[News]

Hi all,

We have just published a hands-on preview of *Gears of War 2* - if you
could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

*Link:*
http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2008/09/29/gears-of-war-2-hands-on-preview/1


*Picture:*
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/09/gears-of-war-2-hands-on-preview/fp_img.jpg


*Quote:
*/There's a simple way to look at this and that's to say that Gears of
War 2 is essentially just the same as //Gears of War. All the things
that made the first game annoying are here too, as are all the things
which made //Gears good the first time around. Obviously the good still
far outweighs the bad, but the brilliance of them is dulled somewhat by
the fact that we've seen them all before.

In the end, most of the tweaks and additions to the game seem to be
mostly minor, in our eyes. This is still / /Gears of War as we know it,
but the real issue seems to be that it's //Gears of War //exactly as we
knew it before. There's nothing here that really makes //Gears of War 2
stand out enormously.

The first game managed to become successful based on the awesome
graphics, solid performance, enjoyable multiplayer and accessible
singleplayer. From what we've seen, all of that is still there, but it
hasn't matured or truly grown and the result is that this feels much
more like / /Gears of War 1.1 than //Gears of War 2. /
*
*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley
www.bit-tech.net