thought i'll update alil here.

went to cineleisure at 10am (yea! no kidding!) to see clift present + demoing a new game called Gears of War. there were some people who were members of some organisation called Stomp i suppose. coz a guy was asking whether was i a memebr of that group and when i said no, and pointed at clift after he asked who was i with or something.

anyway, the game was quite impressive and its a third person view game. basically it requires you to use the surrounding barriers (can be the sand barriers, dropped pillars, rusted cars, etc) to protect yourself from the incoming bullets from the locusts aka the mobs or what people will say 'the bad guys'. you will have a choice of 3 weapons to use. (there's one which has the 'chainsaw' where u can run up to the opponents and saw it for instant death which i think was quite popular w/ some players whos playing on the versus game ((which reminded me of counter strike))) The grenade is another thing. you can aim and there'll be a line of fire to show where your grenade will land and the angle, etc so as to ensure your grenade will be fully utlised. the reloading of the gun ammos is another challenge. there'll be a bar below your gun's picture and during reloading, you can choose to reload faster by pressing on the right bottom tab at the white line (you'll know if you see the game) or let it reload by itself which will take a longer time and IT IS CRUCIAL for you to reload fast if there's alot of locusts popping out. oh and you have to stay alive.. yes. coz there's no health pots for you to consume. juz take note of the red logo when you are hit.

ohh, another thing about the game was.. i realised that the AI was hmmm, very good? (sorry, cant think of a good word for it now) dont think just because they were computer controlled so it'll be smooth sailing for you. i thought the AI used on the npcs in f.e.a.r was already quite good.. but GoW proved me wrong. they'll run and hide and sneak up on you from the back and they dont just run or stand there blindly for you to shoot at. hey, to think of it, its almost like those in f.e.a.r man! but.. not as good.

the graphics in the game was good! realistic environments and i kinda like the storyline though it creeps me out alil shivers at the thought of the part where you have to be in a lighted place and you'll be DEATH if you ever leave the light.

dont know how to really put my thoughts into words but i can say one thing, GOOD JOB! you can play w/ another player online or you can play w/ your friend using the spilt screen mode for the campaign (storymode) which is great when you need to get some extra items and need a friend to help you on that. otherwise, it'll be the versus mode.

for more trailers, pics, storys, etc.. go visit this webbie and see bah.
Gears of War - SG
Gears of War - emergence day

sorry.. i like this game (though it freaks me out but.. hehe) so. pardon me for the whole page of that game thingy.

emergence hole! lookout!!
me looks out of the window and saw locusts popping
yikes!! ran over to uncle clifton and jump on him
clift pulls out chainsaw and starts sawing them all
me saw a sniper gun nearby, ran to pick it up while hiding behind barricades.
reload and starts blowing their heads off.
GOOD JOB!