Gears of War Platinum Hits - Xbox 360

This game is the best game to come out. the graphics are amazing and the gameplay is smooth. i would recomend this to anyone who has a 360 and likes to play shooting games.

Gears of War is a third person shooter, based in an alternate reality world where, basically, you kill aliens. The story line itself is probably the best I've ever seen, maybe even better than Halo. Add that to the amazing and inovative gameplay and you have an incredible story mode. I thoroughly enjoyed playing every second of the campaign. The characters always provide entertainment in the form of comedy or just being cool. But once again, this all ties into the gameplay. Unlike other games, Gears emphasizes taking cover over charging your enemies. This is great in story mode, because you soon learn how to use it to great affect, which allows you the satisfaction of out-thinking you're opponents (which are pretty smart) in order to win each battle. However, I didnt like this kind of strategy in competitive play on Live. Ironically, it seems that the best way to win on Xbox Live is too abandon all of the strategies taught in the story mode and just charge at your opponents with a shotgun. This is my major problem with Gears. It often seems that games are decided by two guys running around in circles shooting each other with the shotgun (that you spawn with). It turns out that every strategy like taking cover, gaining high ground, and using an assault rifle for medium range attacks, are completely useless. Every game is a race for the sniper rifle and a shotgun duel. Also, the game isnt competitive because hit detection and damage are calculated randomly, making it possible to get a head-shot with a shotgun from across the map. To sum it up, amazing story line, horrible Xbox Live play.

It is hard to find a game that is truely original. Well Gears of War is about as original as you can get with the world in chaos it is up to you and your team to kill the locust infestation. This game is awesome the single player has such a good storyline and the graphics and characters are so different from anything you may have seen. Game play is relatively easy and you can look at something that pops up and see where you have to go opposed to aimlessly wandering like in most games. On top of it all this game has amazing online play and game modes. I love this game if it wasn't for call of duty 4 this game would be the most popular game out there. with out a doubt buy thius game even if you want the new one its just that good.

For those that have commented that they don’t understand the “hype” surrounding this game (and there are only a few), I simply don’t understand where they are coming from. My first, uninformed guess would be that they don’t have an HD TV (so they don’t get the benefit of the best out there graphics), or they just don’t like shooter games. I do, however, appreciate the self-proclaimed “non-hardcore gamer who found it difficult. It’s a game for the hardcore- no doubt). Their entitled to their opinions but don’t let them stop you from buying this game. I passed it up for months for other shooter games mostly because I heard GOW was too short (I wanted my monies worth). I would agree that it’s too short but only because it’s so good it leaves you wanting more. Seriously folks, the “hype”, as it might be referred to in a negative way, is no hype at all. GOW delivers in every single area of excellence with few minor flaws (and those really being personal preference issues for me). There is no way to really describe in short the unique style of using cover so I won’t try here, just believe all the other reviews that say it’s awesome and fun, easy to learn and execute (and it really is unique). There currently is no rival (that I have seen) to the graphics in GOW (though Halo 3 comes close). Sound is as good as it gets (limited only by your setup- BOOM… GROUND-WALKER… HUMANSSS). The weapons available are awesome. The game is not short in my opinion, but again, does leave you wanting more. The replay value is very high if for no other reason than to go through the game trying to find the 30 hidden cogs. Don’t cheat and read walkthroughs to find them, that takes the fun out of it. I have only played through once and found only 6 cogs. Of course, I wasn’t even looking for them- so I can’t wait to play through again and search them out while keeping my head down. As for the minor flaws I spoke of, they are as follows; and remember that I said they are really more based on my own personal style of play and preference and not flaws in the design or play of the game with the exception of the chainsaw. So many write about loving the chainsaw (for melee on one of the guns) so I won’t bash it. I will say that I don’t like it, it’s too slow and unreliable when your rushed by several enemy (maybe I don’t know how to use it well enough). I also don’t personally like how some of the play is arcade-like. For example, the Berserkers. Having to lure them into the light in order to blast them with the Hammer of Dawn is really not fun at all. It completely takes me out of the game and into the arcade mode (like it’s a little mini-game inserted there to get you to remember to eat or something). If I were the developer of the sequel, I would take them out or make it so the “shooter-gamer” can shoot and kill them. There is also the mine carts that take you on a little journey through the mine like a slow moving roller coaster in a carnival while you shoot at pop-ups and finally the generator room where you have to walk from one side of the room to the other without falling through the floor. These arcade-play parts should have never made it into a game like this; their a different genre and effectively disengage ME from the game. Their boring, frustrating, and most of all, take you completely out of the war for untold minutes until you figure out which board not to walk on (for example). Finally, what I see as flaws are personal style of play issues so they do not effect my fair rating of the game. It is an easy five only because I can’t give it six stars. 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 without a doubt. Oh yea, I haven’t even gone Live yet. While I didn’t get what I was expecting and hoping for from Halo 3, GOW made up for it. 

