Gears of War 2

[ChubbyBanana]

Re: Gears of War 2

I just shoot the thing in the head. Or other times I'll snipe the guys off the back, then shoot it in the head.

Hopefully this helps.

[sportsdude]

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rented it...can't kill the first reaver and it's driving me nuts

I'm playing on harcore and I beat one on hardcore, never having problems w/ the reavers. I'm using common sense and have tried a variety of tactics, including shooting the locusts off. I've used the gatling gun solely shooting the reaver. I know I'm hitting it because of the red target recticule and the feedback of the blood when I hit it.

I've never been this annoyed in a game in a long long time. I'm sure other reavers afterwards won't be this hard to bring down (I think it's a weird glitch or something)

Any suggestions?

Otherwise I'm returning the game, I don't want to drop difficulty, this just has me so angry!

this is a difficult part to do alone. It was much easier when I did it on coop but by myself I died many times. I don't think there's any trick it just takes some good aim and luck.

I myself would try to aim towards the middle of the body where I know every single bullet will hit the reaver. If you aim for the head or for the locust rider, you run the risk of having bullets miss entirely and that's something you can't afford.

[skitch]

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That part was honestly one of the hardest in the game for me...

[frostbyte06]

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rented it...can't kill the first reaver and it's driving me nuts

I'm playing on harcore and I beat one on hardcore, never having problems w/ the reavers. I'm using common sense and have tried a variety of tactics, including shooting the locusts off. I've used the gatling gun solely shooting the reaver. I know I'm hitting it because of the red target recticule and the feedback of the blood when I hit it.

I've never been this annoyed in a game in a long long time. I'm sure other reavers afterwards won't be this hard to bring down (I think it's a weird glitch or something)

Any suggestions?

Otherwise I'm returning the game, I don't want to drop difficulty, this just has me so angry!

I beat it on hardcore by myself, so I feel your pain. My strategy for reavers was to kill the rider first, because he's the one that shoots you as soon as you leave cover, the reaver just tries to stab you w/it's foot and shoots the blob at you (less accurate then the rider's shots). I would get in cover and shoot the rider, until the reaver got close and tried to stab you. If possible I ran behind the reaver, because then the rider has to turn the reaver around and you can get a few shots in without any retaliation, otherwise just run to another cover point, also if you have some grenades just toss them under the reaver to kill them quicker.

[Sandman42]

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I would just run right under the reavers and just unload whatever weapon I had under them. The flamethrower works real good.

[BigDofBA]

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I'm too lazy to read through this whole thread. Is this game worth picking up?

I heard that is wasn't as good as the first Gears of War.

[wolf5]

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^

I was wondering the samething with the way everybody on this forum is talking

[sportsdude]

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I'm too lazy to read through this whole thread. Is this game worth picking up?

I heard that is wasn't as good as the first Gears of War.

I would say that if you liked the first one then you'll love the second one. The story is so much better, there's more options and collectibles that you can read all about in a war journal so there's a lot to do in single player.

Multiplayer is just great. the move to 5v5 I felt was a welcome addition. The matchmaking system, while it has its problems, is a welcome addition to the Gears series and will be great when the kinks are ironed out. If you buy the game new you get a code to download five maps from the original Gears for free and that's pretty cool. Horde mode is addicting as all hell and especially fun if you enjoy playing multiplayer but aren't quite good enough to hang with the guys that play 5v5.

The major complaints from people right now are the matchmaking system and the weapon balancing in 5v5. The shotgun was powered down from the first one and while I think it's something you can deal with, there's others that think it's a multiplayer gamekiller. The matchmaking system often has trouble finding a party within a reasonable amount of time and when doing 5v5 it doesn't seem to take into account the different ranks, which is what matchmaking is supposed to do.

I mean overall, if you liked the first one then this one is definitely worth picking up. If you were one of those hardcore multiplayer guys from the first one then play this one at a friend's place or rent it and see if the changes are stuff you can deal with.

[wolf5]

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^
what if you never played gears before

[sportsdude]

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^
what if you never played gears before

then I would say it's a very epic third person shooter with the best graphics you'll see in a shooting game on the 360. good story, good multiplayer, very much worth the $60. When I played the original Gears for the first time was the first day I had my 360. It was a blind buy, I knew nothing about Gears other than it was supposed to be the "it" shooter at the time and I love my shooting games. I was blown away by the game.

The single player is fun and while one play through may only take 10-12 hours, it's fun to go back through and get the collectibles (you get achievements) or try to beat it on insane. The multiplayer seems divided amongst shooter fans. On one hand your character is quite slow and you can only have max 10 people in a server. There is a lot of gore (which can be turned completely off in the menus if you so choose) and chainsawing, curbstomping or snap somebody's neck after using them as a human shield is a lot of fun. And the horde mode is you and four teammates against wave after wave of AI controlled enemies who get stronger as the game goes on.

[Altimus]

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Chainsaw bayonet with a really creepy laugh:

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[ChubbyBanana]

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^ That is definitely disturbing.

[Flightwhite24]

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I thought I was watching the actual game.{rolls eyes}

[DickDalewood]

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Chainsaw bayonet with a really creepy laugh:

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[Pared]

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If you've never played Gears before it's certainly worth picking up.

I'm at the end, and have to say I really hated the varying missions. I know many praised it for that and I like they took some chances but overall they just felt "tacked-on."

Love the story though. Certainly got better once I got underground.