Gears of War 2 has finally been announced at GDC on February 20th by lead designer Cliff Bleszinski, better known as Cliffy B, from Epic Games. This is a title that I couldn’t be more excited about. The first Gears of War was one of the best shooters I have played to this day and even now, a year and a quarter after its release, I still play it every once and a while.
Gears of War for those that don’t know is a third person horror shooter with immense emphasis on cover. In the storyline you play as Marcus Fenix, a betrayed soldier convicted for a crime he didn’t commit. You fight the locust horde, a vast enemy force that live beneath the ground that are deadly and smart. They make for one of the best enemies to fight.
But Gears of War 1 wasn’t just well renowned for single player but also its multiplayer. Sadly it was only 4v4 but it still made for a fast paced, fun multiplayer experience namely due to the revolutionary cover system.
Gears of War 2 promises to continue the Gears storyline and make it bigger, better and in the words of Cliffy B ‘More Badass’. Unreal Engine 3 has been refined so that it can now host up to 100 enemies in a map at a time. Now I still sincerely doubt we will be seeing 50 v 50 matches but it is easily probable that we may get 8v8.
Gears of War 2 will be released exclusive to Xbox 360 first but I suspect it will move to PC afterwards similar to Gears of War 1.
Check out the trailer to Gears of War 2 at this website http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/splash/g/gearsofwar2/default.htm
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