Gears of War
Gears of War is a third-person shooter built around a cover system, where players duck behind obstacles and use tactical fire to advance on enemies. The signature weapon is an assault rifle fitted with a…
Gears of War is a shooter developed by Epic Games, released 7 November 2006 on Xbox 360. The main story takes about 9.1 hrs to finish.
What Gears of War is
Gears of War is a shooter game developed by Epic Games and released in 2006. It was published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is available on Xbox 360 only. It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Gears of War takes place on the Earth-like planet Sera, where the discovery of an underground fuel called Imulsion triggered a long global war. Years later, humanity faces a new enemy on Emergence Day, when a subterranean race known as the Locust Horde surfaces and begins a genocidal assault, forcing the ruling Coalition of Ordered Governments to make desperate sacrifices to survive. The story follows Marcus Fenix, a soldier reinstated into the military after being imprisoned for abandoning his post to try to save his father. Freed by his close friend Dominic Santiago, Marcus rejoins Delta Squad and is sent on a dangerous mission to map and strike at the heart of the Locust tunnels, hoping…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Gears of War series
Gears of War is the first of 12 entries we hold in the Gears of War series. The next entry was Gears of War in 2007. Its critic score of 84 is almost exactly the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Gears of War 3 at 97.
How it was received
Gears of War holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 84% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 19 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 83, across 561 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9.1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 14.5 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Gears of War launched on 7 November 2006, within three weeks of Bully, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Bully, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Gears of War yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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