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Infantile young and impressionable girls, please switch to urgently review Spore or Super Mario Galaxy: Game, which will be discussed, not for you. Here decalitres blood poured screen, here duel chainsaws - a common phenomenon, there reigns an uncompromising testosterone action, whose name - Gears of War 2. Remaining the same on this page admirers of cruelty and harsh romantics are invited to enjoy steak with blood, who for the last couple of years preparing Epic Games in their kitchen.
«Bigger, better, more badass!» So would say Cliff Bleszinski on presentations sequels "Gears of War." Ever since the announcement of the first part of fans scoured the Internet in search of the freshest and most accurate information. But only now have the opportunity to try out all his own.
Detachment "Delta" in the sequel, you'll meet old friends, but will appear as beginners. Fight in Gears of War 2 will have in the company of colleagues who will assist wherever possible AI. The game does not tend to become boring tactical shooter, where you have to think about each step and monitor the actions of partners. Problems with your buddy there only if they are wounded, and then have to right on the line of fire to demonstrate the wonders of medicine. Chudotvorstvo this simple: the wounded able to walk on all fours on the battlefield: it is enough to run up to him and pressing a button, wait until the unfortunate partner to rise to their feet. Sam Marcus, too, can go for help, as long as partners in time it was noticed, and then after a few tens of seconds, even medicine will be ineffective. For those who practiced shamanism under the bullets can not, add a level of complexity Casual, on which the game will overcome any holder of a full set of fingers and the ability to keep them dzhoypad Xbox 360.
 | Front-line summary |
The plot of Gears of War was more of a coordinate system, the justification for the player's actions, the second part of the developers have come to tell stories more carefully: the dialogue was more, they are long and thoughtful. The action takes place six months after the events of the original. Locust were not destroyed, but instead went on the offensive, sinking one by one human city in the bowels of the earth. Safe places on the planet was nearly empty, there is nothing to defend, and Delta abandoned a counterattack.
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 | |  | Duel chainsaws: a mini-game is not a life and death | | Find the five differences between the folks sneaking in the background |
Gameplay was a little faster, but the magic Unreal Engine 3.5 is capable of displaying the whole horde of monsters ready to shoot, but not only does it shoot so exciting. One of the most significant changes - change scale events. After the first part of guerrilla warfare in the second Delta gets straight to the front. Tactics of warfare changes the original system return on hit: a bullet slams into the character, his movement is slowed down, but you also will carry a little bit in the direction of movement of the bullet. So run under heavy fire and shoot the enemy with a shotgun at point blank range will hardly - probably half way you will stop the red screen of death. Grenades is now not only fly in a parabola-cut, but are attached to walls that can create traps for hapless opponents. Walls, columns and some other parts of the building structure partially destroyed - caught his breath, recharge the machine and back into the fight, otherwise, to straighten the creations of designers, enemies must be shot for you!
Curious and system achievements, the process of moving to the receipt of which is now displayed in real time and displayed on the screen - similar to how it is done with the quests in some MMORPG. Very convenient innovation, especially when you need to finish off a couple of dozen enemies a special welcome. Remember, in the first part could break his head defeated enemy shoes or just shoot him? So, options are now much more fatalities, for example, are allowed to use the sniper rifle as a kind of golf clubs, where the head of the enemy in the role of ball. Do not lack attention and other "gun", also expanded their capabilities. Everyone's favorite "Lancer" can be sawed opponent upwards akkurat middle, and pro-publicized duel chainsaws do not forget. Will go into service as new stems, the most interesting of which is seen a flamethrower. They will be comfortable and fun to constrain the mass of upcoming Locust; the impression that this particular weapon subconsciously missed the first part. In addition to the flamethrower added a new arsenal of submachine guns, gas grenades, mortars and multi-machine gun. It is worth mentioning that the application of the last two reduces the movement speed, and get some other weapons can only be got rid of heavy artillery. The most powerful, but also the slowest weapon was "Hammer of Dawn» (Hammer of Dawn), destroying huge, but the hulking enemies with a laser beam from the satellite.
