Gears of War for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

I could not believe that the Gears Of War franchise is so wildly popular after playing this game. I'm not even going to bother playing through the second and third ones. First off, the game fails to ever give you any context at all as to whats going on. I played three missions, expecting to get some kind of story, or something, ANYTHING telling me what the heck is happening. I had to go on wikipedia to figure out what these alien things were, what this war was about, and where my character ties into all of that. On a smaller level, the game fails to tell you why this mission objective is necessary, what you're going there to do and how it's going to help. Another thing I hated is the "tactics" (as they so boldly call them) of the game. It keeps telling you to 'go flank right!' which would make sense, if all four of your team members didn't follow you that way, making the maneuver completely pointless. The mechanics of everything were EXTREMELY frustrating. You're supposed to constantly duck behind cover and make smart shots and plays, but the duck mechanic is so horribly slow and clumsy, I found it vastly more effective to just stand behind something and move out to take a shot on my own. The push Y to see an objective feature is rarely useful, and usually just screws you over as you look at some pointless thing while you're being unloaded on by the enemies. I also found myself using the gun you start with through the entire game, including the final boss fight, some useful variety would be nice. There is a storyline, kinda, but since you really have no clue whats happening the majority of it is completely lost on you. I only understood the game after reading wikis entire entry and then playing it through a second time. The action was cool I suppose, but any shooter with big guns and aliens could accomplish the same thing, and many scenes that are supposed to be "bad455" just come off as super cheesy. I'm not 13 years old, you're gonna have to do better than that.

This game took my back when it first came out, play this game all the time and enjoy every minute of it. I had to rent to get the story refresh in my mind & for my new gamer tag to get points for the insane mode. Has a lot of glitches in the game but i don't think the developers new that ill grow so big. I play gear 3 and it's a lot better and did not get a chance to play gears 2 as well. so if your a bug gears fan play all 3 and the new one come up next year 2013.