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  • RockyTop1
    All Star
    • Apr 2004
    • 8267

    #391
    Re: Gears of War Discussion Thread

    Originally posted by JSKYWALKER1
    Just picked it up at Eb games in West Chester, Ohio. They had plenty of extras, at least 20. I never pre-order, and never seem to have to look all over for the games. Peace!!!!
    get to your 360 stat!
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    • Brandwin
      Hall Of Fame
      • Jul 2002
      • 30621

      #392
      Re: Gears of War Discussion Thread

      Originally posted by mniner2003
      You should be able to find it at Walmart, Best Buy or Target. The gaming stores may have it but they will most likely not sell it to you if you didn't reserve it. Their way of teaching you a lesson. Either way GL.
      Today? I'm not so sure on that, now tomorrow maybe, but this being the "ship date" I don't think most stores will have it. If so, my EB wouldn't drive 2 hours to pick their copies up so we could have them tonight.

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      • ExtremeGamer
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        • Jul 2002
        • 35299

        #393
        Re: Gears of War Discussion Thread

        Well, my local Best Buy has them, but they claim it's street dated for the 12th.. WTF?! I talked to 2 of the blue idiots, just another example why I don't shop there. I gladly told them that if they would have sold it to me, I would have bought the DVD's and CD's I was picking up. But I walked out empty handed as I figured I would have (already had bought the dvd's at CC anyway..LOL)

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        • Brandwin
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          • Jul 2002
          • 30621

          #394
          Re: Gears of War Discussion Thread

          I guess it might depend on where you live then...All I know, I can't wait for tonight!

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          • Cyros
            ULTRAAAA!!!!
            • Jun 2003
            • 12628

            #395
            Re: Gears of War Discussion Thread

            Originally posted by DookieMowf
            I guess it might depend on where you live then...All I know, I can't wait for tonight!
            Yeah, and I'm waiting for tomorrow night.
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            • Flightwhite24
              Hall Of Fame
              • Jul 2005
              • 12095

              #396
              Re: Gears of War Discussion Thread

              With me being a Sports gamer and all, I must say this game is Goooooood. It takes a lot to give me that "WOW"!!!! factor and this is it.
              I don't really know what the hell I'm doing but this game is unreal. I stopped playing after 10 min. to give you guys my 2 cents, not that you needed it, just wanted to update, and to read the manual a bit.

              The graphics, theres no comparison. And to think Nba 2k7 was grapically the best game along with Live 07. This games beauty is unmatched.

              Don't want to comment on gameplay because I am clueless right now about what needs to be done, But fellows get this game!!!!! You will not be sorry.

              Just hope Call of Duty 3 gives me the same results. PEACE!!!!
              The poster formerly know as "FLIGHTWHITE"

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              • Holic
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                • Feb 2003
                • 6424

                #397
                Re: Gears of War Discussion Thread

                The guys at GameStop are on their way to pick it up right now. Said I could pick it up around 4:30.

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                • Money99
                  Hall Of Fame
                  • Sep 2002
                  • 12696

                  #398
                  Re: Gears of War Discussion Thread

                  Originally posted by ExtremeGamer
                  Well, my local Best Buy has them, but they claim it's street dated for the 12th.. WTF?! I talked to 2 of the blue idiots, just another example why I don't shop there. I gladly told them that if they would have sold it to me, I would have bought the DVD's and CD's I was picking up. But I walked out empty handed as I figured I would have (already had bought the dvd's at CC anyway..LOL)
                  Only dedicated Video game store's like EB games or Gamestop are allowed to sell them today. All other stores like Bestbuy, Walmart, etc can sell them on the 12th.

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                  • chippered
                    MVP
                    • Aug 2002
                    • 1528

                    #399
                    Re: Gears of War Discussion Thread

                    I think only game stores such as EB, gamestop, and such could release the game on the 7th, with the larger chain stores dropping them on the 12th.
                    GT = Chippered

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                    • Flawless
                      Bang-bang! Down-down!
                      • Mar 2004
                      • 16780

                      #400
                      Re: Gears of War Discussion Thread

                      1UP Editor Jon Davidson's blog

                      I'm playing Gears of War through for the second time right now, and I can't deny it - it's one of the rare games that improves the more times you play. On the first run through I had a pretty solid idea in my head of what kind of scores it would receive across the board, and also a hunch on what I thought it should get. Usually these gut reactions (in this case, a good point lower than it's averaging) are pretty much spot on, but Gears is unusual: as evidenced by our review score.

                      On the first run through you spend most of your time agog at the unbelievable visuals, and (if you're playing on hardcore) somewhat anxious about the number of times you're getting gibbed by the Locust. The second run through though, you start to notice some of the subtleties (an unusual word to use about something so full-on in every regard, I know) in the storyline and the characterization. You realize that, bizarrely, you're making an emotional attachment to your squad mates. Granted, Dom is an AI buddy of Boomer-like idiocy, who you soon learn to hate with a boiling, unfathomable rage, but you really want him to make it through to the end. Similarly, you quickly learn to appreciate Cole, the huge linebacker tank of a guy from Alpha squad, and Baird the smartmouthed Iceman jackass that gives you a hard time every second he's near you, and you start to think "I hope these guys don't end up getting hosed, I kinda like them." How many AI squad buddies have you ever felt that way about? It's not touchy-feely stuff, it's not forced, scripted "emotion," it's genuine camaraderie. Perhaps it's an accidental side effect of the way the game is pieced together, perhaps it's intentional. Who knows, or cares; it works.


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                      • chippered
                        MVP
                        • Aug 2002
                        • 1528

                        #401
                        Re: Gears of War Discussion Thread

                        Originally posted by Money99
                        Only dedicated Video game store's like EB games or Gamestop are allowed to sell them today. All other stores like Bestbuy, Walmart, etc can sell them on the 12th.
                        Stop that!
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                        • 23
                          yellow
                          • Sep 2002
                          • 66469

                          #402
                          Re: Gears of War Discussion Thread

                          JSky, you haven't given us anything to go off of. Graphics... thats all? LOL

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                          • thegreatone0381
                            Rookie
                            • Oct 2003
                            • 480

                            #403
                            Re: Gears of War Discussion Thread

                            Originally posted by Holic
                            The guys at GameStop are on their way to pick it up right now. Said I could pick it up around 4:30.

                            Man I'll be calling my EBGames at around 4PM. Which GS did you go to? Do you live in the Atlanta area?

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                            • nyisles16
                              All Star
                              • Apr 2003
                              • 8317

                              #404
                              Re: Gears of War Discussion Thread

                              just came back with my copy... havent opened it up, but soon...

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                              • Brandwin
                                Hall Of Fame
                                • Jul 2002
                                • 30621

                                #405
                                Re: Gears of War Discussion Thread

                                Originally posted by nyisles16
                                just came back with my copy... havent opened it up, but soon...


                                Hurry up before I cut you.

                                GameStop said around 5, EB said around 7...I believe one person is getting the copies for both stores, so I don't understand that. Unless two different people are getting them for each store, someone has their wires crossed or the guy will go to GameStop first and then EB (even then, its 20 mins max with traffic).




                                Gears of War is, without a doubt, the must-play Xbox 360 title of 2006. I have some minor qualms with the single-player game, but as a co-op or multiplayer game it’s a treat unlike any other. The gameplay is fresh, and the graphics are simply stunning.
                                Just what I wanted to here. I could care less about solo play.

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