Campaign Length Revealed (Jambi Bum)

posted by Zoso Fan

Wed Oct 08, 2008 at 11:04:37 AM EST

Alright so I found this article about gears 2 over at gamespy. Apparently they played through the entire gears 2 campaign on hardcore and it was 12-15 hours long. So about double to triple the length of gears 1. One thing I don't like about the article is that they say that it's iffy that gears 2 plays and feels a lot like gears 1. I don't fucking understand that. What is wrong with a SEQUEL being like the original. Do people want a completely different game or what? Anyways here is the link to the article  


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  •  Read the article (none / 0)

    When I saw this diary, I was a bit surprised. Talking to Will at the event, it seemed like he was enjoying what he was playing. Then I actually read his piece and found this:

    "Before we get into the oh-so-gory details, we should preface things by noting that Gears 2 feels a lot like the first game, so much so that there will inevitably be complaints that it could be called Gears of War 1.5. To those people we say: Quit your whining! Complaining about another 12 to 15 hours of hot Gears action is like complaining about having too much money in your wallet or that your suitors are bringing you too many bouquets of flowers."

    He listed the familiarity as iffy because he had to put something.

    BTW, he's totally right about the length of the game. I also finished on Hardcore in about the same time length.

    by X David Ellis X on Wed Oct 08, 2008 at 11:44:12 AM EST

    •  That's a great point about... (none / 0)

      further elaboration on the the reviewer's own words, Dave.  Sometimes, things can be taken out of context.  Gears 2 should play like Gears 1, otherwise it wouldn't be part of that franchise.  Why reinvent the wheel when you can fine tune it and perfect it?  I agree with you that the Gamespy previewer felt that they needed to put something in there that seemed somewhat critical.  Until the reviews embargo lifts, all of the glowing/critical analyses can't be accurately assessed.

      Gears is MY Star Wars!!! Wooohhh!!!

      by Blankman on Wed Oct 08, 2008 at 12:30:17 PM EST

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  •  I seem to remember me making similar arguments (none / 0)

    about Halo 3...What's wrong with a sequel being like its predecessor.;)

    Gears 2 being like Gears 1 can only be a good thing, unless its repetitive (which doesn't look to be the case!)

    by SweetTea023 on Wed Oct 08, 2008 at 12:00:48 PM EST

  •  exactly (none / 0)

    The best feeling is having a game where you can pick it up and know the controls and have the feel of the universe be exactly where you left off from the last time you played, now your just continuing the story.

    Give me a minute and I'll change your mind, Give me a bullet and I'll change your life!

    by MDK2002 on Wed Oct 08, 2008 at 12:10:10 PM EST

  •  Great job on offering a solution... (none / 0)

    to get around the current bug.  

    Please feel free to email your diaries to kchung6@yahoo.com if you want it posted.  The admins will try our best to place your diary up in a timely matter.  Thanks for everyone's patience and support during this site redesign.  Jon and Jeremy are working very hard to fix the current problems and should find some resolution in the near future.

    Gears is MY Star Wars!!! Wooohhh!!!

    by Blankman on Wed Oct 08, 2008 at 12:33:43 PM EST

  •  Saying G2 is like G1.5 (none / 0)

    Is like saying Resistance 2 is like R1.5

    See where i'm going ;)

    Brumak porn... love it!

    by HELLFIRE V1 on Wed Oct 08, 2008 at 03:27:03 PM EST

  •  New Vid Guys (none / 0)

    New multiplayer Dev Doc:
    http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/...

    PSN GamerTag : Gaming_Colt

    by GamingColt on Wed Oct 08, 2008 at 04:09:57 PM EST

  •  I have another goody to show you guys (none / 0)

    This comes from a guy that played horde at E for all. It's about a new locust type that we haven't really heard about yet. So if you don't want to know anything about new locusts then you might not want to continue reading.

    It's a half way decent description. But you'll get the idea. "So then this new Locust comes up after me. It runs around really fast and has all these tentacles on its back. It can take a **** load of damage. I was torching it like crazy and I thought I killed it. But I didn't. It played dead and caught me surprised with it's arm missing. It then downed me and clawed me to death."

    I'm gonna saw me up some of that sex locust.

    by Jambi Bum on Wed Oct 08, 2008 at 04:54:52 PM EST

  •  Rage just pointed something out to me (none / 0)

    on the locust that plays dead. He said that the guy that was playing Horde might not have seen a Kantus reviving that locust. Which could explain why the locust looked like it was playing dead. Then again it could have really been playing dead. Guess we won't find out until Nov 7th.

    I'm gonna saw me up some of that sex locust.

    by Jambi Bum on Wed Oct 08, 2008 at 05:40:48 PM EST

  •  Lmfao (none / 0)

    If you can 'play dead' in Gears 2 - similar to Conker's Bad Fur Day..
    I would love and laugh about that for the rest of November.

    PSN GamerTag : Gaming_Colt

    by GamingColt on Wed Oct 08, 2008 at 08:57:06 PM EST

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