Gears of War 2

 Xbox 360
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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3389 Ratings

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  1. VincentValen
    Sep 10, 2023
    8
    Gears of war 2 for it's time amazing very enjoyable to play. I love the Story and the gameplay. Highly recommend! You can get this game on the cheap now, it's a absolute steal for the price. I decided to go back and enjoy it again on my Series X which led me to finally giving it a review.
  2. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    10
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!
  3. Lelo_Oficial
    Aug 25, 2023
    10
    Gears of War 2 é um jogo fabuloso, de história e gameplay impecáveis, sinto vontade de joga-lo a todo tempo desde a primeira vez que joguei, de longe o melhor gears of war que joguei!
  4. The_rainbow_00
    Jun 30, 2023
    7
    7.1/10

    Story: 7.5 Gameplay: 6.5 Game mechanics: 7.5 By the second game, the story was starting to come together, and finally, the scenery changed. Gameplay would've been better if there wasn't any input lag; funny how Xbox claims FPS boot is enabled for the game, but there is input lag. For some of the missions, the mechanics were interesting, especially during one where there is a    7.1/10

    Story: 7.5
    Gameplay: 6.5
    Game mechanics: 7.5

    By the second game, the story was starting to come together, and finally, the scenery changed. Gameplay would've been better if there wasn't any input lag; funny how Xbox claims FPS boot is enabled for the game, but there is input lag. For some of the missions, the mechanics were interesting, especially during one where there is a hail storm, and the player has to maneuver around it. The submarine mission was great too.    … Expand
  5. HydrophobikFish
    Jun 9, 2023
    8
    Incredible sequel to a great game, a lot of the scuff at the edges of the first game are smoothed out and refined here. The characters are more vibrant and there's more variety in gameplay. the plot is more off the rails though, in good and bad ways.
  6. Lordbit4735
    May 9, 2023
    10
    Este juego es sencillamente hermoso, tiene una gran historia, jugabilidad, desarrollo de personaje y momentos emotivos, mucha acción en todo momento y te conecta con los personajes, me gusto mucho mas que el 1.
  7. lemos1898
    May 7, 2023
    10
    The best gears of war, chad characters, great difficulty, great gears of war guns, good history line, great scenarios, just amazing. A must-play
  8. SabaPro
    Mar 4, 2023
    9
    A game where you shoot monsters with your cool big ass gun, thats not everything that this game has to offer, i am only saying that because when i hear that i immediately get turned off, but this one actually does it well and is really good not gonna lie.
  9. LilBatSoup
    Feb 27, 2023
    10
    Hands down my favorite story game ever. This was the first video game i’ve ever played and the whole story is amazing.
  10. Joe2539
    Jan 2, 2023
    10
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  11. neomoonsevin
    Dec 11, 2022
    7
    more harder to complete i had problems with the final boss but was a good ride all the way through
  12. goodgriff33
    Dec 24, 2022
    9
    Answer: 75 characters is between 10 words and 19 words with spaces included in the character count. If spaces are not included in the character count, then 75 characters is between 12 words and 25 words.
  13. Major_PC_92
    Dec 7, 2022
    8
    Dans la continuité du premier avec quelques nouveauté de gameplay, c'est du très bon!!!!!
  14. DanielGG91
    Nov 15, 2022
    9
    Mantiene lo mejor del 1 y en algunas cosas lo mejora, me enganchó mucho más y sobre todo es frenético a más no poder.
  15. Nibelungen88
    Nov 6, 2022
    10
    The best experience you’ll get by gears of war.
    Yes I’ve counted also gears of war 4 and 5. Gears of war 2 manage to maintain the destroyed beauty style present in the first chapter of the saga with a incredibly increased level of lore exploration thanks to the document around the map.
    An experience that every gamer has to do
  16. Hiccup3319
    Oct 28, 2022
    9
    A Great all around game, the most fun i have had in game in a while. The action, story and gameplay were all great and stepped up from Gears of war 1
  17. Jattaman
    Oct 5, 2022
    7
    Un po' more of the same rispetto allo scorso capitolo, resta un bel videogame.
    Inizia a notarsi la ripetitività del gameplay, la mancanza di aree esplorabili.
    Si va avanti di stanzone in stanzone sparando i nemici, e col secondo capitolo si sarebbe potuto osare di più.
    Grafica, sonoro, giocabilità comunque di livello molto buono, quindi consigliato se si è amanti del genere.
  18. Rorian7
    Sep 25, 2022
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One more amazing game in this franchise. Incredible gameplay, fast, pretty.… Expand
  19. TooTiredOne
    Aug 30, 2022
    8
    After the first part this game feels so much better, as it has some pretty interesting story. The game aged pretty good and looks amazing on series x. It's a lot of fun to play with friends. The AI is **** though
  20. HuevoAlce
    Jun 26, 2022
    9
    Gears of War is famous for a reason. It engages in, both, great single and multi player.
  21. Kostas_Spirou
    Feb 15, 2022
    9
    An improvement over the first game in every way possible, Gears of War 2 is definitely the best game in the series.

