Gears of war - If you haven't bought it - don't.
At least if your a PC gamer. I picked it up a few days ago, and two hours here, two hours there, and two hours here, and it's done. That was literal. Six hours.
This game in criminally short. Especially for the ungodly sum of $50 they charge you to buy it. It felt more like an expansion than anything else.
Yes, it was a fun game, if you like the constant non-stop shoot-em up types. The cover system is awesome, though. The camera work in the game is superb, the graphics are great, and yet didn't tax my system at all. The sound was awesome and the combat was very different with the cover system. You will die if you don't use it.
However, the game just throws you right into the action. I had no fucking idea what was going on. I'm done the game and I still don't. There's no story unless you wait at the start-up screen for the intro movie to play, and even then all you get is that humans were mining some liquid on some planet, and all the sudden these creatures popped up and started waging a war. They don't explain who they are, why they did it, what the liquid is, why it's valuable or why the fuck you're in jail.
And for a game that take place in the future, you would think they would have had some sort of advancement in weapons and aviation. Rifles and shotguns still use regular ammo, and helicopters are still, well, helicopters.
In short, if you're used to non-stop action and love shooting something every five seconds, this is the game for you. If you aren't an XBOX owner, wait until this game comes out with it's sequel (there will be one) and buy/download both at once.
Oh, and for some reason every soldier in it is inexplicably jacked - they all have 85" biceps. I guess 'roids are standard issue in the future.
This game in criminally short. Especially for the ungodly sum of $50 they charge you to buy it. It felt more like an expansion than anything else.
Yes, it was a fun game, if you like the constant non-stop shoot-em up types. The cover system is awesome, though. The camera work in the game is superb, the graphics are great, and yet didn't tax my system at all. The sound was awesome and the combat was very different with the cover system. You will die if you don't use it.
However, the game just throws you right into the action. I had no fucking idea what was going on. I'm done the game and I still don't. There's no story unless you wait at the start-up screen for the intro movie to play, and even then all you get is that humans were mining some liquid on some planet, and all the sudden these creatures popped up and started waging a war. They don't explain who they are, why they did it, what the liquid is, why it's valuable or why the fuck you're in jail.
And for a game that take place in the future, you would think they would have had some sort of advancement in weapons and aviation. Rifles and shotguns still use regular ammo, and helicopters are still, well, helicopters.
In short, if you're used to non-stop action and love shooting something every five seconds, this is the game for you. If you aren't an XBOX owner, wait until this game comes out with it's sequel (there will be one) and buy/download both at once.
Oh, and for some reason every soldier in it is inexplicably jacked - they all have 85" biceps. I guess 'roids are standard issue in the future.
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dystopianfuturetodayI feel like I've read this story before. Deja Vu?
Farhad2000With higher production values comes astronomical development costs. Many of the next-gen games I played were all short, only Call of Duty 4 was ace, it was short but fullfilling nonetheless, but even then I felt cheated having finished the game in 2 sittings.
Gears of War am on the fence with, yes its nice in places but as you say no storyline whatsoever, meh weaponary, and frankly the graphics are really of the "Lets make everything look dark and gritty", I felt like I was in a depression after a while. Graphics hardly awed me in any way.
Right now all am looking forward to is Fallout 3.
Arsenault185Even if it is short, this game is criminally good. Perhaps the EST FPS I have even played. The cover system is even as good/fun as Time Crisis. I think the mystery of what the story is will be settled with the sequel and they did that on purpose. Its kinda like Kill bill.
Farhad2000Bleh I hate that it takes ~100 shots to kill anything.
MarineGunrockWell, I think they were going for the dark and gritty feeling, but I think they reached that goal and went a little too far. I also forgot to mention that it was the most linear game I've ever seen. Even Halo (my most hated videogame) had some open environments when it wasn't shoving you through identical hallways.
>> ^Farhad2000:
Bleh I hate that it takes ~100 shots to kill anything.
Yeah, that gets really annoying.
>> ^arsenault185:
Even if it is short, this game is criminally good. Perhaps the EST FPS I have even played. The cover system is even as good/fun as Time Crisis.
You've obviously never played Half life and Half Life2 .
Arsenault185^ No, I have not. Thankfully the Orange Box is here, but I just need to get it. But I think I want to wait for "Dark Sector."
gorgonheapAmen to Fallout 3. I've played the Fallout series up to this day.
cheesemooArsenault, you owe it to yourself to get the Orange Box. It's worth it if only for TF2 and Portal, but since you'll be hopping into HL2 and Ep1 and Ep2, um... just go buy it.
We've got a TF2 community going on at http://steamcommunity.com/groups/videosift
kingmob says...Gears of War you have to play with a friend co-op.
I can't imagine playing it another way.
but actually learning the game mechanics
and using the double taps for dives.
Slow pincher attacks.
Being the draw.
Use some voice chat program, and use the G key brings up the location of yer mates.
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