Finished Gears of War 2 last night. Have to say I enjoyed it more than the first one. Very well done game, very polished. If you are an action title fan, or love shooters, you would do well to pick it up.

Played it on standard difficulty, and never got the feeling that getting killed was anyone's fault but my own, even when blasted by a Torque Bow from far far away. There were a few sections that took more than a few tries, but getting through them felt like an accomplishment rather than a relief.

SPOILER - I rather enjoyed the final "battle", if you can call it that. It was a great feeling to be basically invincible after level after level of watching Marcus explode into little bits. You just take a casual stroll, firing machine guns here and rocket volleys there, swatting the flies that buzz around you. While lacking a final boss fight, it felt as if the game was rewarding you for surviving everything it had thrown at you previously.

As for that missing boss, we are now set up nicely for Gears 3. Expect a more interesting story next time around, and your chance to take out the all-too-human looking queen. And what was daddy saying after the credits rolled?