Nerd World: Gears of War 2

Name: Gears of War 2
Console: XBox 360
Release Date: November 7th, 2008

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If your a Gamer, your probably own a console.
If your a fan of FPS (First Person Shooters), then you probably own a 360.
If your a fan of fucking awsome, and gory, gritty wartime games... One of the games your probably own? If you could'nt tell by the title, its called... GEARS OF WAR 2

Gears of War first came out on the XBox. It was met with much delight, and gained more than enough popularity to spin off this sequel for the 360.


Plot: The plot is basicly this: Humans live on this planet, and fight eatchother, as humans do. Then one day, called E-Day (Emergence Day) this race called the "Locusts" dug up from beneath is and starting kicking the shit out of humans. Humans banded together and fought back against these creatures in a bloody war.





In the first gears, Dominec Santiago gets the main character, Marcus Fenix, out of this crummy jail. Marcus is a rebellious man. Marcus is a friggen tank of a man. Marcus is a known hero. Marcus is fucking badass. Marcus is voiced by BENDER for crying out loud, you can't GET any cooler than marcus fucking fenix!

First gears is this: Get outa jail, fight locusts, go underground, and blow up the locsusts home with a ligthmass bomb.

Gears 2 is this: The bomb awakened this big worm that sinks cities (Nice goin Military). With like one city left, the humans decide to finally attack the locusts at their home.

So its plot is by no means amazing... but its still fairley decent.

I want to just focus on this one part of the game... its when you leave the city on this big, elephantesk rigs. You get to ride with arguably the second best character in the game, Dizzy.
Dizzy didn't want to fight, but does to keep his family safe. He is as southern as you can get, and drives his rig called "Betty"
Now to be completely honest with you... Just play the game for the 3 levels with this guy. He MAKES half the plot, ok?
Like, all the plot consists of is Marcus being extremely bad ass, and Dizzy being stereotypically southern. And its awesome.



And lets not forget to mention the easter egg that makes everyone wears cowboy hats, like dizzy.
Yep, everybody.
Remember that humongous spider monster, the corpser? Yeah, he's got it too.



Gameplay: I'm not gonna get in depth with the actual gameplay here.
Basicly, the game is just Gritty, Gory, and RAWsome. Its a basic third person shooter, with a bit more realistic physics to it... Die faster, Have to get cover, etc.

The devolpers give us a pretty nice selection of weapons. You are allowed to carry 4 things:
1 Grenade
2 Guns
1 Pistol

You have a small selection of grenades, a few pistols (Standard, Uzi like one, Magnum), and a fair ammount of regular guns. They range from Standard rifles (Machine guns and Single shot guns) to Snipers (Sniper Rifles and Explosive bows) to big guns (Heavy machinegun, Artilery, and Boomshot), as well as Shotguns :D





One quick thing: The machinegun that the humans use? It has a fucking chainsaw attatched to it. Yeah, thats right, you heard me: A CHAINSAW. That means your all "Oh hey there some guy next to me. Should I punch him in the face?" Abselutley not, soldier! You've got a chainsaw attatched to your gun! SAW THAT SUNNUVABITCH IN HALF!

As for multiplayer? It actualy goes down pretty well. The best mode they have on it is Horde mode.
Horde is bascily what the name implies: Stand your ground on a small map against repeating hordes of enemies. Get some friends together, crank up the difficulty, and your in for the best night of your lives.
Because, since your a nerd, you ain't getting any girls ass at the bar ;)

Id give this game an 8.5/10.

So if your an FPSer, get this game. Right. Fucking. Now. And then enjoy your gory game!

P.S. Funny story.. when I went to get this game, I went to gamestop. I walk up to the guy and say "Hey there man... id like gears of war 2." in a gritty voice. He looks at me with narrowed eyes and gives me a nod that says "You sir, are a MAN amongst nerds."
His reply is "Anything else with that, fellow MAN?"
I proceed to sheepishley slide my copy of Harvest Moon: Island of Hapiness over and say "annnd this."






-Jake