Reviews

The reviews are in this week, with a couple of 360 big hitters taking centre stage - Call of Duty 3 and Gears of War. I reviewed the former - great, but essentially more of the same - while Gears of War got 5 stars. I've played Gears and I'm not so convinced. Yes it looks great - especially the urban backdrop and Ico-style washed out lighting - but I still can't get too excited by it. The musclebound characters are laughable while, in what I've played so far, the action is intense but oddly unsatisfying. Online may prove a bigger draw when I get on later this week but if ever a game was aimed at 17year-old males this is it. And for a game hyped as being the next big thing I expected a bit more than that.