First Gears of War 2 Gameplay Footage - Kotaku Comments

First Gears of War 2 Gameplay Footage

alby13 — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:35:45 MDT

@The Black Pigeon: Gow 2 will have Cole. Check my blog.

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alby13 — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:33:25 MDT

@Chief2BeaR: Where do you get that idea? The only thing we have seen about them turning on each other is when a Berserker breaks free from the Locust drones holding her down. They definitely won't shoot each other for no reason.

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alby13 — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:30:36 MDT

@Burguois: Gears of War was best experienced on the 360. It's a shame that the PC got exclusive content.

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alby13 — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:28:03 MDT

@Erwin: LOL you're right. I know exactly what you're talking about. I guess they have thick skulls or something. =P

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alby13 — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:26:09 MDT

@Eon.: Right! Exactly right. Everyone here would rather play this BAD ASS level than play the one in Gears 1 where you had to drive the junker!

Just let me drive the Derrick and have me run over some Locust. That alone provides tons of satisfaction.

man in gauze is king ramses II, silly.

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number_77 — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:03:11 MDT

hay isn't that the guy from gears of war 1?

number_77

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lucky_7s — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:23:23 MDT

oh and dugdawg...for someone who just typed all that up, calling someone else a fanboy...you should really reconsider what you just said

lucky_7s

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lucky_7s — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:21:10 MDT

looks like the same game but with different maps...looks more like new content than a seperate game to me, i have to agree with the gears 1.5 comments

lucky_7s

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Nexus6 — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:14:47 MDT

@chiefpoopingpants: I think you should realise that you poo'd your pants after that chainsaw duel. Why so much ignorance when you haven't even played the game. Seriously !

Nexus6

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trunk666 — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:46:49 MDT

picked up gears 1 again.....gonna learn them maps....gonna play 2 online the day it comes out....bet.

trunk666

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man in gauze is king ramses II, silly. — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:23:37 MDT

I see CliffyB has recieved a major graphical update. But does he still play as well? ;]

I don't want my hardware failing on me again though...

The commercial in the middle is okay, I guess. They ripped basically all of it off of Gears of War, though.

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Tomahawk214 — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:09:45 MDT

Why do you guys call it GoW 1.5? It's not a proper sequel if it doesn't have a different HUD? GoW 1's HUD is just fine. This game looks amazing, the hostage thing was badass, so was the chainsaw duel, and finally the Brumaks.

Tomahawk214

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MegaMako — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:58:25 MDT

Looks great! I loved the first game and I am sure I will love this one. I'm sure its going to be a blast. I'm sure the game will be epic like the first one. Anyone that says it looks like crap most likely do not play FPS's nor have an XB360 anyways. LOL

The bottom line is that this game is going to be the on the top of the sales charts when it's released. I will be one of the first people in line. :)

MegaMako

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batstimpy — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:22:41 MDT

@Asurastrike: Hehe. just read that blog (doesnt deserve to be called an article). now thats fanboyism at its finest

batstimpy

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Ezekiel06 — Sat, 10 May 2008 10:17:09 MDT

Don't know what everyone is talking about. Graphics are improved. you can't tell from this vid, but download the HD vid from GT. Higher frame rate, higher detail, better lighting. But whether you say the graphics are better or not, the game looks like a lot of fun.

Ezekiel06

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CCCombobreaker — Sat, 10 May 2008 10:06:40 MDT

After seeing this video and the GI screen shots I can honestly say that it looks much better than gears 1. It's amazing. Can't wait to play it.

CCCombobreaker

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ghettosmurf — Sat, 10 May 2008 10:01:56 MDT

I don't think it has the 'ooomph' that the first game did. Just more of the same now.

ghettosmurf

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Eon. — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:57:38 MDT

I think some people need to look beyond the graphics. The new weapons look great and the level shows us that we can expect much more intense and hectic battles against the Locust. Also I like the new feature which allows you to use a Locust as a human shield.(Yes Ironically Locust isn't human :P)

Eon.

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llamaman13 — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:55:19 MDT

how would you guys improve these grafix? they are amazing, thell me one thing that would make it look better

llamaman13

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mcool93 — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:53:56 MDT

This game looks good, though we can expect more of an evolution (much like sequels such as gran turismo and project gotham racing) than a revolution. Worst of all is that games like uncharted and gta copied gears' gun play, and maybe this time around, gow2 will not be as fresh as the first time around. Though, I fully expect gears2 to be the best looking game yet.

mcool93

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okenny :) — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:45:07 MDT

@McKack: LOL, maybe you're playing it on the wrong system :p

... I keed, I keed. The frame rates for GTA is actually quite good. People forget they watch movies in 24 FPS. It's OK really :) doesn't get in the way of "my" gameplay. Trust me... increasing the limits of a console is all about finding faster ways to do the same rendering techniques and this only gets better over time.

...

Anyways, back to GoW. I loved the meat shield and the eventual neck-snap... awe man this game is bad-ass in so many ways.

One of the most interesting parts about this footage is that the engine seems to be at the point where the video cut scenes of the last game can be done in real-time now with higher quality. This will hopefully allow for a longer game even if it means just larger levels.

I thought it was also hilarious how one commenter stated "killzone who?" and a few pages later another one claimed that GoW2 footage ripped of the killzone 2 trailer. People, the madness has got to stop (LOL)!

