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Behold! Gears of War 2 gameplay footage is here
Grim
\\ 05.10.2008
95 comments

Well, isn't that a pleasant surprise? The first gameplay footage for Gears of War 2 has arrived a bit earlier than we originally expected it to, thanks to 1UP.

Without giving too much away, I will say that the video above reveals Gears of War 2 to be a beefed up version of the original game, which is not a bad thing at all. More enemies on-screen, larger firefights, improved visuals, and a new roster of chainsaw attacks ... it's looking like Epic Games has taken everything that made the first Gears enjoyable and expanded upon it.

Two more videos will be out shortly, so check back here before too long.

 



95 COMMENTS, LATEST BY loki d20
I've never played (or seen gameplay of) Gears of War, but regardless that looks like some fun. Wish it was available for the PS3, but might pick this up for the 360 and hope I can play it withou... -    view discussion




There are 95 comments about this post:
PaperBowser0's Avatar
Speechless, looks great, and honestly can't wait to play it. :D
kahjah's Avatar
I wanted to see all the new tech implemented like the soft body stuff, besides that it looks like gears same ol.
Weegee's Avatar
Looks better, pretty much what I expected. I wanna punch Cliffy B. for wearing that shirt.

Douche.
Jetsetlemming's Avatar
I really can't bring myself to give a fuck unless they announce 360/PC simultaneous releases. Gears of War was so done and played out and forgotten about that even though a PC version is out now, I have no interest bothering to try it out.
Professor Pew's Avatar
Looks like the same stuff to me. Not really complaining coz GoW1 still looks great, but still not really worth all that hype imo..
Flakor's Avatar
Oh damn, that was awesome. Can't wait to see more!
Wedge's Avatar
Wow Cliffy looks just like an ordinary geeky developer with the hair cut.
Y0j1mb0's Avatar
Looks great..just like the first one. What I really want to know is not what it will look like but how will the multiplayer be? Are they going to have dedicated servers this time around and get rid of the peer to peer crap that give the host superhuman abilities?

If they do that..they have my sixty bucks.
Wedge's Avatar
And now that the video has mostly loaded, when did Marcus take lessons from Sam Fischer?
Grim's Avatar
Yeah, if GoW2 has the host advantage, I won't be playing multiplayer for long. What it really needs is 4-player co-op.
topgeargorilla's Avatar
Snaileb will be playing it, I know that.

Seriously, that dude is the only one on my friends list who still boots the original up.
Wedge's Avatar
Do any 360 games have dedicated servers? Do people actually rent out console servers for CoD4 and Halo3? How would that even work?
animateria's Avatar
Looks like the Matrix with LOTR mixed in...

Which is a good thing by the way...
Orionsaint's Avatar
Probably the best looking video game in the history of mankind. Can't wait!
Orionsaint's Avatar
How many players in Gears multiplayer? My guess is 16 players. 8 players perteam. I came to this conclusion logically. Since each of the 4 COG and 4 locust player is represented in Gears 1 multiplayer. That's 8 players. We've now seen three new cogs and a few new locusts for Gears 2. There's probably one more new cog player and a locust we haven't seen. So 8 cogs. Each player has to be represented in multplayer. 8 locust as well. 16 players in Gears 2
CountingConflict's Avatar
Holy shit! Jimbo just admitted to being remotely interested in a 360 game.

I'm stunned.
Y0j1mb0's Avatar
CountingConflict:

Contrary to popular belief I do play my 360 just not as much as my PS3. Currently playing Lost Odyssey.

I liked the first Gears..just hated the host advantage of the multiplayer.
Mikescool's Avatar
okay what did they add to this from the old GoW? it looks the same!!! what the hell
bunnyrabbit2's Avatar
It looks nicer than the first but I bet it won't run so good on my 360. It seems to hate all UE3 games. The new abilities and guns are very nice. I like the single shot weapon because as long as its accurate I would use it all the time.

Also, I would say that PC version won't be out right away. Probably a timed exclusive. Though it will probably not be as long a wait for this one to be ported
Bravothreezero's Avatar
Big surprise, exactly the same game, very few new features. The same what epic did with UT, just make the same game over and over again. I won't make the mistake of buying their games again.
monosylabik's Avatar
SNOOOOOOOOOOOOREEEEEEE
CountingConflict's Avatar
@yojimbo

That new avatar is epic btw.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
It’s not really fair to comment on the graphics from shitty streaming video like this; I’m sure they look at least slightly better than the original Gears. But what is noticeably different — streaming video or not — is that there’s a lot more action on-screen, as Grim pointed out, as well as the new blind fire ability and the chainsaw duels. Nice.
pedrovay2003's Avatar
@Grim

Isn't this game supposed to have 4-player co-op? I've always been under that impression, but maybe I was wrong.
dvddesign 's Avatar
/checks underwear...

