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Item #: L17206. Gears of War an Xbox 360 exclusive that blends tactical action with survival horror, thrusts gamers into a deep and harrowing story of humankind’s epic battle for survival against the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race of creatures that surface from the bowels of the planet.Lead war hero Marcus Fenix and his fire team as they face the onslaught of merciless warrior fiends.A revolutionary tactical combat system and breathtaking, high-definition visuals from the Unreal Engine 3 immerse you in a horrifying story of war and survival. Product Description: Gears of War – complete package
Category: Games
Subcategory: Games – action
License Type: Complete package
ESRB Rating: Mature (17+)
PEGI Rating: 18+
USK Rating: Freigegeben ohne Altersbeschränkung gemäß § 14 JuSchG
License Qty: 1 user
License Pricing: Standard
Language(s): English
Distribution Media: DVD-ROM
Package Type: Retail
Compatibility: Microsoft Xbox 360
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #641 in Video Games
- Brand: Microsoft
- Model: 882224054034
- Released on: 2006-11-21
- ESRB Rating: Mature
- Platform: Xbox 360
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .50″ h x 5.50″ w x 7.50″ l, .22 pounds
Features
- Gears of War’s engaging, cinematic story plays out like a Hollywood blockbuster
- Unreal Engine 3 technology brings out the smallest details in the largest of battles
- To survive you must suppress your enemy, take cover, and use weapons and teammates to outlast the Locust Horde
- Xbox Live gameplay offers individualized matchmaking, player statistics, customized games, and more
- A.I. teammates are indiscernible from human players in this third-person shooter
A Must Have for the Mature Gamer
Gears of War is a high energy, well detailed sci fi shooter set in a dismal future. You are a muscular, well trained soldier wearing pounds of gear, armor and weapons – and it’ll barely be enough to keep you alive.
This game is compared frequently to Halo, but if Halo is the lighthearted ease of Star Wars, Gears of War is the non-stop assault and clinging to life of Alien. You’re not jumping around like a kangaroo here, blasting at foes. You are heavily laden, crouching behind anything you can find to shield you, trying your best to stay alive for five more minutes. You have to work strategically with your fellow soldiers to climb forward every inch.
The graphics in Gears of War are very impressive. The game is done in a palatte of browns, greys and reds. The dismal skies above, the swarms of black birds, the dented and dingy equipment – this is a world on the verge of despair. Enemies don’t stand out with brightly colored costumes. You have to really pay attention to know where they are and to take them out.
The sounds really help drive home the urgency of your mission. Voices cry out on all sides for help. The hammering of the machine guns and rapid fire weapons ring in your ears. The soundtrack is pounding and epic. If anything this is all TOO pounding – after playing this for weeks, I really can get a headache 
I’d turn it down, but then I wouldn’t be able to tell where the enemies were sniping me from sometimes.
The storyline really helps involve you in what is going on. It’s like being at the center of a high power action movie. There are decisions you can make along the way to help guide the story. I really enjoy the “fight for every inch of soil” way it has you feel like you are involved in a real challenge. It might seem TOO challenging for some new gamers. Stick with it – it’s well worth it.
I do wish, with all of their emphasis on taking cover and being cautious – that you could CROUCH. I understand not being able to jump – you’re wearing hundreds of pounds of gear! However, you can crouch behind cover. Why can’t you crouch when you’re not near cover, to lower your profile a bit? I think that would help out in some situations.
Still, that’s a minor complaint for a fantastic game. If you’re a mature gamer (there’s a fair amount of blood here) that enjoys shooters, definitely pick this one up!
Gears of War is THE Xbox 360 Killer App….
Let me start with this. Gears of War is the best looking console game ever. Period. End of story. The amount of detail in this game is mind numbing, but more on that later. Lets start
Gears of War is the highly anticipated shooter exclusive to the Xbox 360. You won’t find this game anywhere else. This game has been hyped for years, and now that it has finally been released, most people agree it has actually surpassed the hype.
