Xbox 360 Console Review
Product Features
Edition: Gears of War 3 Bundle
- Two Xbox 360 Limited Edition Gears of War 3 Wireless Controllers
- Includes the standard edition game & custom downloadable content that includes an Infected Omen weapon skin for the 5 starting weapons
- Exclusive Sounds: This is the only console that will have sounds from the actual Gears of War 3 game
- The 320GB detachable hard drive allows gamers to save their games and store television shows, movies, music and pictures
- Xbox 360 Headset (black) and Xbox 360 Composite A/V cable.
Just Perfect
I already own the first XBOX 360 (the white one) and the XBOX 360
Elite (the black one). The Elite started giving me the one red light
and I brought it in to a local shop to get it fixed. Now it happens
every two months or so and I'm getting tired of it. Plus, it is
loud...no joke.
As a big fan of Gears, I needed a new console and the game and this was a perfect buy. Checked with the commander (wife) and funds were available for my new toy. Ordered this bad boy on the 19th of September and was at my doorstep the next day right when I came home from work - I was so excited. But, as life would have it, the console was never installed until that Friday night and the game played until Saturday afternoon. Priorities...
REVIEW on the CONSOLE:
This console is much smaller than my XBOX 360 Elite and now fits perfectly in my home theater shelf. It is also quiet...finally. Oh, it looks freakin' awesome. My purchase came with the game, 320Gb hard drive, two GOW controllers, $40 amazon credit and a bonus GOW skin. All in all, great bang for the buck when you consider the controllers are $65ea at Target.
The negatives...the sound effects are cool, but the sound quality is an epic fail. Maybe they saved money by using old laptop speakers from the 90s. The lack of HD cables and the controllers DO NOT come with a rechargeable battery pack or cable. BTW, I bought the Xbox 360 Charge Base - Black so I don't have to keep replacing the supplied AA Duracell batteries.
REVIEW on the GAME:
Gears of War...love it. I've played GOW1 and GOW2 and still play them to this day. My home is networked, so my boys and I system link and GAME ON. Game play is good as 1 and 2 with more goodies. There are new weapons like a sawed off shotgun, digger (rolling underground grenade launcher) and retro lancer (it stabs not saw, great melee effect but accuracy when firing SUCKS big time). Oh, and incendiary grenades?? Yup, watch those aliens burn...burn baby burn. One more thing: the lancers seem stronger and more accurate now - well, it feels that way to me.
There are some changes that make the game a little harder. If you pick up a sniper rifle, or boltok pistol or any other non-COG weapon, refilling ammo is a PITA. When you find an ammo refill pack, it DOES NOT replenish these weapons! To get more bullets for your sniper, for example, you'll need to grab it from an enemy that you killed as it lays on the ground.
CONCLUSION:
Console is perfect, definitely worth the purchase. If you're looking for new or to replace your old one, this this is the way to go even if you're not a Gears fan. The box itself is cool looking.
The game, yup it still rocks. If you haven't played Gears 1 or 2 yet, do it....you won't be dissapointed.
As a big fan of Gears, I needed a new console and the game and this was a perfect buy. Checked with the commander (wife) and funds were available for my new toy. Ordered this bad boy on the 19th of September and was at my doorstep the next day right when I came home from work - I was so excited. But, as life would have it, the console was never installed until that Friday night and the game played until Saturday afternoon. Priorities...
REVIEW on the CONSOLE:
This console is much smaller than my XBOX 360 Elite and now fits perfectly in my home theater shelf. It is also quiet...finally. Oh, it looks freakin' awesome. My purchase came with the game, 320Gb hard drive, two GOW controllers, $40 amazon credit and a bonus GOW skin. All in all, great bang for the buck when you consider the controllers are $65ea at Target.
The negatives...the sound effects are cool, but the sound quality is an epic fail. Maybe they saved money by using old laptop speakers from the 90s. The lack of HD cables and the controllers DO NOT come with a rechargeable battery pack or cable. BTW, I bought the Xbox 360 Charge Base - Black so I don't have to keep replacing the supplied AA Duracell batteries.
REVIEW on the GAME:
Gears of War...love it. I've played GOW1 and GOW2 and still play them to this day. My home is networked, so my boys and I system link and GAME ON. Game play is good as 1 and 2 with more goodies. There are new weapons like a sawed off shotgun, digger (rolling underground grenade launcher) and retro lancer (it stabs not saw, great melee effect but accuracy when firing SUCKS big time). Oh, and incendiary grenades?? Yup, watch those aliens burn...burn baby burn. One more thing: the lancers seem stronger and more accurate now - well, it feels that way to me.
There are some changes that make the game a little harder. If you pick up a sniper rifle, or boltok pistol or any other non-COG weapon, refilling ammo is a PITA. When you find an ammo refill pack, it DOES NOT replenish these weapons! To get more bullets for your sniper, for example, you'll need to grab it from an enemy that you killed as it lays on the ground.
CONCLUSION:
Console is perfect, definitely worth the purchase. If you're looking for new or to replace your old one, this this is the way to go even if you're not a Gears fan. The box itself is cool looking.
The game, yup it still rocks. If you haven't played Gears 1 or 2 yet, do it....you won't be dissapointed.