GOW:Over 1 million sold in first 2 weeks.
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Correct me if I am wrong, but the gore and language can be turned down in the retail version.
This game hasn't sold 2 mil so fast for no reason.
It's the game we have been waiting for the past 5 years. We have heard certain games promised, promised to deliver X, Y, Z and Gears flat out does.
In Single player ALONE.
Add the fact that you have at least split screen co-op and the game goes to a whole new level. As much of a fan of Halo as I was/am, I wish I could have spent that time playing Gears instead of Halo.
This game will be selling for a LOOOOOOOONG time.
It doesn't need kiosks, it doesn't need adverts at tis point. It just needs for your buddy to say hey, c'mon by my house tonight, Bring a 6, I got the L, and they KNOW what Gears is all about.
This is a killer app.
Just think, we are a month in, and it has already sold 1/3 as much as Halo 2 has so far. That's a scary fact.
It's the game we have been waiting for the past 5 years. We have heard certain games promised, promised to deliver X, Y, Z and Gears flat out does.
In Single player ALONE.
Add the fact that you have at least split screen co-op and the game goes to a whole new level. As much of a fan of Halo as I was/am, I wish I could have spent that time playing Gears instead of Halo.
This game will be selling for a LOOOOOOOONG time.
It doesn't need kiosks, it doesn't need adverts at tis point. It just needs for your buddy to say hey, c'mon by my house tonight, Bring a 6, I got the L, and they KNOW what Gears is all about.
This is a killer app.
Just think, we are a month in, and it has already sold 1/3 as much as Halo 2 has so far. That's a scary fact.
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It would still be too violent for kiosks.
Besides it wouldn't do the game justice. The single most rewarding thing in that game is chainsaw bayonetting locusts with the subsequent blood+gore fountain.
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I also heard that MS will apparently be alternating the Halo and Gears franchises year on year. So after Halo 3 comes out then Gears 2 the next year, then Halo 4, then Gears 3, etc, alternating every year or so. Should make for at least one AAA title every year of the 360's existence.
I thought Halo 3 was the last "Halo"...
Obviously there's the halo wars spin off but I don't see that as being a replacement as such in the halo franchise. So unless I'm mistaken in Halo 3 being the final one then I don't see how they can alternate them beyond Halo 3 2007, GoW 2 2008.... which is pretty much how the development cycle would likely fall anyway.
Obviously there's the halo wars spin off but I don't see that as being a replacement as such in the halo franchise. So unless I'm mistaken in Halo 3 being the final one then I don't see how they can alternate them beyond Halo 3 2007, GoW 2 2008.... which is pretty much how the development cycle would likely fall anyway.
nobody ever said that (last halo).
they may end (rumor) MC's life but there are plenty of other Spartans to base the next game on.
in fact, they would be quite insane to end one of the biggest new franchises ever.
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God forbid a game development company gets sick of making the same series over and over and over again... (IMO, it would be a real shame to tie Bungie down with just making the next Halo game, and it would also disappoint me if the franchise were milked like EA and football. Franchise expansion...I'm pretty much OK with. But FPS Halo 8, which only adds 2 new features to Halo 2, .... no)
In any case, I believe that rumor comes from the EGM rumor mill in this latest issue. "Get this: I hear Microsoft is crafting a brilliant plan to flip-flop Gears and Halo every year, so expect Gears of War 2 in 2008 and a new Halo game in 2009."
I just say "BS," of course. Or perhaps J Allard's dream will finally come true, just with Halo coming out every 2 years instead of 1, and Gears taking the year between. Milking isn't something I can appreciate very much. I somehow doubt that it's going to be possible to tastefully take Gears of War beyond part 3. But, eh...
In any case, I believe that rumor comes from the EGM rumor mill in this latest issue. "Get this: I hear Microsoft is crafting a brilliant plan to flip-flop Gears and Halo every year, so expect Gears of War 2 in 2008 and a new Halo game in 2009."
I just say "BS," of course. Or perhaps J Allard's dream will finally come true, just with Halo coming out every 2 years instead of 1, and Gears taking the year between. Milking isn't something I can appreciate very much. I somehow doubt that it's going to be possible to tastefully take Gears of War beyond part 3. But, eh...
Micro gears!
= Ninten dogs!
You need to control these little war machines from little kids to adults when they can take the weapons and go to war! You get to see how much angst these little marcus's have in theyr teen years but its all worth it in the end when you are the one controlling these little war machines yourself.
Featuring:
Live duels! Grow your war machines like there's no tomorrow and simply destroy your friends or people online!
Rankings: Angst points, how many war machines you have and how many wars you have won and lost for that matter!
EA style: 20$ gets you 10 of these little war machines, basically for free! (EA thinking).
Another EA add would be, pay 30$ and you get special skills that lets you punish these little fellows. I can only imagine how big of a hit this would be if they managed to make the Angst mode perfect. People would love to smack those war machiens like there's no tomorrow, black & white style!
Oh god no. I don't think that would work, with Halo I can understand it but with gears...perhaps I'll get used to the idea in the long run though. :s
It would work! Like Silent Storm or Heroes of World War 2 or Faces of War does.
briefly OT: I played the Halo Trailer (not commercial) for one of female friends last night. AT the end of it she was like... "Holy Sh*T was that for a movie or a game? I might have to get a 360!"
Now I didnt beleive that she would a get a 360 to play Halo of all things, but I think she was seriously impressed.
"Holy Sh*T was that for a movie or a game? I might have to get a 360!"Now I didnt beleive that she would a get a 360 to play Halo of all things, but I think she was seriously impressed.
