Check out this Gears of War 2 leaked beta footage

70 Comments by Ross Miller Jun 25th 2008 7:06PM
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters

By the time you read this, there's a good chance the above video has already been pulled. However, if you're lucky enough to be reading Joystiq religiously (as you should), enjoy some leaked Gears of War 2 beta footage, care of Analog Hype.

Update: Now with more footage, including executions and "death crawls," after the break.

[Via X3F]

Tags: beta, breakingnews, footage, gears-of-war, gears-of-war-2

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Nate: Jun 25th 2008; 7:11PM

Gears 2? What...where?

xboxboy: Jul 28th 2008; 11:54AM

Wow looks so different from the the first installment /sarcasm

Eh: Jun 25th 2008; 10:39PM

Thats what Im wondering. Whats different about it?

Vcize: Jun 25th 2008; 11:18PM

Eh, go read, if you're capable. There have been a bajillion announcements about the new stuff.

pkpk523: Jun 26th 2008; 11:34AM

Well, I guess you could argue about whether or not there should be too many changes for any sequel. Afterall, if something veers too far off the path of what made the original a success, is it even really a sequel? i think the key is giving fans more of the same, but improving any gripes in previous entries, while improving gameplay and graphics, and throwing (some) changes in along the way. I, for one, am looking forward to this one.

#28: Jun 25th 2008; 7:13PM

Awesome, and I feel special to have seen this.

xGeneral DEATHx: Jun 26th 2008; 8:06AM

I feel special for having finally seen the fabled fist beneath Chuck Norris' beard.

Chase: Jun 25th 2008; 7:15PM

I have a feeling using a meat shield just to break their neck will be the new teabag.

Mr.ESC: Jun 25th 2008; 8:43PM

No,really?

1-Grab body
2-Hump wall
3-????
4-Profit.

Wow considering all characters in Gears are incredibly buffed that sounds like a g*y porno.

Chase: Jun 25th 2008; 8:53PM

Bear Grylls loves "bears." Bear Grylls will love this game, then.

KingOfGods: Jun 25th 2008; 11:16PM

Probably but I read in the issue of EGM that covered Gears 2...they said once your body is picked up for a shield, it counts as a death and you either respawn or wait in the dead lobby, depending on the game mode. You wont have to go through the long wait to get your kneck broken.

bigsofty: Jun 25th 2008; 7:17PM

Looks good, obviously just the multi player deathmatch though.

KillerBee: Jun 25th 2008; 7:18PM

Wait, didn't I play this last year when it was still called Gears of War. Putting a 2 on the same garbage doesn't make it great.

Leobebes: Jun 25th 2008; 7:26PM

Wait, didn't I just read this on another message board the other day when the same thing was said by another irrational, out of touch, ignorant, blatant troll? Just because the internet gives a voice to the unwashed masses doesn't make their voice relevant.

GenBanks: Jun 25th 2008; 7:54PM

Uhm... There is going to be Gears of War 2 precisely because the voice of the unwashed masses IS relevant... They voice their opinions with their wallets..

rTwelve [xbl:chilblane]: Jun 25th 2008; 7:55PM

10/10, would get trolled again

Co: Jun 25th 2008; 9:47PM

In all seriousness, this looks just like the first one. Not necessarily a bad thing, mind you.

DBuck_Eye: Jun 25th 2008; 10:24PM

Your de-sha-vou (man I murdered that) isn't from just Gears. It's from every other third-person shooter that has come out since Gears.

Jake11: Jun 25th 2008; 11:03PM

A+++++ troll......FAST SHIPPING

Easo: Jun 26th 2008; 10:04AM

What kind of sense does it make to complain about a sequel being like its predecessor? Lets say you really enjoyed the ironman movie and wanted to see the sequel. Now imagine that when the movie starts, You find that the movie has switched from live action to cgi, Robert Downey has been replaced with the kid from transformers (and im not talking about the hot girl) and the character tony stark has stopped wearing his ironman suit because he has gained actual superpowers. You probably wouldn't like that movie, because its so different from the first one.
The point of a sequel is to give people more of what they liked the first time while adding new elements that they are likely to enjoy. Thats what Gears2 does, and thats why it will sell just as good as the first one.

OTAM: Jun 25th 2008; 7:19PM

I was hoping that shotgun DDR bullshit was out of this game,but apparently not.

This lets me down a LOT.

aristokrat: Jun 25th 2008; 7:22PM

This game had me at Destructible envviroments. Clowing up your own base has never been so much fun!

ApolloIV: Jun 25th 2008; 9:13PM

+1 for inside baseball

Chase: Jun 25th 2008; 7:27PM

And just for the record, I am not a fan of the evasive roll in shooters. I feel it hurts gameplay a lot, and is too often abused (see: Lost Planet).

Obie: Jun 25th 2008; 7:31PM

Man, if only Joystiq would post more news about this Gear 2 thingamajiggy.

AzaMcWazza: Jun 25th 2008; 7:33PM

Boring! Generic Shooter #34234

lantus: Jun 25th 2008; 7:33PM

That little lady has a sailor's mouth!

Phi Nguyen: Jun 25th 2008; 7:55PM

I love how that guy burned her. "I don't know what I'm doing right now." "That's unusual!" LOL.

Mr.ESC: Jun 25th 2008; 8:46PM

Are you sure isn't a man with a high pitched voice? :P

JerJerBinks: Jun 25th 2008; 10:59PM

Seriously, I think its a 8-9 year old boy who hasn't had the droppage yet. Just think of all the 8-10 year olds on PSN and Live with high pitched voices that swear like sailors and it makes sense.

