53 Leaked Gears of War 2 Screenshots

GameXtract writes "Well the guy at least knows how to share the content. Along with pictures of the boxart, and the disc, he has added a live stream as well as releasing 53 screenshots of leaked content. The quality of the picture differs, but with over 53 screenshots uploaded, I'm sure you can find a few inside that will peak your interest. For those wondering you will be able to purchase the game on November 7th. Yes, it does seem like one heck of a wait with all this leaked content. Get all the screenshots after the jump."

[Internet Trolling Ex]

37 leaked failures

[Internet Trolling Ex]

53 leaked failures

[CIO Caveman Trolls]

This is deeply offensive. I would have posted this criticism ten minutes ago, but I was too busy laughing my ass off.

*gasses @53mph*

[sit down droid]

yep we know your jelouse, so the more you disagree with me the more it backs my point up.

[eric100]

where are typical EPIC bullshots though

[THC CELL]

Looking at this game
IT looks worst than the first one

Move to ps3 R2 out same week

[kittoo]

It doesnt look better either

[HairyBrownSack]

photographs from a TV.

are u f*cking stupid?

[trancefreak]

LOL your right hbs. Why are people trying to dog on this game its looks badass. I mean just because i own ps3 doesnt mean this game suks. I cant wait to play this f@ker.

[CEO of Troll Corp]

Grey Of The Year confirmed

[joebahrjoebahr]

why are their 4 banned to open zone trolls talking about an xbox game in an article posted by the BIGGEST troll?

pathetic fellas.

[Spike47]

but certainly one of the best. Actually it's the best xbox360 exclusive this year.

[Blademask]

solid game

[Bnet343]

You haven't played Gears of War 2. Your opinion has no facts to support it. You fail.

[sit down droid]

how can you say that a persons opinion is a fail. i can not work that one out

[General Pinky]

what are you sony fanboys doing here talking crap...jsut leave gears alone man...no other game is that fun online...ok maybe halo but not one ps3 game

[TheDude2dot0]

^ Warhawk

I just love the game.

Anyway, Gears 2 is okay, but Fable 2 is definitely going to be better.

[MNicholas]

but low polygon character models, environments, and shockingly poor draw-distance. Lighting from gun-fire/explosions and shadows are terribly simplified and are worse than some last-gen games like Conker on the original Xbox.

Basically, it looks like a typical Unreal Engine game that compromises on everything else for the sake of texture data. Obviously, the Xbox360 can do better than this, although the average consumer may not really care as long as it's sufficiently flashy and bloody.

[xhairs9]

You mean the blur that seems to be spreading amongst all these new 360 titles? The lack of full visuals? Does anyone see a trend happening here besides me? The backgrounds of all these games coming out now are blurred to hell for the sake of the foreground looking good...

[fredy]

and could be best game this year.

[skynidas]

Looks the same as gears 1

[strotee]

Are you blind? Looks the same?

There's a "2" in the game title. That should be enough to tell you it's a new game.

[GUNS N SWORDS]

"Looks the same as gears 1"

yeah in these pics, from what i see all of the pics have striped detail....and it's all blue.

no sh!t it's cause it's a cam shot, it shouldn't be viewed liked that, it should be viewed on your TV, so you can get the full clarity.

[Lanoire]

(Un)fortunately yes.

Take it how you will. But these pictures dont look anything close to those bullshots Epic released a few weeks back.

Confirmed.

[DJ]

Nothing was said about "Blue stripes"; you made that up on your own. Gears 2 really does look the same as Gears 1. Most people have trouble seeing the difference between the two titles. The only thing that gives it away for me is that the character models are utilizing a better lighting system.

[GUNS N SWORDS]

"- Guns n Swords
Nothing was said about "Blue stripes"; you made that up on your own. Gears 2 really does look the same as Gears 1. Most people have trouble seeing the difference between the two titles. The only thing that gives it away for me is that the character models are utilizing a better lighting system."

don't be giving me that bull sh!t the first fvcking image of this page has it on the heading.

http://picasaweb.google.com...

[Whoooop]

GUNS...

What DJ was trying to say is that people saying that Gears 2 looks like Gears 1, has nothing to do with the "blue stripes".

