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‘Gears of War 2′: My Final Thoughts (and on JoystiQuitter and Games Criticism in general)

If I had reviewed Gears of War 2 halfway through the game’s solo campaign, I might have easily given it a mark of three — maybe four — out of five. I’ve just finished the campaign mode — some of it offline, some of it online — and have had a chance to sample the various multiplayer modes to a reasonable degree. As it stands now, I’m not sure I could give it any less than five.

May 21, 2009

Today's News

Tiga Pleased With Lib Dem Support

Trade body encouraged by “sympathetic” comments about Games Tax Relief.
Games Give Facebook Edge Over Google

Social networking site beats out search engine as most visited site.
Hayes: Expect “Brilliant Innovations” On Natal

Sega West boss says the publisher is at work on titles for both Sony and Microsoft motion devices.

Recent Features

GDC: Will Wright's Perspectives On Play

Wright delivers a futurist lecture arguing gaming exists on three platforms—technical, cultural, and philosophical.
GDC: How To Balance Halo

Bungie's Jaime Griesemer explains the fine art of game balancing and why he's bad at playing his own game.
Community Spotlight

Highlights from our community-written blogs, featuring PlayStation Home's potential for gaming and the emotional impact of Heavy Rain.

Keynotes

Where Did You Go?

The shopping mall scene in Heavy Rain fails, for a simple reason: it’s no fun, argues Chris Dahlen.
3D-ing Is Believing

N'Gai Croal opens Pandora's box and thinks that the depths of 3D really do have something special to bring to videogames.
Words Are Cheap

Chris Dahlen meets the director of interactive fiction documentary Get Lamp and remembers how rich a world that only costs the time it takes to write it can be.

From Edge Magazine

Time Extend: Space Channel 5: Part 2

How hot rhythm and high camp came together to perfectly express Sega’s magical difference.
Review: Dante's Inferno

Dante would only be delighted that his hellish visions should be inflicted on a new generation of sinners.
What Economic Crisis?

Despite an overall year-on-year drop for UK game industry revenues, individual retailers recorded growth in 2009.
Time Extend: Robotron 2084

Why do you love a game that refuses to love you back? Meet Robotron: 2084 – gaming’s earliest abusive relationship.
The Making Of: Gauntlet

How the rise of the home console led to the creation of an arcade gaming legend and the grandfather of Left 4 Dead.