Gears of War

So a game can't have an open world without being compared to GTA?

I heard of people saying Saints Row is a GTA knock off but Superman Returns....

And if it didn't have an open world it wouldn't be a Superman game, I have no idea how they would have made this game without an open world....hmmm maybe something like Superman 64, but that game blew.

And to me GOW only has graphics and that's it. In my book this has to be the most overrated game in gaming history. Only because I read so many good things about this game only to buy it and it be a huge disappointment.

Originally posted by Lord Evolution
So a game can't have an open world without being compared to GTA?

I heard of people saying Saints Row is a GTA knock off but Superman Returns....

And if it didn't have an open world it wouldn't be a Superman game, I have no idea how they would have made this game without an open world....hmmm maybe something like Superman 64, but that game blew.

And to me GOW only has graphics and that's it. In my book this has to be the most overrated game in gaming history. Only because I read so many good things about this game only to buy it and it be a huge disappointment.

Why do you say GoW is a disppointment?

Originally posted by Lord Evolution
This game blows really hard.

This is the only game I've bought without renting first and it's the only 360 game I regret buying. I just thought after all the good reviews it got it would be one of the best games on the 360 and it turned out to be the worst. Not one of the worst but it's "the" worst.

They walk way too slow, and you have to hold down the A button just to get them to go faster. In terms of player speed it's like PDZ and I couldn't stand that game either.

The maps are way too dark and the single player is god awful. And it isn't that long. The online play only goes up 4 vs 4 and to me that is not next gen.

Your complaints don't make sense and seem to say that you simply didn't know what to expect before playing the game.

The maps aren't dark, you're simply wrong there, the whole first act and fourth/fifth act take place on very bright, vibrant maps. The only levels that are dark are the ones that take place at night and in a cave, and even the cave is pretty colorful because of the beautiful lava. So apparantly you have a problem with a night time map being dark? Well, okay, maybe it's just me, but when I think nighttime, i think dark. Perhaps it's a problem with your TV settings, most of the game has wonderful lighting. You can also change the post processing effects in the options menu, this can actually make the game look better and brighter. I'd suggest you change it to "vibrant", you may like that better, that's usually what I play it on.

And of course they move slow, they're 300 pound guys wearing 200 pound armor, since when is someone carrying 500 pounds of weight going to move swiftly? And you're complaining that the game has a run button? Are you new to gaming? Many games have had a run/sprint button for years, again, a stupid complaint.

The multiplayer was built entirely around the 4 vs 4 number, this fact was readily known to almost everyone who had followed the game even a little bit months before release. You seem to ignore the fact that the multiplayer maps are among the most well balanced team maps ever created.

It sounds to me like you bought the game based off of blind hype, rather than looking into the smaller details to see if the game was actually the type of game you like. Your own fault there, getting a game blindly because it's hyped up is never a good idea.

Originally posted by BackFire
Your complaints don't make sense and seem to say that you simply didn't know what to expect before playing the game.

The maps aren't dark, you're simply wrong there, the whole first act and fourth/fifth act take place on very bright, vibrant maps. The only levels that are dark are the ones that take place at night and in a cave, and even the cave is pretty colorful because of the beautiful lava. Perhaps it's a problem with your TV settings, most of the game has wonderful lighting. You can also change the post processing effects in the options menu, this can actually make the game look better and brighter. I'd suggest you change it to "vibrant", you may like that better, that's usually what I play it on.

And of course they move slow, they're 300 pound guys wearing 200 pound armor, since when is someone carrying 500 pounds of weight going to move swiftly? And you're complaining that the game has a run button? Are you new to gaming? Many games have had a run/sprint button for years, again, a stupid complaint.

The multiplayer was built entirely around the 4 vs 4 number, this fact was readily known to almost everyone who had followed the game even a little bit months before release. You seem to ignore the fact that the multiplayer maps are among the most well balanced team maps ever created.

It sounds to me like you bought the game based off of blind hype, rather than looking into the smaller details to see if the game was actually the type of game you like. Your own fault there, getting a game blindly because it's hyped up is never a good idea.

