:O :O :O :O :O

cant freaking wait i love this game role on november. :D :cool: :D :D :D

gears of war 2

i know its not everyone cup of tea but i loved every minute of it :finger: :D

Hope it's good for you fella. 360 needed a big game this year and now you have it. :)

yeah your right there m8 they did need a big game and this is just the tonic as the likes of ninja gaiden2, fable 2 are not really my sort of games.

teaser trailer here :D :D :D Gears of War 2

I'll be looking at this with interest as I did enjoy the first one, not as good as the press/media made out but a damn good game imo :)

distrucktable cover , and duel chainsaw confirmed .......... :D

also they let slip there working on gears 3 :O :O .

this game is going to be the dogs nuts :finger:

Seperate team and it's a PS3 exclusive. ;) Mark my words. :gun:

MS had the first two exclusive and word is that Sony have done a massive hush hush deal when they got Unreal on a timed exclusive to also get GOW3. Time will tell.

E3 2009 GOW 3 PS3. See if I'm right.

Why would we want it :lol:


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LOL and then you woke up ....... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


theres a chance gow3 might and i mean might get on ps3 but as a exclusive i dont think so.
i think its very unlikely.

Only what I've read and like I said, time will tell.
After GOW2 it's up in the air.

Well my understanding is that the story is a trilogy so it makes perfect sense that after gears of war3 , that it goes multiplateform.

Why would you start a story and the last chapter be on PS3 when your userbase and fan base is xbox360 ?

and its not the sort of thing epic does .

Sorry fella but look anywhere. I'm not making this up just to upset 360 owners. MS only have 1&2 as exclusives and Mark Rain has said many a time that MS are only the publishers and that GOW can't really be called a microsoft 360 exclusive as it's on PC. His words. The fan base is not just 360.

If MS are stupid enough to let GOW3 slip to Sony then that would be a bad move but my bet is that a huge pay day will come to Epic for GOW3 from whoever that is.

Same with Devil May Cry 4 mate, the previous 3 games were PS2 only so why can't a Gears game come to PS3 after starting out on 360? Although another point to make is that Gears will NEVER be PS3 exclusive, just as DMC4 isn't 360 exclusive.

I would like a Gears game to come to PS3, although if it doesn't then so be it, I personally wouldn't lose any sleep over it, but it would be nice, guess we'll just have to wait and see :gun:

iv read the same stories m8 , but i just cant see it , and at the present time of both games it would not be out till 2010 , as there was a 2 year gap between 1 and 2.

you say about sony and big money being offerd , but you got to remember microsoft have big pockets m8.

look at the over paid amount for content for GTAIV , You think they going to let gears slip ? there's just no logic to it .

as i said after the 3rd one expect multiplatform release or spin of games that are multiplateform.

you never know but by the 3rd one there be a new xbox ? i think thats more likely :D

i agree m8 but GEARS was and always has been a trilogy DMC was totally a diffrent game .

its pretty much a given microsoft bought there way into the consol market , and for sony exclusive games of old like dmc ,pro, gta, vf ect ect are not important any more as it was with the ps2.

they have clearly said that the next gen war wont be one on thired party exsclusive but on first party new ips wihch is the way sony is going with 11 new ip set to be released over the coming 2 years.

with ressistance , motorstorm the tip of the iceberg m8.......... ;)

For me it dont matter ill play the game no matter which system its on .

i really dont know what will happen after the 2nd game but it may well end up on both the 360 and ps3 next time im not a fan of it myself but i suppose it be good for the fans that like this type of shooter.

dmc were big games but capcom decided to put it out for 360 and PC this time. its got a big fanbase.

11 ip's in the next 2 years there might be abit more then that i think :D

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Some info here from a us mag with a gears of war2 feature Clicky

some nice little tit bits and if you get a look at the poor mag scans you can just see the improvements to gridlock from the first game , plus poisoned grenades ........

iv uploaded the scans HERE ....... ;)

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3167745 :bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy: :sparta:

:O :O :O simply stunning ...........

Id like the game no matter what as long as it kept the best bits from the first 1 , but OMFG :O look at those textures , and its so much lighter that the first one , didnt think they would be able to improve the graphics that much but there is a clear diffrence.

