Gears of War 2 Limited Edition | List Price: $69.99
Discount Price: $64.99
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Platform: Xbox 360
Brand: Microsoft
Binding: Video Game
Release Date: 2008-11-07
ESRB Age Rating: Mature
Features: - Limited edition version of the award-winning sequel picks up six months after the events of the blockbuster original
- Innovative third-person tactical action gameplay; Xbox LIVE delivers online multiplayer (up to 10 simultaneous players) and cooperative action
- Unreal Engine 3 delivers jaw-dropping graphics; new effects include ambient occlusion, dynamic shadows, advanced destructible environments, and more
- Winner of several awards at E3 2008, including Overall Best Shooting Game, Overall Best Graphics Technology, and Best Action Game
- Limited edition includes special case, 48-page book, gold-plated Lancer Assault Rifle for online play, and more.
Same S*** New Game [Posted on 2008-11-13]
I Really have to say that this was the worst sequel to a game in a long time. It's the same exact thing, but some new weapons, and new moves, and a new story. Other than that, it's the same exact thing.
DO NOT PREORDER BIG GAMES ON AMAZON [Posted on 2008-11-13]
I preordered Gears of War 2 Limited Edition 2 MONTHS BEFORE IT CAME OUT! The game never came and I just got an email saying they are going to refund my money and I will not get GOW2 Limited Edtion. No one else is selling this item anymore, SO AFTER PREORDERING 2 MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME NOT ONLY DID I NOT PLAY THE GAME YET BUT I WILL NOT BE OWNING A LIMITED EDITION VERSION EVER. THANKS ALOT AMAZON. DO NOT PREORDER BLOCKBUSTER GAMES FROM THESE PEOPLE OR YOU TOO WILL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES! I will now be ordering the game from GAMESTOP and will receive it in two business days.
Possibly the best Shooter EVER!!! [Posted on 2008-11-15]
Now i gotta admit i really wasnt a fan of the Gears Of War series at the beginning but ever since Gears Of War 2 came out ive been on it hooked like a little kid. The new gears offers a Verity of New Things including, New Guns, New Characters, New Story, New Game Modes, but the most importantly the Amazingly new Hardcore Graphics that till this day still shocks me. this game is arguably the best shooter ive even seen and played (and knowin me being a hardcore shooting games fan i kno cause i seen and played Vertually every shooting game out for any system)overal with the new stuff that Gears Of War 2 brings will knock u off ur feet or sofa where ever u may be playing it and it is sure to never dissapoint especially not if your a true Gears Of War fan!!!
Now for the limited Edition copy its self. The Gears Of War 2 Limited edition comes with the following items:
*Gears Of War 2 game, a slide on cover. after that a Redish box case with a lancer drawn over it.after that a metal DVD like case with a Full Lancer drawn from front to back aslo that slips into the red case. The metal DVD like case with a lancer drawn over it from front to back. Inside the metal case is the actual game of GOW2 along with the bonus Disc. Also inside the actual metal case where the manual is for GOW2 is the card for the code for the Gold plated Lancer for online play, The 5 free flashback maps, and a 48 Trial Subscription for XBOX LIVE
*a inside look of Gears OF War 2 48 page book, with a picture of Dom and his wife.
overal. is the limited Edition of Gears Of War 2 worth it? i say so even if u like the game or not its still a good thing to have if ur a collector and especially if ur a Gears Of War fan!!
ABSOLUTE BEST GAME IN THE WORLD! [Posted on 2008-11-17]
I love this game! I loved the first gears of war. The new weapons and modes are just great. The multilayer is alright but I don't think it as good as the first one but the storyline and the gameplay just ignores that making this one of the best games for 360.
Gears of War 2 Review [Posted on 2008-11-18]
I'll start by saying that I'm writing this review in lieu of hurling my controller through the wall- so I guess the first comment is that the later stages of Gears of War 2 can get a bit rough. I guess my first clue should have been when I accidentally discovered that you can go "down but not out" in single player- a big change from the first game. But I have to say that Gears 2 is one of the best games this year.
Gears 2 picks up six months after the events of Gears of War, document the continuing struggle between Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad and the Locust Horde. Locations range from the destroyed urban environments of the first game before heading underground to the heart of the Locust stronghold. In pre-release interviews, developers were asked if this chapter would follow the trend of epic trilogies as the "dark" second chapter, to which the interviewer often received a non answer. I would have to say (definitively) that yes, yes that is the case. In fact any player that allows themselves to become even a little bit emotionally involved in the story will find it disturbingly easy to hate the Locust. Also, the story raises many questions that don't look like they're going to be answered by game's end- but hey, that's what Gears of War 3 is for (Epic- get on it).
As for gameplay, the "stop and pop" system returns all but unchanged from Gears 1- but this is in no way a bad thing. The Locust have brought in some new heavies (players fight Reavers, Brumaks, plus multiple iterations of the Boomer and the new cleric like Kantus, who can revive fallen comrades), but the new heavy class weapons make it an even fight. The COG add a mortar and Gatling gun to their arsenal, while the Locust bring a new pistol, flamethrower, and poison gas grenade. There have been two major changes to the gameplay- the first is the idea of portable cover, downed enemies can be grabbed and used as "meat-shields" while the player can continue to wield a pistol. The second change is the introduction of melee opponents, who bring with them real shield that the player can take and use like a meat-shield or plant in the ground for cover anywhere they need it.
But one of the places that the first game revolutionized gaming was in cooperative multiplayer. Gears 2 also features a two player co-op campaign, but the new standard in co-op gaming is without question Horde mode. Horde mode allows up to five players to take on fifty waves of increasingly difficult enemies. Every ten waves, the enemy list resets (meaning wave 1 and 11 are the same), and the Locust get stat boosts to their health and accuracy. With a team of pals, this mode quickly becomes an addiction and the hours can melt away as the bullets fly and strategies change and evolve.
In short, Gears of War 2 is an impressive package. It takes everything that was good about the first game and ratchets it up to a, well, epic level. Horde mode could prove to be the next great evolution in online multiplayer. Gears 2 could very well prove to be a Game of the Year contender.
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