Gears of War for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

It was about 2 weeks from today I was sitting there wondering why everyone was so excited about this game. It just didn't seem that fun to me. However, about about a week from release I reserved to get my early copy and see what all the hype was about.

Once I started playing, however, all of that changed. I immediately became drawn in and didn't want to stop playing. Their is no real way to describe what makes GoW so much fun. Is it ability to play one of the best online games, go through the entire campaign with co-op, or having a difficult game that requires using cover and flanking? It's all of these things and the thing Cliffy B wanted out of this game...realism. You use cover as you would if you were Marcus Fenix, you use your blind fire much more than you could ever anticipate, and you are praying that the nade just tossed at you came up short.

GoW is a very fast game with tons of action. You are constantly seeking cover and trying to find the best way to outsmart the intelligent A.I. system. It can be a bit on the short side length wise, but that is where multi player enters the arena. The multiplayer is insanely fun and always a blast to play. However, I spend as much time trying to get into a game as I do playing, but that could just be my own connection.

As great as this game is it does have it faults. My major complaint is the lack of a crouch button. When you are in cover you have the ability to click the left thumbstick to crouch, but when just simply standing this ability is missing. Although the roadie run sends you into a crouch it would have been nice to be able to crouch at certain points. My only other complaint is whenever loading from a some difficult checkpoints you would still have to listen the dialog and move about very slowly. This game is amazing and you shouldn't let these things stop you from buying this game. After all the lack of crouching does somewhat add to the realism.

This is defiantly a game you will be playing for a while.