Earlier today, Microsoft lifted the Gears of War 2 review embargo (if you haven't already, check out our 2-page review) and the review scores are flooding in. After eighteen reviews, metacritic has tallied up the scores and listed Gears of War 2's average to be around 95. Which, in metacritic land, is considered "universal acclaim". Check out what the gaming industry has to say about Gears of War 2:
- Giant Bomb (100/100): "All you really need to know is that Gears of War 2 is a terrific, kick-ass shooter with enough stuff in it to keep you busy for a pretty long time."
- Gamespy (100/100): "While it's certainly open to debate, we're going to go out on a limb and call Gears of War 2 the most visually impressive game of all-time."
- IGN (95/100): "It has non-stop action, fresh gameplay, varied environments, an engrossing storyline, multiplayer that will have people busy for years to come, and some of the nastiest and coolest kills I've seen in a videogame."
- GameTrailers (95/100): "The game consistently manages to put impressive, holy crap-worthy stuff on-screen. Your ears get their fair share of candy, too. Voice work is almost always right on and the music is epic, foreboding, and dangerous."
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
11-03-2008 @ 5:35PM
Michael said...
Gears sucks.
:)
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11-03-2008 @ 5:49PM
DrizzleNuts said...
Waaahhhh im jealous my piece of shit 3 doesnt have gears lol.
All the losers over at vgchartz are having a field day because they cant believe gears ranked that high anything thats pro 360 is a threat to a ps3 owners purchase.
i have never seen fanboyism this bad in my entire life but i guess when you go as a winner two gens in a row and you fail the third it kinda rubs into your followers.
Dont blame 360 owners for making the right choice next time do your homework.
11-03-2008 @ 6:51PM
philmcphail said...
@ DrizzleNuts
Is your sarcas-o-meter on?
11-04-2008 @ 3:57AM
yolarrydabomb said...
Good luck getting home pal.
11-04-2008 @ 3:31PM
Ian Murray said...
I'm glad someone had the balls to say it, even if he was being sarcastic.
And shame on ANY game reviewer who things this game is 10/10, ESPECIALLY because of how pretty it looks. They should know by now that graphics do not make a game. Story, characters, immersion, fun, replayability...those make a game. How clearly you can see the sweat on a demon's nut-sack does not.
11-04-2008 @ 3:50PM
Michael said...
Thank you Murray, I wasn't being sarcastic, and no I'm not a PS3 fanboy, I'm a 360 fanboy, but GoW 2 will have the same fate as H3. Over Hyping :)
11-03-2008 @ 5:37PM
Arno said...
Ha! Take that Resistance 2!
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11-03-2008 @ 6:06PM
Kevin PSN: Keviseg15 said...
dude gears 2 anytime over resistance 2.
coming from a ps3 fanboy.
11-03-2008 @ 8:58PM
cranium said...
thank you for the Kevin. perhaps there is hope for fanboy harmony after all.
is that the sun i see.. breaking through the clouds?
11-03-2008 @ 5:44PM
Neuromancer said...
Just goes to show, playing as burly space marines never get old.
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11-03-2008 @ 6:35PM
legendtaker117 said...
Funny thing is, Marcus isn't a space marine...
>.>
11-04-2008 @ 5:44AM
SadisticHam said...
In fact theres not even spaceships in the Gears world, there still using helicopters to fly..so uh..yeah.
11-04-2008 @ 10:31AM
Neuromancer said...
I was kidding around, you guys are way too serious.
11-03-2008 @ 5:45PM
aswan said...
cool looking forward to this game but to arno resistance 2 is getting identical reviews.
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11-03-2008 @ 10:06PM
halo 3 sucks. said...
Actually, Resistance 2 has an 89 average on metacritic.
95>89
In other words, 89 isn't the exact same as 95.
Hope you understand.
11-03-2008 @ 5:49PM
Tony said...
What I take away most from this is how much Metacritic has become a fanboyism warzone... Look at the user reviews for this and Resistance 2.
It's really crazy. Do these people even have fun with games anymore? lol
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11-03-2008 @ 6:08PM
paulStanley the 3 said...
i'm with u. people should enjoy these games, Gears is gonna be badass but R2 with 60 player online- damn that sounds insane.
11-04-2008 @ 7:25AM
Brucie B said...
Sorry but am I the only one that felt the R2 Beta was OK.... Nothing special, actually Kinda lame.
*60 Players online doesn't always = Fun, More like a mess.
11-04-2008 @ 10:07AM
cranium said...
agreed. Delta Force: Black Hawk Down for Xbox had 52 player multiplayer (if i recall correctly) but that doesn't mean it played well.
I've always found Resistance to be mediocre at best. And compared to Gears (which it always is) it's just plain silly
11-03-2008 @ 5:51PM
Viridium said...
Holy F I was about to congratulate Dustin on suckering me with a Photoshopped 3.X in the user score, but it's actually sitting at 3.2 right now.
LOL some bitter PS3 fanboys hit Metacritic?
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