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[Norelco]

And wtf, it's a shootan game, were you really expecting an FF-like storyline? Come on.. and don't you kill bad guys in every single shooter?

Yeah, but Halo has a fantastic storyline.

[Xavier]

The story sucked, can't tell you how many times I had to /facepalm listening to that crap

The character models were extremely exaggerated and the gameplay was so-so mainly due to no keyboard/mouse support.

The instances were very linear and expectable and the AI was kind of stupid and useless.

I also didn't really enjoy the cover system in general

I was also going in expecting a better atmosphere, however the atmosphere of the game is just "lol hey kill the bad guys k?" Basically at no point while playing did I feel any emotion, the only thing I was thinking was "okay I wonder how many bad guys will pop out of the ground this time".

I only got through an hour or so of gameplay...

Are you fucking kidding me?

[Deejay]

And wtf, it's a shootan game, were you really expecting an FF-like storyline? Come on.. and don't you kill bad guys in every single shooter?

Yeah, but Halo has a fantastic storyline.

The storyline in Gear's never got too deep because Epic wants there to be enough room to work with in the sequel, and/or movie.

[Po]

Jeez if you want keyboard/mouse support go play Half Life 1/2, or Boner Strike. This is a home console, not a computer, and dual sticks works just as well in my opinion (mainly because I've never been a PC Shooter Gamer). So if you are one, then yes expect that in PC games, but not a console game, retarded gripe.

I love how whenever a game is given all kinds of good reviews, and praised there is always douche bags like this who just love to find the smallest gripes to put the game down. If you didn't like it that sucks for you, but saying all those parts of the game are bad is just wrong, and that is not an opinion.

[Exoduso]

Jeez if you want keyboard/mouse support go play Half Life 1/2, or Boner Strike. This is a home console, not a computer, and dual sticks works just as well in my opinion (mainly because I've never been a PC Shooter Gamer). So if you are one, then yes expect that in PC games, but not a console game, retarded gripe.

I love how whenever a game is given all kinds of good reviews, and praised there is always douche bags like this who just love to find the smallest gripes to put the game down. If you didn't like it that sucks for you, but saying all those parts of the game are bad is just wrong, and that is not an opinion.

I don't get the people claiming that because there's no "keyboard/mouse" support, they're not even going to try it... I mean ffs, how about you give the game an honest shot instead of playing it on Easy for an hour and claiming the AI's are retarded? Seriously...

[Xavier]

The only thing thats going to come close to the accuracy of a mouse is something like the Wii-mote, because analog-sticks are just too slow in comparison. RE4 on the Wii has a huge difference in accuracy compared to a normal controller, at least it did when I tried the classic with the game.

That being said, when a game is designed for a console, its designed for a controller, so I don't have any problem playing with one.

[Exoduso]

90% of the FPS's on the 360 work quite well with the right analog aiming (at least for me it does).. when a game is designed for a console, it just works well with the controller (in most cases..)

Gears work exceptionally well with the 360 controller, and I've had 0 problems shooting enemies in the face even on the hardest difficulty (ran through it twice, god I love the part on the 4th act I believe when you split up and one team goes to the top of a building, I just go up there and start sniping all the enemies in the head heh..)

All in all, stop bashing the game before you give it an honest shot... and no, playing through the tutorial level on Easy doesn't count.

[Po]

I love that part in Act 4 Exo

On insane I easily thought it was the hardest part of the game. It took us like a half hour to finally perfect it. But when we did it felt great!

[Sadler]

The story sucked, can't tell you how many times I had to /facepalm listening to that crap

The character models were extremely exaggerated and the gameplay was so-so mainly due to no keyboard/mouse support.

The instances were very linear and expectable and the AI was kind of stupid and useless.

I also didn't really enjoy the cover system in general

I was also going in expecting a better atmosphere, however the atmosphere of the game is just "lol hey kill the bad guys k?" Basically at no point while playing did I feel any emotion, the only thing I was thinking was "okay I wonder how many bad guys will pop out of the ground this time".

I only got through an hour or so of gameplay...

Are you fucking kidding me?

Gears of War is what shoot'em console games should aim to be when using the 3rd person view...

And trying to weigh up Resistance vs GoW is stupid... they are completely different games.

If you wanna weigh a game like resistance up do it against Halo or the various other "1st person" view shooters.... and before some faggot says "GoW has first person view" so does the new metal gear solid, but you wont be classing that as a 1st person shooter.

[Exoduso]

The story sucked, can't tell you how many times I had to /facepalm listening to that crap

The character models were extremely exaggerated and the gameplay was so-so mainly due to no keyboard/mouse support.

The instances were very linear and expectable and the AI was kind of stupid and useless.

I also didn't really enjoy the cover system in general

I was also going in expecting a better atmosphere, however the atmosphere of the game is just "lol hey kill the bad guys k?" Basically at no point while playing did I feel any emotion, the only thing I was thinking was "okay I wonder how many bad guys will pop out of the ground this time".

I only got through an hour or so of gameplay...

Are you fucking kidding me?

