Gears of War crushes everything but Halo 2

Pre-sales for Gears of War are " ...second only to its [Microsoft' s] 2004 blockbuster " Halo 2"

REUTERS

Now if you take into account that Halo 2 " had pre-orders of 1.5 million and an additional million copies were sold in its first day of release" and a further million on day one, ...Gears is going to make Epic very rich and Microsoft very happy.

Gears is shaping up to be a blockbuster for sure. I' m wondering how the other 360 games will fair this month. I mean, yeah, releasing near Christmas is a smart move, but releasing the same month as Gears of War... scary!

Here' s my most wanted for this month:

Will buy:
DOAX2
Gears of War

May buy:
Rainbow Six: Vegas
F.E.A.R.

May buy later (after price drop):
Fusion Frenzy 2
COD 3

Not buying:
Star Trek: Legacy
Tony Hawk
Viva Pinata
Sonic
Superman Returns

Gears is the only real interesting title for the 360 this chistmas [paring multiplatform], everybody with a 360 is going to get it.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

Its definatley the first system seller

without doubt GOW is gona be the first 360 title that is really gonna turn peoples heads and certianly give a valid reason for owning a 360.

That' s utterly true f3hunter. In the console war IPs' are the ones to make the difference, not console characteristics (at least this is my opinion :P:P)

" One who knows nothing can understand nothing"

without doubt GOW is gona be the first 360 title that is really gonna turn peoples heads and certianly give a valid reason for owning a 360.

What a fanboy.

Then you wont have a reason to buy a ps3 until late 2007 i hope?

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

Just because N3 wasn' t a blockbuster doesn' t mean you have to take it out on everyone else. Seriously though, stop calling people fanboys.

I' ve played all the big titles 360 have to offer and the only one that i' ve really enjoyed is Dead Rising. My expentations of GoW is high, and if this game would turn out to be a failure, I would be dissappointed in the whole console.

I for one won' t be buying one on day 1. I' m perfectly happy with the excellent Dark Messiah for now, and am waiting to see if gears of war shapes into anything more than " Move to cover and fire at bad AI" . Oh, and fuck Epic for not releasing a demo; guess they' re just too fucking big for that.

Oh, and fuck Epic for not releasing a demo; guess they' re just too fucking big for that.

My latest pet peeve is hearing people knock Epic for not releasing a demo of GOW...as if its mandatory. Epic must have explained it a hundred times that making a demo takes time with testing. When you make a demo you have to test to make sure it works. People have a hard time understanding this. So it was between having GOW without a demo two days from now or having a demo now and the game two months from now. They made the right choice.

They aren' t trying to hide anything, they are just trying to get the game on shelves for the holiday season. The reviews and gamers will speak for the game. We' re going to be spoiled with an amazing game, crying about the idea of no demo is just selfish and ignorant.

But I want a demo.

Who needs a demo? Just buy it! Everyone that has played it up to this point loves it. I haven' t heard any negative feedback from anyone that had actual hands on time with it. this game is pretty much garenteed to be excellent. Since I' ve seen it first hand I can vouch for it being amazing. My Gears of War faceplate is going to gleem when it is finally united with the game. Oh the joy!

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

I know, I' m just having a fit for the sake of having a fit. There' s nothing better to do. It' s not November 7th yet.

http://www.thinkuni.info/images/comingsoonsml.jpg

ha ha

Someone else than me think the Mad World song in the Gears Of War cinematic trailer is very good?

Yea, I thought that trailer was excellent. Kinda contradicted all the other trailers I' ve seen for it though which were all focused on action and buzzsaws. This one was interesting. It' s just a shame the music was dubbed over the actual cutscene, which will probably be nowhere near as atmospheric without it.

Imo, the only problem with not having a demo, is that many people will have to buy it to see what the game is actually like. I' d have preferred to try before I buy, but then I seem to be one of the only ones still on the fence about this game!

The number of pre-orders only reflects how much hype has been generated about the game, not how good it' ll be. To me it seems people are only getting this cos the main character is a big army dude with a chainsaw on the end of his gun, and of course cos da grafiks r gud. [:' (]

Think I might wait until I see what all the fuss is about. Another 2 weeks until the UK release tho...

The read speeds from the HDD aren' t up to scratch. That' s why some demos have framerate issues while the final product does not. Take Need for Speed: Carbon for example. The demo was dreadful and had a terrible framerate and yet the final game (i was given a copy of the CE today) is just fine.

The could have provided us with a demo months ago, maybe the E3 build/level, but then who says they won' t?! The game has been gold for a fortnight now and is released in the US on Wednesday?! Ha, you guys are lucky, Europeans have to wait another 10 days!

Anyhoo, CoD3 is out on Friday!!!

its annoying, i hate delayed releases, why on earth not make it global, i nearly didnt buy DR because i was pissed off!

won' t?! The game has been gold for a fortnight now and is released in the US on Wednesday?! Ha, you guys are lucky, Europeans have to wait another 10 days!

I love living in America, picking up COD3 tomorrow, its going to be hard focusing in Anthropology class today.

ORIGINAL: Agent Ghost

won' t?! The game has been gold for a fortnight now and is released in the US on Wednesday?! Ha, you guys are lucky, Europeans have to wait another 10 days!

I love living in America, picking up COD3 tomorrow, its going to be hard focusing in Anthropology class today.

Damn you dude, ...i have to wait until Thursday at the very earliest to get my hands on CoD3. You gonna be up for some online at the weekend?!

Vehicles baby!

I' m so excited about November, just a pity that GOW didnt release in europe on the same day as my birthday - the 7th!

I love where COD3 is headed at the min, the closest thing to the PC battlefield 2 so far on 360.

Damn you dude, ...i have to wait until Thursday at the very earliest to get my hands on CoD3. You gonna be up for some online at the weekend?!