    It's a ruthless game, full of violence, gore and action. The story is pretty interesting for the most part, nothing special but it does depict the atrocities of war very well. The gameplay is enjoyable, it's a brutal fast paced cover shooter with a good amount of creative    An improvement over the first game in every way possible, Gears of War 2 is definitely the best game in the series.

    It's a ruthless game, full of violence, gore and action.
    The story is pretty interesting for the most part, nothing special but it does depict the atrocities of war very well.

    The gameplay is enjoyable, it's a brutal fast paced cover shooter with a good amount of creative weapons to use.

    The dark atmosphere sets the tone of the game perfectly, and it can be quite scary at times. There are many different areas that you visit throughout the campaign, and each area looks unique.

    Last but not least, the boss fights are jaw-dropping!
    This really is an Epic game after all.

    Final Rating: "Amazing" ~ 9/10.    … Expand
  22. leofravoline
    May 10, 2022
    9
    É o melhor gears, sem dúvida. Ele pega todo que fez o 1 um jogo bom e eleva ele a um patamar acima. Não gostei do gears 3, e do 5(os únicos que joguei após esse) então esse continua sendo o meu preferido.
  23. Heisenberg93
    Apr 30, 2022
    9
    Make a revolution like Gears of War and you probably won't be able to make another one for a while. However you can refine and improve what you've already done: Gears of War 2 in a nutshell. A product that has left its mark on video game history.

    Although Gears 1 created the universe of the series, it didn't do much to produce a substantial lore and background info. It was Gears 2 to    Make a revolution like Gears of War and you probably won't be able to make another one for a while. However you can refine and improve what you've already done: Gears of War 2 in a nutshell. A product that has left its mark on video game history.

    Although Gears 1 created the universe of the series, it didn't do much to produce a substantial lore and background info. It was Gears 2 to delve into the background of the in-game universe, which I think it did well. There is a deeper and more credible writing of both plot facts and background and characters. It's not only because of better characterization and writing of characters and dialogues. Stuff like Private Carmine's first day on the battlefield, Dom's desperate search for his wife Maria, the "way" locusts sink human cities and "how" Marcus and his squad will fix that, give dynamism and turning points to the plot, making it a daring round trip ride with a epic breath, which Gears 1 was not. I guess wanting to avoid a plot overload and making a later chapter explain stuff, some questions are purposely left unanswered, which I found a bit irritating but it makes sense, as long as the answers will be there and will be credible.

    Gameplay was improved and expanded. Characters movement is still clunky, yet smoother than in Gears 1.The cover system has also been refined and smoothed. What used to be design naivety in Gears 1, the Crimson Omen as player health status and the grenade launch system, have been transformed in Gears series hallmarks. More weapons, more enemies, and generally quantity goes hand in hand with quality. The meat shield mechanic is an interesting addition varying gameplay although less often than usual as killing downed enemies is priority. Like Gears 1, the game is violent, with a high gore rate and a wider range of executions on downed enemies adds up to fun. Enemy AI is still good, however it looks less aggressive than before: I've rarely seen locust drones launching fierce assaults, flanking and force to dislodge from cover. Only some enemies do that, like the Bloodmounts, but they are designed like that. The gameplay still ensures very engaging shootouts and level design is great and improved for the most part. Sometimes the player can still choose different paths for reaching the level objectives. Squad orders have been removed as in fact they were of little use. Squad mates now crawl towards the player character to be revived after being downed and can revive each other on their own - a huge improvement. Checkpoints placement is better than it was in Gears 1, for the most part and a "Normal" intermediate skill level has finally been added. In general, the game is more enjoyable. Too bad the final boss isn't much of a challenge, but it's still better than dealing with RAAM in Gears 1.

    And now the bad. Despite difficulty re-balancing and better checkpoints placement, many checkpoints are still misplaced out of badly design, making the player repeat boring parts after reload. Some parts remain too difficult because of poor design. Difficulty discrepancies are more negative than positive: the player cannot be downed and revived in "Hardcore" or "Insane" skill levels, and on the latter squad mates must be revived in time if downed or they will die and cause a game over. A more harmonized and less punitive system would have been better. Allied AI does not behave properly: sometimes it goes forward alone and gets downed, or it stays behind and does not help. Sometimes it just gets stuck for no reason. The game is actually more buggy than I expected, not to the point of game breaking, but I expected more polishing from a 2008 flagship exclusive AAA title. Sometimes I wonder if Bleszinski played the whole game before release and I don't know what's worse: he did not or he did but he was ok with this stuff.

