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[StickyFingers]

POW!!

I see Skilotonn already made pictures and rubbing it in everybody's faces. I also have bought it today and it's fan-fuckin-tastic. And I only played the tutorials and doin some matches with bots.

I'm waiting for my coop partner to come home from work with his copy of the game and it's campaign time.

Oh my God, it looks amazing, playing 5 on 5 with bots on Gridlock, so nice, so greeeen.

 

[unomas]

where did you get a copy early?

 

[bigGIRLSblouse]

GOW had a couple of set pieces that were pretty well done, but most of the game was like room, room, room, room, focusing by far most of it's time on the core gameplay.

GOW2 does more than that, it has much more variety and, it is good, i'm not saying otherwise, it's much better than any other TPS i've played at least since the 1st Gears, but the problem is ´, while it's a good rollercoaster ride, COD4 set the bar for rollercoaster rides, and GOw2 doesn't quite get there imo.

I dunno, i just expect these big games to always push it to the next level, but it's not so simple.

Yea but COD4 is missing the best part... co op over live... that alone will make this game more fun for me.

 

[h3ro]

where did you get a copy early?

Most have gotten them from 7-11...

 

[Skilotonn]

Been playing for about 2 hours now, still in Act 1, and the action, pacing and set pieces have been kickass so far - awesome awesome game!

And Hardcore is like Gears 1 Insane right now, and I love that - makes me even more pumped to play Insane!

P.S.: Did I mention the game is gorgeous?

 

[draven]

Added it there, but posting it here, too:

Newcomer to the group, but I loves me some gears. I'm up for anything after I receive my copy tonight (campaign, horde, annex, etc.).

GT: CidDelNorte

 

[clav]

Yay. Gamefly shipped!

 

[FinFan]

Most have gotten them from 7-11...

Yep, that's where I got mine

 

[Acidote]

And Hardcore is like Gears 1 Insane right now, and I love that - makes me even more pumped to play Insane!

Gears 2 feels way easier than the first one to me. I'm playing Hardcore and it feels like GoW1 Normal, if not easier.

 

[xray49er]

I should have my copy tonight or tomroow after work but i am down for co-op or horde. I sucked at the other muliplayer modes in gears, but i am down for some action. add me

GT is XRAY49ER

 

[CitizenCope]

Been playing for about 2 hours now, still in Act 1, and the action, pacing and set pieces have been kickass so far - awesome awesome game!

And Hardcore is like Gears 1 Insane right now, and I love that - makes me even more pumped to play Insane!

P.S.: Did I mention the game is gorgeous?

I like to hear that about the difficulty.
I remember my brother and I having a hard time for over an hour on one level in Gears1 on insane but it never got frustrating.

 

[Dirtbag]

My fears have become reality.

The SP is a COD4 wannabe. Looks bloody amazing (Underground is omg), but it tries to offer you set pieces like COD4 and fails.

:lol

Not even close.
And let's not forget Gears 1 launched a full years before COD4 if we want to play the imitation game. That is IF I were to agree with your original bullshit... which I don't.

This game is an inconsitant experience. While I adore the core Cog shooting Locust with cover mechanic, and all the cool ways they manage to mix that up...

The driving segments, the on rails shooting, the turret bits.... almost all shit.

But there is one

Spoiler

Shadow of the Colossus / Resident evil 4 inspired

boss that blew my mind. My mouth was litterly agape.

So while 60% of the game was great fun, that 40% makes sure I'll probably never play the single player again.

Totally agree.
Though I'd say its more like 75% / 25% for me.

 

[Skilotonn]

Gears 2 feels way easier than the first one to me. I'm playing Hardcore and it feels like GoW1 Normal, if not easier.

Of course that's because you know the system, but receiving damage-wise and giving damage-wise, this feels like Insane - and you can't run up on enemies as easily as back either, especially if they have the Hammerburst - oh boy...

 

[FrankT]

The day has finally arrived and midnight launch is a go.

 

[dralla]

is there a list of gamestops doing the midnight release? I can't find it on their website

 

[StriKeVillain]

is there a list of gamestops doing the midnight release? I can't find it on their website

Why don't you call up the one you're interested in visiting? It's not like you need a list of all of them..

 

[Caspel]

So I put in 4 hours (3 on campaign, 1 on multiplayer) yesterday and I'm impressed but not overwhelmed.

I wish I had people to play co-op with cuz I feel like i am missing out right now on the incredible entertainment it could provide.

Horde mode is glitchy as hell and enemies are popping all over, through walls and nothing satisfactory like I wanted. I hope it improves with the launch tonight.

Gears of War 2 is like someone spiked your drink with drugs and the world has turned into the world of the Mad Hatter -- crazy and extraordinary.

 

[Facism]

Just bought a 12+1 Gold serial for this.

Can't wait. if any Euro's fancy some mp around midnight tonight, my GT is Remedy1984

 

[S1kkZ]

got the game yesterday and finished it today.
awesome game, much better then gears 1.

took me about 10 hours on easy.

 

[unomas]

I'm watching Horde mode on a live feed and it looks fun as hell! 24 hours uggghhh

 

[Sanjuro]

Beat the game. Plays just like Fable 2. What a ripoff.

 

[JonAmikar]

How's the bot support?

Also, can the 2-player splitscreen be used for modes other than co-op?

