Killing Maria is still an iconic video game moment imo. One of the most emotional scenes in any game ever and ill never forget how sucked into the plot I was the first time I played gears 2. Truly a great game.
@@aaronbond6394 I didn't even realize until recently when Marcus waits, he's not just waiting for Dom to finish Maria but whether or not Dom will turn the pistol on himself. So fresh in Marcus's mind how the Locust can break someone, that bitterness and realization that Dom might not hold on... That makes 3 all the sadder when... Yeah 😔
Dom carried this weight with him to the end of his life, how can any men live with the truth of killing their wife, for many fans, this hit home and wanted revenge. On single player, you can't choose the path after the death of Dom's wife. Instead, Dom chooses the path for us. The original trilogy never forced these characters on us, but rather gave it to us slowly and building up the moment of meeting each character, the trilogy built up each character over the course of 3 games, always giving us fantastic moments, and not skimping out on anything, the developer's were thinking of players and what they wanted, not money or bs stuff, but rather giving the player a down to earth gaming experience with the original trilogy.
This game helped me make so many online friends, so many good memories of playing horde mode or just having some casual fun on multiplayer. Makes me want to go back to 2008 when life was fun to relieve those times
Such an incredible game. The entire premise of going on the offensive, basically an all out assault on Hell itself as you delve deeper and deeper is just done so well.
I think when Dom shoots Maria and Marcus hears it and stops, I always assumed he stopped to wait to see if their was a second shot, and there wasn't so he keeps walking. Such a great detail I don't know if it's intentional but I'm gonna assume it is because I think it's cooler that way lol
Im forever in debt to my high school bro who literally gave me the game of the year edition version of GEARS 2 simply because I hadn’t played the franchise yet and he couldn’t fathom me not experiencing it and boy was i missing out😂
I was a little too young to understand some of the stuff that was going on in Gears 2 when it first came out, but revisiting it, damn, there are some bleak moments.
the speech prescott makes in this game is something akin to Hitler calling for mass extermination but the way it is framed in the context of this story and world where it's literally humanity's extinction at stake against a threat just unwavering and as nonnegotiable as the locust and when you stop to think about it the COG really aren't the good guys in the grand scheme of things. This is what the early Gears of war games did so well was the morally grey aspects. none of the characters in the gears games where particularly good guys they were just soldiers doing their duty and everything they could to ensure humanity's survival. this is what the later games like Gears 4 and 5 utterly failed to grasp which is ironic considering that for Gears 4 the COG=bad was literally a major focus-point for the story but it was so heavy-handed and so on the nose it wasn't believable. then you've got Gears 5 with the MC of Kait which just missed the entire point of the gears story and franchise. Gears at it's core was a Brothers in arms story and that is something Gears 4 and 5 utterly lacked.
Gears of war 1-3 campaigns were the best but gears of war 2 campaign will be my favorite. Especially when Prescott gives that speech in the beginning making the intro so awesome. Every video I see about gears of war and gears I always get nostalgia for gears of war 2 when I get on in and start that campaign, boyyy the beginning gives me that excitement and all the way to the end just noting but greatness. Even to this day when I watch the beginning when Prescott is giving the speech I get chills and excited because it’s like fuck yeah time to go to war and just gives you that energy in the game like your really fighting for a cause not like these other games now a days. Gears of war 2 is a iconic masterpiece period. Also personally as a gears fan I think the story should have ending at gears 3 a iconic ending. Gears judgement was okay for me, personally had nothing against it I liked the story and campaign but I really don’t like how they changed a few things or a lot depends lol. Gears 4 and 5 don’t have anything against it but honestly really wasn’t expecting it plus just felt different, don’t get me wrong the games look fireeee but just doesn’t feel the same lol. Honestly Idk what they were thinking when gears 4-5 came out. What I want to see is gears of war pendulum wars 😂 because from playing the franchise and going into the lore there’s a lot about it, yet doesn’t seem to mind and make a game about it. Imagine playing during the pendulum wars, going into the COG and UIR lore and battles all the way up to the beginning of emergence day. Sera and it’s people were raised on war 80 years fighting with the UIR if I’m not mistaken lol, I want to see that go into more lore of both and to the events of emergence day and what happened to everyone.
