Official Gears of War Impressions Thread

[TeeDogg]

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Agreed. I want to use him in multiplayer, because according to CliffyB, he says "whoo" when he hops down from things.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost...postcount=4933

Is it just me or does it seem like they got Terry Tate (the office linebacker) to do his voice. LOL. i definatly think they based his character on triple T.

LOL

[TeeDogg]

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The best shooter I have ever played......PERIOD!!!!

I second that, on and offline!!!

amazing game

[The C]

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I keep getting smoked online! Maybe I just have to practice, but I always have someone either coming behind me and chainsaw me to peices or some jerk straps a bomb on me. By the way, how do you strap a bomb on someone? Pretty sick move!

To put a bomb on some one all you have to do is have the bomb out and run up to them and press B.

You should hear a beeping noise, so roll away and the grenade will go off.

HOWEVER, (Say it like Stephen A.) you need the explosive grenades in order to make them explode. If you do it with a smoke they just have a smoke trail following them.

[the_future420]

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Just to echo the latest sentiments concerning GoW, this game is a knockout. I'm slowly (damn slowly ) getting used to the controls. As I am figuring out the subtle mechanics of the game, I am really enjoying it more and more. The "blind shot" from cover is a great touch, and the cover system really makes this game stand out from many FPS shooters I have played. The presentation is wonderful, I really feel like I'm apart of something epic here, although im not quite sure what it is yet. The learning curve has been unusually steep for me, considering that I have played my fair share of shooters, but I am sticking with it and really beginning to enjoy this game. Once I get my xbox live up and running, I am sure I will be logging MANY multiplayer hours with this game. I'm just glad I have a four-day weekend to really get into this game.


BTW: I think the first time I got a chainsaw kill was one of my greater moments in my gaming history. Oh the bloodspray!

[AI_Franchise]

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To be honest, I'm up to third act (The Long Road Home: hazing) and while I was very impressed initially, looking back on this game, it's not a game that's groundbreaking or anything. Don't get me wrong, I love this game, but there's some truth to the EA article. This game feels like a Halo/Doom ripoff(the same sentiments I echoed before this game came out nor before I acquired X360.) I'm very disapointed by the enemies, especially the little buggers who remind you of the Halo's little alien creatures. What this game got going for it are some truly great cinematics and graphics, but then again what game using the Unreal engine wouldn't produce great graphics? It's the first FPS created game by Microsoft besides Halo to premiere on X360, so I'm guessing that's the answer for all the hype?

[Scoop 24]

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To be honest, I'm up to third act (The Long Road Home: hazing) and while I was very impressed initially, looking back on this game, it's not a game that's groundbreaking or anything. Don't get me wrong, I love this game, but there's some truth to the EA article. This game feels like a Halo/Doom ripoff(the same sentiments I echoed before this game came out nor before I acquired X360.) I'm very disapointed by the enemies, especially the little buggers who remind you of the Halo's little alien creatures. What this game got going for it are some truly great cinematics and graphics, but then again what game using the Unreal engine wouldn't produce great graphics? It's the first FPS created game by Microsoft besides Halo to premiere on X360, so I'm guessing that's the answer for all the hype?

you gotta admit though the bombers do make things intense.. best enemies in a game in a long time.. its bad enough when ur in a gunfight.. but when these guys pop up it turns these gunfights up a notch. most big tough guys in these games are slow and stupid and cant do anything to you unless they catch.. the bombers are not this case while not super fast there decent. but there very smart and accurate with the rocket launcher (whatever it is) you cant stay in the same place to long.

[AI_Franchise]

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The "boomers" I believe they call em,, yeah they're tough. Others are easy to snipe.

[Flawless]

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It's the first FPS created game by Microsoft besides Halo to premiere on X360, so I'm guessing that's the answer for all the hype?

Why do some people continue to lable Gears as an FPS?

Also, Gears wasn't created by Microsoft.

[DXZeke]

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Calling Gears a halo/doom rip off isn't at all accurate...

What does everyone think Ressistance Fall of Man is???

HALO and Ressitance are ripping off HALF LIFE. Period. It's a sci-fi shooter. Half Life did it first and still probably did it best.

Face it... there's very few original ideas left in the gaming industry. The ideas that are Fresh RARELY get the green light.