Nobody mentioned the blue stripes and they don't need to. The game isn't much improved from the first one visually and these screens as well as a lot others without stripes of any kind can prove that.

Blue stripes or not the game looks like Gears 1 and that was the main point. So forget about the damn blue stripes.

[Firstkn1ghT]

Oh yes. The old "looks the same" defense. You sony boys need to find start using a new one because that doesn't work anymore. But of course Motorstorm 2 and Resistance 2 are graphically above and beyond their predecessors, right? A recent article said Resistance 2 looked like Halo 2. I have my issue of Game Informer here and they specifically say "it's leaps and bounds better graphically and gameplay wise."

In short, Sony fanboys think it looks the same while professional game journalists think it looks way better. :)

[DJ]

But yes, Resistance 2 is a huge leap over the first installment. Not just graphically, but in the amount of content and game modes. I mean come on, TWO campaigns and 60 player Online??

[Silogon]

Do they ever explain why everyone in Gears of War universe has the same body type? Are they all henanced by genetics? Even the Locust have the same body types as the main cast. It's like Epic made one model and then slapped different textures on them.

Anyways and eitherways, it looks really good. So did the 1st one, but when someone says "leaked" pics of Gears of War, I don't tend to take notice. It's just one of those games that we all kind of know what to expect and the hype is already here.

Ya know?

[PotNoodle]

Every character model looks the same in EPICs world, you seen unreal tournament? Character models look pretty much the same, don't get me wrong though - i love them.

I'm really looking forward to this and will be buying live again for this & fable 2 around end of november / december.

[loki_ns]

Excellent Point

AND you just answered your own question as to why they look the same...

[Firstkn1ghT]

Silly argument. Gears of War is about one thing. It's about KICKING ASS!!!!!!!!!! It's a game injected with a dose of steriods. It's a game that comes with a freaking chainsaw at the end of your gun. Only bad asses are allowed to play this game. No skinny sissy guys allowed.

[TheDude2dot0]

You really don't need to advertise the game. It's not going to prove anything.

[StanSmith]

I cannot wait for this game! Looks Great!

[GUNS N SWORDS]

people are using these cam shot to determine the detail of the game, it still looks better than MGS4

as this non bullet shot of mgs4 clearly says so.

http://www.gamersyde.com/po...

now, someone....please enlighten me on why i should not be saying this blasphemy.

edit, sorry, i know how many people like MGS4, but they don't seem to us 360 gamers solace.....on top of that their praising a game that's graphics were no different than any other game on either console.

now, no one can say 360's weak as bioshock has already shown otherwise. and you have already seen bioshock on ps3, not quite as 360's bioshock but still you've seen it in motion. and I'm here to confirm that Gears 2 is the bioshock of 2008.

[StanSmith]

Sorry but Gears 2 does not look better than MGS4! Equal to maybe but not better than! I mean what kind of idiot must you be to suggest that these off screen shots look better than MGS4? When you actually have a PS3 and a 360 in front of you with both MGS4 and GEARS 2 playing, then you may compare! Until then, Stop trying to create a flame war with the PS3 Fanboys! The Open Zone is designed for people like you!

*EDIT* Wow! 4 disagrees already!?! Well im wrong then! You can compare off screen shots with a game already released! Gears 2 Does look better than MGS4! Also you dont have to own both consoles and games to judge it looks! This site is becoming a joke! Should be called N4F.com (News 4 Fanboys!

[FantasyStar]

Everyone has their own preferences. You can compare art-direction styles, but you can't compare 2 games of equal graphical prowess. You can however compare 2 games of different graphical prowess. MGS4 has better graphics than GeoW1 because MGS4 has HDR lighting, Dynamic shadowing, dynamic lighting, realistic facial expressions, interactive water, better lip-syncing, and better motion capture. Granted, GeoW1 was released in 2006. Now with GeoW2, it looks like Epic has closed all those gaps and it's going to be the art-direction GeoW2 and MGS4 took which will decide which game "looks better"

[StanSmith]

WTF?? Who the hell said the 360 is weak? The 360 and the PS3 both have lots of untapped potential in them. I agree that bioshock looks better on 360 however what do you expect when it is well known that unreal engine 3 and ps3 do not work that great together. It is nothing to do with how powerful one console is! Still bioshock looks great on ps3! Please stop with the blatant fanboyism! Microsoft are not reading what you are saying and they dont give a crap about you! They just want your money so please GROW UP!

