Gears of War 2 Act 1 Part 2

In this video we continue the playthrough for the campaign in Gears of War 2 by Epic Games. Here we find Marcus, Tai, and Dom continuing their shootout through the hospital and finally meet up with Carmine at the entrance of the facility only to find more locust. In some of the locations that you will find combat there are many different ways to approach the targets. You could go straight in and take them on, but you wouldn't be so successful. It would be best to move around the sides of the enemy and hit them on the side of their cover where they are vulnerable. This should definately give you an advantage against the horde.

I would also like to give a very important tip to all the gamers that are trying to attempt the campaign on the Hardcore or Insane difficulties. Don't stray out of cover and try to take all of the enemies on at once. On the harder difficulties, especially insane, you only can take a few bullets and you die. My advice would be to stick to any cover nearby and focus your fire on one single enemy. This would be useful because the locust will recover their health while you're shooting another enemy who has popped out of cover.

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Gears of War 2 Act 1 Part 1

With all the buzz about Gears of War 2, we decided to make a playthrough of the game's campaign for all the curious gamers who are deciding if they should purchase it or for those who are stuck at a certain point in the game and want to know how to progress pass that point. This playthrough will be divided into many videos due to the campaign's length. These videos will display the good habits to use when playing Gears of War 2 that will hopefully allow you to last longer than a few seconds out on the frontlines fighting the Locust Horde.

In this beginning mission when you finally reach locust resistance in the hospital, pick up their dropped weapons, for you could use the extra gun if you run out of ammo for your Lancer and your Snub pistol. Also you should notice that I pick up small blue glowing boxes on the ground. Those are ammunition crates which supply you with ammo. It is always smart to pick these up so you aren't left helpless in a firefight without any bullets.

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Gears of War 2 Online Game Play

Here is a video displaying some quick online gameplay for Gears of War 2. We were playing the gametype, Exectution, on the map titled, Jacinto. This video displays many key strategies needed to survive online as well as perfect examples as of what not to do. As you will notice in the video below, many people like to pull out their shotgun and melee you and quickly finish you off by aiming and shooting while you are stunned from the melee hit. This is a move known as two-piecing and is commonly used by the whole Gears 2 community as a way to get close quarters kills. Another common tactic is to throw a smoke grenade toward your enemies, for this will knock them off their feet so you have some time to run over to them and finish them off as they get up. Many people have fallen prey to this and it's always best to look out for smoke.

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Grand Theft Auto 4

Overall Rating
Story Rating
You play as a man named Niko Bellic who comes to America to live with his cousin Roman. Roman tells Niko he is living the American dream with money and cars. Niko soon finds out that Roman was bluffing. Niko has to go through various missions as a hitman in order to get money. The story has a lot of memorable points and moments that leave you to say, "Oh, snap!", or in our case, "That was hamedelic!"
Game Play Rating
The gameplay works very well and is very enjoyable. A new addition to the GTA series is a brand new cover system. Simply press the right bumper and your character hides behind a wall or any other type of cover. It works great, especially when being attacked by a bunch of enemies. The driving in the game has gotten much more realistic along with new physics. While it is a bit more challenging, the driving in GTA 4 is very fun. You could spend hours just driving around Liberty City and enjoying the sites, and jumps.
Graphics Rating
The graphics look great. The buildings, vehicles, and environments are all very detailed. Only a few glitches noticed, such as skyscrapers that pop in that are from neighboring islands.
Multiplayer Rating
The multiplayer is amazing. There are many spectacular game modes including, death match, team death match, race, and free mode. My personal favorite is free mode where up to 16 players can explore Liberty City. There is also a feature in multiplayer that allows you to create your own character. To earn more gear for your character, you must rank up by playing matches. This feature is great until you get to rank 5. At this level, it takes much longer to rank up. There are 10 ranks total.

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Xbox Far Cry 2 Game Review

Overall Rating
Story Rating
There is a civil war raging in Africa. Two war groups have formed: APR and UfLL. An arms dealer named the Jackal is supplying arms to both sides, which is furthering the war. You are a hired mercenary sent in to terminate the Jackal. Story missions are well varied with a superb ending. Side missions, like weapons convoy missions are repetitive at times.
Game Play Rating
The gameplay is very intense with the first person view. There are lots of weapons, but you can't customize attachments. Realistic driving physics. The bad thing is that your enemies are wearing regular street clothes, but it takes a whole AK-47 magazine to kill then (unless its a head shot). It's as if the street clothes are made of kevlar. You die too easily on harder difficulties, with no regenerating health system. Somewhat of a pain, but makes it more realistic. There are glitches with the enemy AI. For example, they look like they are just standing around doing nothing, o looking in a completely different direction and are still somehow shooting at you.
Graphics Rating
The game maker created a completely new graphic engine for Far Cry 2 called the Dubia Engine. Character models look more realistic as do water and grass with detailed textures. There is a fire propagation system so fire can spread and it looks amazing. Game sounds are phenominal and voice acting is great. The characters do talk too fast at times and are hard to understand.
Multiplayer Rating
Fast paced and intense just like single player. There is a bit of a lag when shooting someone and it takes a few extra moments for your bullets to register a hit on someone. There are over 30 ranks that are used to upgrade to 6 classes. 4 game modes: team, death match, capture the diamond (basically capture the flag), and uprising (one leader on each team and the leader captures control points on the map). Map creation feature with over 100 items in the map editor. Maps can be published and shared.

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Game Review Ratings

In keeping with the Ham theme, games are rated in terms of ham slices in some of the more common categories. The scale ranges from an empty plate (worst) to 10 slices (best possible). An average of the categories (rounded to the closest quarter slice) is calculated for the overall rating. By the way, the slices shown in the graphics were served up for Christmas dinner.

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