I hope this footage is a sign that Epic will start leaking footage at a regular drip from now on.

@musicgangATL: The original sold over 5 million... this is going to clean up :) Epic know they fucked up when they tried to butter someone else's bread... they came home for a hearty meal :D

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SpiralJacobs — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:42:09 MDT

Weird posts here. The game looks amazing. Not sure what anyone else is looking at. It looks like Gears of War with a hell of a lot more going on, and some tweaked general visuals. Getting that much more going on in the game is impressive by itself.

SpiralJacobs

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McKack — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:25:46 MDT

I don't understand the mentality of those of you who expect the visuals in console games to improve tenfold when a sequel is released.
PC, sure, but it's not like you can upgrade the 360's hardware, it's actually pretty pre-gen now.
The only game (of the "big" ones) I've played in the last year or two that runs smooth AND looks good is Devil May Cry 4. The framerates in GTA IV for instance is a damn joke, proof that the limit have been reached and violated long ago. Sometimes feel like I'm playing Killzone on the PS2.

McKack

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okenny :) — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:17:55 MDT

@mind in rewind: OMG! That was efing awesome! The best part was at the end with the musical "thud" and th screen shook and it said " They do not understand" (this was part of the original game in case you're wondering). Tit seriously reminded me of some of the Kotaku posters.. as though it was a message to them. Again I have to reiterate: STYLE and QUALITY are not the same. You can stay true to style and push quality which is exactly what I'd say GoW2 is doing and seemingly doing VERY well.

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chrix — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:11:36 MDT

bigger? how? he only can run around on that vehicle. badder? i don't think so, Marcus didn't even curse. more badass- lolz. I can chainsaw people in the back now. is that it?

it looks like they just tried to mix those intense elements of CoD4 into the Gear Environment.

Gears of War 1.5

chrix

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musicgangATL — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:09:27 MDT

5 million sold prediction

musicgangATL

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--Core-- — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:01:10 MDT

I have not even had the chance to play the first game. But it was pretty cool to watch that large missile totting monster get its brains literally blown out there toward the end.

--Core--

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okenny :) — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:01:00 MDT

@slomo788: The Zepher's bought down the failures dramatically and the Jasper will do amazing things for system reliability and price. I hear it may hit the streets in August.

I plan to buy the first Bluray-120GBHD-65nmChipset-HDMI quadruple (1in the pink, 1 in the peepee, and two in the stink) threat that I see.

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PowerButton — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:56:24 MDT

@neodoom:

Same as me, i brought the console ust for GoW, when i saw it, i thought " this is insane", but the console broke on me, and i never want to hear to talk about anything with xbox or 360 on it. is a piece of shit. On the order side i have a ps3 and its rocks, that quote "the ps3 has no games bla bla bla" is from 1 year ago, now it has the same quantity of games as 360. with some more exclusives to come.

Every time i hear "ps3 has no games" i feel like i back in time to 2007. This is 2008 dudes, come on and get it

PowerButton

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Solid_hedgehog — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:53:23 MDT

If ain't broken don't fix it. Gears is great, what's wrong with this being more of the same? I bet you guys would LOVE to see more of the same old mario gameplay.

Solid_hedgehog

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Lou3000 — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:51:31 MDT

Improved graphics? Who cares GoW is still the most impressive game on any system. I don't really love it, but when I want to show off what a 360 can do I pop GoW in.

Lou3000

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okenny :) — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:48:36 MDT

@ManjiKengo: Failures are a GOOD reason for buyers remorse! If my 360 crapped out on me and it wasn't for the fun, plans, and games I had on the system, I'd probably never buy one again.

It's seriously horrible to call someone whose had a RROD a troll, that shit would make anyone bitter!

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okenny :) — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:44:43 MDT

At this point many people have probably said their piece and nobody is listening to anyone anymore but I'd like to add two things:

1) People need to remember that graphics STYLE and visual QUALITY are two different things. You can stay true to style while increasing the visual quality.

2) I'm enjoying the heck out of this thread. I'm having a good morning so I'll take the 40 minutes to read through this whole thread... I'm done with a good part of page one and I just had to say something.

Regardless of the opinions on here, I remembered how much fun I had with one and I was literally giddy while watching this footage so two is a pre-order-launch-line buy for me :)

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Darkeric — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:42:26 MDT

WOW! it's gears of war 1 with a new story, better graphics, more weapons, and "cqc"! I will get this for the story and teh cqc! I wonder if solid snake is in it!

Darkeric

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Mpalm. — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:39:29 MDT

@Kanik: No ps3 can't play a game made for 360. You can ask your 360 the same question about ps3 games.

Mpalm.

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Victor-Ward — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:38:48 MDT

aslong as it can fix the texture loading being so slow then its all good. looked amazing in this clip more "epic"

Victor-Ward

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josh51 — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:38:34 MDT

Looks good, hopefully it won't all be epic battles like this one, but some return to the creepier stuff, like the underground chapter. And where you saw all the locust charging along the ground; awesome.

josh51

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C0MB1N3 C0MPL3X — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:32:30 MDT

I swear I'm not trying to make a pun, but... it looks a lot more epic than the first. haha.

