Gears of War 2

I've been unable to put the time I would like into writing about games lately, but I'm not going to do a whole post about my lack of time so I'll use what little I have to talk about a game I've been looking forward to for a long time and is hitting stores on friday: Gears of War 2.
I absolutely loved the first Gears of War. The gameplay was fresh and exciting, the graphics were simply astounding and it had the best co-op experience that I had played since Halo and Halo 2. I can't speak on behalf of Gears of War 2 yet because I haven't played it, so instead I'll leave that to the following video reviews (they both overflow a bit onto the right sidebar, my apologies):