Gears of War (Xbox 360) > Reviews > prepare for war

Author's product rating:   

Playability & Enjoyment	Excellent - very playable game
Addictiveness	Very hard to stop playing
Graphics	Excellent
Difficulty & Complexity	A difficult game - needs a lot of patience
Value for money	Excellent value

Advantages:	xbox 360 game of the year
Disadvantages:	lack of story

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Gears of War is in my eyes the most amazing xbox 360 title yet. U play Marcus Fenix a tough looking former soldier for the governments of COG.After u have been locked away for being accused of being a traitor , u break out of prison at the opening sequence to battle the locust thats ravenging the planet.
The game is visually stunning with sound effects and music that matches your surroundings or what your trying to blow apart. U need to use your surroundings to survive this is not your gun ho kill everything game , u need to take cover and shoot , wait for enemy to show themselves.
The game has large battles between you and your squad of soldiers and the enemy , getting into the game more I can see more challenging opponents and some of the bigger creatures are huge.
Your squad is of 3 men but in my opinion not much help there the patsy's let em get shot at whilst u pick off targets , because once your seen your targetted amazingly fast from the enemy.

U can play Gears of War also as a co-op with the split screen which is great as u can continue the game as a co-op from where u left it in singleplayer. Online is also a option but not something I have used yet.
The weapons at your disposal range from the machine gun , sniper rifle , shotgun etc. There are 4 slots u can carry for weapons u have to make a selection on what u need to kill and destroy.
Gears of war looks well modelled , the enviroments are ravaged from war and graphically and realistically show this. This in my eyes is a next generation Title

Pro's

Amazing graphics
Great playability
Great music and sound effects
Model details

Con's

Needed better story line
Sometimes a little dark