Gears of War 3 Review with Destructoid's Max Scoville

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Desctructoid's Max Scoville, noted Gears of War hater, sits down with Anthony this week to take on his review of Gears of War 3. It is entirely possible blood will be spilled.

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Gears of War 3
Epic Games/Microsoft Studios
Xbox 360
Gameplay: 4/5
Presentation: 3/5
Graphics: 5/5
Audio: 5/5
OVERALL: 4/5

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Starring:

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Produced by:

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[RyanScfc1]

The thing about Gears of War is, you HAVE to read the books to have a complete understanding of the characters.

To hate on a cinematic game because it has too many cutscenes is ridiculous. The game caters to fans of the genre. I can't find how fair of a review it is if you rate down a game for lacking what it's not meant to have.

[newchallenger]

@RyanScfc1 I say right there in the review that if you're a die hard fan, this is the game for you. But not everyone's a die hard fan, and I write my reviews for everyone. "It's good if you're a Gears fan, 5/5" isn't really a responsible way to review games.

[bertruleshard]

Your show reminds me of something awesome id watch on Saturday morning in the late 80's or early 90's. I like it a lot.

[newchallenger]

@bertruleshard That is maybe the raddest compliment I've ever received. Thanks!

[Kai2oo6remix]

you never mentioned why it's clean, by the book

[newchallenger]

@Kai2oo6remix I talk about how it refines but doesn't add, doesn't innovate, has no "wow moments" because we've seen this stuff before. All that is the "too clean, by the book" design I'm referring to.

[MatthewMarkMoore]

I loved Gears of War. I love the predator quotes, the action movie cliche's, the polished gameplay, beautiful vistas, and multiplayer component.

But I also like Mad Men, NPR, and reading (hilarious that reading is now considered high brow). I don't see why Gears needs to be some stark social commentary or include realistic characters to be a good game.

For what it is trying to be, a blockbuster action movie, It's doing a great job.

I got exactly what I paid for and exactly what I wanted.

[Scorpia260]

Why is it that max always looks like a total douche when he isn't on dtoid or doing dtoid work?

[feindclub666]

I really don't think this will be the end of Gears. Gaming companies will always be hesitant to end a best selling franchise.

[saladbeard]

He described exactly the way I feel about Gears of War. I know it's a good game and I still hate it for some reason. It's like playing Uncharted with the next gen filter on, it just looks bad, every color has a gray-yellow-ish filter on, and the characters look like giant meatballs squeezed into an armor. I know they chose this art direction the make the game stand out, but it just doesn't work for me.

[Scorpsed]

I SO agree with Max on this game.

[littlerelyt]

I think the story is good and Marcus is realistically sad about his dad

[TheJake1445]

it just a video game these guys are getting way into it, they need to go get laid or something

[dalhar20]

I got half way through this video and realized i dont give a shit.