Gears of War 2

Head stomp (Gears of War 2)
It doesn’t matter how hard you think your head is. Someone can still come along and stomp it into the pavement. As you crawl around looking for a teammate in Gears of War 2, your enemy can crush your head with their boot. Granted, you can return the favor, but when it happens to you, you can’t help but cringe.

Gears 2 worm

Gears 2 is much better then Gears 1 the pacing of this game is 20 times faster than the last. You'll be deep underground one moment, in a worm, in a haunted mansion-like place, up a snowy mountain, and then fighting a water monster back underground in not a lot of time. There is so much variety that some of it seems tossed in, not very hard, and more than a bit unnecessary, but it does help the game fly along.

Xbox LIVE Arcade

Xbox LIVE Arcade service and Xbox Originals (a selection of games first released on the original Xbox), but in 2009 the company will take this one step further. Starting with big hitters Halo 3, Gears of War and Forza 2, full Xbox 360 games will be released on Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

Epic Games' Gears of War 2

Epic Games' Gears of War 2 sits comfortably at the top of the charts with 1.56 million units sold. The Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty: World at War made it to second place while the third, fourth, and fifth spots were taken by first-party Nintendo titles. The only PS3 exclusive to crack the top ten was Resistance 2 with 385,000 units sold.
Gears of War 2 (Epic, Xbox 360) - 1.56 million units
Call of Duty: World at War (Treyarch, Xbox 360) - 1.41 million units
Wii Play (Nintendo, Wii) - 796,000 units
Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii) - 697,000 units
Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) - 637,000 units
Call of Duty: World at War (Treyarch, PS3) - 597,000 units
Guitar Hero World Tour (Vicarious Visions, Wii) - 475,000 units
Left 4 Dead (Valve, Xbox 360) - 410,000 units
Resistance 2 (Insomniac, PS3) - 385,000 units
Wii Music (Nintendo, Wii) - 297,000 units

Gears 2 unlock the corresponding skin

Successfully complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding skin in Multiplayer mode.
Anthony Carmine
Successfully complete Act 1 in the original Gears Of War.
Dizzy Wallin
Successfully complete Act 1 in Single Player mode.
Flame Grenadier
Successfully complete Act 4 in Single Player mode.
Kantus
Successfully complete Act 2 in Single Player mode.
Lt. Minh Young Kim
Find 10 COG tags in the original Gears Of War.
RAAM
Defeat RAAM in the original Gears Of War.
Skorge
Successfully complete Act 5 in Single Player mode.
Tai Kaliso
Successfully complete Act 3 in Single Player mode.

Gears of War 2 Reavers tip

Avoid the Duel
Chainsaw duels are fun, and winning them brings with it a special kind of gory satisfaction, but any time you engage in a duel you also run the risk of losing. With the new backstab chainsaw attack, you can take this possibility out of the equation. Focus more on sneaking up behind enemies rather than charging them.
Reaver Belly
Reavers were seen but largely not heard from in the original Gears, but in Gears of War 2 these frightful enemies consistently join the fray. Luckily, they can be handily defeated if you exploit their weakness.
Rather than duke it out with a Reaver at long range, sprint under them where neither their melee nor ranged attacks can reach you. Then, use blind-fire to rip into their belly with your weapon of choice. You can aim if you want, but there’s no need to, and doing so will just make it more difficult to stay under the Reaver as it moves about.
Try carrying two weapons with different strengths. For example, if you pick up the flamethrower, use it to replace your shotgun as both work best at close range. If you’re already carrying a torque bow, there’s really no need to grab the sniper rifle as well. Combat in Gears of War 2 is very fluid, so make sure you’ve got the tools you need to engage at both close and long range.
Pistol Time
It’s not uncommon in Gears of War 2, especially on Insane difficulty, to find yourself having to ration bullets. In order to avoid ammo shortages, try taking down easier enemies like wretches, tickers, and low-level grubs with the rarely used pistol. Keep your more powerful weapons in reserve for the tougher creatures.

Gears 2 reviews

The sequel, which has again been produced by Epic Games, pops you back into the shoes of Marcus Fenix, and it’s set six months after the events of the first game. Naturally enough, there’s a new Locust threat on the way, and a big counterattack appears to be humanity’s last hope. Or in other words: there’s lots of action.
The reviews to date for the game, meanwhile, have been nothing less than ecstatic. the game is currently tracking at a mighty 93 out of 100.