 

[Dosia]

13 more hours until I get a hold of this masterpiece.

 

[Merguson]

Anyone got a good stream of Gears of War 2? Preferably an offline match to see how bots work or like a group of people doing Horde Mode...

 

[JB1981]

Beat the game. Plays just like Fable 2. What a ripoff.

wtf lol
unomas: got a link to live horde mode dude?

 

[Dosia]

How's the bot support?

Also, can the 2-player splitscreen be used for modes other than co-op?

The split screen can be used for local matches and private live matches I believe. Kind of a bummer that they decided to take out the player match...

 

[darkpaladinmfc]

Off topic, but does anyone have a 2 day XBL trial spare? I want to play Gears 2 online tomorrow .

 

[Aladuf]

Beat the game. Plays just like Fable 2. What a ripoff.

:lol

If you're talking about beating it and not wanting to go back and play it then remember, you can play on Insane difficulty now with a co-op buddy or whatever, you play Horde for so many hours, and you have multiplayer. And even if you don't have XBL Gold then you can still play full MP matches with bots, so no, I don't think it will play too much like Fable 2 at all.

 

[cresto]

I'm watching Horde mode on a live feed and it looks fun as hell! 24 hours uggghhh

address?

 

[RBH]

Beat the game. Plays just like Fable 2. What a ripoff.

?

 

[unomas]

address?

http://www.justin.tv/globalman

They were doing Horde mode earlier but have switched to online multiplayer now.

 

[Dunlop]

grr the Zellers near my work did not receive their shipment today and I have class tonight.

Late night MP action is looking grim for me : (

 

[Monkeylord]

Off topic, but does anyone have a 2 day XBL trial spare? I want to play Gears 2 online tomorrow .

It should come with one, mine did

 

[Chinner]

http://www.justin.tv/globalman

They were doing Horde mode earlier but have switched to online multiplayer now.

i see that merguson is posting in the chat.

 

[Skilotonn]

3 hours in, no idea which chapter I'm in actually, but DAMN, this place is incredible-looking - that's all I wanna say without spoiling a thing for anyone else - I was wowed from the beginning of it, and I'm still going through the level...

There was something cool I found in it also too!

 

[unomas]

i see that merguson is posting in the chat.

Yeah, horde mode looked pretty fun wish they would have stayed with it but maybe they got bored and wanted to do the online multi.

 

[Sanjuro]

?

Spoiler

Dom has an STD.

 

[AndresON777]

The split screen can be used for local matches and private live matches I believe. Kind of a bummer that they decided to take out the player match...

wat?

You cant do a party and just play with your friends ala halo 3?

Getting it tonight at midnight and I'm off tomorrow, yeah come on!

 

[scarybore]

Got the limited edition sent through the post today but I sent my 360 away to be repaired for the 6th time yesterday, also the bloke down the road I was going to do online co-op with got the RRoD today so now I can't even do offline co-op on his 360. Worst luck ever!

The horde videos look awesome, just wish I was playing rather than watching. :lol

 

[Ifrit]

This probably has been mentioned before but people ouside the US can now finally download the map packs from Gears of War 1 without problems (it used to give an "this content is not available for your region" error message).

To keep it on topic, Gears 2 looks great and its an instabuy for me, and I'm mostly a single player type of guy

 

[Arnie]

6 and a half hours till my midnight here, can't wait!

 

[AirBrian]

Does anyone know if Wal-Mart is giving away the midnight launch gold gun code? I just got off the phone with them and they didn't even know the game was releasing tonight. :lol :-(

 

[Always-honest]

ahh, tomorrow !!!!! finaly

edit: tonight!!! th!s evening!! yes

 

[dskillzhtown]

Does anyone know if Wal-Mart is giving away the midnight launch gold gun code? I just got off the phone with them and they didn't even know the game was releasing tonight. :lol :-(

Good question...if so, I will go to Wal-Mart to get it instead of EB. That pre-order can move to Left 4 Dead.

 

[AndresON777]

Does anyone know if Wal-Mart is giving away the midnight launch gold gun code? I just got off the phone with them and they didn't even know the game was releasing tonight. :lol :-(

Yeah buying games there is such a hassle cos those idiots dont even know anything about electronics AND THEY WORK in the electronics section, sigh.

But yeah I'll be hitting up wal mart tonight since gamestop stopped taking preorders on the CE, man Idk what the hell I'll do if walmart only has the regular edition.

 

[DKo5]

Played for ~4 hrs co-op hardcore last night.

Wow.

Well done Epic.

 

[Saya]

To my surprise I received Gears today in the mail instead of tomorrow. Just played it for a couple hours and it is awesome. I'm almost finished with the second act and I find it hard to believe the other acts are better than this one.

I just got to the

Spoiler

big worm's belly right now and this area looks glorious.

Holy shit!

Spoiler

Oh, and why the hell do they kill of Tai and not that damn Dom? Tai was awesome.

 

[Prine]

To beat this game within 3 days of purchase blows my mind. How much free time do you people have?

 

[DancingJesus]

To beat this game within 3 days of purchase blows my mind. How much free time do you people have?

Well it does come out right before the weekend, so it may be possible with 3 Hours a day.

 

[Merguson]

Does offline Horde mode have bots (allies) you can play along with? I know there are bots in custom matches but wasn't sure if there was in Horde?