Should I buy gears of war 1 and 2?
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The multiplayer is good fun, and even if online has issues there are bots in 2, can't remember if they are in 1 as well. Single players is also good fun, but it is typical for a shooter so it's fairly short, but if you can get them for 20-40 dollars at this point I think it's worth it.
Gears so far has been a great franchise
to be 100% honest Gears 1 was the reason i bought my X Box 360 after playing it with my brother. Both games are action packed (and have little nuances that improve depth and gameplay, like the reloading action) have a solid if not slightly bland story (kill those guys cuz they are super jerks!) and both games have easy to like characters.
plus.....chainsaw + gun = CHAINSAWGUN aka the Lancer which is the default and actually useable gun for pretty much the whole game
on a side note its nice to see some games having actual useable starting weapons examples : Gears - Lancer, Deadspace - Plasma Cutter, Fallout New Vegas - Varmint Rifle (somewhat), Assasins Creed - Hidden Blades. When games have these sort of things it makes me attached to them, my brother yesterday was like why do you have that crappy rat gun on you still, to which i replied, with a kick in the nuts, and 2 more wasteland ganger headshots from stealth for OHKs.
to be 100% honest Gears 1 was the reason i bought my X Box 360 after playing it with my brother. Both games are action packed (and have little nuances that improve depth and gameplay, like the reloading action) have a solid if not slightly bland story (kill those guys cuz they are super jerks!) and both games have easy to like characters.
plus.....chainsaw + gun = CHAINSAWGUN aka the Lancer which is the default and actually useable gun for pretty much the whole game
on a side note its nice to see some games having actual useable starting weapons examples : Gears - Lancer, Deadspace - Plasma Cutter, Fallout New Vegas - Varmint Rifle (somewhat), Assasins Creed - Hidden Blades. When games have these sort of things it makes me attached to them, my brother yesterday was like why do you have that crappy rat gun on you still, to which i replied, with a kick in the nuts, and 2 more wasteland ganger headshots from stealth for OHKs.
Yes! If you can get them both for the price of a new game. I had a good time with both of them, maybe not the best story in the world and the characters are laughable but the games themselves are good fun.
I just finished up the second game. It's a damn good series.
The first one is a solid shooter, but the whack-a-mole game play had me playing it in short spurts, as I found it a bit on the boring side.
Second one is damn good. I played through the first act in one sitting (after meaning to just play a few minutes to check it)... after finishing off the GTA IV DLCs I was in the middle of, I returned to it and played through the remaining four acts in two sittings (starting last night). Unlike the first, it changes things up on a regular basis (always returning to the core game play), so when I started getting a touch bored (like the first game), they pulled something out that revitalized me. Very good game.
1) Whack-A-Mole cover-based combat always flirts with being a bit boring, although they generally racket up the tension enough to keep it tense... in the second game not all enemies hide behind boxes leading to some good combat dilemmas.
2) Some of the new game play modes can be a bit frustrating at first. Two or three times I was cruising along nicely nicely, then the game would throw a change-up at me... cue half a dozen quick deaths.
3) It is a big, dumb shooter... but you can see the devs working their butts off adding in lots of cool touches, especially in the second game.
4) Vehicle sections usually leave you feeling very vulnerable (in most games you feel indestructible right up until you blow up), so there's no emotional disconnect between foot and vehicle levels. Although near the end, the vehicle levels are pure godlike glee, but I think that helps the game achieve a satisfying finale (despite the easy final boss fight).
The first one is a solid shooter, but the whack-a-mole game play had me playing it in short spurts, as I found it a bit on the boring side.
Second one is damn good. I played through the first act in one sitting (after meaning to just play a few minutes to check it)... after finishing off the GTA IV DLCs I was in the middle of, I returned to it and played through the remaining four acts in two sittings (starting last night). Unlike the first, it changes things up on a regular basis (always returning to the core game play), so when I started getting a touch bored (like the first game), they pulled something out that revitalized me. Very good game.
1) Whack-A-Mole cover-based combat always flirts with being a bit boring, although they generally racket up the tension enough to keep it tense... in the second game not all enemies hide behind boxes leading to some good combat dilemmas.
2) Some of the new game play modes can be a bit frustrating at first. Two or three times I was cruising along nicely nicely, then the game would throw a change-up at me... cue half a dozen quick deaths.
3) It is a big, dumb shooter... but you can see the devs working their butts off adding in lots of cool touches, especially in the second game.
4) Vehicle sections usually leave you feeling very vulnerable (in most games you feel indestructible right up until you blow up), so there's no emotional disconnect between foot and vehicle levels. Although near the end, the vehicle levels are pure godlike glee, but I think that helps the game achieve a satisfying finale (despite the easy final boss fight).
I don't know, the sequel had more variety in the SP, but I found most of it fell flat on its face. The first game was more repetitive but had a better feel to it.
For instance in the second game just when the action seemed to get good, the game would cut off for the sake of variety and give you a boring rail shooting section, or god forbid driving section. The first game was a lot better streamlined, and when the action took off it kept it there.
Still, I will note the second game got a lot more cool points when you're running from a worms digestive fluids as its inner stomach tries to munch on you with its enormous internal teeth....=/
For instance in the second game just when the action seemed to get good, the game would cut off for the sake of variety and give you a boring rail shooting section, or god forbid driving section. The first game was a lot better streamlined, and when the action took off it kept it there.
Still, I will note the second game got a lot more cool points when you're running from a worms digestive fluids as its inner stomach tries to munch on you with its enormous internal teeth....=/
I would say both since you can get 1 for $10ish off e-bay and 2 is just great fun. I remember me and my best friend put a couple hundred hours into co-op horde mode, It is by far one of the best co-ops you will ever find plus a solid campaign.
I'd say get 2. Only get 1 if you'd rather find out the story through gameplay than a quick look on Wikipedia. Not that you really need to know it to get the second one.
"Bad guys live underground, go get 'em" is the gist.
They're both good, 2 is just more gooderer.
Not sure about the online for either, never tried it. I've played Horde with pals and that's good, and makes another reason to leave the first one since Horde was only added in the second.
"Bad guys live underground, go get 'em" is the gist.
They're both good, 2 is just more gooderer.
Not sure about the online for either, never tried it. I've played Horde with pals and that's good, and makes another reason to leave the first one since Horde was only added in the second.
Get at least the second one, first one only if it's really cheap. The story doesn't matter at all. The point is, that there is a lot of blood and manly men doing manly saying manly things of manliness. Singleplayer is good, multiplayer matchmaking isn't good, unless you have friends and horde mode is really good. I'd get it just for horde mode if it's cheap and you have good friends.
I was shocked at how awful the controls were on the tank you get early on. With side to side movement being controlled by the camera instead of allowing independent movement and firing. Navigating the frozen lakes was the only place it was really bad since the system was far from intuitive.Nomanslander said:
But overall I liked the vehicle levels.