C0MB1N3 C0MPL3X

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alextheblade — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:29:42 MDT

If it ain't broke don't fix it. Can't wait.

alextheblade

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YUYU — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:28:15 MDT

Graphics haven't changed. But they're still pretty.

YUYU

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Candlejack — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:26:01 MDT

@Kanik: Do what? Play a 360 game? No. No, it can't. Are you serious?

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Kanik — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:20:02 MDT

Jesus.

I just bought a PS3 yesterday (which cost me more than double of what I paid for my 360). I planned on selling my 360 because of space issues but not anymore.

Saw this video, then turned to my PS3 and said "can you do that?". I am now seeking medical help because I talk to inanimate objects.

Kanik

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el_rezzo — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:16:55 MDT

@chiefpoopingpants: It only showed 2 minutes of footage, of a mission that is obviously a tiny part of the game where you are being transported somewhere. At least 90% of the game will be the usual on foot action like the first game so don't take this as anything more than a glimpse at the graphical quality and a look at a few new techniques and weapons.

(and yes UT3 was disappointing but the mods made it worth the price of admission at least)

el_rezzo

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el_rezzo — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:14:04 MDT

@EvilFiek: I will keep complaining until my 360 stops breaking or I get a replacement unit that won't die within 12 months. I understand that it hasn't cost me a lot of money but it has taken away a lot of gaming hours, and between work and school and keeping a social life I get pretty frustrated when I can't play the games I paid for. When no-one has their units dying on them then I am sure we won't hear it come up as much. The install base was so big that even when/if Microsoft manufactures units that have an acceptable fail rate (3% or so I think is the industry standard) it will take a while for those units to be replaced/thrown out. My 360 struggles to start up and gived me more E74 errors each week before starting properly and I hope that by the time November arrives it will have died and been replaced so I can play this without worrying about getting half way through and having to wait 2+ weeks to get my 360 back.

el_rezzo

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Kaizin514 — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:13:32 MDT

i praise it too, why does everyone mention the visuals, ur talking about a game that still has roughly 4-5 months of work needed. the visuals already look better, sharper and cleaner. the new features look badass, this game will be epic, a definate buy. and as for the fanboy posts, this is not a fanboy article, please go argue on another thread...

Kaizin514

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rexor0717 — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:11:58 MDT

Wow, this looks really good. I would play that for sure. But Im not seeing any difference from Gears 1. Looks like more Unreal Engine Shiny Wet Plastic. But I do think the meat-shield is awesome.

rexor0717

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chiefpoopingpants — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:08:23 MDT

It looked incredibly boring. It looks like an on-rails level but with less excitement than Starfox 64.

it just shows someone fighting, at best, like one or two characters. Half of which don't even seem to know he exists.

The only difference between this and the original is there is slightly more colour. But it's still the same homo-erortic space marines playing peek-a-boo with aliens.

The story is weak sauce but this is coming form a company that called their game gears of wars and made the heroes the Cogs.

UT3 was a boring rehash and people realised it. I think a few more people are going to realise that about GOW2 too.

chiefpoopingpants

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LowNemesis — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:51:46 MDT

@doing: You do know that there is a Vibrant Setting under video options right?

LowNemesis

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iby777 — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:46:22 MDT

[www.gametrailers.com]

yeah it's pretty much Gears of War 1

iby777

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smuckers is good — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:46:08 MDT

Im usually not that into "more of the same", but i dug the first gow, and now that i've seen the gameplay, well... fuck it i could throw down 60 bucks for a slightly better version of the same game ive played before. I totally thought it felt more epic than anything ive played in the first game. Heck, i wasn't looking forward to the sequel in the first place, but now, im interested.

smuckers is good

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Cameroo — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:45:31 MDT

Hey Cliffy! Where is my Jazz Jackrabbit sequal? D:<

Cameroo

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Gutsman — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:44:15 MDT

If it 'aint broke, don't fix it.

Gutsman

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deceiver — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:41:18 MDT

Hello Matrix sentinel rip-offs?

deceiver

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KosherInfidel — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:40:59 MDT

Just FYI, it is no longer CliffyB, he now answers to Cliff Bleszinski. Major nelson and Geoff Keighley were sort of goofing on this on one of MN's podcasts recently. CB has grown up.

KosherInfidel

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Kato — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:40:51 MDT

I like how they fight not just a Brumak, but THREE Brumaks in the span of this video.

They seem to be upping their Brumak budget :D

Kato

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Scuba Steve — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:34:10 MDT

Gears is the new Halo.

For the good and bad reasons.

Scuba Steve

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Zanatos — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:32:36 MDT

So yeah, the graphics are a bit tweaked but look pretty much the same, you saying the first one had shitty graphics? Thats just you graphic whores out there. To me, GoW is about the gameplay, and more importantly the story, thats what got me hooked. It can look the same, thats fine, just as long as the gameplay and story havent suffered. Its a little thing called "if it aint broke, dont fix it", but the sad thing is all the mags and blogs that review it will chop points off because it doesnt give them a graphic orgasm.

Zanatos

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Libo — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:24:17 MDT

Good improvements in the single player campaign, although that was expected all along. I'm more concerned about the multiplayer portion, I hope they didn't end up using the same netcode.

Libo

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Garo — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:24:01 MDT

As a nonX360 owner: it looks awesome!

