Product Description

Gears of War a Games for Windows title features the amazingtactical action and multiplayer excitement found in the criticallyacclaimed Gears of War for the Xbox 360™ video game andentertainment system that sold more than 3.5 million units and

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1854 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Microsoft
• Released on: 2007-11-09
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platforms: Windows XP, Windows Vista
• Dimensions: .31 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
Gears of War for Windows features the amazing tactical action and multiplayer excitement found in the Xbox 360 version, but also adds a variety of all-new content, including three new multiplayer maps, a new multiplayer mode, game editor, five new game chapters and DirectX10 support.Gears of War thrusts gamers into a deep and harrowing story of humankind's epic battle for survival against the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race of creatures that surface from the bowels of the planet.With Gears of War, Epic returns gamers to the massively scoped worlds, memorable characters, co-operative gameplay, and hyper-realistic combat that gamers have come to expect from the franchise, plus a few new surprises.

Customer Reviews

Don't listen to all the negativity from everyone this is a great port!
Epic Games put there hands in the air admitted that there were some MAJOR flaws with the Gears port to PC.

There was constint Game crashes, Saved Files disapearing, Very Bad Lag on a high end PC.

These problems have now been remedied thanks to a patch that Epic Games released through the Gears Of War website, But not everything was fixed sadly.

People still reported of game crashes, "Stuttering"..ETC

There are many home remedys that people have found on the web on how to fix these problems just by modifying a few files in the Bineries Folder.

Before everyone says that this is a Broken Port..Dont Because there are ways to fix these problems just some research needs to be done on how to fix them, Just Remember there IS a way to fix these problems just do some reseach on the web such as : The Epic Games Forums and Any other Gears Of War Related Forums.


Overall For This Game 9/10 : Gears Is Amazing Single Player and Multiplayer Wise, But the Multiplayer can get very buggy and strange some times

Ho hum
This game plays from a third person perspective which can be down right annoying if you are used to Farcry/Halflife type first person shooters. Having said that animation of your character is rather clever, but this does lose its appeal quickly for adults. This may appeal more to younger players except that some truly pointlessly gruesome scenes make the game totally inappropriate for them

The constant requirement to take cover adds to the game play but the success of this is more down to the way the game animates your character than your skills in choosing what to do and where to go.

To be honest I gave up on this game quite early on, perhaps it improves. However I couldn't summon up the interest - hence the C average rating

Best Co-op game ever!
I don't know why others are moaning about getting the game up and running. Admittedly I had to look up how to get the game working (I have Vista) but are people really so incapable as to not be able to find the game's shortcut in the game folder? They don't know what they're missing out on.

Gears of war is a graphically splendid game that is a huge amount of fun. When played online in co-op with a friend the game becomes one of the best experiences I've ever had game wise. Having a friend cover you with a sniper rifle while you go berserk with the shotgun or lancer (the huge machine gun with the chainsaw attachment) is awesome.

I really don't know why this game is only rated 3 stars at the moment. All I can conclude is that a lot of people are giving it low scores on purpose because it's a Microsoft product or some other stupid reason.

Bottom line: If you have a reasonably good PC and like FPSs or just like good old fashioned violence, buy this game. I mean, there's a gun with a chainsaw on it for crying out loud!