I loved it! Over the shoulder, beautiful and action packed!
User Rating: 9 | Gears of War PC
I hadn't played this game, but had heard so much about it, so I decided to give it a go now that Gears of War 2 is coming soon. It took me about three deaths to get used to the over the shoulder/use of cover aspect of the game, but I love it! One of the problems with FPS, that separate them from reality, is the lack of sense perception other than basic visual and aural presentation. Being an avid paintball player, I know first hand that when you're in the center of a fight, you have much more awareness than in a video game. I'm always interested to see how the newer games deal with this, because so many didn't and some still don't. The over the shoulder use of cover is a decent way of providing this, while you can see things coming, in one direction, often times in GoW you need to be concerned with several different directions. Blind firing is something that's pretty much impossible in most other first person shooters, so I also enjoyed that ability! I also LOVED the graphics, just awesome. My rig can't run it on high, but medium was still pretty sweet. The one thing that disappointed me, as it did with most others was the length and scope of the game. While I didn't beat the game as fast as some have, it was still much shorter than I would have liked. I would also have appreciated a few more weapon types, or even different grenade types. The variation of opponents also sort of lacked, as I think I can count the different type of opponents on my toes... if you include weapon type, that may bump it up a little, but I still like more variation. Those reasons are why I didn't give this game a 10. Otherwise, this game ROCKS!!!
I loved the grit, humor, and blood splattered everywhere, and can't wait till GoW2! 