Dwag: Jun 25th 2008; 7:35PM

Alright someone had to say this
Resistance 2 won't even compare to this?

Well this looks really cool especially the calling out for help thing.

Kodros: Jun 25th 2008; 9:25PM

Why not?

ALH: Jun 25th 2008; 7:41PM

i honestly read that as god of war 2 and wondered what the big fuss was about ;_;

Sean: Jun 25th 2008; 7:45PM

Is that how people played the first gears of war? No wonder everyone bitched about how short the game was. I *stalked* my way through the first game. Certainly never just ran around like I was playing quake.

theturtle363: Jun 25th 2008; 7:46PM

I never cared much for GoW multiplayer. The whole idea of the downs system was a real turn off to me, I mean most of the time i'd do all the work on a kill and then a teammate would stroll along and stomp on his head without having done anything. Oh well, at least the GoW2 singleplayer looks cool

Spartacus: Jun 25th 2008; 8:18PM

Well, if your TEAMmate did it why would you be upset? A team kill = a team kill. GoW didn't have the number ranking system like Halo did to make you froth at the mouth for an MVP award.

However in non team battles, yes, kill steals are annoying and pretty unavoidable with this system.

Mr.ESC: Jun 25th 2008; 8:53PM

You know I'm not one of those drama wh*res who make a big deal out of it, in fact the manual says there aren't "steal kills" but it is annoying and the assist kills don't give you crap in Gears.

Halo can be pretty g*y sometimes but Gears players took it beyond the limit. It is pathetic to hear a 32 year old guy screaming at some teenager for some kill, is just sad.

theturtle363: Jun 25th 2008; 10:51PM

Sure it didn't matter if give you a point reward, but a kill would give the satisfaction, i always felt robbed of that when someone executed my down. It felt like they took my, for lack of a better word, glory

markhill66: Jun 25th 2008; 7:49PM

It definitely looks much smoother and less clunky than the last one.

A person: Jun 25th 2008; 8:06PM

I'll play it on PC since I won't get around to playing this until I catch up with all the other games from this generation anyway. Looks good to me. Nothing AMAZING, but good.

The_Punisher: Jun 25th 2008; 8:19PM

Wow...i'm slightly disappointed by this. It looks almost exactly like Gears 1, with no major improvement. I'm hoping the single-player isn't a letdown (footage proves it won't be), but i'm just praying this doesn't turn out liek RSV....2?

SugarDaddy: Jun 26th 2008; 9:02AM

I don't see why "it looks like the old gears" is such a big deal. Gears 1 was and still remains one of the best looking games on the 360. Plus, the quality on these videos is atrocious. You can't really see the new lighting and other effects in Unreal Engine 3. On top of that, this is only a multiplayer demo. So you can't judge the game until you see what they did to the single player / co-op campaign which boasts increased hoard sizes and all that. New weapons, new moves. Tweaked gameplay. Yes, that is what a sequel is. I don't know what you expected.

The_Punisher: Jun 26th 2008; 10:24AM

Without trying to sound too much like a fanboy, i guess MGS3 to 4 has just raised my expectations for sequels. GTA IV, RE4 have done the same. This just looks like Gears of War: , like an expansion rather than a sequel. :(

But still, i did write that im holding my expectations for SP. I was never a big fan of the mult. anyway.

SonofaGunner: Jun 25th 2008; 8:53PM

Such big maps aren't really needed for 5v5's. Not too impressed by this, then again I didn't enjoy Gears 1 as much as some fanatics.

xFenixKnightx: Jun 25th 2008; 8:56PM

First video sucked, second video is pure gold. The new executions and the scorcher is too badass!

CANNOT.FUCKING.WAIT.

Thanks Joystiq :)

John McPoop (PSN:johnnynumber5): Jun 26th 2008; 12:32AM

This is the reason I still have my 360. I did not like the story in Gears 1 but had some of the best times playing the multiplayer component of the game. I hope they balance out the shotgun (seems they did w/slowdown), eliminate ALL glitches & tweak the active reload. I really dislike the active reload feature especially when everyone who plays the game empties their clip sans 1 bullet then downs you from a sniper rifle shot in the the foot.

Looking great so far!

xGeneral DEATHx: Jun 26th 2008; 8:14AM

Cannot. See. VIDEO!

:-(

Stupid web filter...who runs my place of employment's network, anyways? ;-)

I'm still psyched about this game...let's just keep praying to the Gods of Game that the multiplayer is a bit more balanced.

Fenix...don't you have Battlefield: Bad Company? I picked it up last night and was [very] pleasantly surprised.

xFenixKnightx: Jun 26th 2008; 10:53AM

Nah man Ive been playing the Demo on and off since it was released on XBL. Really into it. I'll be getting it hopefully next week along with 2 of my buddies. Its really good fun and a great change of pace from COD4 once you get used to everything. Its getting great reviews so I was also surprised. If they would've done 4 player co-op most reviews would be in the upper 9's because thats the main gripe I hear.

lrowe: Jun 25th 2008; 8:59PM

I thought gears was fun so I look forward to more fun!

TWiNKiE: Jun 25th 2008; 9:01PM

This looks real good. An improvement of graphics from an already graphic intensive game. The new weapons, details and tactics look great!

Gears 2 ftw!

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