More thoughts on Gears

I've been polishing my skills on Gears 2 in prep for the release of Gears of War: Reloaded, a remastering of the original. I'm rusty, but I'm picking up old tricks I learned when I was in college. I should mention the dialogue in the game. I rememeber a game review describing it as "gym locker writing." The guys in this game are ridiculously masculine. Like a Jason Statham movie, the dialouge is there to get info across in the shortest, funniest way possible. It's dumb fun talking. Several characters make the back and forth work. Baird, the smart, whiny, snarky characters, annoys everyone but keeps their tech going. Overly muscled Cole, whom people call "Cole Train" is a former Thrasherball player turned soldier. Even the sports in this world are ridiculous in testosterone. And then there's the Carmine family, one Carmine, A through C, dies in each time as an in game joke.

I'm halfway through the campaign and I'm picking up a few achievements here and there. It's a nice way to remind myself of the good days back when I was playing this game by myself. I didn't play the first game until I played it with my friend Eric years later. I wasn't missing much, the story is as dumb as they come. Burly men attack monsters underground. There's nothing more to it than that. 

I'm going to keep this one short since it's late and I want to play some more. I've got plans for tomorrow, though.

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