You can clearly see the improvments made to the unreal engine , even if your not a fan of the game you would have to agree its looking mighty fine :bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy: :D :D :D.

And theres still 6 months till release :O

I agree mate, it looks a lot lighter and better than the first one, and the first one had great graphics!

Looks more action packed as well? I liked the part where he picked up the bad guy, used him as a shield, then snapped his neck and threw him off that platform.

This game is looking pretty damn good :)

I loved the first Gears (might play it again later), and Gears 2 was always on my wanted list.
Just downloaded the video off the video marketplace and, Wow! Looks great.

I agree with JB, the locust shield bit was ace, and fighting the Burmak's with tanks looked epic (bad pun).

check out this interview with cliffy b where he confirms that gears 2 will be 5v5 online , which i must say im over the moon at hearing as there was chat about 8v8 which i think wouldnt have gone down to well.

Anyway its really hiting all the right buttons and shaping up to meet expectations.

GOW2

I must say it looks better then the first game, more colours i see :D

Only thing id say they needs improving more is the animations overall.

5 on 5 is fine in most games so that should be good. iv heard all different stories about the online in gears sum say it's alright and some say it's dissapointing.

I'm in the "don't like Gears online" camp, and I'll try to explain why.

The most important part of the game is using cover, in single player it works perfectly mainly because you have the "Emergence Holes" where the locust come from.
Therefore you know where they're coming from and can get behind the appropriate cover.

In multiplayer, the enemy is coming from all directions and this is where i was left disappointed by the cover system.
Because you can't always be behind the right bit of cover, you need to be able to unstick and move to another side, this is where i found the controls rather clunky.

But the single player was good enough for me, hope Gears 2 has an equally awesome campaign.

And yes Dev, there are more colors in Gears 2. :P Probably the only negative thing the Gears haters could come up with was the Brown and Grey look of it.

That is how I found it. Clunky is the best way I'd describe it.
Just my opinion but that's how I found the single player aswell. There's no doubting it's looks. BUT it still has that overdone shiny 'tin foil' look to it.

Monkey everyone slagged off MGS2 for the same reason on PS2 but it was still stunning. (at the time) MGS4 is allso a little bland in the colour department as is Killzone 2 but they still look the dogs so I wouldn't worry about colour lads. :D You'll like it all the same.

New mulitplayer info taken from next months official 360 mag .........

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.

:O :O :O how sweet does that sound :D :D

more superb screens............. :D

Never been keen on the game as you know but as screens go it doesn't look as crisp as UT3 on PS3/360??

Found this on IGN and I think that the two top shots from the first game look better.
http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/1423...?page=mediaFull
The GOW2 ones looked foged out. Lighting looks better on the backs as well. Just my opinion.

Totally agree Kris looks like they've used a blur filter on GOW2 to try and make it more atmospheric??

dont agree m8 think theres far more clarity and richness in the new version of gridlock :D ... even epic have said that its a new build of the unreal engine and that anyone who cant see the graphical improvments from gears of war have to be blind(not saying your blind lol ) .

ill try dig the quote out if i can find it , it was a responce to people saying that gears 2 on 360 dont look as good as gears on the pc as the pc version looked better than gears 1 which was expected as it was a updated version of the unreal engine.

Its goes with out saying that a updated unreal engine is always going to look better that past engines like UT3 on the 360 will look better than ps3 version :D however that aint going to make up for the lack of the mod scene ;) (why dont we play UT3 more :S )


Theres only 2 games i really give a fuck about this year 1 IS GEARS OF WAR 2 ...2ND SOCOM Followed closely by killzone 2 however this is missing that little somthing that gives the game that edge over what els is out there, but there still time for that to happen.

Must be just the screens?? You can see loads of detail in the GOW1 shot on the right and the one under it you can't see the windows etc in the back of the shot.

Wish Epic would sort out that 'tin foil' look in there engine. It was the same in MOH. Bricks are not made of metal. BIA looks a little bit off in some parts but has got to look better with time. SC was ok.

I know what your saying but all tho there the same maps there based at diffrent times and you get that mist effect as gridlock is now over grown its not a graphiccal thing like poor draw distance its there to give that over grown feel .

