Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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Gears of War 2

Infinitely superior to its predecessor in every conceivable way, Gears of War 2 is a Michael Bay blockbuster filled with ludicrous set-pieces (yes, at one point you ride a rocket-launcher wielding dinosaur) and a gynophobic subtext that will launch a thousand pop-culture dissertations (after the yonic emergence holes and the infiltration of the planet's womb, was there any question that the principal villain of the series would be a Locust Queen?). Too bad Gears is still hampered by terrible level design that rarely takes full advantage of the cooperative multiplayer mode.

Grade: B

2 Comments:

Blogger b r christensen said...

Wait, a dinosaur equipped with a rocket launcher? Awesome.

Thu Apr 02, 04:37:00 PM MST  
Blogger M S Martinez said...

And don't forget that they invented the word "chainsawdomy" for the Gears games.

Thu Apr 02, 09:10:00 PM MST  

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