Bucksherald: Gears of War 2 review

Gears of War 2 is an improvement in every aspect. It's not clever or subtle in the way of many games, but it's certainly big, loud, excessively violent and engrossing beyond compare.

Fans of the original smash hit Gears of War won't need convincing but those that aren't just need to give this game 20 minutes. By that time you will not want to put the pad down until you've killed every last locust and restored power into the hands of the humans.