So today I go a friend's house and along with another friend there we play some Gears of War. Unlike most, I was never really anticipated GOW because I never really saw anything new or exciting in it. But today I got my chance to try it. This is my first time playing the game and we play for a good 5 hours straight. I had to leave early so we couldn't beat the 10 hour mark :P.

So right when I start playing I know how to play instantly. The learning curve is very easy as it took me only three minutes to become well acquainted with the controls. I was very impressed with how fast I could pick up and play. I played the first level co-op with one friend to get used to the controls and then all three of us went to multiplayer (we had two 360s).

Sadly the multiplayer only has 4 vs. 4 which is kind of a turn off for me since I prefer the epic 32 vs. 32 type battles on the PC. While playing I found that I suck pretty badly except... WHEN I REV UP THE CHAINSAW!! HOO-AH! The kills with the chainsaw were quite satisfying and I became quite good at taunting and killing with the chainsaw. I was also impressed with how depending on where you chainsaw a guy, the guy will be cut at the point of incision.The game did a great job of giving me an adrenaline rush and making me yell whenever there was a close encounter came and I came out victorious. Another thing I noticed was a limited map selection. There didn't seem to be all that many maps and all the maps that we played seemed to be kind of the same and boring format. Gridlock and some other one where a team was on top of a castle place and another team on the bottom were the only ones I really liked.

So in all the game seems interesting enough. If I review it I have a feeling that I won't be giving it a 9.6 though. It seems to concentrate on the action a bunch and there is a ton of gore...almost too much. I was planning to get this game anyways to play with my friends but I don't know when because I am a frugal spender. So until the next blog....goodbye

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[UPDATE - Greg K Leaving Gamespot] Well the next time came quite quickly as I have just learned that Grek Kassavin is leaving gamespot in pursuit of a game developer career. This is truly a sad momen in gamespot history. I personally enjoyed Greg's video reviews and liked the way he reviewed games. It is going to be hard to imagine what gamespot will be like without him. Its just soo sad :cry:...

here is his final blog..or maybe not final but still one of the last