Gears of War follows the story of the humans battle against the Locust Horde. The Locust Horde have, for some reason, come to planet Sera (home of the humans in this game) to take over. It’s your job to stop them. To do that, you assume the role of COG soldier Marcus Fenix. When you start the campaign mode, you find that the story begins with fellow COG soldiers breaking Marcus out from prison. Marcus did something wrong, but his battle tested skills are somehow needed. From there the story takes off, carrying you through 5 “acts” and 30 chapters. This is just the way the game is broken down.
When you start the campaign mode, you can select from 3 difficulties. Casual, which the game should take you no more than 8-10 hours to complete. Then there is the Hard mode. Hard mode is a challenge, and can easily add 4-5 hours to the game, making the campaign about 12-14 hours long. Finally, we have the mode “Insanity”. Think of Halo’s legendary mode. You may not even be able to do this mode on your own.
Which is why Gears features a co op mode, simialr to Halo. Co op allows you to play through Gears with a friend. You can do this over Xbox Live, through system link, or through split screen. It is most fun over Xbox Live. You simply host a campaign “server” and start playing the game. Somone can join, take the role of a computer controlled soldier, and play alongside you, which can be great fun. If they have to go, when they leave, the computer will automatically assume the role of the soldier again, so it doesn’t ruin the experience. Of course, you can always invite somone on your friends list to come play through campaign with you.
Aside from the excellent campaign mode, Gears features a robust multiplayer mode. Up to 8 players are split into two teams of 4 people. Doesn’t sound like much, but this game is all about cover, flanking, and working with your teammates. The game ships with 10 multiplayer maps: Canals, Clocktower, Escalation, Fuel Depot, Gridlock, Tyro Station, War Machine, Mansion, Mausoleum, and Roof Tops. In multiplayer, there are 3 modes to choose from: Warzone, Assasination, and Execution. Warzone is a standard team deatmact, and like counter strike, once you die, you spectate until the next round. Assasination requires players to kill the other teams “leader”. Finally, Execution requires that in order to kil somone, you must curb stomp them (smash their heads into the ground after wounding them), chainsaw them (a chainsaw is attached to the “lancer” machine gun), or kill them with a torque bow (a bow that fires a rocket the explodes on contact.)
The weapons in Gears are very diverse. The Lancer machine gun is most common, and best of all, it has a chainsaw attached to the end of it. So when you come up close to somone, you can press “B” to rev up the chainsaw, and then go in for the kill. Other weapons include a sniper rifle, pistol, magnum, shotgun, grenade launcher, and of course, the hammer of dawn. The hammer of dawn is a gun requiring you to charge a laser beam. Once charged, the gun calls down a laser beam from an orbital satellite, blasting anything in its path.
The sound, of course, is incredible. The music is amazing, and the gun sounds are some of the best you will hear. Like I said, the graphics are some of the best I have ever seen in my life. The amount of detail is scary. For instance, when you shotgun somone up close, you can see individuals parts fly, such as the jawbone, brain, etc. But the graphics don’t just excel in a gruesome kind of way. Brick walls, water reflections, blades of grass all look so real, you are going to be stunned. Like I said earlier, the BEST graphics you have ever seen.
The Xbox 360 has been waiting for a killer app. This is the one. Halo 3 comes out in Nov 2007, but this game will make you forget all about Halo until then. People will be buying 360’s just to play this game. The game is very voilent, but really, people, this is the MUST OWN game of the year. If you have a 360, you owe it to yourself to play this game. Games like this don’t come around very often. Do yourself a favor, and play this game. It is THAT good.
Gears redefines FPS
I’m a Halo FREAK. I love Bungie’s masterpiece and will count the days until Halo3 comes out- but Gears of War destroyed my expectations of what a FPS could be like. Gears does things on a level I thought this generation of hardware was incapable of doing! I never would have thought that graphics like this were possible – you simply MUST SEE IT to BELIEVE IT! The high resolution screenshots on the web do NOT do this game justice. And the music is AMAZING to hear in the heat of combat.
And the combat- nothing touches this. Your teeth will be clinched TIGHT the entire time- every bullet is a potential killer and you feel TERRIFIED as the cover you’re behind begins to fall apart while Horde forces are flanking your position!! I can not give this game any higher praise than to say it sets the bar so high, I’m only hoping that Halo3 will be able to touch it!
Game of the Year -no DOUBT in my mind
