I have been an avid gamer since way back when I was 5 years old and got an atari 2600 (old-school). For the past three years I have pretty much been a PC gamer with SWG, WoW, Vanguard Beta and a few notable FPS that I wont bother to list because its pretty obvious which ones they are. I had to can WoW and Vanguard Beta due to a project Im working on that I cant go into detail about now... also why I have been kinda absent from the forums. I just bought my XBOX 360 6 days ago on a whim while I was at Best Buy so Im just starting back onto consoles; not to mention as busy as I am console gaming caters to my time schedule. After today it was one of the wisest decisions that I have ever done.
With that aside and being a fan of movies as well as games I have to say this game is jaw-dropping. I picked it up as well as COD3 and went over to my Brother In-laws house to show it off to him for about an hour. Poor guy is in college so he is not finacially set-up to have a killer rig to run it. We played around with the first level and some multi-player and then off to class he went (Even with an analog TV the game looks gorgeous so if you dont have an HDTV no sweat). I rushed home and down to the rec room and loaded it up. My set up at home is massive with a 58" HDTV and 7.1 THX Certified JBL sound rig, but enough of my gloating lets get down to the game.
Not much to say without spoiling it but the graphics are some of the best I have seen on console or even PC for that matter... and the atmosphere (no not the sky) is rendered very nicely. The voice acting at the beginning is kinda campy but becomes much better and passable as the game progresses. The controls take about 10 minutes or so to get hammered into your skull but after that its smooooth sailing. My wife was at home and after hearing thumpings and what probably sounded like WW3 comming from her basement came down and told me to tone it down then noticed the game case sitting on the coffee table. I had been pestering her about how I couldnt wait for GOW and she stood there over the sofa watching for about 2 minutes then asked me to restart it from the beginning! WTF!
My wife H A T E S video games I cant even get her to sit through a game of tetris... however I am blessed that she is a huge action movie fan and not into alot of the romance drama crap that most girls tote around as the Holy Grail of entertainment. As it stands now she has sat back with me and for the past 5 hours sat there watching the first 2 acts of the game go by... granted there have been some breaks :blush: But the point is if my wife can be entertained by this game its a true freaking winner.
In my opinion it so far is panning out to be one of the best Video Games, not counting MMO's, that I have ever played if not the best. Even considering Halo and Halo 2 which at times seemed to drag along through the first run this game hasnt even produced that feeling or even come close... Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time you say? Pfft If I was stranded on a deserted island and only had the ability to chose one console game to own (having not played the New Zelda for Wii mind you) this would be it... anyway Im done ranting but if you were holding out to get an Xbox 360 for Halo3, screw that... go get one now. This game trumps Halo and I forsee sequels... and maybe (shudder) a movie liscense.