According to the canons of the genre, Phoenix and the company will throw in a variety of places: from mountain walks to the belly of a huge monster. Transportation is also a mission, and (like everything else in the Gears of War 2) it is just striking. At this time we were allowed to ride in a jeep, which resembles a tank that bears the proud name of "Centaur".However, this is not the only thing it could be to go: If there was brumak (one of the bosses adapted for PC games) or river (flying monster from the last mission pozaproshlogodnego hit), they might agree to your ride. By the way, bestiary predictably enriched, not only quantitatively but also qualitatively. Locust Invasion of privates on the map no longer looks like Attack of the Clones, and new bosses are traditionally huge.
 | |  | Now, not all competitors cumbersome, so that players will have more travel | | As you can see, the automaton is only one of the duelists. But this does not mean that his chances of preferred |
Global madness And continue throughout this bloody feast for ten multiplayer maps. Here choose one of eight modes, most of which we have already seen the first part, but the Epic, in addition to polished classics in store and a few novelties. Hearts, minds, attention and, consequently, won the adoration of a nation-wide "Horde» (Horde) and "Living Flag» (Meat Flag).
The first of them - co-op mode, in which the player is alone or in a team of five people repel Locust. With each new wave to keep all the harder because the enemies come from all sides have come up with coping strategies team. And lie down in the middle of maps in advantageous locations and shoot the attackers did not come out. Most of all it looks like Left 4 Dead on the highest difficulty level, except that leave the level of the traditional way (ie through the exit) will not work: either on board or with them, reflecting all fifty assaults.
The second popular mode - "Living Flag" - most similar to Capture the Flag, where the role of the flag invited AI-stupid. It is quite grim and stern, to resist during transportation. Demonstrates he disagreed with his lot in many ways, but usually meets with a shot from a shotgun, so that the "flag" is armed and dangerous.
In multiplayer, there is all that is needed to rookie eventually adapted and challenged veterans. Training mode will explain the basis of behavior in each mode, and you can practice with bots, which level is configurable.
 | |  | To eliminate this companion is better to seek support from space | | We also have to fly on these creatures, most likely, closer to final passage |
Ten out of ten According to the developers, the game at full speed using hardware Xbox 360, for which she is prepared exclusively (the port on the PC is not planned yet: apparently, the role played by a bad experience the first part).Well, the owners of the console from Microsoft to be congratulated: they gave yet another icon of the industry, the components of success which the words are simple: a large-scale, epic and brilliant company, attention to detail multiplayer capable of popularity compared to the last part of the trilogy of Halo or Call of Duty 4 . Gears of War 2 - one hundred percent blockbuster, straightforward and uncompromising. Steak with blood from Epic was remarkably tasty, and when reading about his ingredients and flavor ensemble, I'm sure you have a sense of gaming hunger. Bon Appetit!
| Self-defense |
We should also talk about the billboards. A total of two species, and as "gears" have always been a shooter about the shelter, the emergence of such remedies is changed the picture of the battle is not less than destructible levels. Type the first - this is the usual shield, which can and should cover the mortal body of Marcus Fenix from foes of bullets. This technique could be equated to cheat, if not for the fact that using such an artificial shelter can only shoot a pistol. If, however, pierce the shield of the earth, that have access to all types of weapons available to the hero's bosom, but the mobility in this scenario will fall sharply. Form the second - shields living, rather, still alive. Locusta any suitable size can be raised after the injury, and substitute a gun by his recent allies. Attempts to get rid of such a "defender" will take immediately, and even "life" he has a pretty big - bear more than one place.
 | |  | Using a shield - an important element of gameplay | | Marcus also did not hesitate to take such precautions |
 | |  | We also have to fly on these creatures, most likely, closer to final passage | | And under the guise of running mate can be overcome and the monster bigger |
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