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Gears of War 2

Published 15 July, 2008

From the Microsoft E3 conference demo.

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- Release date 7/11/2008
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syphaa #1 4 years ago

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This is gonna own!
Love the new melee combat!
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Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #2 4 years ago

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I love you Cliffy B!
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thenastypasty #3 4 years ago

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i love you to bertie!
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rhinoxious #4 4 years ago

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Does look impressive admittedly, I wonder if they remembered to add some plot this time?
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Darkedge #5 4 years ago

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there's 8 shots but actually it's 4 and two of each...
Does look very very good though.
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Machiavel #6 4 years ago

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Glad to see the robots from Matrix got some work again.
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Zanuah #7 4 years ago

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Looks technically impressive... and I know how much work goes into making graphics like this... but I simply care not for the look/style of this game... :(
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KillerMonkey #8 4 years ago

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Same here.. it's particularly annoying how it looks like everyone got monthly testosterone injections since they left the womb.
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mkreku #9 4 years ago

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Brown on brown with a touch of grey. Yawn.
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BadBoyBonner #10 4 years ago

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I strongly suspect that the 1280x710 images (yes, not 720p) are actually down-sampled from the 2935x1684 images, giving the illusion of aliasing in the UE3 engine and GOW2 which is unlikely given the UE3 engine.

Therefore the images are of a quality that will never appear in the 360 version.
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monkie_king #11 4 years ago

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Does plot really matter in this kind of game? "Here's the enemy, go kill them" is about all the exposition I need. If I wanted a dramatic narrative I'd watch a film. But I'd rather be killing bad guys in the face.
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Negotiator #12 4 years ago

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Superb looking game, just hope there is big open levels with large scale combat, but with these graphics I don't know.
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Zander #13 4 years ago

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"I'd rather be killing bad guys in the face"

I concur, with a chainsaw!
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Widge #14 4 years ago

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well.... that would be Unreal Tournament 3 really then
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Hobo #15 4 years ago

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"Therefore the images are of a quality that will never appear in the 360 version."

Must...Stop...Choking...On...Irrelevance...

Aaah! Better!

Who cares what the picture looks like? Those who've seen the gameplay footage released so far know full well just how it looks on their 360s.
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JasonB81 #16 4 years ago

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My eyes have officially been melted into a puddle of goo.

Give me a second so i can scoop up the goop and put it back in my skull, oh and i need some time to scrape up my jaw off the floor.
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CHAZBIGPOTATO #17 4 years ago

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So nice they had to put them in twice
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peterfll #18 4 years ago

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Whilst very impressive looking it still has than UR3 engine sheen about it which slightly detracts from it looking like something completely unique.
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Negotiator #19 4 years ago

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@Negotiator - try Halo 3, Ass hole

As much as I like Halo 3, it ain't got graphics on that level. Get the point now asshole.
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Stuz359 #20 4 years ago

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Just to add some symmetry, looks a bit grey doesn't it?
Anyway, looks great again and looking forward to the experience of playing it. I just think this is nothing the last generation could have done. I hope the next generation can offer the power for some genuinely new play experiences and not stuff we have mostly seen before with shinier graphics.
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penhalion #21 4 years ago

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@badboybonner

"I strongly suspect that the 1280x710 images (yes, not 720p) are actually down-sampled from the 2935x1684 images, giving the illusion of aliasing in the UE3 engine and GOW2 which is unlikely given the UE3 engine."

What?

That sentence made no sense what so ever.
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Jimpanse #22 4 years ago

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@Machiavel

"Glad to see the robots from Matrix got some work again."

First these things are no robots, if you play gow1 you will see them too !
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Xerx3s #23 4 years ago

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"I love you Cliffy B!"

Bertie likes big muscular manly gh3ys confirmed.

:p
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BadBoyBonner #24 4 years ago

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Penhalion

"I strongly suspect that the 1280x710 images (yes, not 720p) are actually down-sampled from the 2935x1684 images, giving the illusion of aliasing in the UE3 engine and GOW2 which is unlikely given the UE3 engine."

I strongly suspect that the 1280x710 images (yes, not 720p) are actually down-sampled from the 2935x1684 images, giving the illusion of ANTI-aliasing in the UE3 engine and GOW2 which is unlikely given the UE3 engine.

