I think one play through did it for me also. I have no desire to go back and try to beat it at a higher difficulty jsut to see the same story again. Unless something brilliantly different happens at the end at a different difficulty, count me out. Online is good but that was not the main reason I got hte game.

that is to short booo. I paid 64 dollars for only 10hrs and thats not even a speed run.

Okay I love this game but does that sound familiar. ive been running around lately saying these type of double standards people seem to be okay with now thats its a game they like and bought.

bottom line is 10hrs is great as long as it was a fun 10hrs.

I will be playing this coop. and 10hrs of fun is not going to deter me like some of you who cant seem to figure out your wearing the same shoe on a differnt foot.

But I went through R2 in about 12 hours so it isn't that far off. Although I didn't play through in one sitting it was still only a 12 hour single player campaign. Could it have been longer? Maybe a couple of hours but anything more would have made the game more of a chore. Think of things this way as well. 12 hours for R2 = $5 for an hour of solo play. 10 hours or gears = $6 for an hour of solo play. In any case it is still a good deal. Plus you have the online multiplayer which adds to the value of the game.

So who cares? I beat the game in one sitting.
It took me 7 1/2 hours.

Beat the game in two days, about 10 hours of game time on Hardcore playing co-op.

awesome fvcking game!!! best co-op experience to date

This is one reason I haven't picked up Gears 2 yet. $62 is too much when I can beat it the same day I purchase it (like I also did with Halo 2 and 3) and I couldn't stand the multiplayer in the first title. I hear the online is much better this time around though.

The campaign wasn't supposed to be very long. It is beatable in 6-8 hours if you're quick about it.

but that in no way cheapens the experience or whatever he's trying to say. My friend and I played 8 hours straight on coop hardcore, then rested for four hours and played for another 3. We finished that night by around 12. All in all, it took about 15 hours to beat it, and it was amazing. This guy must have played through on an easier difficulty or something, because I can't imagine playing through the game in under 10 hours, especially on my first playthrough.

I plan on playing many more times with different friends and on different difficulties, as there is so much more replay value in this campaign than the previous. Plus there is still Horde and multiplayer to check out, featuring bots and ghost cams.

I beat the CoD4 campaign on Christmas day(the day I received the game), and it probably only took me 8 hours, 10 tops. I spent many times that amount on multiplayer, though, and the campaign was still enjoyable. As long as it's fun and replayable, it doesn't matter that a game's campaign is only 10-15 hours long

A couple hours a night for me. you dont go to a nice restaurant and devour it in 10 minutes. I am just past the worm and I am really starting to get into it. Playing on hardcore is great the AI is pretty damn good with the exception of the odd locust being obviously def. Playing a year of MP on Gears 1 sure helps playing campaign on Gears2.

We're not in the 80's or 90's. Games cost what they cost, so get over it. The question here is are they worth it? YES, they are!!!
Games like Gears of War 1 and 2 are art. The storyline pulls you in to the game, your left speechless at the amazing graphics.
There is only one thing I can add..... Me and the wife went to dinner the other night, the tab for the 2 of us was $95 and it was over in about an hour. About the same time later I was crapping it out. So you tell me is Gears 2 worth $60 for 10 hours of gameplay, plus unlimited online.........damn skippy...

this is the DUMBEST thing you can do as a gamer, i repeat the DUMBEST thing you can do because it cheapens the experience 100%, games that i thought about playing months before they were released only to finish it within hours of buying it is so STUPID. I never finish a game in one day, hell not even a week, i take as long as possible because it makes the game that much more interesting to play and you get the full excitement from it, i still have yet to finish gta 4 yet i bought the game before every one of you one week before the release date, i still have yet to finish siren blood curse which i have had for two months, hell i still aint finished quantum of solace which i got a week ago and that gameplay lasts only 4 or 5 hours according to reviews. I cannot state how important it is to not finish games early, if you do this you DESERVE to be ripped off all your purchases in your entire life.

I find most shooters to be beatable in 1 sitdown.

CoD4, Resistance 2, Halo 3, Gears1, Gears2.

I tell you what tho when it comes to length the Tom Clancy games have it the best. R6V2, GRAW 1 and 2 takes a while.

CoD2 was lengthy also. I'll give it that.

If you want a game to last 20 plus hours you need to stop playing FPS most dont last too long. I thought everyone knew that.

The only long shooters that come out are Half Life and RPG style shooters like Bioshock, Mass Effect, and Fallout 3. Those clock in around 15 to 200hrs of gameplay. Gears of War was about 4hrs long, so Gears 2 being about 9hrs, plus significant improvement in graphics and twice as much content. Not to mention the game is much better over the first, they mix it up well in Gears 2. Yesterday I hooked up my older 360 and my new one up to my big screen, slapped in Gears and Gears 2, hit split screen... and my mouth hit the floor. I'm not a fan of the multiplayer, although horde is fun, my online preference is just different from Gears or even Halo.

About 10 is normal these days. Everyone whined about it a year ago, but its the norm now for shooters and adventure games.

Remember games have so much more actual contentin them now like art assets, AI, texures. Everything is bigger and takes more space and time to create. It doesn't mean gametime will be longer, it just means the game will be richer for it, with more detail or whatnot.

do you have a job? if you dont GET ONE

..unless it's an RPG or puzzle game. I remember beating Shinobi, Ninja Gaiden, Bionic Commando, Megaman, Super Mario 1, 2, 3, etc. Most of these, beaten in less than 10 hours. Nowadays, I can still beat the NES Megaman in 45 minutes. Games were not long back in the days, they just didn't have save points and you have to start from the beginning everytime you power up your system. A 10 hour game is fine as long as it's memorable.

yea it is short but what a good time it is

People should play on Hardcore and stop complaining about the length of the game. Of course it's gonna be quick if you play it on Casual. Enemies are dead after a few shots probably. Boring.

Play it on the harder difficulties, and learn some strategy about taking cover and conserving ammo.

I played it on Hardcore by myself on my first playthrough, and it took me a good bit of time...probably around 14 or so hours.

Gears isn't even somewhat of a challenge until you play it on insane.

This is why i love JRPG.

Even though I hate Loot Ninja, I will comment because I can.

Beating a game in one sitting is stupid IMHO. If you're going to do that, you might as well rent it. I like to play a few games at once, so I can switch stuff around and keep it interesting. Right now I'm playing Resistance 2, Fallout 3, Dead Space, I also have Gears 2, LBP, Far Cry 2, and Fable 2, not to mention MGS4.

I mean, if you want to sit for 8 hours straight and blast through Gears 2, be my guest, however I feel like I'm cheated if I can't play a game over the course of a week or two before completing it.

On normal but still a very short but fun ride.

The good thing about Gears 2's campaign is that once you have finished it you want to replay it right away on a harder difficulty.