I just finished Gears of War 2.

[Girl Gamer Elite]

d21lewis said:

Girl Gamer Elite said:
Another game that is benefiting from sequel selling power. Unfortunately it will most likely only stand tall until the next shooter comes along and outdoes it by whatever margin warrants a revolutionary game this generation. Sounds fun, but length is always a concern... then again, most people aren't buying it for the campaign mode, online is what really sells these games.

These sales are not too far off from Halo3's launch, showing a likely overlap of userbases. I think most would agree this series is far more fresh than Halo anyway, but as the Halo fanbase starts to fray along the edges as people get tired of the redundancy I see this series being favored as the shooter of choice.

I won't delude myself into thinking that Gears 2 is some kind of work of art.  I don't even think that Gears 2 is worthy of the many Game of the Year nominations/awards it will recieve in the coming months.  I will say this:  The game's presentation is second to none, and the story hits all the right buttons.  At least to me, the game is incredibly enjoyable, amazingly accessable, and totally satisfying........and I haven't ever touched multi-player in Gears 1 OR Gears 2. 

Just like "The Dark Knight", this isn't the greatest gift God has blessed us with.  But there's no harm in loving a product that's meant to cater to a mass market, is there?

 

 quite fair.

It is nice to see a game that marries this generations trend of Shooters with last generation's trend of cinematic story telling on a level warranting such notice.