
Man, running through a post-apocalyptic city and sticking a chainsaw into anything that moves is just the perfect thing for a Friday night. That being said, we've decided to stay in this evening and watch the first Gears of War 2 gameplay footage instead. If you want to catch a glimpse of all the testosterone-driven, monster-shooting madness promised in Epic Games' sequel, all you need is an Xbox 360 and enough dexterity to find the trailer on the Xbox Live Video Marketplace. Well, we suppose you'll need an internet connection too. Also, electricity.
Those of us lucky enough to possess computers (and internet and electricity) can also find the video on 1UP at 10:30PM PST -- that's a full 30 minutes before it gets to Xbox Live. When the embeddable Gamevideos clip becomes available at around the same time, we'll be sure to stick it up on Joystiq. We're staying in tonight, remember?













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Sadly those are the exceptions not the rule. Most sequels seem based on, "let's not fix what isn't broken." Sure they have improvements here and there, but for the most part, most sequels are basically the same game as the first game.
I just hope they fixed all the online issues of the first one and the onñine gameplay.Gears of war had an awesome co-op but the multuiplayer mode was dull.
I have a feeling it won't be.
The people who don't like this game basically just don't get it. Go watch the movie Dead Alive and come back.
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*Crosses Fingers*
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I just wish it wouldn't be a Live exclusive.
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Is not Rick roll.
Link
http://tinyurl.com/6fumwv
Lol.
All I can say is: WTF?
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What more could you possibly add to a game like Gears? The first pretty much had everything except a decent story and a long campaign.
I'm pretty sure this will be Gears part 2 rather then Gears 2.
Lets hope I'm prooved wrong, fingers crossed :) Excited ^^
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1. Hype up a game they expect to sell consoles as a major franchise.
2. Make the debut video of gameplay available only to the consumers who already have the console.
3. Profit?!?
I want to see this video... so debuting it on Live instead of Gametrailers or other outlets makes no sense to me. Now releasing on both would be pure genuis....
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That said, anyone expecting a sequel to completely revolutionize things is a crazy fool. Sequels are meant to sell mainly to the people that enjoyed the original (especially with games that sold as well as Gears did), so it wouldn't make any sense at all to alienate those same people by changing the core gameplay from what they originally liked.
Yes, it will have a better story. Yes, it will have new levels, characters, and weapons. Yes, it will have some new gameplay mechanics (like destructible cover).
No, it will not remove the entire cover system and change the game into the first person view that you play with a motion sensing controller.
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Most of these guys up in here havent even really played Gears enough to apreciate it. Dont waste your time trying to convince them otherwise, they are just complaining for no real reason.
For a good 4 to 5 months there was no other disc in my 360 than Gears and those were some of the best times in gaming for me. My Seriously achievement is proof, I was owning people left and right averaging anywhere from 150 to 200 kills a night in Ranked. Online is a great experience REGARDLESS of glitchers and host advantage and blah blah blah. Thats why its still one of the top games on Live to this day.
I'm tired of these idiots trying to crap on it for whatever bullshit reason. It's a mans action game with a gritty style. You want color then go play the Viva Pinata/Ratchet and Clank, you want a longer story go play an RPG. I cant wait for 2night to see GTTV on Spike and then Ima dl it on Live too. The first one sold bout 5mill, this ones selling even more than that.
Nuff said!
Epic already has their first sale in me. (Of course, not literally INSIDE me.)
That was one funny line right there XD
I just hope the game lasts more than a couple of hours this time around.
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My only wish is that they sort out the squad AI so it's more intelligent - too many times did Dom get in the way of me shooting stuff. Not many games (if any) get squad AI right so fingers crossed!
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Could you please tell me how you managed to play your 360 without a visual output(TV/amazing computer monitor/etc) of some sort?
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