Gears of War 3 has been maligned as more of the same, bro-fest shooter. But I think this is more of a case of ignorance than a fault of the game. Gears of War 3 is somewhat a victim of it’s own success. The franchise has spawned novels, comics, and 3 games. This in the space of 5 years. Which doesn’t sound that outrageous but Halo is the only other video game series to spawn that quantity of material in that period of time. The problem or the insanely cool part of the franchise is that the makers of the game have used this material to make this third game. The inclusion of some of this material took away from the story for some of the people playing the game, specifically critics. This is definitely valid concern for people playing this title as their first Gears of War game. This kind of depth speaks to the grandeur of this world. Few video game worlds are deep enough to have such service to have characters from the novels and trust that people will know who those people are. I would have liked a little more dialogue with those characters so that people who aren’t diehard fans know who they are.
Putting campaign concerns aside for a moment. The best part of Gears of War 3 is the multiplayer. The game has taken some serious time working out it’s kinks and refining it’s edge to a shiny sharp edge that could cut through concrete. The game does some many wonderful things. There is an experience point system similar to that of Halo. Which gives the player access to new weapon skins, character skins, etc… The game has fixed all most all of the problems that Gears of War 2 had in it’s multiplayer. Gears of War 3 truly has a skill based multiplayer that will commitment gets more fun as you go. Just based on the number of weapons and modes most players will not get bored or feel as if their experiences are repetitive.
Epic’s commitment to their fans is so deep that they have had three major community events in since the game came out (September 20th). Which is far and above more commitment than any other game this year. Also, they have released 2 map packs and a campaign story pack in the past two months. Which is also a lot of content for a brand new game which all ready a descent amount all ready.
Gears of War 3 is an amazing game and should be on the top of anyone’s list that owns an XBOX 360. I truly believe that Gears of War 3 is the perfect melding of campaign, multiplayer, and co-op. There is NO OTHER game this year that embodies such a perfection of design and blending. I would even say that there is no game on either XBOX 360 or PS3 that makes such good use of all the features and innovations that our modern consoles afford us as Gears of War 3 does. Many games have tried, but Gears of War 3 succeeds and it does it in style.
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