About the Gears of War Review.

[QUOTE="REVENGEotSITH"]I can't believe I read you entire post of nonsense.  If you can't see the brilliance of Gears and choose to pick it apart, then that's your discretion.  The action, the gameplay, the graphics, the environments, the one-liners, the characters, the level design, the enemies, the AI, the feeling like you are a bad-ass, the varied elements, Krill, Wretches, car sequence, above ground versus underground, the chainsaw - the freakin' chainsaw!, the torque bow, the Hammer of Freakin' Dawn, the Seeders, the Theron Guard (badasses), the emergence holes popping open around you, the awesome music, and THE BEST MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE.  If you fail to see all of this as pure gaming bliss, then go off and play a DS or something.  Man, you guys with trying to rip into Gears,  I just don't get it.  To each their own...squallff8_fan

I stopped reading @ "the feeling like you are a bad-ass" LMAO. did u really feel like a bad ass hiding behind rocks almost all the time? HAHAHAHA damn I swear for some guys that look bad ass, I never felt like I was a bad ass once in the game but felt more like if I dont duck and cover behind these rocks I am screwed, so its basically how the game was created, use the rocks to take cover or get owned. Anyways it was a good game but I didnt see nuttin new about it, Killswitch anybody? Till den game on. 

Chainsawing somebody is badass. Running around with super armour allowing you to take multiple hitsa from rocket launchers (cookie cutter fps) feels cheep.

gears is the most overrated game this gen easily. its boring and its like a 7 hour game.... its the hype that made it what it is.Simi42069Cali

So, because YOU dont like it, Jeff's review is wrong?hazbazz

[QUOTE="hazbazz"]So, because YOU dont like it, Jeff's review is wrong?Mudig

Gameplay: 9

Graphics: 10

Sound: 10

Value: 9

Tilt: 10

What do you not agree with? Remember the categories are weighted so nitpricking something like sound or value wont bring it down much. Fact is the gameplay, graphics and fun factor were amazing.

Um... Did we just do a time warp back to November 2006? Give it a break!

The game is worth its score. How else you explain all the awards it won and is still winning? Not to mention over 3 million copies sold... Now reported to be 4 million.

Cry all you want about a score... It isn't going to change it.

[QUOTE="Mudig"][QUOTE="hazbazz"]So, because YOU dont like it, Jeff's review is wrong?TOAO_Cyrus1

Gameplay: 9

Graphics: 10

Sound: 10

Value: 9

Tilt: 10

What do you not agree with? Remember the categories are weighted so nitpricking something like sound or value wont bring it down much. Fact is the gameplay, graphics and fun factor were amazing.

[QUOTE="TOAO_Cyrus1"]

[QUOTE="Mudig"][QUOTE="hazbazz"]So, because YOU dont like it, Jeff's review is wrong?Mudig

Gameplay: 9

Graphics: 10

Sound: 10

Value: 9

Tilt: 10

What do you not agree with? Remember the categories are weighted so nitpricking something like sound or value wont bring it down much. Fact is the gameplay, graphics and fun factor were amazing.

Quotes please. They loved the gameplay thats obvious, is the synopsis one of the pros was great soundtrack and killer sound effects. The graphics are a given and the amazing multiplayer(which he gushed about) keeps the value high.

O rly?....Gears of War, Oblivion, Viva Piñata, R6V are overrated....Resistance, Genji, Motorflop and VF5 are u nderrated:roll:xXMercenariOXx

I agree. Gears of War is crap and all the little Nintendo games are wonderful for my kiddy mind!redneckdouglas

WTF!? :lol:

[QUOTE="REVENGEotSITH"]I can't believe I read you entire post of nonsense. If you can't see the brilliance of Gears and choose to pick it apart, then that's your discretion. The action, the gameplay, the graphics, the environments, the one-liners, the characters, the level design, the enemies, the AI, the feeling like you are a bad-ass, the varied elements, Krill, Wretches, car sequence, above ground versus underground, the chainsaw - the freakin' chainsaw!, the torque bow, the Hammer of Freakin' Dawn, the Seeders, the Theron Guard (badasses), the emergence holes popping open around you, the awesome music, and THE BEST MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE. If you fail to see all of this as pure gaming bliss, then go off and play a DS or something. Man, you guys with trying to rip into Gears, I just don't get it. To each their own...Mudig

