Gears of War: Judgment

long time Gears player, as well as my wife. We where excited to hear about this 4th installment / Prequel to the franchise. for every one out there yes you herd me right, Wife. lol she loves playing FPS as well, since this game came into the house, Halo4 went out the window! it was a good hold over for Gears: Judgement. me and my wife arent the perfect couple in the world we have some hardships but nothing terribly major and playing GEARS helped us through our troubled times. So there is a little history to the Gears games and us. NOW! FAST PACED ACTION what i mean is Loud, Hardcore, Aggressive and pulse pounding! we have played it several times over getting all of the declassified mission parts, & cog tags, the new S3 or Smart Spawn system will kick your teeth in! always something different in combat and thats one of the best parts of the game! keeps it fresh. playing the trial and aftermath are amazing! several Easter Eggs to find mostly visuals and sorts, will keep you looking around each and every environment there is. but remember watch out for Grubs they can getcha when your not looking. with familiar controls its easy to get into the game and just play, really no need for a manual as the game didnt come with one (Digital Down Loads suck) but if your a seasoned GEARS Vet like me and my Wife are its fast and easy to pick up and go get some Grubs. Played the Overrun Demo cant wait for it to go active it is AWESOME as well fast and team orientated it is a BLAST to play in CO-OP kind of the key to the game as this GEARS game is heavy on Team Players is one of the best things this time around as with the other games you could run off and take care of your business and move on, this time you really depend on the team to pull through to the end of each mission. my wife was Thrilled to see the Young Dom (Character Skin) as he is a gears favorite for her besides Anya & Sofia. we cant wait for the other DLCs and yes we are getting the Season Pass to add more items to our collection. Exclusive DLCs will be 90 days of course but with the items from Amazon, they where epic enough to get us started as well as the treasure hunt and such. lol we have gotten Anya, Dom, Spider Web & Paintball skins too. There is how ever one Frighteningly shocking revelation in this game that leads to the Question... How did the Grubs get a Queen? Play AFTERMATH no Spoilers here! play it to put it together... man i wanna tell all of you so badly but i cant lol Sorry! All in all this is as fun as it gets with Gears what we hoped GOW2 would have been and what we wanted GOW3 to be this one is it, really a Fave out of all 4. worth the buy if you like FPS and or are a Gears Fan this is a must have!

Yes, They do change a lot of things from Gears of War 3:Horde mode is now limited to 10 waves, which are quite long and feature a variety of tough enemies, and you are given numerous chances to beat it - You have to protect E-holes and if one gets destroyed, You restart said wave at another hole some where else on the map.You no longer tap the D pad to change weapons, Instead you press the Y button. Even though it's weird to go through 3 Gears games with that and no longer have it, It's very easy to get use to and I have no problems with it.The graphics are a huge step up and the game play is still a heck of a lot of fun. Plenty of replay value in the campaign due to collectibles, which off some interesting back story. Online is, as always, great and a ton of fun. I play co-op often and can't get enough of it. Mind you the campaign is a prequel that centers around Baird and Cole, before they join up with Marcus and Dom in Gears 1, so that may throw some people off.Still, Judgment, even though it changes a few key things, offers a lot to die hard Gears fans and it's definitely worth buying.

This is a great prequel to the Gears story and plenty of fun. If you like the gameplay of the Gears series, you will probably like this game. The story is decent and the game flows as well as the others. There's good replay value and tons of score points to earn. You can also earn Stars which, after 40, will unlock an extra campaign chapter titled Aftermath. Aftermath is a side story that goes along with the GOW3 storyline. Throughout Judgment, you switch players as each individual tells their story of what happened. Your main character is Baird though and you even get to play as a younger, and less cocky, Cole. Each character is equally fun to play as. In each mission you also have the choice to play the regular version or the 'Declassified' version, which will limit time, weapons, etc., and help you gain Stars more quickly. I played the missions about half and half. Some of the Declassified versions were a little too hard for my taste but more hardcore gamers will love the challenge. Overall, there's enough here to satisfy any Gears fans, unless they're just too nit-picky. For me, this is not quite as good as GOW3 but right up there with GOW2, and more fun than the original. The price isn't too bad now, as well, so I suggest you give it a shot.