It not really about why I got it, it's the reasons why I don't like it. Everybody has their own opinions and mine is that this game blows badly.

I was playing the other day in co-op with my brother and we were looking for the last alien thing. I was hiding behind a wall and he was checking around the room for it, turns out it was hiding on the same wall I was, it was looking straight at me doing nothing. So I started to shoot at it and just stood there taking my bullets.....That's horrible AI.

And good team maps with horrible game play does not = fun for me.

And running slow while your enemies are going faster then you is just ridiculous, and you should never have to sprint in a FPS. I haven't enjoyed any games like that.

Originally posted by Lord Evolution
It not really about why I got it, it's the reasons why I don't like it. Everybody has their own opinions and mine is that this game blows badly.

I was playing the other day in co-op with my brother and we were looking for the last alien thing. I was hiding behind a wall and he was checking around the room for it, turns out it was hiding on the same wall I was, it was looking straight at me doing nothing. So I started to shoot at it and just stood there taking my bullets.....That's horrible AI.

And good team maps with horrible game play does not = fun for me.

And running slow while your enemies are going faster then you is just ridiculous, and you should never have to sprint in a FPS. I haven't enjoyed any games like that.

Yes, you buying the game without knowing anything about it matters because it means you didn't know what you were getting, and your expectations were probably incorrect, thus making it your own fault for blindly following hype and not informing yourself about the smaller details of the game, which apparantly would have made it very clear that there is a run button, and 8 player multiplayer.

No, that's called a bug, or a hiccup, every single game in existance has them. So you hate the game because an enemy bugged out one time? Wow, remind me to give a shit about what you say in the future, because you obviously have such great standards for why you don't like a game, jeez.

What's "horrible" about the gameplay in multiplayer? You've not supported that in any way. Bring in specifics, is it because playing poorly gets you killed quickly, do you try and run and gun like Halo, only to be raped by players playing the game properly? What's horrible about it?

Ah, that's good, well, for one, you don't NEED to sprint in this game if you don't want to, it's just there to move a bit faster, and two, this isn't an FPS. And the enemies don't move faster than you, except the wretches, but since their speed is what's dangerous and challenging about them, it's not a problem.

Originally posted by Lord Evolution
It not really about why I got it, it's the reasons why I don't like it. Everybody has their own opinions and mine is that this game blows badly.

I was playing the other day in co-op with my brother and we were looking for the last alien thing. I was hiding behind a wall and he was checking around the room for it, turns out it was hiding on the same wall I was, it was looking straight at me doing nothing. So I started to shoot at it and just stood there taking my bullets.....That's horrible AI.

And good team maps with horrible game play does not = fun for me.

And running slow while your enemies are going faster then you is just ridiculous, and you should never have to sprint in a FPS. I haven't enjoyed any games like that.

What difficult level were you playing on?

And sprinting does matter in this game because it isn't a FPS but a TPS. Also where in any war have you ever seen someone jumping around? They stay low and take cover just like GoW.

ah, internet forums, where idiots can come and voice their dumbass opinions and get schooled because they dont know what they're talking about.

Originally posted by Lord Evolution
...and you should never have to sprint in a FPS.

Just about discredits all that you said previously.

This isn't an FPS, and this isn't Halo. Seems you've failed to comprehend that.

Originally posted by BackFire
Yes, you buying the game without knowing anything about it matters because it means you didn't know what you were getting, and your expectations were probably incorrect, thus making it your own fault for blindly following hype and not informing yourself about the smaller details of the game, which apparantly would have made it very clear that there is a run button, and 8 player multiplayer.

No, that's called a bug, or a hiccup, every single game in existance has them. So you hate the game because an enemy bugged out one time? Wow, remind me to give a shit about what you say in the future, because you obviously have such great standards for why you don't like a game, jeez.

What's "horrible" about the gameplay in multiplayer? You've not supported that in any way. Bring in specifics, is it because playing poorly gets you killed quickly, do you try and run and gun like Halo, only to be raped by players playing the game properly? What's horrible about it?

