xbox 360
Gears 2 Gameplay Footage Hits May 9
Posted by Brian Crecente at 11:00 PM on April 22, 2008
Jonesing for your first taste of Gears of War 2 gameplay footage? Fortunately you don't have too long to wait.
Gametrailers TV just secured themselves the first in-game footage from the game. The bad news? It won't be airing until May 9 at 1 a.m. The good news? The footage, which features Marcus Fenix, includes a special introduction by bunny-loving Epic game designer Cliff Bleszinski.

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juscallmeweasel
Posted 11:52 PM 22/4/08
let the "peanutbutter and jelly" comments begin (again) mr Bleszinski
btw i must be the only one that wasnt wowed by Gears....
But according to the guinness book of records gamers edition it was Gears that forces ms to up the memory on the 360, that can only be a good thing.
juscallmeweasel
Cheddies
Posted 11:47 PM 22/4/08
I am still yet to play the first game, even though i have and love my 360 :)
Cheddies
excaliburps
Posted 11:43 PM 22/4/08
Awesome news. I'm in the same boat of people who think Gears 1 was a terrific shooter. Flawed? Yes. Innovative? Depends on who you talk to. Fun? HELL YEAH!
It was a tad short though. This was one of the games that made me get a 360.
Hey CliffyB might look like a surferboy. But at least he's really a gamer. Not one of those suit types that spew PR talk 24/7. Not that I mind them too much.
MS will hype and sell this game until third-world countries know it exists! Limited Premium Edition? For sure! GoW 2 Edition 360? You can bet on that...
excaliburps
SynysterHid
Posted 11:38 PM 22/4/08
Don't get me wrong it's going to be awesome to see the game being played, but I would rather play it myself. I'm just sayin
SynysterHid
KEELr
Posted 11:36 PM 22/4/08
Let the hype train begin, god I love it!
Epic/MS did a great job hyping the original game, expect this one to get the Halo 3 treatment
KEELr
jun581
Posted 11:20 PM 22/4/08
My Birthday!!!!
sorry, just threw that in there.
anyway, i hope it's not a short teaser or anything.
jun581
CanaryWundaboy
Posted 11:19 PM 22/4/08
Gears 2 = Goodness.
Gears 2 gameplay footage = Awesomeness.
CliffyB = wtfholybbqbatman.
CanaryWundaboy
You-Cannot-Untoast
Posted 11:12 PM 22/4/08
I think you have the good news/bad news thing juxtaposed. Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing an in-game CliffyB getting chainsawed.
That would be good news.
You-Cannot-Untoast
Shaverdian
Posted 12:13 AM 23/4/08
Can't wait.
Shaverdian
foxwarrior88
Posted 12:02 AM 23/4/08
AWESOME!!!
foxwarrior88
el_rezzo
Posted 12:00 AM 23/4/08
@Cheddies: Only decent first years games were this and Oblivion if my memory is correct. GOW was great fun but very short, co-op mode got a lot of hours though eventually. Plus John Di Maggio = Win.
el_rezzo
el_rezzo
Posted 11:58 PM 22/4/08
Gametrailers has been getting a lot of good stuff, I've watched nearly every episode and enjoyed the lot. Can't wait to get some actual footage of GOW2 (as well as Resistance 2 in a few months). Expecting the latest version of the Unreal Engine to show some pretty special (as in pretty looking) things.
el_rezzo
duckmouth
Posted 12:31 AM 23/4/08
'Cliffy B' *shudder* coming through that wall with the chainsaw at E3 (or wherever it was) was one of the most cringeworthy, embarrassing things I've seen in a long time. He expected it to go down a treat, and instead was greeted with silence. What a burn.
duckmouth
DugDawg
Posted 12:28 AM 23/4/08
I'm looking forward to it. I really want to see if Epic has expanded on the gameplay and created bigger battles, as has been claimed.
DugDawg
Archaotic
Posted 12:24 AM 23/4/08
Uh...good for GameTrailers TV. I like Geoff and all, he's a good guy, but I just find it a little hard to believe that this trailer is going to be anything past more of the same. I guess that's what the fans want though, so give it to 'em.
But it's good to see GT TV isn't just being choked to death by internet media like most other gaming shows, or phasing off into mediocrity like X-Play.
Archaotic
peacefuloutrage
Posted 12:20 AM 23/4/08
@el_rezzo: Don't forget Dead Rising. There are others, but I feel DR gets overlooked, especially for the tiny text complaint. It didn't bother me, and I had a SDTV and wore glasses when I played it the first time.
peacefuloutrage
megahurtz
Posted 1:07 AM 23/4/08
Nevermind, I thought this said G4TV and not Gametrailers TV.
megahurtz
megahurtz
Posted 1:05 AM 23/4/08
World premiere at 1am? Doesn't that seem a little odd?
megahurtz
excel_excel
Posted 12:52 AM 23/4/08
Who cares about Marcus Fenix and Cliffy B (which one of them is real anyway??)
ITS ALL ABOUT THE COALTRAIN BITCHES!! AHH YEAH!
excel_excel
Herbal23
Posted 12:52 AM 23/4/08
Great news!
And Cliffy B is cool.
He's a self proclaimed media whore hype machine.
And he knows how to make great games.
Herbal23
zonetrooper5
Posted 1:30 AM 23/4/08
Is this 1am GMT time?
