Between GOW2 and Resistance 2. I just hope that both sequels improve on the originals, ya'know, come with something new for the series. Or is that asking to much?
Gears of War 2. Relevant?
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I hope they improve the weapons in Resistance 2, I felt that the guns were kind of blah in the first one. The human rifle just looked wierd to me and I found the Chimeran rifle to simply be more effective than that weapon most of the time.
GOW2 sounds good to me right now. Reworked graphics, destructible environments, more characters onscreen at one time, maybe leading to a larger multiplayer, and some new awesome water physics. Sounds great to me. Gears just offered a new way to play. I know kill.switch did it before them, but with Halo out there and everybody jumping up and down; cover based gameplay was very nice. Another game like it sounds great to me. New maps and weapons, fill in the plot some more and I'll be happy.
Who the Hell said that chainsaw duels were a copy of the sword clashes in Halo? Chainsaw duels were originally planned for the first one, but eventually were scrapped. It's an obvious thing to put in the game. What's more badass than two people fighting with chainsaws?
Who the Hell said that chainsaw duels were a copy of the sword clashes in Halo? Chainsaw duels were originally planned for the first one, but eventually were scrapped. It's an obvious thing to put in the game. What's more badass than two people fighting with chainsaws?
FUCK YOU...GEARS OF WAR 2 LOOKS ACE (SORRY FOR CAPS LOCK)
the game allows ton more way's to kill popele along with chainsaw dueling i think
although you would have though that the whole chainsaw idea would have been worn off
the game allows ton more way's to kill popele along with chainsaw dueling i think
although you would have though that the whole chainsaw idea would have been worn off
Give the chainsaw a gravity gun secondary, or perhaps the ability to stop time. Problem solved.
/bored with games lately
/bored with games lately
Not a lot of people on this forum like GoW, but I'm personally looking forward to GoW2.
In comparison with the more hoppy hoppy shooty shooty games, I think GoW2 is going to be a nice addition to the library with its somewhat slower combat. After all, GoW still maintains its top 10 status. Thats telling you something.
Resistance, I absolutely loved. The amazing number of weapons made for some pretty interesting co-op on campaign mode. I remember when I jumped on of those spider things (Stalkers?) and used the most useless gun(imo), the gun that fires blobs of acids, on the spider, killing it. I had no ammo for my other weapons at the time. PRETTY EXCITED FOR R:FOM2 I'm sort of pissed at GoW for taking away Resistance's thunder but w/e.
In comparison with the more hoppy hoppy shooty shooty games, I think GoW2 is going to be a nice addition to the library with its somewhat slower combat. After all, GoW still maintains its top 10 status. Thats telling you something.
Resistance, I absolutely loved. The amazing number of weapons made for some pretty interesting co-op on campaign mode. I remember when I jumped on of those spider things (Stalkers?) and used the most useless gun(imo), the gun that fires blobs of acids, on the spider, killing it. I had no ammo for my other weapons at the time. PRETTY EXCITED FOR R:FOM2 I'm sort of pissed at GoW for taking away Resistance's thunder but w/e.
Gears of War was like an 80's comic book. Filled with over the top violence, Alien/not alien monsters, Badass heroes with bandanas and a plot that dosnt really make much sense. BUT it was fun. REALLY FUN! I had a ball with GoW, every game had heads blowing off, people being chainsawed in two, torque bows making things blow up...It was Awesome!
And GoW2 is going to revamp that enjoyment and make my gaming experience even better.So like I was going to say GoW is a comic book and GoW2 is simply the second edition.
I think that whithout a doubt chainsaw dualing will be in this game. It was planned for GoW1 but had to be taken out for some reason.Maybe the ability to sweep your chainsaw and take out some people lurking behind you with a shotgun without having to get out of the animation. I can see flamethrowers bieng added but they may make you slower so you can't run around setting things on fire, leaving you open to lancer fire.
But most of all I would like things to be BALANCED and GLITCH FREE for a change.
