Gears of War 2: Chainsaw Battles

I never thought I'd be posting the "Gears of War 2" trailer again so soon, but looks like I have to, since I learned something new and cool about the game.

Those of you who have watched it already know that about halfway through, the two overmuscled 'roid poppers on-screen put their chainsaw guns together and start pushing back and forth. I was talking to two people last night who are close enough to the development team at Epic to know and they confirmed for me that this will be a mechanic in the game: When somebody tries to chainsaw you, there will be a way to push back with your own chainsaw gun and potentially fend them off or, possibly, end up chopping them into a bloody pile of flesh chunks.

I can't imagine Jack Thompson will be thrilled, but I'm already psyched. Here's the trailer again for those who haven't seen it:

Comments

[prodigy]

i loved the first gears of war and now i cant wait to chainsaw other retarded players online

[Williams]

Wow! Great video game.....!

[Mark]

Yeah, the melee mechanic in GOW wasn't that fun. Come to think of it, the entire multiplayer wasn't that fun.

[Luigi]

This is probably to address that problem people had with the chainsaw bayonet in multiplayer. It seemed that when two people revved up the chainsaw at the same time, or when two people charge at each other who had them revved beforehand, the game would decide at random who the victor was.