Gears of War 3 is undoubtedly the ultimate in the series, made especially for the fans with the formula, story and characters they've become to love grown and polished to brilliance.

Undoubtedly the best Gears to date; Four player co-op; Expansive multiplayer modes

Graphically limited by the hardware; Difficulty of four player co-op can be unnerving; Beast mode could have been much more

There is little doubt that Gears of War rests in the library of every shooter fan that owns an Xbox 360. When you see announcements that brag about 2 or 3 million copies sold, realize that Gears 1 and 2 combined has sold over 13 million copies.

Few Xbox 360 exclusive franchises can hold a candle to Epic Games' Gears of War, which managed to trump almost all other series except for Halo, and even gives multi-platform franchises like Call of Duty a serious run for their money.

+Great end to the trilogy; +Extremely polished gameplay; +Great voice acting

-Graphics aren't that impressive; -Mostly monotone visuals

Gears of War 3 ne devrait pas manquer de marquer les annales du jeu vidéo. Ce troisième volet sublime à lui seul la franchise entière et clôt une trilogie de la meilleure façon possible.

Des graphismes somptueux; Gameplay accessible; Une action omniprésente; Durée de vie de la campagne solo; Modes multijoueurs soignés et nouveaux; L'IA

Une modélisation des visages peu convaincante

We won't tease you for longer than this sentence – Gears of War 3 is awesome. The campaign is epic, with action sequences that are more intense, weapons that are more powerful, enemies that are more formidable and heroes that are more relatable than ever before.

Campaign's intense action and ferocious enemies; Brutal yin and yang of Horde and Beast modes; Quality and diversity evident in every multiplayer map

Occasionally too predictable and too familiar story; Your kill-stealing; glory-hogging AI partners; Hanging out with Ice-T instead of Cole; Dom or Baird

Whatever reasons for the delay, Raam's Shadow proves worth the wait.

A natural wonder

Great maps; Fun weather dynamics; Elemental Cleavers; Value for money

Tweaks may annoy purists

Time to gargle some boiling oil & get your man voice on! Gears of War 3 was amongst the most anticipated titles of this year, and with good reason! The Gears franchise both reinvented the way that players view the classic third person shooter genre, and prompted developers to up their game when it...

Small refinements make for a much smoother gameplay experience; Graphics which outclass most of its contemporaries; Excellent & varied multiplayer modes

Doesn't introduce many new gameplay elements; Feels somewhat familiar in places; Slightly underwhelming ending given the epic scale of the overall story

Gears 3 is Epics swan song to a series which came from nowhere in 2006 and shocked the gaming world with it's high fidelity graphics, it's cover mechanism and it's unashamed approach to violence.

Excellent detail; Emotionally charged story.

Friendly AI can be a little too good

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