2006-11-07 07:21:29 *Official* Gears of War impressions / reviews thread

Lets keep the forums clean and keep all user impressions, reviews, praise, and criticism to this ONE thread.

WARNING!: May contain spoilers.

G4TV Review http://www.g4tv.com/pile_player.aspx?video_key=137...

Gamerankings with links to reviews http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages4/928234.asp

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Optimusv2 said: "Gun for the 360 has better graphics than both Halo 3 and Gears of War"

2006-11-07 08:32:47

What was the score... wait its g4tv it CLEARLY got a 5 LOL

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2006-11-07 08:33:34

Reviews should be up tomorrow.

2006-11-07 08:49:39

heres Gamespots video review

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/gearsofwar/...

I ain't watching it, no spoilers for me :) But from what others are saying, he sounds pretty excited while reviewing it:

Weapons are really satisfying.

Health system is a good design.

Probably one of the best games of the year.

Chainsaw never gets old.

Casual difficulty is probably a little too easy.

Hardcore dificulty feels about right, gets quite hard later on.

Co-op is the way to play the game.

Multiplayer is really exciting.

Presentation is an amazing technical achievment.

Great looking set pieces.

Nicely varied environments.

Soundtrack really fits the action.

Story not very deep though.

Supremely satisfying action game with top notch presentation.


- your teammates aren't very helpful.

- the framerate doesn't hold up during cutscenes.

- the weapons feel better in multiplayer


Closing line:

"Even if you've never owned an action game in your entire life, this is the game to own this holiday season."

2006-11-07 09:03:45

What was the score.

Someone is assuming that based on everything he said he's assuming the game will get a 9.3-9.7

They didn't give a score at the end I guess they are waiting to deliver the score.

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2006-11-07 09:04:50

they didn't have one, yea I know weird. I guess it will pop up sometime later today

2006-11-07 09:14:50

I think Luke from 1up on neogaf said 9am est NDAs are up. So we'll be seeing reviews later, later. :P

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"KOTOR is more refined and innovated more than Baulders Gate2:SOA/ToB"--lumzi23
"Bioware keeps getting better and better. KOTOR and JE are not watered down in comparison to BG2"--lumzi23
His logic: "JE>KOTOR>BG2"/ignore

2006-11-07 09:38:16

It got a perfect 10 from OXM and a 5 out of 5 from g4tv.

A 9.8 from IGN and a 10 from gamespot (just kidding about the last 2)

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2006-11-07 09:50:00

4.5 out of 5 from yahoo games..

Quote:
Where the game really impresses is in the sheer slickness of its design. It's difficult to pick holes in any of its content -- certainly not a statement one could make about either of the Halo games. There's little reuse of material, the game never drags, the friendly interface is a masterpiece, and the game is absolutely crammed with memorable set pieces. Although it's nominally broken into five acts, they flow into each other so naturally you might not even notice the transition. There's nothing to get in between the player and the game; it's a recipe for long sessions and late nights.

http://videogames.yahoo.com/gamereview?cid=1951037...

2006-11-07 09:51:25

10 in play magazine.

EDIT: They pulled review

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"KOTOR is more refined and innovated more than Baulders Gate2:SOA/ToB"--lumzi23
"Bioware keeps getting better and better. KOTOR and JE are not watered down in comparison to BG2"--lumzi23
His logic: "JE>KOTOR>BG2"/ignore

2006-11-07 10:00:17

ahhahahha oh boy.

10 oxm, 5 g4tv, 10 play magazine, 4.5 out of 5 yahoo games its looking pretty damn good thus far.

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2006-11-07 10:03:42

So Opt, ready to get chainsawed tommorrow or what?

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"KOTOR is more refined and innovated more than Baulders Gate2:SOA/ToB"--lumzi23
"Bioware keeps getting better and better. KOTOR and JE are not watered down in comparison to BG2"--lumzi23
His logic: "JE>KOTOR>BG2"/ignore

2006-11-07 10:15:14

I hope gameznflix sends me copy asap :( I've emailed them so much, I think they put me on ignore :p, but yea said they will ship it 2morrow. So should have it by Wed or Thurs..


their ass better be lucky its cheap as hell to buy from them if your a member, or I would of took my ass to EB

2006-11-07 10:39:29 In reply to MrArgus (2006-11-07 10:03:42)

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2006-11-07 10:41:57 In reply to Optimusv2 (2006-11-07 10:39:29)

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"KOTOR is more refined and innovated more than Baulders Gate2:SOA/ToB"--lumzi23
"Bioware keeps getting better and better. KOTOR and JE are not watered down in comparison to BG2"--lumzi23
His logic: "JE>KOTOR>BG2"/ignore

2006-11-07 14:17:24

Gamespot score is 9.6 as revealed prematurely by C|Net

http://tinyurl.com/y465fh

2006-11-07 14:33:51

that is amazizing. A game that lives up to the hype!!!!! :-D

2006-11-07 15:31:30

Team Xbox, 9,6/10…
http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1247/Gears-of...

1up, 10/10…
http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3154958

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2006-11-07 15:34:52

Our videos will be online at 6PM European time. Very nice of MS to give a 3 hours head start to the US site. Much appreciated.

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2006-11-07 15:38:45

1UP 10/10?!? Hahaha.. No game can be a 10/10.. There's always something wrong with a game.. Right??? or is GoW really perfect?? :P

All these reviews get me hyped up even more, I want this game so bad.. Man, it sucks we won't get it before the end of next week.. :(

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2006-11-07 15:39:46

Gamespot score is 9.6 !!

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/gearsofwar/...

2006-11-07 15:48:26

That's it. Microsoft Has got another Halo period

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2006-11-07 15:58:18 In reply to alimokrane (2006-11-07 15:48:26)

2006-11-07 16:03:43

I think MS owns the IP. Could be wrong, but MGS games did publish it.

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2006-11-07 16:10:45

I don't think MS owns the IP. I remember an interview where somebody from Epic was saying how it was a big deal that MS was investing so much money into a game without owning the IP.

I'm sure they'll do everything they can to keep the franchise on 360 and Vista only, though.