From: Microsoft Average Rating: Binding: Video Game ESRB Age Rating: Mature Legal Disclaimer: Brand new and factory sealed game! Ready to ship. All standard shipping games ship via first class mail with free tracking and insurance! Expedited items are shipped via USPS Priority Mail. All of our games, new and used are backed by a solid 90-day warranty. Model: 882224054034 Number of Items: 1 Platform: Xbox 360 Release Date: November 21, 2006 Studio: Microsoft
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Gears of War's engaging, cinematic story plays out like a Hollywood blockbuster
Unreal Engine 3 technology brings out the smallest details in the largest of battles
To survive you must suppress your enemy, take cover, and use weapons and teammates to outlast the Locust Horde
Xbox Live gameplay offers individualized matchmaking, player statistics, customized games, and more
A.I. teammates are indiscernible from human players in this third-person shooter
Product Description: Item #: L17206. Gears of War an Xbox 360 exclusive that blends tactical action with survival horror, thrusts gamers into a deep and harrowing story of humankind's epic battle for survival against the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race of creatures that surface from the bowels of the planet.Lead war hero Marcus Fenix and his fire team as they face the onslaught of merciless warrior fiends.A revolutionary tactical combat system and breathtaking, high-definition visuals from the Unreal Engine 3 immerse you in a horrifying story of war and survival. Product Description: Gears of War - complete package Category: Games Subcategory: Games - action License Type: Complete package ESRB Rating: Mature (17+) PEGI Rating: 18+ USK Rating: Freigegeben ohne Altersbeschränkung gemäß § 14 JuSchG License Qty: 1 user License Pricing: Standard Language(s): English Distribution Media: DVD-ROM Package Type: Retail Compatibility: Microsoft Xbox 360 Customers also search for: Discount Gears Of War - Complete Package, Buy Gears Of War - Complete Package, Wholesale Gears Of War - Complete Package, 0882224054034, U19-00001, Computer and Video Games
Amazon.com Product Description: Gears of War, an Xbox 360 exclusive game that blends tactical action with survival horror, thrusts gamers into a deep and harrowing tale of humankind's epic battle for survival against the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race of creatures that surface from the bowels of the planet. The storyline plays out like a Hollywood blockbuster -- lead character Marcus Fenix pits advanced human technology against the overwhelming Locust Horde. Built around a revolutionary third-person tactical combat system and breathtaking, high-definition visuals from the Unreal Engine 3, Gears of War immerses you in a horrifying tale of war and survival.
Gears of War is harrowing tale that pits humankind against the Locust Horde.
Marcus Fenix and his team battle nightmarish creatures.
In Gears of War, you must take cover to survive.
Gears of War presents a focused and well-paced cinematic experience.
The gameplay is focused on a fire team co-op so advanced that your A.I. teammates are indiscernible from human players. Voice recognition and real-time lip synching heighten the absorbing experience. The Unreal Engine 3 technology brings out the smallest details in the largest of battles. With GOW you're sure to experience a rich, dynamic world where characters spring to life. Speaking of life, the battlefield is a lethal place. To survive, you must suppress your enemy with blindfire, take cover in interactive environments, and use weapons and teammates to outwit your dreaded, inhuman foes. And with a title like GOW, it would be shame if you couldn't get online and challenge live gamers. With the next-generation of Xbox Live, you'll be able to experience individualized matchmaking, view player statistics, earn player achievements, customize games, and build personalized gamer profiles.
Gears of War shined bright at Microsoft's pre-E3 press briefing, but a deeper demo at Microsoft's E3 booth revealed many of the game's mechanics. GOW is built with both the hardcore and casual gamer in mind. But, instead of selecting a difficulty level at the start of the game, GOW offers a choice at the beginning of each level. In the vein of choose your own adventure, you can select between a difficult or easy path. And it's not just a simple choice of battling tougher enemies; each path (explained by a comrade) represents additional content that is crucial to the storyline. After easing your way into the experience of the gameplay with the simpler paths, you can go back and test your skills on the more difficult routes and never feel like you've played through the areas before.
Standing around in the open is likely to get you killed in GOW. You must use cover to survive. With a context sensitive A button function, you won't have to sweat memorizing cumbersome button combos. The A button will:
Slam you into cover. As you approach cover in GOW simply tap the A button to slide and make immediate use of cover.
Vault you over the cover. Once you're in cover, pressing up and A will vault you over your cover to engage the opponent or next cover opportunity.
Evade enemy fire. When you're forced to be out in the open, tapping the A button will engage a roll maneuver to evade enemy fire.
