If you needed one reason to get a 360 this is it. Such a great sequel to an already amazing series.
Gears 2 was worth the wait in every aspect of the original. First you'll notice that the game does looke better, and there are more enemies on the screen than before. The sheer landscape of the game is also immense, and wonderful to look at. Every little detail that was added just adds to the overall look of the game. Easily one of the best looking games for the 360 to date.
The gameplay is almost identical to the original, which is good. Cause why change a great thing right? They have added some new stuff to combat. Like using the Locust as meat shields where you can walk around with a Locust as they soak up rounds or simply break there neck. Just little tweeks to make the combat even more better. Still has all the weapons we've grown to love, with some new added "Heavy Weapons" a mini-gun and mortar gun. While both do great damage given their size you move slower.
The story pretty much picks up where we left after the Lightmass bomb was dropped. The story progress's nicely while answering a few questions but adding more. I guess this was intended for another sequel. Overall the story is great, a bit more character develope was nice to see. I think the real attention grabber for Gears 2 has to be all the multiplayer options and games you can do. Theres 7 types of multiplayer on top of Horde mode. Which up to 5 people take on waves and waves of Locust, each wave getting harder. This alone makes Gears 2 such a great game.
Overall the game is great, the real strength lies in the multiplayer. I can't really find any complaints for this game. Cept for maybe the soundtrack isn't as good as the first. But then again I couldn't hear it over all the gun fire. Any fan of Gears of War needs this game. As well as any action/fps fan needs this.
9.5/10