Gears of War 2: Gameplay debut
2008-05-10 09:41:13 by Snoopers
Epic and Microsoft drop the bomb and release the first gameplay video of Gears of War 2. Two minutes of extreme violence and fire, for what appears to be an explosive hyperbole of the first title. Visually, it looks stunning.
Gameplay debut
Since 1075 Days
2008-05-11 00:26:35 In reply to Genocide (2008-05-11 00:25:02)
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Mass Effect - March 10th - Continue the Fight!!!
Bitches!!
Since 1183 Days
2008-05-11 00:40:46
Saweeeeet !!!
Wanna see more features and weapons !
Since 1200 Days
2008-05-11 00:46:54 In reply to YingYangDragon (2008-05-11 00:39:26)
Since 717 Days
2008-05-11 01:08:43 In reply to Ronsauce (2008-05-10 23:11:58)
But if they figure out a way to still keep the Gears feeling and not have it turn into just a bigger clusterfuck, then all the power to them.
A major MP issue was the rediculous lag. Whenever you're playing across atlantic games you could expect to have a latency to be in the 300-500ms range (don't quite me on that, but when you shot at the ground it sometimes took what felt like half a second to hit the ground). Hosting a game, while being somewhat decent, always ensured you a win.
Another issue is the party system: There is none. The online part is very simplistic and basic. I'm not saying they should put out something refined as Halo 3's, but allowing for groups of people partying up to play ranked matches is what I whish for the most.
Since 1200 Days
2008-05-11 01:22:14 In reply to Viginti_Tres (2008-05-11 01:08:43)
Since 924 Days
2008-05-11 01:22:22 In reply to nobelium (2008-05-10 13:56:14)
If you can mange to wrap you head around the idea that I never said it didn't look better than yay for you. It doesn't look THAT much better. It looks maybe 5% better than the first game. Maybe.
EDIT:
I was expecting better animations and a video that made me excited for the game. AS A GEARS FAN, that video did not impress me. They will have to a bit more than that to get me excited.
Since 533 Days
2008-05-11 01:29:14 In reply to RuneX (2008-05-11 01:22:22)
Since 1193 Days
2008-05-11 01:29:32
Finally, XBOX 360 owners have something to look forward to. Saw the trailer and I can't wait to play that level.
Since 970 Days
2008-05-11 01:34:07
This place has gotten almost as bad a NeoGAF. C'mon guys, you can do much better than this. Lighten up and stop bringing up games that have nothing to do with the game we're currently discussing. Your enjoyment of your favorite game/system isn't going to change if a different game/system does or doesn't look better than it. Who the hell cares? People are way too sensitive.
Since 1200 Days
2008-05-11 01:44:17 In reply to wuffyx (2008-05-11 01:29:32)
Don't really follow much video game news, do you?
Since 362 Days
2008-05-11 01:52:06
holy shit.... these comments are amazing.... wtf is wrong with people -_-
Bernard Pavot
Since 514 Days
2008-05-11 01:53:38 In reply to Drew (2008-05-11 01:34:07)
I'd like people to accept a game for what it is, no matter the platform. Isn't this all gaming is about? I feel some guys are acting like children, in french we used to say "my father is stronger than yours", that's kind of the same thing really. Which is sad, because some people actually get angry over insults and comparisons.
@Drew : I don't think GSY is getting as bad as NeoGAF. In fact, I don't even know why you think GAF is bad. When a website / community gets popular, just like GSY or GAF over the years, it's unfortunate but you WILL have close-minded people on board too that will do nothing but try to stir up some shit online. The mod team, myself and other staff members here at GSY insure everything stays respectful, and believe me people get banned when they don't respect our simple rules.
Again to everyone, Killzone 2 has NOTHING to do with GOW2. They are not on the same system, nor are they of the same genre (FPS versus 3rd person shooter). They do share some stuff, but if you bring up KZ2 in a GOW2 thread, you are either asking for trouble or plain ignorant of our rules. Please refrain doing so, and if you dare doing so, at least don't try to say which one if better, less flawed, etc.
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If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh.
Since 927 Days
2008-05-11 01:56:00 In reply to Drew (2008-05-10 13:17:53)
Let them live in denial, guys. Stop feeding them and they'll eventually go away.
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Wii60!
"We've said that Gears of War was graphically the best game have ever been made, well it looks like Pong compared to Crysis and some of the DX10 titles."
