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Can Gears of War topple the mighty Halo 2? Probably not, but according to Microsoft the game has been in very high demand, second only to Master Chief's last outing in terms of presold copies and support from retailers. More within...

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I'm really excited myself, and have special "Emergence Day" gaming activities planed. But then I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff.

How about you?

I am so excited about Gears of war, that I have started a space marine scout army based on the CoG fighters! Check it out in the 40K Army Forum.

I have watched all of the ign.com films, and have pre-ordered a copy of the game at Best-buy, for I no longer support gamestop or ebgames.

I actually have the day off on weds, which is nice! So we'll see if it lives up to the hype!

Chappy P!

I actually have the day off on weds, which is nice! So we'll see if it lives up to the hype!

So far, things are looking good.

Gears of War Reviews:

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I am excited for GoW.  I'm more excited for R6:Vegas.  But GoW has it's own real charm.  It's also the mega-budget, mega-blockbuster the X360 needs right now.  It's been a long time coming.

And screw Emergence Day!  I'm getting the game as soon as possible, and going to town.

Oh, that's a given, I"m gonig to try and grab mine tomorrow. I'm just blocking out some time on Emergence day (Sunday) to get in some mad online action when all the folks flood on. Just, you know, to say I was there.

Thanks for the two previews Russ! I just read both of them and I am chomping at the bit to get my copy on Weds!

And the good ol trusty hobby knife is now coming out to start work on my next Army: CoG's of the Emperor!

Thanks,
Chappy P

You lucky buggers, i've still got 11 days to wait for it, i'm definatly going for the LE version though, i'm a sucker for gimicks (and the art book sounds pretty decent)

Yeah, I'll be getting the Collecter's too, I'm a sucker for the cool metal cases.  Bungie has kicked it up a notch, they've just announced that there will be 3 editions of Halo 3, with the most expensive being legendary which is $99 and includes a helmet. 

Must ... resist ... cheesy ... helmet.

 

But its the right size to fit on a cat.
I'm considering getting a cat to model it on (of course i'd have to paint the rest of the cat olive green to match)

A Spartan Cat huh? NINJA!

Anyways, Russ you know the answer to this is a resounding
"ZOMG WOOT NINJA GEARS OF WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Going to pick it up after college tommorow

reviews are showing up, and all signs are pointing to kick-ass:

 

http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/928234.asp

Ign.com has it's review up, they gave it a 9.4! I really trust their reviews...I can hardly wait til tomorrow to get mine....

As a side note does anyone use a computer monitor for their screen or TV?? Just curious...I don't have an HDTV yet... was wondering if a high res monitor was a better option

Thanks,
Chappy P!

PS: I am going for the collector's edition mainly for the art book...I am a sucker for art books!

Sidenote:

November 7th is the release date for the Western Coast.

Freaking West Coast! *shake fist*

does anyone know if GoW is region free? if it is i might be able to get it a full week ahead of my mates

So I called Best Buy this morning at 10:30am and asked if they had GoW, to which they said:

yes, we're selling it for $69.99.

Sweet, I thought, and I drove out to Best Buy. I got there only to discover I had been given erroneous information.

Now I'm stuck at work and I can't get out to pick up GoW when EB Games gets it in at 7pm tonight.

I am a very, very sad boy.

Looks neat.

I got it yesterday at EB for the usual 69.99. If my 360 gets back from being repaired this week I'll hopefully even get to PLAY it.

I grabbed FEAR and CoD3 as well. It'll be a shooterific weekend if I have a 360 to play with.

Yes, I use my monitor, it works great!! You'll need to pick up the VGA cable for your 360, but you can run the games great on a PC monitor, they look fine on my 20" Viewsonic that's over 6 years old.


The reviews are going insane for this game, it's already received FIVE 10.0's according to www.gamerankings.com.

Ok, anyone in NC...

FedEx royally f'ed up. They left fully half of the copies for the East Coast in their main shipment processing center.

WHY MUST THEY TAUNT ME SO!

It could be worse. You could have a copy sitting next to your collection of Controllers, headsets and your hard drive... while your console rots in Microsoft's repair center.

That sucks Achilles. They should just send you a new one and work on the broken one.

Stupid microsoft

Well I found a copy this afternoon at around 1pm, and got about 3 hours in before I had to go to work. Unfortunately they didn't have the collector's edition, but I figure I can always sell back the used copy, eat the $20 buck drop and buy the collector's edition later if I really want it.

