Gears of War Offical Thread

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: kabob983

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2$500 for only one game? No. $500 for many good and great games like Dead Rising, Oblivion, Kameo (I love that game), Condemned, GoW, GRAW, COD2/3, Lego Starwars II, etc, etc...plus DVD player, and PC media connectivity, absolutely.

I'd consider the DVD player to be a moot point considering 99% of people already have a DVD player. The PC media connectivity I also find to be an extra I'll never use. MOST of the 360's games I've seen so far seem uninteresting (although GoW looks fantastique, and CoD 3 looks promising)

I was reading my old roommate's PC magazine (they still get delivered to my apartment even though he moved to TX ) yesterday and they were comparing the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii. Something I didn't know was the difference in max resolution:

Wii: 480p
Xbox 360: 720p
PS3: 1080p

Also, the Wii can't play DVD movies, only games. The Xbox 360's new "HD DVD" will not let you play HD DVD games (so don't expect that) only movies. Once you add that $200 player though (which is technically a good price for an HD DVD player) it's costing you just as much as the gruntier PS3 (which will have Blue Ray games).

They say the PS3's online functions are no where near as refined and "grandiose" as Microsoft's XBL.

Check out the article here.

Yeah, I know that most people already have a DVD player. But I'm using the Xbox360 as my current DVD player, because it's quality better than my last one (which was good to begin with). Add on the $40 VGA cable and you can upconvert your DVDs all the way to 1080p if you like...and I've read that the upconversion quality is supreme.

I also use the windows media connect for music quite a bit. Nothing better than great music and visualizations on my HDTV in the living room when having people around for parties.

The HD-DVD drive will only be a consideration (for me) if that format wins out and movie prices drop. However, atleast people have access to the gaming-machine for $200 cheaper than the PS3 if they don't care at all about HD-DVD. And as you said, $200 is currently a good price for a HD-DVD player. PS3 may use Blu-ray discs for game content, but so what? Surely Xbox can just span the content across multiple discs...and from what another thread said about PS3 loading times, it may be just as fast to swap out a disc. Gaming resolution is moot because both can do 1080p now (extra moot for me since my HDTV only does 720p/1080i).

And then, as you said, XBLive already has such a refined and fluid system with so much offered already (HD movies and TV shows now too) and certainly more to come.

So yeah, it certainly depends on your priorities, but I'm definitely using my the machine for everything it can do. Several great games (imo), great DVD player (which gets rid of one extra piece of hardware in my entertainment center), Media Connect, XBLive and HD movies rentals, and depending on which format wins out, a reasonably priced HD-DVD player add-on....yup...it's wonderful.

 

[Kabob]

Yeah, I'd hold off on the Blu-Ray vs. HD DVD purchase until the winner is decided (if it ever is, but I'm banking on HD DVD simply because of price and fewer "quirks" from what I've heard). For me though the choice for a next gen console comes down to price (for games and hardware), game selection (which neither Xbox nor PS3 has impressed me with, Nintendo's got this one wrapped up ATM for me), and purpose (do it all machine vs. pure game player).

And true, while I've already got a DVD player having one less item in the entertainment center isn't a bad thing.

 

[Kabob]

Originally posted by: Cabages
I am torn between this and CoD 3. Local gamestop has CoD3, but wont get GoW until tommorow.

I am torn because I hear such great things about GoW, but I personally think it looks bland, and that only using cover would get really boring, that and the fact that I think CoD3 would have better multiplayer.

I dont really know which to get, I guess I will decide tommorow when I get down to gamestop.

Yeah, like I said below, check out Gamespot's review. They say it's good but really not much different than CoD 2. Might give GoW a try to experience some unique gameplay.

 

[bucwylde23]

Ok, enough of all this talk of reviews and whatever else.

Anyone here want to play sometime?

Coop or just some multiplayer action, I don't care?

gamertag: bucwylde23

Enough talk, let's play!

 

[Sureshot324]

Originally posted by: tuteja1986

Originally posted by: jbourne77

Originally posted by: brikis98

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
is it going to be on pc?

exactly what i was wondering

YES, in late '07 as a Vista exclusive.

