Emergence Day GoW reviews are in

Posted Nov 7, 2006 at 1:35PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Cliff Bleszinski, Epic Games, Microsoft, Microsoft Game Studios, Unreal Engine
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We usually don't blog about things like this, but it's probably the biggest game release of the year. Gears of War reviews from various places in the internet have been compiled over at NeoGAF. And a lot of them are perfect 10s.

Like we said before, this exclusive title for Microsoft's Xbox 360 is one of those games that we will look back on and say, "Yes, this game made the Xbox 360 great."

Again, think back to E3 where this all started. Remember the awards it won at E3: the Game Critics Award for Best Console Game and Game Critics Award for Best Action Game. It was nominated for three other awards: Best of Show, Best Original Game, and Best Online Multiplayer Game - and then a whole bunch of other sites gave it E3 awards, too.

Before we get to the list, we have to congratulate Unreal Engine.">Epic Games for developing this game, Microsoft Game Studios for publishing it, Cliff Bleszinski for designing and giving birth to it, and the Unreal Engine 3.0 for giving life to it.

Here's the list:
  • Gamespot's Jeff Gersttman: 9.6 / 10
    • Gameplay: 9
    • Graphics: 10
    • Sound: 10
    • Value: 9
    • Tilt: 10
  • 1Up's Dan Hsu: 10 [although the text of this review doesn't seem like it's endorsing the game with a 10]
  • IGN's Jonathan Miller: 9.4 / 10
    • Presentation: 9.5
    • Graphics: 10
    • Sound: 10
    • Gameplay: 9.0
    • Lasting Appeal: 7.5
  • TeamXbox's Will Tuttle: 9.6 / 10
    • Gameplay: 9.3
    • Graphics: 10
    • Audio: 9.8
    • Longevity: 9.5
    • Innovation: 9.0
  • Gametrailers.com: 9.1 / 10.0
    • Design: 9.0
    • Story: 8.0
    • Gameplay: 9.0
  • Dailygame: 90%
  • OXM UK: 9 / 10
  • OXM: 10 / 10
  • CVG: 9.0 / 10.0
  • Game Reactor (Swedish site): 10 / 10
  • Eurogamer: 8 / 10 (SP only)
  • XPlay: 5 / 5
  • Playboy: 4 bunnies / 4 bunnies
  • Yahoo Games: 4.5 / 5
  • Play Magazine: 10 / 10


 
 
 

Comments

by clouducla - 2006-11-07 13:30:18
lol

boo!!!!game sux!!!
by phalanges - 2006-11-07 13:45:16
Graphics and Gameplay

It seems like the graphics and gameplay are the selling point of the game. Me likes!
by Phantage - 2006-11-07 13:54:20
Completed

Well I just finished single player in one giant go. I didn't sleep for the past 48 hours, but it was worth it. The game was definitely damn good. I've yet to do multiplayer due to concentrating on the campaign mode. I give it two thumbs up *****es.
by - 2006-11-07 13:57:45
The Revolution Will Be Playable

I'm not talking about the Wii. Gears of War is the reason why Microsoft will own this X-Mas. Complain all you want if you are a Sony only fan, however, no one gamer can say anything bad about this game. Uness you can't play it because of your foolish preferences. Get a Job or save some money and get a 360 this Christmas with a copy of GoW. PS3 will be great and so will the Wii, but Gears of War wont be on either one of them. -V
by - 2006-11-07 13:59:46
dfdf

This is intensly annoying. I preordered a little while ago, and althoguh many still HAVE the game, I never even got my call from the local EB to pick it up. WHAT THE HELL. IT'S THE SEVENTH I WANT MY GAME >:(
by - 2006-11-07 14:01:41
WTF

this game will be the best game of the year. gonna have amazing graphics, solo + online play. btw: boo 2 u + u suck
by - 2006-11-07 14:05:29
...

Gamestop got their shipment around 2:00pm here in jersey.
by - 2006-11-07 14:27:00
cant wait! :D

i cant wait. UK release on the 17th. btw: y do they release games in the US first. any1 know?
by - 2006-11-07 14:38:36
know

don't know...think the US market is bigger?
by - 2006-11-07 14:40:34
...

what are you 10 years old? everyone knows why... its because the US consider themselves to be the worlds giant black *****. the rest of us are just the ***** to them. nowhere else matters to the giant horse ***** of the world that is the USA....
by Phantage - 2006-11-07 14:43:48
American Company?

