Gears of war 2

Gears of war 2. Bigger. Badder. Ballsier. 3 words that explain gears 2. All those words explain in great detail but cliffy b left something out. More or less......the same. But more refined.

Plot:
It's winter on the planet serra. The locust have began fighting back, after the COG dealt a devastating blow to them with the light mass bombing. realising the only way to beat them is to take them head on, Chairman prescott orders the gears to dig down to the locust stronghold. Meanwhile Dom continues the search for marie.
Diffrent right? Wrong. It follows the same formula as the last.

Tutorial. Cogs attack locust head on. Suceed. Oh wait you failed. go get more data. Attack again. Fight boss. Yay you win.

futhermore, the game asks more questions than it answers.
SPOILERS!! SPOILERS!!

What the hell are these things in the tanks?
Are the locust human?

These the only ones I can say really.

SPOILERS END!! SPOILERS END!!

Gears 3 promises to answer some of the questions. Some. Greaaaaat.

The dialog is cheesy at the first half. when you get baird on your team. It stops. Almost. It does ruin it slightly.

The good stuff? Well there is more detail in the plot, and it does have better emotinal connection to the COGS.
Marias story also helps. Despite the fact people hate this plot and thinks it crops up too much.... I think it's good. it pops up at the right moment and when you do find maria you will choke up a bit. Some great acting. it isnt the best but it is good enough.
8
Gameplay
Gears was great. But unfourtanly the cover wasn't great and the AI sssuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccckkkkkkked. In this it is improved. a bit.
AI first. It is smarter. if youre in a fight they will fight as real soldiers. they will resurecet you when youre down. But they can sometimes be stupid and just get themselves killed.
Cover is a lot better. It's fluent, fast, but you can sometimes screw up. Rarely. In gears 3 the cover will be perfect hopefully.

Multiplayer? Great. There isn't anything new here exept horde. the action is fast paced in all modes but horde is truly spectacular.
Using teamwork, you fight against 50 waves of incoming locust. who get tougher after every 10 waves. If you don't fight together? you die. The mode has been copied and improved in diffrent games:
Halo: firefight
Transformers WFC: can't remeber what its called i'm afaid but it is cool.
Army of two: The 40th day: A mode where only two of you fight against wave after wave of enemys.
So really a perfect 10.

music: Is the same. But loses that oompth.
4
Voice acting and sound:
the voice acting is great. The actors are all brilliant with there characters. And the guns sound much more realistic.
5
=
9


Looking back I feel gears of war should have gotten a silver.
but to late now. Gears 2 is brilliant. but not many new features have been added. That is being saved for 3. And to be honest with you? I think I smell a diamond.
But for now gears 2 gets a gold.