Thoughts about Gears Of War

For those who have the game, would you mind telling us who haven' t got the game your opinion about it ?

Some questions

Is there any FPS lag, in either oneplayer or twoplayer splitscreen?

What is the multiplayer modes and what do you do in each of them?

Is the chainsaw overpowered?

When you shoot with the gun, do you have perfect accuracy when you are aiming and spraying, because it looks like it at the videos I' ve seen.



Feel free to post questions yourself to those who have the game!

I heard from many sites that there is no lagg.
Only sonyfanboys who says there is a huge of lagg and frame drops constanly.

They are very sad/worried that GoW get so awesome score ^^

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.

I can confirm there is NO LAG. Multiplayer plays smoother than any other 360 game to date.

The game is amazing...to say the least, easily one of the greatest...if not the greatest game of 2006.

Some questions

Is there any FPS lag, in either oneplayer or twoplayer splitscreen?

What is the multiplayer modes and what do you do in each of them?

Is the chainsaw overpowered?

When you shoot with the gun, do you have perfect accuracy when you are aiming and spraying, because it looks like it at the videos I' ve seen.

I' ll answer them a little better here.

There is no lag in One Player or Two Player...One player has little to no loading times (most of the time no loading times).

There is Warzone which as far as I can tell is standard deathmatch.
There is Execution where you have to execute the other team (really haven' t seen a major difference in this one from Warzone).

Those are the only Multiplayer matches I have played...I' ll try and find more if there is more.

The Chainsaw is like the Sword in Halo 2...except a majority of the time if you die to the chainsaw it was your fault. It isn' t overpowered...just extremely powerful.

It is fairly accurate if you are not doing a blindfire, but the bullets spray so it is not like every bullet hits the middle of the reticle.

" What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things."
~ Unknown ~

this game does have co-op over live right?

Yes it does F3

" What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things."
~ Unknown ~

well thats an achievement in itself. Cool.

What is the multiplayer modes and what do you do in each of them?

Alright did a little more searching, Execution only allows you to achieve points for th match through Executing players. There is another mode called Assasination where one person is the leader of the team (be it Cog or Locust) and for each team to win they must kill the leader.

" What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things."
~ Unknown ~

Co-op over live is something that should be an industry standard, I mean, even
Live Arcade games have it..

I was shocked that Halo 2 didn' t have it, but I sure hope Halo 3 does as according
to every American that has it, and every magazine, Gears has raised the bar...

Hopefully halo 3 has co-op over live, as in 4 people co-op at least...

If not, then.... Oh, I don' t know...

There are two rules to success:

1. Never tell all you know.

is there autoaim? If there is how much is it compared to other games.

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

The game is amazing... that' s all you need to know! One of the best games I' ve ever played. I finally got my copy today. It' s outstanding! I' m in love with it! The chainsaw is so damn awesome!!!!!!!!!!

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 "

Unfortunately, I had to sleep pretty much an hour after I got the game as I stayed up all night playing COD3 (also awsome) so I only got to play about an hour or so of Gears. I have to say, this game kicks so much ass its surreal. Its so much better then anything else on 360 in terms of overall quality, story, graphics and polish. This game really defies logic of what we have been lead to believe is possible on the white box, it shames almost everything else on the 360 or any other console for that matter. I don' t want to spoil anything, but one thing I wasn' t expecting to be as good is the dialogue, when you see them talking in clips at GameTrailers thats not bullshit thats how they act in the game. The characeters are awsome, they' re not just hardened war heroes but they' re also badasses. It doeasn' t feel like 98% of the games I play where the content is restricted just to meet a certain ESRB rating. EPIC had a vision with this game and they made it happen.

I have to say this game has not been over hyped (not for me at least), everything that Epic has promissed has been delivered, and with style. Like Rampage said it really is amazing, I can' t wait to play Co-op.

Couldn' t get it anywhere today, I' ll probably get it tommorow.

is there autoaim? If there is how much is it compared to other games.

There is no Auto Aim. I have had major problems with connection issues with the game, it disconnects almost 80% of the time when trying to get into a game. I hope they resolve that quickly.

" What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things."
~ Unknown ~

Sweet, it didn' t look like there was autoaim in the videos. I really hate autoaim. <3 Epic

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

took 5 fuckn stores to find it but eventually did. Seems everyone was blaming ups/fedex for lack of delivery but Best Buy had a whole boatload of copies.

Im loving it but havent played enought o give deep details. 2 great games in one day this is fuckn orgasmic!