Fixed. At least one person was able to spot the obvious mistake. I guess you must agree, or you wouldn't think the sentence made no sense. Thats what you get for running a spell checker with a limited vocabulary! lol

Let's hope the dithered shading is much less prevalent as well.
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Moonprince #25 4 years ago

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omg it's all brown and grey omg what the hell!!
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des #26 4 years ago

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Texture detail is amazing,but where is Maria?
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chris_ace #27 4 years ago

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space_ace #28 4 years ago

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impressively ugly
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johnnybrn #29 4 years ago

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Grey is the new black
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ArchiRag #30 4 years ago

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is that two people chainsawing one guy?? with all these new executions im gna get me some bad rep! but its cool to see the new character models i read somewhere each side will have 12 different ones, although im pretty sure they're recycling old ones (like RAAM maybe Kim?) flamethrower looks badass
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anomagnus #31 4 years ago

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given that i still play the single player game, two years on, and is the only game i've never traded, that should tell you how much i love it!

so GOW 2 should blow my socks off
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TitusCrow #32 4 years ago

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looks nice, like stuff has aged, im no hortic.. er gardener, but that ivy seems to grow fast :) some of the multi player modes though do sound interesting, i might break my own rule never to get another epic game after they turned the genius that was ut2004 into the crap that was ut3.
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Jenuall #33 4 years ago

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Does look good - certainly improved the environments. Only thing I'd say is that in the comparison shots the lighting (or more specifically - the shadows) on the characters looks far better in the Gears 1 version, far too washed out in the new shots.
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DrDamn #34 4 years ago

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There are some better full res comparison shots on Gamersyde ... link

Certainly a lot more atmospheric in comparison to Gears 1. Gears 1 shots have a cleaner/crisper far distance, Gears 2 has more effects applied in the distance and a better lighting model - I wouldn't expect any big leap in geometry for these comparisons though. The newer shots in the snowy village look nicer than the comparison ones.

Edited by DrDamn at 26/06/08 @ 12:32
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cw- #35 4 years ago

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It's a war torn world, what colours would you expect to see in a world that's been blown to bits, shot up to buggery and isn't getting a fresh lick of paint any time soon?

The colour style is fitting for the setting of the game.
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Dizzy #36 4 years ago

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BTW all from multiplayer.
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Weezer #37 4 years ago

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Can't wait. This is the only game I give a shit about on 360.

However - why does an alien commando-warrior from a distant galaxy have a bloody cowboy hat? Could have done without that.
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The-Bodybuilder #38 4 years ago

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@Weezer

Err, that's a human.
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Artemus #39 4 years ago

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1.5
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patchbox360 #40 4 years ago

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lovely
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Vic #41 4 years ago

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Meh

Still at least its less brown than the last one!
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penhalion #42 4 years ago

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Something I just noticed but, why does the shield look almost nazi inspired. Everything from the shape to the black cross in the center......just saying is all....sure it's just some bizzare coincidence
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aldo_14 #43 4 years ago

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Something I just noticed but, why does the shield look almost nazi inspired. Everything from the shape to the black cross in the center......just saying is all....sure it's just some bizzare coincidence

I'd say it's more 'gothic' - Epic seem to be fans of that sort of style, with everything covered in 12 tonnes of armour and shoulder/crotch pads.

Also, does it have to be that monochromic?

EDIT; It's a war torn world, what colours would you expect to see in a world that's been blown to bits, shot up to buggery and isn't getting a fresh lick of paint any time soon?

Ah, but colour doesn't only come from paint, does it? Especially not in an outdoors setting like the (brown) countryside and (blue-grey) alpine village.

Edited by aldo_14 at 03/07/08 @ 14:29
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bag-in-box #44 4 years ago

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grey is the new black..
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Peew971 #45 4 years ago

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You can't stop the hype machine \o/
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#46 4 years ago

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Woot, I cant wait for this.
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muscleblade #47 4 years ago

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"it's particularly annoying how it looks like everyone got monthly testosterone injections since they left the womb. "

More like daily injections. Looks pretty good imo. They need big muscles to handle the huge weapons.
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muscleblade #48 4 years ago

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"Err, that's a human"

Yeah a human from a distant galaxy though. So hes kind of right. Sera -the planet of the Locust and homo sapiens is not earth.
So the cowboy dude is an alien.
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Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #49 4 years ago

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They need big muscles to handle the huge weapons.

:O
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penhalion #50 4 years ago

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Ahhh good to see the ol' Cole Train is still in there!
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monkie_king #51 4 years ago

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GoW - "zomg it's so grey/brown/dull looking"

Halo - "zomg what's with all the bright colour and gay pink lasers?"

Incidentally, what's the deal with Gears and Killzone both being set on human-inhabited planets that look exactly like, but are not, Earth?

Edited by monkie_king at 03/07/08 @ 16:22
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effinwooly #52 4 years ago

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impressed !
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JediMasterMalik #53 4 years ago

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How come not a single person has mentioned the clear bullshot levels of some of these shots?
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The-Bodybuilder #54 4 years ago

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@muscleblade

Not quite my good man. ;)
Humans just populated sera. He's still human.
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The-Bodybuilder #55 4 years ago

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@Jedi
Because nobody cares. They're too busy moaning about how grey it all is.
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JediMasterMalik #56 4 years ago

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Grey? Where? ;)
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canIdoyabombsforya #57 4 years ago

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For those of you watching in Brown and Grey, Tottenham are the ones playing in Yellow.
John Motson 1978
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LeD #58 4 years ago

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Looks fantastic!

Also, a fantastic way to fill one's ignore list!
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