Gears of War Comments by Tom Bramwell
Fenix the fight!
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Max_Powers
07/11/07 @ 08:42
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Replayed a bit recently on the 360. One of the most enjoyable games on the 360. Shame the multiplayer matchmaking is so basic otherwise I'd still be playing it.
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barnard666
07/11/07 @ 08:42
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its gone up a point, I so wish I could play the new bits on my xbox...I know they said that's impossible, but I would at least hope to see them in the sequel as an unlockable extr or something.
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Mentalist(air)
07/11/07 @ 08:43
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"this is combat by intelligent design"
So do Gears of War's "primitive cavemen cast" spend their time fighting dinosaurs, then, like in that American museum? |
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afghan_jones
07/11/07 @ 08:48
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Reading this reminded me how bloody good fun gears actually is.
Utter genius. |
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BrokenSymmetry
07/11/07 @ 09:01
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"a satisfyingly brainless alternative to the complexity of its contemporaries."
What are these alternative games I have missed? |
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Ace_McCloud
07/11/07 @ 09:10
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So better than Gears then? .... wait a minute!
(I know, I know! But someone had to say it...) |
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"It is an almost relentless march of unpretentious, cartoon violence that serves as a satisfyingly brainless alternative to the complexity of its contemporaries."
Erm - is that a compliment? ;-) The review doesn't mention what graphical bells and whistles PC users can derive apart from the new levels. EG often misses this out. |
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GamesConnoisseur
07/11/07 @ 09:21
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PS3 or Wii only owners can then sample the gaming delights that is Gear of War on PC, dont be put off by its coming on X360 a year ago. Have the cake and enjoy it!!
A best example of a third person cover-based shooter in a FUN way! What I am interested in is year long spend on getting this PC version done, aside from extra chapter, was it necessarily that long? Wasn't porting between X360 and PC made in heaven? Or was it mainly exclusive thing? |
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"Erm - is that a compliment? ;-)"
Definitely! Sometimes it's the way to go. Not everything has to be all clever clogs like BioShock. "The review doesn't mention what graphical bells and whistles PC users can derive apart from the new levels." Very little. Graphically it's the same game, except you can run it in higher resolutions. The chunky men look very silly but in a nice way, and the detail levels are often obscenely high, but you're not fighting to see as you sometimes are in other rubbly game worlds. "EG often misses this out." It's a targeted campaign to make you cry. "So do Gears of War's "primitive cavemen cast" spend their time fighting dinosaurs, then, like in that American museum?" Actually, er, yes. In effect. |
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Magic Panda
07/11/07 @ 09:27
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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
OS: Windows Vista or Windows XP Processor 2.4+ GHz Intel; 2.0+ Ghz AMD RAM 1 GB Hard Drive 12 GB free hard drive space Video Card NVIDIA GeForce 6600+, ATI X700+ Online Multi-player: Broadband Internet Connection, Games for Windows -- LIVE
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I liked the cut scenes, they were short with amusing macho dialogue. As Tom points out they just serve to break the pace of the action up and give you chance to watch the Unreal engine in action.
Although I can appreciate the improved accuracy you get with kb/mouse, it would be a more sterile experience and I would miss the visceral feel of using a pad with a trigger and rumble which is so well implemented in Gears.
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Mentalist(air)
07/11/07 @ 09:42
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What I am interested in is year long spend on getting this PC version done, aside from extra chapter, was it necessarily that long? Wasn't porting between X360 and PC made in heaven? Or was it mainly exclusive thing?
Actually I played a version of it on PC a couple of weeks before the 360 version came out. Didn't run too well on my PC at the time though, despite the fact it was above the minimum spec listed there (3.5GHz P4, GF6800), so they've probably be polishing performance as well as creating extra bonus content for the PC faithful*. The exclusivity was part of the issue, I expect, and it's probably meant that Epic have said "We're not allowed to put the PC port out for a year anyway, so we can spend a year doing it with less people, and focus more on finishing UT3". *finishing the levels cut from the 360 version because they weren't finished Edit: The strikethrough tag doesn't work, then.
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kangarootoo
07/11/07 @ 09:47
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I got to the bit where GEoW was not described as not being pretentious, and all the sprinkers went off in my building.
