First Gears of War 2 Footage Debuts

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  and more then 4on4 MP : Lone Goat
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    Even though it was 4 on 4 the maps made it work well, but the Mansion Map would really be crazy if it was... : Sailor of Fortune
    • they have revamped a few origional maps like gridlock and they look insane for gridlock comarisons go her... : xion1992

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  yeah what with Gears and... Gears... and.... : derelict515
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    Halo 3, Half Life 2 episode 2, UT3, Call of Duty, Army of Two etc. etc. The same old Doom formula is s... : joooze
    • Doom forumula? How does a game like Army of Two or Gears fit the 'doom formula' in anything but the most ... : Matthew M.
• Do you mean just for you? Because the popularity of COD4 indicates that if they are done well people eat ... : Mansmells
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  Wouldn't this be a current-gen console? : Vangoghs Ear
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    Yeah, I've noticed that too. A lot of people are still calling the new consoles 'next-gen' even though th... : Arceihn
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      Its cause the PS2 is out selling the PS3 so you can't count the PS2 out yet. : IHATEDUST
      • just because its popular doesn't make it any less old. : Klebold

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  Who fucking cares about it being grey. I never understand why people complain about this. Using rainbow c... : razlebol
  • it looks almost black and white. Do you have a color TV or a black and white TV? Color is better right? : gyokuro
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    Yeah, this kind of shit always bothers me too. I have a feeling these are the kinds of people who have th... : SockMonkeh
    • where do you think that Guido look comes from?! : fatman
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  So everything has to look like a Saturday morning cartoon for you to play? Put Marcus in nice orange gear... : Helios150
  • They complain about color too. See: any WoW thread. : ZombieAcademy
• its a level that plays like a rail shooter, the first Gears had little like that (it was always just runn... : derelict515
• You like your boxes brown? : Topaz

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• so it's not your type of game, join the vocal minority :) : burning eye
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  Yeah I hate fun action-packed games too... : Bobthecow81
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    It's the pop corn flick of gaming. : Jimbo Ro
    • regardless, it's still entertaining. : two50six
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  I just hated gow, but i hate to admit this video is, well, pretty. but still, i just can't understand ... : Guypz0r
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    because it's fucking badass and the story works great for an action game : the city
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      But it really doesn't. All the cutscenes are basically filler and by the end we still know basically noth... : Arceihn
      • agreed, the GOW 'story' would embarass a 12 year old, but then look at the crap Hollywood is spewing out ... : electric_wizard

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• GEORGE IT HAS GUNS IT IS SO UNORIGINAL I WON'T BUY IT. I HOPE DNF DOESNT HAVE GUNS : gmd
• No kidding. It looks like it's going to be batshit crazy. : Fred Garvin
• Agreed, looks fantastic. The first one was awesome too. except for the final boss fight ARGGGGGGGGGGH : Priest77
• Agreed. : Wolfanoz
• it just looks amazing. I honestly want it more than just about any other game coming up. : burning eye
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  Yes, great art direction always equals a superb game experience. C'mon George, you know better than th... : cell9song
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    i guess we're just not pussies who want a video game version of Pride and Prejudice. : burning eye
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      LOL no kidding. I like action games where shit blows up, thanks :) : GeorgeB3DR
      • Well if that was the only criteria for...bah nevermind. : Cygnus X-1
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      Some of us see games that are good and start wondering why other people can't pull it off. GTA4 has an in... : SenorSpine
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        think about this...what's the big difference between san andreas and gta4 gameplay wise...just about all ... : PSYCHON
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          If you don't think that GTA4 is a step up from GTA3:SA you're wrong. Game play is pretty much identical, ... : SenorSpine
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            Your main point in your original argument was the gameplay was virtually the same and therefore was borin... : PSYCHON
            • But I feel like I played games like Gears of war in 1996 : ease one
    • Because obviously fun gameplay AND a story that isn't fucking brainless is too much to ask. Give me a ... : Arceihn
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    I'm going to invent a "Jump to assumptions" mat, just for you. : two50six
    • haha, best comment all day. people that don't get it... go watch Office Space. : Helios150
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    you played the whole singleplayer campaign and multi already? lucky you : derelict515
    • Ok, ok, I deserve that. I'm still a little annoyed over the original receiving this hysterical praise... : cell9song
• Yea, some of the negaqtive comments on here are incredibly retarded, it looks like a lot of people seem t... : Milleh
• What he said... : Snake&Crane
• George, aren't you next in line for the J Allard makeover after Cliffy? ;) : johngloid
• agreed completely, some people are just to finnicky and love something popular to hate. : klearlyunseen
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  I think gta4 has spoiled a lot of us, also gow1 was great with its cover system but now every game has it : Chandler55
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    spoiled? how about raised the standards for what a great game should be in this day and age? or perhaps... : poopsex_
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      GTA 4 cost 100m to make and an entire publisher's future is riding on it. It was also riding on 60m prev... : GeorgeB3DR
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        Don't even get sucked into this, George. GTA4 set the standard for open world sandbox games, that's not ... : SiW73
        • Yeah, George. Don't get sucked in. : poopsex_
    • Yea, I'm not sure wtf you're smoking. GTA IV is a re-released GTA 3. They added a new engine / lighting... : dedgecko
• Agree 100%. One of my most wanted games. : Sturm08
• Yeah really, wtf are people complaining about? Gears is probably the first non-XBLA 360 game I'll buy wh... : SiW73
• heh...just wait until we get ahold of Duke Nukem Forever :P : jimvolk