[FantasyStar]

I agree with everything Mario is saying. UE3 is documented to not work well with PS3. I wouldn't base the UE3 as the de-facto standard because UE3 was designed as a Multiplatform engine. A better comparison of a console's potential is between each console's flagship game.

Sony's is KZ2, and 360's is most likely GeoW2. Graphical prowess, not art-direction. Don't get the two mixed up.

[eagle21]

This ain't..... don't be jealous. :)

[GUNS N SWORDS]

"WTF?? Who the hell said the 360 is weak? The 360 and the PS3 both have lots of untapped potential in them."

ok, now i can agree with that.

"I agree that bioshock looks better on 360 however what do you expect when it is well known that unreal engine 3 and ps3 do not work that great together. It is nothing to do with how powerful one console is!"

hmmmm, i see, so is that why ps3 gamers hate the UT3 engine so much?

"Still bioshock looks great on ps3!"

true.

"Please stop with the blatant fanboyism! Microsoft are not reading what you are saying and they dont give a crap about you! They just want your money so please GROW UP!"

yes i know that they don't read comments from N4G, and if they didn't care they wouldn't have extended my warranty, and it's not just them who want's my money......it's THE WHOLE WORLD, believe me i haven't yet walked out of a store empty handed.

edit,

"You think microsoft did that because they care? It was to save their ass from getting lawsuits filed against them for knowingly selling faulty products!"

right, but they did it, and now, what would have you'd said if they had not done it?

"If you've only seen preview footage of MGS4"

hmmmm, same could be said of gears2 to ps3 gamers.

DJ-

"I can understand saying "Gears 2 looks more impressive." But anyone who's actually played through MGS4, such as myself, have a lot of trouble saying that. The game first act is nowhere near representative of Act 2, or especially 3 and 4."

i'm not wrong fully accusing MGS4 of being a crappy game, it's the graphics and the aren't to shabby, but saying that their above any game out there isn't making a non fanboy comment, would you not agree that bishock holds such rewards as well, look at it.

[StanSmith]

You think microsoft did that because they care? It was to save their ass from getting lawsuits filed against them for knowingly selling faulty products!

"hmmmm, i see, so is that why ps3 gamers hate the UT3 engine so much?"

First, i own both a 360 and ps3! I do not hate the unreal engine. I just buy all my unreal engine games for my 360 as i know that the engine is better suited to the 360 due to its architecture being similar to a PC. As FantasyStar said the UE3 is built for multiplatform games hence why the 360 and pc run the engine great due to having similar architectures! This is by no means a dig at the PS3, if anything it is epics fault for not optimizing the engine better for ps3!

[DJ]

I can understand saying "Gears 2 looks more impressive." But anyone who's actually played through MGS4, such as myself, have a lot of trouble saying that. The game first act is nowhere near representative of Act 2, or especially 3 and 4.

[PotNoodle]

Uhh.. stop trying to compare this to MGS4. They're two completely different games.

[Whoooop]

Can't say much about this off screens, but it looks washed out and some textures are not looking good at all.

Gears look good in motion though, screenshots have never done the game justice...

[PotNoodle]

Gears 2 looks great when its recorded properly with a capture card, of course it isn't going to look great when the pictures are taken on a 1mp camera and the game is being played on a crappy tv.

Plus, why am i getting disagrees when i say mgs4 and gears 2 are nothing alike? They really are not, i love mgs4 it is MY GoTY but comparing the two is stupid.

[Darkspade]

The game does look good.. Only if the guy the took the pictures had a better Camera...

[Spike47]

gears of War 2 is the best game this year but not the best game on the xbox360?

Wow you guys are really smart! (sarc)

[eagle21]

Just like I thought, the character models look fine but the hand drawn backgrounds with hardly any foreground textures makes you love Blu-ray so much more!