@jstar Its not exactly the same game is it, neither is it on the same platform, neither has it been released at the same price, so it is allowed to have a different score. |
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dull game set in a grey world with backdrops that look like painted canvas versions of a city-in-ruins.
Does the PC version allow you to save anywhere or are you stuck with the utter shite save points the 360 version had? Pick up gun, run to here, listen to boring dialogue "cut scene" run a bit more, another bit of dialogue, run a bit more...get to fight.. die... repeat? |
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nickthegun
07/11/07 @ 10:07
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Any chance of the extra levels coming as DLC on the 360?
Would probably prompt me to rebuy it as this review really has made me want to play it again. |
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kangarootoo
07/11/07 @ 10:12
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@Trane
"Care?" Well, no. Not a lot. andromeda's post was in response to mine, which was a joke. Irony? |
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groovychainsaw
07/11/07 @ 10:19
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Sounds like they may have even improved the controls - I hated the controls so much in the 360 version I traded it in after a week....
In 15 years of playing all sorts of shooters, I have never been made to feel so bloody useless at controlling a character (and I'm not that bad at games normally ;-) , I can complete halo on legendary etc.etc.), with him sticking to walls when you want to run, climbing over things when you want to take cover. Honestly, this has to be the most over-rated game I think I've ever played. It literally does nothing interesting, apart from look nice (and even thats an acquired taste). |
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Nice. Now I'll definitely get Crysis, but it's between this and Call of Duty 4.
I'm in the same situation, but I'll probably go for Gears. FPSs are pretty comon on the PC, plus I wasn't particularly enamoured with the CoD demo, but I haven't played a good third-person shooter since Max Payne. edit: Also, I don't ned an new online FPS at the moment, but co-op on this (as long as I can play over LAN) sounds like it might be fun.
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GamesProgrammer
07/11/07 @ 10:24
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So wait if on PC you can play this online with a silver live account, whats the point in paying for gold again?
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groovychainsaw
07/11/07 @ 10:31
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I think as you point out barchetta, there's too many excellent games to put up with anything this decidedly average/poor, I just can't see where even the 8s come from, let alone the 9s...
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So wait if on PC you can play this online with a silver live account, whats the point in paying for gold again?
Matchmaking, multiplayer achievements and doing your bit to help Microsoft seize control of online PC gaming are the reasons you might want to pay. @Xerx3s: there's no cross-platform play on Gears.
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rhubarbandcustard
07/11/07 @ 10:49
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I have completed Gears Of War on normal difficulty on my X360. At no time did I come across the 'Brumak' monster which looks so incredible in the PC trailers. Are the additional chapters of the game made for the PC coming to the X360 as DLC? Is the Brumak in the X360 game and did I just play it with my eyes closed? I am confused.
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Are the additional chapters of the game made for the PC coming to the X360 as DLC? Is the Brumak in the X360 game and did I just play it with my eyes closed?
1. Epic say it's impossible, but devs lie about these things so often who can tell. I think it'll turn up at some point, if not as DLC then in the sequel somehow. 2. Haven't played the 360 game, but apparently it is in the game , and you do a bit of running from it, but you don't fight it. |
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I've just finished Bioshock and I'm currently playing HL2 Episode 1, but Gears still is one of the best games I've played this last year. It hasn't the best story, it hasn't the most polished control system I've ever tried, but it is rewarding, never too easy, and after playing it you feel the absence of the cover button in all the other games. Graphically is stunning too (I think the level that starts in the night under the rain is the most beautiful display of graphical power the 360 has given me up to date), and it makes adrenaline pump like no other game around.
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Personally I found the game great the first run through on the 360 (except for that awful, awful running camera) but now I feel on reflection that it was a bit overrated. The story is cliched SF rubbish, the characters are two dimensional and wholly unlikeable, the level design is linear, the A.I. of your teammates is poor, the vehicle section was terrible and the game was far too short with a disappointing final level. Oh and I hated the multiplayer mode. It's atmospheric with stunning graphics and sound though, all nicely presented but as a game I don't think I'd give it more than 7 now and it certainly wouldn't feature in my top 20 Xbox 360 games. While I can understand why people rave about it, I'm afraid I don't share their enthusiam. It's a good rather than amazing game in my book.
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