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"Eager for a first look at the highly anticipated Xbox 360® exclusive Gears of War® 2? You won't have long to wait, because you can experience the heart-pounding action when the video becomes available tonight at 11:01 P.M. Pacific time. You can watch the video right here at Xbox.com (streaming, or download it in HD) or you can jump on Xbox LIVE® and download it from the Video Store.

With a personal introduction by Epic Games Design Director Cliff Bleszinski, the trailer captures the essence of the bigger, better, and more badass gameplay in Gears of War 2. Get the first in-game look at chainsaw duels, large scale firefights with Locust Horde, and stunning new visuals. This action-packed video is sure to please fans around the world.

Gears of War 2 is the follow up to the blockbuster best-selling Xbox 360 exclusive Gears of War, and will be available this November from acclaimed developer Epic Games."

At 5/9/08 04:22 PM, Jawdyn wrote: I cant wait much longer

I can. It looks to be a decent game, like the first, but nothing I'm going to be shitting myself over waiting for. I made that mistake with Halo 3..augh.

Yeah, I'm really pumped. I hope for this one they fix the multiplayer. The guns were so inconsistent with killing. The shotgun would shread someone up sometimes and others they would just absorb it. And it was really easy to glitch.

But then again they were going to scrap multiplayer so it was very good on for that level.

At 5/9/08 04:26 PM, Jezuz wrote:

At 5/9/08 04:22 PM, Jawdyn wrote: I cant wait much longer

I can. It looks to be a decent game, like the first, but nothing I'm going to be shitting myself over waiting for. I made that mistake with Halo 3..augh.

Well GOW hasn't disappointed me as of yet so my hopes will remain high.

At 5/9/08 04:28 PM, SlipperyMooseCakes wrote: Yeah, I'm really pumped. I hope for this one they fix the multiplayer. The guns were so inconsistent with killing. The shotgun would shread someone up sometimes and others they would just absorb it. And it was really easy to glitch.

I want them to do the rumored thing of having 60+ player multiplayer. Could you imagine having a real scale foot war (none of that BF2 bullshit) with 60 players? It'd be one of the most amazing multiplayers to date, up there with Warhawk (from what I hear about it, anyhow).

At 5/9/08 04:30 PM, Jezuz wrote:

At 5/9/08 04:28 PM, SlipperyMooseCakes wrote: Yeah, I'm really pumped. I hope for this one they fix the multiplayer. The guns were so inconsistent with killing. The shotgun would shread someone up sometimes and others they would just absorb it. And it was really easy to glitch.

I want them to do the rumored thing of having 60+ player multiplayer. Could you imagine having a real scale foot war (none of that BF2 bullshit) with 60 players? It'd be one of the most amazing multiplayers to date, up there with Warhawk (from what I hear about it, anyhow).

I know that in single player it wont just be 4-6 locusts anymore it could be up to hundreds. So I can the possibility of having 30 on 30 multiplayer. I don't know if GoW is meant to be a massive team shooter though, we'll see how they work it.

Woah woah, guys lets not set our standards to high. I'd love anything above 6 on 6. 4 on 4 is a little boring if you ask me.

I hope my little Baird is in it. Say what you want, but he's my favorite charicter.

At 5/9/08 04:45 PM, xthesnarfx wrote: I hope my little Baird is in it. Say what you want, but he's my favorite charicter.

He sucks, Carmine is the best. The guy looks like a Power Ranger. I wonder what hes hiding under that mask..

At 5/9/08 04:30 PM, Jezuz wrote: Could you imagine having a real scale foot war (none of that BF2 bullshit) with 60 players?

Yeah, that's a rumor, but that would fucking rock. I just hope its true.

At 5/9/08 04:33 PM, SlipperyMooseCakes wrote:

I know that in single player it wont just be 4-6 locusts anymore it could be up to hundreds. So I can the possibility of having 30 on 30 multiplayer. I don't know if GoW is meant to be a massive team shooter though, we'll see how they work it.

They could do it tactical still. It would almost be a tournament type thing. I'll brainstorm real quick here:

Both the teams start in the middle, with about 500ft between them. They have to get to the middle and begin to struggle for the center. Each time you die, you're put in a queue and will respawn when either your team gains the territory or loses it. It would basically just be a huge struggle for the center, sort of like the mode in World in Conflict in the wastelands.

Another option, which would be less linear, would be to have most maps shaped in a circular shape. Each team starts off with half, and half the team starts on on their points directly in the center. They then have to try to capture the entire circle. Once the entire circle is captured, the center then has a 30 second timer put onto it and the losing team has to go in the center, the goal now is to stop the other team from getting to the center. If the losing team fails, the other team gets a full win, if they succeed, both teams get a "half win" or draw, but draw is such a nasty word. The respawn rules apply from the other mode I mentioned, and you can only capture two points at a time.

And you could just have amazing tactical deathmatch battles on huge maps.

Here's a picture of what the circle mode would be like.

At 5/9/08 04:49 PM, Jawdyn wrote:

At 5/9/08 04:45 PM, xthesnarfx wrote: I hope my little Baird is in it. Say what you want, but he's my favorite charicter.

He sucks, Carmine is the best. The guy looks like a Power Ranger. I wonder what hes hiding under that mask..

i bet carmine is a girl named Carmen lmao.. you never know

I thought I would be much more excited for this game than I actually am. I'll still probably get it, but...

I'm gonna get it. Damn. That's sick.

Jesus christ , This game is truly going to be bigger and better I mean Gears 1 action scenes were ground blows up/Locust comes out/You kill locust/Proceed Gears 2 looks more like Ground blows up/More then 10 locusts comes out /A bumrak appears/Giant enemy flying squid comes out.

