Gears of War - Reviews
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Nothing is perfect.
I hate this argument, what the point of having a scale where the highest value is impossible to score. You are right nothing is perfect so 10 out 10 shouldn't denote perfection but a score of rare game who qualities out shine 99% of games that reach the market in terms of quality graphics, sound, gameplay.
I hate this argument, what the point of having a scale where the highest value is impossible to score. You are right nothing is perfect so 10 out 10 shouldn't denote perfection but a score of rare game who qualities out shine 99% of games that reach the market in terms of quality graphics, sound, gameplay.
Of course not. But after about 22 years of gaming, I can actually tell after watching several hours of video and reading several pages of impressions. You'll have to trust me on this - I'm a greater authority on the topic of being me than you are.
Not nearly as silly as believing that a game like Gears isn't part of a certain, well-defined genre. A genre, that I happen not to like - not anymore anyway. I have an Xbox, and I have a PS2, and my favorite genre has been, for a long time, racing games. I like to try good games in all genres, and back when I had a PC and me and my flatmates set up a LAN in our appartment permanently, I played tonnes of fps games. Doom, Quake, Descent, Command & Conquer, and Warcraft 2 - these were the games we played to death. I even played a lot of the original Wolfenstein, some 17 years ago.
However, by the time I got an Xbox and Halo 2, the genre didn't excite me anymore. And still, Halo 2 appeals to me more even now than Gears does. So there. I'm not labelling, just stating a fact. This is not a cross-genre game. It's not an "all-genre" game. Those really hardly exist at all, or they create their own. It's a novel take (well, not even that) on a genre that we generally call the first person shooter. Are you seriously going to tell me that Gears is something else entirely, and that if you don't happen to like it, you can't call yourself a Real GamerTM?
The fact is that the Xbox, both 360 and the original, had the fps genre extremely well covered for a console, and it drew a lot of games coming from the PC side of things (you'd almost forget now that there was clearly a group of FPS fans that could in fact bear to play such a game with a controller rather than with a mouse and keyboard). On the other hand, if you wanted JRPGs, the Xbox clearly wasn't the place to be (why do you think that people are making such a big deal that we actually get a number of JRPGs for the 360 now?). There are lots more examples of genres that attached themselves fare more to one particular console.
This weekend, I played some more PGR3 in a store, finally on a nice Samsung widescreen, and it looked pretty decent and played ok. It's not the perfect game for me by far, but you'll have to trust me that between that game and Gears, PGR3 is much more likely to convince me to get a 360 than Gears ever will. Oblivion is, in its genre, a match for Gears to be sure, but is that going to convince every 'Gamer' to buy a 360? Very obviously not (and no, that's not because you could also get it on PC).
So, ending my rant here, no, it is not true that GamersTM have to like every game that is ranked above a nine on your average gamesite ... On the other hand, a true Gamer like me does take the time to know about all the 9+ games. And that's been my primary interest in following this game: keeping track of its historical significance in the history of gaming.
(oh, and the Eurogamer review is late)
Yeah, I'll tell you it's something else entirely.
It's a THIRD person action game.
You mean you wrote all that and came to all those conclusions without even knowing that the game is NOT a First Person Shooter at all?
well I've got 30 years in so there....
(started with PONG)you didn't label the genre... you labeled the 360 people vs. the other people. that's the kind of labeling that this site can do with out IMO. there are plenty of other sites out there that like to draw battle lines... no need on B3d.
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The high scores don't really surprise me as I have known a long time that Gears is going to be a very solid title, but it's nice to see it materialized. I'm definately in the target audience, since I don't like mindless shooting, but I also don't like to hide in the shadows and be scared of alarm bells, this is in the middle and man it looks sweet!
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Of course not. But after about 22 years of gaming, I can actually tell after watching several hours of video and reading several pages of impressions. You'll have to trust me on this - I'm a greater authority on the topic of being me than you are.
Not nearly as silly as believing that a game like Gears isn't part of a certain, well-defined genre. A genre, that I happen not to like - not anymore anyway. I have an Xbox, and I have a PS2, and my favorite genre has been, for a long time, racing games. I like to try good games in all genres, and back when I had a PC and me and my flatmates set up a LAN in our appartment permanently, I played tonnes of fps games. Doom, Quake, Descent, Command & Conquer, and Warcraft 2 - these were the games we played to death. I even played a lot of the original Wolfenstein, some 17 years ago.
However, by the time I got an Xbox and Halo 2, the genre didn't excite me anymore. And still, Halo 2 appeals to me more even now than Gears does. So there. I'm not labelling, just stating a fact. This is not a cross-genre game. It's not an "all-genre" game. Those really hardly exist at all, or they create their own. It's a novel take (well, not even that) on a genre that we generally call the first person shooter. Are you seriously going to tell me that Gears is something else entirely, and that if you don't happen to like it, you can't call yourself a Real GamerTM?
The fact is that the Xbox, both 360 and the original, had the fps genre extremely well covered for a console, and it drew a lot of games coming from the PC side of things (you'd almost forget now that there was clearly a group of FPS fans that could in fact bear to play such a game with a controller rather than with a mouse and keyboard). On the other hand, if you wanted JRPGs, the Xbox clearly wasn't the place to be (why do you think that people are making such a big deal that we actually get a number of JRPGs for the 360 now?). There are lots more examples of genres that attached themselves fare more to one particular console.
This weekend, I played some more PGR3 in a store, finally on a nice Samsung widescreen, and it looked pretty decent and played ok. It's not the perfect game for me by far, but you'll have to trust me that between that game and Gears, PGR3 is much more likely to convince me to get a 360 than Gears ever will. Oblivion is, in its genre, a match for Gears to be sure, but is that going to convince every 'Gamer' to buy a 360? Very obviously not (and no, that's not because you could also get it on PC).
So, ending my rant here, no, it is not true that GamersTM have to like every game that is ranked above a nine on your average gamesite ... On the other hand, a true Gamer like me does take the time to know about all the 9+ games. And that's been my primary interest in following this game: keeping track of its historical significance in the history of gaming.
(oh, and the Eurogamer review is late)
why do you or any define gears as an FPS? It's looks like a third person view similar to last RE and there are dozens of games that have fps views (sniper view) that aren't considered fps games.
You right, a hard core gamer doesn't have to like every high scoring game in every genre.
But what's the point of going into post about a genre you don't particular like and voicing your displeasure?
A Swedish Mag 10/10 (evidently as I don't speak [SIZE=-1]Swedish[/SIZE])
http://www.gamereactor.se/recensioner/8896/Gears+of+War/
http://www.gamereactor.se/recensioner/8896/Gears+of+War/
I agree that your follow-up explanation was well thought out (and pretty accurate). It's just the 1 liner (in the post to which I was referring with my criticism) that says "360 audience" is a mis-characterization at this point in time, not to mention divisive. Take a careful look at the diversity that the 360 console is bringing to the table this gen compared to the Xbox1 and I think you would have to agree.
I think Arwin's point flew over a few heads, and fell victim of selectivus quotus syndrome. Shame.
I admit to a knee jerk on the 1 liner in his first post. The subsequent post was insightful.
well the only thing First person shooter describes is where the camera is, by the logic that gears is a FPS then so is RE4, the Max Payne series, stranglehold, and many other 3rd person games where the main character shoots guns
The game seems to be going quite well with reviews, I honestly didn't think it was going to do this good, with the lack of media they put out I thought it might not to live up to the hype
I read all the reviews and Eurogamer is the only place with score that reflects the text.
I am with Arwin too. Shame on those who cant take a second opinion. I am pumped up for Halo 3 just so that you know.
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