[QUOTE="Mudig"][QUOTE="REVENGEotSITH"]I can't believe I read you entire post of nonsense. If you can't see the brilliance of Gears and choose to pick it apart, then that's your discretion. The action, the gameplay, the graphics, the environments, the one-liners, the characters, the level design, the enemies, the AI, the feeling like you are a bad-ass, the varied elements, Krill, Wretches, car sequence, above ground versus underground, the chainsaw - the freakin' chainsaw!, the torque bow, the Hammer of Freakin' Dawn, the Seeders, the Theron Guard (badasses), the emergence holes popping open around you, the awesome music, and THE BEST MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE. If you fail to see all of this as pure gaming bliss, then go off and play a DS or something. Man, you guys with trying to rip into Gears, I just don't get it. To each their own...OGTiago

Not to mention a 94% average at gamerankings

[QUOTE="Mudig"][QUOTE="REVENGEotSITH"]I can't believe I read you entire post of nonsense. If you can't see the brilliance of Gears and choose to pick it apart, then that's your discretion. The action, the gameplay, the graphics, the environments, the one-liners, the characters, the level design, the enemies, the AI, the feeling like you are a bad-ass, the varied elements, Krill, Wretches, car sequence, above ground versus underground, the chainsaw - the freakin' chainsaw!, the torque bow, the Hammer of Freakin' Dawn, the Seeders, the Theron Guard (badasses), the emergence holes popping open around you, the awesome music, and THE BEST MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE. If you fail to see all of this as pure gaming bliss, then go off and play a DS or something. Man, you guys with trying to rip into Gears, I just don't get it. To each their own...OGTiago

The cover system and active reload are very new. The over the shoulder prospective in the context of a pure action game is new. It does a lot of new things.Suyomizzle_

[QUOTE="Suyomizzle_"]The cover system and active reload are very new. The over the shoulder prospective in the context of a pure action game is new. It does a lot of new things.Pangster007

[QUOTE="Suyomizzle_"]The cover system and active reload are very new. The over the shoulder prospective in the context of a pure action game is new. It does a lot of new things.Pangster007

The only similar game is kill.switch which sucked.

[QUOTE="Mudig"][QUOTE="REVENGEotSITH"]I can't believe I read you entire post of nonsense. If you can't see the brilliance of Gears and choose to pick it apart, then that's your discretion. The action, the gameplay, the graphics, the environments, the one-liners, the characters, the level design, the enemies, the AI, the feeling like you are a bad-ass, the varied elements, Krill, Wretches, car sequence, above ground versus underground, the chainsaw - the freakin' chainsaw!, the torque bow, the Hammer of Freakin' Dawn, the Seeders, the Theron Guard (badasses), the emergence holes popping open around you, the awesome music, and THE BEST MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE. If you fail to see all of this as pure gaming bliss, then go off and play a DS or something. Man, you guys with trying to rip into Gears, I just don't get it. To each their own...OGTiago

The TC had to use HL series as an example of something that's a better game, which in my opinion is a huge compliment since that series is the best franchise ever made in my humble opinion.cheezisgoooood

[QUOTE="tacomh"] yes it hasnt done anything new, but it did everything right.Matt747uk

I completely agree. If it was just GS praising the game, you might have a somewhat valid complaint, but Gears is getting awards from all over. Even the GDC gave it top honors.

yes it hasnt done anything new, but it did everything right.tacomh

Their reviews have been...off. For this gen that is. I am mainly focusing on the review for Gears of War. Now, we all know that Gamespot basically treats a 9.6 as if they are giving a perfect 10. It just doesn't happen, and if it does then it usually goes to games that actually deserve it. I played both Gears of War and Resistance thoroughly and I have to say that neither game deserves an AAA score. They are both generic except Resistance was well thought out and Gears just wasn't. If they are both generic and really aren't that great, then what makes Gears of War a 9.6? What makes it one of the greatest games of all time? Nothing, because it doesn't. Games like that don't get such high ratings from Gamespot.

