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: #4046 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Microsoft
• Released on: 2007-11-09
• Rating: To Be Announced
• ESRB Rating: Adults Only
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
• Dimensions: .32 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

Shoddy quality control spoil an otherwise enjoyable game, Microsoft and Epic should be ashamed of themselves
It's unbelievable to think that Microsoft or Epic bothered to test this game at all before shoving it on the shop shelves to make themselves a bit of cash - the "save game" errors are so glaringly obvious that you'd have to be the most moronic beta tester not to have noticed them.

I played the game offline, choosing not to connect to Windows Live due to all the problems I'd already read about it. I updated my game using the Title Update patch, and STILL the game proved a nightmare...so the patch doesn't solve the problems...well not for me...and I have no problems with any other games, and have a system that can run Crysis, so it's definitely the fault of the game.

It appears that the game is unable to load certain checkpoints, so if you quit the game and then try and continue at one of these checkpoints the game hangs. To load a later level you can go into the "checkpoint" folder in the programs files and copy and rename a later one to "level0" (or whatever the first level is called) and then "start a new game" and it will start you at this later level. However this doesn't get past the problem that some levels will ALWAYS refuse to load.

So what happens when you get to fight the first major end level baddie...well I wouldn't know 'cos I can't load that level...and what happens when you defeat the end boss and win the game, well I wouldn't know that either, as the end boss got stuck on some scenery which meant I couldn't kill him, so I gave up and uninstalled the game after hours of frustration battling the checkpoint problem.

...and all this is a pity because it such an enjoyable game. It can get slightly repetitive towards the end, as you just meet the same enemies over and over again, and there's no real story, but it's an enjoyable ride and the graphics and gameplay are first rate.

If this game actually worked properly I'd give it 4 stars, but the problems are so bad I can only give it 1, as the fact that I've had to miss sections means I've only had half a gaming experience.

Epic and Microsoft should think of their customers more rather than just their wallets. There is no way this game should have been released in the state it is.

The PC port is broken. Saved games lost. See their forums
Do not buy this game until Epic Games get their acts together on this stupid bug.

The game lost all my progress and it happened twice to me which is a very serious bug.
All my progress was gone!!! A complete waste of time.

If you don't believe me, go to their GOW forums and count how many people reporting the same problem.

A Problematic Install
If you're planning on buying Gears Of War I urge you to do your homework. The first point you should deal with, is if you can run it. I have to say, this is the most problematic, buggy, difficult install for a game I have ever had the misfortune to attempt. After say, 6 installs I finally had the full game on my PC, uninstall paths, icons, shortcuts, registry, everything. I attempted to play it and it wouldn't start whatsoever. Not even an error to go by. In my infinite wisdom, I googled the error and found a few posts on Epic Games' forum. After a thorough reading, 3 different patches and claimed fixes, and more re-installs, eventhough I have admittedly had to fix some games' problems after install, this game actually beat me and to this day I haven't got it to work on my PC. It's not a hardware or software error for me, neither is it an OS problem as i'm running it on Windows XP with a graphics card capable of running Crysis and such without problems. Luckily, a friend of mine got this to work on his computer (Luckily!) so I got to play this through, and to be honest i'm glad it didn't install on my PC. The gameplay is repetitive, and often irritating. Co-op mode is fun, however. I haven't played online so I'm afraid I can't really mention that.

Still, I urge anyone thinking of buying this to at least glance through Epic Games' forums and see for yourself how many people have had buggy installs and are ranting for a patch to fix it.

Microsoft rushed this out for Christmas - Thanks A Bunch(!)