At 5/10/08 02:45 AM, Chiklay4 wrote: Jesus christ , This game is truly going to be bigger and better I mean Gears 1 action scenes were ground blows up/Locust comes out/You kill locust/Proceed Gears 2 looks more like Ground blows up/More then 10 locusts comes out /A bumrak appears/Giant enemy flying squid comes out.

10? From the video it looked more like 30-40. I'm still not sold on the game, however. It appears to be suffering from what I shall now refer to as "Halo Syndrome". Great first game followed up by an uncharacteristic sequel which loses a bit of the charm along the way that made the first so great.

At 5/10/08 02:47 AM, Jezuz wrote:

At 5/10/08 02:45 AM, Chiklay4 wrote: /More then 10 locusts comes out

10? From the video it looked more like 30-40.

My computer was slowing down at how good the gameplay looked.

At 5/10/08 02:52 AM, Chiklay4 wrote:

My computer was slowing down at how good the gameplay looked.

My computer was lagging because it can't handle a video game plus a video playing at the same time, but that's entirely irrelevant to whatever the fuck we were talking about.

Also, my idea for multiplayer has been all but deleted. I feel mildly insulted, to the extent that I just want to go to sleep.

I just hope, for the love of good, they don't go all halo on us, y'know, a crappy cliffhanger ending with an alright game and then give us a mediocre 3rd game.

At 5/10/08 03:29 AM, H-A-X-O-R-Z wrote: I just hope, for the love of good, they don't go all halo on us, y'know, a crappy cliffhanger ending with an alright game and then give us a mediocre 3rd game.

That's exactly what I'm seeing from this right now. High in the sky promises (Halo 2), drastically changing stories (Halo 2), "improving" unbroken things (Halo 2, Pistol >FD:ASD). It's basically everything I didn't want to see from this game and less. However, if they pull it off they get my respect, and I really, really hope they delay it. Releasing it this quick is just begging for awful.

Well I just saw it and I'm not impressed. Sadly the chainsaw battle seems like it's going to be who can tap the B button faster. The pistol Marcus used to take out that Locust in a split second is clearly going to be a cheap weapon in online play. I didn't see THAT much improvements on the graphics. I'm not that upset about that since the original Gears looks awesome as it is so any kind of improvement is just a bonus. I wish they showed something with the shotgun!

However I did like some of the stuff I saw in there. The body cover feature seems cool. I don't know if the whole single player will be like what was on the trailer but if it is, I'm sure it will be a lot better then the first games single player. And the best thing I noticed in the trailer was a familiar looking helmet. I caught a glimpse of a guy that looked just like Carmine! I pray you can play as him online!

It's looking real nice, can't wait.

I'm still cleaning my pants after seeing the video earlier today. It didn't help that I watched it again and jizzed again.

That makes me want to buy a 360 again this Christmas.

I have just now seen the video and i have to say, it looks awesome. I hope you can take people hostage in Multiplayer too. :D I don't know what modded controllers are capable of but if it can make the b button multi push then this could be a problem. My favorite part is when you see like 40 or whatever locusts running across the bottom of the screen.
Can't wait for more footage.

For those of you who have not yet seen the video

At 5/10/08 04:48 AM, Hemlok wrote: Well I just saw it and I'm not impressed. Sadly the chainsaw battle seems like it's going to be who can tap the B button faster.

What did you expect it to be?

The pistol Marcus used to take out that Locust in a split second is clearly going to be a cheap weapon in online play.

pfft how? If you don't know how much damage it does or if it is even a starter weapon.

I didn't see THAT much improvements on the graphics.

Seriously? I thought it looked better than ever, even better than UT3, which ran on the same engine. I don't understand how much more you wanted.

It won't turn out like Halo 2 because in this the gameplay has changed (more than 4 enemies at once, new cover system) and the story has been expanded to the max, the last one left a cliffhanger.

And there was a gear in Carmines suit :D

You'll more than likely be able to notice how the graphics have imrpoved when you play it yourself. My brother always says about games "The ggfx are always the same" but then when he puts two of them next to each other and compares he notices all the differences.

Looks pretty impressive. I mean this is probably gonna be the best 360 game. How bigs it gonna be again? 10 GBs max? Yeah but i cant really see any 360 games getting any better than this. Its using the whole processing power i think.

Oh yeah i almost forgot to mention. You know that game called MGS4? Yeah. Well its gonna be 50 fucking gigs on the one disc. And its still only using half of the PS3s processing power. Which means it can be 5 times as detailed and more intense than the 360 can ever be.

Not to ruin your fun but you gotta be able to admit that the PS3 is better and that it has potential for getting a lot better within the next 3-5 years. Oh yeah and have fun with the biggest clichè story line imaginable.

At 5/10/08 09:32 AM, DasUberCow wrote:

Oh yeah i almost forgot to mention. You know that game called MGS4? Yeah. Well its gonna be 50 fucking gigs on the one disc. And its still only using half of the PS3s processing power. Which means it can be 5 times as detailed and more intense than the 360 can ever be.

The size of the game doesn't reflect on how powerful your processing system is. Kojima and his cohort over at Konami is probably inflating it with useless cutscenes and dialog, like in the previous MGS games.

Not to ruin your fun but you gotta be able to admit that the PS3 is better and that it has potential for getting a lot better within the next 3-5 years. Oh yeah and have fun with the biggest clichè story line imaginable.

Fanboy. Go eat shit and GTFO.

Wow. I'm impressed.

There's large scale battles, use bodies as cover, new weapons, new ways to kill the opponent, new chain saw kills, graphics look great and the story so far sounds much better than the first.

I'm pretty sure I'm sold already.