Gears of War
Alright, who has been waiting for this? It's a 360 title, so I'm going to assume only a few in this forum. I'd been following it a little bit, but I didn't really start getting excited about it until Monday. I watched a few videos and saw some gameplay and just thought it looked like a lot of fun.
The game looks spectacular, and plays very well. Check it out at Gamespot.
Emergence Day is this Sunday. There will be LIVE tournaments, free downloads, and a lot of giveaways.
Anyway, let's hear it. Good comments; bad comments. Let 'em fly!
The game looks spectacular, and plays very well. Check it out at Gamespot.
Emergence Day is this Sunday. There will be LIVE tournaments, free downloads, and a lot of giveaways.
Anyway, let's hear it. Good comments; bad comments. Let 'em fly!
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Definitely considering it since my 360 has currently been relegated to paperweight/DVD player since I've only played two games on the darn thing. Looks pretty good though.
Speaking of which, the load times are actually really decent for the level of detail in the game. I'm impressed.
One thing that bothered me at first was the gear symbol that appeared in the middle of the screen to show your level of damage. At first it felt like it got in the way. Now that I'm used to it, it's actually a good place to put it. It would be difficult to take your eyes off the action for even a small amount of time to check your health. You're constantly going.
The active reload system is a small but very cool addition. When you hit the right bumper to reload, a bar runs along the top right showing how long it takes to reload. There's a small white area toward the beginning of the line. If you click the bumper again in that area, you'll instantly reload your weapon and get a damage boost to the next few rounds based upon how accurately you hit the area.
This game is definitely not "just run in and mow-down everything you see!" You have to use the cover, and they do a great job with it. Most cover maneuvers are activated with just the 'A' button. You want to put your back against that wall? Get close to it and hit 'A.' Want to dive out of cover to the left, press left on the thumb stick and hit 'A.' Move from cover to cover? You get the idea.
If you try to just fight without using cover, you'll be taken down in a matter of seconds. Trust me, I tried. Hah. There's a little bit of strategy involved too. You have to determine who to take out first and what path you want to take to get there. There have been a couple sections that I had to reload from checkpoint more than 7 times. I'm playing on the easiest difficulty, by the way.
There's a lot more I could touch on, but I'll leave you with that. If you have a 360, at least rent this game. I'd say it's well worth the purchase though. I can't wait to try the multiplayer.
And as for options, I noticed everything you spoke up. Co-op is probably one of the coolest features any game could have, in my opinion. It's fun to play deathmatch against your buddies. But it's more fun to strategize with them.
I played online today as well too. The rounds go really quickly, but it was enjoyable.
Good game.
As with you, the cog in the centre got annoying, but once you've got used to it its great because you can see how much damage and from which direction its coming from.
I really like this game, definately gonna keep it until i've done it on hardcore and insane.