Game review: Gears of War 3

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Published on Wednesday, 12 October 2011 10:57

Written by Kylie Marais

The highly-anticipated Gears of War 3 was released on Tuesday 20 September, selling over 3 million copies within the first week.

This action-packed third-person shooter is the third and final installation in the Gears of War trilogy, which was first launched by Microsoft Game Studios in 2005.
The developers, Epic Games, are also known for games such as Bulletstorm and Infinity Blade, as well as the popular shareware game, Jazz Jackrabbit (1994). They have clearly come a long way.
Gears of War 3 picks up from Gears of War 2 and sees the main character, Marcus Fenix and his COG (Coalition of Ordered Governments) team, continuing their struggle to save humanity from the overpowering locust hordes.
Without revealing too much of the plot, rest assured that Gears of War 3 outdoes its predecessors by far, boasting spectacular lighting and a much more vibrant colour palette, while fine-tuning its graphics to near perfection. New weapons have also been added in the sequel to enhance your grub-killing fun; these include the Digger Launcher, a gun that plants grenades below your enemies, and the Silverback, which is a suit fitted with a rocket lancher and a Gatling gun.
Sorry, PlayStation and Wii supporters: the only downfall is that Gears of War is strictly available on one platform: Xbox 360. It’s not too late for a change, though.
Therefore, with improved graphics, better gameplay, a wider selection of improved weapons and an additional blonde bombshell to play as, Gears of War 3 promises 15–20 hours of exciting gaming.  Don’t worry, though, because when these hours run out, you’ll have plenty more competitive multiplayer hours to savour.
Fraaaaaaaag out!
Disclaimer: Gears of War 3 contains strong language, intense violence, blood, gore and hours of chainsaw madness!