Garo

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zzt — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:19:50 MDT

OK, after seeing this, Haze and Killzone II can eat my shorts!

zzt

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EvilFiek — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:18:41 MDT

@el_rezzo:
Yeah but the difference is. New 360s don't break (that easily) anymore. So why still complain? I doubt people will complain about Home delays when it's finally released. You won't see every PS3 hijacked with people mourning that Home got delayed again, etc.

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el_rezzo — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:17:48 MDT

Looks great so far, the new gun looks a little like the spiker from H3 which is cool. The new animations for the chainsaw and using locust as cover could be interesting techniques. Battles look to be a hell of a lot more epic too, the shot with a dozen or more locust looked awesome.

el_rezzo

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logikil — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:17:14 MDT

For the sake of giving the complainers the benefit of the doubt, I downloaded the video on live to watch on my tv. The video stream on Kotaku looked good enough, but on a 61 in screen it looks fantastic. Those complaining about the graphics really are just very sad people indeed.

And i still think that to this date Uncharted is probably the best looking current gen game I've played to date with Gears and Bioshock coming up just behind it.

logikil

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poser85 — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:15:38 MDT

It looks more like an expansion pack than a squeal...

poser85

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el_rezzo — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:15:25 MDT

@interstate78: I own a 360 and I talk all the time about RROD. I have experienced it and the E74 error and a complete loss of visual output in the 2 and a bit years I have owned one. I actually thought most of the articles here showed preferance to 360 over the PS3 (or Wii). Take for example GTAIV or the newest DMC. Not that it's even much of a preference. Plenty has been made of Sony's problems over the last year and Kotaku jumped on them just as much as other gaming news sites. Remember the whole Home incident? Kotaku just calls it as it happens; Sony keeps delaying, Wii keeps using stupid online, and 360's keep breaking.

el_rezzo

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Beatboxtaun — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:13:42 MDT

I will definitely pre-order and pick it up at midnight. I consider myself a hardcore gammer so I pretty much pick up any great title on any system I'm not into the whole bias pro system thing. A great game is a great game.

Beatboxtaun

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def PD — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:13:33 MDT

That trailer got me pretty excited for GoW2. I liked the first one, but felt the campaign was waaaaay too short (just like everyone else). This was a good level to show off. I'm hoping for more epic battles such as this one they showed. =)

def PD

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pridex — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:13:27 MDT

You know what i hope... That the multi player is nothing like a typical FPS. Tight groups is what made the online.

pridex

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sirlaitier — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:11:37 MDT

Eh, it's like they duct taped two Gears of War 1s together.

I kid, I kid. Sure, it looks pretty familiar, but if it ain't broke...

sirlaitier

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I_fit_in — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:09:47 MDT

Cliffy's hair was a notable and indeed essential asset to the game's presentation =)

I_fit_in

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Sonic_and_Tails — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:09:41 MDT

Really, people need to look at that comparison video before they complain about the graphics being the same.

Technically, the engine runs much more impressively.

Artistically, the colors in the game are gorgeous. Great design. And I don't know about you, but there is about 10X as much going on at screen at once, and every character model looks a little better.

Don't know about anyone else, but I never thought Gears 2 would bring the massive, epic battles I hoped for in Halo 3. That alone is an accomplishment.

Well done. Count me as psyched (and I didn't expect to be).

Sonic_and_Tails

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SpuddOner — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:02:03 MDT

Wow, that intro went straight to gameplay, Impressive. I cant wait for Multiplayer Vids/Details, me and my buds always seem to go back to Gears from time to time. There's something satisfying about Gears while playing with/against friends that Halo3 or even COD4 don't have but COD4 is definitely a more complete/satisfying overall online experience. Nothing on PS3 could match the "GearsOfWar" online experience... Nothing. I have not had as many "OMFG!" moments playing online since quake 3 arena. This sequel is going to be insane.. There's nothing to compare this to, unless you want to claim Dark Sector.

SpuddOner

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spargo_1 — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:00:25 MDT

Nice. Will get.

But geez, abit slow today Kotaku, even if it is a Saterday.

Trying to milk the Gears Video for clicks as much as possible I guess. -_-"

spargo_1

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Candlejack — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:54:50 MDT

@rivalbigmac: 3rdly, im going to get a ps3, but ONLY for blue ray! Maybe an occasional game for exclusives. Personally their exclusive lineup does not appeal to me that much. MGS4=better graphics but not much innovation. same with Gran tourismo. same old same old. Besides the graphics overhaul its very last Gen to me.

Ignorance. That's all the above stands for. You won't get any flames pal.

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Candlejack — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:40:44 MDT

@EvilFiek: Fair enough :) I didn't mean to go offtopic. I think that Resistance2 will be more of a combatant to Gears2 than Killzone though.

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rivalbigmac — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:39:15 MDT

Ok, enough already. RROD is not as big an issue as it was with the launch 360. I had my launch system replaced, but since about 6 months in but now the replacement is still going strong. I have alot of friends that have an elite or the halo version and they have never experienced an issue so stop whining. the RROD is not an issue anymore except with older consoles,(your still going to get occasional failures on any electronic device)

2ndly the graphics running on just an OK quality stream aren't indicative of seeing the game running in real time on a 360 on a good 40inch HDTV. This game looks atleast as good as GOW1 with ALOT more action which means Gameplay should be improved and overal immersion will be increased. Stop complaining you whiners!

