Original, deep, and insanely fun “cover” system; highly polished in all areas of graphics, sound, and presentation; well developed world and characters.
Storyline that seems purposely withheld; Dead bodies that seem as light as a feather.
Gears of War excels for so many reasons it is impossible to count them all. Aside from the obvious things like graphics and gameplay, there numerous little touches like the roadie run and character dialogue that push it over the edge into video game gr...
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Abstract: It finally happened: the Xbox 360 has its "system seller". The first real killer app is here for Microsofts console, and its name is Gears of War. Epic Games, creators of the Unreal series, have gone way over the top and done an incredible job on this...
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Published: 2006-11-07, Author: Jeff , review by: cnet.com
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Relatively short campaign, Story and gameplay not mind-blowingly original
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