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The multiplayer portion offers fifteen maps (including remakes of existing ones). In the regular campaign mode, the simple controls to guide AI team mates have been removed entirely. Next to single-player, there is a cooperative campaign mode (split-screen or online) and each player can set a different difficulty level (based on health and damage). Covers can now be deformed, but not taken away completely. There are three types of covers that can be planted at difficult sections to provide extra spots next to the regular scenery. Entirely new to the game is mobile cover. grenades that can be turned into proximity mines) and the ability to use enemies as meat shields. The gameplay is still focused on the cover system, with the addition of new finisher moves, active reload benefits, new weapons (e.g. The Reaver riding level for instance has on-rail shooter gameplay.
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During a few sequences there is also vehicular combat. The game's campaign mode takes the player through five acts with large-scale battles in different environments such as ruined cities, but also locations where ice or water is prominently present. One of the stories further explored is Dominic Santiago's search for his lost wife Maria. Again, there are branching paths in certain levels. There is a larger focus on the story, picking up on new threads and continuing old ones, with more attention to the history of the Locust and emotional encounters. Many known faces return to the game, as well as a cast of new support characters. When Jacinto, the impenetrable safe haven for mankind, appears to await the same fate, the COG Delta Squad with protagonist Marcus Fenix has to go underground to launch a counter-offensive against the Locust who are behind the disappearances. After a while, giant holes suddenly appear that absorb entire cities at once. The explosion also affected the environment however, and a disease called rustlung threatens mankind. The game follows up six months after the events of the first game, when the detonation of the Lightmass Bomb managed to destroy most of the invading Locust army. Not an American user? Description Gears of War 2, the sequel to Gears of War, is a tactical third-person launched exclusively for the Xbox 360 as a spear point for the console's push into 2008's end-of-the-year holiday season.