And GoW2 is going to revamp that enjoyment and make my gaming experience even better.So like I was going to say GoW is a comic book and GoW2 is simply the second edition.
I think that whithout a doubt chainsaw dualing will be in this game. It was planned for GoW1 but had to be taken out for some reason.Maybe the ability to sweep your chainsaw and take out some people lurking behind you with a shotgun without having to get out of the animation. I can see flamethrowers bieng added but they may make you slower so you can't run around setting things on fire, leaving you open to lancer fire.
But most of all I would like things to be BALANCED and GLITCH FREE for a change.
If they fix the singleplayer so it is enjoyable without a Co-Op Partner (YES, the game is meant to be played cooperatively, but does that really mean it has to be annoyingly frustrating alone?) and slightly improve the Multiplayer, than i am certain it will be a fun game.
GOW1 was very good, it was just not everyones cup of tea, and happened to be overrated by many (and underrated by some)
GOW1 was very good, it was just not everyones cup of tea, and happened to be overrated by many (and underrated by some)
Why does it have to be relevant? Can't it just be fun?
If you're looking for innovation, then Gears of War with destructable envs will be pretty interesting; adds a dimension to the cover mechanic that other cover shooters (R6, GRAW, Mass Effect, etc) didn't use. They already showed with the PC gears that larger maps are possible with the revised U3 engine, so we'll probably move to more epic, less claustrophobic firefights.
And as for constant comparisons with Haze, Killzone 2 and Resistance 2... there's a reek of fanboyism encroaching onto this thread. The Resistance series has a pedigree on the PS3 for sure, and that's good enough reason to be excited about that. But don't forget that Killzone 1 was generic and largely pants, and that Haze has been cancelled and delayed almost as often as Prey: not a benchmark of quality. It's all good and well specualting what may change for the gears sequel, but to comapre that with yet more specualtion fo other unreleased games? Tenuous at best...
If you're looking for innovation, then Gears of War with destructable envs will be pretty interesting; adds a dimension to the cover mechanic that other cover shooters (R6, GRAW, Mass Effect, etc) didn't use. They already showed with the PC gears that larger maps are possible with the revised U3 engine, so we'll probably move to more epic, less claustrophobic firefights.
And as for constant comparisons with Haze, Killzone 2 and Resistance 2... there's a reek of fanboyism encroaching onto this thread. The Resistance series has a pedigree on the PS3 for sure, and that's good enough reason to be excited about that. But don't forget that Killzone 1 was generic and largely pants, and that Haze has been cancelled and delayed almost as often as Prey: not a benchmark of quality. It's all good and well specualting what may change for the gears sequel, but to comapre that with yet more specualtion fo other unreleased games? Tenuous at best...
The whole point of relevance is this..If you have four or five other games that people are going to probably be playing they are not going to all go run out and buy/rent Gears2 when there are so many other games to play. Relevance was the issue with just about any and every other game that was coming out anywhere near Halo 3's September launch last year. Relevance was also the point when the first Gears of War game launched, can anyone remember what the fuck was out around the time Gears of War came out? There was basically nothing save some lame pc ports, Perfect Dark Zero and I think the first GRAW game. Epic's other franchise Unreal Tournament III has already made everything else out look old on so many more important levels than just visuals. Incidentally if Microsoft does not allow mod support for UT3 on the level of the PS3 version the 360 version will not be very relevant either if and when it comes out.
Keep in mind that there are alot of people who never played the first Killzone so the "failure" of the first game is not really a factor. Far Cry 2 is probably not going to suck enough to let Gears really shine and attract new people who are already flush with very good titles and stand to be hit with some more big ones this year; Resistance 2 is probably not going to suck either even if they only pull off half of what they are talking about for the game. Then you have the spectres of all the other big shooters that are already out.....
Keep in mind that there are alot of people who never played the first Killzone so the "failure" of the first game is not really a factor. Far Cry 2 is probably not going to suck enough to let Gears really shine and attract new people who are already flush with very good titles and stand to be hit with some more big ones this year; Resistance 2 is probably not going to suck either even if they only pull off half of what they are talking about for the game. Then you have the spectres of all the other big shooters that are already out.....
