Wow, so far I'm VERY impressed with this game. I started it and figured I'd put it on the difficult setting because I'm pretty good at FPS games. OMG I haven't been raped this bad since the harder settings or online play of UT2k4!!!
I was getting completely owned on this one part of one of the first levels until I finally realized that the AI in this game is unbelievable. You actually HAVE to flank in this game or the enemy takes the best positions and puts your entire team in a bad spot. If you are aggressive they will actually become more timid and retreat to safer positions, causing them to lose ground. I haven't been challenged this much by this type of game in a long time. Give me a few more hours and hopefully I'll have a better grasp of the game!
Anyone with a 360, I highly recommend trying this one out if you're into this kind of gameplay. The graphics are pretty good, but the fighting is INTENSE and difficult on the non-weenie level.
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All the articles about it say teamwork and strategy is paramount. They say the quickest way to get dead is to run and gun like many of us are used to. This will probably be the first game I buy when I finally get around to owning a 360.
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Apoc Wrote:All the articles about it say teamwork and strategy is paramount. They say the quickest way to get dead is to run and gun like many of us are used to. This will probably be the first game I buy when I finally get around to owning a 360.
That is absolutely true. I can't wait to play it 2player with someone else. The computer AI on your team is pretty good, but can't substitute for a real person. What really makes it challenging is that your enemies NEVER DIE! They take as many if not more shots than you to die, which is different than most FPS aside from the R6 series. You can also get in close quarters combat with them, but 7 times out of 10 they beat your ass.
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I think I found the secret. Normally it takes tons of shots to kill a mob, but when you reload you can hit this meter and if you hit it right, your next shots do like 10xs damage. That helps tremendously.
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I was completely shaking after one part in the game. Haha I haven't gotten that involved in so long...it's way intense. Probably not since the first Resident Evil came out, or my days of cracked out, soda/alcohol/weed fueled Everquest sessions. Here's what the game developer has to say on the inside cover of the manual:
"One of the most common questions I'm asked as a game developer is, "What makes a next-generation game?" Is it graphics? Better physics and AI? New controls?
I played a game of paintball a while back. While crouched in the woods with high-powered spheres splattering above my head, I had a hint o fwhat it might be to be in an actual firefight. I found the experience rather...painful.
Perhaps it was then that I thought about how most shooters play. They're not like real firefights. Circle, strafing, jumping around -- these elements have felt alien to me for the last few years. For example, take the use of cover. Before we started Gears of War, we saw other games with cover in them. Our question was, "How are we going to make hiding behind a wall interesting?" Answer: "Make it real."
Next-generation games are about doing a better job with what we're given to work with. How can we use the camera to immerse you more in the narrative? Who are you fighting, and why should you care? How do we use context sensitivity to allow you to do all sorts of cool moves and, in general, switch between feeling frightened and being a badass?
So yes, Gears has great graphics, AI, and physics. We knew we could do that. But more important, we feel we gave it a real soul. Soldiers with whom you fight an abhorrent foe. A world you can lose yourself in for hours on end.... and a gun with a CHAINSAW attached to it.
Enjoy, and remember -- TAKE COVER!"
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Epic Games, Inc.
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the game is awesome, graphics are sick, and gameplay is amazing. Online play has the same graphics as the Campaign mode, and doing coop in campaign mode is awesome. and this game utilizes the 360 controller very well all the functions are on the same area of the controller. Cant get enough of this game.
