Gears Of War

[Geoff D]

Excellent, thanks chaps - sounds like a great feature

[Simmy]

Thinking about it, I beleive the game bombs out which ever player quites. So really it is just drop in coop but cool all the same

[Dezm0nd]

Well I've just completed it on normal and the ending was amazing, if only for the sheer dramatics and graphical power. Blatant sequel setup, I'm really impressed. Time to abuse online now, might go through it soon with a mate on hardcore.

It's worth playing again if only for the graphics

[hudson]

You just do what I did and play with someone who hasn't played it / just got it also

"OMG Look at this"

"Where"

"Over Here"

"Where Are You"

"FFS Hold the Y Button Will Ya"

"oh yeah what bit you looking at"

"This here"

"Where"

(Cue shooting at building/stone wall/ceiling)

or

"I'm dead again FFS revive me"

"Where Are You?"

"Y Button you MUTHA"

Happy times

This has been me and my anti-360 mate this afternoon. It's safe to say that he ain't anti-Microsoft's system anymore. Class!

In fact Ive left him on his own downstairs playin online and he is gabbin away and shoutin "wooooah" and "chainsaw!" as I type

[P-Dogg]

Does GoW have destructible environments??

[Simmy]

Some cover is destructible and some is not, similar to real life really. Can you stand their and systematically destroy the whole enviroment NO !

[MJ]

What happened to the heat shimmer around the muzzle flare when you're shooting, you can clearly see it in early videos, yet in the final game you only get it when you reload?

I've mentioned this before, but had to check a video to make sure I wasn't imagining it, and I'm really disappointed this detail didn't make it to the retail game.

The first gun fight:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=10493&type=mov&pl=game

[Garny]

Been playing this most of the afternoon. So far im very impressed with the game apart from

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the car bit on act 2. It was really doing my head in as the damn car would only move half way down the street and then 99% of the time Dom would get himself killed by those damn flying things

Im now up to Act 3 on hardcore, and just hope the rest of the game is more like the first Act.

[MJ]

I keep having communication problems on Live; either I can't hear anybody or I can hear people, but they can't hear me.

[hudson]

What happened to the heat shimmer around the muzzle flare when you're shooting, you can clearly see it in early videos, yet in the final game you only get it when you reload?

I've mentioned this before, but had to check a video to make sure I wasn't imagining it, and I'm really disappointed this detail didn't make it to the retail game.

The first gun fight:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player.p...pe=mov&pl=game

I see the haziness effect on my gun when reloading/after firing.

About your comms prob. (You probably know this) you can't talk to people in play if you are dead (and vice versa) or not at all if they're on other team (unless end of round).

[RLench]

Just tried fighting the

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Berserker

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What a crap fight ft: First of all it's an unfair time limit (which I hate). Secondly it's game over if Dom dies...which wouldn't be a problem except that Dom (and the other AI characters) is so ridiculously stupid that he'll just stand there and die. Thirdly, the Berserker chases Dom and not me...and Dom is a retard who stands still instead of following me to the destructible door

I know what to do but it's kind of hard when broken feature of the game stops another broken feature from working properly!

I've gotta be honest - after all the hype, this game doesn't even come close to living up to its expectations, especially for single player. It's a very, very, average shooter that looks superb and has a few moments of brilliance...right before plunging back into being a distinctly average game

[hudson]

Just tried fighting the

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Berserker

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What a crap fight ft: First of all it's an unfair time limit (which I hate). Secondly it's game over if Dom dies...which wouldn't be a problem except that Dom (and the other AI characters) is so ridiculously stupid that he'll just stand there and die. Thirdly, the Berserker chases Dom and not me...and Dom is a retard who stands still instead of following me to the destructible door

I know what to do but it's kind of hard when broken feature of the game stops another broken feature from working properly!

I've gotta be honest - after all the hype, this game doesn't even come close to living up to its expectations, especially for single player. It's a very, very, average shooter that looks superb and has a few moments of brilliance...right before plunging back into being a distinctly average game

I found it quite easy to do on Hardcore.

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You are meant to shoot at the berzerker to entice him towards you.

[RLench]

I did but

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he completely ignores me. If I shoot him he just runs towards Dom. If I fire my gun and miss, he hears me and makes a noise...then just turns away again.

I tried 3-4 times and gave up. I'm tempted to give up and drop down to casual tbh. I've enjoyed it so far but something just doesn't seem right, IMO

[MJ]

I see the haziness effect on my gun when reloading/after firing.

About your comms prob. (You probably know this) you can't talk to people in play if you are dead (and vice versa) or not at all if they're on other team (unless end of round).

I get that one, but not the cool looking effect in the video.

Currently I can hear everybody in the situations you should be able to, for example in the lobby I can hear everybody and I can hear my team during the games, but nobody can hear me.

Sometimes I can't hear anybody at all, whether dead, alive, in the lobby, or a game.

[Diggler]

Strange, RLench, that bit is exactly where I suddenly fell in love with the game.