Truth telling time: Gears of War isn't very good.

[TVC15]

The controls are clunky and imprecise, the color palette makes Quake look vibrant, and the gameplay's is all about memorizing scripted sequences (ie which direction the Locusts will come from next).  The crappy aiming is reminiscent of Metroid Prime (holding down a shoulder button to free aim?  No thanks), and the one button cover mechanic always seems like its either too touchy or not responsive enough.  It rarely feels just right because areas are either covered in cover points (gee, guess where the next sripted wave will come from?), or not enough (I was holding the button to run through an area and I kept getting caught and covering on the sparse cover points - I think the game figured if I was holding down the button, I wanted to cover on the nearest thing, even if it were 5 feet away).  There is no AI to be spoken of.  Enemie pop and shoot at you for a few seconds then just do a zig zag rush.  Environmental interaction is zero.  Throwing grenades sucks shit.  This game sucks, and if it weren't getting hyped for the past year and a half, it would've gotten a 6, and 2 of those points would've been on the basis of it's coop and graphics.

The game. is. the. pits.

[FlameOfCallandor]

Good news for the wii?   

[TVC15]

Good news for the wii?   

Nah, at least the graphics here will keep people awestruck for an hour or so.

[Wobedraggled]

Multi can be fun, single is tedium.

[AdmiralViscen]

The controls are clunky and imprecise, the color palette makes Quake look vibrant, and the gameplay's is all about memorizing scripted sequences (ie which direction the Locusts will come from next).  The crappy aiming is reminiscent of Metroid Prime (holding down a shoulder button to free aim?  No thanks), and the one button cover mechanic always seems like its either too touchy or not responsive enough.  It rarely feels just right because areas are either covered in cover points (gee, guess where the next sripted wave will come from?), or not enough (I was holding the button to run through an area and I kept getting caught and covering on the sparse cover points - I think the game figured if I was holding down the button, I wanted to cover on the nearest thing, even if it were 5 feet away).  There is no AI to be spoken of.  Enemie pop and shoot at you for a few seconds then just do a zig zag rush.  Environmental interaction is zero.  Throwing grenades sucks shit.  This game sucks, and if it weren't getting hyped for the past year and a half, it would've gotten a 6, and 2 of those points would've been on the basis of it's coop and graphics.

The game. is. the. pits.

Controls are fine.

The sequence of Emergence Holes are randomized. I know this from replaying that first courtyard in Act 1. And once they climb out of a hole, they operate on their own AI tactics.

Aiming is fine, this isn't an FPS.

Learn to use cover properly.

I've never accidentally snagged on Cover when roadie running, learn to aim your character.

The enemies don't just duck and pop (but that's obviously important, it's the fucking basis of the game), they flank you, throw grenades with precision, press forward intelligently. Especially on Insane.

Grenades are fine, learn to use them. Especially blind throwing.


Did you play on Casual or Hardcore?

[MrAngryFace]

Looks kinda stop n pop boring with lame non-destructable environments.

I think there's been such a lack of good 360 games the past few months you will find owners making allowances for mediocre efforts to either validate their purchases or just prove to everyone the whole wide intarweb that they didnt fall for hype, its really 'that good'.

Whatever, I own a 360 and do nothing but stream media and watch dvds on it. At most ill pick up Viva Pinata cause that at least sounds fun. If I want rehash gameplay with a new coat of paint ill pick up a better effort on the PC lol.

[The Fake Shemp]

DAMAGE CONTROL

[AdmiralViscen]

Looks kinda stop n pop boring with lame non-destructable environments.

I think there's been such a lack of good 360 games the past few months you will find owners making allowances for mediocre efforts to either validate their purchases or just prove to everyone the whole wide intarweb that they didnt fall for hype, its really 'that good'.

Whatever, I own a 360 and do nothing but stream media and watch dvds on it. At most ill pick up Viva Pinata cause that at least sounds fun. If I want rehash gameplay with a new coat of paint ill pick up a better effort on the PC lol.

If they were destructable, you'd lose the 'cover playground' effect of the game. It'd be shit if a few grenades would turn a maze of cover into a big open field. It doesn't look super exciting in videos, but it's certainly an experience to be played.

I've only had a 360 for a month and a half, and I've been playing Chromehounds, Dead Rising, and Saint's Row nonstop. I don't need to buff up some random new game to justify my purchase, as I've been having a blast with it. Gears of War is fucking great. You don't get near-unanimous positive impressions from gamers and critics alike just to prove it's "that good."

What gameplay is Gears rehashing? Did you really play Winback that much?

[Third]

It's the best X360 game.

Not very hard to accomplish though.

[TVC15]

It's the best X360 game.

Not very hard to accomplish though.

Viva pinata disagrees.

[demi]

Cool, send it to me

[MrAngryFace]

I dunno buddy, Lost Planet at least SEMI-destructable environments and you can still use cover. Lame argument. Lost Planet > Gears of Bore

[The Fake Shemp]

GEARS OF BORE

[MrAngryFace]

Im getting viva pinata stat tho, that game sounds omg omg awesome.