Why would Microsoft and epic, both American companies, want to release anywhere other then the US first? Wouldn't seem to make sense to me.
by - 2006-11-07 15:12:23
Hm...

Let us know if you're making a review. You can always put it on our forums! And if it's a well-made review, and if you let us know (using the news submission link in the right menus of the Blog) - and we catch it in time (gosh, so many ifs), we might feature it on the Blog's front page. :) Of course, that's not my call, I'm just a lowly blogger, but hey, you never know... (although I'd blog about any well-made review made by a QJ forum member - if I just knew that it existed!).
by - 2006-11-07 15:17:36
Pathetic Game Addicts

MS said when Sony released the PS3, they’ll walk right into Crapalo 3. What a sh@tty like, this was the reason why so many people bought the Crapbox 360 including me. Now MS’s saying that Crapalo 3 isn’t ready yet, so play Gears of Crap instead for another year until we can release Crapalo 3 in Nov. 2007. When will they learn? We don’t want another crap like this. MS wet low standard for developers, so the developers can release craps with low budget, short development time and poor brain power. Look at these: Crap Rising, Ghost Recon: Advanced Crap, Craps Row, Phantasy (what a nonsense name) Crap Universe, Splinter Cell: Crap Agent, Lost Crap (what a moronic name, every time I hear the words Lost Planet, I’m reminded of lost cause), Perfect Crap Zero, Dead or Crap 4, Project Crap Racing 3, et cetera. MS must learn that ‘one’ A graded game is better than ‘ten’ B or C graded craps all added together. Moreover, ‘one’ class A game requires must less budge, time and brain power to make than ‘ten’ class B craps do. Crapbox Live service is a total rubbish and nonsense. Such online service is totally free in PC gaming industry (of course except RPGs); MS started this whole ret@rded nonsense years ago. Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) service is free exactly like PC industry’s; and left to the developers to decide on what to use. Sony officially announced in a document that they will never do such nonsense & rubbish to their consumers like MS has done for the past many years. I have owned my Garbagebox 360 for almost a year now; therefore, I know how rubbish this console is. I just spent about 6 hours nonstop today at my friend’s house who bought a copy of GoW. I think GoW’s multiplayer is the best among all X360 games; however, the multiplayer is just mediocre when compared with Counter-strike Source, Day of Defeat Source, Call of Duty 2 (PC version only, X360 version is a total crap; full of lags, bad frame rate, so-so graphical quality, only 8 players for net mode, etc), Battlefield 2 and 2142. I decided that I’ll maybe rent it later, pass! Use of the button A is a joke, too. When you want to tumble away from close enemies because it’s context sensitive, you’ll sometimes move to the nearest wall instead, and then give an easy kill for your enemy. Graphical glitches are so prevail; the average frame rate is barely passable even when the actions are moderately intense; especially the character animation is too poor, you can’t even hit close enemies because their movements are so stuttering when they’re close to you – it’s like close enemies are appearing and disappearing every few feet; only 8 players for online is a rubbish just like Call of Duty 2. I say that GoW is the most advanced game on the Earth right now in terms of graphics and technology, period; yes that’s my opinion until newer games are released. Doom 3 was the most advanced game until Half Life 2 came out just 15 days later. I can give similar comparisons of hundreds of games here if you want. I’m 99% sure that GoW will be an instant hit in the market exactly like Perfect Dark Zero had been then GoW will be forgotten not long after exactly like PDZ had been. I’m also sure that this GoW will be very popular among trash like people who are criminals, lowly educated or etc; because this game is all about criminal soldiers, blood and gore. GoW is all about camping. Skilled game addicts know how to play online; they camp and shoot, again and again; when noobs come near them, skilled campers can get very easy kills by using shotguns or chainsaws. It’s so pathetic that game developers choose such names like Gears of War, and Nathan Hale. Every time when people hear the word Gears of War, they are reminded of God of War. Same goes for Hale; that’s why after Nathan Hale’s name was first released to the public, people all said this game will be a Halo killer.
by - 2006-11-07 15:24:17
you sir are an idiot