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• Also, everyone remember the GoW1 trailer set to 'Mad World?' I thought I was being set up for some awesom... : quadeh

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  why? : dilutedq
  • EPIC HATES PC GAMERS ROOAAR : derelict515
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    There was a contingent of the PC gaming population that practically worshiped Epic and their upcoming UT2 : carbontree
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      news to me, UT3 was awesome, not buggy, not consolized. I've also yet to see them "lambast" PC gamers in... : dilutedq
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        look for comments by Mark Rein (I think). They've said more than a few things that pissed of PC elitists ... : derelict515
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          My post was actually semi sarcastic. I know they have said things that have pissed off pc elitist, but t... : dilutedq
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            http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/51354 http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/51752 Ok, perhaps... : carbontree
            • Ok well to clarify then: Epic never complained about the sales of UT3. Indeed it was the opposite: the m... : thesubtlesnake
          • I'm a Linux gamer. Oxymoronic I know. So obviously I dual boot. But as many games as I can run on Linu... : MamiyaOtaru
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          Sometimes PC gamers are worse than 360/PS3 fanboys : two50six
          • Sometimes. I actually prefer the PC but find myself defending consoles all the time. : Pettytheft
      • UT3 was delayed for a year only to be released with a consolized UI that sucked and a server browser that... : jonas54
    • I wish both gamers and developers would stop mentally segregating PC and console gamers. From the deve... : nudel
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      "pc gamers" can go DIAF. : grendel
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        heh you're and angry little newb aren't ya? : techx4
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          hardly. i play pc games and console games. people who identify themselves as PC GAMERS as some sort've ... : grendel
          • I play both as well but there is ALWAYS gunna be assholes who defiantly stand behind something and whine ... : techx4
• Man the shack is fickle when it comes to companies. For all the words tossed around in the chatties, I ex... : cannelbrae
• play games that are fun, dont let politics in the gaming world ruin a good time. : klearlyunseen
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  It's not that they hate PC gamers, it's just that it's filled with pompous greedy douchebags. : psycho100
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    Yeah screw those douchebag companies...always trying to turn a profit...bastards : Bobthecow81
    • More money hats in their closets! Never enough! : et72
    • You misunderstood me, I said 'pompous greedy bastards' because first of all, they say the Wii is a 'step ... : psycho100
  • as opposed to the PC elitists who hate them... : derelict515

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  Well, excuse me, but it's simply aggrivating to read some of the dismissive comments that have been poste : Guypz0r
  • I understand exactly what you mean when you say that the story wasn't there and all that. BUT Sometime... : kurumba

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• I always thought he looked like Paul Rudd there. : SpaecKow
• He works out and likes flexing his plecks, probably the butch in the relationship : joooze

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• I thought Gears 1 had a lot of that "old school charm" too. I could never put my finger on exactly why ... : meatnipples
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  when Quake 4 did it, people didn't seem to like it. : the archvile
  • the major diff between those two is that for me, every kill in GoW is satisfying and chunky. In quake 4 a... : Klebold

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• >:3 : dell4600

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• Hell to the no! : ProdigyXL

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• I completely agree. : at0micgarden
• exactly, lighten up you fucking pansies :D : niceguynick
• 100% agree on this. People bitch about everything. : Helios150
• front page news comments : derelict515
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  real G's know it's not about the looks. : invadernny
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    oh shit you got me bro I'm not a real G (is that cool kid speak for gamer?) : gmd
    • yeah dude I guess you're not fucking cool huh? you're no girl gettin' gamer bitch ass punk : invadernny

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  you must only be able to get it up while completely in restraints, jacked up on crank, and getting discip... : AroundTheFur1380
  • This post is great : ColoradoCNC
  • Yeah no shit, that video got me pumped/giddy as hell for GoW2. I can't fucking wait. : the city
  • awesome. : meatnipples

