[360] Gears of War

Originally Posted by Shin

Germany's ratings rules are insane anyway. Luckily these days, products are individually rated in each country but in the past, a single European rating was given and it was always the Germans who insisted on stupid changes. In Soul Blade, Li Long has a three point staff rather than nunchuka because of the Germans and when the Gun-con was released, Namco had to paint them blue and orange over here because the Germans were worried kids might try to commit armed robbery with them.

That's interesting because I'm living in Germany and my German copy of Soul Blade has Li Long with the nunchuk and my Gun-con that came with the uncut (!) German version of Time Crisis is dark grey. Urban legend?

Anyway, I guess the situation isn't all too bad, because we can easily buy games from neighbour countries like Switzerland and Austria and still have a German language version. A lot of games have been banned in Germany before and that didn't make them any less popular.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by T1249NTSCJ

Gamespot had some exclusive footage run on their website. I don't know but it felt a bit dull, hmmm...GOR or COD3? :eyebrow:

http://www.gamevideos.com/gvdata1/7006/gowgspreview.wmv

That opening scene looked amazing, but gameplay sure was dull. I can't believe how generic the actual level design is. Despite minor variations between checkpoints, the "arenas" where pretty much identical, with concrete blocks and debris placed in a systematic pattern throughout the rectangular area with no other purpose than to be used for cover. Most of the animations also looked unfinished.

I hope the final product will offer some more variety in those aspects.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I never had any problems with motion sickness in first-person shooters, but just watching the Gears of War gameplay videos (especially with the running camera) makes me puke.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.