Gears of War 2
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| Developer: | Epic Games |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Game Studios |
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| Genre: | Third-person shooter |
| Game modes: | Campaign Mode (Co-op), Multi-player (Xbox Live) |
| ESRB rating: | Rating Pending (RP) |
| Platform(s): | Xbox 360 |
| Media: | DVD-DL |
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Gears of War 2, the sequel to the popular best-seller Gears of War, will be released sometime November 2008. The game will continue the story of Marcus Fenix, Dominic Santiago and the rest of the Delta Squad in their ongoing struggle against the Locust threat. For more information, check the Gears of War Information Thread or Gears of War 2 Site
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Plot
The plot of Gears of War 2 picks up 6 months after the Lightmass Bomb was detonated inside Hollow, the Locust stronghold, at the end of Gears of War. Peace has returned to the surface of Sera, but not for long. The Lightmass bomb didn't succeed in completely wiping out the Locust Horde, and now they are back with more destructive power. The Locust Horde now wields a powerful weapon capable of sinking entire cities. One by one the cities of Sera are falling to the Locust army, and hope is quickly falling along with it. However, the Delta Squad, which consists of Marcus Fenix, Dominic Santiago, Augustus Cole, and Damon Baird, return to stop the Locust in their tracks. Their mission, defend the last remaining human stronghold, Jacinto Plateau, from the Locust onslaught. Afterwards, take the war to the Locust doorstep by invading their underground fortress.
Characters
There will be quite a number of old faces coming to Gears of War 2, including all the members of the Delta Squad and most of their Locust enemies. Additionally, there will also be quite a number of new faces coming to the game from both sides of the ongoing struggle for humanity.
Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG)
Main article: COG
Main article: Marcus Fenix
Main article: Dominic Santiago
Main article: Augustus Cole
Main article: Damon Baird
Main article: Anthony Carmine
Chairman Prescott
Main article: Chairman Prescott
The leader of the COG, he played a very important part in keeping humanity alive during and after Emergence Day. In Gears of War 2, he will be the one to give a motivational speech before sending troops to fight the Locust Horde in a final stand for the survival of mankind.
Tai Kaliso
Main article: Tai Kaliso:
He's known as a spiritual and mediative warrior and serves a tradition as honor fighters. Further details about this character will be revealed on Gears of War 2.
Dizzy
Main article: Dizzy
Formerly a Stranded, he joined the COG so that its benefits would take care of his family.
Maria Santiago
Main article: Maria Santiago
Dominic's wife who went missing shortly after Emergence Day in Gears of War. Dom is currently searching for her, which will play an important part in the plot of this game.
Locust Horde
Main article: Locust
As you travel deeper within a maze of tunnels and caves that make up the Locust stronghold, you will be sure to revisit some of your old Locust enemies. However, this time they are accompanied by a few new Locust faces ready to mow you down at a moment's notice.
Kantus
Main article: Kantus
These prophet-like creatures pulsate low droning chants that can be focused into sonic attacks. They usually lurk in the backdrop of enemy ranks, carrying weapons such as the Gorgon Pistol and Poison Grenades. The real threat with these demons is that they can revive fallen comrades, which makes advancing through enemy lines an even more difficult task.
Locust Rock Worms
Main article: Rock Worms
These massive worms will emerge from the cavern walls during combat guided by the chants of the Kantus. However, their large size makes it easy to hide behind them as they slither about.
Gameplay
The Gears of War 2 gameplay overall will not differ much from the first game. Most of the controls in Gears of War are still applied to Gears of War 2. However, from an interview with the game's lead designer Cliff Bleszinski, the cover system is much smoother and the gameplay as a whole will function much better in online versus mode. Some Gameplay Footage
The Chainsaw
In Gears of War 2, Epic has added a few more chainsaw animations, the most prominent one being the "Chainsaw Duel." Two players will enter this struggle animation when they attempt to chainsaw one another and are prompted to tap the "B" button rapidly to decide the victor (which means the demise of the other player). Another chainsaw animation is one similar to a scene found in the first Gears of War 2 trailer, in which Marcus Fenix chainsawed a Locust Drone in half from behind. Players will be able to do the same thing if they rev the chainsaw and approach an enemy from behind.
Snapshots
In versus mode, after you have died, you can enter "camera mode" and view the entire playing field for the rest of the duration of the round. In addition, you can take pictures of the action which you'll be able to share online via Xbox Live.
Proximity Mines
Frag grenades have also been enhanced with a new feature--being able to use them as a proximity mine. In Gears of War, a player could only tag a grenade to another enemy. However, in Gears of War 2, a player can now also tag grenades to objects which will automatically detonate when an enemy approaches it. Players can also prematurely trigger the grenade manually simply by shooting it.
Executions
In Gears of War, a player was limited to only one execution animation, the "Curb Stomp." That feature has been enhanced in Gears of War 2, and now players can perform different execution animations dependent on the weapon they are holding.
Multiplayer Modes
Gears of war has improved a few multiplayer aspects. For one, there will be 5v5 (ten people in total). There will be respawning multiplayer modes as well, but the focus is still towards traditional non-respawn gaming. Not to mention, the match making setup has a similar look to the one on Halo.
Capture the Meat-Flag
Capture the Meat-Flag is a new versus game in which the flag is a CPU controlled character. Players on both teams must kill the character and drag him back to their base as a meatshield (basically a hostage) back to their base in order to win.
Guardian
Known as Assassination on the previous Gears of War game, this mode altered with a slight of change. All the players can respawned until the Leader is killed. The winner is remaining players in the team.
Wingman
Instead of the usual five versus five modes, this mode carries a unique buddy system. Out of five teams, there's two players in each team. Ten players in total and each team has to carry their character model.
Horde
Considering that there will still be two player co-op on campaign mode, Cliff promised a mode similar to the campaign. This mode allows five players to fight off a large amount of Locust enemies continuously.
Trojanman 
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