Video: Abusive Gears of War 2 multiplayer

by Dustin Burg { Oct 16th 2008 at 3:45PM }

If you're on the hunt for a few minutes of Gears of War 2 multiplayer footage, we recommend you watch the gory-delicious video above.

IGN put together a nice Gears 2 multiplayer preview video that takes a look at all the new (and old) matchmaking game modes, a preview of some of the new maps, gameplay from the Horde mode and an interesting fountain of razor hail. Painful razor hail. Watch the vid, it's Gears, fall in love.

[Thanks, PotteryBarnShopa]

Tags: epic, epic-games, gears-of-war-2, gow2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

JBurton @ Oct 16th 2008 3:52PM

So its basically the same footage we've seen, but with some guy explaining the modes we've already heard about...

JerkfacedFed @ Oct 17th 2008 5:16AM

seriously im starting to get pissed off at these loser editors who arent real gears of war players. they arent any good at it, havent played it since the first week it came out, and have no idea about how multiplayer actually played out in the first. we hardcore gamers want to know how the changes affect how the game is balanced and how it plays out in comparison to the first. dont give me any bs about the rules of the games. i want specifics:

how does the proxy nade affect gameplay
do stunning smoke grenades unbalance things?
do people whore it?

how do weapon swaps work with the new "power weapons"

how does the lobby system work for both matchmaking and player matches?

any info about bots???

the list goes on. give us REAL info!!

Vcize @ Oct 17th 2008 10:40AM

JerkfacedFed, you are my hero.

Why can't at least ONE of these sites have someone that actually played GoW1 past week 1 get do their hands on impression?

And for the love of god, how the hell have we STILL not had anyone tell us wtf the sniper active reload does now that it's not a 1-shot down anymore?

john paul @ Oct 16th 2008 3:54PM

Awesome...

Dammit, need a new pair of pants.

brian @ Oct 16th 2008 3:56PM

I wasn't even that interested in GOW2 until I picked up the original again. Still a lot of fun

DBoyFlex @ Oct 16th 2008 3:57PM

Yeah, I've seen most of that footage before, but it still makes me more and more excited. Damn, the wait is killing me. At least I will have Fallout to get me by in a week and a half. That should do the trick.

xFenixKnightx @ Oct 16th 2008 3:58PM

I wanna see the original redone maps in action! Stop showing the one with the big seeder in the middle!!!

Also, I hope there is a map thats small like War Machine and Raven Down. I like me some shotgun fests every now and then. :)

Doug @ Oct 16th 2008 4:20PM

Don't flame me... but can gore setting be turned off for multiplayer?

Ryan Hartman @ Oct 16th 2008 4:39PM

DAMMIT DOUG, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

LOL I'm kidding. You're a great guy. Really. But to answer your stupid, stupid question for a moment- yes. Yes it can be turned off.

Blood > Sparks. Write that down.

Doug @ Oct 16th 2008 4:55PM

I am crying sparks right now.

xFenixKnightx @ Oct 16th 2008 4:22PM

Yes Doug, yes it can.

Doug @ Oct 16th 2008 4:23PM

Excellent.

Thanks.

rafael @ Oct 16th 2008 4:33PM

I WILL TRADE YOU MGS4 FOR GOW2...

TORO @ Oct 16th 2008 4:57PM

Umm...nah ;)

Vcize @ Oct 17th 2008 10:42AM

Not a chance.

MGS4 was REALLY fun for about 15 hours.

Gears of War was REALLY fun for about 1500 hours.

KingOfGods @ Oct 16th 2008 5:39PM

WTF no execution????? That was the only mode I played.
First Saints Row 2 doesn't add protect the pimp now Gears gets rid of execution.

I hate warzone, once you were down you could be taken out from across the map. I like having to take that chance of moving in for the kill.

Akuma @ Oct 17th 2008 3:25PM

There is Execution in Gears of War 2, don't worry because then i don't even know what i would play too...Warzone sucks. But the only thing thay bugs me...is that when you tap A u can crawl around as u get up? in Execution? Maybe they disable the crawling in Execution?

Akuma @ Oct 17th 2008 3:25PM

Vcize @ Oct 17th 2008 10:43AM

Several previews have mentioned that it does have execution. They just brush it aside because none of these previewers actually played the first game for more than a couple days and don't realize that that's the game mode most have been playing for the last 2 years.

Muzik I Addict @ Oct 16th 2008 6:32PM

of course they have execution you dult.

Gamertag: GOPAL892005 @ Oct 16th 2008 6:52PM

awwww man - i knew i shouldn't have watched that video - now i'm even more excited about this game.
i've even gone through the PC version just last week to get up to date with the 'True' campain.

i guess i'll play through insane on the PC version & pick up those extra cheevos :)

JerkfacedFed @ Oct 17th 2008 5:22AM

again, from a competitive gears player, we all wanna know:

in the first game, only the host showed blood spatter on his screen. if gore was turned off, there was NOTHING covering the screen where that blood would have been.

in gears 2 if "gore" is off, does the screen still get covered?

do all players get the blood spatter from being shot, and not just the host?

JerkfacedFed @ Oct 17th 2008 5:23AM

of course there is execution, fool.

the manual has been leaked out with descriptions of all modes included. remember that annex was added via dlc months after gears 1 came out, there's always room for much expansion

MDJ2010 @ Oct 17th 2008 8:32AM

I cant take this, It's just too must waiting, the anticipation I have for this game is so high. They could have made a third of the changes they have and I would still be excited but this game looks imense. I remember reading and article about Gears before the 360 came out, I couldn't have dreamed it was going to spawn a game that looks this good. Bravo Epic!