Where to start? Well gears of war is most definitely the best game so
far that has reached the current gen consoles. I will give you a
relatively short, but sweet review of why GoW is imo GOTD.
Starting with the single player, it is just the right length; most
surely not too short and not too long either (which is probably more
annoying, I mean come on; who doesn't have 10 games in their collection
that are so long that they have been dumped?). You feel like you have
accomplished something incredibly awesome when you complete in on
insane and the final cut scene just tops it off. The AI are pretty
clever, but nothing particularly special except for when they work in
groups. The programming is very good however at some points you do feel
like you are just repelling 'waves' of enemies. Co-operative play is
brilliant, especially when you know the person you are playing with;
but is still fun if you don't and an easy way of making online friends.
The multi player; all you need to do now is ask ANYONE who has ever
played Gears of War online especially ranked for a minimum of 10 hours
and they will tell you how intensely amazing this online experience
really is. You actually sometimes feel like you are in the game because
of the unreal sound effects and incredulous visual effects (roadie
running aka holding A, with the volume on max on an HDTV will blow you
away). Obviously it is not perfect, no online games are because there
are always people will ruin the experience for others even when there
is no gain for them to do so. However, most of the time the people you
meet are friendly (unless you provoke them) and are all healthily
competitive.
The best graphics, the best sound effects, the most originality, the
best online, the best offline. The best game of this decade and will be
looked back on as one of the greatest of all time, undoubtedly.
