Gears of War is like nothing you have seen, heard, or played. It will blow your mind away!

User Rating: 9.6 | Gears of War X360
By xfan-atic | Review Date:
As soon as the Xbox 360 was announced, so was Gears of War. The world saw the quality bar that Epic was aiming at, and expectation was huge. November 2006 came, an so did Emergance Day ( he most important day for the Xbox 360 in 2006), and million of people where not only met their expectations, but where blown away. You play as Marcus Fenix, a COG soldier who is fighting a covenant of underground alien species know as Locust. The fight is pretty much for control of imultion, the now days black oil. In the beginning you get to know a guy named Dominic Santiago, who seems to be Marcus best friend throughout the game. Sure, he is not the only guy you’ll met, but probably the most importat one besides you. Gameplay wise Gears of War owns. Innovation everywhere. From reloading to hiding, this game redefines how Third Person Shooters must be developed. One of the greatest innovations is the active reload everyone knows and loves. Which basicly consist in a timer kinda reload, where you have to hit again at a determined spot to gain a strenght boost in your bullets. Also, a big jump this game made was the covering system. With A, you do everything. But I mean it, EVERYTHING. Hold A to sprint. Hold A near a wall to hide behind it. Hit A while choosing a direction with your joystick to select how you want to get out of that cover. Press A and a direction to roll. Sounds complicated, but in reality, it’s the easiest covering system ever…

Weapons are cool, I really don’t want to describe them because I don’t want to ruin you the game, but I will say you gaet to chainsaw people, a lot… Oh, and the Shotgun is one badass…

On the Graphics department Gears of War, well, you have seen the screenshots right? I believe it is the best looking game ever. Bar None. Excellent shaer effects. Nice textures. Bump mappong everywhere. And guss what? Supper short loading times! Character desing is awesome too. If you have a HD TV, sometimes you will just stop playing just to see how great the character models are. I mean it. Environments are superb too, but in some rare occations you get ugly textures. (When you get the game look the textures used for the doors)

Sound effects are top notch. The chainsaw bayonet sound will make you go nuts (specially if someone does it behind you). Music helps create a cinematic experience, and though is doesn’t last long (you will be hearing the same songs over and over again) its very well done.

Xbox Live support is supperb. Playing against other players is a fun as it sounds. And besides the clancy games and Halo in CTF, this is the first time I really used the Headset. The are flaws though. You have only 12 maps, 3 game types, room for only 8 people, host shotgun (you will see, you will see) and there are no features what so ever. As you play you are going to realize ho much could this game have learned from Halo multiplayer wise. I recommend this game to anyone. I mean it. You must own it if you have an Xbox 360. Hell! If you don’t have an Xbox 360 go and pick one right now! You are missing one of the best experiences in a long time…

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