It’s sad cause when you get to gears 3 you learn that Dom & Maria lost theirs kids then gears 2 you find Maria & Dom has nothing left beside his radish & Marcus
I don't think there is a bad Gears game. (Judgment is not a Gears game). People talk about the opening to The Last of Us as the most heartbreaking scene in a video game, but I say the scene with Dom and Maria is for me. Joel didn't have to shoot his daughter. Great acting as well.
@@SeriouslyTechStuff They are shit, on an objective level they're garbage. The storyline has many plot holes, the story makes zero sense, the lead character is an uninteresting obnoxious chick who has no leader experience what so ever and yet is directing people like Marcus makes zero sense. You can enjoy shit games, just don't pass it off like it's a good game.
I really enjoy the gears series I've played the whole series in coop with my cousin except for gears 4. For some reason whenever we try to play gears 4 we can never stay in each other's game for longer then a few minutes before one of us gets disconnected. It only happens with gears 4 and none of the other games in the series.
I just have a question how did you play the Maria cut scene with the music? Because every time I try to upload it on my channel, it would just get copyrighted. 😢
I fell off the gears franchise mainly because of the story that has shifted from the horrors of war to a disjointed story without emotional weight. However, I will always have a fondness for epic's gears games
Gears of war 2 was special . Dark and bleak … not a lot of hope and the story adding in the processing they mention is done on humans from the locust … it seems they took a lot of WW1 and WW2 history and brutality of the nazis … it shows the darkness of war
Would like to say Cliff Bleszinski and the rest of the Epic Games team can't figure out where to go after Gears 5, if you have seen the post on gaming news a few hours ago as I've posted this, anyway kind of want Gears Of War 2 & 3 on Steam as remasters with updated horde with Gears 5 fortifications plus you can choose and customise what Mini Boss enemies you want from wave 5, 15, 25, 35 & 45 also Main Big Bosses from each wave as 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 anyway I do like the story even if the story is set like a horror depressing & trauma of a type of game to describe as.
Cliff hasn't been involved since 3 unless I'm mistaken, and if he had been around I'd like to think the games would have been better, but that's just my opinion.
2 is still the best Gears to this fuckin DAY yo. But, E-Day has the potential to change this. I hope it does, because that would mean its an even GREATER masterpiece.
I agree with you on this. It’s insanely fun to play. The gears of war story is dumb as dirt but I will keep grinding through them regardless of the stupid reasons they give me to pick up a hammerburst! CLAY CARMINE 4 LYF!
Genuine question .. did you put many hours in GOW1? For me personally GOW2 was an overall disappointment, there were elements of the story that were good, but this is mainly coming from a multiplayer perspective. Day 1 the servers were wrecked for ages making the game unplayable On top of that the loss of horror and realism was a massive disappointment with the graphics and colour palette looking cartooney, with Cliffy B even stating they lost their identity as the series went on.
That's kinda the point of gears of war. War is a nasty business, it's cruel and unusual and "it's far from over but today take pride and what you achieved."
That’s the point man, destroyed beauty. It’s war. About the mechanics, back in the day it used to be tolerable, but playing nowadays the movement feels weird because its slow
@@Salieri01 You're crazy man "movement slow" The og gears trilogy aka the only one has way faster movement speed then gears 4 and 5. Go replay them or watch comparison videos.
Killing Maria is still an iconic video game moment imo. One of the most emotional scenes in any game ever and ill never forget how sucked into the plot I was the first time I played gears 2. Truly a great game.
I’m so sorry Maria
*Revs Chainsaw*
I hated that part. It was little bit too much
@@aaronbond6394 I didn't even realize until recently when Marcus waits, he's not just waiting for Dom to finish Maria but whether or not Dom will turn the pistol on himself. So fresh in Marcus's mind how the Locust can break someone, that bitterness and realization that Dom might not hold on...