[qoute]Crap Rising, Ghost Recon: Advanced Crap, Craps Row, Phantasy (what a nonsense name) Crap Universe, Splinter Cell: Crap Agent, Lost Crap (what a moronic name, every time I hear the words Lost Planet, I’m reminded of lost cause), Perfect Crap Zero, Dead or Crap 4, Project Crap Racing 3, et cetera. [/qoute] Dead rising amazing game, ghost recon even better, saint row good not my type of game but it plays well, dont like phantasy star games tbh, splinter cell is amazing, lost planet looks amazing, pdz was good for a launch title, dead or alive 4 was great and pgr3 is the best racer ive ever played. Go and rob a bank or steal money from the needy so you can afford your overpriced ps3 that has only multiplatform titles for its launch. And the ones that arnt are rubbish.
by - 2006-11-07 15:53:50
Matter of opinion...

I guess that's your review of the 360 and it's games. Too bad yours don't agree with everyone elses. The 360 is selling and has sold. Gears of War is currently living up to the hype. We'll let the sales do the talking. Why don't you sell that 360 that you supposdly have?
by - 2006-11-07 16:48:18
ugh.

you know why PS3 fans write such long paragraphs about positive microsoft updates? It's becuase they have nothing to do, their system was promised to be out by now, and it didn't happen. Gears Of War is the game of the year, its flawless. PS3 newbs without a life (who do nothing but check 360 updates HA!), eat your heart out.
by - 2006-11-07 16:53:02
Shini I could kiss you

You saved me from having to write up that exact post. PS3-fanboys ***** off and go back to jacking off in the corner. You simply are not welcome here, your comments as important as when my dog last took a *****.
by - 2006-11-07 17:28:08
Oh My Good! the Sony Crapboys are having a tantrum!

FIRST, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH I NEVER THOUGH GEARS OF WAR COULD LIVE UP TO THE HYPE, NOT TO MENTIONED, SURPASED IT. ONLY TIME WILL TELL IT IS REALLY THE HALO KILLER EVERYBODY WAS EXPECTING. TOO BAD FOR SONY FANBOYS IS NOT IN THEIR "SUPERIOR" PS3 BUT IN THE SAME MACHINE AS HALO, GIVING MICROSOFT ANOTHER "KILLER APP" THAT NOT ONLY SELL BY TRUCKLOADS, BUT ALSO MOVE SYSTEMS, GIVING MS THE EDGE THIS X-MAS. MAYBE THE BIG M WILL NOT REACH THEIR GOAL OF 10 MILLION UNITS SOLD, BY THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT THEY CAN BE CLOSE TO 8 TO 9 MILLION UNITS SOLD. THIS MEANS THAT DEVELOPERS MAKES GAMES TO THE SYSTEMS WITH MOST UNITS ( IF NOT ASK THE NEARLY DYING PSP, THAT HAS BEEN OBLITERATED BY AN INFERIOR MACHINE LIKE THE NINTENDO DS} AND WITH GAMES LIKE LOST PLANET, ASSASINS CREED, BLUE DRAGON, AND LOST ODDYSEY NEAR (TO NAME A FEW)TO GET LAUNCH,THE 360 IS HOT! SO SONY FANBOYS YOU CAN BE IN DENIAL, PRAYING IN YOUR ALTARS TO YOUR CRAPPY SONY GOD, WRITING STUPID ARGUMENTS TO MAKE FALSE THING SOUND TRUTH, BUT RIGHT NOW THE REAL NEXT GENERATION HAS BEGUN WITH GEARS OF WAR! (NOW I SUPPOSED THE SONY CRAPDEFENSE CRAPFORCE IS GOING TO WASTE ME, HAHAHAHA!!!!) PS. AT THIS MOMENT, WERE IS KILLZONE FOR THE PS3?
by - 2006-11-07 17:40:25
Great

I simply can'T wait to get mine. My local retailer told me he'd have his courier shipping from the US on friday. I'm excited!!!!! This games pawns them all!
by - 2006-11-07 17:48:22
Stupid is as Stupid does...

