Gears of War 2 Walkthrough Hive Hornets Nest

September 12, 2016 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 7 minutes

This Gears of War 2 walkthrough is divided into 28 total pages.

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Hive Hornets Nest

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0448

Move forward. You will find a door you need to kick through.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0449

After that you will encounter a lot of locust you need to fight through.
There will be some above you.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0450

Followed by some more on the ground.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0451

Then there will be a sniper up above you need to take out.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0452

Along with a couple more grubs on ground level.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0453

Then there will be a couple more grubs that come down the nearby stairs. Take them out. Go up the stairs.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0454

There is a little room up here with a switch in it.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0455

When you flip the switch a couple flame thrower guys and a Theron will come charging at you.
Run over to the balcony overlooking the court yard and the stairs.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0456

You can take them out as they are climbing the stairs. Then go the way they came from.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0457

You will be facing a couple grubs along with a Bloodmount next. Take the Bloodmount out first. Those things can be nasty.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0458

Then take out the grubs and continue forward.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0459

There is a set of stairs that goes down to a dead end and a couple of grenades.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0460

Walk out in to the next section and pull the lever. It will raise some barricades for you.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0461

There are a ton of grubs across the way, with barricades of their own.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0462

Above them will be a grub running for a switch to lower your own barricades. Take him out before he can do that.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0463

A Reaver will land right in front of you. Take it down.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0464

Then start working on taking the grubs out. There's a bunch of them, so this will take a little while.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0465

When they are dead the doors that are behind the grubs barricades will open and a couple of grinders, the guys with the machine guns will come out.
I picked up one of the machine guns the grinders drop.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0466

In your next battle you will face a couple big guys with cleavers. I bet they would be tough if you weren't carrying one of the machine guns the grinders dropped.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0467

Take out the big guys first, and then start working on the rest of the grubs.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0468

There are a lot of grubs here.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0469

Along with a couple priests. There is lots of cover here as well. Jump from cover to cover as you move forward, taking grubs out.

When they are dead, move forward again.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0470

There will be a couple grubs above you here.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0471

One of them is a flame thrower guy, so take him out first if you can see him.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0472

There is a big guy with knife on your level that will come charging you, so watch out for him. Take him out when he gets to you, or when you've finished the guys up above you.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0473

Then move forward. There will be another big guy with a knife or hatchet that will charge you.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0474

There's also a couple grubs in your path. They are pretty easy to take down.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0475

When they are all dead continue onward. Pull the switch you come to. That will put up some barricades you can use for cover.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0476

There are a four or five grubs across the way. It's probably better to take them out from a distance because they carry shotguns.
I charged them. Anyways, take them out.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0477

Jack will deploy the beacon. I'm sure you have to defend this area until reinforcements arrive next.
Isn't that always the case?

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0478

Sure enough. You'll be facing some grubs along with some tickers. Take them out as you can.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0479

The tickers move damn fast, so shoot them asap. You will see a couple of Reavers buzzing over your head.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0480

Shoot them when you have the free time. Eventually one of them will land.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0481

Shoot it in the head to take it out. When it lands, don't get distracted by anything else, just take the Reaver down.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0482

After you take the first one down the second one will land. Take it out as well.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0483

When they are both dead a gate will open. There is a boomer behind the open gate.
Move forward and take him out. If you do not move forward, you will be hit by a bunch of rockets and die.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0484

Move through the gate that just opened. You will see a lever that will raise some barricades. Get behind the barricades that just popped up.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0485

There will be a bunch of grubs attacking you. Take them down.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0486

Move forward a bit and you will see another lever to pull. Pull it to give yourself some cover.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0487

Another group of grubs will attack you here. Take them down.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0488

When they are dead all the barricades will sink back in to the floor.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0489

Pull the switch to raise some of the barricades again. This place is really tough.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0490

I run back quite a ways to put some distance between me and the tickers and mortars.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0491

You will be facing two grinders here, along with a bunch of tickers. There is also a guy way in the back launching mortars at you.
Dom will go down almost right away in this one.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0492

So it's pretty much up to you. Once the tickers are dead move in and finish off the grinders.

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Gears of War 2 Walkthrough - Gears of-War-2 0493

When the grinders are gone, move forward and take out the guy calling in the mortars.

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