Game Overall" I bought this game a year after it was released and I have to say, it lives up to the hype quite well. I was stunned by the absolute beauty and smoothness of the full 1080p graphics that gears of war can support. There was little to no lag in framerate even when the screen was full of dozens of enemies. The duck and cover play style works very well and is extremly fun once you master it. There are a huge number of different weapon styles and weapon mechanics, such as burst shooting, blind firing and Melee combat. This game plays like a movie and your both the actors and director. "Single Player" This is an amazing game that no Xbox fan should be without. Im sure there will be a sequel as the single player was very short and could be easy completed in about 10 hours. If you have a 360 and a HDTV, do your self a favor and pick this up ASAP, I gaurantee you will not be disappointed. The co-op on the harder difficulties is where the fun lies though. I suggest you play it alone through casual to get the hang of the game and then again with a buddy on hardcore or insane. The story is very engaging and exciting. Every moment is tense and the air is filled with the sense of danger. The sound sets the mood and atomosphre like a hollywood blockbuster, the sound changes and adapts to the intense combat, or horrifying new monsters running at you to rip you to shreds. "Xbox Live" The multiplayer is fun and exciting. The matches are adrenaline filled and fast paced, you have to move in and out of cover, this isnt the standard run and gun, its all about cover. Stick with your allies, cover each others back, and anhilate your enemy. There are several types of gameplay match and my favorite is Annex, which is a capture points and fend of enemies to win, its fun to see how well people work together to capture objectives, and sometimes things go horrible wrong, like your ally miss tosses his grenade it bounces back and wipes out two of your allies. Sigh, good times. "Closing comments" This game is a face paced, adrenaline junkies dream. If you havent tried it and own a 360, get it NOW, Big guns, Bigger enemies, Blood and gore to the extreme, Chainsaws!!! You cant go wrong.

This game has a solid storyline, that draws in the player. Online play is also fantastic, giving a variety of game types and maps to play. The controls are easily picked up and copy most other shooters, making new players, pros in no time. Its great gameplay does not mean that it lacks in graphics either. I really enjoy the game visual appearence and rendering of both setting and characters. I would recomend this game to anyone who enjoys a game full of action and in depth play.

The story mode crafts very realistic characters, down to the way their facial expressions and voice changes. They look and sound like real military men and their personalities range from funny to serious to sarcastic and arrogant. While easy on casual setting the game gets much tougher on the insane difficulty. . The multiplayer is the best part of Gears of War and what makes it so good. I've always wanted to be able to roll to the side instead of leisurely walk when someone surprises me and starts shooting at me. Now I can! The graphics are amazing - it is like watching a movie in real time. The weapons have a lot of parity. The lancer can defeat a shotgun and vice versa. A pistol can defeat either one and vice versa. A sniper rifle has more range than a torque bow and a faster reload time but the torque bow can be less accurate and kill since it uses exploding arrows. The boomshot is powerful but can only hold two shots and its rocket travels very slowly. This makes it about skill with the weapons instead of who grabbed the power weapon. . Bottom Line: Get it if you like serious shooters but stay away if you don't intend on sticking with it while you lose horribly for the first few weeks. It does have a learning curve.

If you own a Xbox 360, this game is a must-have. Usually for First Person Shooters, PC is the way to go with a mouse and keyboard, but the makers of Gears of War made the game very easy to control even for a regular game controller. You can point, aim, shoot, run, duck and cover, roll, strafe, and jump around obstacles all with ease. Normally, with First Person Shooters, especially when there is a lag in frames, I tend to get dizzy and woozy. But the graphics for this game is simply amazing, and I adjusted to it real fast. I always think video games are better when you can play with others, and this game is awesome for that. The campaign itself is very cool, but battling through the game with a buddy makes it way more fun. There is a feature in the game, where you can even play as teams versus other people online. Either way, you can't lose with this game. The only bad part about the game, is that after you complete the game, it seems a bit short. There should be one or two, possibly, even three more stages. Overall, this game is definitely bound to be a classic.