Gears of War 3

I recently won a copy from Gouki.com and thought I'ld share my experience with you.

First off I want to say thanks to Gouki.com for hooking me up with Gears of War 3.  Best Jimmy of the Month prize yet.  I also got Infinite Undiscovery but haven't tried it yet.

When the game arrived it went straight into my Xbox 360 and stayed there until I finished the story.  I found it hard to turn off the game some nights.  As the story unfolds you get some big surprises and you can't help but to want to see it through.  In particular Act 3 ends with a big theatrical bang.  The musical score fits perfectly as the cut scenes roll.  Even the graphics are top notch.

While you play through the story mode the experience is so complete you are drawn into a story that puts many of the recent movies to shame.  When compared to most of the FPS genre Gears of War 3 stands out.  That just makes it obvious how games like Call of Madden, I mean Call of Duty, have a long way to go.

Your basic controls will feel natural if you have any other FPS experience.  You have a nice selection of weapons to choose from.  Everything from shotguns, sniper rifles, bows, to the occasional rail gun.  You really aren't missing anything.  And having grenades, a pistol, and two other weapon slots gives you some options.  Throw in some up close executions and again you pass the standard.

They also give you the basic versus mode, kind of self explanatory I hope, that lets you have other players or bots.  Horde mode puts you up against wave after wave of Locust.  You get to make a base, set up defenses, and decoys.  As you play you earn money to buy all this and later on you get new options.  And then there is Beast mode, you as the Locust .  You have a few to choose from at the start and the further you get the more choices you have.  You get a time limit to kill off the Stranded, regular humans with weapons, and the COG, the guys you plays as in story mode.

Overall a very enjoyable game and a definite buy it.  And even better when you can win it from a site like Gouki.com.

When GoukiJones plays Gears of War 3 he uses the Sawed-off Shotgun. This shotgun works most effectively right up on the enemy. So after 1 blast, he double taps RB to jam it right away. Is that faster than doing an active reload? Check out the video.

Exclusive Video: Team Gouki puttin' Jimmys down online in Gears of War 3. Featuring: Blazemanx, hoho23 AKA StaticX2552, his nub ass brotha SpiderNinjaNuab, BatRastered and myself GoukiJones.

These clips are from the very first day of multiplayer. Thanks for the party Jimmys. 

Song: Under the Sun

Artist: Dan Buchanan

Just another day at the office. More PWNn than workin'. Nnnnnnnnnnnnnuab!

Up early today doing some editing. I posted a new Halo Wars Strategy video. Its terrible. I worked on a little Gears of War # Minitage, I don't know about that game.

We played a little GOW3 this evening and I find that game so annoying when I can't find any flow. Granted, I've never been a huge fan of any of the gears. Plus tonight we ended up with one of the most obnoxious party members in the world. Disguised as somebody else he snuck into our party. After 3 games I had to turn it off and go back to the Halo Wars.

Which leads me back to the title. I did not play the X-men at all today. It's so slow paced, it's dreadful. You can't skip the cutscenes and there no chance for a re-do when you get railed in the challenge rooms. The Challenge rooms have suits Jimmy! You can wear the different suits and get different powers... oh never mind.

90% of the day was spent on Halo Wars. WTF? I love it. Watch for a bunch of new videos coming the YouTube channel, plus the Mad Catz promo everyone is waiting for. Don't forget to check out our Resident Evil giveaway right now. You can win a game if you write a preview for it and we're still looking for a Gouki.com Girl to represent.

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the life of a gamer on a budget :(

Never ever have i been in such a bind. I find myself facing four big games coming out each month after the other. Usually when big games come out i have a lot of time to try to save up money. I usually NEED all that time just to scrape up enough to get to my next game. I just realized today i have to make a IMPOSSIBLE choice. So let me walk you through the four games that have me crying out in pain.

August

Street fighter 3rd strike online edition.

I have always loved the third strike look and feel to this day it is one of my favorites. I never got a chance to test my self against others in this game because i was never able to play online. That is no longer a issue now that capcom is bringing this amazing game to us with INCREDIBLE features. Such as GGOP net code and the ability to upload replays directly to youtube. Out of the four this one will be the cheapest and the first to be released.

September

Gears of war 3

For me this is the holy grail of shooters. It is my absolute favorite shooter and i have already poured 100s of hours of my life into the franchise. With awesome new features such as four player campaign mode and new beast mode and a charged up online experience its just so hard to turn it down. This is a MUST buy for me but the question is when? On release day or later down the line?

October

King of fighters XIII

As you all know i have been covering KOF XIII and thats because i crave it. It truly looks like a contender among the high profile fighting games of today. With a total of 32 characters to choose from there should be no shortage of variety. With amazing 2D HD graphics and silky smooth gameplay and a better online experience than the previous one who wouldn't want it.

November

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3

As we all just found out, this was officially confirmed. Already being a huge fan of MVC3 naturally i want this. With 12 new characters and new stages and SPECTATOR MODE its just pure win. There is also a lot of other changes that seems like a dream come true. I never thought that it would be released in the same year as MVC3 thats just weird.

So with all that said i am in a HUGE bind. All these amazing games are coming out one after the other and its hurting my soul. As of this writing i have 15 bucks which is the same amount i had a month ago lol. So if everything happens right for me i should have enough money to get at lease one of these games. By choosing one i will leave the others. Seeing my friends playing the ones i decided not to buy will be heart breaking. So i ask my fellow jimmies which one would you choose?