Gears of War 2

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CliffyB Playing Gears 2 at X08

 

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Εντυπώσεις απο την X08

 

First of all awesome event they put on in Toronto on August 21st

 

Waited in line for awhile out front, got checked for ID because it was a night club the event took place in, so i got a wrist band that said booze was a go for me

 

Went inside and got a swag bag that included three t-shirts (none of them that great), a free code for the Fabe 2 pub games, a Vualt/Pip Boy sticker, and some posters

 

Once inside a friend and I immediately sought after Gears of War 2; it was being showcased upstairs on 10 TVs that all had MP running and one screen that was demoing the SP footage that we all saw at E3

 

Cliff Bleszinski was there playing the game when i sat down and my friend and I got him to sign some Gears of War fanart that was being passed around at the event

 

The lobby system is smooth, it lists the gametypes in the top and you choose which one you want to play....we tried to set up a Horde game, but were quickly stopped by the guys running the booth They told it wasn't 'ready' to be shown here

 

once the gametype is fired up (Note: we played Guardian and Wingman because they said they were the quickest games...i tried to play Submission but again they shot that down because they said it would take much longer to complete a game)

 

before the map starts you can switch your character; i saw Cole, Tai, Dizzy, Marcus, Baird, Carmine, and i think i remember seeing Hoffman - don't quote me on that one....saw the Locust Kantus, shirtless Locust wearing a helmet, and the other ones that were in the first game. You can also switch your starting weapon between the Lancer and Hammerburst2; i mostly used the HB2

 

HB2 is a solid gun...you can hold the RT down and it fires at a reasonable pace, but i did notice a much faster rate when i clicked the trigger repeatedly...i was trying to get headshots with it, but i don't think you can

 

i didn't get to play Day One though...but played Gridlock, River, Avalanche, and Security

 

Guardian works exactly like it was said and i played my first game on Gridlock 2.0....unfortunately i didn't see what weapon was in the towers for those wondering

 

right off the bat i noticed a much smoother game, the characters don't feel like they have as much weight to them and they do sway from side-to-side when you turn them while roadie running

 

i downed someone and shotgun meleed them (B button), it's a quick animation and pretty cool too; someone told me it was me and Cliff left on the map and he had just Boom'd my last teammate...i went upstairs and he was down too, so i caught a break, and performed the Y button execution, which was the Ultimate Fighting punches to end the match

 

next map i played was River, probably my favourite map of the day, on Guardian

 

ran out of spawn and grabbed frag grenades...i stuck one in the wall on the staircase, like what they did in the demoed gameplay, and picked up the Torque Bow at the top of the stairs

 

the TB is a much easier weapon to shoot from long distances now with the new aiming sight...i Torqued two guys in the opposite tower and my team finished off the rest

 

some people were tossing smokes all over the place, but as long as you avoid the initial blast, which isn't hard you won't be knocked down; think i ragdolled once though

 

i didn't chainsaw duel anyone, afterall i was using the HB2, but saw a few of them, pretty cool...this one guy won two in a row

 

i played Wingman next on Security and Avalanche

 

on Avalanche i spawned next to the Mortar and grabbed it...damn that thing was hard to aim...i kept shooting the blast over everyone; you plant it into the ground with the LT and then a gage moves up and down and you click the RT to fire it when it lines up with about the middle-line...depending on when it is stopped determines the distance; i asked Cliff how to use it, but still couldn't hit anything

 

my teammate had the Mulcher (on Security) and he shredded one of our enemies with it....pretty badass

 

the Avalanche never came down on our match because my teammate and i destroyed the opposition, but i did see while watching....it made the screen all cloudy, but i never saw where exactly it came down

 

i got to use the Gorgon, albeit breifly because i died shortly after grabbing it, solid rate of fire but i can't give much of an opinion on it due to limited use

 

never got my hands on poison nades, the Snipe, the Flamethrower, or the shield, but i saw people using all of them except the sniper rifle, in matches

 

the Flame killed one guy (looking very cool) and the poison nade made me sprint away...i think it was Cliff using the shield and he performed its execution on a guy; it basically crushes the guy's head with the bottom of the shield, coming down from above with considerable force

 

i tried wall bouncing, but it wasn't nearly as effective, although that might have just been due to system link...the character sort of turns off the wall now rather than 'bouncing' off it

 

i saw someone wall slide a weapon pickup, so that wasn't patched for those wondering

 

frags don't appear to bounce around as much and they kind of just hit the ground and stay there

 

meatshield is cool, i did it only once though because i kept curb stomping and using the punches...it doesn't seem overpowered in the least

 

the shotgun is much, much slower now, it's still decent to use, but will probably take some adjusting to be able to shoot effectively...i tried to 2-piece people, but it's almost non-existent now with no stun to the melee gone, people just seem to walk through it and the shot comes out so much slower that they have time to avoid the spread

 

i got a great view of stopping power when a player, using a Theron Guard, tried to run up on me...i Lancered him/her (whatever) right in the face and stopped them dead in their tracks; it is powerful...then i curb stomped them after yelling "STOPPING POWER!!"