That makes 3 all the sadder when... Yeah 😔
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Dom carried this weight with him to the end of his life, how can any men live with the truth of killing their wife, for many fans, this hit home and wanted revenge. On single player, you can't choose the path after the death of Dom's wife. Instead, Dom chooses the path for us. The original trilogy never forced these characters on us, but rather gave it to us slowly and building up the moment of meeting each character, the trilogy built up each character over the course of 3 games, always giving us fantastic moments, and not skimping out on anything, the developer's were thinking of players and what they wanted, not money or bs stuff, but rather giving the player a down to earth gaming experience with the original trilogy.
You WILL buy the $10 bloodsprays and you WILL enjoy them.
This game helped me make so many online friends, so many good memories of playing horde mode or just having some casual fun on multiplayer.
Makes me want to go back to 2008 when life was fun to relieve those times
Such an incredible game. The entire premise of going on the offensive, basically an all out assault on Hell itself as you delve deeper and deeper is just done so well.
Gears of War 2 is probably my favorite Xbox 360 game. The perfect sequel. Awesome video man!
I think when Dom shoots Maria and Marcus hears it and stops, I always assumed he stopped to wait to see if their was a second shot, and there wasn't so he keeps walking. Such a great detail I don't know if it's intentional but I'm gonna assume it is because I think it's cooler that way lol
The horde mode alone
So many hours of my life were put into that mode hahaha
I remember playing Horde and thinking we reached peak gaming. Good times.
Man i was 26 when it droped ... Gow 1&2 Bad Company 1&2 modern warfare 1&2 black ops ...best multiplayer times ... 4 me
Games saw good back in the day
I wish they would put 2 and 3 on PC
Welcome to the world of emulation, my friend
@@TheNavigator4552I'm currently playing GoW2 emulated and it's very neat but there are issues. Those would be ironed out in a good port.
trust me when i say if u wanna replay these games them buy an xbox 360. it just feels so right😂
@@ryanschannel3195 I have them on 360 and to me 30 fps feels so wrong now. But thanks. It did define the generations. DOOOOOMMMM!
Im forever in debt to my high school bro who literally gave me the game of the year edition version of GEARS 2 simply because I hadn’t played the franchise yet and he couldn’t fathom me not experiencing it and boy was i missing out😂
I was a little too young to understand some of the stuff that was going on in Gears 2 when it first came out, but revisiting it, damn, there are some bleak moments.
It always drove me nuts that dom used the Boltock to shoot her lol
Better one shot than risk it taking two I think
This video was SO fun to make, and playing through this game again really brought back some memories! Let me know your favorite Gears of War moments!
There are many but, for example piloting brumak was cool
Epic video - makes me want by replay all the gears games
Me and my best friend actually just finished our let's play of this game and I can't wait until we start 3!!
I wish I could like this video twice great content almost shed a tear from the nostalgia This was my first ever online game
Thank you!
I bought an OG Xbox because of Halo CE. I bought an Xbox 360 because of Gears. It's my 2nd fave franchise next to Halo.
this was a fantastic video man, deserves way more credit
Thank you!!
the speech prescott makes in this game is something akin to Hitler calling for mass extermination but the way it is framed in the context of this story and world where it's literally humanity's extinction at stake against a threat just unwavering and as nonnegotiable as the locust and when you stop to think about it the COG really aren't the good guys in the grand scheme of things. This is what the early Gears of war games did so well was the morally grey aspects. none of the characters in the gears games where particularly good guys they were just soldiers doing their duty and everything they could to ensure humanity's survival.
this is what the later games like Gears 4 and 5 utterly failed to grasp which is ironic considering that for Gears 4 the COG=bad was literally a major focus-point for the story but it was so heavy-handed and so on the nose it wasn't believable. then you've got Gears 5 with the MC of Kait which just missed the entire point of the gears story and franchise. Gears at it's core was a Brothers in arms story and that is something Gears 4 and 5 utterly lacked.