Can't wait, I wonder if they will give us a taster of the single player or maybe some mutiplayer...
zonetrooper5
mbeck
Posted 1:24 AM 23/4/08
you can kinda see this footage already. All you have to do is put in Gears 1 in your xbox 360 and da dah!!
mbeck
Majpain007
Posted 1:16 AM 23/4/08
Hopefully its a real time Chainsaw battle.
Majpain007
rotcepsurt
Posted 1:15 AM 23/4/08
@el_rezzo: Dead Rising, COD2, DOA4, Lost Planet, NFS:MW, FN Round 3, etc. Did you even play a 360 the first year?
rotcepsurt
Tiberian
Posted 1:09 AM 23/4/08
Gears 2 gameplay and Cliff Bleszinski? This is made of win!
Tiberian
eskimo-bob
Posted 1:39 AM 23/4/08
Can't wait!
eskimo-bob
usfslacker
Posted 1:35 AM 23/4/08
Something tells me that this trailer will have a reticle, and you'll hit A to duck behind things, also, you can raise your gun over your head and fire without looking. All this brand new gameplay in a sea of gray and brown environments. The draw to Gears was that it was the prettiest game on the system by.... a lot. Did it play alright? Sure, for like the 2 hours that it actually lasted, multiplayer being broke as all hell.
@mbeck: Damn, beat me to it...
usfslacker
Sigma-D
Posted 1:32 AM 23/4/08
Why do I have this feeling that GOW2 coming out in November 2008 is a bad idea? I mean, if it came out next year, it'd probably earn a lot sales. But with GTAIV being 2008's big game, it's almost as if GOW2's November launch is trying to counter that.
Sigma-D
Eothein
Posted 2:19 AM 23/4/08
Lets hope it's better than the premiere of the Resistance 2 trailer.
Just saying.
Eothein
RonJeremy4Pres
Posted 3:23 AM 23/4/08
I have high hopes for this game, but I wanna know a if a few things about the multiplayer in the original were changed. I'm doubtful I'll know from a short gameplay trailer that probably shows only campaign footage. I'll have to wait to find out if they un-nerfed the bullets from the default chainsaw gun. It was pretty sad to see how Gears iconic weapon was so useless (except for chainsaw kills) that people used the shotgun or pistol as if it was the default gun in MP. Also, I'd like some MP other than 4 on 4 no-respawn. (This was the main one, I can remember the others.) In those small team matches, muting people feels a little rude from a strategy point, but I always end up doing it cuz, well it's XBL. And even though lag is just part of video games, I don't think "host advantage" became a staple of my video game vocabulary until Gears. Until then I didn't realize that some "choppiness" in game animation due to latency could be programmed out unless it became horrendous. (Yes, that was dumb.)
RonJeremy4Pres
sascha23
Posted 3:48 AM 23/4/08
@Eothein: The Resistance trailer was actually a 'teaser' and non gameplay footage. You can expect the same experience on June 13th when GameTrailers shows gameplay for Resistance 2.
sascha23
sascha23
Posted 3:47 AM 23/4/08
Looking forward to it. But, I gotta admit, Cliffy B. seems to think he's a little bit cooler than he is.
Fortunately for the gaming community, you can come out in front of an audience wielding a chainsaw gun and receive applause, where in with a less-open audience, you'd get your arse handed back to you or get laughed at.
sascha23
DARTH_TIGRIS
Posted 4:25 AM 23/4/08
I must admit that I'm digging the fact that we are getting first looks at games OUTSIDE of game shows. Sure, E3 as an event was fun for us online, but it was also overwhelming. I'd prefer to see debuts like this scattered throughout the year with maybe a full blown exposé at the game and trade shows.
DARTH_TIGRIS
Brocklesocks
Posted 4:54 AM 23/4/08
Way too soon. Gonna be shit. Period.
Brocklesocks
Spartan1308
Posted 7:21 AM 23/4/08
GT TV now comes on at 12am.
Spartan1308
Luv2Hate
Posted 6:54 AM 23/4/08
@duckmouth:
Yeah, that was kind of a douchebag moment for Cliff. :| Oh well, at least he tries really hard.
Luv2Hate
SlowDeath420
Posted 8:20 AM 23/4/08
Man i'm so excited,i can't wait to see game footage that is likely going to look exactly the same as the previous game...WOOP WOOP
SlowDeath420
Crafty79
Posted 11:01 AM 23/4/08
@Sigma-D: I don't think this game is trying to counter gta with its November release, the holiday season is when triple a titles always come out. Gta was supposed to come out last year but didn't because it wasn't ready, not because of halo3 or other blockbuster titles. Either way I seriously can't wait Gor this game!!!!!
Crafty79
number_77
Posted 1:02 PM 23/4/08
I bet you any amount of money that the "gameplay" footage is going to be like the entire opening menu and a bunch of walking around.
number_77
Sigma-D
Posted 10:07 PM 23/4/08
@Crafty79: I just feel its awkward seeing how big of a franchise like GEARS and how it had this long anticipation and hype until its release. Now, it's like 'GTAIV will be released...Oh, btw Gears of War 2 is coming in November'
Now I'm not really a huge Gears fan and I doubt I'll even pick up the sequel (due to the extremities people would go through just to cheat and win...Oh and the kids I had to deal with in the first one online). But it is a strong title worthy of its praise, but I just feel GTAIV took 2008 hands down.
Sigma-D
Illyr
Posted 1:54 PM 23/4/08
It will be cool to finally be able to see the game but GOW2 is gonna have a lot of competition this Fall. Personally I'm looking forward to Fallout 3 more than GOW2.
Illyr