Not in late 07 , It would follow the same pattern as Halo series get ported to XBOX 360. The game will come out when gears of War 2 is about to ship , so late 08 the earliest. Microsoft didn't spend over 100million + on marketing the crap out of gears of war for it get to ported in one year.

No but when Halo was released they didn't have a new operating system to sell.

 

[schleppy]

Originally posted by: sandorski
What's the song in the Ad?

Sounds so familiar, but can't put my finger on it.

Sounds like something from R.E.M

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: schleppy

Originally posted by: sandorski
What's the song in the Ad?

Sounds so familiar, but can't put my finger on it.

Sounds like something from R.E.M

Mad World

 

[erwos]

Originally posted by: Sureshot324
No but when Halo was released they didn't have a new operating system to sell.

You must have missed the announcement that Halo 2 is Vista-only - that's their killer game for Vista. Despite the common misconception that "Halo is only for Xbox fanboys", the first Halo apparently did pretty well on the PC.

Microsoft isn't going to have a problem selling Vista, seeing as their competition is mostly in a distant second place. The 360, on the other hand, has serious competition. Gears of War shows strong signs of being the sort of killer app that could actually propel them into a good position - they'd be cannibalizing their own position to port it to Windows.

 

[batmang]

Originally posted by: kabob983

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2$500 for only one game? No. $500 for many good and great games like Dead Rising, Oblivion, Kameo (I love that game), Condemned, GoW, GRAW, COD2/3, Lego Starwars II, etc, etc...plus DVD player, and PC media connectivity, absolutely.

I'd consider the DVD player to be a moot point considering 99% of people already have a DVD player. The PC media connectivity I also find to be an extra I'll never use. MOST of the 360's games I've seen so far seem uninteresting (although GoW looks fantastique, and CoD 3 looks promising)

I was reading my old roommate's PC magazine (they still get delivered to my apartment even though he moved to TX ) yesterday and they were comparing the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii. Something I didn't know was the difference in max resolution:

Wii: 480p
Xbox 360: 720p
PS3: 1080p

Also, the Wii can't play DVD movies, only games. The Xbox 360's new "HD DVD" will not let you play HD DVD games (so don't expect that) only movies. Once you add that $200 player though (which is technically a good price for an HD DVD player) it's costing you just as much as the gruntier PS3 (which will have Blue Ray games).

They say the PS3's online functions are no where near as refined and "grandiose" as Microsoft's XBL.

Check out the article here.

360 is now 1080p sucka. ps3 can eat balls.

 

[Kabob]

Originally posted by: batmang
360 is now 1080p sucka. ps3 can eat balls.

Yeah, we addressed that yesterday. My question though is how did MS do it? Was the hardware already designed to support 1080p and they just released some software update? Some sort of new codec?

 

[warcrow]

Well, it supports it but I dont think there is a single game out there that actually runs at 1080p.

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: kabob983

Originally posted by: batmang
360 is now 1080p sucka. ps3 can eat balls.

Yeah, we addressed that yesterday. My question though is how did MS do it? Was the hardware already designed to support 1080p and they just released some software update? Some sort of new codec?

yes the hardware is almost identicle in spec to the PS3.. they just chose to software limit it becasue hardly anyone has 1080P tvs yet..
where most of the TVs out there will upconvert to 1080i very easily.. or the much more popular 720p.. which pretty much every HD Tv out there can do easily..

they just removed the software cap with the new patch.

1080i vs p is really not even such a big deal..most people cant even tell the difference...
I dunno what all the huhbub is about myself..

1080p is still just bragging rights.. less than 1% of consumers have the new TVs so whats the difference?

 

[Kabob]

Hrm, what's the difference in resolution between 1080i and 1080p?

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: kabob983
Hrm, what's the difference in resolution between 1080i and 1080p?

I believe the only difference between the two is the way the image is displayed on the screen. 'i' stands for interlaced, or where two images are combined into one to form the full picture where 'p' stands for progressive where each line is drawn... wait for it... progressively .

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: kabob983
Hrm, what's the difference in resolution between 1080i and 1080p?

I believe the only difference between the two is the way the image is displayed on the screen. 'i' stands for interlaced, or where two images are combined into one to form the full picture where 'p' stands for progressive where each line is drawn... wait for it... progressively .