Anyway, my initial impressions were that the game was so overhyped I didn't know what I was expecting. Perhaps for my 360 to levitate or the images to pop out of the screen in 3D. . .I wasn't sure.

Needless to say, none of that happened, and when I realized that this was still just a VIDEO GAME I must admit I suffered a few minutes of slight dissapointment.

But then I also realized that I was having a whole lot of FUN playing this video game, and the disappoinment of course vanished.

The game is fun and looks awesome. It doesn't change the world and it certainly isn't perfect. When enemies get really close to you it becomes very difficult to shoot them. That may have been purposely designed to make close quarters fighting difficult but it may just be a shortfall with the game controls.

Either way, it certainly doesn't really affect the overall experience of the game.

Obviously if you have a 360, you're getting this game. If you don't have a 360 should you buy one for this game? If you like shooting and action at all, I'd say absolutely yes.

I found the game to be awsome...But I see your point Yakface...I just played a good 2-3hours and yes, close combat fighting can suck, but like you said I soon forgot that and got immersed(sp) into the game. I don't think it was overly hyped though...I don't feel disappointed at all.

For me, personally, I think a little more time with the game...to get a hang of the controls will make all the difference in the world...earth shattering? No I suppose not, but it still makes me want to run out to my LGS and buy some more scout boxes to make my themed Gears Scout army! Heack yeah that's gonna happen now!

Overall I give it two thumbs up! Way up!

Thanks,
Chappy P!

My quick first impressions:

Picked it up last night, my brother came over and we played co-op campaign on Hardcore dificulty for about 3 hours.

Of course the graphics blow you away, (yes, it does look like the commercials) but lets get to gameplay...

At first it was "This is pretty neat" but as time went on the game went from pretty neat to very enjoyable to "Oh my God this is the most fun I've ever had with a friend and a video game."

Is it the story?  Nope, the story and dialoge are fun, but not deep.

My brother described it best: Playing this game, you get the adrenaline rush we used to get playing paintball.  Your pinned down, it's hard to figure out friend from foe, where is the fire coming from, you HAVE to flank, you HAVE to out manuver. Every time you move from cover to cover there the feeling "oh crap, I'm gonna die."

The enemies are hard to kill, and each kill is extremly satisfying.  A chainsaw kill is a joy to behold.

As you move from area to area, each new 'zone' feels like a tactical puzzle to solve.  You're pinned down by a turret emplacement up top, a grenadier is flanking you, and multiple boggies are coming in from the left... what do you do?  A direct rush is not an option... do we have grenades?  Can someone pin a guy down while the other rushes a flank?

Best moment so far... friend and I are fighting off hordes of little termigaunt type creatures in a corridor.  He goes down (you can revive your friends if you get close).  I'm pushing towards him... ammo down to 100 rounds... closer ... ammo down to 50 rounds ... closer ... ammo down to 20 rounds...  I kill the last guy and revive my friend.  Rounds left in chamber?  ONE!!!

Holy crap was that cool.

This is a game that will not amaze you in an hour, but it IS a game that the more you play, the more you will discover it's wonder. 

Try it co-op ... it will amaze.  It's a little to early for me to rate this in my best games of all time list, but it's got a good start. 

Yak, (or anyone) if you want to try co-op some time, drop me an invite.  Friends can jump in and help out in single player at any time.  And trust me, play the game on Hardcore.  Casual is not as cool.

I got to play abot 30 minutes worth last night, and it's nice.  I took it easy just to get a feel for the controls, but I do like it.  Russ, I'll look for you online when I can; I'm NonesuchElder (I'll add you as a friend as well).

well i've ordered the game from videogames.ca and they've shipped it so i just have to wait and I can join in. (on a side note does anyone know how long its takes for a video game to be shipped from canada to great britain? i'm hoping to get this game before most other people in this country)

I really want to try out Co-op. I just love Co-op games in general and this one is obviously designed to take advantage of it.

The problem is my damn work schedule and the fact that I'm on the West Coast means I'm usually either on at 4am-7am EST (when I get off work) or when I wake up around 2pm-5pm EST. Unfortunately, most everyone else isn't playing at that time.

i'll add you once i've got the game, my time zones about 5,6 hours ahead of yours and i keep weird hours anyway so chances are we'll see each other online

Yak, you know I get on at funny times I'll try to hook up with ya, played with Russ mostly though.

SUPER fun

I just hope it does well enough that they make a PC version, because it looks awesome (and, I've heard nothing but good things about it too!).

BYE