I was actually able to pre-order Judgment for $39.99. I sold my original copy for about 35 when it was 60 bucks. Then I bought another copy from Gamefly for 10 bucks because I never played through the campaign all the way through. I really enjoy this game. Although it's not GOW3, it's certainly fun.

Meh, a 7.5 is pretty accurate, in my opinion. It's not as great as some outlets say it is, but not as horrible as a lot of fans say it is.

Pros and Cons list: (All in my opinion) Pros + I like the fast pace action + Overrun Mode + The Breechshot Rifle + Controls feel a bit more smooth Cons -No DBNO -Frag Spam -Bad Weapon Balance -Shipped with 4 MAPS!! -A lot of the Original Game modes removed (Warzone/Execution, Guardian, Wingman, etc) -No locust in MP -Armor Skins -Prizebox System -Generic Game modes (Domination, FFA) -No Horde mode

I keep seeing comments about how this game is "the worst GoW game"... So? That's like saying "Hey, you're in the top 50 best things, but you're only number 50." It's still part of the good GoW series, it still feels like a GoW game, and it uses the same engine. It's still fun to shoot things. It may not be AS good as the others, but that doesn't make it bad. There's plenty worse games on the 360.

I was more interested with the story mode than anything else for this gears.

Gears of Peace: Reconstruction a Gears version of Sim City (with no always online DRM of course)

Damn right I was disappointed with this game compared to the previous three. Epic also made the mistake of teaming up with another studio.

it deserved a 9.0 , people complain there is no horde mode , but there is over run mode , which is like horde mode . the story is amazing , and its graphically fantastic

What should i buy Judgment or raams shadow?

The beginning of Cole's testimony is, by far, my favorite moment in the gears series!

More maps too would be nice.

so is there dbno in the multiplayer?

OK everyone I got Xbox one s with gears and it came with all the games to download. I've owned all gears but judgement. should I download it and play the story since it's free?

Gears Of War 1, Fable 1 and Fable 3 are also on the PC

I kind of agree with the score. Gears hasn't changed in a noticeable manner since the first game.

I think it's just people were expecting higher. But I still think it's a good game :P

This game was good, most of the reviewers who reviewed this at the time were stuck on fatigue.

Aftermath is amazing in this. It's better than the whole game. Traditional gears

FEAR was a PC exclusive for a good few years untill they ported it over to the 360.

This seems like a fair score. I love gears for its competitive multiplayer aspect and I am purely just waiting on a new instalment to bring a bit of the community back

great review agreed on most of the points

I think part 2 is more touching for a storyline.even though,there both still the best

All the other games had so much praise and now that Cliffy B and Rod Furgison or however you spell his name left epic and people can fly pretty much took over this is the kind of gears we get. They were just trying to speed up multiplayer and make the campaign more replayable and succeeded. But there was waaaayyy too much change to the multiplayer.

This was a fair and a good review, great work

Nice review

Very fun game; it's not going to set any records or anything, but it's definitely a game to buy if you just want to have fun in. And after Bioshock there doesn't seem to be many games coming out for Xbox until August, so Gears is my multiplayer game until Battlefield 4.

in gears 3 that option was called arcade mode

glad to see a REAL review of the game

for the record, KH3D is by Square Enix. but i agree with you on everything else.

Survival is good as an additional game but it is no Horde. I can't believe they got rid of horde. Free for all and Domination are a nice addition. But again, no horde. WTH man

I'm excited to play this, regardless of its small campaign. I have fun playing GOW, since the first one. So once I beat Tomb Raider, on to this one.

Is this game any fun to play single-player, without co-op?? Because I own an XBOX 360, and looks great!

I've never took notice to what gamespot say if your a gear head this Is the game for you

i'm with you on this, love this game way more then 3, i felt the campan was holding you're hand

last i heard they are doing something similar to what gears of war 1 did with discovery bring raven down and old bones map except they are working with maxim magazine to try and get execusion back into the play lists I hope it pulls through i dig the new style but i miss a good old fashion beat down ya know?

agreed, but at least the Gods of War community is enjoying that multi/coop mode. Not saying its a "huge accomplishment" but they are enjoying it, thats a good thing. I remember the days on PS2 when the mp was there for the fans and not for the commercial demand.

3:13 that locust twitch...

I think you could have gave it a 8.0 but I still gotta say it deserves at least a 9.0 ! I have played Gears of war since the first and this one is my favorite by far ! In order ... Judgment Gears3 Gears2 Gears1

This game seems pretty good to me I liked it alot...

you do realize on metacritic, it received 80% from critics and 50% (around that area) from user reviews stating "its overused".

are you forgetting the infamous kane and lynch incident?! the incident that brought to light biased review scores?

Thanks for correcting me.

probly the worst Gears game out there but its still pretty good fun...for $5 this game is worth it

Best review of judgement I've heard

This is basically gears version of ODST

It can make sense...Think about it.

I do thoroughly enjoy this game, but it does feel "off" from the others. It doesn't feel lacking, but it's not whole. If that makes sense.

I am hoping they release a traditional horde mode, cause I don't like the survival mode.

will have to wait til the next console comes out to see game franchaises reinvigorated. if a game is the third in a franchaise usually you've already played it, get it

I want horde and beast mode in a add on

yup

" -So you are going to have to spend some time in multiplayer to get your moneys worth" nuff said.

