Gears of War 2: September 29th Media Day Thread

Skilotonn · 03:22 AM

The NDA just lifted, so media should start pouring in right about now...

I'll be updating the OP whenever new stuff starts coming in...

(thanks to cjelly for the Cliff pics!)

First up is our boys at GamerSyde who posted the goods on the dot!

Gamersyde.com Campaign, Art and Environment Pics

Many more at the link!

Previews

Videogamer.com Campaign Preview (thanks to Tom0)
TONS of Previews and Interviews with Cliff from recent London gaming event at videogaming247.com (thanks to Tomcat)
IGN Preview(thanks to Broadbandito)
Gamespot Campaign & MP Hands-on (thanks to Broadbandito)
Eurogamer Hands-on Preview
D-Pad Magazine 5-page Interview with Cliff, along with 3 mini-articles related to the article:

Games Radar Campaign Preview
Games Radar Horde Preview

Videos

InsideGamer.nl Video Interview with Cliff about Gears 2 and Jazz Jackrabbit - shows quite a bit of brand new footage of the hospital area that's only been written about so far - not really spoilerific, so don't worry...
Eurogamer Video Interview with Cliff (thanks to Tomcat)
Onlinecenter.pl - Complete B-Roll footage released for today in two videos (thanks to Tomcat)
New Gears of War 2 Video Documentary - "Enemies" (thanks to Full Recovery)

NutJobJim · 05:10 PM

Looking good

Jtyettis · (09-29-2008, 05:06 PM)

Oh freaknit.

sionyboy · (09-29-2008, 05:09 PM)

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_7147_en.html

Some bullshot screens of the campaign, few pics/concept art of Skorge and some location renders.

Nothing to get that worked up about, maybe a few sites will have a vid preview up later.

Francias Castiglione · (09-29-2008, 05:09 PM)

Looks a lot like the first one. But you know a lot better.

Can't wait.

squicken · (09-29-2008, 05:10 PM)

Gears of War: Vegas 2

NutJobJim · (09-29-2008, 05:12 PM)

Hoping we get some video footage/written previews as well

Chinner · (09-29-2008, 05:12 PM)

Gears 2 outdoes Gears at underground caves!

DC R1D3R · (09-29-2008, 05:13 PM)

Pound for pound, the best textures to ever grace a home console. For shizzle

TomO · (09-29-2008, 05:14 PM)

This will be one of many, many new previews, but our hands-on impressions are up: http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/ge...view-1292.html

catfish · (09-29-2008, 05:14 PM)

fucking sweet. Gears was the game that made me say wow at next gen.

NutJobJim · 05:20 PM

Somebody photoshop the Awesome smiley over Skorge's balls

Costanza · (09-29-2008, 05:16 PM)

Jtyettis · (09-29-2008, 05:16 PM)

Originally Posted by TomO:

This will be one of many, many new previews, but our hands-on impressions are up: http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/ge...view-1292.html

Quote:

Is it more Gears of War 1.5 than Gears of War 2? This was a feeling we were beginning to subscribe to as we worked our way through the first act for the second time. The pacing is similar - the change up in blockbuster style gameplay as fast-paced as ever. But something changed our mind. And that something was a sneak peak at a later level in the game from none other than Cliff Bleszinski himself.

Marcus and Dom are underground, trying to rendezvous with the rest of Delta Squad. We get our first sighting of a Rock Worm, a new bullet proof beastie which acts as moveable cover and, somewhat surprisingly, as an integral part of a puzzle. Here, one player needs to shoot a special fruit down from the ceiling in order to tease the Rock Worm to move. As it does so, the other player uses it as cover, protecting himself from incessant Locust Troika fire. Expect even more elaborate use of the Rock Worm as cover later on in the finished game.

As our time with Gears of War 2's campaign came to an end, we were left gagging for more. And that's one hell of a reassuring feeling to have. It's a very familiar experience, but undeniably it's a better one. And we've only played through the first act. We'd tell you to get very, very excited for this game, but we've got a funny feeling you already are.

Blablurn · (09-29-2008, 05:17 PM)

shit is getting real! awesome pictures!