But just look at the detail on the back of the cog fenix and the whole improvment of the lighting .
The ground looks more detailed and the vegitation looks quality .

i totally agree with you about the tin foil look in gears 1 and its still evident in UT3 ps3 . but for me its still industry standerd of what games should look like graphicaly as it was a massive improvment over anything on a console.

Alot of game devlopers would say that the hardest thing to get right is the lighting as you can have all the detail spot on but if the lighting aint right it wont look as good as it should.

From what iv seen of gears 2 and the improvments to the unreal engine there not that much that will com close this year that we know about ??

After gears graphic wise games should be going forward and only a few have MGS4 / COD4 ect ect.....

for example .... those with a 360 (soon on the psn id imagine) anyone els played prize fighter demo ? what a HUGE step back in graphics ..... no where near the polish of FNR3 Guess got to wait till FNR4 for my boxing kick :D

New 1up.com multiplayer vid and interview GEARS OF WAR 2

Feel free to DROOL............. :XD: :XD: :sparta:

prize fighter is pretty bad lol, fight night round 4 will be much better!

just watched sum of the 1up and there is nothing in the vid that's telling me this look's much better then gears 1 nothing is giving me the wow factor about it at all. carry the enemy as hostage shield is cool tho.

have to say rogue i cant seem to get into gears much. just dont think its my type of shooter really, not much of a fan of sci fi shooters, and most tps games aswell. i dont like how players can take alot of bullets that annoys me.

them screenshots do show some parts of the game aint much better in gears2 i agree the ground looks better textures, but dont see too much that is more advanced overall.

im not hyped for it and not even hyped for resistance 2.

I'm being very careful what I say here as I know you love it Rogue BUT MGS4 pans that graficlly.
It's not a console thing but just an opinion. MGS4 is one of the most realistic looking games I've ever seen. Granted GOW is an post appolictic (sp?) world and totally different. MGS allso has it's rough spots. AND MGS is not for everyone but people need to finish it to see MGS for what it is.

Wont turn this into a MGS V's GOW thing and just my opinion. I'm sure the game will be everything you want it to be.

@dev the vid is of bad quality and its not there to show of the graphics of gears 2 understand gears might not be up your street, but i dont think you have given it a fair crack complete the game m8 and then we can chat ;) .

But shit theres enough new stuff in the multiplayer alone to see that they have taken what people hated about gears 1 and doing there best to get rid of the bad stuff.

Meatflag sounds like its going to be quality .

all the diffrent exacutions , party mode , community side of the game photos ect ect ...... all sounds sweet .... I know you Know i love gears and i understand its not everyones cup of tea ... but respect where respect is due m8.

I agree kris mgs4 just pips gears 1(2 years old mind) graphicly in my eyes and has a better seemless intergration from cut scene to gameplay.

as for gears2 we will have to see ....

GEARS 2 = with out a doubt will be one of, if not the best looking game on any system ??(2008) the best cover system of any game to date ?? one of, if not best singleplayer (going by the first one) and mulitplayer (2008)...... the best selection of weaponary and veriation of any game to date with originality.

Strong words i know and some will laugh and there intitled to there opinion but when you mention the NEXT GEN (few years from now) GEARS OF WAR was one off, if not thee deffining moment in NEXT GEN gaming yes MGS4 is there and rightly so all be it almost 3 years late to the party and becouse of that none can argue tho i guess you will try GEARS was a head of its time and if it was not for microsoft would have been better than it was ......

You may not like it ...... you may never have played it .... but you can not NOT respect what gears was, what gears did and how it raised the bar for gaming .

Here is my problem, yes I 100% agree with you, if you like the look of Gears and the way the graphics are done it was at the time cutting edge with the visuals. (I don't understand the 3 years thing m8. I got GOW just before I got rid of the 360 Nov 06???)

BUT the gameplay depatment is where it counts, right? You've said it yourself before and this is where, IMO I just don't get all this "a head of it's time", "inovation", new ways to kill and tweaked updated movement to old games doesn't make a game groundbreaking for me. It's Graphics yes, but not the gameplay.

