Geared up for action

This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee takes a look at Gears of War 2, the further adventures of Mark, Dom, and co. as they try to save the world from the horror of the locusts. And not the eat-your-crops kind of locusts; the blow-your-face-off-with-a-shotgun kind of locusts. Now I liked the first Gears of War a lot. In fact, it was one of my favorite games of 2006. Not because of the amazing story or innovative gameplay, but because it had a fun shooting mechanic and played great in co-op. However, I haven't really gotten too far in the second one yet, as it's familiarity hasn't been able to draw me away from other, original holiday season games. Therefore, I'll hold off judgement until I've had a chance to play all the way through.

I do have one question though. In the little time I've played Gears of War 2, it's apparent that the locust army has gotten a lot more powerful since the last game. Instead of simply facing grunts with machine guns, the Gears are now up against massive beasts with rocket launchers strapped to their backs, or infantry riding them. Mark, Dom, and the rest of the crew were tasked with wiping the army out at the end of Gears 1, but now things have gotten worse than ever, in which case, why the hell are they back on the job? Surely their commanders would realize that they didn't exactly clear things up last time, so might not be able to this time either. Then again, how do you fire a man with a chainsaw-gun in his hand?.....

Here's the review. As always, it contains plenty of strong language so is NSFW.

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