I mean, Gears of War's review contradicts what they said about Zelda:TP. There is nothing new about it and it doesn't do that much to make itself unique. So what's with the 9.6? What did the game do for them to give it such a score? The Gamespot staff really can't answer that and I bet none of you can who agree with the score. I know, you are thinking wow another complainer about the scores, but it is more than that. It is the first time I do not agree with Gamespot about a game they gave 9.5+ . Usually I trust their judgment when they score it so high and I go buy the game and usually I agree...but this time I think they are waaay off. I only own a 360 but even I can admit that the game was nowhere near a 9.6. So is there another 360 owner who thinks the score was way too high or is it just me?Mudig

1: Gamespot treats a 9.6 as a 9.6. Using your logic.... I guess Metroid Prime is a 10.1. The whole "9.6 is a 10" notion is a ridiculous System Wars misconception. Your post's premise is flawed.

2: You're right, Resistance is not a 9.0+ worthy title. Even at Gamerankings it scored an 88%.

4: TP is basically Ocarina Redux. Don't get me wrong, I love TP and would've scored it differently but it did not do enough to distance itself from Ocarina..... from locations, art form, enemies, etc. etc. etc. Gears is far more original.... yes - it borrowed ideas from other games (Killswitch, etc) but none of them have done it like Gears has done it. This is not the case for TP.

3: The general consensus about Gears is that's it's a 9.0+ title. Even at GR it has a stunning 94%. Do you realize how many GOTY awards it received? You're clearly in the minority here.

Gears of War is probably the best game I played last year, and is mostly deserving of such a high score. People keep calling it generic, but really, what other game plays like it? It's style is entirely unique.

Their reviews have been...off. For this gen that is. I am mainly focusing on the review for Gears of War. Now, we all know that Gamespot basically treats a 9.6 as if they are giving a perfect 10. It just doesn't happen, and if it does then it usually goes to games that actually deserve it. I played both Gears of War and Resistance thoroughly and I have to say that neither game deserves an AAA score. They are both generic except Resistance was well thought out and Gears just wasn't. If they are both generic and really aren't that great, then what makes Gears of War a 9.6? What makes it one of the greatest games of all time? Nothing, because it doesn't. Games like that don't get such high ratings from Gamespot.

I mean, Gears of War's review contradicts what they said about Zelda:TP. There is nothing new about it and it doesn't do that much to make itself unique. So what's with the 9.6? What did the game do for them to give it such a score? The Gamespot staff really can't answer that and I bet none of you can who agree with the score. I know, you are thinking wow another complainer about the scores, but it is more than that. It is the first time I do not agree with Gamespot about a game they gave 9.5+ . Usually I trust their judgment when they score it so high and I go buy the game and usually I agree...but this time I think they are waaay off. I only own a 360 but even I can admit that the game was nowhere near a 9.6. So is there another 360 owner who thinks the score was way too high or is it just me?Mudig

off topic: I see you like Bremen

[QUOTE="REVENGEotSITH"]I can't believe I read you entire post of nonsense. If you can't see the brilliance of Gears and choose to pick it apart, then that's your discretion. The action, the gameplay, the graphics, the environments, the one-liners, the characters, the level design, the enemies, the AI, the feeling like you are a bad-ass, the varied elements, Krill, Wretches, car sequence, above ground versus underground, the chainsaw - the freakin' chainsaw!, the torque bow, the Hammer of Freakin' Dawn, the Seeders, the Theron Guard (badasses), the emergence holes popping open around you, the awesome music, and THE BEST MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE. If you fail to see all of this as pure gaming bliss, then go off and play a DS or something. Man, you guys with trying to rip into Gears, I just don't get it. To each their own...Mudig

I think the game was  great and so do a majority of people out there. Gears has been praised pretty much by every reviewer out there. If you dont like or think it is so mediocre go play something else. I hope to god you are not a PS3 owner or something talking about mediocre/lackluster games et cetera cause the PS3's line up of games define mediocre.

