Gears of War 2

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Release Date: November 7, 2008


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At the start of this chapter, Marcus urges Dom to split up and you're left in a relatively non-linear cavern. There are many ways to go, though follow these directions to mimic our path through the cavern. Turn around and climb a ladder to an upper level, then follow that path to the left. Just as Anya radios you, you'll reach a split in the path, with one route going left and over a bridge. Follow the bridge to the left and the path will curl left uphill.

You'll keep straight for a while before the cavern closes up a bit. You'll reach another split in the path—stay right and hug the right wall to find some vines that you can chew through with your chainsaw. Through the wall of vines, the cavern opens up again and you'll do battle with a horde of locusts that are, at present, fighting Carmine at the opposite end of the cavern.

Quickly take cover behind a short wall and start drilling the enemies from behind. Clear the area and then reunite with Carmine at the far end of the cavern to collect ammo and some grenades from in front of the broken grindlifts. You'll need a functional grindlift to chew a hole through the cavern wall. Marcus puts Jack the bot on repair duty just as emergence holes open up where you just finished killing enemies.

Turn toward the enemy advancement and run to the right side of a large wall that separates the plateau you're on from the locusts below. There's an emergence hole along the wall to the right and it's within range of a grenade. Drop a grenade into it to shut it up, then pick off any locusts that've come from it. Note that we encountered a bug that caused the e-hole to stay open even after we dropped grenades right into. This occurred twice out of the three times we played the section, so keep it mind.

After closing up the emergence hole on the right, go to the left side of the same wall you're hiding behind and try to thin out the locusts enough that you can step out and toss a Hail Mary grenade at the e-hole in the far left corner of the cavern. If you can't get to it, no worry—you can also just hold your ground and drill away at the enemies. Eventually, a handful of tickers will swarm you. Keep 'em away (or jump out of the way).

Just as you've cleared out the invasion, Jack finishes repairing the grindlift. You should stock up on ammo dropped by the locusts (definitely want a Hammerburst handy) before activating the grind lift to tear a hole in the cavern wall. Follow the grindlift as it clears a path for you. It'll open up to another large cavern and a checkpoint, leaving you and your crew on an upper walkway. Your posse tears down the hill to the left, but if you've got a Hammerburst you're better off staying where you are.

Instead of turning left down the hill, turn right to the edge of the upper walkway. Look below and you can spot a locust horde pushing left toward your crew. From this vantage point, take aim and zoom in on the locusts to pick 'em off from above. You're very safe where you are and should be able to fire relentlessly, only occasionally taking breaks to let your health regenerate. Watch for locust reinforcements that come through the tunnels to the right one and two at a time.

Eventually you'll have to watch for some tickers that come from the tunnels and take them down before they can explode your squad. After them, a pair of boomers slowly plods toward you. They'll launch mortar-like rockets at you, though you can easily dodge them. As a bonus, since they're aiming all their shots at you, your crew is left to drill the boomers with fire without getting blown up.

When you've cleared the area below, go ahead and regroup with your team, stocking up on ammo from the fallen enemies. You can even grab the Boomshots dropped by the boomers to add some punch to your arsenal. Look for a ramp that leads you into the left tunnel. Follow the tunnel into a dark cavern to hit another checkpoint.

Move through the darkness, following a trail of red-glowing plant life that marks the trail. As you further into the darkness, a pack of wretches bears down on you. Fire on them while they're at a distance, but once the wretches get close don't even think about trying to gun 'em down. Instead, focus on melee attacks to put them down and then continue down the path. There's another wall of vine that you can break through with melee attacks, though there's also a conveniently placed Lancer rifle on the ground if you prefer to saw through the problem.

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