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  what about this video made you 100% confirmed as to not buy it? The vast improvement in moving geometry? ... : AroundTheFur1380
  • Maybe they did show everything new. We don't know for sure until the game or new footages are released. ... : razlebol
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  Ugh they better not add 20 more people OR vehicles to multiplayer. That's one of the reasons I really li... : Begawkiness
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    Fine, I do agree with your point of it being different from the others out there... But it would be a coo... : jeffmace3917
    • I think that's UT3 ;p : derelict515
  • i agree. This is the reason why i still love to play CS. However, it seems when a CS server gets over 1... : Fish_Bulb
• ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhhhhaaa : the city

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• GoW was a lot of fun, but yeah my major complain with it was it felt like playing a FPS with blinders on.... : cetra00
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  This is just one level. Don't make a decision just yet. : Sturm08
  • ARE YUO KIDDANG?! WEE MUST MAKE ASSUMPSHUNS OF THE HOOLLE GAME BASED OF A SINGAL GAMEPLEY VEEDIO! : SigENeaT
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  The first one was complete hype as far as I'm concerned. Run of the mill, repetitive shooter. I don't e... : Bonestormm
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    The first one was the moment that most of us finally realized we were playing a "next gen game". To this ... : AroundTheFur1380
    • lol @ hidden bias You hate the game because of your gay agenda! : cdbeckman
    • Hidden bias? Against what? I was a huge Epic fan and majorly pumped for this game. All it delivered wa... : Bonestormm
  • the first one was a solid game but as far as hype goes nothing is even close to the king ... HALO 3 when ... : neodoom
  • haha oh good sweet tittyfucking christ you're off your rocker : the city

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• Maybe you didn't get into it because you didn't think you had to aim... : molaughlen

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• its not Oblivion... : derelict515
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  lol. Did you even play the first game? : afrochops
  • for like 10 minutes when friend brought xbox it looked cool : sherwinpg

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• What's even better.... this is a trilogy, so you know they're going to squeeze the 360's nuts one more ti... : Madwacker
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  Gears isn't even close to the 360's potential. Tons of optimizations have been put into UE3 since it's r... : dopefish
  • Here's hoping less pop-in for Mass Erect! : SigENeaT

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  There is a new weapon in the video. At least, I don't remember seeing it in the first one. : razlebol
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    Yeah seemed like a semi auto rifle. : nomaad
    • What was that automatic pistol thing as well? I don't remember seeing that before... : SigENeaT

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  should read - I wish they would release a PC version ... : Reeves
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    I would expect an eventual PC version. : Chris Faylor
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      Would be stupid for them not to. Since the property is a Microsoft exclusive, they'll release it on PC li... : shad0w1979
      • Where's Project Gotham Racing PC, or Crackdown PC, or Perfect Dark Zero PC? PC releases seem to vary on a... : doc.solo
• they did release a PC version. : empathe
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  I don't know if you noticed but cliffy B said that it's coming out exclusively for Xbox 360 so, thats why... : Reeves
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    that was the case for Gears 1 as well. Exclusive to consoles, the PC is a separate beast and the port wil... : derelict515
    • Yeah when people say "Platform exclusive" these days they don't seem to include the PC as a platform unde... : SigENeaT

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• I'm kind of the same way... I really wanted to like the first one, but no dice. The one cool thing I s... : vertdang
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  i really liked the first one with coop, but #2 looks like more of the same : Chandler55
  • Yeah. I never would have finished Gears if I hadnt been playing coop. I wouldnt have finished Halo 3 eith... : Tommy Toolbag
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    Definitely looks like more of the same with new levels. Didn't see anything in that, other than a vehicl... : valael
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      surely those 3 minutes are representative of the entire game! : derelict515
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        Well it is the three minutes they chose to show to us to judge the game by so far. : ease one
        • yeah, they chose to show us a semi-coherent section of one level. They could've made a trailer that cut a... : derelict515
    • There were several new features. 1) They can have a ton more enemies on screen. 2) Using enemies as c... : Evil Benius
• Weird. I'm definitely borderline burned out on FPS ( i spend my entire teens in dm4 - quakeworld ) but Ge... : Neech
• yeah on-rails scripted FPS sequences are only so-so to me, unless they throw a fuckton of shit at you lik... : Borzoi

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• Exactly, but I'd prefer the Uzi for my input. : datim

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• IAWTP That vid looked sick and Im pumped to play more of the same. Gears rocked. I feel it could have use... : godm0de

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  i think hes trying to show of his geek guns... looks like hes wearing makeup too lol : clax82
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    BBBbbruuuccciieee!! : shad0w1979
    • Its what the B stands for Clif Bruciezinsky! : Beady
• It's a Tesco Value t-shirt. : cplturboturd
• its extra medium! : R.Cade