http://kotaku.com/358724/gears-of-war-2-coming-in-november
It's real now. NOVEMBER?!
http://kotaku.com/358805/gears-of-war-2-teaser
teaser trailer
That was the most cliched and uninspired teaser trailer I have ever seen. WHICH SUITS GEARS OF WAR WELL
Ten bucks on including something like Halo 3's sword duels, only for the chainsaws.
Man, not only was that obvious, that teaser was retarded. Which, as said, is exactly what I expected.
But yeah, chainsaw duels are confirmed. As is cutting someone low to high.
i have to say i do not have high hopes for this game, but the low to high chainsaw cutting looked pretty cool. i hope they add somthing to the curb stomp as well
bonus temp. box art http://kotaku.com/358821/gears-of-war-2-coming-in-two-flavors
There's not really much you can do as far as innovating the curb stomp goes. Would you like step on their neck or do the usual? No thanks.
how about a nut shot
Gears doesn't need to be any more immature.
What if you could just chainsaw a locust's balls off?
Do locust have balls?
Well, they reproduce like rabbits. There's gotta be something there.
I think they're hermaphrodites. I mean, through the whole game you never see a female locust.
Do you honestly check the remains of every locust for a penis? Probably not. Their females were probably used for producing more soldiers, too. Fighting and death tend to hurt potential offspring!
Locust Queen.
You never actually see the locust queen. Just because she is their queen, doesn't mean she is one of them.
Probably isn't. But all signs point to them being more insect-like, which would likely lead to queen of some sort, not necessarily the queen you hear in the game. That's my guess anyways.
AWWWWWWWWW YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Time to rev up Gears again in September.
haha, oh lord. Actually gonna play with us this time? >:[
If you guys actually decide to play. >:]
Maybe they'll increase the host advantage even MORE! Talk about innovation!
You know, I find that people who ***** about host advantage usually suck at the game. Not pointing fingers or anything, just making a side observation.
It exists but it's not as bad an uphill battle as you make it seem.
Never said it was an "uphill battle" it's just worse in UE3 games than anything else. It's like comparing CoD4 to Gears, client-side hit detection to server-side hit detection. Gears has more bullet lag and shoddy hit detection than CoD4 because of the way the engine is built. It's not game-breaking, but let's face it, any sort of lag or host advantage is bad and Gears/Rainbow/other UE3 games have it worse than anything else.
Maybe I just didn't notice. :/
Didn't you typically host anyways? That might be why. I mean, even I notice it and I have a good connection, so there's obviously something up. And the fact of the matter is the shotgun's hit detection is all over the place, and the term "host-shotty" it tossed around for a reason! Pretty lame, but whatever, it comes packed in with UE3 and seems to be unavoidable. Luckily games like Rainbow are fun enough that it isn't such a big deal. And honestly, the various problems in Gears is what made it such a fun game to play.
I didn't host too much, really. I made it a habit to go against the host when he made himself known since I felt like a loser jumping on host team on the get-go because of the advantage people kept talking about. Maybe I'm biased or something. :/
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Vegas 2 levels of rehash.
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Not even close, dude. They've actually added quite a few new things and revamped the rest from the looks of it. There's more going on and it looks better to boot. Well, like shiny, therefore better.
As long as the multiplayer's still ****ty!
I'm looking forward to using the human shield in multiplayer. You have to admit that would be sweet. On the downside, I see the chainsaw duels getting really annoying.
I can't imagine running into it too often. Most of the time when you chainsaw a dude is from behind anyways. Seems like you both have to see it coming. And meat shield in multi is going to suuuuuuuuuuck. Instead of just humping some kid that's downed you'll be carrying him around everywhere.
But yeah, all this game needs is overly epic, ****ty music and I'll be happy.
But the shield is just an option. If you still wanna dry hump a locust, have at it.
I'm thinking though, if someone picks you up as a shield, it's like you're revived maybe. So if your teammate can get a headshot on the guy who's got you, you break free. Adds a little bit of strategy to shallow multiplayer.
An option, yes. But everyone will do it instead of the humping thing. Guaranteed. Then you gotta wait around until they decide to finally let you go and youre just like UGH
http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/05/24/gears-of-war-2-x360-multiplayer-details-confirmed/
# Ten person, 5v5 online multiplayer.
# Yes, Gears of War 2 will have a Halo-style matchmaking system.
# There will be respawning multiplayer modes, but the focus is still towards traditional non-respawn gaming.
# Multiplayer game modes:
- "Guardian" game mode: A remade version of Gears' Assassination game mode where the objective is still to kill the other team's leader, but players keep respawning as long as their leader is alive. Opponents' leader will be marked on the HUD to keep the game moving along.
