Video: Gears 2 multiplayer map madness

by Dustin Burg { Nov 1st 2008 at 2:15PM }

If you're at all interested in Gears of War 2 multiplayer then the video embedded above should be on your must watch list. It's an IGN produced Gears 2 multiplayer montage featuring gameplay footage from (you guessed it) Gears 2 including the newly new maps. New maps including Stasis, Security, Ruins, River, Pavilion, Jacinto, Hail, Day One, Blood Drive and Avalanche. The maps look solid, the gameplay looks gruesome, and we're loving every moment.

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

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

JerkfacedFed @ Nov 1st 2008 2:30PM

this video is at least 3 days old, and why didnt you make your own instead of sending us the ign link. IGN SUCKS!

all i care about is multiplayer, and so do almost all gears players.

please please please give us some answers on multiplayer.

can the host change any settings of the match once it starts?

do the impact effect of the smoke grenades unbalance the game? (ie throw them then shotty the guy on the ground)

how do the new power weapons have an effect on weapon swaps (can a noob just put all weapons as mulcher / mortar)

is there any vote kick system or does the host have unlimited power again to just boot anyone as they please

how has stunning changed, both when you melee someone and when you get shot while meleeing? refresher: in gears 1 you could melee someone up to 4 times in a row depending on the weapon u carried (hammer of dawn is weakest melee) without them being able to move at all. do frag grenades still stun you like in gears 1 or do they knock u to the ground like the new smoke grenade effect

even if someone could answer a few of these questions i would be extremely happy.

thank you!

Schteve @ Nov 1st 2008 2:36PM

eeesh, put your dick away dude.

Cal @ Nov 1st 2008 5:50PM

All good questions there, but it looks like we'll have to find out the answers by ourselves =(

Jayslacks @ Nov 1st 2008 2:35PM

Annex! Annex is in Gears 2! Sweet!

JerkfacedFed @ Nov 1st 2008 2:40PM

thanks for the useful comment douchebag go play wii u non gamer

Easo @ Nov 1st 2008 2:57PM

You sir are a dick, I hope your console dies.

JerkfacedFed @ Nov 1st 2008 3:15PM

why because im right?

run n gun 26 @ Nov 1st 2008 8:23PM

No, it's because you're a fag who doesn't know how to use Google.

JerkfacedFed @ Nov 1st 2008 9:13PM

show me an article answering any of those questions and i will pay you money.

there is not a single editor who has shown a video of or addressed any of my questions, which is why i asked them

idiot

yolarrydabomb @ Nov 1st 2008 9:55PM

http://google.com

Now hand over the money

Vcize @ Nov 1st 2008 10:39PM

All that google will give you is the same tired info about game modes and new weapons that we've heard a million times, though there is a bit of info on the Gears forum from people that played it at PAX (myself included).

Jerkfaced, send me an XBL message with your email or AIM address (gamertag: Vcize), and I can answer some of your questions.

ryan w @ Nov 2nd 2008 10:50AM

what are you an 8 year old. Stop complaining.
Everyone wants the game too

hulkinghitman @ Nov 1st 2008 3:14PM

This game looks amazing. It looks so sick that it makes GoW 1 look like an xbox original.
I cannot wait to curb-stomp, beat down and chainsaw my way into multi-player mayhem!!!!

SadisticHam @ Nov 1st 2008 3:43PM

Disturbing amount of Lancer/hammerburst use.

I hope when it launches it's not going to be like that, 10 dudes standing there, not in cover, shooting at each other till they all fall over.

Slightly worried after seeing that..but I'm sure it'll turn out good, still play gears 1 to this day so I just don't want it ruined.

JerkfacedFed @ Nov 1st 2008 4:55PM

i know seriously. every damn video ive seen of gears 2 from ign is a total noob playing using the lancer.

they dont know how to hold a and run, and have no idea how to wall bounce

it pisses me off how they get to play and write about the game when they dont know how to play it

Cal @ Nov 1st 2008 6:05PM

Well I'd expect that from release until Spring there will be a load of people trying to play like that, and after that should be mostly people who know how to play

Verdie @ Nov 1st 2008 6:15PM

oh geez.

Zerg rush shotgunning was never all that fun, or skillful, so give me a break. and with the stopping power added, you will use cover even more then in gears 1, which i might add was not even that often unless someone had you bogged down with a power weapon.

Gears 2 looks better, funner, more team based, and more strategic then gears 1. Only positives there in my opinion.