[DXZeke]

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now it's time to gripe.

Every time I've played this game it's froze up on me. So, I figure maybe it's my system... I then sat on Viva Pinata for 2hrs... then sat on Call of Duty 3 for another hour and half. NOTHING...NADDA...ZIPPO.

It's really agravating to have it lock and freeze the whole damn time.

[Rodster]

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Calling Gears a halo/doom rip off isn't at all accurate...

What does everyone think Ressistance Fall of Man is???

HALO and Ressitance are ripping off HALF LIFE. Period. It's a sci-fi shooter. Half Life did it first and still probably did it best.

Face it... there's very few original ideas left in the gaming industry. The ideas that are Fresh RARELY get the green light.

That's what John (The Brit) from 1up.com said in their weekly podcast show this week. Though he said Resistance is a good game you can't help but to compare it to HL2. In fact he went on to say he was almost expecting certain events to happen like in HL2.

[The C]

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I'm very disapointed by the enemies, especially the little buggers who remind you of the Halo's little alien creatures. What this game got going for it are some truly great cinematics and graphics, but then again what game using the Unreal engine wouldn't produce great graphics? It's the first FPS created game by Microsoft besides Halo to premiere on X360, so I'm guessing that's the answer for all the hype?

Have you tried the game on Insane? The problems with the enemies being easy to snipe is quickly erased. If you say in one cover spot too long they will flank you. If you try to run straight at them without cover, you will die. Hardcore was fun, but insane is exactly as the name suggests.


Personally, I think the cover system is excellent. There is nothing like playing a multiplayer game and linking cover moves together like it's Tekken to get to an enemy. THen to stuff them with a grenade and roll away is always a great accomplishment.

[CaptainZombie]

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To be honest, I'm up to third act (The Long Road Home: hazing) and while I was very impressed initially, looking back on this game, it's not a game that's groundbreaking or anything. Don't get me wrong, I love this game, but there's some truth to the EA article. This game feels like a Halo/Doom ripoff(the same sentiments I echoed before this game came out nor before I acquired X360.) I'm very disapointed by the enemies, especially the little buggers who remind you of the Halo's little alien creatures. What this game got going for it are some truly great cinematics and graphics, but then again what game using the Unreal engine wouldn't produce great graphics? It's the first FPS created game by Microsoft besides Halo to premiere on X360, so I'm guessing that's the answer for all the hype?

If this was Halo or Doom, then it would be considered a FPS and it's a 3PS, so 2 different types of games. The little buggers are "wretchers", and they in no way remind me of enemies in Halo. Why does everyone have to compare GOW to Halo and then say that Microsoft developed the game when it was EPIC, Microsoft published GOW.

No GOW is not groundbreaking, but it is one hell of a package that was very well done. I like the SP very much and MP has been nothing but fun with no lag or issues so far on my end.

Too bad your not enjoying GOW.

Why do some people continue to lable Gears as an FPS?

Also, Gears wasn't created by Microsoft.

I wish I knew this answer. LOL!

now it's time to gripe.

Every time I've played this game it's froze up on me. So, I figure maybe it's my system... I then sat on Viva Pinata for 2hrs... then sat on Call of Duty 3 for another hour and half. NOTHING...NADDA...ZIPPO.

It's really agravating to have it lock and freeze the whole damn time.

DX, You making this up bro? Seriously, DX and I were playing co-op the other night, and his system kept on locking up. It was only with GOW, so I hope it's not your system going or maybe it's a bad copy of GOW. I would try taking it back for another one.

[Rainey]

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GOD, I keep trying to resist, but I think after I run today, I'm going to go pick this up. I hate everyone one of you.

[spankdatazz22]

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Calling Gears a halo/doom rip off isn't at all accurate...

I agree. I'm not sure where this idea came from that a game has to introduce some new concept to be considered great. As much as I love Halo, if people are going to make that distinction then Halo is nothing more than a different take on FPS's that came before it (imo). The last truly innovative game was Mario 64, which was the first game to masterfully implement manipulating a character in 3D space - at least I think. This "Gears isn't innovative" argument doesn't make sense to me. The fact that it was so heavily hyped, and has mostly lived up to and in many cases surpassed what was expected of it is why it's getting the praise it is (and much deserves - I love this game)