Almost grabbed THP8 in the process btu im broke enough as it is.

Thanks for the answers Alecrein and thanks for your opinions all! Now I' m more determined than ever to get this game! One more question. In the gameplay vids when you shoot someone they hardly by getting hit by 20 bullets, is that bothering or maybe I' m wrong?

I don' t suppose anybody has a spare 360 and a copy of Gears to give away?

ORIGINAL: JalleNalle

Thanks for the answers Alecrein and thanks for your opinions all! Now I' m more determined than ever to get this game! One more question. In the gameplay vids when you shoot someone they hardly by getting hit by 20 bullets, is that bothering or maybe I' m wrong?

Are you asking if it takes a lot of bullets to take someone down? If so yes. I mean YES!! I tried starting out the game on Hardcore and got my ass handed to me! I mean, you have to empty an entire clip into someone' s HEAD to get them to go down!

After dying about 50 kajillion times on one part, I said f*ck it, and started playing on normal (or whatever it' s called).

I have a question for people who' re playing the game currently:

What do you guys think of that " active reload" mechanism? I didn' t get it at first, but once I figured it out, it' s kind of taken my game to another level! I mean, being able to reload in about a third the time makes a HUGE difference when the Locusts are swarming!

What do you guys think of that " active reload" mechanism?

Yeah, what is the active reload mechanism anyway?

but one thing I wasn' t expecting to be as good is the dialogue, when you see them talking in clips at GameTrailers thats not bullshit thats how they act in the game.

You liked the dialogue/acting in the trailers?? I thought it was awful. From what I' ve seen and heard from reviews, the story and dialogue could have been much better. But then I suppose the Gears characters are meant to be Jarheads. (Good movie!)

The graphics are pretty impressive, only played through the first intro mission so far but it seems pretty solid, Im gonna pick up THP8 tommorow as well.

" active reload" mechanism?

Yeah, what is the active reload mechanism anyway?

" Active Reload" is probably the most innovative addition to this game. I love it to be honest, I thought it was the A button at first, then realized it was the Right Button.

" Active Reload" is essentially a tiny mini-game that goes on when you are reloading. It brings up a swing bar (sorta like what would come up when you are getting ready to hit a ball in most golf games) There is a section of that is white (generally small) if you land the bar on the white you get a " active reload" which increases the damage those bullets you reloaded do. There is another section after the white which if hit just reloads quicker. If you hit it after or before in a gray area your gun jams and reloading takes a bit longer. You can as well not hit anything and the reloading will finish once the swing bar has reached the end.

" What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things."
~ Unknown ~

Like Chee Saw said the game is crazy on Hardcore and I can only imagine what it would be like on Insane. I have the strategy guide (I like to buy them with kick ass games as collectors items) and it has the health of the enemies you see on each difficulty. It takes long enough to kill those fuckers on casual but on Hardcore and Insane it would be well...fucking hardcore crazy. Casual is meant for people who play Shooters, hardcore is meant for people who have mastered casual, the basic skills of the game and reccommended for co-op. Insane is designed for co-op with two guys who have mastered the game and can go through a level flawlessly. At Insane each enemy even Drones are a threat to your life.

A few examples:
Drones/Grenadier
Casual 250hp, Hardcore 550 hp, Insane 650hp!

Theron Guard
350hp, 800hp, 900hp!

Boomer (Badass mofo)
1750hp, 2500hp, 2500hp

Berserker (you need the Hammer of Dawn to terminate these bitches)
6500hp, 8500hp, 12000!

RAAM (The fucking Devil himself)
3500hp, 5500hp, 7000hp

RAAM is surounded by Theron Guards (elites) and had to be toned down before GOW went to gold because he was too hard. Imagine what he was like before!

*In addition to you enemies having more health in the higher difficulty levels you and your pals have less!

This game is fxing awesome! We picked up two copies at wal-mart at 3 o' clock and played system link and live mp until 11.
The graphics are ridiculously better than anything else out on any system (that includes PC).

I only played through the first level so I haven' t got much taste of the single player yet but it seems pretty decent so far.

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

Like Chee Saw said the game is crazy on Hardcore and I can only imagine what it would be like on Insane. I have the strategy guide (I like to buy them with kick ass games as collectors items) and it has the health of the enemies you see on each difficulty. It takes long enough to kill those fuckers on casual but on Hardcore and Insane it would be well...fucking hardcore crazy. Casual is meant for people who play Shooters, hardcore is meant for people who have mastered casual, the basic skills of the game and reccommended for co-op. Insane is designed for co-op with two guys who have mastered the game and can go through a level flawlessly. At Insane each enemy even Drones are a threat to your life.