Gears of War is what shoot'em console games should aim to be when using the 3rd person view...

And trying to weigh up Resistance vs GoW is stupid... they are completely different games.

If you wanna weigh a game like resistance up do it against Halo or the various other "1st person" view shooters.... and before some faggot says "GoW has first person view" so does the new metal gear solid, but you wont be classing that as a 1st person shooter.

You have no idea how right you are heh..

[Kaylia]

If you wanna weigh a game like resistance up do it against Halo or the various other "1st person" view shooters.... and before some faggot says "GoW has first person view" so does the new metal gear solid, but you wont be classing that as a 1st person shooter

Except that MGS doesnt play like a FPS at all, while GoW play exactly like one, with some tweak. Seeing the whole character, or a gun in your screen isn't really different, it's all about the control.

[Enkidu]

The story sucked, can't tell you how many times I had to /facepalm listening to that crap

The character models were extremely exaggerated and the gameplay was so-so mainly due to no keyboard/mouse support.

The instances were very linear and expectable and the AI was kind of stupid and useless.

I also didn't really enjoy the cover system in general

I was also going in expecting a better atmosphere, however the atmosphere of the game is just "lol hey kill the bad guys k?" Basically at no point while playing did I feel any emotion, the only thing I was thinking was "okay I wonder how many bad guys will pop out of the ground this time".

I only got through an hour or so of gameplay...

Are you fucking kidding me?

See:

You can say "You needed to give it more time", but that's exactly what a game shouldn't be. It shouldn't drag you through an hour or two of dull gameplay and then explode into a masterpiece, it should grab you from the start.

I was also playing on the normal difficulty, whatever it was called. The AI helpers were always dead or close to it, for no real reasons either. Let me guess the next post "lol u must suk at teh game!". I was never really having problems with difficulty, just annoying to see my dudez always laying there half-dead asking me to help them. After "reviving" them a few times I realized I'm better off just leaving them there.

Guess I should suffer through games with shitty story (seriously how can you defend the dialogue/story?) and so-so gameplay for uh... what again? Games are for fun aren't they? I made it through Halo, even with the crap controls, because of the story, so it's not based on some hatred of console shooters... PC shooters are overall just much better in all of the areas I complained about above. At least the big ones anyway. Looks like the most common thing I'm seeing here is "I don't play PC shooters", well that's fine I guess, but why say my complaints aren't justified then? If you played Doom3 or HL2 soon after they were released, I'm sure you'd have a different opinion. Both of which are very similar to gears, but have hardly any of the problems I listed.

[Xavier]

Guess I should suffer through games with shitty story (seriously how can you defend the dialogue/story?) and so-so gameplay for uh... what again?

Seriously how can you objectively comment after 1hour of gameplay.

Example: I played the first hour of MGS2 and let me tell you, it was the greatest motherfucking story ever made. Its true I only played an hour, but I'm sure the rest of the story matched up.

Don't see the flaws in your logic of passing judgment before things even get going? I read the first paragraph of Harry Potter and it didn't really catch my attention, two people talking under a lampost lol?, what a fucking waste of a novel, why does it get so much attention?

You can say "You needed to give it more time", but that's exactly what a game shouldn't be. It shouldn't drag you through an hour or two of dull gameplay and then explode into a masterpiece, it should grab you from the start.

PROUD TO BE AN AMERIKAN, SHOCK AND AWE OR GO HOME.

[Kaylia]

Guess I should suffer through games with shitty story (seriously how can you defend the dialogue/story?) and so-so gameplay for uh... what again? Games are for fun aren't they? I made it through Halo, even with the crap controls, because of the story, so it's not based on some hatred of console shooters... PC shooters are overall just much better in all of the areas I complained about above. At least the big ones anyway. Looks like the most common thing I'm seeing here is "I don't play PC shooters", well that's fine I guess, but why say my complaints aren't justified then? If you played Doom3 or HL2 soon after they were released, I'm sure you'd have a different opinion. Both of which are very similar to gears, but have hardly any of the problems I listed.

Why am I getting irritated reading this?

[Exoduso]

Because he thinks god made Doom3 or something? (I thought it sucked..loltherock)

[Po]

Try playing online Co-op through the entire campaign mode. It does not get much more fun in gaming recent memory than to Co-op through Gears, especially on Insane.

News flash: People don't go to Hooter's for wings, and people don't play shooters for story. Sure it doesn't have the strongest story. Aliens invade, not many people left on Earth alive, so these 4 attempt to save humanity, sure it is run of the mill. Part of what I feel you are missing with the story though is the overall atmosphere. Gears has what was has been called "beautiful destruction". Other games have attempted this, but I feel Gears perfected it, and while it is not directly part of the story, it definitely lends to it.

[Exoduso]

omg co op insane was so much fun lol..

[Deejay]

OMG guys shutup already. Gears sucks b/c its not better than HL2 *OR* Doom3.

[Po]

lol Deejay

Just for the record, after playing, the Patriots offense is unstoppable in Madden.

[Epical]

BioShock demo is on the Marketplace.