You can revive fallen comrades with the touch of a button. More damage and the whole screen goes red, with a skull showing in the red circle denoting you are history. Take a hit and a red circle shows on the screen, denoting injury.
The screen is clean other than when you press buttons to change guns, take aim or reload. Pull the left trigger to aim and the camera cuts in close to his head for a better view of what you are shooting at. As Fenix moves, the camera is right behind him. And as you wander through the rubble of what was Sera, it's hard not to stop and take stock of your environments.īecause the game is third-person, you get to see everything. Manufacturers of high-definition TVs around the globe will be raising a glass to Epic Games.įenix and his grizzled squadmates are beautifully rendered with their oversized body armour and guns. Gears (the title refers to the COG soldiers known as Gears) raises the bar to new heights in terms of creating a video game world. The game covers 36 hours in the life of Fenix and his squadmates as they fight for survival against the Horde, who come in all shapes and murderous sizes. Gears' tagline is "A nightmare from below, a hero from within." It's kill or be killed and the COG (Coalition of Ordered Governments) needs every gun it can muster. You play Marcus Fenix, a disgraced hero behind bars, and the game opens as a military buddy breaks you out of jail. The third-person action tactical-horror title for the Xbox 360, which shipped Tuesday and is rated M for Mature, conjures up a world ravaged by war and under siege from the alien Locust Horde who have emerged from beneath the surface of Planet Sera.Įpic Games, best known for the Unreal series, has produced a meaty game that pulls you into its world and doesn't let you go. And most of it will be yours at the start. Gears of Wars is beautiful but deadly, a video game with a kick like a Big Gulp-sized tequila shot.Įxpect bloodshed when you play it.
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