Video: Gears of War 2 is art and is gorgeous
by Dustin Burg 
{ Oct 14th 2008 at 11:00AM }
Continuing Epic's series of Gears of War 2 subject by subject analysis featurettes, we bring you the latest where Cliff and crew chat about Gears 2 as art and where their inspiration comes from.
You can watch the latest video (currently exclusive to Yahoo!) embedded after the break and take in Gears 2's gorgeous vistas, hear the inspiration behind the architecture, learn what the design focus was and get a sense for the new graphical enhancement the sequel has over the original. Most notably, at around 1:50 minute mark, you'll witness one the most visually stunning underground caves that your eyes have ever come across. Jiggly wiggly plants, jaw dropping water, fog ... oh yeah ... we're in love.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
epix187 @ Oct 14th 2008 11:19AM
Wow GoW 2 always impresses me more and more with each video. I'm getting pumped for Nov 7th! =P
Sircut @ Oct 14th 2008 11:24AM
I just want this game already. Nov 7th can't come soon enough.
MDJ2010 @ Oct 14th 2008 12:00PM
Wow!
Zoot Suit Jedi @ Oct 14th 2008 12:12PM
Okay. I have held off as long as possible. I am totally stoked for this game. Like, waiting for non-denominational winter holiday stoked. Like knowing you're going to get a handy from your date stoked.
D dogg @ Oct 14th 2008 12:19PM
Wow, I must say I'm equally as excited as just about every other fanboy here. The single player campaign is starting to look pretty damn amazing. Dare I say... the Gears of War series may be just as popular if not more than the Halo series someday.
A badass single player campaign with an already proven badass multiplayer game that just needed to be fixed spells GAME OF THE YEAR to me.
john paul @ Oct 14th 2008 2:59PM
BETTER but not more popular.
Conor @ Oct 14th 2008 12:26PM
Wait,didn't Karmine get sniped in the head in the first gears of war?
At the end of the video Marcus says "let's go find Karmine" or something like that.
zorgy @ Oct 14th 2008 12:51PM
you're right. it's one of the mysteries : how did Carmine survive/was brought back to life.
Carmine did die in Gow1, but Epic decided to bring him back, as he was their favourite character (their and the fans' fav chara)
Arnon @ Oct 14th 2008 1:16PM
They already said it was his brother or cousin or w/e.
Gamertag: GOPAL892005 @ Oct 14th 2008 2:14PM
its Carmine' brother in Gears 2
Gears 1: Anthony Carmine
Gears 2: Benjamin Carmine
:)
Ryan Hartman @ Oct 14th 2008 12:55PM
BONNNNNNNNER
I've got a throbing meaty member going after that video. Only 23 more days and I'll be balls deep in this game. I'm even taking off work that Friday just to play it all day and get my geek on something fierce.
And to the nub who was wondering about Carmine (with a "c") they said that this is his brother ... and they haven't announced how many Carmine boys they are in the family. I'm thinking it's a kinda of "You killed Kenny!" deal where they kill a Carmine each game.
Sircut @ Oct 14th 2008 12:55PM
It's Carmine's son. Cliffy talked about it in an earlier video.
OptimumEDGE @ Oct 14th 2008 8:23PM
Doubtful. Carmine is assumed to be around 20-26 years old in GoW. The youngest Gears member. It can't be his son.
It has been said a few times that it's his older brother, but I guess we'll see.
TORO @ Oct 14th 2008 1:32PM
Awesome vid, I stopped watching about 1/3 of the way because I want to reveal some "art" on my own ;)
ryan @ Oct 14th 2008 1:35PM
whoever says this game was "next gen brown" clearly hasn't seen Heavy Rain! :P
that said, this game looks gorgeous with plenty of color. that cave looks bee-yoo-teeful!
john paul @ Oct 14th 2008 3:02PM
Next-Gen Brown, what does that mean? kids these days with their fancy words and what-not....
ryan @ Oct 14th 2008 3:37PM
next-gen brown: usually tagged for games of apocylyptic settings and a smear on the game's incapability to produce a wide color palette in favor of impressive scale, lighting, scripted events etc.
john paul @ Oct 14th 2008 4:20PM
You always learn something new everyday...
wait... next gen brown, as in the color, i need to go back to school.
daBUDman @ Oct 16th 2008 10:00PM
I've seen the mp videos and from what I can tell seems more of the same except better maps/gfx I don't see what all the fuss is about.