The legendary Gears2!... unfortunately this game is one step forward one step back for me.
After getting xbox360 just to play some exclusive jrpgs, I wanted to continue my gears journey also and I played on solo with hardcore difficulty and only the singleplayer portion and my thoughts will be according to that.
I have to start with the positives first. This game finally fixed the enemies not stumbling nor get stunned when you use an auto weapon and just for this reason alone this is easier than the first one and feels a little bit more fair fortunately(still some one shotting infuriating enemies exist tho). Also there are more weapons and more enemies and more boss fights and more setpieces and more... It looks good right?
Unfortunately I have some major personal issues about this game too, but just to warn you, you may not like my extremely obscure opinion.
First start with setpieces problem. This game is more on the actiony explosive setpieces this time rather than gimmicky sections. I mean they are still here but more as a assistance to the chaotic action rather than diversifying the levels as it's focus or at least that's how I felt. I mean there are still gimmick sections returning these are satellite weapon section or shadow bats... Wait sorry super rains that forces you to stick on closed spaces rather than light this time, or riding some vehicles(this time it's alive things you ride tho) and couple more like mine filled village or sniper section etc.
But I don't know... Compared to the first game these sections didn't wow me that much and felt really short. I guess I went with the wrong expectations perhaps.
Where the game puts it's focus is more straight cover to cover combat sections with even more choices to select where to go and... Unnecessarily a lot more turret sections. They up them 4 times more than the first game. It even ends on one(I mean something similar that is a vehicle with a gun on it). This game managed me to hate every single one of those sections. Why? Because I played on solo again and as a solo player, given time for you to kill every oncoming enemy to your vehicle or your base is really short also your fov is small enough to always miss couple of them and fail that section. Near the end you need to defend your own army base with turrets at the side and that section alone managed to infuriate me 10 times more than the first game's vehicle section. They really love to punish people that play solo ain't they?
It's not all bad tho. This game probably have the best mission in the gears trilogy also. That is about taking an entire castle with our small team. I have a big love for overtaking a giant enemy fortresses so that level is managed to win me back.
I wish it ended there tho. But game chooses to end on a cliffhanger rather than finishing on it's most chaotic and challenging mission. They choose to finish it on a turret vehicle... Section. At least that section looks cool tho 乁( •_• )ㄏ.
As for the story... It's exist to service to actiony moments just like the first one. People go above and beyond with it's emotional moment near the end. Yeah it was impactful. But other than that moment events nor characters isn't that memorable for me with how stoic and grumpy they are.
What is left is... Yeah also there is a dlc for this game that is about a cut content that is a small alternative version near the underground section that is more stealth oriented for some reason that feels not appropriate for this game. But also have the most insane difficult combat section in the end of it too(I managed to do it barely after 20 deaths, because enemies keep coming from every side)
So yeah that's my own thoughts. I know this game is the best gears game for most of you. I am not here to change that. But I guess my changing gaming taste over the years isn't matched with this unfortunately. Also I guess playing solo, kills most of the enjoyment as well because of the obvious coop balance these games have. So, yeah. This is my own thoughts. Thanks for reading
After getting xbox360 just to play some exclusive jrpgs, I wanted to continue my gears journey also and I played on solo with hardcore difficulty and only the singleplayer portion and my thoughts will be according to that.
I have to start with the positives first. This game finally fixed the enemies not stumbling nor get stunned when you use an auto weapon and just for this reason alone this is easier than the first one and feels a little bit more fair fortunately(still some one shotting infuriating enemies exist tho). Also there are more weapons and more enemies and more boss fights and more setpieces and more... It looks good right?
Unfortunately I have some major personal issues about this game too, but just to warn you, you may not like my extremely obscure opinion.
First start with setpieces problem. This game is more on the actiony explosive setpieces this time rather than gimmicky sections. I mean they are still here but more as a assistance to the chaotic action rather than diversifying the levels as it's focus or at least that's how I felt. I mean there are still gimmick sections returning these are satellite weapon section or shadow bats... Wait sorry super rains that forces you to stick on closed spaces rather than light this time, or riding some vehicles(this time it's alive things you ride tho) and couple more like mine filled village or sniper section etc.
But I don't know... Compared to the first game these sections didn't wow me that much and felt really short. I guess I went with the wrong expectations perhaps.
Where the game puts it's focus is more straight cover to cover combat sections with even more choices to select where to go and... Unnecessarily a lot more turret sections. They up them 4 times more than the first game. It even ends on one(I mean something similar that is a vehicle with a gun on it). This game managed me to hate every single one of those sections. Why? Because I played on solo again and as a solo player, given time for you to kill every oncoming enemy to your vehicle or your base is really short also your fov is small enough to always miss couple of them and fail that section. Near the end you need to defend your own army base with turrets at the side and that section alone managed to infuriate me 10 times more than the first game's vehicle section. They really love to punish people that play solo ain't they?
It's not all bad tho. This game probably have the best mission in the gears trilogy also. That is about taking an entire castle with our small team. I have a big love for overtaking a giant enemy fortresses so that level is managed to win me back.
I wish it ended there tho. But game chooses to end on a cliffhanger rather than finishing on it's most chaotic and challenging mission. They choose to finish it on a turret vehicle... Section. At least that section looks cool tho 乁( •_• )ㄏ.
As for the story... It's exist to service to actiony moments just like the first one. People go above and beyond with it's emotional moment near the end. Yeah it was impactful. But other than that moment events nor characters isn't that memorable for me with how stoic and grumpy they are.
What is left is... Yeah also there is a dlc for this game that is about a cut content that is a small alternative version near the underground section that is more stealth oriented for some reason that feels not appropriate for this game. But also have the most insane difficult combat section in the end of it too(I managed to do it barely after 20 deaths, because enemies keep coming from every side)
So yeah that's my own thoughts. I know this game is the best gears game for most of you. I am not here to change that. But I guess my changing gaming taste over the years isn't matched with this unfortunately. Also I guess playing solo, kills most of the enjoyment as well because of the obvious coop balance these games have. So, yeah. This is my own thoughts. Thanks for reading