87
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.7
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

The renowned 3rd-person tactical shooter, the platform-defining Gears of War on the Xbox 360, has finally made its appearance on the PC roughly one year later.

All of the action, multiplayer maps and modes that made the game a hit last year have been seamlessly translated to the PC format with added extras:
  • Five new single player chapters
  • Five new multiplayer maps
  • Unreal Map Editor for the creation of custom campaigns and maps
  • "Annex" multiplayer mode based around territory control
  • Fifty new Achievements
  • Free online play with Windows Live! Silver
The game also has the option of utilizing Direct X 10 for vastly improved graphics over the 360 version.

Alternate Titles

  • "GoW" -- Common abbreviation

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User Reviews

Phoenix rising NeoJ (160) 3.57 Stars3.57 Stars3.57 Stars3.57 Stars3.57 Stars

The Press Says

Pro-G Nov 08, 2007 10 out of 10 100
Worth Playing Dec 05, 2007 9.4 out of 10 94
GameZone Nov 04, 2007 9.3 out of 10 93
Maximum PC Nov 16, 2007 9 out of 10 90
Meristation Nov 07, 2007 9 out of 10 90
GameSpy Nov 07, 2007 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
Bonusweb Nov 19, 2007 87 out of 100 87
Vgames Feb 10, 2008 85 out of 100 85
GamesFire Dec 02, 2007 84 out of 100 84
Gaming Target Jul 09, 2008 8.2 out of 10 82

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Why are these split over two seperate entries? 6 Kitsune Sniper (9336)
Feb 21, 2009
Does this get any better? 11 Schadenfreude (578)
Jan 09, 2008

Trivia

In January 2009 players were suddenly unable to launch the game. Mark Rein, Vice President of Epic Games, Inc. responded that this was not related to the game's DRM. Instead, the online cheat detection features are based on digital signatures. The executable was signed with a certificate that expired in a way that it broke the game. The company eventually released a patch that solved in the problem, but in the meantime it could be resolved by changing the computer's system time to an earlier date.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by HandofShadow (48) on Nov 12, 2007.
 

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