[acdata]

it means like bio shock how Blu-ray help it to looks better
ps3 has enough power to convert bio shock to bioshitty
ps3 can load only 125-150MB texture compare to 350+MB of xbox360
so see the Blu-ray cant help ps3 for more and high quality texture and with out HDD it cant work for game
an also data in Blu-ray should repeated twice or 3times in the disc to reach sufficient transfer rate(25GB/2=12.5GB) + 5GB install show us that Blu-ray for gaming can hold equal data as DVD-DL with higher cost(Blu-ray+HDD+Blu-ray Drive=high cost&low performance )

[Ghoul]

Looks awesome

BUT far away from the bullshots epic released the last weeks sorry....

[Spike47]

remember those bullshots a long time ago given to us by EPIC? Well those pics don't even look remotely close to these.

Gears of War 2 has insane graphics, but not the best graphics, that's a FACT.

[Radiodread]

PS3 FANBOY= ABOMINATION OF THIS WORLD. Seriously why can't the mods ban ps3 fanboys from all sections? They are ALWAYS the ones who start the flame war because they are all obviously under 14. You morons really need to stop you look worse every time you post.

[joebahrjoebahr]

get banned cause they have a thousand accounts, and the site is run by ps3 fanboys. you may as well get used to it.

but its video games dude, dont sweat it to much ya know?

[AngryHippo]

.....no one can say anything positive about a 360 game anymore, Sony morons just swarm all over the threads, disagree and try and take away bubbles. The mods really do need to do something, but i get instantly banned for using the word 'moron' in the gamer zone. Makes sense, it really does. Mods try waking up? do you realise what happens on this site or do you all just turn a blind eye?! Its ridiculous!

[trancefreak]

joebahr their just some idiots that happen to like the ps3 unfortunately. These multiple account haters dont represent true ps3 fans.

[Armageddon Knight]

It will be fun to compare Gears of wars and Quantum Theory later this year

[Keltiik]

The first Gears of War did extremely well right? Answer that to yourself right now yes or no? Ok now that you have said yes think about this, the gameplay has changed and don't say no, yes it has. Since you pick up a shield or a meat shield the game has changed, you're not stationary any longer so that changes the game new weapons changes the game. So why would they change the gameplay that much more if it did so freakin good to begin with? It got all those awards for a reason so of course they're going to keep the core gameplay the same.

And one more thing, what the hell is up with all these Sony Fangirls (yes I said fangirls cause all you do is b!tch about everything) the disagree's on this site when someone says something about Xbox is out of control.

Oh yes btw, don't judge the game off those screenshots wait until the game comes out. What if someone got R2 early and released pics like that and everyone commented on them what would you say? Exactly.

I went ahead and talked about Gears 2 in general since this site is hating on it so much. Just wanted to throw my $00.02

[Master Debater]

At this point, no one can tell whether it looks the same as Gears or War 1 or not on a HDTV in person, except for the few who got it early on GAF.

I remember when some people got MGS4 early and posted screenshots like this and people (mainly fanboys) pointed out that they look nothing like preview screenies from IGN or the official site. Hell people still compare MGS4 to it's tech demo way back in 2005 and say the tech demo looks better than the actual game now. This happened to the recently released Brothers in Arms game and it's tech demo in 2006.

This is no case different, though this will be hated upon more fiercely for reasons unknown.

PS: I just realized that I said MGS4 and screenshots and nothing like like preview screenshots in the same sentence which the same as a death sentence here. Please don't kill.

[Bladestar]

Not game of the year? lol! Too early to tell... Let's wait until is comes out... I doubt metal gear solid will be it... and I know for a fact that Resistance 2 will not be it...

[ThatCanadianGuy]

"MGS4 is one of the best games ever made" -IGN

"Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is the most technically stunning video game ever made." -Gamespot

""it is faithful to its fans, its premise and its heart, delivering an experience that is, in so many ways, without equal" -Edge

"IGN UK were concerned that the game's hype and widespread praise may lead to disappointment, but feel that objectively, the game is a "masterpiece".

Don't try and play down MGS4.You can brag and boast about gears all you want but you can't say MGS4 doesn't have a chance to be GOTY.

