Gears of War Comments by Kristan Reed

>"@Bodybuilder - I'm equally baffled people can't see that FEAR has better combat and AI, and therefore offers the better gameplay. Hey ho. Each to their own."

Better combat?
Better AI? Smoke and mirrors. When you actually look at what they do (for the nth time), you'll see they push over the same objects (that somehow you can't move), crawl under the same spaces, jump over the same objects, e.t.c.

But each to thier own. I'm sure funfactor doesn't matter these days to reviews. I mean, I'm sure Gow's tighter multiplayer mechanics and netcode, fantastic consistant and seamless co-op and lack of repetition in level design was not as good as the 913th grey corridor, no co-op and friendly-neighbourhood ghosts (that loose thier effect once you realize that they won't hurt you) found in the 1-year old FEAR.

Horses for courses. I guess bullet-time lost it's effect since the max paynes came to the scene.

More importantly I just realised that Fenix is voiced by John Dimaggio, a.k.a. Bender!

This game gets better and better. If that's not worth a 10, I don't know what is.

In GOW MS has a game with graphics far beyond anything the PS3 will have in its first year at the very least. The gameplay I cant comment on yet but it does look excellent to me, FEAR getting a higher score? could this be because the PS3 is getting a port of it too? Wouldnt put it past EG these days but I do have a soft spot for Monolith too(they should both be 9s at the very least then surely?... oh that would mean EG would have to admit that 360 has another AAA exclusive on its hands, wouldnt it?).

Ok with the 8 you gave it... no its not a horrible score but most of the impressions --from GAMERS and other Reviewers-- Ive read are that the game is brilliant, an 8 says something else... even by EG's standards. Tony Hawks will be forgotten by next year... gears will certainly not by the looks of things(they pulled it off thats all there is to it, the game is a success... it was the same deal with Halo, EG are only making themselves appear out of touch with what the gamers want, Im not sure if either of the games fall into the casual market --they certainly arent once a year 3rd party EA calibur games-- or hardcore market... perhaps somewhere inbetween?). Im glad theres been such a positive response from the gamers themselves because I was highly dissapointed in Doom3 after all the hype that got.

A belated big up to Eurogamer... I was sceptical of the review score "trying to make a name for themselves" etc.

But having completed Gears now, I'm in complete agreement. It's a good game, but it's not great by any standard I can think of. Truth be told, I found the whole experience a little disappointing after zapping the final boss.

More power to you chaps... if you happen to read this tired old thread!

Yawn......

Had a good time with the MP ans SP last night. In my opinion it's a far better online experience then BF2 was. I had quite a shoot-out with 2 Strogg in Warzone mode (which, after 3 minutes ended with a chainsaw in my face after being shot down) and it really showed the potential of this game. They where standing behind a chopper, I was standing behind a crate and despite of the 2:1-situation I was able to keep them back for quite some time. Can't wait to play again this evening!

My GT is Jheronimus for those who want to join!

My most pointless post in a comments thread as no one will read it, but hey.......

I finished this last night and playing it for the 1st time away from all the hype, I'd say this is a 7/10 game (single player only). It's good, but I found the cover system fiddly (Rainbow 6 Vegas handled it better), the melee awkward to use and it was very short.

The graphics on my HD TV looked good (the character models and the level in the rain really stood out), but they didn’t blow me away like I thought they would.

Worth playing, but not worth buying a 360 for.