Positives: Surprisingly, the storyline was really well done. The character development with yourself and your squad was also top notch. You hear your team talking to each other through a lot of the game and it really helps you get into it. There's lots of swearing and blood and gore - notice that I put this in the positives column. One of the key things in these types of games is the button configuration and I was really pleased with the way things were laid out with Gears of War. This was a unique type of game in the fact that they really force you to use "cover" in order to stay alive. Basically you're pressing A button to dive and duck from cover to cover as you advance through the game. It was annoying at first, but ended up helping add to the realism of the game. Tough end boss!