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Will Gears of War 2 dissapoint?

Ive been reading up on Gears of War 2 and im worried the game wont have changed enough compared to the original, yes they have updated the engine with greater destruction, improved character lighting, soft body physics etc and this will obviously improve the games look but it will be fundamentaly be the same. Cliffy goes on about the huge crowds of enemies but I doubt u will be able to interact with them, gametrailers highlighted this in their analysis of the gameplay trailer that showed marcus's crosshair not turning red when it passed over the enemies down on the ground (see vid below) and if one enemy takes a large amount of bullets to kill then hundreds would be too overwhelming, i
m sure there will be more interactive enemies but not the masses that were promoted. The enhancments to the gameplay also seem like they could be simply put in on an update for multiplayer like moving while downed, using the meatshield etc. Im not trying to bash the game I think it will be a blast to play but I fear it will be too much like the original which will dissapoint alot of people. What do you think, will it be a dissapointment or not?

For a hd vid use this link http://www.gametrailers.com/player/33775.html

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Permalink Reply by Chig Champa on July 7, 2008 at 8:21pm: It couldn't be anymore disappointing than the first one.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by thepropayne on July 10, 2008 at 1:53am: True that. Well actually it could only be 4 minutes of fun instead of 5.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by dissonance on July 7, 2008 at 9:05pm: If the MP somehow moves away from being a huge shotgun fest then I'll be happy.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chilly on July 8, 2008 at 6:13am: Thats one of the areas it's gonna be improved on, if u shoot someone they slow down so therell be no charging up to someone and shot gunning them in the face.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by dissonance on July 8, 2008 at 9:45am: That is AWESOME news. I've always been a huge Lancer fan but once everyone realized the shotgun was way more effective, the game fell into this race of who can get that killer shotgun blast first.

Other than this issue I had no real problems with Gears. Okay, maybe the controls could have been done better. I'd question why everyone hates it so much but then again, I hate Halo MP.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chilly on July 10, 2008 at 2:13pm: I love the lancer too but it quickly became useless and I hate Halo Mp, wow we must have been seperated at birth, that or we have good taste in games :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by dissonance on July 10, 2008 at 6:31pm: Now if you only shared my hatred for Treyarch (this I know you don't from that CoD:WaW thread ^_-) & ESIV: Oblivion, hahaha~; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chilly on July 10, 2008 at 7:17pm: Nah I dont hate em but they did do a pretty terrible job on cod 3 so their not my favourite developer :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chilly on July 8, 2008 at 6:17am: Wow there seems to be alot of people not liking the game, was it that bad?, yes it was a bit short with a somewhat dull storyline and the multiplayer had a few problems but the fundamental gameplay was fun which was backed up by stellar graphics. If this game wasnt hyped up so much and was released a bit under the radar alot of people that hated it might see the game for what it is, a fun fuckin game!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Marcellus on July 8, 2008 at 5:14pm: not sure where all the hate is coming from, the controls were fine aned the graphics were great. What more do you want from the world they designed? The level design was fine, I'm not getting the faults there. I had a great time playing this game and cant wait for the second. I hope they don't change it TOO much because then it'll lose what those that liked it fell in love with.

Then there may be the possibility that I'm not really all that picky when it comes to games and movies. As long as the controls, the camera, and the graphics are fine, I can get to the meat of the game. Gears had the feel of an old school 80s action flick and didnt apologize nor try to force some complicated story on me, I appreciated it for that.

They changed Halo 2 around a lot too and look what happened, waaaaaaaaaaaaay too heavy on the story.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chilly on July 8, 2008 at 5:53pm: I suppose we will have to wait and see, I still think they need to shake up the formula of the game a bit more but hey I might be wrong :); ▶ Reply to This