There’s a simple way to look at this and that’s to say that Gears of War 2 is essentially just the same as Gears of War. All the things that made the first game annoying are here too, as are all the things which made Gears good the first time around. Obviously the good still far outweighs the bad, but the brilliance of them is dulled somewhat by the fact that we’ve seen them all before.

In the end, most of the tweaks and additions to the game seem to be mostly minor, in our eyes. This is still Gears of War as we know it, but the real issue seems to be that it’s Gears of War exactly as we knew it before. There’s nothing here that really makes Gears of War 2 stand out enormously. The first game managed to become successful based on the awesome graphics, solid performance, enjoyable multiplayer and accessible singleplayer. From what we’ve seen, all of that is still there, but it hasn’t matured or truly grown and the result is that this feels much more like Gears of War 1.1 than Gears of War 2.



Link: Bit Tech