Yep... I sure did. Don't know why I thought that wouldn't happen. Both ends no less.

Well, Cliffy, you win again.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar
That was impressive and that was only act 1?

Shit, I liked the new weapons, I also can't be the only that noticed that lancer is more streamlined now.
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar
Looks great, nice to see some blue sky in there. Needs more meat cubes.
Boolean's Avatar
Wow, looks bloody amazing. The actual character models look the same as GoW1, but the enviroment looks much better and the amount of stuff being rendered at once is insane!
Teta's Avatar
I bet that´s the most exciting level in the game.
It looks really neat, but I don´t think there is gonna be more revolutionary levels with super action.
Sharpless's Avatar
I've gotta say, I love the way that level is set up. It looks good. I don't really see why we need it to add a million things to the original. They seem to've put together another fun game with a few tweaks and add-ons, and that's enough for me. I'm optimistic.
10BobMarleys's Avatar
Put your pants back on guys, that footage wasnt running on a console, it was running on a development rig. There is NO WAY it will look that good on your 360. Im sure it'll look good, but not as good as that demo footage.
Elandarex's Avatar
For a series like GoW, I think it's not only fine to only have small, incremental changes/updates to the sequels but almost necessary. The Xeno series basically tried to reinvent itself with each new episode and regardless of whether you feel that the changes made in each one were improvements, it made the storytelling feel a bit disjointed and kind of hampered the overall experience.

I'm liking that Epic is keeping things pretty close (if not identical) to how they were in GoW1, if only because that one did such a good job of things.

the blue sky is a nice upgrade though; hopefully they've listened to our pleas and use colour in more than one level.
Chad Concelmo's Avatar
ZOMG! This looks amazing! :)
pedrovay2003's Avatar
I think the part that impressed me the most was using the Locust body as a shield. It kinda looked like Marcus went Solid Snake for a second.

Aside from the visuals not being very much improved over the first one (especially the character models), it looks like it's gonna be a much better game. Multiplayer should be amazing as well.
Dexter345's Avatar
Cliffy B has gotten nerdier.

Oh yeah, and the game looks neat too, I guess.
atheistium's Avatar
FUCK YEAH! You grab the dude and fz0mfg
and chainsaw z0MFG ahuafghiodsgh[as

I cannot wait for this game.

Also: explosions look shitty :/
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Looks like more of the same only moreso -- and that's NOT a bad thing.

I also love how Cliffy talks as if this is all real life. He must seriously think we're at war with The Locust.
garrfunkel's Avatar
Looks like the same game with more kick ass features which is exactly what a sequel should be. Cannot wait to play this game.
jdubya93's Avatar
Looks pretty good.
ReclusiveSpirit's Avatar
It looks delicious. I'm all in for this one.
Aether Wyrm's Avatar
Awesome, chainsaw dueling. Also when he picked up that locust and used him for cover, but isn't that a bit like using a borg for cover? They don't freaking care about killing that guy to get to you, I'd think. It was awesome when he pushed the locust off the edge, though.
arcadias's Avatar
Looks like the same old GoW formula, but with some new Chainsaw dueling, body shields, new guns and finally some fscking variety in the executions. Do want 4 player coop and a slightly bigger colour palette (yeah right, that'll happen). I don't think they'll be able to lose the host advantage issue though. Its just a fact of life that the player hosting will get the smoothest gaming experience.
Brandon Undead's Avatar
Kinda like Jim said, it's more of the same, it seems, which I find disappointing, but I did very much enjoy the first game, so why not another go 'round?
Using the Locust as a body shield, though? That looks completely stupid. I hate how these games represent 400+ lb behemoths as being weightless. Marcus, badass as he is, couldn't haul that thing around like that. It's just like when you kill a Berserker in the first game and then kick it's light-as-a-feather corpse all over the place as you jog. It's a goddamn 2 ton monster, not a ragdoll! I don't care how dead I made it!
Schmo0zle's Avatar
Wow...That looks GREAT.

I bought the first GoW on a whim figuring it would be alright and I loved the game. My friend and I played through the entire game on co-op on every level of difficulty and loved every minute of it.

Can't wait to show my friend this. He'll poo his pants.

I liked the new animations, body shields, the epic big ass locust monster...thing...the hundreds of locust soldiers...

