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You don't just blast away mindlessly, sometimes you have to push a cart to use as cover, or dodge at the last minute to lure the Beserkers.Pros: Excellent graphics, smooth gameplay, intuitive interface, the use of cover/blind-fire is outstandingCons: Weak standard weaponsOverall: 4/5 stars. I wish the weapons were a bit more powerful because headshots don't seem to faze the Locust hordes. I opted to stick with the mouse/keyboard combination rather than the Xbox 360 controller.The graphics are top-notch and the scaling is incredible in certain scenes. The strategy aspect made the game really fun since it added some flavor to the soup, so to speak. Gears of War PCI finally had the opportunity to play through Gears of War and saw how the game essentially set the standard for using cover. The controls made sense and I was easily immersed in the environment. The squad AI isn't very useful because I can't use them to trigger ambush points.
Here are my computer specs just so u know what im running. i7 fastest processor, 4 GB Crucial Balistix ddr3 1666 clock.GTX295 Quad SLI.the game runs great a really annoying drawback though is that the game limits the fps to 62, and there is no way to fix this.if u change it in the configs, the game wont launch, and if u do it in console nothing happens.so only 62 fps.and if u max the graphics some of the cutscenes mess up.i dont know why this is and im using directx 10.game is fun though graphics are sick and good gameplay.
Pretty good game but kinda hard to figure out playing blind without any knowledge of the game before hand, for novices like me.
The workaround involved moving your PC's calendar to a date/time before the problem (which, by the way, can cause other bad things to happen with other programs). 4) The Windows Live account creates problems of its own. You should probably know that after you agree to letting the game update Games for Windows Live, it will then tell you that it may decide to restart your computer. Most of the problems with Gears of War for the PC have been a complete showstopper for many, many users out there. I still wouldn't recommend paying full price for the PC version, if only because of the many headaches you'll most likely be in for. I need to throttle the settings back to medium/low for everything (and I still have tearing problems and framerate drops with V-Sync enabled).
There is some small amount of strategy: close the hole in the ground, lure the monster out into the open, etc. Blood fountains, bullets fly by the thousands, the enemies die splattingly and "on the ground" camera angles put you in the middle of the action. This same issue may be what causes the game to take 2-3 minutes to launch every time I go to run it.2) After installtion, the game will not be able to launch without patching. I wish I could know that ahead of time, before I agree to a reboot I can't control. I put the game away for a year. There are decision paths along the way that provide slightly different experiences, depending which direction you choose. - You definitely cannot access your saved games if you haven't logged into Games for Windows Live, and - You may also find that your saved games won't transfer from one machine to another: I've had a message that my saved games do not exist "on this machine's hard drive". Graphically, Gears of War offers an extremely well-rendered experience, provided you have some hefty hardware for it.
Updating Games for Windows Live in one game doesn't update it in another. If you want to take a chance that you'll be one of the lucky few who have a minimum of problems, Gears of War for the PC may offer you the same experience enjoyed by the X-Box crowd. Something in the system (signs point to DRM) throttles back installation of the product. 1) Installation may take 2 hours or more. Thankfully, it finishes the job before dropping dead; the last patch crash I witnessed appears to be the patcher attempting (and failing) to launch the game for you. - First it needs to be updated in-game: having the latest version of Games for Windows Live on your machine will not do because Gears of War cannot figure that out; it has its own installation of the program.
There was a server certificate issue that Epic/Microsoft fixed after it broke a lot of users' installations. Why does Games for Windows Live matter. I have no idea why it does this, but I've witnessed it on more than one machine. 3) And speaking of patches.the patcher will often crash. It amazes me that here we are, years later, and still this game is plagued with problems. I ended up rolling my clock back, patching, then rolling forward and rebooting to properly get the job done.
The concept of Gears of War is relatively simple, and it forces you to change your thinking from "run-and-gun" to "duck-and-cover": everything you do requires you to hide behind cover, move to other cover, and blast the living hell out of anything that gets in your way. Sadly, most of these gorgeous cinematics contain little dialog or plot development beyond military grunts sniping at each other, and hints that no one else really likes your character. I run the game on a dual-core AMD (4400+) machine with 4GB of RAM and dual 8800GTS cards in SLI. For the same reasons that I have now played Gears of War two-thirds of the way through, about 8 times: - Your saved games are dependent on Games for Windows Live. What problems. - Third, other Games for Windows Live titles that can't detect a separate install of Games for Windows Live--like Halo 2--really don't like it when you bounce from one Games for Windows Live game to another. Everything is tied together into a larger story that is told through cinematics. For the PC, however, the customer truly gets the shaft.
Leave the game, log out of Games for Windows Live, close Games for Windows Live, and re-launch the game. When I re-installed it last weekend, it was because I had hoped the last round of patches would make things better.
It will accuse you of having tampered with the code and tell you to re-install the game. - Second, you cannot log into Games for Windows Live outside of Gears of War and expect Gears of War to run; it won't understand this and it will prevent you from accessing content without explaining why.
- If you're buying Gears of War for its Multiplayer capability, you should know that you will not be able to access the full benefits of Multiplayer without a paid Live subscription: you will otherwise get limited features and no achievements. Instead you have to patch the game.
I realize Gears of War is the darling of the gaming industry, and there's some great reasons why the X-Box version of Gears of War deserves that acclaim. Don't bother reinstalling, because that won't change anything.
- Your saved games will randomly disappear, or become corrupted and you have to start the game over.
The game play mechanism, the hide mechanism and the melee combat is so well designed. This game is so awesome, but it is very short and the online play is pay per play (which I am not fond of) shame it is not on the PS3 where the online is free.but I still enjoyed the game. the graphics are awesome and the plot is pretty nice.I really liked this game and really wished the single player campaign was a bit longer.
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