metacritic.com - 10/25/2008
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Gears of War 2 builds upon the gameplay of the first title in every way. First, the scope of the action is bigger: new characters, more weapons, nastier enemies, bigger vehicles, and grander locales offer more action, more emotion, and more thrills. Next, every major aspect of the game has been ...
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When Fanboys Attack: Metacritic Scores
Second Story Gamer —
... Not about to be one-upped, Playstation fanboys have done the same exact thing to the Xbox 360’s upcoming blockbuster: Gears of War 2, which at the moment is rated 27% by users; apparently, over 700 people have had a chance to play this game almost a month before release. ...
Metareview -- Gears of War 2
Joystiq —
... The reviews are in on the latest adventure of papa bear Marcus Fenix and the cubs of Delta Squad in Gears of War 2. For those who don't need the evaluation of a game's merits distilled down to numbers, letters, or stars, check out sister-site X3F's ...
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The Escapist : Latest News —
... has a Metascore of 89 and a user score of 5.3 and most egregious of all, Gears of War 2 , which hasn't even been released yet, has a Metascore of 94 while users have scored it only 3.5. The situation is so bad that Doyle posted a message on the Gears of War 2 page saying, "My advice for our faithful users is to focus your attention on the Metascore for this game and not the thousands of user votes, most of which have been submitted before said users have played the game. This is a gaming community, and if people want to stuff the ballot box, there's not much I can do at ...
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