This has got to be one of the worst articles I've ever read in my life. If you can even call it an article! The author tries to come off as a neo game journalist and fails miserably, sounding instead like a starving, penniless kid in a candy store.
Some people can do NGJ, but you sir, can't! I am actually still reeling after reading that!
"To be continued.."? God, I hope not!
Yes, Gears of War actually got its inspiration from a lot of games, but as far as control design goes, Epic did a great job with. Sure its annoying when snagging on cover while Roadie running, but apart from that, the overall job was fantastic.
Even Valve seems to have done a good job on The Orange Box with the 360. Pity EA had to do the PS3 version and cause so many problems.
Same goes for Infinity Ward's job with CoD4.
And yes Monolith handled t...
Would have loved to see Deus Ex and Homeworld's themes on there as well. And the awesome, iconic UT theme. God how I love that theme.
Aren't Halo and Gears semi-officially canned at the moment? And seriously who'd make a movie out of Gears of War? The game's premise is ridiculous enough as it is and has just enough story to fill a business card at best.
Halo at least has a big enough universe to fill a 2 hour movie, although I still don't want to see it, considering all the movies based on games have been really, really screwed up.