3rdly, im going to get a ps3, but ONLY for blue ray! Maybe an occasional game for exclusives. Personally their exclusive lineup does not appeal to me that much. MGS4=better graphics but not much innovation. same with Gran tourismo. same old same old. Besides the graphics overhaul its very last Gen to me. IMO...
feel free to flame me now!

rivalbigmac

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SAKY — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:31:21 MDT

@mphz: the original was broken, think they can fix it?

SAKY

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dalos — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:30:37 MDT

omfg that looks sweet! i like the fact that they've got a wide open battlefield, something that wasn't really done on the first one, and the gun looks slightly different aswell, is it an extended end? it also has a sight on it aswell. I absolutely loved the first one but this one looks waaay better and definately faster paced. Roll on November!

dalos

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SAKY — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:30:08 MDT

What do I think? Well, how much can you really polish a turd?

SAKY

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mphz — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:29:48 MDT

Game Informer pointed out some of the new graphical capabilities of the latest Unreal Engine 3 in their GoW2 article. I'm looking forward to this with great interest.

And to all the naysayers: Ever heard the saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"? If you think you can make a better game, do it and quit yer bitchin'.

mphz

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Mpalm. — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:29:47 MDT

Looks good, but so similar to the first one. Hopefully they added more than just holding enemies as cover and a 2 second chainsaw grapple. I'm hoping the story is decent in this one. Hell, i'm hoping this one has a story.

Mpalm.

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RageW — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:29:30 MDT

Personally I think GoW1 sucks. Real bad story, and the game was just LotR The Two Towers with machine guns.
But the sequel looks interesting when the say that this game actually will have a story. And the big battlefields ain't a downside either.

Yeah, it motley looks like GoW1, but does it matter? HL2:E2 looks almost the same as HL2..

RageW

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Al3xandr0s — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:27:44 MDT

Well it's still for the 360, what else do you think they could have done with the graphics? Of course it looks the same though it seems to be able to handle larger battlefields and more enemies/stuff on screen at once so it's not like the visual quality hasn't improved at all. Regardless, I don't see how anyone could possibly expect something far removed from 1 in terms of graphics (or gameplay).

Al3xandr0s

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EvilFiek — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:16:32 MDT

@Candlejack:

Well, as I already said, it seems to look better, because of the great lightning system they are using. It's just the small details that seperate them from each other, but to be serious, I doubt we will see that much details in any game this generation...I simply doubt that the hardware can cope with that many small details. (As an simple example, if you look closely at the CG trailer in HD, you will notice, when the character reloads the bullet he puts in is COMPLETELY round....NO little edges, nowhere. And that attention to detail is simply too much for this generation)

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The Black Pigeon — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:10:55 MDT

You can talk until you're blue in the face about Gears 1.5 and marginally improved graphics, or whatever the hot fanboy argument is at this hour.

If GoW2 has no Cole Train, then Epic can shove it up their ass.

The Black Pigeon

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Candlejack — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:09:07 MDT

@EvilFiek: I thought the textures in the first 08 screenshot on the walls were incredible. I haven't seen much better than that. Maybe Crysis on Very High DX10.

Of course I was being optimistic. But I think it's closer to CG than any other game before it.

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stop2 — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:09:07 MDT

It looks amazing! Like little glistening claymation characters running around.

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Herbal23 — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:08:27 MDT

Great footage! I love this game!
Finished the first one at least 5 times. It was short and fun, like a good movie.
Online coop was amazing. 4 on 4 multyplayer worked really good. I don't think we need more. Host advantage was the real problem with GoW1. That's the only thing they need to fix.

Herbal23

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JakeDunn — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:05:05 MDT

actually it's not a dead body but a downed opponent, watch the finish move afterwards.

really like the hostage move for a human shield, awesome.

JakeDunn

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EvilFiek — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:03:17 MDT

@Candlejack:
Just because they are rusing a different lightning system doesn't mean it looks better than the CG from 05. If you look at the details, it's still miles off (Textures, small details like the rills on the weapons, character models). It's just the lightning that makes it seem better in comparison...on the first sight.

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Candlejack — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:49:32 MDT

@KEELr: What? Why wouldn't they? They're both exclusive to each console, so that doesn't make any sense.

Or do you mean as in game vs. game comparisons? Well sir, I don't think either game has to hide behind anything, but KZ2 is in some ways beating the CG from 05, visually.

:P I think KZ2 was merely pushed back because they have been focused on the engine and got it "running", now they need to add content to the game. I don't want a rushed product.

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polarenvy — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:46:10 MDT

@logikil:

Sorry Logikil I got the wrong man. Sorry about that!

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rubberbandmanzor — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:43:37 MDT

neat, looks like gears...

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KEELr — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:40:57 MDT

@Eddy666:
I actually laugh out loud at some of these comments. Gears 1.5?
How could they make It Gears 2 in your opinion? Change it to first person perspective? Put a red suit on Fenix?

If you ask me, here we have the reason Killzone 2 got delayedstationed.
There's no way Sony want their new flagship to compete against this one this coming fall.

KEELr

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Candlejack — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:37:54 MDT

Looks very similar to what I recall from playing the first one. It has way better lighting though and it looks a little better overall. Looking great.

