Your King of review has not played a game this good since well...... The last gears of war.
First thing that you notice is the amazing in depth story line as soon as you start playing. The game has evolved from the first game on where you left off give or take a small period of time. The enemy has engulfed pretty much the entire planet and has launched its assault on the last free city known as Jacinto. Your job is to take one last final assault into the core of the beast and try to eliminate it from its source. That is all im telling you about the story. I dont want to spoil it for you. The game offers just a truly amazing and epic storyline. There is actually a part in the game that is truly emotional and makes you want to cry. Youll understand if you play the game and get towards the end of act 4. Anyways Im trying to say as much as possible without actually spoiling it for you.
I bought this game the day it came out. I recieved downloadable content in the game case and Gamestop gave me two additional downloadable flyers that came with an over all total of ten maps and a Gold colored gun. So special thanks to my friends down at gamestop for hooking me up even though I couldnt make the midnight release. Anyways, The story line is just simply brilliant and epic on every proportion. The ending is much better then the first one and so is the big boss. Everything is bigger and better then the first one including the online. It feautures new game modes and if you beat the game then you unlock a secret insane difficulty. My recommendation is beat the game by yourself first. This way you can truly enjoy it at face value.
It doesnt matter what difficulty you beat it on. I recommend easy, you will still unlock insane difficulty just for beating the game. Then play through with four friends on insane difficulty. This way you will then unlock all achievements based on the campaign and will automatically fill in as if you beat it on every difficulty. This game is highly challenging and highly addictive. I really dont understand how gamespot could give this only a 9 when it deserved and earned in my opinion a solid 10 all the way across the board. This game will keep you busy nonstop for many many hours as the story if you play by yourself can take between 12 to 15 hours. I played it non stop the day it came out from beginning to finsh. Yes I was so addicted to it that I couldnt stop playing. Im sure you will understand once you recieve your copy of the game.
The story line isnt the only thing amazing. The weapons are really great and each offers its own special unique execution style. The game offers great and superbly done rendered graphics at its finest. This game truly does push the 360 to its max capability. You will hear your xbox making a lot of noise on this game so dont get freaked out. that is your processer and believe me it will make noise. You will understand when you play this game. On a great note, there was virtually no glitches in the game at all. This is the first game I have ever played where I have not been stuck in some stupid glitch that the developers often leave in games due to laziness. This was Glitch free. Its hard to believe but non the less, yes its true. The game offers a cool little in game book that you can fill with collectables and documents and also track your game achievements. It will also tell you how close you are to unlocking them. It is called your war journal and the cool thing is some secret characters can only be unlocked by have beaten the first game on this profile. Witch means I have a reason to go back and play the first one again. Very smart Microsoft.
Here we embark on the long list of cons that the game offers. You know the short cummings lol. Just kidding the game only has one flaw. There are times where it may seem a bit repetitive, however this is only in certain locations. I would say between act 3 and act 4 there are some parts that feel like there is just a feeling of okay next chapter please. However this is not enough to detur it from any bit of perfection. This is by far the best xbox 360 game ever to be released. Yes I mean those words literally and I highly recommend it over any other xbox game.
This has been another great and happy review by your one and only king of review.
Okay originally I gave this game a perfect score. However I am now editing my review for the following reasons and loweing the score.
1. The online has become horrible. Some matches will take up to ten minutes to start.
2. The online community is full of nothing but jack asses.
3. The only thing worth playing onilne is wingman with your friend or horde mode. Other then that when you have online masterpieces such as Call of Duty, Halo 3 and Resistance 2 it is just hard to believe they could create the perfect game with some of the most annoying online feautures I have ever witnessed. I have now beaten the game several times on all difficulties and the marvel has worn off. IT is not the same and I feel a little cheated and betrayed as this is my favorite title xbox offers.
4. another online glitch that is very annoying is when you run and duck for cover the same button will often make you run and jump over the cover and land right on someones chainsaw bayonett.
5. The wierd thing is when you have games that now offer up to 60 player online deathmatches. You are confined to a small environment with only dive on five battles. Very boring and repetitive.
6. Almost all the online community does not understand the ranking structure and how in the hell you get promoted. You can play a thousand matches and remain the same rank. There is no incentive or anything to let you know your status.