The first Gears of War was superb in my opinion in my book. Sure the story wasn't very good, but the gritty graphics and addictive gameplay really made the game and the sequel keeps all of the elements that made the first game great even better. The story is more fleshed out now but still is a weak point in the game's otherwise seemingly flawless points.

The game starts to get quite interesting from Act 4 in my opinion but I won't spoil it for you if you haven't got the game yet (why haven't you!!!!???). But even then it was extremely predictable and I didn't get much of a shock from it.

It felt nice that Epic have managed to make the Locust look like a proper horde as supposed the little groups/pockets of enemies which you found in the first game. The ending is really ridiculous but made me laugh at the sheer sillyness of it The bottom line is if you liked the first game, you'll love the sequel!