In short: Epic had their work cut out for them.ДЄstonishingly, they rose to the task: Gears of War 2, while more than a little similar to its predecessor, offers enough new, awesome stuff to be worth the asking price and then some.ДЄs one would expect, the story of Gears of War 2 pretty much picks up where the first one left off humanity, despite having made a valiant assault against the forces of death known as the Locust, have made little headway and are once again on the brink of survival unless a last-ditch plan can turn the tide of battle and save the day. Worse yet, Gears 2 was set to debut in the same period of time as several other heavily anticipated titles, many of which weвЂ™ve already reviewed or will be reviewing soon. A cleaned-up rehash simply wasnвЂ™t going to cut it anymore for Gears of War 2 to really stand out, it needed to have something new, different, and exciting on top of being a cleaner game that was more enjoyable to play. When the original Gears came out, it was a stellar effort in a sea of decent, if not great, titles two years later, it was now one great game in a field of MANY great games, a not insignificant amount of which were console exclusive. The announcement of a sequel, though expected, was definitely a вЂњWHOO YEAH!вЂќГ‚Вќ moment, personally, largely because the first game, though fabulous, could have stood some improvement here and there, and it was expected a sequel would do just that.Д«ut then, a funny thing happened in the intervening two years: LOTS of good games came out, both exclusive and otherwise, for MicrosoftвЂ™s great white hope.

At the time, it was easily one of the primary reasons to own the 360, and it remains one of the best games on the console. It was, essentially, non-stop visceral action, featured an interesting cover mechanic that was fluid and easy to use, and offered a ton of excellent single and multiplayer mayhem in one plastic disc. Though IвЂ™ve said this before, I feel it bears repeating: I thought the first Gears of War looked stupid, but found it to be one of the best games (at the time) for the 360.

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