Gears Of War 3

This is certainly the best in the series and the best of the year, stunning game play and amazing graphics, beautiful visuals and a quality story all in one, characters you love and get involved with, the action is fast paced and bloody and brutal and a massive impact from start to finish you very rarely get time to breath, this is a must for all mature gamers, there are 5 levels all containing another 5 sub levels and all are amazing with new enemies that get bigger and badder! There are so many awesome extras too especially the new beast mode where you can play all your favourite enemies from the game. Gem of an Xbox game!!

just started to play beta,and everything has improved a lot.the team at epic have somehow managed to make a great game a must have game if you have an xbox.please if you only purchase one game this year make it mr phoenix's farewell game.the best

Although the game is not out till September 20th I have played the Beta and was very impressed.

The graphics, online gameplay and new features are fantastic. Extras such as accessories for your gun, new weapons and Execution introduction make this a superb game and a step above Gears 2.

I will most certainly be buying this game in September.

The people who have given this game less than 5 stars do not know what they are talking about.

The Campaign is awesome, will take you 14 hours or so on Hardcore and can be played with 4 others and there is also an arcade mode for each chapter for high scoring.

Horde mode has been upgraded where you have boss fights, use turrets and build fortifications such as barb wire, etc.

Beast mode is great fun. Playing as the different locust enemies is cool, but at the moment there are not enough waves (only 12).

The biggest improvment is the MP. I could never get into MP on Gears 2, but Gears 3 is great as it is more accessible and the weapons are well balanced. It also provides a casual versus mode where new players to the franchise or those who weren't good at the previous games MP, can now get to grips with it before taking on the main community.

Take this with hundreds of ribbons, medals and achievements to earn, along with special Gears events during each month, and the package as a whole is a bargain even at full price.

All in all the best game of the franchise.

I had high hopes with this game reading some reviews and playing previous instalments. This was the problem I think as the game didn't match my expectations. This game is like american blockbuster movies in cinemas these days - promising you entertainment through stunning visuals, spanning the camera quicker than you can think so that it makes you think that the action is fast paced (whereas in fact everyone may as well stand still), throwing huge enemies on the stage, and trying awfully hard to create a drama with cheesy music and "emotional" aspects. Am I entertained. NO. This is because it is boring like hell after a while, we all saw stunning visuals numerous times, there is no backbone or depth in this game, characters are very weak and the whole game is very predictable. Actually cheesy and repetitive are two words that best describe shortcomings of this game. Don't get me wrong it's not a bad game, I can even go as far as saying it is a decent game. But the fact is I got bored after a few hours (3 acts). I know it's a shooter and story is not what you supposed to be focusing on but still I didn't feel like this game particularly grabbed my attention. The formula to each level is the same go behind the object and shoot to everything that moves. easy. Worth 25 pounds or more than a few hours of my attention? I don't think so. Thankfully I also have Batman Arkham City and Skyrim on my shelf...