Rumor: EGM's GoW2 details include stamina bar and new multiplayer modes

X3F writes:

Over on the GameSpot forums, member Prosecut0rGodot claims to have already received a copy of EGM's July issue and posted a recap of all the new Gears 2 details that were revealed.

Campaign Details

- Co-op will allow each player to play at different difficulty levels.
- If the campaign is played in co-op, players will be treated to special cut scenes and decisions that'll ultimately lead to one of numerous endings.
- The campaign should take, on average, about 15 hours to complete.
- A new boss named "Acheron" is reveled and is described as a gargantuan mammoth that the Locusts use to take out vehicles.

Multiplayer and Gameplay Details

- A new stamina bar is introduced and will determine how far you can run and how long you can fight. In other words, if your stamina bar is low, your overall performance will be lowered as well.
- An "En-Garde" multiplayer mode is revealed and will feature nothing but chainsaw combat.
- Another multiplayer mode called "Ordeal" will be included where teams battle to be the first to score 100 enemy kills. Though, it isn't made clear if the kill count will be made up of opponent or AI kills.

[jkhan]

OMG, the modes are insane:|
15 hrs campaign:D
I am soo soo dead. Its going to be one busy fall with LBP, MotorStorm2, Resistance 2, fable 2 and Gears of War 2. :D

[sonarus]

This was the same idiot that made up the fake MGS4 score so i'm calling fake

[pharmd]

its almost too good to be true, i never thought the multiplayer could get any better.... this is awesome

[hazeblaze]

Yea, I'm not sure that I actually believe this. Although a 15 hr campaign would definitely be cool. A Stamina Bar though? That sounds ripped straight from MGS4! And co-op with different difficulties for each player??? Hmmm, doesn't sound quite right to me.

The rest of the 'info' sounds cool though, if true.

[tfur]

No doubt it will be a great game, and I am not making a judgment about the game. But this is confirmed as fake. This same fake "article" had fake info about MGS4 as well, that was confirmed as fake by skip from EGM.

This is a post from CliffyB:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

[tfur]

Don't know why I got a disagree. I was trying to keep Gears fans informed. CliffyB posts on NeoGAF, and keeps the community informed.

If you click the link, the article now even states that its fake...

[Mozilla89]

Its because you were trying to be truthful and some people cant handle the truth.

[Superfragilistic]

Campaign length sounds much better, but the multiple endings and stamina bar have got me very interested. The stamina bar could soften the "balls to the wall" frenzy of the original's multiplayer, but then again it might just give it a bit more tactical weight to the gameplay.

As for multiplayer, En-Garde sounds like ridiculous fun and the first to 100 mode sounds epic. More importantly if that's 100 hundred human player kills in the "Ordeal" mode that lends weight to the possibility of 6v6 (maybe even 8v8) multiplayer.

Sweet.

[vloeistof]

If the campaign is played in co-op, players will be treated to special cut scenes and decisions that'll ultimately lead to one of numerous endings.

co-op it is

[callahan09]

I don't know if this is reliable information. He didn't provide scans, and some of the other information that he provided in his post has already been confirmed false and made up.

[SickNick85]

Oh yes Prosecut0rGodot is very relieble...i read a post in a forum that talk about 120 player co-op in GeoW2

i'm sarcastic...i think only one person all over internet posting a "news" in a forum isn't a rumor...

i've read 4-5 other topic that talk about EGM issue and no other reporting this news...

for me is a fake...

[jkhan]

Relax, cheer up mate. Here, a bubble for u :P

[Defectiv3_Detectiv3]

A lot of times ppl will just keep running around a level to avoid dying - it draws the game out too much.

[thenickel]

This game is seriously going to rock. 15 hours plus co-op and numerous endings is a plus for me.

[THE_JUDGE]

would really provide to a TPS but I guess it could work. Make things a little more interesting. The last time I saw a stamina bar was in MGS3.

[Strife Lives]

Its bigger ,better and more badass lmao and, and you'll be 1 nikel less from the namecalling cuz 15hr campaign ! ! ! ! Multiple endings ! ! ! :D !

[felidae]

holy fvck! that's amazing!