Vehicles baby!

Hell yeah, I' ll be playing it every chance I get. I' ll be playing with my clan a lot but I' m sure there is plenty of time for some kikizo Cod3 action. Unfortunately I share the modem with my brother so I can only play every second day at worst. So I' ll give my take on the game wednsday. I' ll be playing Friday and Sunday...

Its been so long since I had a decent game to play, I love COD2, can' t wait for COD3!

Sounds good dude. Play.com have it in now so i could have it on Wednesday too but it' ll still probably be Thursday at the earliest. But hey, i also get to play Gears on Saturday, ...which reminds me...

...Choupolo, are you coming to Meadowhall to play Gears on Saturday or Sunday? I' m going on Saturday but it' ll be absolutely packed. I think i' ll plan to get there early and ahead of the morons...

Hey I could be in Sheffield this weekend actually, but I' ll be visiting family so I can' t be sure if I' ll be free during the event. What time' s it start? And is it being held in the Oasis arcade or Game or somewhere like that?

It' s on from about 10am until 8pm but i' m not sure where they' re setting it up. If i had to guess i would actually say that one of the two units (because Gears will be on it' s own in an enclosed space i think) would be outside House of Fraiser.

Gears is 18 only and when went to the Manchester event they said that at Newcastle and Sheffield they were having two units because Gears was getting it' s own. They also said you' d need ID as it' s only over 18' s that will get to play it. I' m not certain how the multiplayer tournament is set up but i put my name down for it when i saw them in Manchester. Hopefully it' ll be a good day.

Damn you dude, ...i have to wait until Thursday at the very earliest to get my hands on CoD3. You gonna be up for some online at the weekend?!

Vehicles baby!

Hell yeah, I' ll be playing it every chance I get. I' ll be playing with my clan a lot but I' m sure there is plenty of time for some kikizo Cod3 action. Unfortunately I share the modem with my brother so I can only play every second day at worst. So I' ll give my take on the game wednsday. I' ll be playing Friday and Sunday...

Its been so long since I had a decent game to play, I love COD2, can' t wait for COD3!

I' m gonna be on as well. I' ll probably pick mine up on Wednesday.

Gears of War will be in my hands in exatly 14 hours and 14 minutes... WOOT!!!

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

Anyone here who hasn' t already done so, add Agent Ghost to your friends list, especially if you' re getting COD3.

ORIGINAL: Rampage99

Gears of War will be in my hands in exatly 14 hours and 14 minutes... WOOT!!!

We want impressions and pictures and long winded descriptions of EVERYTHING!!!!

Are you sure? GOW will be full of scripted surprises throughout the single player campaign. Do you really want it spoiled, I wouldn' t.

Damn you dude, ...i have to wait until Thursday at the very earliest to get my hands on CoD3.

I love living in America, picking up COD3 tomorrow, its going to be hard focusing in Anthropology class today.

You' re actually going to try to focus? I' ve got friends skipping for Gears & CoD:3, so I' m not going to have any creative outlet. I' m gonna be a nervous wreck tomorrow.

Anyone here who hasn' t already done so, add Agent Ghost to your friends list, especially if you' re getting COD3.

Can do. Anybody who I haven' t sent a friend invite to, feel free to invite me. I' m always making time to sit down & add all you guys, but then I get sucked in by team-deathmatch. It' s a crippling weakness I tell ' ya. I' m not sure what time I' ll be hopping on Live tomorrow, but I' m going to have to get my gametime funtime out fast, because my XBL expires on the 11th. I' ll probably drop the seven for another month if I can.

You' re actually going to try to focus? I' ve got friends skipping for Gears & CoD:3, so I' m not going to have any creative outlet. I' m gonna be a nervous wreck tomorrow.

I don' t have a choice, I already missed 2 classes skipping for that Sociology shit that kept me up for 3 days. Anthropology is my thoughest class this semester and I' m trying to keep my mark above 70 so I have some leeway for the final exam.

Fortunately, tomorrow I only have Philosophy which I also need to attend after missing 3 classes for the same reason. So I have a 2 hour class tomorrow morning and the the rest of the day off. I also have wednsdays completely free. Well at least you have friends that own a 360...all of my friends are casual pc gamers.

Fortunately, tomorrow I only have Philosophy which I also need to attend after missing 3 classes for the same reason. So I have a 2 hour class tomorrow morning and the the rest of the day off. I also have wednsdays completely free. Well at least you have friends that own a 360...all of my friends are casual pc gamers.

I' ve got a Phys-Ed type class, & a required comp-tech class I blew off. (AKA, hello students. LOLZ... MOUSE!!!) So I' ve got a mostly easy afternoon. It does give me an excuse to post here though, which is always good. The teachers all freak out when I get past their ever-precious net filters.

Net filters *shivers*. My school is pretty strict and they actually monitor the sites you visit. If I spend ten minutes at kikizo the page would eventually close. I can' t even check my email there which is a bitch when I need to check my course outline that my philosophy teacher callously emailed to us as opposed to giving us a hard copy. It wasn' t like that three years ago the first time I was there...

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! Walmart is getting them in early! I' ll have my copy at 7am!!!!!!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Screw Gamestop! They went back on their word and said they desided they weren' t going to release until Wednesday... assholes!!!

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

email there which is a bitch when I need to check my course outline that my philosophy teacher callously emailed to us as opposed to giving us a hard copy. It wasn' t like that three years ago the first time I was there...

BASTARD" ! im sooo envious im practicly green!

BASTARD" ! im sooo envious im practicly green!

WHY!?, did you quote the wrong thing? Or is that sarcasm?

i quoted the wrong thing


i meant to quote rampage!

Damn, EB said after 1 tomorrow