Friday, December 22, 2006
Gears of War Xbox 360 Review - An Epic 3rd Person Shooter
Months prior to release, many were dubbing Gears of War as Halo for the Xbox 360, the killer app for the holiday season. Yes, Cliff Bleszinski’s labor of love had reached an unprecedented level of hype. From specials on MTV to Cliffy himself kicking off Microsoft’s E3 press conference with a demo of the game, there was no avoiding Gears of War and its inevitable release a.k.a. Emergence Day.
So how can destruction be so beautiful? That’s what you’ll be asking as you play through Epic’s insanely over-hyped third-person shooter. But as you take on the role of Marcus Fenix, a former soldier who escapes from prison, and battle your way through planet Sera and the hordes of locust that have inhabited it, you’ll soon realize that the game achieves the near impossible: it lives up to the hype.
