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Gears of War 3
Gears
of War 3, is developed by Epic Games and it’s available for the Xbox 360
console. It’s finally here ladies and gentlemen; GOW3 has been long
awaited for by all Gears fans. Epic worked really hard on making sure to
end the GOW franchise with a bang.
Let’s
start off with the gameplay. Campaign, of course, was something we all
were waiting for. To see where our fellow COG’s end up after Gears of
War 2. Not to spoil too much into the gameplay but of course all of our
favorite COG members have aged (it’s passed two years now) and we end up
having a few new members in the crew this big bold over the top crew.
Anya, Sam, and Jace are new COG that you get to have fun with and are
able to play as. What’s great with the story line is that we get to see
glimpses of what makes some of the characters tick, and maybe…just maybe
get to care about the characters that much more. After all without the
emotional attachments to a character, who cares what happens to them?
Not so here, you end up caring.
The new mission besides killing the Locust and Lambent is to rescue
Marcus Fenix’s father, Adam Fenix. The new thing with campaign is the
new four-player co-op. The thing I’ve found is you definitely would love
to have your friends join you it makes the gameplay more fun and fast
pace. You make your way past hordes, rescue missions, and ride arounds.
Not to mention going back and forth between Alpha and Delta squad. Not a
bad way to spend forty or more hours of gameplay. The action is pulse
pounding frantic at times. If this is truly the end of the series then
it is an over whelming satisfying way to bring it to a close. With the
campaign we find that the human race is not in the best of shape. Now
forced to have bases in isolated areas, things are very dark in deed for
the race of human beings. Extinction is not so far away, that’s when
things get to be desperate and rip roaring battles are in the player’s
future.
Campaign is not the only thing to look forward with Gears 3. You have
the new Horde features and a new mode called Beast Mode. Horde has its
original content and rules to play with. The basic rule of horde is make
your way through hordes of locust and lambent. The new features is the
way to you can plant artillery to help you last longer in horde. You are
able to built defense turrets, barriers, and decoys. The more you built
and rebuilt the more your level goes up with those new features. Now the
new mode, Beast mode, is something they made so the players can play as
the Locust this time.
Consider this pay back during horde. Your goal is to go through twelve
levels going against COG members. In each level, you have two minutes to
pick the locust you are allowed to be and go destroy the COG. Now it
isn’t as easy as it sounds, the COG have some defenses up just like
horde. And the higher you go the more you unlock other Locust to choose
from and it becomes interesting and entertaining. It’s a good new way to
see the enemy side of battle. Each level you also have the Heroes you
have to execute. Not to give too much away but once you get a hold of
this mode you will be hooked into it. And lastly we have the multiplayer
of this game. Gears 3 did release a beta couple of months ago so that we
can play and give feedback on the multiplayer side. They seem to have
taken a few things into mind.
So
far, you have your usual mode between Team Deathmatch all the way up to
Warzone. Whichever takes your fancy; Gears 3 has it there for you. The
weapons are the key things that changed. Hammerburst got downgraded as
well as the new weapon in the game, Retro Lancer. Some of the maps that
were on the beta were also upgraded. A couple of new rooms in Trenches,
and new routes in Thrashball, the guys in Epic did consider the players
voices and we all have to thank them for that. What best way to fix
things in your game then to take feedback from the people who invest in
your game.
Graphic and Sound in this game was advanced from Gears 2. You can tell
the deep expressions from Marcus face during all this mayhem. The brutal
combat and visuals are a true symphony for the eyes. The sound was
definitely something to look into in the game. From the hype when a
horde was brewing, to the times where sneaking is key, and all around
sounds of battle are sending little jolts of adrenalin through you as
you advance. Sound effects on to the sound track join into suck the
player into this gaming world and make them a part of it. When you get a
chance during campaign look around at your surroundings, even in the
devastation, the graphics are wonderful to behold. The team really put a
lot of work into the graphics making the game new to the years in the
making.
Gears
of War 3 was well worth the wait. Even though the campaign was way
extended, beast mode was like a tease with few rounds, and horde still
lacks the fun after a few rounds. The graphics are great but once again,
you run up a few walls your character can sort of go through them. Not
all games are perfect but Gears of War 3 will not be forgotten for a
while. Any new game coming up will always be compared to this third
person shooter. Great job for the Epic team definitely a great game that
will continue to bring new hype. Gears fan, you all won’t be
disappointed.
Noemi Portillo |
