How does Gears of War go from a 9.6 to a 7 in 9 years?

[Drones]

Gears 1 changed the game with a lot of its cover mechanics, it was really unlike anything else when it came out.

Personally what I liked most about it was how it didn't hold your hand at all in multiplayer. One life and you're out for the round, no aim assist, no perks, no special weapon drops. shyt was brutal and unforgiving especially to new players but games tend to be more accessible nowadays.

Having said all that it had a shytton of glitches and Host shotgun was ridiculously unfair. I like playing it to this day based on the memories I have of it back in 06 but I can understand why a reviewer wouldn't like it in this era.

And if we're being totally honest, it shouldn't matter what decimal score some blogger gives a game you like.

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

Gears 1 changed the game with a lot of its cover mechanics, it was really unlike anything else when it came out.

Personally what I liked most about it was how it didn't hold your hand at all in multiplayer. One life and you're out for the round, no aim assist, no perks, no special weapon drops. shyt was brutal and unforgiving especially to new players but games tend to be more accessible nowadays.

Having said all that it had a shytton of glitches and Host shotgun was ridiculously unfair. I like playing it to this day based on the memories I have of it back in 06 but I can understand why a reviewer wouldn't like it in this era.

And if we're being totally honest, it shouldn't matter what decimal score some blogger gives a game you like.

Gears of wars was not the first tps with cover mechanics.

 

[ORDER_66]

I'm pretty sure the people buying this game aren't just buying it for the campaign

So people are buying an upgraded graphical game just for the multiplayer aspect!!?? come on that makes no sense...I brought the original gears cause I loved the story the mp section was an afterthought

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

So people are buying an upgraded graphical game just for the multiplayer aspect!!?? come on that makes no sense...I brought the original gears cause I loved the story the mp section was an afterthought

I'd say its 50/50 of people buying it for sp/mp.

 

[Drones]

Gears of wars was not the first tps with cover mechanics.

Sure wasn't and I never said it was...but it was the first one to do it in a way that spawned a ton of copycats...at that time GoW did it better than any game that came before it.

 

[Cat piss martini]

Gears raised the bar and other
games have been stealing from it
ever since.......
Gears is for nikkas that stand up to piss.

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

Sure wasn't and I never said it was...but it was the first one to do it in a way that spawned a ton of copycats...at that time GoW did it better than any game that came before it.

What did it do so radically different that wasnt already in kill switch? Keeping in mind the devs of gow said kill switch was there main influence.

 

[winb83]

The same reason why Call of Duty 4 was a gamechanger and Advanced Warfare being 'meh'. There is nothing that changes the way you play the game. It's a remake, a rehash, a redo. "We've done this before."

Advanced Warfare isn't a remake of Call of Duty 4 with better graphics. It's a different game. This isn't a sequel to Gears of War it is Gears of War.

A 9.6 is the upper echelon of video game scores. There's no justifiable way to have what's basically the same game that got a 9.6 drop to a 7. A 7 is barely cutting it and teetering on the 6 range because it's the lowest 7 possible.

 

[winb83]

The rating back in 06 does stand but since it's being redone on a new console doesn't that mean you grade it on today's scale as well. Just check the old review and see why the game was so revolutionary at the time but on today's scale it's not all that. I don't see the big deal.

There is no form of media where a classic is backdoor retroactively removed of that label. Suddenly in video games that's OK?

Special effects have advanced in the present day. Does that mean classic movies are removed of that label due to them not meeting today's standards? What about a classic TV show?

As a review outlet they should take their scoring system seriously enough to not contradict it in 9 years.

 

[Dwolf]

Because they paid for a good score back then

 

[CrimsonTider]

What did it do so radically different that wasnt already in kill switch? Keeping in mind the devs of gow said kill switch was there main influence.

It popularized the feature

What the hell are you doing?

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

It popularized the feature

What the hell are you doing?

I'm fukking your wife to some kendrick lamar.

She said youre homoerotic love of drake is what makes you weak and thats why she steppin out for some real dikk.

 

[Cladyclad]

I remember madden even stole from Gears when u had a breakaway

I can't believe I am about to buy a game (madden) that I kno is going to piss me off

 

[Cladyclad]

There is no form of media where a classic is backdoor retroactively removed of that label. Suddenly in video games that's OK?

Special effects have advanced in the present day. Does that mean classic movies are removed of that label due to them not meeting today's standards? What about a classic TV show?

As a review outlet they should take their scoring system seriously enough to not contradict it in 9 years.

I dig wat u saying. But wat if u were a kid when GoW came out. The kid may go to the store & buy it based of a 9.6 rating. They would see the rating is much better than Titanfall, COD, Battlefield, hell even Halo MCC(I kno it's old too, but that value tho). But when they pop it in. No way GoW 1 is better than those current games. It's fair to downgrade newer games.

 

[The Mad Titan]

Bubble gum gaming.

Classic's are classic's and they hold up as such. It's all hype now that's why games get 9's and 10 then 7 years later its "not as good"


Mario 1 still holds up and is fun till this date, Pac-man, Street fighter 2, Metal Gear, DOOM, Starcraft, World of warcraft and warcraft 3...


Gears should have never gotten 9's in the 1st place it's a great game and series and started some trends but it was a solid 8 at its best from the jump, and now it should still be a solid 8.