There is sometimes a misconception that one of the key ingredients for an excellent gaming experience is innovation. On the contrary, a brilliantly-designed but unoriginal concept has much more value than an avant-garde idea that fails in practice.

Let it be known that the Rockworm is our friend. Sure, he's large and unfriendly. And he's a family-sized centipede covered in stone cladding, so he's never going to be prime romance material.

Shooter/Action The gaming equivalent of placing a ‘kick me' sign on your own back returns. “Bigger, better and more badass†is what Cliffy B used to describe Gears of War 2 way back when. It sounded like over-the-top PR speak at the time but he couldn't have been closer to the truth.

Cliff Bleszinski ( née : ‘B') may have spent much of the year talking about how Gears of War 2 has problems with its bottom, but the only piles on display here are the ‘of setpieces' variety. Immensely loud and dumb the series remains, but when playing it is so much fun, who needs Proust

Gears of War 2 is a fantastic game, with the Horde Multiplayer co-op mode being our favourite way to pass the time at the moment.

The worm has turned!

If you like action, if you like shooter, then this game is for you. Brilliant graphics, and a very interesting story behind it. I think you love it, or you hate it.

great story

Blood, bullets and a hell lot of action That's what the much hyped ?Gears Of War 2 is all about. Kill or be killed for you are surrounded by mean Locust hordes sporting equally mean attitudes. Exclusively available on the Xbox 360, ?Gears Of War 2 promises you an edge-of-the-seat gaming experience.

This game is a lot better than the first one, only thing with gears of war 2 is it's way to short. Other than that you can't fault the game.