39. The Gears of our Time

Gears of War 2 drops this week and and if you’re not excited, you should be.  Judging from the reviews that dropped this morning I think it’s safe to say that the follow-up to the 2006 GOTY will be a resounding success.

In the Sinnix household, the original Gears is somewhat of a legend.  It remains one of the few games to implement couch co-op really, really well.  Two years after the fact I can think of only a handful of games that equal it and none that surpass it.  The coordinated gameplay, the excellent checkpoint system, properly done achievements… all of it boils down to an experience that really makes you both feel like you’re both heroes and making progress in the game.

The competitive multiplayer, on the other hand, was the aspect of the game I couldn’t really get into.  In fact, about the only versus gameplay I like is that found in COD4.  I played a few rounds against some of the other Canadian Xbox forum people but I just never hit my stride… it didn’t click with me.  Now, I’m not saying that the multiplayer in Gears 2 will either, but I am very excited about the new Horde mode.  Essentially co-op with larger groups of friends.  Once again, I don’t expect to be particularly good at it but what I do expect is to have a good time.

On a side note, I have the New Xbox Experience running on my primary console at home and we’re going to be talking about it a little later this week.  Stay tuned!

DjDATZ Great stuff Sinnix! The comic is AWESOME and I’m glad you’re enjoying GOW2! Nov 3

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