Why I buy this one ?
- Gears of War's engaging, cinematic story plays out like a Hollywood blockbuster
- Unreal Engine 3 technology brings out the smallest details in the largest of battles
- To survive you must suppress your enemy, take cover, and use weapons and teammates to outlast the Locust Horde
- Xbox Live gameplay offers individualized matchmaking, player statistics, customized games, and more
- A.I. teammates are indiscernible from human players in this third-person shooter

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"A few bullets short of perfect", I think like most people, the idea of putting money down on an Xbox 360 knowing its failure rate, overheating and Microsoft's tendency to sometimes lose orders or take longer than necessary makes a purchase of the system a paranoid one since you're constantly going "I hope this isn't the day/game that bricks it". However, those that are interested in the system always looked at the one game that looked like a must-have: that of Gears of War. Developed by Epic Games who work on the Unreal Tournament games, this became one of those great action movies that offered an intense experience through its many firefights and seemed to replace its blood with testosterone. Only some big nitpicks make this game less than completely perfect but I have to say, I have a blast with this one.

Story: On the planet Sera, the inhabitants have been terrorized by an alien race known as the Locust Horde who suddenly popped out of the ground on Emergence Day ("E-Day") and are gradually reducing the number of the survivors. While fighting through a prison, Dom Santiago rescues his friend and your main guy, Marcus Fenix, and it's up to you to make it through dangerous cities and areas to hopefully nail a crippling blow to the Locust Horde.

Graphics: This is really a cosmetic nitpick than anything but I never liked the blood in games that uses the Unreal Engine like Uncharted since it was seemed more mass-like and gooey than a liquid but in a game like this, it seems to go hand-in-hand. But one can't deny the graphical power of the engine and from the extremely detailed character animation, scale of the firefights and architecture make this a showcase for what the 360 can bring to the table. Really small nags are the occasional texture problem and slight framerate but they're usually never an issue or distracting enough to cause frustration.

Sound/Music: The movie 300 was something that I tried several times to get into but I never could and one theory was that it was basically a movie for the frat boys who'll cheer at the violent parts and revel in the weird use of heavy metal music yet it has quote-unquote "depth" that made it different than most action movies. Not. Gears of War on the other hand knows it's basically a dumb summer blockbuster movie and just rolls with it from the line readings and one-liner dialogue. It's not meant to elicit tears but it's not eye-rolling either. The music however is fantastic from the creeping sound design to the big bombastic moments during firefights, this is one to have a stereo on.

Gameplay: Whereas shooters like Call of Duty or Halo are all about strafing a little bit from a wall or cover just enough to nail the enemy, Gears of War is all about taking cover. From columns to big blocks of stone, doorways, ruined cars etc, just press A and your character slams his side and is able to avoid enemy fire. Pressing the LT lets you take aim and RT to fire or pressing RT is just covering fire, inaccurate but helpful for nailing charging Locusts without wanting to pop up. Carrying up to 4 weapons at a time, we have the Hammer of Dawn, a laser-targeting system where a satellite will beam huge rays onto the area and all but vaporizing the enemy to standard pistols and shotgun. The highlight of course is the Lancer, which is basically a normal assault rifle only it has a chainsaw for a bayonet. Just hold the B, get closer to an enemy and press RT and we have the perfect dissecting machine. While sometimes it didn't rev up or trying to actually getting it to activate, it's still an immensely satisfying kill.

The big problem with the game is the AI and not the enemies who'll flank, throw grenades and do whatever it takes till you're lifeless on the ground. The AI problems come from your teammates since they are, to borrow a Yahtzee phrase, "pants-on-head retarded". They'll openly go out of cover for seemingly no apparent reason other than wanting to get closer and they'll end up crying for help to be revived which you do by pressing X near the body. It happens with such frequency that I even saved one guy only to literally need help 4 seconds later when he got out of cover instead of just staying put. While co-op in most games is more fun, here it's more beneficial you go through it co-op since the players will be smarter than the game itself.

And to be perfectly honest, that whole magnetic wall thing of characters doing a "roadie run", a documentary-like view of your character football-sprinting through the level, only to be sucked into cover when you didn't want to and I have to say I haven't experienced this once yet. Either I don't run enough or I just never noticed but I will say sometimes characters don't take cover so much as they keep rolling in front of the car instead of taking that much needed slam against the stone. At least thankfully we have "active reload", where during reload a bar will slide underneath the display with a large portion greyed out and one whited out with the rest being dark. Get it in the grey and it's a faster reload, white same thing but extra damage to bullets whereas the rest causes a fumble and he acts like Solid Snake or a Call of Duty player doing one of those painfully long reloads on certain guns.