Skilotonn · (09-29-2008, 05:17 PM)

Originally Posted by TomO:

This will be one of many, many new previews, but our hands-on impressions are up: http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/ge...view-1292.html

Very nice - will add to the OP...

-PXG- · (09-29-2008, 05:18 PM)

I SOOOOOOOOO call Skorge avatar!

DC R1D3R · (09-29-2008, 05:18 PM)

^^

Action game of 2008 confirmed :]

Shots fired..........

Blimblim · (09-29-2008, 05:19 PM)

This so reminds me of a cave in Lost Odyssey.
Only 30 times more detailed.

_dementia · (09-29-2008, 05:19 PM)

Rock Worm cover sounds amazing. Reminds me of the spotlight use in Gears1 co-op campaign. More creative cover options, pls.

NutJobJim · (09-29-2008, 05:20 PM)

Originally Posted by TomO:

This will be one of many, many new previews, but our hands-on impressions are up: http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/ge...view-1292.html

Holy shit, penis so hard.
I knew Tai was badass.

Francias Castiglione · (09-29-2008, 05:23 PM)

The Rock Worms looked awesome when we first saw them in stills, glad to hear they are being used well!

_dementia · (09-29-2008, 05:23 PM)

Originally Posted by Costanza:

Nice

In my brain Dom is saying this.

artredis1980 · (09-29-2008, 05:25 PM)

probably the best graphics on a home console ever especially when it comes to textures. I dont think any game comes close to the texture detail that Gears 2 has

Skilotonn · (09-29-2008, 05:26 PM)

Originally Posted by NutJobJim:

Somebody photoshop the Awesome smiley over Skorge's balls

It's funny that now that I look at a direct feed pic instead of a video screen cap, I can't see the face anymore...

Broadbandito · (09-29-2008, 05:26 PM)

game looks so hott!

Spider_Jerusalem · (09-29-2008, 05:27 PM)

Originally Posted by artredis1980:

probably the best graphics on a home console ever especially when it comes to textures. I dont think any game comes close to the texture detail that Gears 2 has

What have you done! Now you summoned them...

DC R1D3R · (09-29-2008, 05:28 PM)

Originally Posted by artredis1980:

probably the best graphics on a home console ever especially when it comes to textures. I dont think any game comes close to the texture detail that Gears 2 has

Not in a fuckin leap year.

Tomcat · (09-29-2008, 05:28 PM)

Huge Gears of War 2 blow-out

http://www.videogaming247.com/

Kydd BlaZe · (09-29-2008, 05:29 PM)

Originally Posted by squicken:

Gears of War: Vegas 2

wat?

Was that supposed to be funny? Joke makes no sense at all...

But anyway, that screenshot BLEW ME THE FUCK AWAY. Holy shit, this game keeps looking better and better.

NutJobJim · (09-29-2008, 05:30 PM)

Originally Posted by Skilotonn:

It's funny that now that I look at a direct feed pic instead of a video screen cap, I can't see the face anymore...

No it's still there, especially the mouth of the smiley

Jtyettis · (09-29-2008, 05:30 PM)

Hopefully we get some video tomorrow on the MP after this downtime on Live for a nice welcome back.

slicedking · (09-29-2008, 05:31 PM)

Those screen shots are amazing. Now to Wait for some new video.

Skilotonn · (09-29-2008, 05:31 PM)

Originally Posted by Tomcat:

Huge Gears of War 2 blow-out

http://www.videogaming247.com/

I wanna add it, but it won't load for me to see exactly what they have - I guess they're getting hammered...

EDIT: It just did finally, wow, they do have a ton of written articles - adding now!

Domino Theory · (09-29-2008, 05:31 PM)

Hopin' for some gameplay videos.

Hellraizer · (09-29-2008, 05:32 PM)

fuck.gif ... times 10 ... times 10 ... times 10

_dementia · (09-29-2008, 05:32 PM)

God, I can't wait to get this.

Is Amazon doing a preorder bonus like BB and GS?

Aladuf · (09-29-2008, 05:33 PM)

Holy fucking god.. Gearsgasm incoming.