Two words, one game.............Kill Switch PS2.
I said it at the time and I'll say it again. That game based the full thing on "Taking Cover", "Round the corner and over the Sholder shooting gameplay".
I'd done it before on PS2 and it felt like a next gen version of that.
Put the GOW fella in and change the enviroments and you'd nearly have a PS2 GOW. It had new stuff in sure but the core hide and peak shooting gameplay had been done before.

Here it is.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/1799.html

At the end of the clip the movement looks nearly identical in the "over the box" shooting.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/1800.html

No doubt about it though, it was a looker at the time.
If Epic say they have not based some of GOW on Kill Switch they'd be lieing imo.

lol 3 year never said that :cool: (must have been the cider).

the cover sysytem in kill switch has simularitys but its diffrent in gears .
gears has the ability to move about in cover ie from wall to wall , around a car and straight back into cover .
You get that rush of slamming straight into cover in gears that aint in kill switch.

The cover is more refined and over the shoulder view alot better than kill switch .

as for new gameplay that gears brought ...... were els can you stamp on someones head and watch it pop ?.... chainsawing lancer is just so cool ( granted the chainsaw has been down befor but never felt this good with this type of animation of blood and gore).

The first truly drop in drop out full campain co-op ?
active reload ?
the whole abundance of weoponary ? the wepons in this game are just so satisfing no matter wich one you use and that the brilliance of gears .
Best physics of its time i could go on and get really technical but dont want to go that road lol.

Your right everygame takes stuff from other games and no doubt gears is no exception but you can do that with most games even MGS4 .
But its when you take those ideas make them refined and added to a complete package with stunning graphics , audio , oringinal gameplay eliments , superb co-op and online play in a engrossing story with fresh new ideas and twist on weaponary never seen befor ...makes for one exceptional game .

Take BF BC the standerd fps for series with all the stuff we love and know from the franchise with added distructable cover/buildings so that 70% of the enviroment can be blown away .
Is that enough to warrent as new gameplay inovation ? i mean destructable enviroments have been done befor right ? redfaction , mercenaries ect ect ....

Or is the fact they take it refine it so it works with what they have and being a franchise game anyway but now with NEW destructable enviroments makes a good game better.

What im saying is Kill switch was a mid range game not exactly a poor game but never was a triple A title but was hugely based around the fact of COVER which was good but the rest of the game was not upto scratch say.
However to say that huge portion of gears was based on kill switch is alittle harsh or the fact that with out the stunning graphics it would have not been a good game as we all know .
As at the end of the day it would have been a solid game and very popular based on the gameplay , weaponary , co-op , and online.
Yes the graphics did make it stand out from the rest but i think it would have anyway maybe not as much tho, but more than on par with what was allready out there.

I love Gears but couldn't get into the Multiplayer.

I watched the 1up special with Cliffy B and it made me want to play Gears again, the Multi in Gears 2 that they showed looked like it could have been singleplayer graphically.

I want this and Resistance 2 in November, bring it on. :gun:

i will give it another chance! just not a big fan of third person shooters really and i find first person to be alot more intense and more enjoyable overall. i use the mgs4 first person view alot when going for headshots :D

Gears2 wont have a better story then mgs4 infact no other game will do a better story this year thats what i think anyway.


after seeing a couple of more new vids on resistance 2 its now back on my wanted list, the 300 ft monster looks fantastic, after reading about the 2 weapon system im glad they got rid of the 8 weapons of choice as it felt too much of a deathmatch battle online and it got boring after a short while.

i think gears 2 gonna need to step it up more to compete against resistance 2 online and other games due later this year to do well against them all. resistance already had a good online set up its still one of the best set ups this gen tbh.

im hoping gears2 wont be too linear this time and id like to see more open space and more enemies of course. some of the new stuff they have done looks pretty cool!!

UT games are played best on the pc and thats where ur see more people playing it, iv heard a few times that the set up on consoles is not very good at all, no wonder there aint many that play it anymore.

Catch some of ya tomorrow on battlefield :D

I did like Gears but felt it was slightly over-rated, still a very good game though and think its better and more innovative than Halo.

The Gears single player story was poor but the gameplay was good. Am looking forward to playing Gears 2 at some point though :)