The voice acting is terrible and one dimensional, but I won't take the game to task too harshly for this as the game is quite playable with the sound muted. The sound effects are fairly decent, if half hearted in comparison with the sole focus of development: The combat system. He look as if he was a large toddler with veiny arms. In the course of the game I had to marvel at how how round and soft the game's sole black character looked. The main characters look decent, if reminding the author of apes or overly developed babies. The terrain look fairly nice, when the graphics are cranked up and the enemies look pretty nice for the shallow automatons that they are. Things look pretty nice, no where near as good as Halo, Bioshock or Crysis But given the other down falls I was seriously expecting Doom graphics. The video effects are surprisingly good for such a game. It compares favorably with Halo, but has been wearisomely flogged in other forums Halo is mediocre outside the confines of its fan base and Gears of War rates _lower_ than it in every way. As the disparity between the Xbox and PC user scores will illustrate, this is a pretty good shooter for the XBOX, where they don't have any to compare it to. One mistake I won't be So I bought this awful game on spec from the meta-score solely, before examining the user scores more closely. So I bought this awful game on spec from the meta-score solely, before examining the user scores more closely.

Boasting three new multiplayer maps, a new multiplayer game type, game editor, five new campaign chapters, and DirectX 10support, Gears of War, challenges and pushes the limits of the PC gaming experience and provide an unparalleled visual presentation. Players encounter all of their favorite foes from the Xbox 360 version however, these intense encounters take place in some new environments and allow players to manipulate the new game modes and technology found only in a Games for Windows title. Gears of War features locations that are unique to the franchise and the genre. With Gears of War, Epic returns gamers to the massively scoped worlds, memorable characters, co-operative gameplay, and hyper-realistic combat that gamers have come to expect from the franchise, plus a few new surprises. With Gears of War, Epic returns gamers to the massively scoped worlds, memorable Gears of War 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. Summary: Gears of War 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.

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