Xbox 360 - GOW and COD 3

[MizzouRah]

Damn... where am I going to get all this $$$$???

GOW is getting excellent reviews - the highest score IGN has given for a 360 to date and most are saying it the BEST looking game next gen, period. I want it!!

COD 3 - I love this series and this one is no different, wanting this one to. :)

[Coop]

Have you seen videos for it? It looks unbelievable, i cant wait to play it.

[spleen1015]

With some reviews saying the solo campaign is roughly 10-15 hours, I don't think I can invest in GOW.

[MizzouRah]

Have you seen videos for it? It looks unbelievable, i cant wait to play it.

Yes!

My buddy at Gamestop just called me and said, "I have GOW in hand, stop by on your way home if you want it." -evil laugh follows

Bastard!!! :mad:

[MizzouRah]

With some reviews saying the solo campaign is roughly 10-15 hours, I don't think I can invest in GOW.

If I play it through.. I'll sell it on ebay.... of course that's if I pick it up today. :D

I've also read that on the "insane" level, it takes 3X as long to complete the game.

[Raiders Army]

I'm not into FPS...however, I might take a look at it later on. Buying a PS3 is going to set me back a little.

[sabotai]

I'm pretty sure Gears of War is a third person shooter (but that's kind of a semantic arguement. I've played both and they play pretty much the same way, just with 3rd-person shooter, you can see more)

Anyway, Gears of War looks so good, I'll force myself to learn how to play a FPS (3rd-person...) on a console.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

I'm not into FPS...however, I might take a look at it later on. Buying a PS3 is going to set me back a little.

Same here, though I may consider picking up COD3 for the PS3. I'll have to head to a friend's house to play Gears of War.

[Kodos]

Just finished COD2. Great game.

Leaning toward COD3 over GOW. But honestly, I'm enjoying RE4 on PS2 right now, so I may hold off for a while.

[dervack]

I'm getting COD 3 tomorrow, and picking up Gears of War next week. Been looking forward to playing these games. Then the following week is Rainbow Six Vegas and College Hoops 2K7.

[Eaglesfan27]

Gears of War got one of the highest scores Gamespot has given out in over 2 years with the exception of Oblivion which tied it:

9.6
superb

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Gears of War is an outstanding technical achievement, but in addition to looking and sounding amazing, it's a seriously awesome action game.

The Good: Stellar graphics reset the bar for what consoles can do visually; great soundtrack and killer sound effects; satisfying gameplay in single-player mode; very addictive online play; best use of a chainsaw in any game, ever.

The Bad: Story could have been a bit more fleshed out; difficulty could have used some slight tuning.


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Sounds good, but I have too many new games now. I'll probably pick this up in a month or two after I've beat some of my other recent purchases.

[Groundhog]

No idea when COD3 and GOW are released over here, but already NBA 2K7 has taken all my gaming time, and I'm still only 15 or so hours in to Oblivion. I want to at least finish Oblivion before I go out and grab another game.

[dervack]

No idea when COD3 and GOW are released over here, but already NBA 2K7 has taken all my gaming time, and I'm still only 15 or so hours in to Oblivion. I want to at least finish Oblivion before I go out and grab another game.
Yeah I picked up Splinter Cell couple of weeks ago, but haven't opened it because of NBA 2K7, Madden 2007 and NCAA 2007. It's a bad month for me.

[dervack]

Nov 24th for GOW in AU.

[kingnebwsu]

Gears of War is awesome-tacular. I played one level of the co-op and then played versus multiplayer for almost three hours. It's very well done and it's the first third-person shooter that has actually *felt* right as a third-person shooter.

Anyone with a 360 and Live should pick this game up ASAP.

[Kodos]

Picked up Guitar Hero II last night because COD3 wasn't out until today. :)

[CraigSca]

I pre-ordered COD3 and was told it's going to be in today, but I think I'm going to cancel it. I've been playing my XBOX360 less and less (just like I did with my PS2) and I'm now in "must save all money for Christmas" mode. Plus, this'll give me time to wait for a review.