Just finished 3 on my pc last night. First time i finished the trilogy. Gears 2 was my childhood
Emulated or Jacinto Project or Cloud?
@@simongravel7407 canary
Never thought it would end like this, huh Maria? ☹️☹️☹️
😫😫😫😫😫😫
:((((
Gears of war 1-3 campaigns were the best but gears of war 2 campaign will be my favorite. Especially when Prescott gives that speech in the beginning making the intro so awesome. Every video I see about gears of war and gears I always get nostalgia for gears of war 2 when I get on in and start that campaign, boyyy the beginning gives me that excitement and all the way to the end just noting but greatness. Even to this day when I watch the beginning when Prescott is giving the speech I get chills and excited because it’s like fuck yeah time to go to war and just gives you that energy in the game like your really fighting for a cause not like these other games now a days. Gears of war 2 is a iconic masterpiece period.
Also personally as a gears fan I think the story should have ending at gears 3 a iconic ending. Gears judgement was okay for me, personally had nothing against it I liked the story and campaign but I really don’t like how they changed a few things or a lot depends lol. Gears 4 and 5 don’t have anything against it but honestly really wasn’t expecting it plus just felt different, don’t get me wrong the games look fireeee but just doesn’t feel the same lol. Honestly Idk what they were thinking when gears 4-5 came out. What I want to see is gears of war pendulum wars 😂 because from playing the franchise and going into the lore there’s a lot about it, yet doesn’t seem to mind and make a game about it.
Imagine playing during the pendulum wars, going into the COG and UIR lore and battles all the way up to the beginning of emergence day.
Sera and it’s people were raised on war
80 years fighting with the UIR if I’m not mistaken lol, I want to see that go into more lore of both and to the events of emergence day and what happened to everyone.
One of my all time favorite games. Pvp GOAT modes with Guardian and wingman.
Good job wizzo, like these videos hope to see more of "gem revealing" style of overviews.
i'd love to do one for the full Trilogy, Gears 3 could be one to come next!
What sucks is knowing xbox will never have cliff make another just like this. I'd switch back to xbox if they did.
"No gun is really overpowered online" *laughs in gnasher*
It's a shame Gears will never be this good again.
It would be very tough to beat this one
@@JV-ll1cu More like impossible 😅
It’s sad cause when you get to gears 3 you learn that Dom & Maria lost theirs kids then gears 2 you find Maria & Dom has nothing left beside his radish & Marcus
I don't think there is a bad Gears game. (Judgment is not a Gears game). People talk about the opening to The Last of Us as the most heartbreaking scene in a video game, but I say the scene with Dom and Maria is for me. Joel didn't have to shoot his daughter. Great acting as well.
what about Dom sacrificing himself in gears 3?
Gears 4,5 and likely 6 are all shit, well 4 is alright.
@@Mikechill5 Great scene but you kinda felt like that was going to happen at some point. Finding Maria like that was a gut punch.
@@Elnegro.. Your opinion.
@@SeriouslyTechStuff They are shit, on an objective level they're garbage. The storyline has many plot holes, the story makes zero sense, the lead character is an uninteresting obnoxious chick who has no leader experience what so ever and yet is directing people like Marcus makes zero sense.
You can enjoy shit games, just don't pass it off like it's a good game.
The Dom part always bringsa tear up my eye
I just want cliff to come back to gears of war man 😔
Also when there was that point when 30% of ppl were boosting in annex and would just walk around with smokes out
I really enjoy the gears series I've played the whole series in coop with my cousin except for gears 4. For some reason whenever we try to play gears 4 we can never stay in each other's game for longer then a few minutes before one of us gets disconnected. It only happens with gears 4 and none of the other games in the series.