Pwn.
blu3steel's Avatar
Well, the gameplay looks awesome of course. Let's hope there's a coherent story this time.
Moltar's Avatar
More of the same is good. Gears of War did some nice things in the original game, don't see why they should overall everything for the sake of it in the second game. Roll on GoW2
Schmo0zle's Avatar
Oh, and @ Jim:

He does an I Am Legend every night when he gets home. He grabs his machine gun, locks his doors, lays in his bath tub and cries.

"The Locusts...I hope they don't find me. Sure does sound scary out there."
favulus1's Avatar
DAMN COMPLAING ASS PEOPLE!YOU S.O.B.'S! INCASE YOU DIDN'T REALIZE IT'S JUST A ROUGH SKETCH. JUST LIKE THE 1st ONE YOU KNOW IT WILL SET ALL RECORDS AND YES YOU WILL BUY IT. SO SHUT THE HELL UP BITCHES! P.C. GAMER AT THE TOP! YOUR TYPE OF GAMING ALTHOUGH BETTER I MUST AGREE. ITS TO FUCKING EXPENSIVE! HOW MUCH IS THE FUCKING GRAPHICS CARD JUST TO PLAY GEARS OR CRYSIS! MY POINT EXACTLY THE PRICE OF A CONSOLE ALONE SO SHUT THE FUCK UP. YOUR WORLD IS DEAD. THE WORLD SERIES OF VIDEO GAMING,P.C'sonly dead! CPL LEAGUE DEAD!P.C'S ONLY DEAD!"MLG PRO"CONSOLES ONLY ALIVE AND KICKING! WE WIN!
DOOM's Avatar
FREAKING AMAZING!!!!!
GOTY!!!!
Schmo0zle's Avatar
@ Falvulus:

Errr...I have an 8800 GT that was like $160...The rest of my computer was $499...
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar
Holee shit, Favulus.

Take a chill pill and turn off the Capslock, k thx.

GOW2 looks great, but I don't have a 360 and probably won't for some time. Maybe for the PC?
X3x3non's Avatar
Hey favulus1, nice job on the CAPtacular emphasis.

I dunno, whether I should tear your stupid fucking statements to shreds or just let you bask in your stupidity. Get some maturity and maybe you will realize that noone is "competing" here. Your fictional console war doesn't exist.
Clockwork's Avatar
I'd just like to point out that Cliffy B is wearing a shirt that says, "Yes, it's really me."

...

Otherwise the footage looks really great.
Mikescool's Avatar
@ favulus1

you R stupid, enuff said.
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar
Wait, this is happening all too soon! I haven't even gotten the first one. Slow down Epic!
Def JM's Avatar
@TrailerParkJesus

Same here, I got the first in the mail, but then again I just got Dead Rising, Assassins Creed, GTAIV, Bioshock, and Skate.

NOT ENOUGH TIME MAN!
t_wiech's Avatar
At GOW2's release GOW1 will hav been out for 2 years. I think it is a good time to release their sequel. Don't be tellin them to slow down. Some of us hav had it since GOW1's release.
Heretic's Avatar
@favulus @Mikescool @everyone who doesn't have an avatar


Where the fuck do you people come from?
Elitechief27's Avatar
DO WANT NOW!!!!!


This is going to be big. $10 says that Seriously will be even harder to get.
Relentl3sS's Avatar
Looks good to me. I like how they tried to improve the whole chainsaw thing, giving the one being attacked a fighting chance to button mash their way out of it.
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar
It's cliche, but.......

I came.
TheExit's Avatar
Looks awesome! Can't wait for this one!
Zlimness's Avatar
As with God of War, the other GoW, the sequel seems to take the good things and just stick with the formula and just put more of everything in there. Which is a good thing and I'm so getting this.
flaming burrito's Avatar
looks like fun... man i need to get a 360
crizz's Avatar
If it runs that good on my 360, it will brick it for sure. Cliffy needs more hair gel.
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar
@Def JM

lol It's funny that we're almost hoping for the game to delayed.
Eschatos's Avatar
This does look pretty insane. I will happily buy this for PC.
Ocified-Xboxer's Avatar
I wasn't crazy for GoWs multiplayer, but it had the best Co-op I've had the joy of playing on my 360...The new footage looks sweet, and I'll gladly pick it up and play through the campaign with friends again...The Multiplayer wasn't bad, I just kind of lost interest in online for a while...With stuff like ME, BioShock, even the new TR games I can't help but enjoy the single player stuff.

