X3F Hands-on: Gears of War 2 – Act One

Posted by Mister-X on October 27th, 2008 at 11:00am

Filed under: Gears of War 2, X3F Features

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/xbox/X3F_Hands_on_Gears_of_War_2_Act_One'; Whether you realize it or not, Gears of War 2 is the most important title for Microsoft this holiday season. Promising a longer and more story focused experience than the 2006 award-winning original, Epic Games hopes the return of Marcus and Dom will resonate with story loving gamers of a post BioShock, Portal world. We had a chance to play through the first act of the final version of Gears of War 2 recently, jump in to find out if the beginning of the anticipated shooter starts off strong or leaves us wishing for more.

Disclaimer: While major story elements have been made purposely vague in this article we should qualify that some of the following feature contains spoilers of the characters and scenarios in Act One of Gears of War 2.

Gallery: Gears of War 2 -- Act One