badgenome on 19 November 2012
43. Gears of War 2 (X360)
Bigger, better, and more dumbass. As stupid as it is, I really dig the hefty feel of Gears' cover-based third person shooting action with soldiers built like vending machines shooting at aliens, most of whom are also built like vending machines. And occasionally someone gets chainsawed clean in half. Fun! Dom's cackhanded "emotional" storyline aside, the campaign is a nice, mindlessly enjoyable rollercoaster ride, while the multiplayer was a welcome improvement over the first Gears' blindfire shotgun 2 win bullshit. I've since played better third person cover shooters, but I'm still incredibly fond of this one. Even if it is really, really, really dumb.