[The Fake Shemp]

I am going to call my garden GEARS OF BORE

[MrAngryFace]

haha do it.

[Thee Reverend Gary Davis]

the shock!...It never looked fun to me.

[MrAngryFace]

We are united against GEARS OF BORE! VIVA PINATA!

[Mupepe]

I loved Gears of War.  I played it with 2 friends.  However, I imagine it would be a lot less exciting by myself.  So I'll find that out tomorrow when I finally open my own copy to play.

[MrAngryFace]

I think thats probably why I would hate it. All the people I would play would probably be college kids that ONLY play GoW and I get owned cause I dont practice lol.

[Thee Reverend Gary Davis]

I think thats probably why I would hate it. All the people I would play would probably be college kids that ONLY play GoW and I get owned cause I dont practice lol.

'lol N*****r noob' and so on.

[MrAngryFace]

Because games like Gears of War attract intellectual giants.

[The Fake Shemp]

Gears of War is the rubix cube of the new millennium.

[MrAngryFace]

BOOM HEADSHOT LOL bITCH I GOT U WITH CHAINSAW! DUM FAGGUT BITCH GO CRY TO YOUR MOM!

[CajoleJuice]

I think thats probably why I would hate it. All the people I would play would probably be college kids that ONLY play GoW and I get owned cause I dont practice lol.

I think this why I stopped playing Halo 2 online after a week or two.

But oh wait, the matchmaking system usually made the games pretty competitive...

Console FPSs just suck.

[Mupepe]

BOOM!  HEADSHOT!

I love that video  


It was a fun co-op experience.  I'll buy it for that if anything.

[Vizzys]

I highly disagree. First off, the controls are perfect. Second there is plenty of color in this game if you had played it more then a few hours.

Casual mode= dumbshit AI, you might as well not be playing.
Hardcore/Insane mode = Enemies will flank you, and running up to them will get you shot in the face.

Yes your squadmates can die often, but not permanently so its really no big deal. Plus if you want you can play lag free co-op online.

As for the weapons, I'd say they are all perfectly balanced. The grenades are my favorite weapon and hardly useless, if you suck at aiming them, you can also blind toss them (much better imo), or run up and stick someone with a grenade.
The chainsaw is soooo easy to avoid, as if you see someone running at you with it, shooting them will deter their revving up and make it so they have to rev up it again. You then take that oppurtunity to chainsaw THEM.

10/10
Sorry <3

[Vizzys]

<CootFF12> I played gears of war when it was unreal tournament lolz

Proof maf doesn't even know wtf he is talking about when it comes to this genre. Unreal Tournament is mostly a FPS not an over the shoulder third person shooter. Hes so jaded.

Apples to oranges really.

[Van Cruncheon]

I think he's talking about the overall experience, not the actual mechanics, honky.

[Vizzys]

Explain, so once you've played one shooting game you've played them all? Thats fucking stupid.

They are so different in every way its crazy. 

[Van Cruncheon]

No, but you might as well play a more polished, more diverse offering than a bungled up and limited one like GoW multiplayer.

[MrAngryFace]

Viz: Just for the record, your opinion is fucking stupid <3

[Vizzys]

Unreal tournament is way old by now and GOW is the new hotness. GOW is much better anyway. Overhyped? Maybe if you read message boards like GAF every fucking day, but this game delivers. I don't understand people who hates on game just because they were hyped a lot. Its worth the money, and possibly (haven't played Viva Pinata) the best game for xbox 360 and it deserves the mostly perfect scores it's been getting.

Take Whitemans review above, its obvious he doesn't know wtf hes talking about, and me and viscen put him in his place.

[Vizzys]

Viz: Just for the record, your opinion is fucking stupid <3

So is your's. See what I did there?  You can do better maf.

[Van Cruncheon]

your chances of putting TVC in his place are about as good as PhoenixDark getting head in the champagne room of the Four Seasons from Mariah Carey

[MrAngryFace]

NO! SO IS YOURS *rolleyes* <3.

I am an authority on games cause i Like a shitty 2d rpg rite <3

As for TVCs opinion, I trust it way more on games since I know him in person. This reduces the chance of him being AN INTERNET LIAR lol

[Vizzys]

But hes wrong on so many levels...wtf? Go ahead and believe his lies then.
I can see this is a useless battle.

[MrAngryFace]

I just 'put you in your place'.

am i rite? I win cause you gave up.

[TVC15]

Sorry.  Game is clunky and unfun!  It's passable as a coop game, but what game with competent network code doesn't make for good coop?

From a hype to quality ratio, this is basically Brute Force 2, though for whatever reasons (cliffyB cock), reviewers are being much kinder to it. 

[Vizzys]

I just 'put you in your place'.

am i rite? I win cause you gave up.

What I meant it whiteman was proven wrong with facts by two people who have obviously played the game more. Otherwise he would know what we know. Whiteman was busy playing viva pinata last I saw on xbox live, yesterday.

Either way, I respect his opinion on games, but he is wrong on this one.

[demi]

GIVE ME GEARS

[TVC15]

I just 'put you in your place'.

am i rite? I win cause you gave up.

