Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of Gears of War. The Limited Edition includes a collectible steel book DVD case, "Beneath the Surface: An Inside Look at Gears of War 2," a 48-page hardbound book, a bonus DVD including exclusive making-of-the-game video footage, an exclusive gold-plated Lancer Assault Rifle available during online play.
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If you thought Gears couldn't get better, you were wrong. The campaign is a little longer this time around. There are still 5 Acts, but more chapters. If you haven't played the GOW 1 capaign, like my bud who I beat it with, don't worry because the storyline isn't the best anyways. It's more about the action than the story in Gears 2. Finnally you can play ranked matches with your friends. There are five diffrent ranks online. If you felt like you were always playing people with no lives in GOW 1, worry no more you will only play people with similar ture skill. Personally I liked this game more than Cod 5, but thats just me.
What's great about it: Great to play with four other friends online + action in campaign is awesome
What's not so great: People quitting online, storyline seems like a 7th grader could have written it, the last chapter of campaign is boring
Learn more about Kane & Lynch: Dead Men. (Flash demo) SynopsisOne's a flawed mercenary, the other's a medicated psychopath. Pair them together and there's bound to be friction. In Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, follow the lives of these unlikely partners who must rely on each other to survive and save the ones they love. Can they put their hatred for each other aside to achieve a greater good?Accompany this brutal duo through destructible environments filled with fluid, high-definition graphics. Lead a team of criminal mercenaries that protect you by drawing fire, providing cover and unleashing weapons on the enemy. Emerge in realistic locations, such as crowded nightclubs and quiet banks, filled with artificial intelligence characters. Disturb the peace with powerful weapons in intense third-person battles. Whether you're rappelling from a building or firing from a moving vehicle, you must use your skill and strategy to complete each objective. Go it alone by assuming the role of Kane, choose between Kane and Lynch in Co-op mode or take part in innovative online gameplay.
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This game is highly underrated. This game is great if you have a brother, friend, or anyone to play a videogame with you. The campaign was just decent for me when I played levels by myself but it was a lot more fun playing with my brother. In the online there is usually four of you (you are robbers) to start off with. You have to kill computer players and take their money/money in other places. A bus will come to pick you up when you have it all. If one of you dies the person becomes a cop and tries to stop you from stealing money then. If you get greedy you can kill your teammates that are heisting with you and take their money for yourself, but then you are by yourself and you aren't part of the cops or heisters. If you make it away with the other robbers you don't get to share the money with them. There isn't as much betraying as you would think because it gets very difficult against the computers to kill them all by yourself.
What's great about it: Great Co-op, Diffrent/Fun Online
What's not so great: Only Co-op from one Xbox, Only 4 Levels to play in Online
Learn more about Shadowrun. (Flash demo) SynopsisThe year is 2031 and magic has returned to the world after a 5,000-year absence. Now, a global corporation fights to make magic follow its rules, while an ancient order fights to keep magic grounded in its natural roots. This is the world of Shadowrun. Choose to become a member of the RNA global megacorp and force magic to bend to your will, or join the Lineage and make sure that magic stays the free and wild thing that it is. Wage team-based war in a world where ancient magic and deadly weaponry go hand in hand.Shadowrun, a first-person shooter based on the popular pen-and-paper RPG of the same name, allows you to battle with up to 15 other Xbox 360 and Windows Vista users in the first cross-platform multiplayer game for the system. No friends online? Fill out your team with artificial intelligence players that respond to each tactical experience. Play as a human, an elf, a dwarf or a troll and lend your race's unique abilities to your team. Buy advanced technology and magic every round to improve your abilities and to open up new tactics for your team.
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You might be thinking to yourself this games for losers when you see you can play as magical trolls and dwarfs and elves. I know i did. When i started playing the game though i couldnt stop. this is the best game for hardcore gamers. the game is intense with nonstop action. if you dont have live though dont even think about buying this game because it has no campain. the achivements are all fun and theyre some really funny ones like "shadowrun fever" which is a secret achivement where you get 25Gamerscore for just teabagging someone who is dead who already has the achievement. the game never gets old is tthe bottom line and if uve never heard of it the reason is because the producers of the game broke up with Microsoft so there isnt much advertising for the game.
What's great about it: Never Gets Old and Great Achievements
Learn more about Assassin's Creed. (Flash demo) SynopsisYour name is Altair, and you are a deadly assassin living in the year 1191 AD. The Third Crusade is tearing the Holy Land apart, and you must take it upon yourself to become an agent of change and put a stop to the war. Your mastery of the skills, tactics and weapons of the world's most secret clan of warriors makes you the ideal person to defeat both sides of the conflict. Plan your attacks, strike without mercy and do whatever it takes to achieve your objectives.Assassin's Creed thrusts you into a living, breathing world in which your decisions and actions all have consequences. Relive the epic spectacle of the Crusades as you explore the Holy Land in the 12th century, complete with lifelike graphics loaded with subtle details and nuances. The intense action features fluid and precise animations as you do battle using a variety of medieval weapons. With an incredible blend of technology, emotion, violence and chaos, Assassin's Creed gives you the chance to shape events during a pivotal moment in human history.
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The game took me about three weeks to beat when i played for about half an hour each night except for the last night when i couldnt wait to finish the game. the game is worth the 60 dollars even without the online multiplayer. then only downside to the game is now i havent picked up the game since the day i beat it. Achievements are good and all of them are obtainable besides getting hidden flags. Such as collect 100 flags in a section of the game. Bottom line is great game.
What's great about it: Greatest Ending to a Game
What's not so great: No Online Multiplayer and Immposible Flag Achievements