Gears of War for Xbox 360 Game Review
November 2, 2007 | Filed Under Game Reviews | No Comments
It’s an odd thing to say about a game whose chief appeal is hacking enemies apart with a chainsaw, but Gears Of War is a pretty game. Epic’s new third-person shooter lives up to its considerable hype, the first game to really show what the Xbox 360 can do. Without graunching to a halt to load up new scenes or getting choppy when the action gets a little intense, Gears Of War looks and sounds superb. Lucky, because it’s not really offering a hell of a lot else that’s new.
Gears Of War has a setting and a plot. You can tell it’s a scifi combat game, because it’s got every space marine cliché you’d expect. You can tell there’s a plot, because you start off with your character Marcus Fenix being busted out of prison by his old friend Dom. Fighting your way out of that acts neatly as your tutorial, and then you and Dom join the rest of the squadron you’ll be spending the rest of the game with, on a mission to rescue the missing Alpha Squad. While there’s a bit more background than that if you do the reading, it’s not integral to the game. There can’t be plot because there are no characters, just very expertly-rendered grunts who don’t wear helmets so you can see how great their skin texturing is. Read more
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