Whoa, I can see! I know this was a big part of the AAA Brownaissance of the mid-to-late 2000s, but compared to the remaster of the first game, this is practically vibrant with color. It's nice to be able to tell the difference between enemies and teammates from more than 10 feet away!

Before this month, my only experience with the Gears series was a single evening of Gears 2's Horde Mode at a buddy's house in 2008, so my wife (who had played a few of these with her brother) decided we needed to tackle them together. They're a little nostalgic for her, so she talks about rending grubs in half with a Lancer like I talk about Kokiri Forest. You can imagine my surprise when this sequel to an already gritty/edgy game spends a good chunk of its time being straight up misery porn! Gears 2 is a bit of a downer! When entire cities aren't getting obliterated, innocent people are either losing everything they have or getting kidnapped and tortured for unknown purposes. I normally can't stand dour stuff like this, so the fact that I had such a great time with it is truly a testament to how compelling the gameplay is.

It's a fantastic evolution on its predecessor, going bigger and better with each of its levels and set pieces. There aren't a lot of new weapons, but the Mortar is more than enough to satisfy me. Once I got the hang of eyeballing distances, the Mortar became one of my favorite weapons in any game I've ever played. I remembered someone telling me 16 years ago that there was a level inside a worm, but I was not prepared for "Avoid the Digestive Teeth". There's enough absurdity in here that I was laughing at the game's audacity more often than I was thousand-year-staring at its cruelty, so I guess that's a win? Good game!

But why do they say "Jacinto" like that?? With a hard "Juh"?? Right in front of Dom???

Gears 2 é um daqueles jogos que melhora o anterior de leve, mas o suficiente pra te deixar satisfeito. Perfeito pra se jogar quando estiver à toa e não quiser nada muito complicado.

A gameplay em si é a mesma do 1, sem grandes mudanças, mas vamos ser sinceros: não precisa mexer no que já funciona bem.

Agora falando de level design, tá aí um passo pra frente. Cada cenário é único, várias variações na gameplay como as seções em veículos, boss fights mais refinadas... Com certeza o fator principal que tornou esse jogo tão divertido.

Fico feliz também em saber que não esqueceram totalmente da história. Poderia ser como o 1, que se resume totalmente a "bó mata os locuste", mas aqui acrescentaram todo um arco pro Dom. Honestamente, queria que tivesse bem mais disso com o resto do elenco, mas já tá melhor que antes.

Apesar do gráfico datado, Gears of War 2 conseguiu continuar o legado do primeiro jogo e ainda melhorar de leve aspectos que deveriam ser melhorados mesmo. Quem gostou do 1, vai gostar desse com certeza. Mais um jogo simplão que não promete muito e não entrega mais do que promete, já tá ótimo.

Всё же получилось лучше, чем первая часть, но одна проблема осталась: опять под конец немного запахло халтурой. Наверное, это слишком громко сказано, но боссы в конце такие же бедные, а уникальные игровые ситуации сдуваются в конце.
Впрочем, это солидный шутер от третьего лица. Артдирекшн поднял планку, по сравнению с первой частью. Стрелять всё также приятно. Лвл дизайн местами действительно может порадовать.
Музыка всё ещё выполняет роль белого шума и никак не запоминается, кроме темы в меню.
Очень порадовало то, что игра не гнушается показывать чернуху. Нынче крупные проекты таким похвастать почти не могут.
Так или иначе, это добротная игра. Если понравилась первая часть, то вторая обязательна к прохождению.