Lots of new Gears 2 footage

by Terrence Stasse { Jul 13th 2008 at 11:30PM }

So the media blitz begins. GameTrailers just put up quite a few new Gears of War 2 videos, kicking off the massive amount of video that's going to hit the tubes during E3. The above video is about 5 minutes of multiplayer gameplay complete with curb stomping and meat shields. The rest of the videos (posted after the break) consist of a single old-map new-map comparison (Gridlock) and map fly-throughs for River, Security, Gridlock, and Day One. Oh, and be wary, this'll use up some serious bandwith.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Tags: e3, e3-08, e3-2008, e308, epic, gears, gears-2, gears-of-war, gears-of-war-2, microsoft

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Glitch W @ Jul 13th 2008 11:46PM

has there been other footage with non-cog humans?

Vcize @ Jul 14th 2008 12:06AM

I think that was a stranded in meatflag.

alex.weick @ Jul 14th 2008 12:04AM

I think........ Im in love.

Vcize @ Jul 14th 2008 12:06AM

Cool video. Looks like they added bullet entrails to the shotty.

Holy s*** that lancer shoots fast. Between that, the bullet slow-down, and proximity frags the gameplay/pace of this game is going to be 200% different than Gears 1 was.

Hearn @ Jul 14th 2008 8:37AM

haven't they already show footage of security where if you break the lasers you get shot at i'm guessing it's one of them just there to pose a threat to everyone

Dick @ Jul 14th 2008 1:14PM

So do all of the weapons have tracer rounds now?

Half the fun in the game was getting shot and being forced to rotate and figure out who was shooting you.

Now, look for smoke trails...

Huey2k2 @ Jul 14th 2008 12:17AM

Has anyone else noticed that there is definitely a Torque Bow where the Sniper Rifle used to be on Gridlock?

007craft @ Jul 14th 2008 12:26AM

well they said in the new game power weapons cycle, so there may be a torque bow there, or a sniper or a boomshot.

Also, could be a player match. In GOW1 you could change the weapons too in player match.

T @ Jul 14th 2008 12:52AM

Also, did you notice that it's on the other side of the platform now? It's no longer hidden in that small alcove, it's more open and vulnerable

Rick @ Jul 14th 2008 12:56AM

Note the new weapon at the beginning of the Security fly-through...

Looks like some sort of gattling gun.

Brendan @ Jul 14th 2008 1:14AM

Yeah, that would one sick tanking weapon man.

RotNRollHunter @ Jul 14th 2008 1:27AM

that was the flame thrower I'm pretty sure. saw that area in one of the older vids

Rick @ Jul 14th 2008 1:36AM

The Scorcher is more narrow and long with the fuel tank on the right front. This gun looks boxy and has a large barrel, like a gattling gun. This must be a new gun they'll talk about tomorrow.

VeHeMeNcE @ Jul 14th 2008 1:46AM

Doesn't look like the Scorcher, looks more like a minigun to me.

Adrian @ Jul 14th 2008 1:17AM

is it just me or was the blood like an orange looking color. i thought it was just the locusts blood at first but then the cogs blood was that way too, iono though, might just be my computer.

Baligouxji @ Jul 14th 2008 1:41AM

So has the "Flying through the level" Camera been confirmed for use by players during multiplayer? Cause that'd be totally sweet.

Rick @ Jul 14th 2008 2:08AM

Confirmed a while back, actually. There's the fly-through by security cams and also a free-roaming ghost cam for dead players. Plus the ability to take snapshots w/ content scoring. No videos, though.

duzzyman @ Jul 14th 2008 2:05AM

The map they show for the majority of the video looks like it will play a lot like raven down with a second story.

Rick @ Jul 14th 2008 2:14AM

Yeah, same basic X pattern, but it looks a lot larger in scope than Raven Down. Just wish we could see someone destroy some of those arcade games.

SadisticHam @ Jul 14th 2008 3:16AM

Gameplay looks to have been massively changed, seen how fast there dropping with nothing but a pistol?

How many times was a shotty used in the first video? Only time i spotted it being used was against a bot.

I'm fine with these changes as long as they don't ruin the game, I hope Epic can pull this off and make Gears 2 the same hit online gears 1 was, don't let me down Epic. ;O

Rick @ Jul 14th 2008 8:24AM

The shotgun was used more than once in the vid, but I think the point is that it will no longer be the go-to gun to use in almost all situations in a multiplayer match (due to exploits players found in Gears 1). Hopefully, this will give matches a lot more variety in the way battles play out.

cakey @ Jul 14th 2008 4:49AM

Wow multiplayer looks so much more fluid.

bigmac375 @ Jul 14th 2008 6:35AM

oh my god it looks awesome

Christopher @ Jul 14th 2008 11:56AM

It looks awesome. The new Hammerburst (I think that's what it was) looks pretty devastating from the video.

I don't know about those Flash\Smoke grenades and their new knockdown proximity effect. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it has lots of new uses. However, I've always thought any weapon that can kill you instantly or, at the least, knock you off your feet and leave you incredibly vulnerable, should be earned by the player and not given off the beginning of the round. (Assuming you still get a smoke grenade at the beginning.) In any case, that's the only thing I don't want added to the game. Good idea but I think its practical application will take away, not add, to the strategy of the game. Similar to how the 3 grenade perk in COD4 is lame. It's cool up until you walk into a random grenade every 5 seconds that you know was thrown as soon as the guy spawned with no particular target in mind.