Rumor: Gears 2 to have Chainsaw VS Chainsaw?

by Terrence Stasse { Feb 23rd 2008 at 11:00AM }

Remember, a whole 3 days ago, when Epic announced Gears 2? Sure you do, there was the stylized trailer of Marcus Fenix and a locust engaging in an honorable chainsaw duel. Well, the rumor mill is working a bit slowly as of late, as it did take a whole three days for word to get started that the chainsaw versus chainsaw moment seen in the GDC teaser is actually an ingame feature now. According to a Variety blogger who spoke with several people close to the Epic dev team, a melee attack from a chainsaw can be countered, and even repelled, by the person being attacked. How this effects balance, or what it says about future locust weaponry is all speculative at this point though. All in all, true or not, this could possibilty be cool so long as it doesn't end up being a button-mashing mess.

Tags: chainsaw, epic, gears-2, rumors

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jayslacks @ Feb 23rd 2008 11:07AM

I thought that everyone knew that, just from looking at the vid? That's why I was excited, because it fixes almost a dozen different things that come up in multiplayer with the chainsaw. Anyway, it should be good stuff.

Smoke_Dawg_187 @ Feb 23rd 2008 2:58PM

Yes, everyone knew. We all believe everything we see in a trailer is going to make it in the actual game.... dipshit.

Adam @ Feb 25th 2008 2:58AM

I thought the same :/, why wouldn't it be in the game.

Grant @ Feb 23rd 2008 11:12AM

i kinda thought this was a given.
i really hope GOW2 isn't plagued with all the problems the first did, i imagine they will be working a hell of alot more on the multiplayer on this one than the first, just to avoid that. The problems in the MP in the first one just kinda ruined the online experience for me.

L @ Feb 23rd 2008 11:20AM

Well this was just one of the things cut from Gears 1. so i can,t see why it wont make it this time. On gears one it was sort of a Q-time button

Ciaran Gallagher @ Feb 23rd 2008 11:26AM

what do you mean rumour that's what was in the video obviously it's going to be in the game!

Smoke_Dawg_187 @ Feb 23rd 2008 2:56PM

You're such a douche bag. It's only obvious now since it's been pointed out to you. Where was your comment day 1 about this subject? Oh that's right, it was non-existant. Dork!

Grant @ Feb 23rd 2008 8:25PM

someone obviously wasn't hugged as a child.

SytheMaster @ Feb 23rd 2008 12:01PM

I really hope it won't take affact as a button-mashing mini game and you have something like an attack button and a defence button. Hopefully you will be invincible in chainsaw duels so you can have a really long one.

MDJ2010 @ Feb 23rd 2008 12:27PM

I was actually more excited by the fact that fenix was running with the chainsaw going, makes more out of the sneak attack. Although no doubt many will hate that.

E.J. @ Feb 23rd 2008 12:43PM

It just seems that this will end up like Halo 3's melee who-hit-B-first fiasco.

guidedbyvoip @ Feb 23rd 2008 12:53PM

exactly what I was thinking!

ryan @ Feb 23rd 2008 1:24PM

no. that was in the first one. who hit B first.

this is more like who hit's with Halo 3's plasma sword, again, and again and agian. -_-

jack @ Feb 23rd 2008 12:44PM

some how i feel they borrowed the concept from halo 3s sword duels dont u think so?

Miles @ Feb 23rd 2008 12:49PM

I hope this settles the randomness of two guys coming at each other with chainsaws. But more than anything, they gotta fix all the glitches in this game. CoD4 became my go to multiplayer game specifically because there wasn't cheating to ruin it.

mcwattersm @ Feb 23rd 2008 1:20PM

There are some things you can do, but its basically all on classic deathmatch or whatever it is, you know the one noone plays.

ZEBRA NINER @ Feb 23rd 2008 12:54PM

I thought that was the point of the video. Looks pretty cool, I hope they have more than one animation.

Killer @ Feb 23rd 2008 3:23PM

It seriously took this long for this rumor? Seriously that was the first thing that came to mind. That and the new way to kill someone with the chainsaw, through the back.