Gears of War (Classics) previews

Gears of War is one of 360's top sellers. And easily deserves it.

The graphics of humans, locusts and enviroments are stunning. Although the people are rather Bulky and over muscular. Thats what they are, to be a Gear, you need to be buff.

The V.O. of gears is also great, with music that sets off the atmosphere very well.

And everyone complains about it having a horrible storyline… Well it doesnt.

People have spread rumour that there is to be a Gears of War 2. And there should be.

The reason everyone says there is a horrible storyline, is because it doesnt fill in the storyline in the game.

So currently, there is no full storyline to be bad…

A must buy for 360 owners.

Well what can i say? i bought this game the day it came out an was forced to sit at work STARING at the case and reading the manual for around 8 hours until i could get in my car an speed home to play it! Got home an my mate was waiting for me there so he could watch me. I dont kid when i say that this game is nothing short of amazing! The sounds/graphic­s/weapons/AI…E­VERYTHING is god damn awesome! Trust me, the first time u do a chainsaw kill on one of those locust bastards, u WILL have a huge grin across ur face! Then after about 10minutes of playing we realised we can play two player co-op! So we RUSHED down to the store and my mate bought himself an xbox 360 controller FOR ME, just to play the game with me, ITS THAAAAAAAAT GOOOOD!!! Played it from friday night right through to sunday arvo, and beat it (dont let that make u feel its short, its quite long but we LITERALLY played it the whole weekend). Then try it on hardcore difficulty, aint easy! I guarentee that if your a Halo fan you will enjoy this game because in my humble opinion this is THE halo killer of games! Gues we will have to wait an see Halo 3 tho… BUY THIS GAME! IF YOU DONT HAVE A 360, GET ONE! JUST FOR THIS GAME! 8/5!!!!

I haven't played this game very long yet (just got the CE in the mail this morning) but my first impression, for lack of a better word that is appropriate to say here, is WOW. This isn't your bog-standard FPS. Jaw-dropping graphics, excellent sound effects and music, and awesome heart-pumping gameplay. I haven't had a chance to check out the multiplayer yet, but seeing that just 2 weeks after it's launch in the US it's sold over 1 million copies and has thrown Halo 2 off the top of the “most played game of the week” on Xbox Live, it's safe to say this is the BEST game of the year, of any genre, full stop.

If this game ever comes to the PC, you'll need a $10,000 computer to play it at the graphical level the Xbox 360 has achieved. Everything, gameplay, graphics (it looks stunning in 720p (and 480i) even on my Poor Man's HD (CRT computer monitor)), physics, music… is pretty much perfect. Sure a few of the reviews say there is the odd bug, but Epic is working on fixing them if they haven't already done so (they have a very good track record of post-release support), and I keep running into reasons to give it an 11 out of 10.

At the moment, the only thing that Playstation 3 has going for it is that it can cook sausages =)

Like candy sweet all the way through

I disagree with the Like a donut… review. The game story is fantastic I am still enjoying it after beating it twice.

I only experience lag online when my broadband has run out or someone playing in the match has bad internet (not often American internet is great and Americans are the main players in these matches). I think the only reason he/she is complaining is because he/she isn't very good at it. I have spent countless hours playing online and making new friends it is GREAT!

If you are yet to get Xbox LIVE you have to get it it increases the life and playability of almost every game you will have in your collection!!!

I've been playing this game for 6 months now and its so so hard not to play it. Must have for all 360 owners. Graphics, sound and gameplay is terrific and online play is so damn addictive. Mind you, I'm saying this after having played it for 6 months.

EPIC rocks!!! Looking forward to UT3 on the PC :)

There is no question… this game looks great! but when it comes down to it – its just another shooter… boring. My advice – Forget all about this game unless you REALLY need yet another shooter for your collection, and start playing SMALL ARMS!! that game is much more fun! really good multiplayer with 4 players on 1 xbox.

Quite an enjoyable shooter experience, although depressingly dark. The characters look quite unrealistic. The graphics are good and the voice acting is great quality. The gore is awesome looking, and the sound effects are cool! The controls are easy enough to learn. The story is not all that great. The characters are well done. The environments can get quite dark and boring most of the time. It is very fun on co-op which makes this game stand out. I would recommend a rental, if you enjoy it, purchase it as it is one of the top 360 games and deserves to be.

Round and pretty on the outside, but empty in the middle. It is a great looking game, has a ‘cough’ interesting story, and it's great to hear the little wet pop of a headshot. However, it's still too short, no story to speak of, online is truly awful, laggy, and uninspired, with only three real gametypes. I'd recommend waiting for a game like Fable 2, or even Halo 3 if you're desperate for the 360's truly killer app.

