[Slay Mantus]

Gears of War anybody?!
just got this game after xmas and me and my bro already completed casual campaign, starting hardcore, and i love the LIVE play, its awesome
anyone else play it?

[Jake]

I wish I could play it. But for some reason the imaginary fat guy in a red suit didn't bring me a 360.

[Neraphym]

I hear the graphics and gameplay are amazing, but the story and length are crap. I saw people playing the multiplayer, and they had quite a bit of fun with it. Overhyped and overrated, but still a great game.

[BubbaMurphy]

I have it. The single player isn't too great unless you're playing co-op but the multiplayer is pretty amazing.

[Ruckus Fox]

Agreed. Co-op is so much better than solo play. The game is super short, we beat all three gameplays in one night. Casual, hardcore, and insane. I personally gave up X-box Live, though, I'm tired of the screaming texan kids...I just can't stand them anymore, so I've stopped with that crap. Gorey good-ness though.

[Jake]

How are the controls in gow? Is there a steep learning curve?

I'm tired of the screaming texan kids

I don't scream

[Res]

It's ok.. It takes a while to get to understand it, but once you figure it all out, it goes really smooth.

WeekLong Lan party at Thanksgiving. Co-op is ALWAYS better than singleplayer, imo.

[Ruckus Fox]

Yeah...the moving controls aren't so bad, and I'm glad that there's no "Jump" button per-se. That means that there aren't a bunch of idiots jumping around dodging sniper shots left and right. Sometimes the crouch-running (hold A) and the wall movements (D-pad + A) can be a little finnicky, but you can look past that.

The biggest problem that you'll have is doing the 'active reload' stuff. You have to click the right shoulder button to reload, then you'll get a little meter. In the middle of that meter is a little white bar. The left side of that bar will be distinctly more opaque (more white) than the other portion, and it will be smaller than the rest. What you want to do is click the shoulder button again when your little meter passes over the opaque white. This will reload your gun instantly and your next shot(s) will have more power behind them and do more damage. If you get it in the normal white, it's just a quick reload. If you miss the bar, or neglect to do it at all, your character will 'jam' the gun and cuss. If he's using a pistol, he might overshoot the mag a little and miss loading it. But it'll get in eventually. In the shotgun, he'll fumble it up and have to take longer. In the sniper rifle, the casing gets stuck in the chamber and he has to fish it out before cocking the bolt back forward.

It's a very important thing to learn how to do. Especially if you want to snipe. If you don't score a headshot, you need to score atleast a rapid reload to hope to shoot the guy again and kill him. Even then, your opponent was probably smart enough to dive behind cover unless it knocked them down to the ground. In which case, have fun with that.

[Res]

Every time I've played, I've NEVER missed the white bar when reloading. Only problem I had with the dodge run, is that it doesn't seem very responsive. Takes like.. a second to notice "Oh! YOu want me to go quickly!" and then when you let go, you run for another full second before the guy says "Oops, I was supposed to stop 20 feet back, wasn't I?"

Curb Stomping is fun, too. But getting gibbed in co-op is bad. :sad:

[Jake]

You can curb stomp people? Serious?

[Res]

Eh, they have to be down, and you have to get to them before someone else kills them. It's an Action command, like chainsaw. Press B if they're knocked down and you're close enough, you smash their face.

[Jake]

I think GoW is going to be my first 360 game... yep... just as soon as I magically pull $300 out of my @$%

[Neraphym]

Can't use GoW as its abbreviation; it's taken by God of War. I've seen GeOW, and that's ok I guess.

[Darkness]

....

I wish I could play it. But for some reason the imaginary fat guy in a red suit didn't bring me a 360.

Aww, don't hate him just because he doesn't give you everything you want! It's not like he's even obliged to give you anything, you ungrateful meanie! >.<

[Ruckus Fox]

Nono. B is to chainsaw/melee bunt. Curb stomping is X when they're on the ground gasping for air...It's pretty nice. Sometimes their skulls pop out. o-o

I still can't get enough of chainsawing those little wretches when they jump out at you...hehe.