[Mustang]

For some reason, I'm having some struggles adjusting to the controls in GOW. For some reason, when you move forward on the joystick you don't move forward, you actually drift to the right. So, to move in a straight line, I have to angle the joystick to around the 11 o'clock position.

This just me?

[MizzouRah]

I pre-ordered COD3 and was told it's going to be in today, but I think I'm going to cancel it. I've been playing my XBOX360 less and less (just like I did with my PS2) and I'm now in "must save all money for Christmas" mode. Plus, this'll give me time to wait for a review.

Here's my Christmas list thus far:

1. GOW (360)
2. COD 3 (360)
3. Guitar Hero II (ps2)
4. College Hoops 2k7 (360)

[spleen1015]

The GOW ad at the top of this forum needs to go. Whenever I tab over in Firefox, my mouse goes over that ad and it starts growling at me.

[Pumpy Tudors]

If you have an Xbox or an Xbox 360, you have to get "Sneak King" as soon as you can. If you don't get this game soon after November 19, YOU SUCK.

[jbmagic]

Here's my Christmas list thus far:

1. GOW (360)
2. COD 3 (360)
3. Guitar Hero II (ps2)
4. College Hoops 2k7 (360)



NBA 2k7 excellent game too for the xbox 360.

how good is GOW and COD 3 single player game? or there much better for online?

[MizzouRah]

Me no like NBA - strictly college for basketball and and occasional TPB game or two.

GOW is supposed to be hard as a single player lasting about 10-15 hours on normal difficulty. (I think it lends itself to co-op play better - but I've read people love the single player mode as well)

If COD 3 is like 1 & 2 - single player is fantasic, imho.

[stevew]

If you have an Xbox or an Xbox 360, you have to get "Sneak King" as soon as you can. If you don't get this game soon after November 19, YOU SUCK.

That game look awesome.

I wonder how the ai is.

[MizzouRah]

That game look awesome.

I wonder how the ai is.

i hope it better than mcdonals is

[dervack]

Just popped in COD 3 and was prompted for an update already. That's pretty damn quick.

[Eaglesfan27]

i hope it better than mcdonals is


mcdonald much better sign say so

[stevew]

McDonald more popular but Burger King have better bun toasting AI.

[CraigSca]

McDonald come out with new hamburger. Fix old hamburger first, then make new hamburger.

[LionsFan10]

Okay, seriously who has Gears of War? This game is un-fuckin'-believable ...

Wow.

[MizzouRah]

Okay, seriously who has Gears of War? This game is un-fuckin'-believable ...

Wow.

I'm trying to hold off until Christmas.. shhhhh......

[CleBrownsfan]

Okay, seriously who has Gears of War? This game is un-fuckin'-believable ...

Wow.

It is AWESOME but I think I've died 50 times just in the first board. I love the chainsaw feature. I went on "Live" and did a co-op mission with some kid who yelled @ me for getting my arse kicked to much - sweet :D

[Turd Ferguson]

This game is easily one of the most innovative I've ever played. Really glad I picked this up.

Gamertag is Pree11.

[PadresFan104]

Gears of War is an absolute blast on-line. If anyone is around late nights (Pacific Time), please look me up for a game.

Gamertag: Leadfoot5

[TroyF]

I picked it up today. Getting ready to give it a test run in about twenty minutes.

[MizzouRah]

If I cave, it's going to be COD 3 first. :)

[TroyF]

Ummm. . . .I've just played about 30 minutes of GOW and all I can say is WOW.

My God, what a game. If this is 10 to 15 hours and I never touch it again, it'll be well worth it. The best cover mechanics I've ever seen. Sweet weapons, great graphics, fun as all get out. Holy crap what a game.

[TroyF]

If I cave, it's going to be COD 3 first. :)

I don't want a jbmagic "you made em buy that game you stupid jerk" type comment from anyone, but mizzou, I've played both of the COD games and I love the hell out of them. They are terrific first person shooters and I'm sure you can't go wrong with COD3 if you buy it. There is no doubt I'll own the game at some point.