But can it eclipse KZ2 visually? I doubt it. Gameplay it might well do lol. It is "Killzone" after all ;/

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残心 — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:36:28 MDT

I'm really questioning the logic of all the people complaining about how similar it looks to the first one. It's the same generation, on the same console...why would you expect it to look radically better? The point of a sequel is not to simply make it look prettier.

残心

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EmTeeZ — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:36:04 MDT

Looks awesome. And graphics (both visuals and fluidity) are definitely stepped up.

EmTeeZ

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Orionsaint — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:23:34 MDT

@argh:

I couldn't agree more. good cover systems have eluded most games, but not gears. they get it right. it feels good and enjoyable cover. GTAIV's is ok, but no where near Gears. Also gear lets you dive outta the way of oncoming fire or flip forward. few games allow this. crap like halo doesn't. all these elements come together perfectly in gears. to make it a tight fun package.

Orionsaint

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Chief2BeaR — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:22:59 MDT

The Locust are horrid creatures, why would they care if you take on of their own hostage? They'd just shoot right through him!

Chief2BeaR

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EvilFiek — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:18:20 MDT

OMFG no more b/w, they finally started using a 32 bit colour palette. I am shocked. Going from 2 to 4,294,967,296 colours is truly great. I am still impressed how they managed to do THAT plus add 50 enemies on screen at the same time AND keep the framerate stable.

Anyway, jokes aside a few things I noticed about the trailer:

1. 50 Locust on screen at the same time...but will they be any different? They look all the same which was to be expected, but what really worried me is how they all seemed to behave the same, too. It might be understandable if they can't give all of them an individual behaviour, simply because there are so many of them...but it still would be sad. I hope they can change that till November.

2. Are your teammates actually going to do anything? When Fenix is having that chainsaw duel with the Locust the other soldiers are just standing around and watching. And then another Locust boards the Derrick and they are still standing around and doing nothing. I hope they dumbed down the AI on purpose for the video and it's not going to be an issue in the final version, too.

Still, nitpicking aside, this looks fantastic. I'll be happy to pay 60€ (Yes, It's so great I'll pay € for it!) this holiday season for this sequel to a truly great game.

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Malvolio the Magician — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:14:40 MDT

It looks grey. Has anybody else mentioned that? Because it does.

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Alex_Mexico — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:10:47 MDT

Yeah we get it we get it, Gears of War is "badass" but the fact that they shove it down our throats every time since the game was announced kinda diminishes its badassness in my book.

Just stop pointing it out ppl, yes it is badass but I may be begninning to think they are putting too much effort on that.

Alex_Mexico

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sariah — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:09:55 MDT

One word. Epic.

There was an insane amount of awesome stuff in that trailer. I certainly hope it lives up to what we saw there, and don't particularly doubt that it will.

sariah

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syrantking — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:08:44 MDT

OUR BACKS ARE ON THE WALL. OUR SECRET WEAPON? THESE TRUCKS. lulz

Never played Gears. But it sure looked great. This looks great too, but so far it doesn't look greatER, yanno?

syrantking

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Sugaray — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:08:00 MDT

..and please get off the "Killzone 2 rulz" crap.GoW2 and Resistance 2 aren't even nearly done and they already make Killzone 2 look like amatuer hour at the
Apollo.

Sugaray

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Burguois — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:07:47 MDT

@Jamaicangmr: Yes, the only new gameplay element is being able to use meat shields, which you are basing this on one single video showing presumably a small part of a single level.

Great.

Burguois

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Sugaray — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:02:04 MDT

ANYONE who says that looked like "more Gears 1" is simply just a jealous PS3- only-owning fool.That looked INCREDIBLE
and if the rest of the game looks nearly as good it'll be a massive im provement over GoW 1.

Sugaray

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Y2Jason — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:00:16 MDT

Graphically LOOKS similar to the 1st, but the framerate was rock solid even with all that going on, which is very impressive.
All that aside, it just LOOKS so fun, plenty of action and big fast battles (from the tiny portion we have seen so far).
Killzone better pull a damn rabbit out of it's ass if it even wants to be taken seriously in comparison.

Let's see - big open canyons & forests taking on hundreds of locust and Brumaks whilst riding big crazy machinery, or shooting generic brown men in generic brown streets with a generic GREY machine gun? Hmm :)

Y2Jason

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bigman88zz — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:58:35 MDT

i dunno. theres something missing here. i just dont feel that wow factor.
now the question remains, will i get blasted for having an opinion? :o

bigman88zz

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Daizzy — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:46:53 MDT

That frame rate looks so much better and theres so many things going on in the background now while it runs in full clip.

Thats pretty damn insane.

Daizzy

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Datheron — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:36:42 MDT

Hm, video looks good, especially after checking out the high def version on GT and their comparison video. It's obvious that they've improved the engine on lighting effects, and at least for that level the palette is a lot brighter, making for a more vibrant picture.

