Gears of War 2

WHERE'S MUH WIFE

This was my favorite of the trilogy just because there were some ridiculously cool setpieces and I remember the gameplay feeling a lot more expansive and refined. It's been like 10 years since I've played it though so I don't know if I'd still feel that way now.

FUCK THE HOST

great campaign though

The only thing I dislike about this game is the final part of it. It felt rushed like they didn't know how they wanted the game to end.

I would have thought I'd inherently like this one more than the first one but honestly the campaign of the first Gears of War is so much more fun than this one was for me. I still liked this one but I'm just surprised. But Gears of War 2 was the first with the Horde mode right? That was pretty damn fun, and it was not in Gears of War. But that's not enough for me to put 2 over 1. (I actually still need to play 3.)

Gears 2 commercial > Gears 1

the one multiplayer game i was actually good at, high(ish) level gears 2 play was like a ballet at times, and the horde mode was extremely fun

Dom's wife dying has to be one of the funniest moments in all of video games, it's such a crystalized memory for me playing through this with my friend and both of us laughing our asses off at that moment.
As well this game's visuals, weapons, level design, and gameplay was such a fun step forward from the original that was pretty one note (even if that one note was pretty well done.)