Review on Gears of War: Judgement

I was skeptical about picking up the latest addition to the Gears of War saga.  I have played the Gears of War series sense the first one and I have to say, it is my favorite series except for Final Fantasy of course.  Anyone who is a game nerd knows how legendary the Final Fantasy series is.

Anyways, I was a bit disappointed with the new installment of Gears of War.  After the launch of GOW3, this one is in many ways completely different.  They brought back to the game the one thing that I hated the most from GOW 1 and 2 which was two piecing.  Two piecing is where they melee the person which automatically puts the player in the center of the screen and then they shoot which instantly kills them.  It was annoying then, and it most certainly is now.  Nothing frustrates me more than shotgun battling an enemy while they are being cheep and meleeing.  Not only has is become extremely annoying, but when they took it out in GOW3, everyone enjoyed it much more.  This part of the game definitely is a turn off for many gamers.

Next, the story is excessively shallow.  The first three Gears games were known for the multiplayer, but the story was so fun, interesting, and really brought the game together.  With the love of the characters like: Tai, Dom, Marcus, Baird, and the always dying Carmine brothers; Epic Games really made this series a huge hit for XBOX which I believe in many cases, is what got XBOX on the map.  

Overall, though I believe the game lacks in many areas that the previous Gears of War games did not, it is still a fun and addicting game.  I am finally getting the hang of it after a couple months of getting use to the new controls and strategies to go about killing other gamers.