[Anego Montoya FTMFW]

I don`t know how they would do different difficulty levels for co-op.

Good idea though, if they can do that.

[P4KY B]

Reduce weapon damage, or ammo at higher difficulty levels.

[ceedubya9]

I'm in.

[mc]

uck. i hate stamina bars

[Bucky Sligo]

Gears of War 2 will set the bar all over again just like the first one. If you don't have an Xbox360, now is the time to get one.

[Rich1631]

1.) Never trust anything from a forum poster who claims to have secret info.

2.) There was no stamina bar in the gameplay reveal footage! DUH! FAKE!

[gavrila]

The gameplay was from SP. No MP videos until now. They say Stamina is only in MP.

[tfur]

Not sure if this has been posted, but that forum post includes fake information or is all fake...

From CliffyB: "This guy's making **** up."
http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

[Amanosenpai]

Stamina can be a pain in the a$$... specially in "run for ur life" levels, like in GeoW1.

[Boldy]

It's only in Multiplayer

[jinn]

what about 4 player coop

[poos3]

what about you shut up ive ntoiced your crap in the banjoo thread your qupte what about platforming plz go troll some were else u sony troll

[Defectiv3_Detectiv3]

Actually, Jinn is a 360 fan, Im the PS3 fan, get your Deniro avatars straight. This just goes to show how bias clouds your mind. Jinn had a legitemate question but because all you do is flame you could only look at it in terms of wether or not it was meant as an attack against your system.

You're pathetic Poos3, where does this inferiority complex come from? I can only speculate you are lacking size in your man appendage if you know what I mean.

[v1c1ous]

on the one hand, stamina would be bad if my teammates all get slaughtered in the first 10 seconds of a match and it's me agaisnt 4 dudes.

but on the other hand, sometimes you get what i call the "slipper snake" players. i.e. my team decimates 3/4 guys, so it's 4 on 1. the one guy runs all over the stage like a maniac and we can hardly catch up to him, and he picks us off with luck one by one.

but situations like that make each gears of war match hella fun. nothing more fun than 1 on 4 agaisnt you, and you miraculously come out with a win.

[SHOTGUN MANIA]

for god sake is it 4 player co-op

[n00bPwner]

F*CK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOODNIGHT, PS3RD.

[ShinMaster]

Stamina bar!?
Gears keeps coping more and more form MGS!

http://vgchartz.com/

Look to the right, down to the box that says "Hardware Sales for May" or something like that.

PS3 is on top of the 360......worldwide.

[tehReaper]

Quit lurking in 360 threads, droid. Coping? WTF does that mean?

Graduate Jr. High before you get on the internet and try to use big words.

[n00bPwner]

LMFAO. owned. I think he meant copying, but I may be mistaken.

[zonetrooper5]

It could be true and if it is then man that would be so awesome.

[Angelitos]

So, they kind of copying MGS4 with the bars, if this is true.

[Boldy]

Rumor debunked by Cliff Bleszinski.

[trancefreak]

Im canceling my pre order then.

[pow3r of t3h c3ll]

how is the xflops only game this year going to kill off the PS3?
seriously the triple has soooooooooooooooo many upcoming killer apps that are going to drown the 3fixme.

p.s the triple wont be in 3rd much longer u ignorant gimp PS3 FTW!!!

p.p.s Geow wasnt really that good and the second looks pretty much the same so you can look forward to pretending ur enjoying it in a lame attempt to make sony fans feel jealous but we all know better and will genuinely be enjoying resistance 2!!!

[tehReaper]

GeoW wasn't that good? Well my friend, that is your opinion. The game shines on it's innovation and multiplayer. I still play the game as if it were a sport.

This is also my opinion, but in 2006, it was Game of The Year. That's pretty impressive for a game that "wasn't really that good".

Also, "the second looks pretty much the same". Really? The only people I have heard say that is people who only own a PS3. Take away the bias, and it looks very impressive. Hell, I'm pro-360 and I'll admit MGS4 and Killzone 2 look beautiful as well. Do you know why I'll admit that? Because I'm not blind to one company like the rest of you fanboys.