Sunday, 5 January 2014

2011.38: Gears Of War 3

Time took to complete: Campaign stats has many details but the time :/.....Finished on HARDCORE

First off, I was very pleasantly surprised by the fact that not having played any Gears, plus them being marines on steroids, I still found myself caring in most aspects of the story. To the point of edge of seat emotion or tearing up even, so huge kudos to Epic there.

Art direction is another area where huge kudos is due, the game looks absolutely jaw dropping in many places and taking in the scenery is such a joy.
The game probably also has the best gore tech this gen. I love how the blood on the wall trickles and shotgunning people to pieces, yeah, it's going to take a long time for that to get old.

It wasn't perfect unfortunately, campaign's gameplay can get a bit stale at times with lengthy bits of just 'cover and shoot' bits. But outside a couple of long stretches of that, the game does a great job of keeping it varied and the game has some very interesting parts, gameplay wise.

MP is amazing, one of the best MPs this gen. Balanced, no stupid "level 80 will pwn level 1" BS, everyone is on level playing ground far as weapons and stuff. It's old school MP fun of "I can think and shoot better than you". It's simple weapon tactics and out-thinking the enemy.

As an overall package, this is an easy 9/10.

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