Ah, that's good, well, for one, you don't NEED to sprint in this game if you don't want to, it's just there to move a bit faster, and two, this isn't an FPS. And the enemies don't move faster than you, except the wretches, but since their speed is what's dangerous and challenging about them, it's not a problem.

No I read good things about this game, good things that made me want to buy it, which I did and now I'm disappointed.

And no I do not hate the game because my enemy bugged out once, I have listed other things that make me dislike this game. But you guys are responding to my criticism like everyone is suppose to like this game. Not the case, tomorrow I will try to exchange it or sell it for a better game.

This game isn't perfect and it isn't for everyone, I just so happen to be one of the people who don't like this game at all. To me this game is graphics and that is it.

No, no one cares that you dont' like the game, you're just not giving good reasons, just vague "The multiplayer sucks" "Oh, why?" "Because it's shitty".

You read good things about the game, aka hype. And you didn't stop to check the specifics like the number of players in multiplayer games or that it has a run button (since that's apparantly such a game breaking issue with you, for some reason).

Wouldnt having an sprint button make more sense in terms of realism than not having one?

Originally posted by BackFire
No, no one cares that you dont' like the game, you're just not giving good reasons, just vague "The multiplayer sucks" "Oh, why?" "Because it's shitty".

You read good things about the game, aka hype. And you didn't stop to check the specifics like the number of players in multiplayer games or that it has a run button (since that's apparantly such a game breaking issue with you, for some reason).

Wow if you didn't care then stop responding, sounds to me like your just getting mad because I'm criticizing the game.

Not giving good reasons?

-Crappy storyline
-Poor AI
-Slow
-only up to 8 players online)not next gen)
-Story mode too short
-Sprint button
-Grenades are useless
-Close combat sucks
-Motion bugs
-Too easy too kill or be killed

The only things about this game that I liked are the graphics and the guns.

Hmmm seems to me like the cons outweigh the pros.

Originally posted by Lord Evolution

-Crappy storyline
-Poor AI
-Slow
-only up to 8 players online)not next gen)
-Story mode too short
-Sprint button
-Grenades are useless
-Close combat sucks
-Motion bugs
-Too easy too kill or be killed

-I don't know what you're talking about. Storyline flowed perfectly from one act to the next.
-I don't know what difficultly level your own. Casual won't give you a challenge.
-300 pound people walking around. Oh yeah they're gold medals olympic runners. That's what the sprint button is for
-So the number of players decide whether or not a game is next gen? I guess Super Smash Bros Brawl won't be next gen considering it will only have up to 4 players
-It's a 10+ hour shooter game. Shooters have never really been long.
-Your complaining about going to slow now your complaining about a sprint button. Hey when your being shot at you don't want to expose yourself.
-Try running up and sticking a grenade to someone. Real useless.
-Game isn't about close combat. The chainsaw and melee is there in case you do get in close combat.
-Like what?
-Okay you suck so that's your problem? You play it on casual and complain but when you play it on hardcore you complain. Congrats.

And I guess you like the game soooooooooo much you spend all your time at the Gears of War thread. Hey if you don't like the game STOP posting here. That simple.

I bought GoW and my 360 Pro this past Friday and all I can say is W0W.

This game is amazing. The graphics are top notch and the environments looked simply stunning. The AI was some of the best I've seen in any shooter and it is easy to tell that the enemy units actually have a brain. The gameplay is awesome and actually makes you think of what you should do next while in a firefight.

In my opinion I think that GoW should easily dethrone Halo as the top Xbox game.

Originally posted by Röland
I bought GoW and my 360 Pro this past Friday and all I can say is [b]W0W.

This game is amazing. The graphics are top notch and the environments looked simply stunning. The AI was some of the best I've seen in any shooter and it is easy to tell that the enemy units actually have a brain. The gameplay is awesome and actually makes you think of what you should do next while in a firefight.

