LOL. I missed that somehow.

Sorry, to be honest, I only played Single Player Gears, and very little multiplayer. If smoke grenades are not a new feature, than I stand corrected. The newer features were the movable cover, and the grabbing of enemies.

I wouldn't buy a 360 just for Gears 2.  I'm not trying to dog this game, but I really expected more graphically.  You'd be best to buy a 360 for other reasons, like Left 4 Dead.

I usually buy my games cheap (30 bucks) unless I really want them, plus they said there might be a L4D port to PS3.....I'll wait for reviews and impressions after it releases though. Do you have an answer for my Fallout 3 question?

I don't know about trophies in Fallout 3.  The people manning the booth for that game were assholes.

Were they really? That sucks.

For what it's worth, ps3trophies.org had the Bethesda guy being very evasive about Fallout 3 trophies at Leipzig. So I guess it's not out of the question that they'll patch it in, but I think it's safe to say it won't launch with trophies.

Obviously I don't know for sure but i'd imagine that they would put trophies on Fallout. At least I hope they do :) The L4D port for PS3 is a shaky possibility at best and a lot of it depends on what the 360 version does in terms of sales. No offense to Parrot but I would probably wait until Gears 2 comes out to make your decision. Gears 2 has a lot of new features like Horde mode (survival) as well as other new modes such as the unique CTF (a moving and lethal NPC is the flag). Parrot said he didnt play much of Gears 1 multiplayer so it would be difficult to discern whats new etc etc. This isnt a knock against him in any way.

@Parrot I know you said the controls were fluid on both the PC and 360 versions of L4D. How was the sensitivity in terms of moving each axis and camera. I haven't played a shooter on a console that has a high enough sensitivity for me :) Great work btw and thanx for the impressions!

The problem is that you lost a bit of credibility here. If you haven't played Gears 1 in its entirety, it's a bit hard to acknowledge your impressions on the game, since you didn't even take account of the other details. Don't forget the destructable environments, new story, new character development, new weapons, etc.

Gears 2 is built on the same Unreal engine as Gears 1, so it's a bit normal that it is highly based on its predecessor. Don't judge a book by its cover I say, but impressions are impressions I guess...! =P

How does one prove they are not being biased if the facts actually lean in favor of the reviewer?

@ bolded: LOL! yeah guess not that many people saw e3.

Umm question...you said that the Wii Speak was a borefest, but if it was there and not being used how do you know? I assumed that you had an opportunity to review it based on your original post. >_>