(I still have played only a handful of online GTA even though its great...

Even stuff like CoD4 and RSV2...I enjoy the offline more so than online at this point...anyways...Gears looks sweet...can't wait...November should be a good time...I may be done with GTAs single player by then.
The Wrath's Avatar
Same ole same ole. That's not bad thing, blah, blah, blah. Underwhelming is a good word for it.
norm9's Avatar
I'm looking forward to it- Just as soon as I finish GoW1, Halo3, Bioshock, Assassin's Creed, Orange Box, and GTA4. I might be the slowest player in the world.

It looks nice, but like others, I'm hoping it has a more interesting story this time around.

A meat cube mode would be nice.
king3vbo's Avatar
Sooo Gears 1.5
Steel Squirrel's Avatar
I enjoy good things.

Fun fact: the voice of Marcus Fenix is also Bender from Futurama.
YONKE's Avatar
at last we gonna figth Brumacks in the XB360....
cant fudging wait........
deanhatescoffee's Avatar
Looks like Gears.
happyorangeman's Avatar
The game looks ok...but did you guys see Cliffy B. in that vid? Wow he looks amazing!
Ronsauce's Avatar
A few things: It looks great. It looks like a improved version of the first Gears which was great. If you you were expecting it to look leaps and bounds different, then that's your sorry mistake, not Epic's.

And what's this apparent disappointment at the character models not being "better?" They don't need to be any fucking better. For the style of the game, the models were perfect.
Matthew Blake's Avatar
Looks pretty good- they even have some colors now! *gasp*
adultswim810's Avatar
pointless slightly faster shooting new lancer is pointless
Dan CiTi's Avatar
Looks like they just put in some Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and MGS3 mechanics. Not bad. I wonder if you can play dead like in MGS4/MGO?

Yeah, I'm not seeing this being worth $60/getting my 360 fixed.
DOOM's Avatar
Def getting the Special edition of this one!!! AMAZING!!!
brainderailment's Avatar
Finally the chainsawing actually cuts the character instead of making him bleed and explode.
stafax's Avatar
All I see in this video is improved level design (expected), chainsaw battles (already announced), and human shields (or locust shield, whatever). The improved level design is a must, because that's where most of the fun comes from. But what about the tons of bugs and glitches that made the game mediocre to me. Or what about the host advantage that ruined online. Gears has an awesome theme and presentation, but the gameplay just didn't impress me too much. I'm more anticipating UT 3 then this.
B-Radicate's Avatar
The variations on the chainsaw kills and the enemy shields was enough to sell me. I was pleasantly surprised to see new weapons showcased.

Here's hoping the multiplayer isn't as nerfed as the first one was.
vexed alex's Avatar
I'm mildly excited. I'm really excited for multiplayer. They were really disappointed with the first Gears' online component, and they said they'd fix it next time around. All the new advancements in console online should be here now. There's no excuse.

Save film, screenshots, party matchmaking, and a lot more gametypes. I want it all.
sushi111's Avatar
Looks solid.

I loved the first Gears and stayed with it for months.

Hopefully this one corrects the flaws I noticed only after those many months.
Husky Hog's Avatar
Looks like it could just be DLC for GoW 1
DryvBy's Avatar
New visuals? Lawl, that's a good one. Still, I'm looking for ward to this.
The Unforgivable's Avatar
orgastic.
Bravothreezero's Avatar
Maybe I just don't like this because I hate Epic Games so much, they keep rehasing their stuff over and over again. Apparently it seems to work well this way though, but after UT3 epic really screwed up for me (The game had LESS features, probably because of the bulky UT3 engine..). The opposite of progress.

im not sure about you guys, but im not gonna pay 60 euros/dollars/pounds (or whatever) for an extra chainsaw animation lol, even though this does the trick for most people. Fuck epic. Vale.
catsithx's Avatar
It looks good will play it when it comes out. yes oh yes
Rosseh's Avatar
Looks pretty awesome. The pace seems a little faster than the first. I hope its running that smoothly because they've optimised the engine now, and not because its running on a dev system.
RawwrBag's Avatar
Looks way too similar to me. Sluggish sticky cover and the whole shebang.
Blackhat's Avatar
Hey, it's Gears Of War... in a forest.
TorpedoTed's Avatar
Looks fooking amazing, more of the same greatness!! cant wait!!
loki d20's Avatar
I've never played (or seen gameplay of) Gears of War, but regardless that looks like some fun. Wish it was available for the PS3, but might pick this up for the 360 and hope I can play it without killing my 360.

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