can't say for sure but I think it will crush all other high expected games this year
Call Of Duty 4 is worst horseshit 4 this year, Jericho is bad as a stupid consoles game is able to be, Crysis is very predictible how it will be, play the SP campaign, then uninstall

This game is like counterstrike and clan arena had a baby with a HUGE pair of testicles. It gets super strategic at high level play, heavily dependent on teamshooting and good communication, with unique aspect of map control as the two teams attempt to take control of the power weapons on the map. Maps are great (though some are a little too big), weapon balance is spot on, and the cover system is very helpful.

Now that the game's got dedicated server support and a proper control scheme, I'd LOVE to see this game be used competitively, it has so much energy and style to it. All it needs some more gametypes (CTF and a straight up deathmatch mode would be great)

When you say " I'd LOVE to see this game be used competitively" on console or PC?
Can PC and Console vs on the same servers?
Would be entertaining to watch some high level team PC players own some "high level team console players" . ;D

looks more promising than UT 3 or any new fps atm

gears was beastly on the 360 and will be beastly on the pc. shame multiplayer requires vista? =[

Whats the movement like? Can you run very fast? Or is there a short sprint to cover type of movement? Are they agile ? Also in a ctf or tdm format wouldnt the strat be reduced somewhat down to blind fire and flushing out enemies with grenades because of the camera view? btw <3 the textures!!

if you hold down the sprint button, you move very fast, but cannot shoot. Sprint's unlimited, but you turn very slow, so you either need to turn in a wide arc or stop sprinting for a split second.

if you tap the sprint button while holding a direction, you do a dodge roll with an animation similar to the skaarj in UT99. However, unlike UT, it makes your hitbox smaller, and you're very hard to headshot.

Blind fire is not honestly useful unless the enemy is right on the opposite side of the barricade, you have a lot of spray when you do it. The wide angle camera is actually very helpful, it gives you an effective fov similar to we're used to in Quake and is useful for being able to hide around a corner without your opponent knowing you're there. If the game was first person it'd actually be MUCH harder to spot people.

The primary weapon is a shotgun, so the game is mostly about close range combat. The best part about gears of war 360 was that it has no autoaim, so if there is pc-360 connectivity (which i doubt), the consolers are going to cry ^_^

shame primary is shoty.. does the xbox have usb and does GoW have mouse/KB controll option? is so then it would nice to see control pad vs KB-M. cheers for the info dude.. ;D

sadly no, microsoft keeps tying hands there

they don't want the truth to get out i think ^_^

heh, so Microsoft are effectively blindfolding the blind ay? ;D

the shit they did in halo 2 pc and shadowrun was a real lol

they capped your turning rate...hello, that is why a mouse is useful? capability to pull off a quick 180 or move a single pixel without having to change your sensitivity around?

go and search on youtube, it is plenty of gears of war action there

roger wilco!

it's a mix between third person and first person and done real well

the graphics and attention to detail is just crazy good :)