A few examples:
Drones/Grenadier
Casual 250hp, Hardcore 550 hp, Insane 650hp!

Theron Guard
350hp, 800hp, 900hp!

Boomer (Badass mofo)
1750hp, 2500hp, 2500hp

Berserker (you need the Hammer of Dawn to terminate these bitches)
6500hp, 8500hp, 12000!

RAAM (The fucking Devil himself)
3500hp, 5500hp, 7000hp

RAAM is surounded by Theron Guards (elites) and had to be toned down before GOW went to gold because he was too hard. Imagine what he was like before!

*In addition to you enemies having more health in the higher difficulty levels you and your pals have less!

Looks like there is a bigger diffrance between Casual and Hardcore than Hardcore and Insane.

You guys think there is a bonus movie, like there was in Halo when you finish the game on legendary?

Im playing Casual and been having a tough but decent time going thru the game...then came RAAM...I had to off the game and take a break for a bit. The firts encounter with a beserker is the most insane expeirence in a game Ive ever had!

Ign, said that casual was to easy, in their review. You should start at Hardcore, they said.

You can switch between casual and hardcore each time you restart. I shouldve played hardcore til I got to RAAM then swapped for Casual...

Cause this guy is a beast even on casual.

" Active Reload" is essentially a tiny mini-game that goes on when you are reloading. It brings up a swing bar (sorta like what would come up when you are getting ready to hit a ball in most golf games) There is a section of that is white (generally small) if you land the bar on the white you get a " active reload" which increases the damage those bullets you reloaded do. There is another section after the white which if hit just reloads quicker. If you hit it after or before in a gray area your gun jams and reloading takes a bit longer. You can as well not hit anything and the reloading will finish once the swing bar has reached the end.

Doesnt that take a little bit of skill away from the game and replace it with luck?

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

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

ORIGINAL: Silentbomber

Doesnt that take a little bit of skill away from the game and replace it with luck?

No, it increases the skill. If you want you can just leave the reload alone and you can let it just take its course. If you want a little extra power you can master the releoad timing and get that extra damage in there. I' ve pretty much gotten the active reload down like a pro.

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 "

Im still amazed how good the game looks, a few budies came over and when they saw it they were like " Jesus Christ!"

Yeah, it is amazing...almost every aspect the first real cutscene at the end of Act One was so awesome...I' m hoping another one beats it before I finish the game.

" What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things."
~ Unknown ~

I have a few questions and they will be answered, hopefully by someone who knows what they are talking about:

1 - I know the graphics are teh awsum, but are there any frame drops/quick freezes in the single player mode? I saw a lot of that in some internet videos and it made it look unfinished.

2 - Is the 5.1 audio teh awsum? Is it good enough to be called phiggidy phat even? Is there music during the game? Did the Scorpions provide any tunes?

3 - Is the single player mode fun? I don' t give a rat' s ass about Xbox Live. I bought Ghost Recon used because I thought it would be fun, but it wasn' t. Turns out the only way to have fun with Ghost Recon was online. And I' ve had my fair share of death matches/capture the flag/etc etc etc etc. Online co-op sounds cool, but again, all I care about is single player. Worth the $$$ just for that?

4 - Is there a secret code that allows me to play as either Donald Rumsfeld or Tm Clancy?

Is there a secret code that allows me to play as either Donald Rumsfeld or Tm Clancy?

damn all your post always has me cracking up. I didn' t see any frame drops, whick blew me away because I expected this game to be choppy as hell, what was even more impressive was that there was barely any loading. The only time I noticed a slight stutter was sometimes when I would try to go back to previous areas looking for hidden stuff. The sound is freaking sick with the music kicking in at the appropriate time, adding atmosphere. Coop is freaking sweet, I played with my friend theough a few mission, fun sniping from afar while he took on the baddies up close. Yeah, this game impressed the hell out of me, which is' nt easy.

I managed to get some hands on time with Gears today at the Sheffield leg of the 360 tour and from my limited playtime all i have to say is...

...Gears of War is quite posibly the greatest 3D action game ever!!!

I love Resident Evil 4, ...it' s one of my favourite games of the previous generation. I love Chaos Theory and Ninja Gaiden Black, ...they' re also 2 of my favourite games from the previous generation. Gears of War is like those games. It' s graphically outstanding and everything from the textures to the lighting and animation are all 100% perfectly executed. Epic has devivered a masterpiece and Friday can' t come quickly enough as i want my own damn copy to lose myself in.

