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Mixed Impressions For Gears of War

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-tweaking dept.

jayintune writes "One of the writers from 2old2play had a chance to sit down with the multiplayer section of Gears Of War for a hands on review after a public screening of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The game comes off as a little less then stellar as the author sites controller issues and game mechanics as having some disappointing flaws." Richard at Aeropause, on the other hand, just loved the game when he played the title in Chicago. "The best thing about Gears though had to be that fact that it was a breeze to pick up and play. The controls were perfect and felt as if they needed no tweaking whatsoever. Moving from cover point to cover point was easy and a lot of fun." At least, if things go badly, the game was 'cheap' to make. Mark Rein of Epic Games is quoted as saying Gears 'only' cost $10 Million to make. While that's still a lot, it's much lower than the $30 Million some companies are claiming is required for next-gen gamemaking.

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  1. $10million by j00r0m4nc3r · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, that doesn't include the hundreds of millions they have spent developing their tech over the past 10 years...

  2. Re:From the still-tweaking-the-english-language de by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you sure you didn't mean FTFC? : p

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    This guy's the limit!
  3. Hmmm... by realmolo · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sounds like it's one of those super-realistic FPSs, where you have to really aim and work with your team and stuff.

    I could never get into those, personally. I just want to kill things. Isn't the full "simulation"-type FPS more of a PC thing? Isn't the console market more about "fast action", like Halo (which isn't that fast, but you know what I mean)? I'm curious how 360 owners will respond.

    So far, the 360 really seems like a cheap(er) way to play high-end PC games. It doesn't have many traditional console-y games, in my opinion.

    1. Re:Hmmm... by DigitalDisplacement · · Score: 2, Informative

      Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is still one of the top selling and most popular Xbox 360 games, and its predecessors were very popular on the Xbox. While not as "simulation"-y as the Ghost Recon titles on the PC, it's a pretty hardcore shooter. So, no question, this type of shooter is very popular on consoles these days...or at least on the Xboxes.

  4. Re:What a surprise... by Osty · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is gears of war suddenly so important that Slashdot is publishing links to pre-previews as some sort of scoop?

    Well, Gears of War is supposed to be this year's Halo. While it has a competent team behind it (CliffyB!), I'm starting to think maybe it's been overhyped and will never live up to expectations.

    Does anybody remember Brute Force? It was supposed to be 2003's Halo, got overhyped, and ended up as yet another mediocre third-person shooter that nobody remembers. To me, Gears of War looks like it's shaping up to be Brute Force rather than Halo. Hopefully the rest of the holiday titles will keep the 360 afloat if Gears of War can't. (sigh ... and I so wanted Forza 2 for the holiday. Have to wait until next year, now.)