Gears of War: Really the next Halo?

Major Silva · Main Administrator

Gears of War: Really the next Halo?

LoneRanger · Secret God

Good screens, and I must agree with you. The Gears of War marketing machine is about to go crazy, I can feel it. It seems as if the final version will truly live up to its future hype. And gamers 'round the world know the name Epic, along with Bender (fairly inside joke, hint: Marcus).

Hopefully, Gears of War isn't overlooked. But how could you miss such a pretty face?

Major Silva · Main Administrator

Haha, this is probably my favorite screen:

Talk about taking the headshot to a new level of pwning. But yeah, Gears of War ads are already appearing in countless magazines now, but I expect commercials to appear around later to middle October.

Sure, Dark Impact might not agree, but Gears of War will DEFINITELY be my must-own game this November. Come to think of it, late October to early November will be quite eventful. First we have GoO, Gears, and countless other titles releasing like Rainbow Six: Las Vegas, Splinter Cell, and of course the new consoles. I'll only be getting Gears and GoO, but have to admit I'll be there on day one when those PS3/Wii kiosks open up.

LoneRanger · Secret God

You better use your brain when facing Marcus. The wall behind you has no use for it.

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Major Silva · Main Administrator

Wow, that just gave me a great idea for a new contest! Won't spill my idea here, or any details (because there aren't any), but expect an email pretty soon, if you want to know.

Wow, are we the only two here interested in Gears of War or something? No one else is hardly viewing this thread, let alone posting. Of course, we're not the busiest forum at this point either...

LoneRanger · Secret God

I have an idea what it is. Does it have any facet of relation to OXM?

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Huh, I was expecting Gears to be more popular among this forum. As far as I know, most of us are pretty big Sci-Fi fans.

Dav Flamerock · Oct 5, 2006

Well, I don't know much about GoW, actually I've never heard of it before now, but then again I don't have a 360, am not planning on getting one, and probably won't be all that interested unless is has a good story.

That plus the accessibility of Halo for PC is why I'm such a Halo fan.

LoneRanger · Secret God

You seem to be a PC gamer, so surely you've heard of Epic Games. Or, at least, Unreal. Well, GoW is being developed by them.

And the story was co-written by one Mr. Eric Nylund, who has written three of four Halo books (counting Ghosts of Onyx).

Major Silva · Main Administrator

Well, it's coming out for Windows Vista as well... but who knows when it will. So you'd have to buy the new OS, on top of extremely powerful graphics cards and such... I'd just go with the 360 version (no reason NOT to get an Xbox 360 anyway).

Dav Flamerock · Oct 6, 2006

Score! I'm getting Vista anyway, and I already have a kickass graphics card. I have no need to get a 360; my friend's getting one when they're cheaper.