Free map pacl with 2 maps and 2 modes on April 2nd.

Judgment was the best so far!

Fear was actually a PC exclusive....

DAMNN!!!! 7.5? Thats rough.

I didn't mind judgment, but when I heard about it I was expecting something like RAAM's Shadow but a full game that felt like gears and also brought back some nostalgic things from gears 1 like the berserker battle in raam's shadow not the one in judgment which is just basically just scorch it and keep going. I have to say I was a little disappointed with judgments campain

to me and i know im gonna get bombed with hate for this gears of war 2 was my fav and to me the best

you forgot metro 2033,crackdown, and trials

As much as I love Gears of War, I believe entirely that the reviews between 7.5 and 8.5 are fitting. Granted, I like Judgment, it's a solid, GOOD game. However, in all honesty, it doesn't compare to the previous entries in the series. There were far too many changes, both to campaign and multiplayer, where some I liked and others I did not. People Who Can Fly certainly had their hands on this Gears entry. In my opinion, it's a decent entry that, as a stand-alone game, is worth a shot.

Judgement had a short story line so it was easy to beat the game plus the new multiplayer is kinda weird, getting used to only using a gun without the combination with your shotgun and also getting killed immedietly once you see your skull

Bring Gears of War to the Gamecube

His review sounded like the game deserved a higher score....but it was still fair

this is why IGN should pick more suited people to review certain games. dont put the xbox fanboy that loves gears of war to review a gears of war game, they gave it a 9.2. while i instantly saw others give it 7 and 8.5 and everything inbetween. Very good review Gamespot!

I agree, although I probably had more fun in GoW2 online

Overrun is the best part

I never said they don't cash in.

This should have been a massive DLC for Gears of War 3 instead of another game.

WTF 7.5!? You...

people need to realize there are good games, great games, and super duper awsome games...and this particular game belongs in the good games category.

And let me tell you, It's pretty good.

the thing I think we can all undoubtly agree on is that judgments greatest fault is its lack of content. 4 maps. 11 characters for multiplayer. armor skins look cool but nearly 80% of them you have to buy, thats roughly the same for the weapons skins.( not that im shocked gears 3 had lots of skins you had to buy) . where the hell is dizzy, what about the carmines? what about jace, the characters from raams shadow. if your going to remove locust. you better as hell make of for it.

I like the multiplayer of it and everything the thing i don't like that you can't down your enemies in multiplayer they just die when they get shot alot so can't do much execution how it use to

i want horde mode too...it was the best part of gears of war.

they both is utterly Epics $hits !!! Gow 1 and 2 is Rocks!!!

this seems fair except wasnt alot said on mutiplayer

Judgement disappointed me more with the multiplayer changes but gamespot nailed the issue with the campaign

does it matter what the number is? as long as YOU have fun playing the game, who cares what others think

Hmm I'm surprised I was expecting a higher rating for this.

Let the console fight BEGIN!

This game is basically ODST, then the next one will be a gears version of reach. And then it will be Gears 4

I played the first long ass mission and I will say that its not as good as the last three but its not bad either. This game tried something new and when that happens people criticize it for not feeling original. When they keep it the same they criticize it for not being different. The game is good and wordy of a play thru. Its not bad like most people claim its just feels a bit different.

I wouldn't say many others

7.5 score....i already have this game. for me its 8. multiplayer is great but campaign is lacking something. plus overrun is fun.

the worst part about this game is no symetrial maps and the main campaign has no flow- load screen, fight zone, load screen, fight zone there needed to be smoother transitions between fights like the aftermath campaign had

I feel GOW Judgment is meant to be more of a competitive game than a story.

Halo 4 would like a word with you.

Hey, I work at IGN and this is a good comment. 9.5/10

The multiplayer has been sped up and it actually feels kinda nice but it disturbs me that its not human vs locust. Just doesn't feel right :\

Ps3 exclusives - God of war , resistance , Uncharted .... to name a few...

Wow, only a 7.5?!

Since I heard they took a lot of modes from the other gears like horde mode all I gotta say is oh ....Epic...why?!!!!!!!You BASTORDS! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!!!? Oh well I love Gears of war and I know Ima love this one so I feel like it deserve a 7.5-8 .

7.5 means it's a good game. It states directly under the score, "good". How is that rough?

Ps3 has uc-gow-killzone-infamous-socom. And alot

7.5 is too generous.

Im a big gears fan and just played the demo, some nice additions but just gears aint been as much fun since gears 2. Should have finished at 3

completely valid and accurate statement.

I love the Gears Of War series but I don't think I'll be picking this up. I'm a pure SP campaign kinda guy and 7 hours isn't going to cut it, plus (and I'm going to trust this review) it's said that the campaign is somewhat disjointed without an interesting storyline. The plot for Gears was never compelling to begin with, so this might have to wait until it drops in price for me.

I love how gamespot rates games. Unlike IGN, this site only gives high scores to great innovative games.

well i like gears of war judgment and i don't mind that their isn't a lot of changes It's not milked as much as assassin's creed and call of duty