Unfortunately 360 developers dont seem to yet be able to match what a PC can do in the way of graphics, was really disapointed in both handling and graphics. Just my humble opion though so by all means give it a go.

There's nothing here that hasn't been done before. It's basically an extremely linear third person shooter. The much touted storyline is the same as in most games, ie. it tells you who you are, and who you're shooting – and that's about it. Worth a hire, probably not worth buying – the singleplayer's short enough to be beaten in one sitting, and it's definitely not worth getting for the multiplayer.

Yes it really is as awesome as they all say (read below!) Got this with my new Xbox 360 that I bought myself for Christmas and it's definitely value for money. Have played hours with mates on split screen (co-op) and it really is almost like watching a movie – enough that people wandering by stay to watch too. Not sure about the complaints people have about the storyline, it's not meant to be an RPG – there's more than enough story to get what's going on, just right to give atmosphere I think.

Awesome game with great graphics and the cover system works really well. The only thing I thought it needed was a bit of an expansion on the story behind the game since they dont really tell you anything much during the game. Still an amazing game though.

Awesome game with great graphics. The cover system works really well but the story could have been expanded on a bit they dont really tell you much in the game.

Gears of war has realistic graphics which comes close to movie like. I've played this and it's AWESOME!!!! One of the best games around. I wanna buy it!

Gears of war has realistic graphics which comes close to movie like. I've played this and it's AWESOME!!!! One of the best games around. I wanna buy it!

One thing the reviewer who says you'll need a $10,000 pc to run this game missed. Have you heard of Unreal Engine 3? Well that is the engine behind the amazing gfx that you see, its got nothing to do with the xbox360 gfx capability (yes and no) , this engine is being used for another game called Unreal Tournament 2007. Which is coming to PC and PS3. So all you need is a gfx card that is compatible with the game and you can experience the very same thing. So this doesnt mean that you need to spend $10,000 to play this game on PC.

Love this game couldnt decide wether i would like it or not but i love it. Great Gameplay to it a very very good shoot em up for the 360 and with great graphics.

This game would be great for the Shoot em up type of people aswell as people who like Adventure that has a bit of killing and surprises as i know this game has them. Great game overall the Graphics, Sound and everything in this game couldnt be better only thing that may need to be improved on may be the characters life and skill due to they nearly run straight into enemy fire which makes you have to go save them which gets annoying but i love the game and cant get enough of it.

I'll keep this short and sweet.

This game is really fun to play with great graphics, a good action game. But when playing CO-OP mode THIS GAME RULES!!! The game is well designed for CO-OP two player, prehaps with it being their main focus.

I went down to the United Video this evening to hire out a game, picked up Gears of War then came home. I started playing the game on Hardcore mode, tutorial first, with my brother watching. I got up to a hard bit and had to restart from the checkpoint like 5 times, then my brother thought he'd turn on his controller and give it a go and we got past the hard bit after a few tries. We have been playing it all evening and will probably end up doing a all-nighter. First thing tomorrow Im off to buy this game, probably before returning the hire copy to the video shop.

If you have a Xbox 360, definately get this game, and even more so if you have a brother or friend to play CO-OP with! Probably the best 360 game yet!

Gears Of War takes the shooters genre to the next level. Combining sleek graphics that are truly next generation coupled with a challenging and fun single player campagin with some really awesome multiplayer, GoW has fast become one of my favourite games. Now at last there is a game that utilises technical capabilities of the xbox360, the graphics within the game are cinematic in appearance, highly detailed textures and character models with very nice lighting and animations, in my opinion this is the best looking game I have seen to date and it maintains a smooth, constant framerate through it all. The game is engrossing in it story line and gameplay that is easy and fun to get into. MUST have if you own a 360!

Best… Game… Ever. If consider yourself a 360 fanboy, and don't have this game, you aren't one. This is the best game released on any platform ever. The graphics are superb. Controls are easy to use. Action is intense. Xbox Live play is lagless. The killing is brutal. The assortment of weapons is excellent. The list just goes on. If you don't have it. GET IT! If you don't have a 360. GET ONE!

If there is ever a game to buy a 360 for… you are looking at it baby!

Every second you spend with this game, your jaw drops even further towards the floor! With the simple yet effective cover system, absolutely stunning visuals, destructive weapons (love the chainsaw!!!), and characters that you will be proud to take a bullet for…Gears of War is a game not to be missed!