i would like reviews of:gears of war 2, and the new banjo kazooie game
thanks
didn't play Banjo but i have GOW2
the campaign of Gears 2 is simply amazing. storyline is messed up (in a good way) and has more to it than the first one. the campaign is longer than the first. crapload of new enemies and weapons.
the multiplayer on the other hand i'm very bummed on. the party system is complete crap, takes forever to find a match usually. lag is still a pretty big issue. the smoke grenades now violently throw you to the ground if you're close enough to it and by the time you're about to get up the person who through it is standing over you and then kills you. the bleed out time for execution style games is very long, about 20 seconds and you can't change it like you could in the original game. you can't pick one specific game mode to play. you get to pick a certain type of game like between Annex style or warzone/execution style. you have to pick the style and then the party votes on 2 random more specific game type to play. the same goes for picking which map to play. it will pick two maps at random and then you vote. the chainsaw is completely overpowered now, if there is someone running at you with it revved you can shoot them all you want but it won't interrupt the revving and you basically have to do your best to avoid it. the shotgun is less powerful, which really isn't that bad since it was too powerful in the original. once it finds a team and if people quit out before the match is started it won't even try to balance the team. the match starts as is with uneven teams. the positives on the online play is the new Horde mode which is real rad. the Gears version of Capture The Flag is real fun as well. most of the maps are really good.
overall campaign is the best thing i've probably played. ever. online play...awful
.....and i'm a nerd, i know.