Broadbandito · (09-29-2008, 05:33 PM)

Originally Posted by Skilotonn:

I wanna add it, but it won't load for me to see exactly what they have - I guess they're getting hammered...

EDIT: It just did finally, wow, they do have a ton of written articles - adding now!

must be, ive been trying to load for a couple mins now

Rottweiler · (09-29-2008, 05:36 PM)

Meh Gears of War 1 looked better :/

Tomcat · (09-29-2008, 05:36 PM)

Originally Posted by Skilotonn:

I wanna add it, but it won't load for me to see exactly what they have - I guess they're getting hammered...

EDIT: It just did finally, wow, they do have a ton of written articles - adding now!

Quote:

We don’t care. From what we saw, Gears of War 2 is such an instant purchase it’s ridiculous. You’re probably going to see multiplayer impressions popping up all over the place as there were a bunch of machines all hooked up, but we just didn’t have time, and there was more to the chapter we got pulled away from in the mountain town, but seriously: it’s incredible. Whether or not it can maintain the same pace over the entire campaign remains to be seen, but this is likely to be the first game we’ve pre-ordered since Mario Galaxy.

Failure is unlikely.

Great stuff

Hellraizer · (09-29-2008, 05:36 PM)

Originally Posted by Broadbandito:

must be, ive been trying to load for a couple mins now

The whole first page is basically all gears. Awesome.

Aladuf · (09-29-2008, 05:37 PM)

If we get some new videos today I'm gonna shit myself, I was on a craze yesterday just looking for and watching as many Gears 2 videos as I possibly could.

Originally Posted by Rottweiler:

Meh Gears of War 1 looked better :/

CcrooK · (09-29-2008, 05:38 PM)

The fap is furious today! Good shit!

Broadbandito · (09-29-2008, 05:39 PM)

Quote:

Is Gears of War 2 any good? Do you see Dom have a little cry? Is it good? Are the derrick bits fun? Is it good? Is it good?

We’ve played it. It blew us away. It’ll blow you away too.

First things first: Gears 2 could very well be the game you’ve been dreaming of for the past two years. It’s Gears of War to the power of ten. The hour we spent playing co-op at a recent press event was practically transcendental: it takes puerile fun so effortlessly to the next level the action games of the past 12 months evaporated in seconds. Sorry for the gush, but we really were knocked out.

Why? After our chat with Cliff Bleszinski, a journalist was talking on the phone to his mate.

“It’s the first one with tons of new stuff, the graphics through the roof and all the shit stripped out,” he said. “It’s more than that, though. You won’t believe it.”

their co-op preview

man.

antiloop · (09-29-2008, 05:40 PM)

Originally Posted by squicken:

Gears of War: Vegas 2

Gears of Oblivion 2. :)

Dirtbag · (09-29-2008, 05:40 PM)

Originally Posted by _dementia:

In my brain Dom is saying this.

Wasn't it Marcus that had the signature "nice"

I always thought GAF had this backwards, I've seen someone else mention dom's "nice" on here before.

NutJobJim · (09-29-2008, 05:40 PM)

Originally Posted by Aladuf:

If we get some new videos today I'm gonna shit myself, I was on a craze yesterday just looking for and watching as many Gears 2 videos as I possibly could.

It's funny you should say that because I posted pretty much the exact same thing earlier (about having got a huge boner after watching Gears 2 videos this morning) and Blim said that there are new videos but that for some reason they have to all be spliced together to form a 'preview video.' He said his site isn't going to do it, but that we can expect other sites to, so we should be seeing some new footage sometime today or tomorrow I guess.

Strider2K99 · (09-29-2008, 05:40 PM)

Originally Posted by _dementia:

God, I can't wait to get this.

Is Amazon doing a preorder bonus like BB and GS?

Just the Lancer replica for $130.

If you preorder the standard edition version, you can get a $10 gift card. That's all.

Chinner · (09-29-2008, 05:41 PM)

Originally Posted by Rottweiler:

Meh Gears of War 1 looked better :/

TROLL HARD: TROLL HARDER