-Gary Whitta (Venting on the NG podcast after Coming back from the Games for Windows)
Since 805 Days
2008-05-11 01:57:06
ok
I loved it...it is all they were saying it would be
but anyone knows wtf happened to "a fully destructible world"?
right now bullets are not even leaving marks on the metal of the vehicles
Since 1222 Days
2008-05-11 01:58:31
I got caught up in all the "boulet time"-ing completely unfairly. I didn't say anything out of line, I didn't even compare it to another game!
Anyway, I feel I need to reiterate my points in the off chance that I was misunderstood.
I think this was a bad piece of gameplay to show off as the first thing we'd see from Gears 2. I'm glad that they'd show gameplay straight away, rather than just tease us constantly with trailers, but it just wasn't epic enough without some story context. I'm excited anyway, just because the original was so good, but I think if this was my introduction to the game series, I wouldn't see anything interesting but the graphics.
From a technical standpoint, yes there are improvements from the original, and it sure does look to be one of the greatest looking games ever made. However, (I think I must've been living in a dream world) but I did imagine that the game would look a little less like the original. I imagine it's because most sequels usually have a longer gap in between and run on different engines. Like Halo 1 -> 2. Still, the graphics in the original were so good they probably could've gotten away with just adding weapons, improving the frame-rate and making a new campaign.
I imagine I got boulet timed for the fact that I mentioned GOW1.5, which was just a joke. I do have to say though, as a big fan of Gears, I am slightly disappointed by this sneak peek. But hey, I'm willing to accept that it's mainly my fault for having unreal expectations (no pun intended).
Bernard Pavot
Since 514 Days
2008-05-11 01:58:39
If you think we are not taking this matter seriously, you should know at least 10 people got bans in this single thread for unjustified comments, trolling, and so on. We are here to discuss videogames, and not create clans for various platforms.
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If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh.
Since 970 Days
2008-05-11 02:00:37 In reply to Kudgel (2008-05-11 01:53:38)
Since 717 Days
2008-05-11 02:12:33 In reply to cooleo_no1 (2008-05-11 01:58:31)
I think this was a bad piece of gameplay to show off as the first thing we'd see from Gears 2. I'm glad that they'd show gameplay straight away, rather than just tease us constantly with trailers, but it just wasn't epic enough without some story context. I'm excited anyway, just because the original was so good, but I think if this was my introduction to the game series, I wouldn't see anything interesting but the graphics.
But if they wanted to show off graphics it wasn't a good one. Way too hectic, when you watch some good caps/stills from the trailer you'll see that it is indeed breathtaking. I for one had to watch twice, first time for the action, next time looking at the graphics. I hope they still have these city levels with huge buildings. And I like them to pull of a level that is much like the first GoW in engine target render we ever saw (Mad World), with these graphics (just because I think it's well possible this time). Now that'd blow me away completly, in terms of graphics at least.
Since 969 Days
2008-05-11 02:36:07 In reply to dcdelgado (2008-05-11 00:26:35)
Well, yeah, but then it's not really pre alpha to me ! Both R2 and GoW2 are both beta at least, and they've shown a quite polished level of GoW2. I'm really sick with all the pre alpha, 40% complete BS... like KZ2, 40% complete, is gonna be releasaed in 2011 ? Well 3 years since E3 2005, 40%...
Gears is looking amazingly polished, the framerate is buttersmooth, that's great ! And KZ2 is looking great as well !
Anyway, eventhough this trailer looks great, I don't want the game to look that way, I would miss Gears1's gameplay, this trailer looks way too scripted, CoD4 for me ;-)
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Fanboy officiel de Gears of War 2. Le premier qui critique les textures ou le framerate, je sors mon M107 !
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Since 1161 Days
2008-05-11 02:42:16
Obviously this game brings out something in all fanboys. Man, the influence this game has is pretty incredible.
Since 1154 Days
2008-05-11 02:59:18
Gears of War single handedly destroyed all hype of the PS3 Launch. Now KZ2 looking like the superstar of Sony Technology gets few days in the spot light only to be stripped of its hyped by Gears of War 2.
Both shooters
Both exclusive to their respective console
Both at the bleeding edge of 3D graphics.
It's hard to say they are not Swords and Shield of MS and Sony
Since 1144 Days
2008-05-11 03:26:51
I wish this trailer wasn't so dark
Also the conflict you speak of on here has been steadily increasing ever since the 360 and PS3 sites joined together
So it's not really too new
Since 337 Days
2008-05-11 04:05:43 In reply to Tinks (2008-05-11 03:26:51)
Also the conflict you speak of on here has been steadily increasing ever since the 360 and PS3 sites joined together
So it's not really too new
I'm curious, what was the PS3 site called?
Since 1161 Days
2008-05-11 04:11:40 In reply to Contra (2008-05-11 04:05:43)
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