Gears 2 got "drunk on setpieces", but Gears 3 has sobered up

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disolitude said:

I hated Gears 2 so this gives me some relief.

Every 5 minutes in Gears 2 it was some diversion which distracted from the core gameplay.

The first 30 minutes of that game has like 5 minutes of actual shooting gameplay. Then you have walk and talk custscenes galore, flying of some stupid creature, walk through some bloody worm and chainsaw its organs, drive a tank, ride some giant creature with a turret...

Only on the last level of Gears 3 do they finally get to it and offer what I paid 60 bucks for.

And I know I want the only one that thought so - http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/artie/gears-of-war-2s-campaign-sucks/30-15637/

I may have to go ahead and download Street Fighter 3.  I really feel like punching you right now.