I wonder if the XBOX 360 is so bad, why do you still have it? God of War can't even hold a candle to Ninja Gaiden... a game for gamers, not people who can't pass levels without a strategy guide. Basically come off your StayPlaytion High Horse before you fall off. -V
by - 2006-11-07 18:07:27
man........

stupid shipment trucks..... i'd be playin it by now but eb games told me that their shipments havent come by yet since they made a mistake...... big foookin mistake.... i even preordered it paid in full all i have to do is pick it up...... o well, back to nfs carbon and CoD2 for now........
by - 2006-11-07 19:28:04
wow

holy *****ing rant. get a life.
by - 2006-11-07 19:56:46
f..... PSfanboys

first off gears of war looks better and plays bettter then any playstation 3 game comming out! and all of the playstation 3 games comming out are already for the xbox 360~
by - 2006-11-07 20:48:42
It sucked...

.. for me today. I thought my local Gamestop or EB would have it but they didn't. They said tomorrow (11/08). Now I'm stuck reading reviews, watching clips, and checking forums on the game. Damn...tomorrow will come.
by - 2006-11-07 22:19:29
I got it

wow this is possibly the best game I've ever ever played picked it up at 5:00 today
by - 2006-11-07 22:35:29
Idiots.

Emergence Day is the 12th. Today (yesterday) is launch. Seriously, if you're running a game site, you should know simple facts like this.
by - 2006-11-07 23:35:30
Best. Game. Ever.

This is truthfully the epitome of Good Gaming, I'd be surprised if the amazing Halo 3 could take it on. As for the ps3 Sony Blu-ray *****-suckers, please shut the ***** up, as your obnoxious overwhelming jealousy is going nowhere.
by clouducla - 2006-11-08 02:09:27
of course the game looks great!

i mean...any game that RIPS-OFF one of the greatest games of all time, im talking about resident evil 4 of course, has to look and play great!
by - 2006-11-08 05:22:44
Well..

Best Game Ever. Period. It is different then RE4 by far and is not even close to being like Halo. Its is only beast..beating to another drummer and ITS AMAZING. STOP BEING FAN BOYS and play.
by - 2006-11-08 09:18:10
sad

LOL, 1 Billion dollars to make to game of course it has to live up to the hype no wonder the reviews r so high and how could they call this a perfect game storyline suxs, short and online 4vs4 wtf. The game wont last long too much hype because of graphics
by - 2006-11-08 10:24:15
Booo hooo Rocky!!

Another sony fanboy in denial telling himself this game sucks becuse is not in the PS3. Go and cry to your sony developers, to see if they can developed a masterpiece like this . (Cry Baby Cry).
by SteveTao - 2006-11-08 10:59:54
Lol

Hype! It's all hype!
by - 2006-11-08 13:27:34
yeah

some of these comments are so *****ing lame it makes me want to cry. honestly a few of you, not all of you, but a few of you seriously are biast losers. Get a *****ing Life would ya.
by - 2006-11-08 14:54:11
None of that Sony Banter matters.

Gears of War is out, selling out, selling strong, will sell systems, will convert Sony hopefulls when they realize they can't buy a PS3 and see how great Gears looks. Then realize that they can buy Gears and a 360 with an extra controller and a 13 Month Live card for cheaper than the PS3. M$ knew this all along... Very good Microsoft, very clever. -V
by - 2006-11-08 16:50:13
U GOT OWNED BY SHINI 6 COMMENTS AFTER ME... HAAAAAAHAHAHA

HEY U (ready?) SEEMS LIKE U HAVE ALOT OF FREE TIME TO WRITE SUCH A LONG PARAGRAPH...........OH WAIT SHOULDNT U BE PLAYING PS3..OH WAIT +_+ ITS NOT OUT YET, BUT U CAN STILL BUY TONY HAWK FOR PS3...... THANKS FOR SETTING THEM STRAIGHT SHINI. -ENFORCER-
by - 2006-11-08 17:08:25
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

YUP CRABFORCE CRABDEFENSE OR MAYBE THE GIANT CRABSSS.....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA SONY FANBOYS GOT OWNED
by - 2006-11-08 17:10:50
wtf

look if you hate the damn thing so much then why in the hell did you play it for 6 hrs you probaly dont even have a 360 and if you did then you wouldnt be such a fool with dumba@# opinions

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