Wow!
It has been quite some time since I played anything on the XBox 360. That is not to say that the XBox is not being used. My wife plays on it a lot.
I have been hearing a lot of good things about the new 2nd generation games that have recently come out. The one game that is garnering the most praise is Gears Of War. I just finished playing for about four hours.
Wow!
The graphics are really good and the sound is even better. The only complaints I have are centered around the design of the game. I prefer a single person shooter and this game centers around squad play.
That is not to say that I had to play with other team members. I just had to be aware of others. I could play with one other person if I wanted, but I chose to play alone.
The reason I do not like this squad play is because the squad dictates the speed of play. There are times when I feel that we should be more cautious in certain situations and other times when I feel that I am dragging the squad along because they are too cautious.
For example, when exiting a building into an urban area there is a certain amount of analysis that should be done before exiting. With a squad, they typically bolt through the door before I have even determined where to go for cover should I need it.
At other times, I can be perfectly placed when one of my team members crosses my line of fire. At this point I have to expose myself to avoid tagging my squad member.
The other complaint I have is that I hit one section of the game where I was being chased by a 'Bezerker'. This monster could kill me with one swing and my weapons had no effect on it. It could not see me but could smell and hear me. I had to lead this monster through three rooms and then get it to charge me while I stood in front of a door. Because it could not see me, it would charge at me and then break through the door allowing me to proceed.
The problem was that I had another squad member with me who would constantly get killed. When this happened I would die as well. So here I am babysitting a squad member while trying accomplish an unlikely scenario anyway.
Yes I eventually made it through but lost a lot of the enjoyment of the game during that scene.
Bottom line, this is a good game and worth the money. The second generation of XBox games are even better than the first generation and certainly better than anything that Sony is putting out for the Play Station 3.