In my opinion I think that GoW should easily dethrone Halo as the top Xbox game. [/B]

Hang on till Halo 3 comes out then decide. Comparing a 360 game to a Xbox game. The 360 can easily give you better things the Xbox couldn't. So let's wait for Halo 3 to come out then decide.

Until then Gears of War is easily the best 360 game out! Do I see a game of the year?

Originally posted by ESB -1138
Hang on till Halo 3 comes out then decide. Comparing a 360 game to a Xbox game. The 360 can easily give you better things the Xbox couldn't. So let's wait for Halo 3 to come out then decide.

Until then Gears of War is easily the best 360 game out! Do I see a game of the year?

Good point but after I played Halo 2 I thought the Halo franchise took a major step backwards, but that's my opinion.

And yes I think Gears should be game of the year, no doubt.

I'm responding because your criticisms are stupid for the most part.

the AI is fine, your one bug that you found doesn't change that. Enemies take cover, they flank, did you play it on casual difficulty? If so, try raising it, hardcore is much more fun.

The game is slow because that's its style, the developers made a concious choice to make a slower, more methodical and strategic game. It sounds like you went in thinking it would be like Halo or something, which again, had you taken a few minutes to actually read something about it besides the hype of "OMG THIS GAME IS TEH AW3SOME!" then you would have known this. This is not a flaw. This is like someone climplaining that Halo is fast, and that the game sucks because of it. Just stupid. It's a decision the developers made, and it works.

What's with this stupid logic that for a game to be next gen it needs to have more players? A low number of players is beneficial for this style of game, and I'll tell you why. Since the game uses the "you die and your out until next round" type of multiplayer, having a low number of players makes it so the rounds are short, so you never have to sit out for too long. It also makes each kill important and meaningful. In games of 20 on 20, one kill doesn't mean shit because there's still so many players on the other team, in 4 on 4, though, one quick kill can be the difference, so everyone actually tries, and each kill means something as a result.

Grenades certainly aren't useless, in fact, they're very useful in certain spots, you need them to close emergence holes sooner then they would on their own. And in Multiplayer grenades are a godsend.

Sprint button is not a flaw, it never makes you use it, it's just there if you want it, you hate it so much, don't use it, won't change a thing. It has its uses, and they're plentiful, your illogical distain for sprint buttons in games is really strange to me, I don't get it.

Too easy to be killed, eh? Try taking cover, this isn't Halo, you're not going to bunny hop and run in circles killing something, this is a more visceral and realistic portrayal of combat, treat it like a paintball game.

Yes, the game is short, the storyline isn't fleshed out well at all, and close combat involves little more than revving the chainsaw and hoping you get to the guy before he revs his chainsaw. But these aren't game breaking issues to me.

Originally posted by ESB -1138
-I don't know what you're talking about. Storyline flowed perfectly from one act to the next.
-I don't know what difficultly level your own. Casual won't give you a challenge.
-300 pound people walking around. Oh yeah they're gold medals olympic runners. That's what the sprint button is for
-So the number of players decide whether or not a game is next gen? I guess Super Smash Bros Brawl won't be next gen considering it will only have up to 4 players
-It's a 10+ hour shooter game. Shooters have never really been long.
-Your complaining about going to slow now your complaining about a sprint button. Hey when your being shot at you don't want to expose yourself.
-Try running up and sticking a grenade to someone. Real useless.
-Game isn't about close combat. The chainsaw and melee is there in case you do get in close combat.
-Like what?
-Okay you suck so that's your problem? You play it on casual and complain but when you play it on hardcore you complain. Congrats.

And I guess you like the game soooooooooo much you spend all your time at the Gears of War thread. Hey if you don't like the game STOP posting here. That simple.

I stated my opinion the first time I posted in this thread, if you didn't want me to keep posting then you shouldn't have responded to it.

Notice how I said "too easy to kill or be killed". And I was taking about online. And I never have played this game on casual, I always play on the hardest setting from the beginning.

I guess they are too him.

so whats your guys ranks??

mines exactly 5900 as of right now.