What I meant it whiteman was proven wrong with facts by two people who have obviously played the game more. Otherwise he would know what we know. Whiteman was busy playing viva pinata last I saw on xbox live, yesterday.

Either way, I respect his opinion on games, but he is wrong on this one.

What was I proven wrong on?  I'll conceded the scripted and AI points since I've only played on default difficulty (and most everything DOES appear scripted there - I don't particularly like higher difficulty levels).  Everything else really can't be proven wrong.  It *is* a clunky game with clunky controls.  

Another complaint is that enemies take way too many hits to go down.  It's no fun taking down enemies  when it takes 20 rounds to bring them down.  Shooting them in the knees is fun,t hough.

Also, stop lying.  I didn't play VP at all yesterday.

Edit:  The ultimate sin is the Goldeneye/Metroid Prime-esque aiming system.  Is it 1998?

[Mupepe]

Shooting them in the legs and making them fall so that you can run up and curb stomp them make this game an A+ by itself.

[Vizzys]

How are the controls clunky, when I've never had a problem with them?  Pulling a trigger to bring out your gun and using the other one to fire is hard? Metroid Prime sucked at this because the gamecube controller is a piece of shit for shooting games. The GC controller has gay shoulder buttons.

The game has plenty of colors...what act are you on? I've seen every basic color but purple but I'm not quite finished with campaign yet. The locust holes are randomized not scripted like viscen said. I too have never caught on a wall while running. Although I imagine it's possible if someone moves you into the wall ala multi, but simply tapping A gets you out and back to running. I already went over the weapons you complained about in another post.

Also I didn't say "all day" I said it was the last game I saw you playing. Hell it might have been the day before, I was too busy enjoying GOW multi.

[TVC15]

Shooting them in the legs and making them fall so that you can run up and curb stomp them make this game an A+ by itself.

I really hate hate hate how dodes take a ton of shots to bring down.  I'd rather have their be more baddies that take fewer shots than the way it currently is.

[Phoenix Dark]

*yawn* White Man trying to act different again?

[G The Resurrected]

I dont think its the controls that are clunky but rather the animations. I noticed it first in singleplayer that the animations would stick and slowdown. I didnt know if it was from the game trying to figure out what i wanted to do or not. But everytime it stuck it'd do exactly not what i wanted it to do.

It also happens in multiplayer with the stickynade and most notably with the chainsaw. Its this small little bit of lag in the animations and weapon changes that break this game. It happens way too much online with people. And its bullshit.

A few other points that should be looked at in multiplayer. When you end a match i dont want to be sent back to the fucking main menu. And on ledges if someones underneath a ledge and someones above i should be able to fucking chainsaw that fucker from below or above. And when in ranked matches and someone drops another person from the other team should drop too.

But those are the only notable problems of the game besides the very short game length and non existant story. FUCK YOU Cliffy you tell us the games gonna have this great "SOUL" and "STORY" wtf was that shit dude there was no story. Just a lot of commentary between the freaking grunts

[Prost]

I'm not getting gears and never planned on it, so oh well

[rocketman]

Don't you girly men have more reviews to write on shitty games that 2 people in the world enjoy?

Fucking fegs. Gears of War is the shit.

[MrAngryFace]

I PICKED UP VIVA PINATA WOOOO!

[rocketman]

cigarillo.

[Mupepe]

Shooting them in the legs and making them fall so that you can run up and curb stomp them make this game an A+ by itself.

I really hate hate hate how dodes take a ton of shots to bring down.  I'd rather have their be more baddies that take fewer shots than the way it currently is.

I played on Hardcore and at times it was incredibly frustrating when you unload a whole clip into those assholes and they're still fucking standing.

Still the game gets a thumbs up from me just because of how much was going on, great production values and an awesome co-op system.

[Van Cruncheon]

VIVA

PINATA

i just made some birds fuck and sold their young to buy roofies

i wish i could beat seedos to death for being a dirty trespassing messican

[Eel O'Brian]

I like the subtle yet hamfisted junior high school debate team commentary on modern political situations in this game about shooting underground bug aliens

[brawndolicious]

I dunno buddy, Lost Planet at least SEMI-destructable environments and you can still use cover. Lame argument. Lost Planet > Gears of Bore

Lost Planet was pretty overhyped

Is this the type of game that you learn after an hour like Rainbow 6?

[The Fake Shemp]

Lost Planet isn't even out yet, stupid.

[brawndolicious]

Lost Planet isn't even out yet, stupid.

You could destroy cover in the demo.

[rocketman]

Lost Planet isn't even out yet, stupid.

You could destroy cover in the demo.

Do you have Gears of War yet, queer?!

[brawndolicious]

Do you have Gears of War yet, queer?!

Soon I hope, ordered it today.  No xbox live gold though.

[Eel O'Brian]

Tell you something else, too:  FUCK CHECKPOINTS.  I should be able to save my game wherever the hell I feel like saving it in the "next-gen.".  I've played this one spot over and over so many fucking times, almost reaching the end and then getting killed, that I just want to break my controller across the bridge of CliffyB's nose.