The game isn't that long though given its repetitive "stop-and-pop" gameplay, as Epic calls it, it prevents the game from being too long and just being more acts and chapters for the sake of it. With multiplayer drawing big crowds, co-op, the achievements as well as COG tags hidden in levels for collectibles, this one'll keep you busy...that is if you haven't bought the sequel yet.

"simply amazing", i got this game for my birthday and i haven't gone a a day since without playing it. it is so much fun, the online multi-player, the campaign, and especially the two player on-line co-op. it's a little too easy on casual but it's still a lot of fun. anyone who owns an xbox 360 should buy this game.

"Adrenaline-fueled, Hollywood-style shooter!", I recently bought an Xbox 360 (yes, I'm late to the party). I've been hearing nothing except how great Gears of War is, and with a sequel coming out in less than a month, I decided to give it a try. Simply stated, the game was beyond my expectations.

Make no mistake, this is the gaming equivalent of a summer blockbuster popcorn flick. The story about a war against the Locust Horde was brilliantly told. When I first started the game, I couldn't put it down for hours. Solid story, very solid voice-acting, and a surprisingly great Star Wars-like musical score all add some much-needed substance to the shooter genre.

As far as gameplay goes, this game is top-notch. The controls are super fluid and easy to grasp. The difficulty is wonderfully challenging...even on "casual" mode. Also, this game features the best use of non-playable characters I've ever seen. The NPC's not only provide depth to the game, but they actually do help you! When they're injured, you actually feel compelled to help.

In fact, the only shortcoming I found was the graphics. While they're definitely not bad, they're also not great. I've never been a fan of Unreal Engine 3 (which Epic created and a huge majority of Xbox games use). The shadows look somewhat hokey and the edges are strikingly messy. It's a shame they couldn't refine it more. BioShock uses the same engine and they managed to make it look incredible. Gears of War 2 (which I will DEFINITELY buy) is said to use an upgraded version of the Unreal Engine, so I'm really looking forward to seeing how it looks.

All this aside, Gears of War is the game that no Xbox 360 library should be without (provided you're old enough, that is!). It's more of a killer app than Halo 3 by far.

"Sweet, sweet carnage", I continue to catch up on reviewing the games I've played over the last year or so (been too lazy to post reviews). In prep for Gear 2, I finally picked this one up and played it. There is SO much info on the game that I'll not bother you with details you already know, I'll just say that I thought this game rocked pretty hard. It wasn't a perfect 5, but damn was it close. Some say it's over rated, but I don't think so. Considering when it came out it was top of the line as far as graphics and gameplay go. The story was pretty shallow and thus the 4 score, but I still highly recommend this one for shooter fans.

"Possibly the greatest video game ever made", I remembered getting final fantasy 7 for playstation because of the hype. it took me weeks to finish it and when i did i didn't really want to play it again. that was like 10 or 12 years ago. I really didn't like the looks of the cover of gears of war. i thought it was too cartony looking; oh boy was i shocked. I start off by saying this game is very graphic. if you thinking about going into the service i recommend that you get this game. play online and really see how you fair with others. this game is a strategic, highly detailed game. it is also subliminal. I have over 50 xbox 360 games but i always seem to go back and play gears of war online. ie, I just got grand theft auto iv. played it for a couple of hours. even got the cheat codes for some of the cars but i go right back to gears and look for that head shot with my sniper. put it like this grand theft auto got a rating of 10 and i think it was because of paying off certain reviews. gears of war - no advertisment (such as Halo 3) easy gets a 12. this game is 2 years old however gamers still play it online - amazing for a video game that is 2 years old and with such a big market.

The greatest game ever made

hands down

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"Exciting", Love this game. I actually dont play it, my husband does. But i find that this is a game that is not only fun to play(my husband is addicted) it is also fun to watch. Its like an interactive movie. You never get bored. So wives looking for a gift for your husbands, this is a good one.

"Great action filled TPS!", I had lots of fun playing this game. If you think about it, the game is repetitive: Enemies spawn, you kill them and move on to the next location, rinse and repeat. But the action is so great, and the control is so tight that you dont want to stop doing the same thing over and over again. Best TPS I've played, better than Uncharted.

"Gears of War", This game has got to be quite simply one of the best games for the Xbox 360. I cannot wait until Gears 2 comes out :)

"One of The Best", I think this is one of the best games out for this system. Story is top notch and shooting under cover in 3rd person is unique experience for this 1st person shooter lover. The graphics on this game even though the game is old now are still great eye candy. I have owned this game seance it first came out and still play it. I don't much care for the online so I cant say anything about that but the single player is worth the look for xbox360 owners. A must have for shooting game lovers that like to chainsaw others!!

"Gears of War - Great game, outstanding graphics and play", A must have for any gamer!! Although it's third person, it is still an outstanding game and story-line. It has a help function to get you started that can easily be turned off. Certain games are must haves for any console and this is definitely one of them!!