 

i double chainsawed a bunch of people with a teammate, once both of us were facing the opponent and the other time i was on their front while he was sawing the back...pretty cool and obviously it gives the kill to the guy who initiated the original saw

 

crawling when down is a solid new feature too, although most people never seemed to get that far to avoid dying

 

the framerate ran smooth, there wasn't texture popping or rendering when the game booted up

 

Cliff confirmed the 100,000 kill achievement after i asked him about it and i talked to him after the show (i was the guy in the black football jersey - number 32 - in case Cliff reads this)

 

wish i could've played Horde, but i had a blast playing Gears 2 early and i can't wait for its release

 

(i played other games too, but that's not why you are reading this)

 

Thanks X08 and EPIC!!

 

all of them were cool

 

i was digging Gridlock's new look

 

River really is like Clocktower meets Canals (which is probably why i liked it the most)

 

Security was cool, but i didn't go all over it because i was playing Wingman and people come at you from all sides...the lasers never really got in the way

 

Avalanche looked similar to River in terms of the look of the buildings. It had a lot of smaller buildings around that had some weapons in them. It was solid too

 

i did see the matchmaking screen (answers Hooligan as well)....it gives you a list of gametypes and the map on the left side and in the bottom of that side you select your character and starting weapon...on the right side it lists the players in the room ( i guess that was the party), but we weren't able to manually change the teams up; i don't think they wanted us to

 

Lancer felt stronger...really seems like they are pressing to make it the primary weapon in Gears 2

 

(and to answer Freeman as well) cover did feel stickier... it didn't feel as crisp and bouncy as Gears 1....it felt a little slower too compared to the other movements and sliding into cover was a little delayed...it was definitely different; i keep trying to remember when i played LAN if cover was like that, but i think it was overall different in Gears 2

 

Also, when you say the shotgun was slower, can you guesstimate how much (e.g., 2 shots in the span of what would be 3 shots with the current shotgun)?

 

sounds about right... you could probably get off 2 shots in Gears 1 compared to finishing one shot in Gears 2; it was also harder to gage if the spread was making contact because it was that much slower

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X08: Gears 2 DLC to ship 'soon' after game release

 

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/08/22/x08-gears-2-dlc-to-ship-soon-after-game-release/

X08: Cliff Bleszinski talks Gears of War 2

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/22/x08-cliff-bleszinski-talks-gears-of-war-2/#comments

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X08: Gears 2 DLC to ship 'soon' after game release

 

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/08/22/x08-gears-2-dlc-to-ship-soon-after-game-release/

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Gears of War 2 Achievements

 