But all I can tell you is that GOW blows COD out of the water with what I've seen thus far, and I'm not even into the heart of the game yet. This thing is just sensational. I try not to get overexcited at games, especially early on, but within the first five minutes of this game you realize it's something special. I'll say it again, WOW.

[jbmagic]

Looks my 2nd xbox 360 game will be GOW.

My only concern was 15 hours of single play. But the sound of it, it seems like a great game to get.

[MizzouRah]

I don't want a jbmagic "you made em buy that game you stupid jerk" type comment from anyone, but mizzou, I've played both of the COD games and I love the hell out of them. They are terrific first person shooters and I'm sure you can't go wrong with COD3 if you buy it. There is no doubt I'll own the game at some point.

But all I can tell you is that GOW blows COD out of the water with what I've seen thus far, and I'm not even into the heart of the game yet. This thing is just sensational. I try not to get overexcited at games, especially early on, but within the first five minutes of this game you realize it's something special. I'll say it again, WOW.

Damn you! :D

[TroyF]

Damn you! :D

Sorry. I'll be playing it well into the night tomorrow night and will be able to give an even better review, but as of now color me impressed. Beyond impressed. I haven't felt this way about a FPS since I played Half Life for the first time. (ok, I know it's a third person shooter, you know what I mean) :)

[MizzouRah]

I do know what you mean, and for you to mention it with the "first time" feeling of Half Life... I might have to come up with $60 this weekend.

:)

[kingnebwsu]

It's all about the multiplayer. I mean, the single-player/co-op is supposed to be good, but I'm going to hopefully be playing the multiplayer for at least the next year.

For those who don't know, it's pretty much a 4 on 4, tactical strategy 3rd-person action game. But the tactics are so much more involved than any game I've ever played before. You really get rewarded for sticking together and playing as a team, and REALLY get punished for going off on your own to try and win.

My favorite way to kill people is to arm a grenade in-hand, do a melee, then the grenade sticks to your opponent and blows them to hell. It's seriously amazing to watch. Feel free to catch me on Live, hopefully playing a lot of the Warzone? mode (each player gets 1 life).

Seriously, if you buy only 1 game for the 360, this should be it.

[Coop]

The game is great. I need to stop trying to chainsawing everybody it's getting me killed lol

[TroyF]

The game is great. I need to stop trying to chainsawing everybody it's getting me killed lol


Is that not the best weapon in a game that you've ever seen? A gun with a bayonette that's a chainsaw. It just doesn't get any better than that. I've had the same problem by the way. :)

[MizzouRah]

GOW deals: http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2006/11/08/gears-of-war-deals-emerge-everywhere/

I like that Target one.

[MizzouRah]

When I do finally get this game - can we setup a 4 player co-op? Sounds like a ton o fun.

[TroyF]

When I do finally get this game - can we setup a 4 player co-op? Sounds like a ton o fun.


I'll be game for some coop. I suck though, so I hope nobody is determined to go through it quickly. :)

[jbmagic]

Just hoping online that people play it properly as a team and not go on their own away from the team when killing.

[Coop]

When I do finally get this game - can we setup a 4 player co-op? Sounds like a ton o fun.

It's only 2 player co-op..it would be awesome if it was 4. Maybe GOW2.

[MizzouRah]

It's only 2 player co-op..it would be awesome if it was 4. Maybe GOW2.

I thought I read somewhere....well, two player co-op sounds fun.

[Turd Ferguson]

Anybody want to team up tonight and play for a bit?

[kingnebwsu]

Just hoping online that people play it properly as a team and not go on their own away from the team when killing.

Gears of War rewards teamwork and sticking together more than ANY game I've ever played. Anyone who runs off alone and dies is ridiculed and yelled at (usually by me ;))

[ShaefIllini]

I just got done with a co-op session. It was very cool to say the least. The best part by far is the fact that Dom doesn't get killed instantly during co-op play. My gamertag is Shaefillini if anyone is interested in playing.

