Though it has not yet been officially announced, I think it's pretty obvious that Cliffy B will announce Gears of War 3 at Jimmy Fallon tomorrow. And though that is great, I have some thoughts on what Epic should let us do in the third Gears. First of all, I should say Gears 1 & 2 are two of my all time favorite shooters, and even if number 3 would be just more of the same, it would still be great.

Weapons: The previous games had a great stack of weapons, but there was one gun I used for the majority of the games; the Lancer. With good damage, fire rate, range and ofcourse the chainsaw; using other weapons didn't seem to be as effective as your standard gun. I pretty much only used other weapons when I was low on ammo or if it was somehow advantageous to the situation (like using a sniper to take down enemies at long range). I hope they balance out the weapons so that each has its advantages on different enemies.

Locations: Gears 2 featured some cool locations, but they were all pretty brownish grey. It would be cool if Marcus and Dom visited some more exotic places like jungles or mountains. I don't know how it would fit into the story, but i'm sure they could think of something. I heard something about an underwater level, which would be cool as long as they aren't just putting it in as a gimmick, so it could go either way. I bet it will be a vehicle section, but still, they have managed to make some pretty sweet ones in the past.

Gameplay: Great gameplay was one of the things that made GoW such a memorable experience, and even though the cover sytem works perfectly well, it would have been nice if they improve the cover system to make for some smoother transitions between cover. I also would have enjoyed some more fluid movement. Marcus isn't exactly the most agile man in the world, and if Epic can make him move less like a tank and more like a prius, that would be great.

Story: Story was never the main focus, but Gears 2 did include more story than th first one. Still, I hope they take the storytelling to the next level and hire some (good) professional writers to flesh out the story . Not much to say about that really ... so I won't.

These are just my first thoughts on a game that might not even exist, but it probably does, and it will be AWESOME!