Well I,m bloody tired. Me and my mate have just gone through the campaign first play through. All I can say is WOW.
The atmosphere is second to none. COD4 after this feels enclosed. Gears 2 makes you feel you are fighting for something much bigger than.
The pacing seems so spot on, and after you have done a few levels and the Gears of War 2 screen comes up after an awesome cutscene (they are by a very long way the best ingame cutscenes so far, Stunning).
When you first go down to the caves it's a real graphical eye opener. It's so sharp and the textures are at the very least x3 over Gears 1.
Number of enemies on screen can vary, but I think we counted (during mass fire fight) about 68 enemies at once. 4 larger locusts, loads of smaller foot soldiers and a Brumack. No noticeable slowdown. The story , We actually liked it.
I couldnt care less for the flack people will give me, Gears of war 2 is in my top 5 of all time games. Very very impressed.
As my mates got a PS3 with Uncharted, I can say Gears 2 is definately a notch up. The textures are more detailed, the water looks just as good, but the amount of on screen stuf is upped alot, and the lighting is alot better to. Gears 2 is the best looking game by quite a way.