[Pumpy Tudors]

While you guys were futzing around in Gears of War, I was having an awesome time in Viva Pinata. You violent people, you. :)

[CleBrownsfan]

While you guys were futzing around in Gears of War, I was having an awesome time in Viva Pinata. You violent people, you. :)

Pumpy - do you have Viva? If so, how is it??

[saldana]

i friend and i played GOW for about 5 hours on co-op last week....a couple thoughts, good and bad

- good - if one person starts the campaign, a second player can join at any time, and the first person can pick up where the team leaves off.

- bad - the split screen is top and bottom instead of right and left, like the rainbow 6 games....we both thought it made it harder to see enemies shooting from above since that part of the screen is cut off by the other player

- good - i have never played a shooter where the AI was so good (this is on the normal level) they take cover when they are taking fire, and they wait for you to pop up before firing at you....there were a couple spots where they were a little dumb (one of the parts where you had to stay in the light, they all just ran into the darkness and killed themselves...all we had to do was stay down and wait for them to jump the barrier and die.

- good - the different ways to take cover and break cover were excellent...a couple of spots where you had to go behind a barrier and then jump it while still firing would have been suicide if you had to stand up, back up and run to jump the barrier.

- meh - the we thought the reload took a little long. i tried the manual reload a couple times and couldnt really figure it out (the manual is not real clear about when you are supposed to hit the button), so we just let the auto reload change magazines....my buddy liked to just hold down the trigger and had more problems than i did..i used a lot more controlled bursts and didnt have the ammo problems he did.

- tip - if you are playing multiplayer, have one of you use the gun with the chainsaw on it that you both start with, and the other one pick up one of the bad guys guns...half the ammo that the bad guys drop is for either weapon...if you both have the same one, you could run into some ammo supply problems between ammo crates.

- tip - we did well with the two different automatic weapons, and one of us had the sniper rifle and the other had the fist of god weapon...there are points in the game when both of them are either very handy, or absolutely needed. (at the spot where the fist of god is needed, it is available in case you arent already carrying it)

[RGunner]

all i have to say is this game is great....i dont normally like games like this but my brother said i had to try it and im hooked....im horrible at it but im gradually figuring it out and having a blast...

[kingnebwsu]

Reload of awesomeness: click the right button on your controller, and a bar will start scrolling right in the upper-right of your screen. If you click the right button again in the skinny bright white part, you get a damage boost AND fast reload. If you click it on the white-ish part, you get a fast reload and no damage boost.

It's easy to get the hang of and makes a HUGE difference in multiplayer.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Pumpy - do you have Viva? If so, how is it??
I do have it. I happen to like it. I'm still very early in the game, and there doesn't seem to be much to "do" yet, but I'm amused by the graphics and sounds right now. I just have a hard time recommending it at the moment because I haven't done very much yet. It's kind of hard to say that it's worth getting because some people might find it too childlike or boring.

[Coop]

From what I've read about Viva it seems more like an adult game than a child's game. Animals have sex, killing each other, selling kids on the black market, etc.

[jbmagic]

from a lot of people, they are saying they can finish single player in 6 hours.

[Pumpy Tudors]

From what I've read about Viva it seems more like an adult game than a child's game. Animals have sex, killing each other, selling kids on the black market, etc.
It's only an adult game if you catch on to what's happening. The sex is actually a "romance dance" which just looks like, well, animals dancing with each other (it's pretty funny). When they kill each other, they get into these fights where they shoot missiles at each other. The bigger animals do eat the smaller animals, but after an animal gets eaten, its spirit just goes back into the wild and re-forms. It's not really as much of a "death" as it is a "rebirth."

Basically, there are adult things going on, but I'm sure that children could play it without catching on to any of the adult themes. It's not like "Conker's Bad Fur Day" in which it's a completely adult game that looks like a child's game. "Viva Pinata" is more like a TV show that has jokes to entertain both kids and adults.

It's a really cute game, but it's not really everybody's style, I'm sure.

[dervack]

Played CoD 3 last night online with a friend of mine, and even just playing one on one capture the flag was fun. I'll get GoW soon, maybe later this upcoming week, but I'm very happy so far with CoD.

