Exclusive Gears of War 2 Gameplay Video on 1up

At 1:30 am EST Saturday morning, 1up released the first gameplay footage for Gears of War 2.

The full video can be found here, and 1up’s analysis of the footage can be found here.

The gameplay video shows off some intense action and a few new features. There’s upgraded versions of old weapons; you can pick up fallen Locust and use them as meat shields; the new chainsaw battle quicktime event. It all looks gorgeous and seems like it will be at least as much fun as the last game. But that’s just it for me. There doesn’t seem to be enough new content (at least not displayed in this footage) to get me really excited for GoW 2. The original was great, and I’ll probably buy this one regardless, but I just hope the franchise doesn’t fall into a rut and just keep doing the same thing over and over again with little or no innovation.

~ by Perihelion779 on May 10, 2008.