Yep. You really can only notice a difference between 1080i and 1080p on big HDTVs...like 50" or larger.

 

[Queasy]

Sounds like you can do a local split-screen and play multi-player online. Only in non-ranked matches though.

From the Official GoW forum.

"Yes, I asked this very same question in a thread yesterday. Its very tricky and I don't know why they made it so dificult. Here is how you do it follow my instructions step by step. When you are in the main menu, go to verses, then pick if you want to play ranked or player match, now you will see the screen asking you if you want to host a match or search for one, at this point have the second player on the second controller hit the Y button. This will bring up the xbox menu and there should be a guest ID for them to log on as. Like I said, very dificult cause you can ONLY have a gues join in that screen were you pick if you want to host a game or search for one. Hope that helps ya."

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Sounds like you can do a local split-screen and play multi-player online. Only in non-ranked matches though.

From the Official GoW forum.

"*Instructions Here*"

Well, like Anand said in his blog post... the game's only real defficiency is how the game's multiplayer match-up abilities fail in comparison to how console-savvy Halo's setup was.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: Queasy
Sounds like you can do a local split-screen and play multi-player online. Only in non-ranked matches though.

From the Official GoW forum.

"*Instructions Here*"

Well, like Anand said in his blog post... the game's only real defficiency is how the game's multiplayer match-up abilities fail in comparison to how console-savvy Halo's setup was.

Yep, it is a bit easier if the person you're playing with has an Xbox Live account though. They can log in and go into online multi-player and join a match that way....again only in non-ranked matches.

Still too many hoops to jump through though.

 

[ivol07]

Originally posted by: warcrow
Well, it supports it but I dont think there is a single game out there that actually runs at 1080p.

Splinter Cell: Double Agent runs at 1080p.

 

[Kabob]

I assume the resolution is just scaled down for 1080i/720p/720i?

So question, how does a 720p image compare to a 1080i?

I'm thinking about getting and HDTV but dunno what to get (and I don't want to go overboard on price...)

 

[RedBeard]

"Gears of War Offical Thread" .... more like anything but Gears of War.

Someone should start an Official thread and talk about the game.

 

[bucwylde23]

Originally posted by: RedBeard
"Gears of War Offical Thread" .... more like anything but Gears of War.

Someone should start an Official thread and talk about the game.

yep thread title is definitely misleading..

 

[Hadsus]

Well.....it's definitely an FPS.....as I wondered on page one. You move around in 3rd person but when you aim/shoot, it's first person. And after fiddling around an hour, I definitely suck on the easiest setting. It's gonna take some getting used to going from mouse aiming to joystick aiming (ackkkkkk!) Graphics, voicing, atmosphere is top notch. For the first time I thought this is what the 360 is all about as far as the visuals is concerned. No other 360 game I've played compares.

 

[batmang]

finally played it today for about 2 hours. multi-player only, played with my friends. its fu#king awesome@@#^$&&

i bought the collectors edition, DEF worth it. its the funnest/best looking game that ive played on 360 yet.

 

[Queasy]

Text - hasn't actually played the game

Alain Tascan, general manager for EA Montreal, has revealed that he thinks Xbox 360 title Gears of War has been overrated by reviewers - with one or two exceptions.

Speaking in a panel discussion at the Montréal Games Summit, Tascan said, "What is Gears of War? I mean Gears of War brings nothing in terms of innovation to the shooter... Like, zero.

"Only two very brave UK-based journalists said, 'You know what, Gears of War is a great game but it's like what Quake was a few years ago.

"Why are people loving it so much? It's like added production value, incredible cutscenes and the best ever graphics ever. I'm sure it's going to be a great success, I can't wait to play it, but let's face that graphics are still number one," Tascan continued.

He then used the comparison of a nice looking girl you might see in a bar and go up and talk to, "And if she's smart enough, that's the gameplay.

"I'm not talking about my tastes, I'm just saying, when you go to metacritic and you see a 96 for Gears of War, then you read the critics saying, 'Okay, storyline - there's none, gameplay is not innovative...' Then I say, why did they give this 96? They were blown away by the high quality of the graphics... Myself, I prefer something more creative," Tascan concluded.