Always been far more a Gears guy than Halo guy. Maybe it's partly because I jumped on the Xbox train right when Gears 1 came out, but I had so many great memories with the Gears multi with friends and cousins. Had some fun Halo ones too, but I dunno, it never hit quite the same. I think part of the reason was with Halo I could never quite find my footing. I'd always just get run over by a Warthog or sniped and instantly gunned down or something lol.
Gears really just felt more gritty and tactical in some ways. You could really make a difference individually, but also as a cohesive team. I loved just hiding around corners and busting out my chainsaw, or getting two or three kills with a few shotgun blasts. Such memorable levels too, Jacinto, Checkout, Gridlock, etc.. The simplicity of third person shooting coupled with the nuance of covering, stealth chainsaw kills, grenade tags, etc. Perfection. I remember my cousin single-handedly chainsawed an entire team in ruins haha.
Loved the little skill-based, quasi-minigame of active reloading too and the damage boost it gives for nailing it. The campaigns of the original trilogy were awesome too, especially for Gears 2. Probably the only time I cried in a game was the "thing" with Dom and his girl.. Gears trilogy is what initially got me into Xbox along with Dead Rising and Rare (though the latter admittedly didn't last long, was a good bridge though as a then Nintendo-exclusive fan pretty much). Granted 4 and 5 didn't do nearly as much for me, but by then I kinda moved to Borderlands and Black Ops (and later Overwatch) as my go-to shooters.
Last edited by DarthMetalliCube - on 23 April 2025
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