That said, I dunno why everyone is claiming "epic large-scale battles". I re-watched the trailer again, and besides the one scene where Marcus is shooting a group of Locusts from the distance, it was all close-quarters combat coupled w/ a distance boss battle much in line w/ the first game. Kudos for Epic for giving the gamer an illusion of scale, but it pales in comparison to, say, GTA4, which really is epic in scope and scale. I just hope people won't be disappointed when they realize they can't get out of the tram. =p

Datheron

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Jamaicangmr — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:27:56 MDT

This is what happens when people get ahead of themselves and over hype a game. Am hard pressed to find any real improvements visually. The frame rate really didn't bother me back when i played but then again i played it on my PC. The game play looks the same except for the addition of enemies and the fact that you can now use the enemy as a shield outside that not that impress cliff.

Jamaicangmr

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Burguois — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:25:34 MDT

@Atheist Jew: Except Gears of War for the PC was a piece of shit that was riddled with more holes than the Titanic and was generally a really unoptimised, horrible piece of crap.

I can honestly and truthfully say the 360 got the best deal in Gears. It will probably be the same way with Gears 2 aswell.

Burguois

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Erwin — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:15:00 MDT

@alby13: I know people survive, I play Gears. Every five seconds I'll hear something like "How is he not dead? I totally shot him in the head like five times!"

Erwin

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Keef — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:11:21 MDT

LOVED Gears 1, and this looks like it will be great to play aswell, cant wait!

Keef

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StrifeHawkins — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:10:40 MDT

cheaps = chips

StrifeHawkins

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StrifeHawkins — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:10:08 MDT

RROD for the XBOX 360 is stil alive and well my 1 month old 360 packed up,its a design defect, changing cheaps can only do so much

StrifeHawkins

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gcZanmato — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:00:33 MDT

All I can say is...where the hell is November?

gcZanmato

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alby13 — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:54:52 MDT

@jerimas: The framerate looks too good to be true, right?

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alby13 — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:52:59 MDT

@thinred: You're crazy! These graphics are far from "awfully bland."

I think your point about the lighting sucks. It seems to be improved on from Gears 1 and it is taking advantage of the updates to the Unreal engine. I suggest you watch the video on the latest update to the Unreal engine.

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alby13 — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:44:08 MDT

@ManjiKengo: I think everyone that has been around the video game block needs to be reminded why he or she got into this hobby in the first place. I know I always find myself looking back and realizing it's all for fun, and it's a good social experience with other people in the same room and around the world with Xbox Live/PSN.

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jerimas — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:43:32 MDT

Looks nice, but I hope the on-the-rails type of stages are limited. The framerate is what impressed me the most... but will Epic be able to maintain this for the actual 360 release version? Doubtful.

jerimas

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alby13 — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:39:54 MDT

@108: Amen! (That means "I believe.")

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Sentry — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:39:10 MDT

@thinred: I for one think Killzone 2 > Gears of War 2 graphically, but that comment is just pure stupidity.

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hotfirebird123 — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:38:54 MDT

Well the graphics with Gears 1 were amazing to start with anyway, so to improve on them so much aesthetically would be ridiculous, especially since they are on the same console. I think people are just expecting the leap that was Halo to Halo 2.

hotfirebird123

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Nexus6 — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:38:19 MDT

Thats some heavy hitting kickassery.

Nexus6

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alby13 — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:37:42 MDT

@Koztah: Counter-Strike, the mod for Half-Life featured different locations dealing more or less damage. Even Gears 1 has this feature with headshots doing more damage or instantly killing them as opposed to body shots. It just needs to be improved.

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alby13 — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:36:05 MDT

@newtype2011: If you read that Game Informer article, you can tell it won't pull a Halo 3. It looks fresh and original, to the point where it scares me. Some of the things look a little too far off the path for my tastes, but it's too early to tell.

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alby13 — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:34:21 MDT

@Erwin: Not if he replaced his helmet. ^_^

And just FYI, 5% of people that are shot in the head survive.

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alby13 — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:31:09 MDT

@Asurastrike: Because they can choose which user submitted stories to publish, and which not to publish.

Vegeta wants to know, "Do you understand?!"

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thinred — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:28:45 MDT

It's mind-boggling how some fanboys can even compare these awfully bland graphics with what we've seen from Killzone 2. The colour palette is even more limited, which means a lot of the time here I can't see shit, as enemies melt in with the background. The lighting effects are almost non-existent, and the only thing that really stands out in this video is the rock solid framerate.
Other than that, meh.

thinred

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alby13 — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:28:43 MDT

@Orionsaint: Your reasoning is heavily flawed. Gears of War originally featured:

Marcus Fenix
Dominic Santiago
Augustus Cole
Damon Baird
Minh Young Kim
Anthony Carmine
Victor Hoffman

And yet you only had 4 COG team members.

The simple explaination is that there will be a larger choice in characters for MP.

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sascha23 — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:26:54 MDT

Looks great, but not a whole lot different than the last game in terms of visuals.

But, I'm sure I will buy it. My 360 needs something to play this year.

sascha23

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DanTheMagnum — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:26:23 MDT

How come is it that when a game shows new graphics, but similar gameplay people say "They really should make new gameplay, because graphics don't matter." Then the same people say "Looks to much the same!" when the graphics are similar but there are new gameplay elements.

I guess it's like those people that complain it's too hot in the summer, and too cold in the winter.

Ah well.

DanTheMagnum

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King Seafoam — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:24:12 MDT

hahahaha- he looks so much like Lucas...

King Seafoam

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supercrap — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:16:23 MDT

The textures and lighting on CliffyB's hair are incredible...