JerkfacedFed @ Nov 1st 2008 7:08PM

verdie,

you obviously havent played gears more than a few times online, which makes u a noob.

come play online and see how many kills you get wiht the shotgun and then tell me if its not skillful

karl @ Nov 1st 2008 3:59PM

look like the first 1...added 1 more person on each team...they really took it up a noch....if it same as first 1 it going to be dull and boring and host advantage going to be stupid...people has alreaddy found glitches on this game....don't gte me started on teh repetative looking singleplayer....this game is way to over-hyped...all you ppl readdy to get this...get readdy to bet killed by a (gold) langer and hammerburst repetedly and getting chainsawd from behind...more annoying and frustrating then fun...(opens up for fanboyism and hyped ppl)

TheMoonman @ Nov 1st 2008 4:21PM

"Repetitive looking single player"? If you don't already know, you'll be able to ride a Brumak in the Gears 2 campaign. I'd say that's a nice bit of variety.

This kids a fag @ Nov 1st 2008 6:36PM

then y r u commenting on this, ur a fuckin idiot if u dont think this game is fun, and u probably just suck at the game and thats y ur bitching

Psychotic @ Nov 2nd 2008 11:06AM

I'm worried about the hammerburst. I really hope it's worth using in Gears 2 versus the original where it was the lancerfest.

I'd settle for the hammerburst being semi auto if it could down an enemy in less than 50 bullets.

ChuckJ @ Nov 1st 2008 4:33PM

Campaign Walkthrough Videos

http://www.youtube.com/user/CuBaNKiLLa2007

.....oh and you're welcome

Kevin PSN: Keviseg15 @ Nov 1st 2008 4:52PM

sucks how u gotta shoot so much for them to die

SadisticHam @ Nov 1st 2008 5:12PM

Naa, it's a good thing. Casual junk like COD4 you die in a second or two, you can't even react to it.

This takes skill, you get shot, you take cover, you plan your attack.

Flip the coin you spot someone, you aim to take them down before they can get in cover or retaliate but it's not as easy as "hold down the right trigger" like games where you die in a split second.

JerkfacedFed @ Nov 1st 2008 5:06PM

can someone please give us some answers on multiplayer.

can the host change any settings of the match once it starts?

do the impact effect of the smoke grenades unbalance the game? (ie throw them then shotty the guy on the ground)

how do the new power weapons have an effect on weapon swaps (can a noob just put all weapons as mulcher / mortar)

is there any vote kick system or does the host have unlimited power again to just boot anyone as they please

how has stunning changed, both when you melee someone and when you get shot while meleeing? refresher: in gears 1 you could melee someone up to 4 times in a row depending on the weapon u carried (hammer of dawn is weakest melee) without them being able to move at all. do frag grenades still stun you like in gears 1 or do they knock u to the ground like the new smoke grenade effect

even if someone could answer a few of these questions i would be extremely happy.

thank you!

Sackolantern PSN ID: johnnynumber5 @ Nov 1st 2008 7:12PM

shut up you retard.

Max @ Nov 1st 2008 6:14PM

I have to say that the graphics for Gears 2 looks kind of poor from what I've seen from other games at the moment. I think that it will end up like Too Human, good ideas, but poorly executed.

fuck you @ Nov 1st 2008 6:35PM

u r uneducated

ryan @ Nov 1st 2008 7:56PM

Can't say I trust your judgment based off of your "I don't own a PS3" comment and many comments that just scream that you own a PS3.

yolarrydabomb @ Nov 1st 2008 10:06PM

What the hell kind of tv/monitor you got?

imo gears 2 looks brighter and better than gears 1

JerkfacedFed @ Nov 1st 2008 7:10PM

gears of war 1 has better graphics than any other game at the moment

what does that make gears 2.

fool

Sackolantern PSN ID: johnnynumber5 @ Nov 1st 2008 7:21PM

better graphics?

You really are an idiot. Go play Gears 1 again ( I've been playing for three weeks getting back into the gameplay) and you will the graphics do not stand the test of time since its release. At the time it was one of the best looking and arguably the best looking console game but not now. MGS 4, GTA IV, Far Cry 2, Fallout 3, Resistance 2 & Dead Space are recent releases that all look MUCH better than the original Gears. I might even argue about SOCOM Confrontation blow the original Gears out of the water. The new Gears is a different story.

