And what right does he have to write that review?
BTW: No one plays Gears for its philosophical story.
That' s precisely my point.
I don' t do reviews. I give my opinions on forums and leave it at that but i never sit down and write a review and then give it a score. I leave that kind of thing to journalists.
If the guy hasn' t played the game on varying difficulty levels, on both an SDTV and HDTV (this guys has only played it though on an SDTV), with different speakers to take into account how the sound comes across in say stereo, 2.1, 5.1 etc, and played every mode the game has (co-op), he can' t really be taken seriously.
The score i agree with but i don' t agree with the bulk of what he has written about the game.
I mean...
Isn' t it as good as expected?
NO.
terrible music
while the " story" (there really is no story) elements are lame mostly
Someone at Epic forgot that no matter how real your character looks, it' s all wasted when he or she moves like a doll (in cut-scenes).
While Gears of War looks and sure as hell plays great, it has major problems with audio and overall presentation. Let me put it this way: Sound effects are great, voice acting is great (but the lines try too hard to be as tough as " Bad Dudes Vs Dragon Ninja" ), but the music is fuckin silly/horrible. It' s like it was made for a completely different game. It doesn' t fit - COMPLETELY. It' s like watching fights in Gladiator with soundtrack from the Titanic.
What about the story, this hould be good right?
WRONG!
To sum it up - there' s no story - not a single word to make it as deep and epic experience as we' ve all expected from trailers.
...and yet...
90/100
What' s even more amusing is this quote...
It' s a shame that many editors nowadays don' t remember their console roots and rate games based on visuals alone.
...because if the game has some MAJOR issues then what the fuck are you giving it a 9/10 for?!
Like i said it' s contradicting. Ha, it should also be noted that the same guy thinks Ridge Racer 6 is awesome. I suspect he previously slated Gears on some forum, saying he didn' t know what all the hype was about and can' t face the fact that for most people it has lived up to it and that there are very few problems in the game.
Personally i love Gears, both offline and on but i prefer Rainbow Six: Vegas and i think that Lost Planet is gonna pwn both.