This game is my everything 😐❤️
I just have a question how did you play the Maria cut scene with the music? Because every time I try to upload it on my channel, it would just get copyrighted. 😢
I fell off the gears franchise mainly because of the story that has shifted from the horrors of war to a disjointed story without emotional weight. However, I will always have a fondness for epic's gears games
Dude 100%. These are Gears grinding people down in the horror that is war. Not a journey of self discovery
You guys don't get it, it isn't about you. It's about Kate!
A South African warrior ? Nigga he's a indie
Gears of war 2 was special . Dark and bleak … not a lot of hope and the story adding in the processing they mention is done on humans from the locust … it seems they took a lot of WW1 and WW2 history and brutality of the nazis … it shows the darkness of war
It was such a well crafted game!
Rest in peace Dom!
I really felt some type of way when you had to split up from Baird and Cole 😭
Agreed, gears 3 was awesome, but to me, nothing will ever top the masterpiece to that is; Gears of War 2
Yesssss gears of war supremacy
Would it be possible for us to get on gears of war remake but whatever isn’t broken you must not touch
I'd love a Gears 2 remaster!
Would like to say Cliff Bleszinski and the rest of the Epic Games team can't figure out where to go after Gears 5, if you have seen the post on gaming news a few hours ago as I've posted this, anyway kind of want Gears Of War 2 & 3 on Steam as remasters with updated horde with Gears 5 fortifications plus you can choose and customise what Mini Boss enemies you want from wave 5, 15, 25, 35 & 45 also Main Big Bosses from each wave as 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 anyway I do like the story even if the story is set like a horror depressing & trauma of a type of game to describe as.
Cliff hasn't been involved since 3 unless I'm mistaken, and if he had been around I'd like to think the games would have been better, but that's just my opinion.
Epic games doesn’t even make gears games anymore
No new hope facility?
I think they ran a train on Ty ima just be real
2 is still the best Gears to this fuckin DAY yo. But, E-Day has the potential to change this. I hope it does, because that would mean its an even GREATER masterpiece.
Pls do gears 3
Still blows my mind that these are the same people working on Fortnite now
I agree with you on this. It’s insanely fun to play. The gears of war story is dumb as dirt but I will keep grinding through them regardless of the stupid reasons they give me to pick up a hammerburst! CLAY CARMINE 4 LYF!
To me it’s halo
Genuine question .. did you put many hours in GOW1? For me personally GOW2 was an overall disappointment, there were elements of the story that were good, but this is mainly coming from a multiplayer perspective. Day 1 the servers were wrecked for ages making the game unplayable On top of that the loss of horror and realism was a massive disappointment with the graphics and colour palette looking cartooney, with Cliffy B even stating they lost their identity as the series went on.
South island not african
31:42 all 5 games good? I mean gears 5 is worse then hunt down the freeman and security breach combined
My man needs better standards😞
I think you need to be a little less hyperbolic lmao
Shame about the multiplayer, it was dismal.
Too bad we'll likely never get a new gears of war game, instead we'll get gears of woke games.
11:20 the changing of the new brighter palette to the original dark gow.😭😭😭😭 Harding hitting scene in vgs period.
2 is the best gears of war game no doubt...... I hope they manage to get some of the magic back with gears 6
I say bring back old man Marcus as the protagonist, Kait and JD's story and character development have reached an unsatisfying plateau.
@@johnbishop2536 yeah we need marcus back Kate and that are OK but it ain't shit on the old storylines
The gaming mechanics and the environment being so dead and depressing just ruined it for me.
That's kinda the point of gears of war.
War is a nasty business, it's cruel and unusual and "it's far from over but today take pride and what you achieved."
Then you don't like Gears.
That’s the point man, destroyed beauty. It’s war.
About the mechanics, back in the day it used to be tolerable, but playing nowadays the movement feels weird because its slow
@@Salieri01 You're crazy man "movement slow"
The og gears trilogy aka the only one has way faster movement speed then gears 4 and 5.
Go replay them or watch comparison videos.
@@Elnegro.. I played all of them and I always go back to gears 2, you can’t tell me that movement isnt slower than gears 5