Well Gears made the tactical gameplay like taking cover and teamwork to a whole nother level. It made taking cover much faster and action packed, and also made it very cool as well. The game had many different gameplay moments and it wasn't just about shooting. Gears even changed the ways shooters worked by adding that reload mini game that adds some tactics to the game.

All the awards this game has received from people and not just GS is not a fluke. Gears of war is a good game no matter what minorities like you say. And that's that.

[QUOTE="REVENGEotSITH"]I can't believe I read you entire post of nonsense. If you can't see the brilliance of Gears and choose to pick it apart, then that's your discretion. The action, the gameplay, the graphics, the environments, the one-liners, the characters, the level design, the enemies, the AI, the feeling like you are a bad-ass, the varied elements, Krill, Wretches, car sequence, above ground versus underground, the chainsaw - the freakin' chainsaw!, the torque bow, the Hammer of Freakin' Dawn, the Seeders, the Theron Guard (badasses), the emergence holes popping open around you, the awesome music, and THE BEST MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE. If you fail to see all of this as pure gaming bliss, then go off and play a DS or something. Man, you guys with trying to rip into Gears, I just don't get it. To each their own...Mudig

 yes it hasnt done anything new, but it did everything right.tacomh

[QUOTE="REVENGEotSITH"]I can't believe I read you entire post of nonsense. If you can't see the brilliance of Gears and choose to pick it apart, then that's your discretion. The action, the gameplay, the graphics, the environments, the one-liners, the characters, the level design, the enemies, the AI, the feeling like you are a bad-ass, the varied elements, Krill, Wretches, car sequence, above ground versus underground, the chainsaw - the freakin' chainsaw!, the torque bow, the Hammer of Freakin' Dawn, the Seeders, the Theron Guard (badasses), the emergence holes popping open around you, the awesome music, and THE BEST MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE. If you fail to see all of this as pure gaming bliss, then go off and play a DS or something. Man, you guys with trying to rip into Gears, I just don't get it. To each their own...Mudig

[QUOTE="Mudig"][QUOTE="REVENGEotSITH"]I can't believe I read you entire post of nonsense. If you can't see the brilliance of Gears and choose to pick it apart, then that's your discretion. The action, the gameplay, the graphics, the environments, the one-liners, the characters, the level design, the enemies, the AI, the feeling like you are a bad-ass, the varied elements, Krill, Wretches, car sequence, above ground versus underground, the chainsaw - the freakin' chainsaw!, the torque bow, the Hammer of Freakin' Dawn, the Seeders, the Theron Guard (badasses), the emergence holes popping open around you, the awesome music, and THE BEST MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE. If you fail to see all of this as pure gaming bliss, then go off and play a DS or something. Man, you guys with trying to rip into Gears, I just don't get it. To each their own...kcpp2b

I can't believe I read you entire post of nonsense.  If you can't see the brilliance of Gears and choose to pick it apart, then that's your discretion.  The action, the gameplay, the graphics, the environments, the one-liners, the characters, the level design, the enemies, the AI, the feeling like you are a bad-ass, the varied elements, Krill, Wretches, car sequence, above ground versus underground, the chainsaw - the freakin' chainsaw!, the torque bow, the Hammer of Freakin' Dawn, the Seeders, the Theron Guard (badasses), the emergence holes popping open around you, the awesome music, and THE BEST MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE.  If you fail to see all of this as pure gaming bliss, then go off and play a DS or something.  Man, you guys with trying to rip into Gears,  I just don't get it.  To each their own...REVENGEotSITH

So he is simply not allowed to dislike it? I hate MGS.....does that mean my opinion is wrong? No. Its overhyped as far as im concerned, as is Gears, CoD, Medal of Honour, Splinter Cell and pretty much every game like that. But my opinion is valid. Why shouldnt he be allowed to question what the reviews say when there are indiscretions?

 Reviews are not the law or fact either, so why rely on them as though they are?

Gears of War is way overated. I wouldnt even call it a good game. Its a mediocre game with pretty graphics.WIIRUS