4 days to go!!!!!

[pansenbaer]

Your avatar is disgusting. Agree with Pennywise. All your hard 'work' paid off didn't it! I will be enjoying Resistance 2 this holiday season.

[bruiser81]

You do realize the metacritic has yet to post all of resistances reviews. Just thought you would like to know that little fact, anyway i will not allow this kind of toxidity make me hate on an awesome game i will be picking this up. I only wish resistance would have scored higher cause its the underdog and i think cliff is a bit of a twatt

[mesh1]

HAHAHHAHA FLOPSTANCE 2 WILL never stand a chance witj gears 2 this game will keep on getting high scoes till the cows come home nothing you can do about it droids hahah goty 2008 hahhahahahahah best graphics ever seen in a video game HAHAHA cry ry cry cry cry did i forgot to mention gampro game flopstance 29resisitance 2) 4/5 and gave gears 5/5 end grade citizen the sony game is again

[DeZimatoR]

Shoot him!!!!

xD

[Cheeky Gamer]

Actually I was talking about Metacritic - you know, the site that only accepts credible sources.

And it seems my assumptions are correct:

Gears of War 2 - 96/100. That makes it the joint-second highest game of this generation, only bettered by GTA IV.

For those who are interested, Resistance 2 has a Metacritic score of 90/100. Although, there are more reviews to come obviously.

[Pennywise]

LOL. You said credible and metacritic in the same sentence. You are sad.

[airheadluffy]

you only need to trust your own review on the game and not review sites. just look at gta 4. that game will only last you a few days and it gets boring. its one of the most overrated games of all time imo.

[Cheeky Gamer]

Ah, okay. And I guess everyday blogs and newspapers with little to no interest in gaming are credible sources. Right?

[Pennywise]

I guess sites owned/affiliated with MS is okay to grade a Sony exclusive, right?

@ kigmal Metacritic just logs reviews (that they feel is worthy)
Never said they are/were.

[Bnet343]

Metacritic isn't owned or affiliated with Microsoft. If you prove me wrong, I will send you a $20 PSN card code or 1600 Microsft Points Card. Stop trying to cover up this site with lies.

[airheadluffy]

@kigmal

just send them both to me it will be much appreciated.

[Cheeky Gamer]

Ah, of course. How silly of me.

It can't possibly be that Gears of War 2 just so happens to be a quality game - it must be Microsoft buying out the competition with corrupt reviews.

How very silly of me indeed.

[airheadluffy]

yes you are indeed silly for thinking that gears of war 2 is a quality game.

/sarcasm

[Cusco]

Okay,
Gears is definitely not a perfect game, but it's a damn good one. Yes in a way it's gear 1.5, but let's face it. Gear 1 is like a 9/10 game, gears retains absolutely everything from gears 1, except it adds a bit of colour, 2-3 new weapons and a slightly better story, then there's no reason it shouldn't get 9+.

Resistance 2 on the other hand completely revamped the graphics, added 60 MP support and new weapons, 8 player co-op, and an extensive (12 hr) single player campaign, so it's a bit harder to compare it to the original title.

If it was up to me, in getting a more original and "newer" game, I'd go for resistance. If it was about getting an experience that was guaranteed to be fun and was more of the same that I was used to, I would get gears 2.

If you want a solid review, talk to a gamer that's played a lot of shooters. I'll give you an example, I'm more of an action fan, so to me fallout 3, oblivion and fable 2 are utter garbage, while games like DMC4, NG, and say MGS4 are amazing.

Stop your whining, go play some games people.

[airheadluffy]

r2 is basically 2 games in one. r2 is a huge improvement from rfom. gears 2 is also an improvement from gears 1 but not as huge as resistance 2.

in the end everyone should buy both games and enjoy them.

[yoghurt]

of course metacritic R2 dropped to 90, because the wannabe people at gamepro gave it 80% which is just pure bias, no matter how much of a 360 fanboy you are its not an 80% game.

[Cheeky Gamer]

Well, it is an 80% game... in the eyes of GamePro.

[MetalProxy]

Why in the world is there fifteen hundred reveiws at this site today? Iam suprized people even bothered with the reveiws for this game. Its gonna be great, the graphics will be mind blowing... Oh wait never mind some people here cant make up there own minds.
Anyhow I will finally get to use my 360 again, Woot. :) *Doing the happy dance*

[Darkseider]

When people base their assumptions on reviewers scores. Here is a simple solution. If you have only one of the consoles get the game for your console. If you have both buy/rent both and play them to make a decision. You can always opt to go to a friends house who has the other console and play on his to see what its like and get an impression. Me I have PS3s so obviously I will be getting R2 which I am really looking forward to after the beta. My neighbor has a 360 so I will be able to play Gears 2 and get an impression from there. On a side note.

I played through both R1 and Gears 1. I liked them both tremendously although I would give the nod to R1 only for the reason that the levels felt bigger in the single player. Gears was still awesome though and if I were to score the originals the difference would only be a .1 or .2 diff overall in favor of R1.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

Basically what I do!

I only have a ps3..well other older systems too, but only a ps3. My friends play all the ps3 exclusives here, and I go over their houses to play the 360 exclusives.

And it's all good.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

Good to hear so many games that are coming out are great.

I hate the chainsaw blood effects though! Why must it cover the screen! I don't want to miss out on the gore!

Hehe, this is a first day play for me and a few buddies.

[Esena]

Is 1up's review on metacritic still 100? Cuz I believe they gave it an A/A+...metacritic better change that or I could see some "bias" flaming going on.

[read disc error]

all a/a+ scores are scored as 100 for all games so don't you worry you're pretty little head.

Gears 2 GOTY!

[Esena]

O Boy! I am pretty!!!

[Fishy Fingers]

Hopefully Play.com come through with their usual day early delivery's. Played the campaign, want to take this online now.

Need to get my first friend in a meat shield.

[Danja]

Great Score , but im stil a lil bit upset at the biased review they gave to RFOM2 .

but I only own a PS3 there opinion really doesn't matter all..

ne who Epic delivers for 360 owners once again...!!

[Firstkn1ghT]

Biased???? Here's a tissue....*

[XerockX]

reviewer must be on crack. Gears of war IS a bona-fide classic.

[Firstkn1ghT]

GAMEPRO:

Gears of War 2: A Perfect 10!!!!
Resistance 2: 8 out of 10!!!!

:)

Let your crying begin...

[RememberThe357]

It's too bad that you can't make up your own mind and you need GamePro(seriously?) to validate your bias.