- Is the single player mode fun? I don' t give a rat' s ass about Xbox Live. I bought Ghost Recon used because I thought it would be fun, but it wasn' t. Turns out the only way to have fun with Ghost Recon was online. And I' ve had my fair share of death matches/capture the flag/etc etc etc etc. Online co-op sounds cool, but again, all I care about is single player. Worth the $$$ just for that?

I' m probably not the best person to answer this as XBL is just as important to me as the offline pat of the game, and i loved every second of GRAW' s single player campaign. But, i can tell you that the single player part of Gears clocks in at around the 12 hour mark on casual. It may not be your type of game. I guess it comes down to what you expect from a £D action game. What other games of the genre have your really enjoyed?

ORIGINAL: Joe Redifer

I have a few questions and they will be answered, hopefully by someone who knows what they are talking about:

1 - I know the graphics are teh awsum, but are there any frame drops/quick freezes in the single player mode? I saw a lot of that in some internet videos and it made it look unfinished.

2 - Is the 5.1 audio teh awsum? Is it good enough to be called phiggidy phat even? Is there music during the game? Did the Scorpions provide any tunes?

3 - Is the single player mode fun? I don' t give a rat' s ass about Xbox Live. I bought Ghost Recon used because I thought it would be fun, but it wasn' t. Turns out the only way to have fun with Ghost Recon was online. And I' ve had my fair share of death matches/capture the flag/etc etc etc etc. Online co-op sounds cool, but again, all I care about is single player. Worth the $$$ just for that?

4 - Is there a secret code that allows me to play as either Donald Rumsfeld or Tm Clancy?

The game' s pretty smooth, most framerate drops I' ve noticed are in cutscenes, particularly the one where there' s like 8 soldiers shooting at locust and shit blowing up all over the place.. it drops rarely in gameplay.

Offline is pretty fun, haven' t played online yet but everyone says online is better so who knows.

The music is awesome, even from the first level who will like the tune.

ORIGINAL: Evil Man

ORIGINAL: Joe Redifer

I have a few questions and they will be answered, hopefully by someone who knows what they are talking about:

1 - I know the graphics are teh awsum, but are there any frame drops/quick freezes in the single player mode? I saw a lot of that in some internet videos and it made it look unfinished.

2 - Is the 5.1 audio teh awsum? Is it good enough to be called phiggidy phat even? Is there music during the game? Did the Scorpions provide any tunes?

3 - Is the single player mode fun? I don' t give a rat' s ass about Xbox Live. I bought Ghost Recon used because I thought it would be fun, but it wasn' t. Turns out the only way to have fun with Ghost Recon was online. And I' ve had my fair share of death matches/capture the flag/etc etc etc etc. Online co-op sounds cool, but again, all I care about is single player. Worth the $$$ just for that?

4 - Is there a secret code that allows me to play as either Donald Rumsfeld or Tm Clancy?

The game' s pretty smooth, most framerate drops I' ve noticed are in cutscenes, particularly the one where there' s like 8 soldiers shooting at locust and shit blowing up all over the place.. it drops rarely in gameplay.

Offline is pretty fun, haven' t played online yet but everyone says online is better so who knows.

The music is awesome, even from the first level who will like the tune.

Is it better overall than Halo or Halo 2 were when they were released?!

Funny,MS said,europeans are not gonna have to wait 5 montsh for GoW,but only 5 days.

Strange,here i hear every american been playing gow now for 1-3 days,and its the 11th.

okay...

9+5=14

11+5=16

10+5=15.

EU release date 17th.

What am i missing Peter moore?¨

You bastard.

1 week delay for a release? talk about being slow beiatch.

Sure its not a year delay with ps3,but sony staff are retarded,but 1 week dleay for a game?

I mean how hard can it be to ship to EU some days befor and hit worldwide date ateleast with 2-3 days delay.

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.

I doubt its supply problems, more like a marketing thing.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

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

ORIGINAL: Joe Redifer

2 - Is the 5.1 audio teh awsum? Is it good enough to be called phiggidy phat even? Is there music during the game? Did the Scorpions provide any tunes?

This game is what 5.1 is all about!

I would like to have:

a) the Locust horde throw more grenades, so I can listen to where they' re bouncing and jump out of the way more often.

b) the Gears speak (or holler) more during battle. Every now and again someone says some crazy sh*t, but not nearly enough.