Gears of War 2 'Assault' screens, plus weapon-specific executions announced
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Microsoft and Epic dropped a quartet of Gears of War 2 screenshots today, the first, and taken from the roller coaster-like sequence featured in recent campaign videos ("Act One, Chapter Three: 'Assault,'" to be exact). We also dug through the accompanying fact sheet (actually, credit X3F for the dirty work) and uncovered this single, tasty morsel: "new weapon-specific executions." No specific details yet -- but the nasty fantasies dancing in your head right now are probably close enough.
Reader Comments (69)
Posted: May 13th 2008 4:49PM (Unverified) said
"Is "sarcasm" your word-of-the-day or something?"
No, but if I had a word for the day it would be DUH
Maybe if you pulled your head out of Mario's ass you would see the "sarcastic" comment for what it is so that I do not have to explain myself THREE FRACKING TIMES the same thing to you.
You are a sexy beast (sarcasm)
You are quick-witted and a genius (sarcasm)
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No, but if I had a word for the day it would be DUH
Maybe if you pulled your head out of Mario's ass you would see the "sarcastic" comment for what it is so that I do not have to explain myself THREE FRACKING TIMES the same thing to you.
You are a sexy beast (sarcasm)
You are quick-witted and a genius (sarcasm)
Posted: May 13th 2008 4:58PM (Unverified) said
Go Sox,
That whole "sexy beast" thing will never get old; keep using it. And maybe, just maybe, if you didn't write like a spastic ass-clown, you wouldn't need the "sarcasm tags" to get your point across.
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That whole "sexy beast" thing will never get old; keep using it. And maybe, just maybe, if you didn't write like a spastic ass-clown, you wouldn't need the "sarcasm tags" to get your point across.
Posted: May 13th 2008 5:17PM (Unverified) said
Can we Fernando in to translate? I don't speak fanboy.
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Posted: May 13th 2008 3:27PM foxhound said
Hopefully I'll have my X360 elite case modded in time for this game's release...
Posted: May 13th 2008 3:45PM (Unverified) said
Is a mod necessary to play the game, or by 'modded' do you mean 'fixed'? Har har.
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Posted: May 13th 2008 8:08PM Celor said
I'll be down at GameStop the minute this is released! Can't wait!
Posted: May 13th 2008 3:37PM The Pork said
Have any of you peeps heard about the 'Wingman' multiplayer game mode?
Posted: May 13th 2008 3:58PM sand0789 said
I played the hell out of Gears and loved every minute of it. However, if they do not improve the online lag issues, I won't be picking this up.
With that said, it was amazing how fun the online was despite the fact that it was borderline "broken" in my opinion. Get it to run as smoothly as COD4 and Halo and I'll be all over it.
With that said, it was amazing how fun the online was despite the fact that it was borderline "broken" in my opinion. Get it to run as smoothly as COD4 and Halo and I'll be all over it.
Posted: May 13th 2008 4:00PM (Unverified) said
Tell them to fix those damn framerate issues while they're at it.
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Posted: May 13th 2008 4:13PM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said
MN Guy:
Agreed about the lag...I hope that they ultimately tighten it up online, because like you, I still put a lot of time into online play despite the fact that it sometimes played like Half-Life on a 16MB video card using dial-up in '98.
Okay, so maybe not THAT bad, but you know what I'm saying, right? Right?
*Crickets*
Sigh...
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Agreed about the lag...I hope that they ultimately tighten it up online, because like you, I still put a lot of time into online play despite the fact that it sometimes played like Half-Life on a 16MB video card using dial-up in '98.
Okay, so maybe not THAT bad, but you know what I'm saying, right? Right?
*Crickets*
Sigh...
Posted: May 13th 2008 4:23PM (Unverified) said
Gears 2 Ghey Clan reporting for duty SIR! Ready to spank...oops I mean, kick some ass!!
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Posted: May 13th 2008 4:22PM (Unverified) said
Just a few randiom thoughts
1. I imagine some of the people getting hyper excited here also have the habit of complaining about KZ2 being "grey" or having poor AI. Pot, kettle, black? All that the enemies enjoy is jumping out of the (grey colured) cover and into open fire.
2. Some of the improvements being touted - stable frame rate, no online glitches / host lag, possibly a better story - why wasnt the absence of these not a negative last time, but getting this fixed is such a huge positive now?
3. MS touted DLS on GTA so much ("complete experience only on 360")
So, for the only killer app on the 360 for 18 months (unless you count Viva Pinata) - the complete version was out, ONLY on PC. So does that mean the 360 owners would have been better off waiting for the "complete" Gears experience on PC?
1. I imagine some of the people getting hyper excited here also have the habit of complaining about KZ2 being "grey" or having poor AI. Pot, kettle, black? All that the enemies enjoy is jumping out of the (grey colured) cover and into open fire.
2. Some of the improvements being touted - stable frame rate, no online glitches / host lag, possibly a better story - why wasnt the absence of these not a negative last time, but getting this fixed is such a huge positive now?
3. MS touted DLS on GTA so much ("complete experience only on 360")
So, for the only killer app on the 360 for 18 months (unless you count Viva Pinata) - the complete version was out, ONLY on PC. So does that mean the 360 owners would have been better off waiting for the "complete" Gears experience on PC?
Posted: May 13th 2008 4:36PM (Unverified) said
one problem: if gears never sold as well as it did on the 360, chances are the PC version wouldn't have been released. Or, at least, not until the 360 version gained adaquate sales. As such, your last point is void.
However, I do agree with your other points; they are valid.
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However, I do agree with your other points; they are valid.
Posted: May 13th 2008 4:37PM (Unverified) said
Game of the year. Hear my words
Posted: May 13th 2008 4:49PM (Unverified) said
Can we get a diff Kobe pic? He looks like oldschool player Popeye Jones in that one.
http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/popeye_jones.jpg
LMAO!
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http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/popeye_jones.jpg
LMAO!
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