- "Wingman" game mode: You and a buddy team up, sharing a single character model in this five teams of two game mode.
- "Meatflag" game mode: A CTF-style mode where the "flag" is actually an AI-controlled player who'll wander the map and attempt to kill anyone who gets near. To "capture" him, you'll have to first down, then escort him as a meatshield all the way back to your base, all while your opponents are trying to kill you and shoot at the "flag". Because, if shot at enough, your meatshield flag will break free, go berserk and deal out the pain. Respawning will be featured in this game mode as well as stats for the amount of kills the AI-controlled flag dished out
# Multiplayer maps:
- Around a dozen maps will be included on disc.
- "Gridlock": A remake of the Gridlock we've all come to know and love, but taken over by vegetation, old age and now featuring a beautiful sun-setting glow.
- "River": Symmetrical map featuring a house and a sniper tower separated by (you guessed it) a river.
- "Security": A long, thin map with "verandas" on each side that are sealed off by red laser bars. In the center of the map is a button to deactivate all the security for roughly 20 seconds.
# Fishing moves when an enemy is downed:
- "X" button: Traditional curb-stomp.
- "B" button: Melee attack that will be weapon specific. (Longshot sniper rifle will be used as a golf club of death.)
- "Y" button: Flips your opponent over and let's you punch in their face ... UFC style.
- "A" button: Use your enemy as a "meatshield" that limits your weapon choice to a pistol. And, yes, your meatshield can and will disintegrate in your arms after taking on enemy fire. If they don't get ripped apart, you can always dispense of your meatshield with a good old snap of the neck.
# Random weapon location respawns will be used, but only for certain weapons not including power weapons, pistols or grenades.
# All weapons have a variable amount of "stopping power" that'll slow down an opponent's running or diving abilities.
# Weapons:
- Players will have the option of spawning with the chainsaw-equipped Lancer or the newly modified Locust Hammerburst.
- "Scorcher" weapon: A flamethrower that we're promised will produce some uber-realistic fire.
- "Medusa" weapon: A new Locust pistol that is said to be extremely powerful, pumping out five to six rounds per shot downing enemies in a few shots. Said to be the perfect compliment to a meatshielder.
- "Hammerburst" weapon: Changed a bit, now requiring players to pump the trigger as fast as possible (think Halo 3's Carbine). Though, recoil will increase the faster it's fired.
# Grenades:
- Can be stuck to people, walls, the floor and any other surface to be used as a makeshift proximity mine.
- As before, players will spawn with one smoke grenade.
- Smoke grenade: Now carries a "stun" effect that "ragdolls any player within their blast radius".
- Poison gas grenade: Spews poison that will kill anyone who lingers in its poisonous cloud.
# Chainsaw Duels:
- Whoever does the quickest amount of "B" button tapping will be victorious.
- Your teammates can help give you an edge in the duel by shooting the opponent which will give you the upper hand on the "B" button mini-game.
- No duel will occur if a player is chainsawed from behind. Instead, the sexy "butt to head" chainsaw animation will kick in giving the attacker and instant kill.
# The cover system has been subtly reworked, where players' gun and body sit tighter to cover making it harder for your enemies to get an attacking angle.
# Bullet shields described as "metal bucklers" that can be carried as indestructible cover. The trade-off being that only a pistol can be wielded and movement is slowed dramatically. One benefit of the bullet shield is that it can be planted into the ground for mobile cover, though we're told enemies can kick it over if they get close enough.
# Once killed in a non-respawn game, players will enter a "dynamic battle-cam" that floats above the action.
# Also available (when dead) will be a Ghost Cam where players can view the action from the battlefield and take screenshots that can be uploaded online similar to Halo 3.
# Hammerhead Grunt Locust revealed and named as such because of his shark looking helmet.
# The GoW2 Collector's Edition may include a weathered looking Polaroid of Dom's wife, the same one seen at the beginning of the game.
# Development on Gears 2 is roughly at 65% complete.
# Don't count on Call of Duty 4 style XP or perks, Cliff says they will not be adding these types of character building elements to the Gears universe.
Man, those sound like some really good additions! The AI flag thing should be pretty ****ing hilarious I'd say
Oh my *** I can't wait.
Yeah, eh? Because with all those additions you KNOW they're going to **** more than a few up and that's going to make it kickass. Plus, epic music will surely return.
MEOW, MEOW-MEOW, MEOW-MEOWWWWW.... MEOW, MEOW-MEOW, MEOW-MEOWWWWW, MEOWWWW, MEEEEOOOOOOOWWWWW.