Activate a "Swat Turn." When taking cover on the side of a doorway, pressing the A button will spin your character from one side of the doorway to the other, helping avoid fire.
Ripping a magazine free and replacing it in the midst of bloody combat is no easy task. GOW simulates this difficult action by forcing you to perfect your reloading skills. To be effective in combat you'll need to allot for time to successfully reload your weapon. Do it well and the battle is yours; do it poorly and you may actually jam your gun. Time it perfectly and you'll earn a bonus with a temporary damage boost. Though GOW clearly showcases a sci-fi experience, its roots are in tactical, realistic combat scenarios. Therefore, running and gunning makes for seriously erratic shooting. Think about what you're doing. Unless wasting ammo is your goal, you better stop, aim, shoot, and then move on. Otherwise, the Locust Horde might swarm you and take your life.
Gears of War presents a focused and well-paced cinematic experience, and nothing ruins that faster than a time-consuming exploration of every switch or button to find the elusive trigger to open a door. This game introduces a "point of interest" button that comes up on the screen so you can immediately interact with the necessary item to move forward in your gameplay. GOW certainly offers drool-worthy graphics, but the mechanics have also received equal attention. Keep your eyes and ears on high alert for a release date, as Microsoft hasn't let the cat out of the bag on when gamers will be able to tackle this great-looking and great-playing title.
Innovation Mastered ^ Last year when I decided to purchase an Xbox 360 despite already owning a PlayStation 3, it was because of a select few games that remained exclusive to the Microsoft console. Games such as Left 4 Dead, Halo, Crackdown and Mass Effect were incentives to purchase the console, but what finally made me get one was the anticipation of playing Gears of War. Being new to the series, I figured I should start with the first game of the franchise, so last year I purchased an Xbox 360 and Gears of War on the same day. This is a decision I wish I had made years ago.
The game starts off by placing the player in the shoes of Marcus Fenix, a member of a team known as "Gears", located on the planet Sera. Marcus commands a squadron known as Delta Squad, which includes characters such as Dominic "Dom" Santiago, Augustus "Cole Train" Cole, and Damon Baird. Their squadron is a member of the last remaining human government left on the planet, known as Coalition of Order Governments (COG). The responsibility of COG is to fight for humanity against the alien onslaught being driven by a race known as Locusts. Locusts are giant crocodile/human hybrid looking creatures who are capable of using heavy artillery against their enemies, in this case humans. Marcus is handed the responsibility of placing a resonator within the tunnels where the Locust reside, this will cause an outright extermination of the race, however the team did not properly diagnose the exact size and mapping of the tunnel the first time around, so players spent the rest of the game fighting their way through the Locusts until once again getting a chance to place a resonator within their underground tunnels.
The game features unique weapons and gameplay mechanics that make the game addictive beyond belief. Add in the ability to play the campaign mode cooperatively with other players or competitively against other players, and you have a winning formula for non-stop action. Health bars are absent, instead replace the system with status indicators which tell the player their current state of danger. This is done with the use of a flashing red screen that symbolizes impending doom unless the player takes cover long enough that the screen returns to normal. The ability to chainsaw opponents in half comes in handy, especially in instances where the player is bombarded by enemies such as Wretches. Enemies vary greatly from one another, and gameplay moments such as avoiding darkness to survive the attack of Krill is very unique.
Gears of War is visually stunning, and has mastered innovation on so many levels. The "cover mechanism" was relatively new to video games before Gears of War launched, and now it is common gameplay for third person shooters and is used in games such as Mass Effect and Uncharted. The character design is unique, the gameplay is solid, and the campaign and multiplayer modes are addicting. This makes for a great addition to any Xbox 360 collection, and Gears of War has quickly won its place on my list of favorite franchises ever created.
a must have ^ this game is amazing i am still playing the co-op mode i give it a 9.7/10
Post Apocalyptic Action ^ After hearing all kinds of rave remarks about this game, I figured it was high time my friend and I tried it out. Gears of War basically just throws you into the middle of a war zone. Other than the fact that we were fighting these weird creatures that attacked us from under the earth, my friend and I never really fully understood what was going on.