[TroyF]

from a lot of people, they are saying they can finish single player in 6 hours.


I'm about six hours or so in now and haven't. I think I have a ways to go.

Not that it matters. I'll play through this again on a harder level because I like it so much. I'd also love to play through it as a coop sometime and will play some death matching on it for sure.

This game is so good, that I'd probably reccomend it even if were only a six hour game. $10 an hour for the entertainment this provides? I'd have been willing to pay it.

My guess is anyone who picks up this game will get at least 15-20 hours out of it at a minimum.

[Grammaticus]

I've got both CoD3 and GoW. Both are great. I've spent more time on CoD3. A good chunk on live. I love the vehicles and classes with special abilities. The air strike was getting frustrating as it seems too easy to call in and kill a lot of people. The medic role is pretty neat as you can revive people so they do not have to respawn.

GoW was cool on live as well. I only played one session for an hour or so. It pretty much came down to a sprint for hte special weapons and whoever got those, tended to win the round. I played on the game where you have one life. Oh, the revive option in Gears is pretty nice too. Also as someone else mentioned, stickying the grenade onto someone is the best.

[Oilers9911]

from a lot of people, they are saying they can finish single player in 6 hours.

elevator action much better ai than gears of war.

[Coop]

6 hours if you play it on casual i guess... i beat the game on hardcore and it took about 10-12 hours. maybe i just suck ;)

[MizzouRah]

http://www.pcgaming.ws/screenshots/elevator_action.gif

Good ol Elevator Action!

[Oilers9911]

I dropped alot of quarters into Elevator Action back in the day.

[robster1225]

Just bought GOW and I'm ADDICTED!

[CleBrownsfan]

I played multi-player for the first time and I pretty much sucked - but you can still have fun while sucking ;) Working as a team seems very important - more than any other game of this genre.

[Mustang]

Love the game but, yeesh.. my machine locks up all the time playing this.

First game on the 360 that I've encountered this with any frequency... I've had Madden 2k6 lock up once but, other than that it has been clean..

[Kodos]

I keep getting sucked into the cover position when trying to run to a new spot from cover.

[Mustang]

Nice...

I flanked a gun pit position and took cover behind the sandbags and the 2 locusts vacated the position and took cover on the other side of the pit opposite from me...

[MizzouRah]

Let me say this. I finally had time to open up Gears of War this weekend and after some hours of play, it is my favorite non-sports game I've ever played. I'll see how Halo 3 does, but what a game GOW is. Spectacular!

[GoldenEagle]

My girlfriend and I played this for about three hours tonight and had a blast. We are playing casual but neither one of us are veterans at this type of game. Taking the machine gun bunkers are the best part, since you have to wrok together.

I would be up for a co-op online sometime.

[Groundhog]

I broke down and bought Gears of War on Sunday and have been having a blast in single player. Graphics are as great as I expected, but the storyline and cut scenes are better than expected, and so are some of the immensely big and freaky enemies. Walking through a house, hearing a a massive roar, and then having a beserker smash through the wall right next to you is god damned terrifying. Not sure how much longer is left in the game, but I hope its got a while to go yet. I just made it through my father's house and in to the APC before quitting for the night.

I played multiplayer for an hour or so last nite and had some fun, but the rounds are over far too soon IMO, and the "pin the grenade on the donkey" trick works a little too well. It would be cool to play in a game where everyone is on mics and playing the game properly, as opposed to a mad rush.

It would also be really cool to play co-op, but I couldn't find any games with a decent ping last nite.

[kingnebwsu]

They really neutered the grenade stick function in the last patch a few weeks ago. Just be aware and keep your distance if you see someone running at you with grenades (that person is probably me BTW ;)). They have to be literally right next to you to stick it with the recent update.

Enjoy GOW online...it's the best the 360 has to offer.

[MizzouRah]

I'm back to playing through GOW again.. can't wait until November when GOW 2 comes out!

Anyone up for some co-op later tonight?