Platform: Xbox 360
Time played: 160 minutes
Session fun rating: 9/10
I played through a good chunk of Gears 3 over the weekend. It's kind of tough to get time to play since I really can't play this in front of my 17 month old daughter...it's way too violent. I've been able to play when she takes naps or after she goes to bed at night.
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| I gibbed my first Brumak! |
I managed to find Marcus and the rest of the crew with Cole, shooting a few locusts along the way. We found chairman Prescott just before he died of injuries and he gave us a bit of info on what we had to do next. He told us to go to Anvil's Gate to find a dude that can decode a disc or something. I didn't really get it but all I know is we have to go somewhere far. The COG's decided that the best way to get there was to hijack a blimp like creature the Locust use as transportation so when we spotted one in the sky, we ran after it.
That meant lots and lots of fighting in canyons and such. I shot living catapults and shot a Brumak to bits. The Locust seem to be setting up bases on the surface of the planet. I picked up a Mortar, a Digger (a special explosive device that crawls under cover....not as useful as it sounds) and the One Shot. The One shot is essentially a giant sniper rifle. It looks awesome but the aim time is slow and the reload time is long. I'm not a big fan of it.
I also beat a gigantic Corpser by shooting it in the eyes until it went blind and ran around like a coked up teenager. It was a cool fight. After beating that thing, I met with the Locust Queen who we met in Gears 2. Apparently, she survived the flood and is back with a vengeance. It's interesting that she has a human face and can speak English... I can't wait to see where this part of the story goes.