The first Gears of War sold a reported 5 million copies, I would say that counts as relevance. The game was released to very popular reviews and it has had a strong online following. It may not quite be at Halo levels of hype, but its a close second on the 360. I think the relevance of the title speaks for itself and I assure you folks will be buying it, even if they have 4 other games they are playing. That didn't hurt sales this fall/winter with the glut of games that still managed to sell millions of Assassins Creed, COD4, Mario Galaxy, Halo 3, Mass Effect, etc.
Well. you actually have a point. But "just fun" ain't gonna cut it when you come out in a dog-eat-dog extremely competitive environment of "just as fun if not funnier" games for the price of 60 bucks.dan_the_manatee said:
As for comparing it with unreleased games, well, Gears 2 was still unreleased last time I checked. The point of the comparison, I think, is because those games have, like gears, roots to call their own and from where to grow upwards, again like gears.
Probably from my comments I come of as a person who didn't quite like gears but that's far from the truth. I actually saved money and bought the thing for 60 bucks and trust me, living in México, that's one big expense(multiply that pricetag at least by ten and that's what it costs in pesos). Still, I loved that homoerotically-charged, size-obsessed piece of software and I still play it. And that's the point, with so many great stuff jumping around I would hardly shed another 600 plus pesos for more of the same, albeit prettier. I want screenshot functionality or a map editor, or a skin editor, a bag of cheetos, or a beaver; something that would make my investment worthwile. I paid close to that for halo 3 and never regretted it.
All the Killzone 2 hype annoys me. Tell me again why people are excited about this game? Metacritic score of 70%. Gears of War, Metacritic score of 94%. Gears came out in 06, Killzone in 04. Tell me which should be more relevant.
I like Gears quite a bit. It wasn't perfect. 94% might be a bit high. It's really pretty, the story was decent, I thought, and the gameplay was fantastic. Active reload, the cover mechanic, the Hammer of Dawn. However, most of the characters are annoying, there is too much pointless swearing and trying to act tough.
I wanna fight a Brumar, that 4 storey thing with a cannon on its back at the end of act 4 that steps on your apc if you're too slow. Make it like the scarab fights in Halo 3 or Shadow of the colossus or something. I want the chainsaw mechanism improved, make it quicker, more like a regular melee attack, only with a chainsaw. Chainsaw dueling would be cool too.
I like Gears quite a bit. It wasn't perfect. 94% might be a bit high. It's really pretty, the story was decent, I thought, and the gameplay was fantastic. Active reload, the cover mechanic, the Hammer of Dawn. However, most of the characters are annoying, there is too much pointless swearing and trying to act tough.
I wanna fight a Brumar, that 4 storey thing with a cannon on its back at the end of act 4 that steps on your apc if you're too slow. Make it like the scarab fights in Halo 3 or Shadow of the colossus or something. I want the chainsaw mechanism improved, make it quicker, more like a regular melee attack, only with a chainsaw. Chainsaw dueling would be cool too.
Because metacritic and reviews are accurate measures of a good or a bad game. Zone of the Enders is rated around 78%, Zone of The Enders 2 is rated 82% but guess what those two games pretty much redefined mech based games by themselves. The second game made the first game look like a demo, pretty much every other mech game that is in the same style as Zone of The Enders (Anything not like Mechwarrior) looked like shit after you play either of those games especially the second one. Call me back when you can come up with your own opinions instead of regurgitating metacritic or gamerankings score averages.
The first game was "ok" to me.. and just that. I liked the campaign, playing it co-op at least. I never once played it solo. And I played the online a little bit, but hated it.
I honestly can't see them making GoW2 that much different, it's going to be the same game sprinkled with a couple new, most likely useless, features.. and then it's still going to sell great just because of it's name. Woooo-hooo?
I honestly can't see them making GoW2 that much different, it's going to be the same game sprinkled with a couple new, most likely useless, features.. and then it's still going to sell great just because of it's name. Woooo-hooo?