1. Green as Grass (10) – Train the rook (any difficulty)
   
2. Itʼs A Trap! (10) – Story progression in Chapter 2
   
3. Escort Service (10) – Story progression in Chapter 3
   
4. Girl About Town (10) – Story progression in Chapter 4
   
5. That Sinking Feeling (10) – Story progression in Chapter 5
   
6. Freebaird! (10) – Story progression in Chapter 6
   
7. Heartbroken (10) – Story progression in Chapter 7
   
8. Longitude and Attitude (10) – Story progression in Chapter 8
   
9. Tanks For The Memories (10) – Story progression in Chapter 9
   
10. Water Sports (10) – Story progression in Chapter 10
    
11. Saved Maria (10) – Story progression in Chapter 11
    
12. Be Vewwy Vewwy Quiet (10) – Story progression in Chapter 12 (passive)
    
13. Weʼre Hunting Rabbit (10) – Story progression in Chapter 12 (aggressive)
    
14. Wrapped In Beacon (10) – Story progression in Chapter 13
    
15. Have Fun Storming The Castle (10) – Story progression in Chapter 14
    
16. And The Horse You Rode In On (10) – Story progression in Chapter 15
    
17. They Just Keep Coming (10) – Story progression in Chapter 16
    
18. Brumak Rodeo (10) – Story progression in Chapter 17
    
19. Does This Look Infected To You? (10) – Story progression in Chapter 18
    
20. Reservist (25) – Complete all campaign acts on Casual difficulty
    
21. Non-Commissioned Officer (50) – Complete all campaign acts on Normal difficulty
    
22. Commissioned Officer (75) – Complete all campaign acts on Hardcore difficulty
    
23. Commander (150) – Complete all campaign acts on Insane difficulty
    
24. Tourist (5) – Recover 5 Collectibles (any difficulty)
    
25. Pack Rat (15) – Recover 20 Collectibles (any difficulty)
    
26. Completionist (30) – Recover all 43 Collectibles (any difficulty)
    
27. Dom-Curious (10) – Complete one chapter in co-op on any difficulty
    
28. Domination (30) – Complete ten chapters in co-op on any difficulty
    
29. I Canʼt Quit You, Dom (50) – Complete all acts in co-op on any difficulty
    
30. Crossed Swords (10) – Win a Chainsaw Duel
    
31. Ainʼt Too Proud To Beg (10) – Crawl to a teammate and be revived
    
32. Pound of Flesh (10) – Use a meat shield to absorb a killing blow
    
33. DIY Turret (10) – Use a cover-mounted Gatling gun to kill three enemies without dismounting
    
34. Shock and Awe (10) – Use the mortar to kill three enemies with a single shot
    
35. Said The Spider To The Fly (10) – Kill an enemy with a planted grenade
    
36. Blowed Up Real Good (10) – Kill three enemies with a single grenade tag
    
37. Shake and Bake (10) – Kill three enemies with the flamethrower without reloading
    
38. Variety is the Spice of Death (30) – Kill an enemy with every weapon in the game
    
39. Multi-Talented Executioner (30) – Execute a downed enemy with every weapon in the game
    
40. Seriously 2.0 (50) – Kill 100,000 enemies, total, across all modes
    
41. Photojournalist (10) – Submit a spectator photo
    
42. It Takes Two (10) – Win Wingman with both team members alive
    
43. The Old Ball and Chain (10) – Capture a Meat Flag in a winning match of Meat Flag
    
44. Itʼs Good To Be The King (10) – Finish a winning round of Assassination as the leader
    
45. You Go Ahead, Iʼll Be Fine (10) – Collect all the rings value in a winning round of KOTH
    
46. Back To Basic (20) – Complete Multiplayer Training Grounds
    
47. Can Do It All (30) – Win a match of every multiplayer game type
    
48. Around The World (30) – Win one match on each of the 12 MP maps
    
49. Survived To Five (20) – Entire team must survive the first five waves of Horde (any difficulty)
    
50. Survived To Ten (30) – Entire team must survive the first ten waves of Horde (any difficulty)

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Early this morning a leaked list of achievements for Gears of War 2 made its way onto the Internet. After contacting Microsoft we have learned that the leaked information is not complete and only contains about 60% of the actual achievements. The full list, as well as linked achievements, will be revealed here on IGN.com tomorrow (Friday, August 28) at 10 AM.

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Ψύνομαι....

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Το μοναδικό μειονέκτημα του Gears 1 ήταν για μένα η έλλειψη χρώματος που σε κούραζε από ένα σημείο και μετά. Αφού φαίνεται να διορθώσανε κι αυτό εννοείται ότι το παιχνίδι θα αξίζει τρελά

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Gears of War 2 Achievements and More

The true list and what you'll unlock for having played the first Gears.

 

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/906/906298p1.html

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Gears of War 2 Achievements and More

The true list and what you'll unlock for having played the first Gears.

 

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/906/906298p1.html

 

Από το άρθρο :

 

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Does this mean you are planning a Windows version of "Gears of War 2"?

Cliff: Gears of War is a great franchise first and foremost for Xbox 360, and therefore we're focusing on that platform for Gears of War 2. We've decided we're not going to do a PC version this time around.

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Από το άρθρο :

 

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Does this mean you are planning a Windows version of "Gears of War 2"?

Cliff: Gears of War is a great franchise first and foremost for Xbox 360, and therefore we're focusing on that platform for Gears of War 2. We've decided we're not going to do a PC version this time around.

 

εντάξει μωρέ θα βγεί πιστέυω μετα από 1-1,5 χρόνο για να το παίξουν και οι Playstationάκηδες...κρίμα είναι

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Gears of War 2 PAX08 footage

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G68FeT6rqY0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pDp6MijPGE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li49dMGYOuQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geHmNe-9KO0

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=osM85KZ3cMk

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+hands on Impressions

 

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/688821/Gears_of_War_2_Multiplayer_HandsOn_Impressions.html