Gears of War 1.6

of course, i am being flippant of Gears 3 with that title... I guess, when Gears 2 came out, i expected more.. but i got gears 1.5... so when Gears 3 came along, i at least expected a bigger jump... but ultimately, it was another slight improvement.. but the same game really. I am not sure what i am expecting or if i am being an over demanding gamer, but gears sequels havent wowed me as much as the first game did. Gears of war blew me away and changed my perspective on third person shooters. it defined many games after its release and has been a huge success.

but in my world, i wanted a little more from each of the sequels and have been a bit disappointed by them.

Now that is not to say that Gears 3 is a bad game. It is a solid title with definitely the best graphics and visuals so far, it just missed the mark for me. Possibly because of timimg.. I started playing it directly after space marine and it was quite a jolt to go from one to the other. Both games are about big chunky marines delivery millions of heavy duty rounds into waves of enemies... but Space Marine felt very epic, serious and, i guess more grounded than gears. To go from a game where the dialogue is meaningful and has serious deep undertones to Gears of War 3 and "wooo yeah! F**k! Boom! Nice!".. it lost a little something to me.

I don't know what i was expecting but i did enjoy it overall. Stupid hard end of game boss (getting frustrated with those now), some incredibly cheesy moments that broke the fiction for me (if you have played up to the stadium, you will know what i am talking about. If you haven't yet, you will know it when you get there), but some solid gameplay and a few really nice levels saved it.

the submarine pen was the best set of levels i thought.

Probably an Act too long and the final cutscene was... an interesting end to the trilogy but hey. At the end of the day, its dumb fun, blowing stuff up and if you don't want anything too serious, then go for it.

6/10 from me but most people i think would give it 8to 9 out of 10. Wrong timing for me and strange expectations :)

Time to finish Alan Wake and Halo Anniversary!