I hope they **** up BIG TIME.
Man... can't believe I knew the tune just from reading that. Well, actually I can because it's the greatest tune. But yeah, guaranteed to **** up. I'll cry if it's actually decent.
Oh, I forgot to ask:
Do you have the GoW OST?
I do. Epic music.
Nah. It was posted awhile ago but I forgot to grab it.
Huh, just ordered GoW. And the first one. Haven't played it yet.
http://kotaku.com/5019711/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-gears-of-war-2-multiplayer
Cliff talks about almost all the new additions and tweaks alongside video of Gears 2
http://kotaku.com/5019755/leaked-gears-2-beta-footage
Beat footage taken from the demo showing a Guardian match (with good players!) and another beta video showing various tweaks, weapons and executions in action.
like, 25 minutes of video in total. Pretty awesome stuff.
I preordered my replica and limited edition on Amazon today. NICE.
Intentional or not, that "NICE" made me think of Marcus getting a Perfect Reload.
What's in the Limited Edition anyway? Too ****ing expensive around these parts for me to spend all that extra cash on it.
shiny tin
if it was a good collector's edition, they'd at least have replica cog tags.
Problem is that it ISN'T a good edition, so I preordered my Lancer replica to make it super-NICE.
eat **** and die fate
I'm going to MySpace the **** out of that ****.
requesting tit + lancer shot
you can do it
I can see it now...
...lol gears 2. I should probably play the first one someday!
decent game
hate how long it takes to kill stuff though
So you get a code to use a golden lancer for online multiplayer if you get the Limited Edition. Buying the replica of the lancer is lame... you should put that money you waste on it towards something more useful like a..... Mitsubishi Lancer!!
Really, what is useful? In this would we live in,
I don't have a driver's license. What the hell do I need a car for?
I think they went a little far with the whole 'everything in this world is already familiar' plot points. I was like '... who is maria, who's having a child? why are they planting a bomb?' worth it for LOOKIT AW DAT JOOCE though.
Looks like Gears 2 is going to be just as non-specific and general as the first though. Gonna keep the plot as open as possible so they can keep churning out the sequels. Wouldn't be surprised if Epic came out with GEARS OF TOURNAMENT 2012 eventually.
idk, they're apparently putting a lot more into the script and expanding on a lot of the backstory, so we'll see. Plus, iir, they left out nearly all the plot because they didn't think gamers would want to sit through it. Then they got complaints and found out people actually like story. Go figure.
I think it was a smart move to leave the story out of the game. Gears is built on testosterone and the backstory wasn't the focus AT ALL, like the shooting was. There is an elaborate story, you just have to independently search for it online.
It was smart for Gears 1, not smart for Gears 2. It'll need something more now that everyone is horribly familiar with Gears' mechanics.
ending leaked
turns out COG were the bad guys all along, no joke
Well that's not really surprising if it's true. I mean, humans started to inhabit another planet, rip it apart, drain it of its resources, start wars, etc etc. Obviously the locust have been there longer so...
Speaking of Gears 2, there was a promotional display at GameStop with real COG tags on them. I asked the guys there if there was any merch I could buy and one of them ended up giving me the not-for-sale replacement tags for the display. I am amazing.
good looking girl walking into a geek shop asking for stuff and actually gets it? WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT
though, are they the tags with the little codes on them? The ones from E for All? I'm assuming they are, and if so, those things look badass.
and you have the lancer coming too, right?
holy ****, marcus fenix cosplayu~
and carlos can be the dom
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gotta shop fate and trigger's heads on here somehow
The little print on the tags say "Property of the Coalition of Ordered Goverment" and the other just says "Gears of War 2". I came.
fuuuuck, take a picture of it.
make sure the tags are dangling right over tits for maximum pwnage
I don't like this photo!
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Oh, totally not the ones I was thinking of, but those are actually pretty **** cool. Makes more sense than the E for All ones too I guess, since those were huge and shiny.
I think the realistic wear of the cogs is what really sold it for me.
Yeah, wouldn't be half as badass if they looked new. Could probably sell those for a pretty penny if you wanted to.
They're priceless. <333
I didn't realize GoW 2 was coming out so soon. No chance in hell that I'll be able to finish Fallout 3 before I get GoW ploppin' in my mailbox.
:(
Yeah... kinda why I'm not playing Fallout right now. Oblivion wasn't the type of game you should not put on the backburner, and fallout is no different.
kinda hard to believe we're having to schedule our ******* entertainment time
Yeah, oddly enough last year was a better year for games in general, but this is a better holiday season. Which is really lame. I don't understand why they can't just spread the releases around, since people are going to buy Fallout no matter what month it drops in.