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Blind_Evil — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:13:41 MDT

I'm pretty pumped about the two new weapons I saw.

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koji — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:10:43 MDT

nice nice, gameplay seems to be just as slick as the first one

*want*

koji

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Uzumaki_Kiba — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:09:05 MDT

Now, I don't want to say I was a GoW "fanboy," because I feel like any kind of fanboy is just douchey by nature. But I especially feel that way about fanboys for a shooter on the Xbox. They're some of the biggest douches. It is known.

However, I did play the fuck out of that game with a friend of mine. When I first got my 360, I had three games. Dead Rising, Oblivion and Gears. Gears had the only multi-player so we would take turns on it and seriously just played that game to death. Though even today it still gets some play-time between Rock Band, CoD4 and switching off GTA4. Good times.

That said, I think that trailer up there looked pretty fucking amazing. I say this having stated that I am a fan. That is to say, if it were entirely just... More of the same, I'd still be down. If they just.. Took the same exact game-play, graphics and enemies but gave like ten new levels (or so) I'd still be excited for it. Because I like that game-play, those graphics and those enemies.

But now there's badass new chainsaw moves, chainsaw duels, new enemies (new for the 360 at least... damned PC), new weapons, slightly prettier graphics (and they were already pretty) and some generally badass new moves an' such.
Not to mention the cube of meat physics/destructible environments... I hope that meat cube makes an appearance. Playable Meat Cube for the win.

Tangent. Anyway, they've added all that, probably some more stuff we don't know about, and it's got a big epic front-lines of a war feel to it. I'm so damned excited about this. Four-player offline would make it my most anticipated game of the season.

Uzumaki_Kiba

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HoxtonHero — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:06:49 MDT

Looking pretty cool. Although until I see it on a tv, I can't spot much difference. I wonder if you'll be able to grab another person in multi player like how Marcus grabbed the locust soldier. That'd be fun.

HoxtonHero

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Xayzer — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:06:02 MDT

Ok, let me be honest here. I'm a big PS and Sony fanboy (of the civil type, a rare and endangered species of fanboy), I've never owned an Xbox and probably never will, but this is truly impressive footage. The graphics are much better than GOW 1 and that should be obvious to anyone with an open mind and good memory. Everything looks smoother, the textures seem higher-res and there's much more going on. I will not go as far as to say it looks better than Killzone 2, but at least it's something we'll see this year and not in 2009. Kudos to Epic.

Xayzer

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zlimness — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:02:45 MDT

wow, suddenly Im not so jealous of the PC gamers who got to fight that big thing and we didn't. This totally makes up for that :]

zlimness

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Sentry — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:02:10 MDT

@xkotaku: Uhhh, what video are you watching?...

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Sentry — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:01:43 MDT

@SaanZ: Funny how all of a sudden more then 16 players for online is amazing. Gears 1 should have had 8v8, we all know its because it just couldn't handle those graphics with so many players, but they used the excuse of it being a close quarters in-door kinda game so more then 8 wouldn't work.... I hope so too, a bunch of people hiding behind cover in one area tactically waiting is going to be fun.

@Samicham85: Yea, people even complained about Uncharted, when it was just AMAZING.

Its more about gameplay per foot then length.

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xkotaku — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:59:42 MDT

trying to copy killzone 2 what the hell.

xkotaku

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Samicham85 — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:55:37 MDT

Looks meh, will probably play to see what happens next, but hope to god the game is longer than the first. Loved the co-op hated the length. People had the nerve to complain about Heavenly Sword. Gears 1 was no better.

Samicham85

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SaanZ — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:52:25 MDT

It looks better than the first one the graphics are better obviously just because at the sheer number of enemies that are present at once. I Do remember the first one being very limited in terms of enemies and the only level in the original that came CLOSE to this bit was the last one.

I actually think the small changes to the gameplay are pretty cool and if mulitplayer is fleshed out with bigger numbers (8v8 is a must anything more would be amazing) it will be great

4 player co-op please

SaanZ

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Sentry — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:51:02 MDT

@ese: After PlayStation Day a few days ago, "It's a good time to be a PS3 owner." would also make a lot of sense.

PS- Gears is only one game. ;) But yes, this November it will be for Gears fans. :D

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Walker — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:49:30 MDT

Looks awesome, sure its not visually a huge leap from the first Gears of War but then what did anyone really expect? The scale of the battle alone was far greater than the first, not to mention i bet it has more enemies on screen than an entire level of the first Gears. Certainly a must buy for anyone who actually likes games..

Walker

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mrghost — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:48:36 MDT

yay for more of the same.

mrghost

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ManjiKengo — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:48:13 MDT

@zanzibarlegend:

Yeah, personally the only thing I bitched about was the shitty pr spin and the fact the video quality sucked.

the visuals for kz2 look great, but i'm more interested in how it'll play. kz 1 wasn't something to call home about.

ManjiKengo

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Sentry — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:42:09 MDT

@108: Like what games? Shitty ones? The reason people are complaining I would think is because of how they hyped it (like I previously said)..

Oh yea, that, and the predecessor to this game set a new bar for 360 games, so you would think that the sequel would do something similar, to an extent.

But I see what you mean though, its true. Even though the UR engine is starting to get to me with the same types of visuals, it still looks great.