Re: Official Gears of War Impressions Thread
- Story - I'm not THAT far into the story to know if it's real deep or anything like that, but I do like the fact that they throw you in right into the action and don't tell you much about the past or why markus was thrown into prison. I believe through dialogue, the story will open up (already learned a few things about markus so far)
- Graphics - I can't stress enough how much I think this is the best looking game to ever grace a console. In HD this game is flatout AWESOME. Nothing today touches it. TODAY though...
- Controls - I think the learning curve is MUCH less than an hour.. within 15 minutes I learned the cover system rather well. I thought it'd be kinda dumb to have EVERYTHING done with the A button, but as I got further into the first mission, i realized how great it was (is). Some might find it hard to roadie run when close to a wall if they don't want to automatically be pulled into the wall for cover.. but that's about the only gripe i can find with it (i've barely covered in places I didn't want to cover in). I read the manual and I didn't know u were able to give commands to your teammates. Active reload is also a great feature. I've almost gotten it mastered
- AI - I'm playing on hardcore so i dunno... lol their stupidity can rival that of your teammates in GRAW at times. Maybe on Insane, your teammates get smarter but right now, they've "died" and waited for me to revive them PLENTY of times... the good thing however is.. ur not the only person who can "revive" dying teammates and you don't have to issue a command to someone to go heal a fallen soldier. Also, the Locusts don't seem to take advantage of fallen teammates and killin them... for example, Dom was on the floor bleeding to death, and instead of finishing him off, the locusts continued to go from cover to cover trying to FIND ME instead... that might change on the Insane difficulty.
- Sound - I use my father's stereo headphones and... when turned up real loud it's NIIIIIIIIIIIIICE. I find myself jumpin when I hear something collapse or see something get shot in the distance. I can only imagine how the game sounds in 5.1 surroundsound.
Overall, i think this game far exceeded it's hype, and I haven't even taken it online yet
- Story - I'm not THAT far into the story to know if it's real deep or anything like that, but I do like the fact that they throw you in right into the action and don't tell you much about the past or why markus was thrown into prison. I believe through dialogue, the story will open up (already learned a few things about markus so far)
- Graphics - I can't stress enough how much I think this is the best looking game to ever grace a console. In HD this game is flatout AWESOME. Nothing today touches it. TODAY though...
- Controls - I think the learning curve is MUCH less than an hour.. within 15 minutes I learned the cover system rather well. I thought it'd be kinda dumb to have EVERYTHING done with the A button, but as I got further into the first mission, i realized how great it was (is). Some might find it hard to roadie run when close to a wall if they don't want to automatically be pulled into the wall for cover.. but that's about the only gripe i can find with it (i've barely covered in places I didn't want to cover in). I read the manual and I didn't know u were able to give commands to your teammates. Active reload is also a great feature. I've almost gotten it mastered
- AI - I'm playing on hardcore so i dunno... lol their stupidity can rival that of your teammates in GRAW at times. Maybe on Insane, your teammates get smarter but right now, they've "died" and waited for me to revive them PLENTY of times... the good thing however is.. ur not the only person who can "revive" dying teammates and you don't have to issue a command to someone to go heal a fallen soldier. Also, the Locusts don't seem to take advantage of fallen teammates and killin them... for example, Dom was on the floor bleeding to death, and instead of finishing him off, the locusts continued to go from cover to cover trying to FIND ME instead... that might change on the Insane difficulty.
- Sound - I use my father's stereo headphones and... when turned up real loud it's NIIIIIIIIIIIIICE. I find myself jumpin when I hear something collapse or see something get shot in the distance. I can only imagine how the game sounds in 5.1 surroundsound.
Overall, i think this game far exceeded it's hype, and I haven't even taken it online yet
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