    Graphically, the game is much better compared to Gears 1. A deeper understanding of Unreal Engine 3 allowed improvements to almost everything: characters, weapons and scenery objects models, besides environments visuals and facial animations. At the time, simply outstanding. It was certainly one of the best graphics back in 2008, probably the best on an Xbox 360 video game and still holds up as a very good looking game to this days. Frame rate performance is pretty solid. The sound component is great too and keeps up with the visuals.

    Gears of War 2 is a great sequel. An good comparison in matter of great sequels could be made with Uncharted 2. It may not have made the history of video games like Gears 1, but, while without flaws, it largely improved it and it remains a milestone of the genre and one of the most important video games of that time, symbol of such a golden age.    … Expand
  24. cchenders40
    Apr 8, 2022
    10
    You can’t beat GoW2. This game did such a good job following up the first and it’s story hits so hard and has such good emotional beats. Yeah, this game is the ultimate couch co-op bros night game. Yeah, it’s like a B action movie set in a post apocalyptic sci-fi world. And it embraces those things so perfectly and knows what it is. But on top of that the story has heart and greatYou can’t beat GoW2. This game did such a good job following up the first and it’s story hits so hard and has such good emotional beats. Yeah, this game is the ultimate couch co-op bros night game. Yeah, it’s like a B action movie set in a post apocalyptic sci-fi world. And it embraces those things so perfectly and knows what it is. But on top of that the story has heart and great characters, and man this game has an emotionally devastating moment. I can’t praise this game enough! If you have game pass, play through the gears series ASAP!… Expand
  25. FabricioNery
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
    Sensational game, very fun, with a fantastic game play and enemies controlled by a very good Artificial Intelligence. With good balance between enemies, there are no characters that are bullets.
  26. meyerpark
    Feb 21, 2022
    10
    An amazing beast of the 3rd person shooter from amazing Epic Games of Xbox exclusive franchises
  27. Bananastik
    Jan 9, 2022
    9
    An excellent game, although old, it plays well, a good main character and an excellent storyline
  28. Amir7scorpioN
    Dec 11, 2021
    9
    classic...i had so much fun in this game
    a great TPS... this franchise is one of my favorites
  29. luisbortolaso
    Nov 15, 2021
    10
    BÃO o negócio é o seguinte, só uma coisa pa fala esse é game the best forver,... e pronto, quem qué da uma de bão que va joga jogo fresquinho que aqui é pa cara que tem as bóla firme, sem boiolage, é só tiro nos et , e chumbo pa tudo quanto é lado,debuiano tudo na bala e na moto serra, arrarruiaaaaaaaaa .................
  30. adam_carl
    Oct 21, 2021
    9
    Another perfect GEARS GAME! The story the combat the characters are amazing like always this the most action experience what I ever had long long time.
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Awards & Rankings

4
#4 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2008
2
#2 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2008
9
#9 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2008

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Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 90 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 90 out of 90
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 90
  3. Negative: 0 out of 90
  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    90
    There are very few ways that Gears of War 2 could be improved on. Only the story and the final boss in particular are a slight disappointment. Fanboys will love the fact that only one of a multitude of story arcs is concluded; everyone else will feel slightly unfulfilled. But aside from this, Gears 2 is not just the most exhilarating game you'll play this year, but possibly the most heady and downright shocking piece of entertainment full stop. Hollywood, your days are numbered. [Dec 2008, p.61]
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  2. Eurogamer
    90
    The real star, however, is Horde, a ballistic assault on your worst score-rush tendencies that transforms maps into Gears-flavoured Mutant Storm: weapons spawn, then a wave of enemies hits, then more weapons and then another, tougher, wave.
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  3. 360 Gamer Magazine UK
    90
    We could be critical of Gears of War 2 simply offering more of the same, but the fact that it simply does everything better than the original in delivering a fantastic display of shoot-’em-up mayhem its quality simply shines through. With some awesome level design, supported by unsurpassed visuals and relentlessly entertaining action it is a compelling experience from start to finish. Forget the crack at putting emotion into the storyline; it’s almost irrelevant as Gears of War 2 is an allguns- blazing extravaganza and, as such, it’s just a glorious shooter that very few can match.
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