Oh yeah its f'n awesome...in an edited gears of war term.
Graphics...
Yes! I can see improvements as it should be.
Story...
Its still not great but does have a little more emotion to it than the first. Acting is really well done.
Gameplay...
The way a third person shooter should be. Controls are fairly simple to pick up on. More explosions, more gore! This game rises with the best of them. The enemies put up a good fight and the action never fails. Right from the start you are on your way to non stop shooting and as gears would put it "blowing **** up!"
Overall...
You can get a good 6 to 8 hours out of this one. Loads of gore! Awesome shooter! Every Xbox owner should own this series. Replay value on all of them to me is very high. I've not played the multiplayer as I mainly just review campaign modes. Although, I hear the multiplayer is lots of fun as well. So great bargain, don't let this one slip away.