Gears of War 2

Update: Log on to Xbox Live and check Inside Xbox for a two part interview with Mr Cliff "Don't call me CliffyB" Bleszinski for more information on new weapons that are not listed below.
FreekyWiggle

Right, well we haven't really covered this game oddly enough, even though it's a game FreekyWiggle and myself are really looking forward too (we need a new co-op). But that aside we really enjoyed the gameplay of the first Gears and I have recently taken to online play. Now what's the score:

Singleplayer

1. Still two player co-op


2. Brumak is a vehicle


3. Reavers are a vehicle (yes, see this interview with Rod Furgusson


4. Find letters & medical records aswell as COG tags throughout the campaign


5. Your "War Journal" will keep track of what items you have found.


6. There is achievement tracking


7. Tickers (think exposed wretches that are smaill ticking time bombs)


8. Kantis (spelling? This bugger is described as a locust monk who tends to carry new weaponry, he can also send out tickers and revive downed team mates


9. Centaur Tank (vehicle, a tank on monster truck wheels


10. A B X Y: now if you walk up to a downed enemy any of the 4 face buttons will take them out. A picks them up as a (rather tough from the E3 demos) human sheild, X is good old stomp, B rolls them over and you punch the crap out of them and Y is a weapon specific finisher


11. New story characters: Dizzy, Tai Kaliso and Chairman Prescott. Dominic's wife will also make an appearance.


12. A new difficulty below casual


13. Co-op, both players can play on a different difficulty, presumably the lower difficulties deal more and take less damage


14. Some achievements for online also count for singleplayer such as achieving 1,000 headshots


15. New power weapons: The Scorcher (a flamethrower) and a Mortar


16. New grenade type (Poison) and you may grenade tag a wall to place a mine


17. Grenade explotions can knock people over (not downing)

Multiplayer

1. Once downed you can crawl away slowly on your hands and knees


2. If you had a grenade out when you were downed you can choose to detonate it when an enemy gets close.


3. Stopping power: used to rolling in with your shotgun then your in for a problem, a stream of bullets from the lancer will slow you down or any powerful gun for that matter.


4. 5 v 5 as opposed to 4 v4


5. 5 man co-op versus waves of increasingly difficult locust


6. Wingman, formally known as 2v2v2v2v2. You and a team mate of the same character agains 4 other teams of two.


7. A set of weapons not yet revealed!


8. Once killed, you can move your camera around and take photo's of the battle and upload them to the internet


9. Chainsaw duels where your chainsaws lock in and its whoever taps B the fastest, though a friend shooting the enemy will give you an advantage


10. A metal indestructable shield that makes you move slower and you may only use a pistol while carrying that you can punch into the ground


11. You can now team up with a friend and you will always be taken to the same games together and they will find matches based upon your teams "skill" which probably means k/d ratio tracking and accuracy tracking

Right now that's all that comes to mind and I'm sure FreekyWiggle will add some things that I've missed.

Yours, Lil Punk Duck