i played it to death when i first got an xbox 360. looking back now, i don't know what i saw in it... well, it was the best game i'd ever played, but i kinda went from playing super mario bros and pokemon when i was little, to not playing video games for awhile, then i picked up gow and thought it was god basically.
but really, i've matured as a gamer. i played it a few weeks ago for the first time since i got cod4 (just popped it in 'cause i was really bored). and i thought it sucked.
unless my xbox 360 breaks before it comes out i'm sure i'll at least rent gow2... but i'm pretty sure it's going to be exactly like gow1.