GTAIV proved that time year doesn't effect your sales as much as people thought. Mirror's Edge, Prince of Persia and Banjo-Kazooie would all have been A+++ MUST BUYS for me during the summer, but now I'm like 'mehhhhh wait till next year'.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WRONG GAMES COMPANIES HFUISJGFSL
I'm still getting ME and PoP this holiday. Too big of a fag for prince of persia not to buy it.
oh, and future shop is giving away those cog tags and a "HEADSHOT LOCTUS FIGURE" or something on the day of release for free. gonna go pick them up.
MIRROR'S EDGE DEMO **** I ALMOST FORGOT
Oh ****! Totally forgot. DOWNLOADING NOOOOOOOOOOOW
80% done, yesss
"For some unexplainable reason, I cannot access internet from my computer at this time. Therefore I am writing this down now. I just finished Gears 2, and to everyone who said it’d be like the first, you were right. Updated, with more death and violence (although less gore.) You’ll be spending most of the game in the Hollow, ride a few vehicles and see old friends again. Some fires look horrible, corpses vanish almost immediately, and the blood still has a weird look to it. And unless you score a headshot with a sniper rifle, you’ll waste nearly a mag on any single enemy.
But, I’d certainly suggest it to anyone who liked the first game. Like I said, it’s Gears v.2, more or less. But you can easily blaze through the game in about ten hours, probably less. One thing made my heart skip a beat, however. At the end of the first level, the game froze and the console shut down. I looked at the console and saw to my horror, the red ring of death. Luckily, it only happened once and it worked perfectly fine after I restarted it. Nevertheless, a warning to those who care deeply for their boxes. :)"
That was yesterday night. Think I'm going to go at it again. Hardcore this time.
well that ending sure sucked huh guys
Can't say I minded.
Online is slow as **** though. Wait ten minutes to find a match, "HOST HAS REMOVED YOU FROM THIS SESSION," wait ten minutes to find a match, everyone leaves because they don't like the gametype, then you're stuck on a team with two people against five and the only way you can leave is by going out to your dashboard...
hopefully they fix that quick. Though, it would've been easier if they just, you know, did a beta.
Nah, no proven link. It happens to just about every new game that comes out because people tend to play them for hours on end and then blame it on the game when the console burns out.
see: the x and fallout 3
doesn't really matter, defective hardware can strike AT ANY TIME!!!!
WELL THE PATCH IS OUT GUYS!
http://gearsforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=640626
Gonna try it later tonight.
Good. Although playing horde wasn't so bad, WAS IT ANT
naw, it sucked.
You always think it sucks.
it sucked because tears of war poo sucks
[COLOR="Yellow"]I just beat the game and . . . I don't get it. Somebody explain what happened, was it good or bad?[/COLOR]
If you stayed 'til the end of the credits and got the secret message, along with the fact that the queen escaped, it kind of makes it seem like there's gonna be a third game. Heard rumors of it, but that's about it.
why wasnt there another rap soooooooooooooong
credits are hella looong.
HERE I COME, HORDE
And what happened to Dizzy. I bet he survived and comes back to kick Locust ***. Either that or he was captured, broken and now serves the Locust.
Dude Huge realised he was a ****ty character and didn't care to bring him back.
wasn't there a latino character too they ignored
You talking about Tai? Although I can't exactly tell his ethnicity. He was more like a bear.
Hawaiian. He wasn't ignored. Got captured, committed suicide.
WHAT
did you even play the game?
Uhh, yeah, it was kind of a big deal that he committed suicide considering they TALKED ABOUT IT for the rest of the game. lol
I could see the character designer screaming in agony since his cool-looking character had to die.
[quote=Vampiro V. Empire;909079]did you even play the game?nope, i will at some point i guess
everyone seems to think i own gears for some reason
it came out four days after xbox 360 MK1 died...
Oh yeah. Thought you've played it since. Locust captured him, Marcus and Dom found him a couple hours later all beat up and completely out of it. Dude stumbles towards them and blows his brains out with a shotty.
In that case, you're gay.
Even I've played it. wow
it takes a ridiculous amount of time to find teammates/matches >:[ and then people quit when the game they voted for doesn't get picked, h8 h8 h8
They patched that, G-Sides.
Although I think X doesn't like it because he's afraid of big, bear-ish men.
Still didn't fix people quiting and then you getting stuck on a team of you and one person against five only to realise you can't quit the match unless you back out to the dashboard.
Love this game. Shame about the matchmaking