Pros: Split Screen co-op Awesome world to explore Assault Rifle with a Chainsaw Nav Point to help complete objectives
Cons: Story line doesn't feel like it makes a lot of sense Vehicle used is sort of clunky There are missions where you and your partner get separated
This game is pretty intense and has non stop action throughout the game. It has a lot of influences that I felt were kind of obvious. The major influence that I think is there is Warhammer 40,000. It feels like we're basically playing as the Space Marines because the way the people are drawn and their armor are very reminiscent of that universe. The enemies seem to be lightly modeled after the Orks, but I think that is a loose interpretation. Gears of War tries to include some elements of "fear", especially with the night scenes. In that regard I think this was heavily influenced by "Pitch Black". There are even flying creatures that tear you apart if you step into the darkness. When you get to the factory area there are these creatures that scream loudly at you and I feel like those are taken right out of Half Life. If you like a lot of these aspects you'll have great fun seeing them in a slightly different light in this game.
One of the best aspects of this game is the fact that you can play split screen co-op. The game handles this very well and it works a little different than Halo. When your partner goes down it's up to you to hunt him down and pick him up. This basically happens instantaneously, so there's no period where you have to "patch him up" like in Army of Two. The only thing I didn't like was that there are multiple sections where you split up from your partner. In these sections if one of you dies you have to restart that section. This got kind of annoying, because the game can be a little disorienting at times.
There aren't a large amount of weapons to choose from, or at least that's how it felt while I was playing. There are two types of automatic weapons, a couple pistols, and a major destructive weapon that is useful for taking down some of the larger creatures and Berserkers. However, having the chain saw attached to one of the assault rifles was genius! That thing is so much fun to use in close quarters fighting. There is also a vehicle you can use in the game, but only for limited runs. It's an alright vehicle, I wish the weapons systems were a bit more useful other than shining light on those flying creatures. It's a really neat vehicle and I wish we could have been able to use it a little more. Also whenever you shined the light the vehicle would begin to power down because it had "power issues". If you removed that and put a more useful gun it would be really fun.
Despite the fact that I found this game fun, I found the overall storyline somewhat incoherent and it felt rather thrown together. These creatures started coming out of holes in the ground and totally tore humanity apart. I love the post apocalyptic world we're in. The graphics, to me, look awesome and I loved exploring the world. But part of our mission is to map these giant tunnels underground to help our military "fight back". This made sense, but the sheer volume of tunnels was ridiculous. Not to mention where'd the creatures come from? I felt like I got no answers by the end of the game. This is alright, there will be sequels, but it just feels weird to me. Overall the battles do feel intensely cinematic in quality, which is what the developers were probably going for.
Overall, I would definitely recommend this game, especially if you enjoy co-op games on the couch with your friends as much as I do. The game isn't long in an epic scale, which is fine, I actually felt like it was just the right length. Unlike Halo 3, which I felt, was way too short. I'm also looking forward to seeing how they expand on this world in future releases.
One of the essential Xbox 360 titles ^ Gears of War, one of the first big titles out for the 360, had the unenviable position of justifying the console to gamers who were still months away from Halo 3, the main reason they all bought 360s in the first place. Despite these astronomic expectations, Gears came through, and came through in a big way.
The first thing you will notice is how good the game looks. Although lacking in vibrant colors (not that you would expect them in a post-apolyptic world), the graphics are superb and seamless. You truly feel as if you are playing the starring role in an action movie.
And if it was a movie, it would have a hard "R" rating. The game features lots of profanity, gore, and all-around violence. Those of you who are squeamish or have sensitive ears should avoid this game. After all, what do you expect when you give a roided-out guy in armor an assualt rifle with a chainsaw on it and tell him to go fight aliens?
The most unique feature of the game, in my opinion, is the intuitive cover system. This game plays like a real firefight, not the circle-and-crouching-fights you would find in something like Halo. One of your buttons is context-sensitive, and if anything looks like cover, it can be used as cover. You can blind-fire around the corner, or peek your head out to get a more accurate shot. This adds a whole new dimension to the realism. Players lack the ability to jump and only have a limited crouch ability, so it truly is take cover or die.
This game is a pure firefight, so don't expect to do a lot of sneaking around (though flanking is a good idea). Despite this, the game never gets old, as you are constantly facing new enemies, gaining new weapons, and fighting in new environments.
Bottom line, as long as you can tolerate all the stuff that gives Gears of War its "Mature" rating, get it. This is almost everything a shooter should be.
Chainsaw fun and games ^ Gears of war is a gripping story of humanitys struggle against the locust. From the moment you get sprung from the slab your thrown into the action. Using an over the shoulderr perspective helps and is a new kind of shooter. The chainsaw on your weapon never gets boring. The grafics are not as good as when it was released, but for 20 bucks it's deffently afordable. The game is however a bit short. It takes under 10 hours on normal. Insane will get you frusterated and they rely to much on that everyone will play with a friend. A single player experiance will be much more differcult because your A.I. partner is not very inteligent. Overall a great game and one you can play again and again.
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