The Official Gears of War Thread

[Alucard79]

I've had the limited edition for a couple days now. The way it sounds, I guess I'm gonna have to open it up and actually play it.

[diskoboy]

Just beat it on Hardcore. Stays difficult throughout...

Only 16 of 49 Acievements, looks like there's room for more playing. I think about half of the achievements or for online play...

The music with the ending credits is a little questionable...I think Cole sings it.

Seems to leave room for a sequel; who woulda' thunk it?

Now let's see how insane insane is...



Later,
Trebuken

Just beat it too. Teriffic ending.

Yes... I defenitely smell a sequel. And I'm jumping the gun and going to try insane too, having just beat casual mode.

I just realized - the music for the main menu reminds me of Alien.

[Princess-Isabela]

I beat the game today, it seemed like it lasted for only a couple of hours, extremely short or maybe I was expecting much longer campaign, nevertheless - amazing experience.
theres no question about the sequel coming out.
already playing on insane difficulty, 2nd act so far.
awesome game!

[gepeto]

Just saw this article on Eurogamer and thought it might spark a few.


Alain Tascan, general manager for EA Montreal, has revealed that he thinks Xbox 360 title Gears of War has been overrated by reviewers - with one or two, ahem, notable exceptions.

Speaking in a panel discussion at the Montréal Games Summit, Tascan said, "What is Gears of War? I mean Gears of War brings nothing in terms of innovation to the shooter... Like, zero.

"Only two very brave UK-based journalists said, 'You know what, Gears of War is a great game but it's like what Quake was a few years ago.'" Any guesses as to who one of those might be?

"Why are people loving it so much? It's like added production value, incredible cutscenes and the best ever graphics ever. I'm sure it's going to be a great success, I can't wait to play it, but let's face that graphics are still number one," Tascan continued.

He then used the comparison of a nice looking girl you might see in a bar and go up and talk to, "And if she's smart enough, that's the gameplay.

"I'm not talking about my tastes, I'm just saying, when you go to metacritic and you see a 96 for Gears of War, then you read the critics saying, 'Okay, storyline - there's none, gameplay is not innovative...' Then I say, why did they give this 96? They were blown away by the high quality of the graphics... Myself, I prefer something more creative," Tascan concluded.

After the panel discussion was over, we grabbed Tascan to ask if he was indeed referring to Eurogamer's Gears of War review - and the answer was, "Absolutely, yes. You guys were one of the only people who had the guts to say it." So there you go.

You know, this is coming from EA, they know a thing or two about non-innovation. ;)

Maybe we should believe 'em.

I believe at some point along the way you have to give credit where credits due. Sounds to me like a panel full of haters. I believe these same people would never say anything like that about the halo series because gamers will know they are crazy. So pick on that cliffy b production.

What they failed to state is the facts that the gamers don't lie. If the game is a turd the gamers will tell. If a game was over hyped and failed to deliver(Killzone) the gamers will tell.

These same developers that are saying this are the same ones that have to produce and put out something nex gen and they don't have the talent or time.

When your on the top people will want to knock you off. Ea has no street cred. These are the same people that wanted gamers to belive madden 06 was the next great thing with an engine built from scracth:)

[swlovinist]

I hear that the game offline is short, how many hours?

Anyone want to comment on the multiplayer or online play?

It is good to see MS deliver on an A+ title. I just wonder if the offline game is too short. Either way, I plan to wait and pick it up down the road used. Looks like I will have a game to play on my 360.

[sickdrummer420]

fuckin wicked game so far. i think im a little more than halfway through it. I wish it would never end! Anyways, I also tried the multiplayer last night and was also very impressed. The only thing wrong with it so far is not enough maps for online play.

[snkryo]

Are the items in the colletors edition worth the extra $10?


Thanks.

[diskoboy]

Holy shit - they weren't kidding when they labled the hardest mode "Insane".

I can't even make it past the jails courtyard. And Dom dies virtually everytime we come under fire.

These insane achivements should be 50 each, as hard as they are.

[Alucard79]

Are the items in the colletors edition worth the extra $10?


Thanks.


A pretty cool tin case, a hardbound art book, and a bonus DVD

[Trebuken]

Holy shit - they weren't kidding when they labled the hardest mode "Insane".

I can't even make it past the jails courtyard. And Dom dies virtually everytime we come under fire.

These insane achivements should be 50 each, as hard as they are.

I haven't found it to be that much more difficult then hardcore yet. There are some guys I've played against online that have gotten amazingly good at the game already. Mastered headshots, chainsaw, and generally use cover better than I thought possible. Get into spectator mode and watch them, they got skills....

Later,
Trebuken

[Joker T]

Just finished the game on Casual going back through on Hard Core now

[business]

Are the items in the colletors edition worth the extra $10?


Thanks.


A pretty cool tin case, a hardbound art book, and a bonus DVD

The tin case and cover art is worth the extra $10 to me. ;)

[Alucard79]

Are the items in the colletors edition worth the extra $10?


Thanks.


A pretty cool tin case, a hardbound art book, and a bonus DVD

The tin case and cover art is worth the extra $10 to me. ;)

Thanks for finishing my sentence there. That's pretty well what I meant to say.