[DJ]

If it wasn't for Little Big Planet, MGS4 would probably have a guaranteed spot for Game of the Year. It was just an incredible experience from beginning to end.

[StanSmith]

How can you say you know resistance 2 wont be? You know nothing about resistance 2 or gears 2 yet! When you play and complete BOTH then you may state this. No doubt about it, Gears 2 looks fantastic as does resistance 2, however, i personally believe that neither game has recieved much of an upgrade in terms of graphics. The focus has been applied more to the online modes.

As for GOTY, i believe LBP has a very good chance of winning from my impressions from the beta, however, like i said it is still too early to tell!

*edit*
@ Guns n swords
"right, but they did it, and now, what would have you'd said if they had not done it?"

I would have been pissed like many 360 owners!

"hmmmm, same could be said of gears2 to ps3 gamers."

Cannot argue with that! 100% agree!

"i'm not wrong fully accusing MGS4 of being a crappy game, it's the graphics and the aren't to shabby, but saying that their above any game out there isn't making a non fanboy comment, would you not agree that bishock holds such rewards as well, look at it."

Again i agree with what your saying. MGS4 looks good but it is not the best graphical game out there! Your right about bioshock too. Looks great! Probably some of the best water effects in any game!

[Firstkn1ghT]

MGS4 averaged an overall rating of 92%
GTA4 averaged an overall rating of 97% That is one of the highest ratings in history.

As of now GTA4 gets it easily.

http://www.gamerankings.com...

[Kyur4ThePain]

And do you honestly believe GTA deserved that 97?

[Spike47]

has two good exclusives this year,

The Ps3 has 3, and all 3 are AAA titles. I doubt that GOTY will be given to Gears of War 2 unless the decision is made by a biased person or to the blind public.

[AngryHippo]

.....Sony tw@ts in here, as usual. Absolutely pathetic, pitty they cant just leave a great game on a system other than theirs alone. Its getting ridiculous.

[StanSmith]

Whilst i agree with what your saying, this is exactly the same in ps3 related articles. Both xbox and sony fanboys are idiots not just the sony fanboys! Both sides need to grow up and realize that these companies don't care about them. They are like any other industry in the world... They want MONEY!!! To me Both PS3 and 360 are great and have lots of untapped potential in them! PS360 OWNER FTW!!!!!!

[DiabloRising]

Looks like a typical U3 engine game. Nice textures, somewhat plastic, low poly models, derivative character design. I've never been a fan of the U3 engine, or Epic's art direction, but it definitely looks crisp and solid, with nice particle effects and lighting. My only complaint is distance fog... really? I hope every level isn't like that.

To be a GOTY contender I think it needs more than just being the sequel to Gears, and we still havent seen the full fall lineup yet for both systems. I'd say right now its beween LBP if the word is to be believed, Fable 2 if it delivers on its promises, or MGS4.... yet GTA4 will probably (undeservingly) net it.

But it will be a hit, probably a solid game, and should definitely please the fans. No reason to hate on it.

[InfectedArcAngel]

I wish if he was going to take the time to do this that he did it right and did justice to the game every fan boy can deny it, The game does look better then the first one not in these pictures but in motion it looks better.

[PureGamer]

why are ps3 fanboys feeding the trolls in this article? go to the open zone if you want to argue like children.

Game looks great its improved from gears 1 if you cannot see that then wow.

[felidae]

hmm, i don't see improvements!

where do you see them?

[LiquifiedArt]

You really Only can see 60ft in this game. LOL.
And it looks EXACTLY like UT3.

I'm totally put off.

[Firstkn1ghT]

Another Gears article being trolled by jealous sony fanboys. Just another day at N4G!

[Nicolator]

i can already see the diffrence in the lighting already.. i wonder how good it will then be on a hdtv 1080p ... shhytttt.... it wil be sick...cant wait

[Lord Vader]

GOTY 2008.

[djtek184]

looks just like gears 1

[felidae]

... the last breath of the 360 ;-)

just kidding, have fun with this game ... it looks ok. maybe i'll rent a 360 to play throught the single player campaign. i'm more looking forward to Resistance 2 and KZ2.

[Shania Twain]

they don't impress me much!