Gears Of War is all about the multiplayer. It looks like they have improved the MP, graphics, sound, weapons and they actually added character backstory. This will be a more complete version & a real Gears experience.

I can't wait for this game so I can actually dust off my 360 and get some use out of my XBL subscription.

I can't say anything about Gears 2 because I haven't played it and from what I have seen it looks like a complete game unlike the first iteration.

KingOfGods @ Nov 1st 2008 8:33PM

Socom Confrontation? Are you serious? I own a PS3, 360 and wii and gears is still in the top 5 best looking console games.

Socom Confrontation looks like shit. it's looks like a high def xbox 1 game. The textures on the characters are muddy and don't get me started on the games controls.

I'm sure the single player of Resistance 2 will look good (although I didn't find anything special about the 1st) the multiplayer is a different story. I was in the short beta for resist 2 and the graphics and game play looked and played like pure shit. you have to wonder what kind of hits in lighting they were going to have to take to squeeze 60 people in matches.

A couple of my buddies and I jumped on Gears the other day after nearly a year of neglect due to COD4 and were amazed at how good the game still lokked and played to other more recent games. We were even amazed at that wow factor we still get when someones head would pop off with a well placed shotgun blast.

Sackolantern PSN ID: johnnynumber5 @ Nov 2nd 2008 1:01AM

King Of Gods -

Everything you said goes for me as well. I own all the consoles, played the resistance 2 beta and the socom beta. Also been playing the original Gears and I very UNimpressed with the graphics now. In fact, they look pretty bad in comparison to just about every new game.

I think Socom looks great for what it is and is easily better looking than the original gears. Look at the vehicles in some of the stages in Gears. They are pitiful. When the game launched it looked amazing but not anymore. The new Gears will probably be similar as from everything I have seen it looks much better. Better lighting, textures, more polygons and better environmental atmospheres.

Honestly Resistance 2 looked really good. In fact I thought it looked amazing. I wasn't crazy about the gameplay but compared to the first Resistance it is in another world. And unlike Gears it actually uses color. When I see a head explode or a chainsaw victim in Gears it just looks like random pieces of meat. Hopefully they get rid of that rag doll bullshit as well after you die.

My point isn't to argue what games look better than others. You thought Socom looked like shit and I thought it looked good. The point is that anyone who says the original Gears is still one of the top looking games on consoles is nothing more than 1. An idiot 2. An x-bot or 3. a Gears fanboy.

I was amazed how shitty Gears looks in comparison to just about every new game released in the last month. For its time it was absolutely the best looking but not even close now. Like I said Gears 2 will probably have the same effect as the first one.

SadisticHam @ Nov 2nd 2008 4:43AM

SOCOM lol, can you even play that shitfest online yet or is it still laggy and disconnecting non-stop?

Gears 1 was amazing and *still* looks better than most games to this day, it's aged very very well. And i can prove it: You just compared it to a bunch of 08 games, some of which aren't even out yet and it was made in 2006. Good job, there just catching up to it now, 2 years later.

emotaku @ Nov 1st 2008 7:57PM

Teach me your trolling ways, JerkfacedFed.

VeHeMeNcE @ Nov 1st 2008 9:28PM

Who uses "suck my dick" and "faggot" in the same sentence?

yolarrydabomb @ Nov 1st 2008 10:01PM

Translation...

Hes a faggot and he wants his d!ck suck.

Vcize @ Nov 1st 2008 10:34PM

He's not really trolling, just trying to get some of the people that have had hands on time with the game to answer some of the questions that hardcore fans of the game have, rather than just constantly re-iterating bullet point lists about game types and maps that we all knew about months ago.

JerkfacedFed @ Nov 2nd 2008 1:24AM

THANK YOU VCIZE.

we're the only ones in here who actually care and want gears 2 info. and the haters and sony fanboys come out of the woodwork marking down my comments because I'm a true fan trying to get NEW info from someone who has played it.

If you dont care or dont like gears of war then get a life and get out of here!

goosefat @ Nov 1st 2008 8:10PM

I must say that some of the textures on (mainly the arms of) some of the main models look kind of duff and pretty amateur. Its a shame as you see this at all times. It looks sort of rushed or like they had to keep the framerate up or something...i dunno.
The gameplay doesnt suffer from this in anyway and is far, far and away much better than any other multiplayer game on the market.

Just suffers from some (very) minor aesthetic problems.
Of course you may have another opinion on this.