Taking the fight online
Once you've had time to catch your breath, after exhausting the exquisitely-polished campaign, a feature-extensive multiplayer mode awaits. Four-player co-op works seamlessly - and is by far the best way to play the campaign on hardcore mode - as you flank and combine tactics to get through some incredibly tough and brutal encounters.The return of Survival and Horde modes from previous games are back, but it also expands on multiplayer content with the superb Beast Mode, where you fight waves of locusts, earning points and spending them on units to down the increasingly aggressive enemy waves. Beast Mode gives you a chance to step into the furry feet of some of the game's enemies, and it's a fresh and engaging battle that never fails to entertain with the variety you get from switching roles. The usual deathmatch and objective modes also make a welcome appearance, too. Unsurprisingly, the selection of maps on offer, all inspired by the campaign, also look fantastic.
Indeed, Gears of War 3 is one of the best-looking games on Xbox 360 with stunning vistas, iconic structures and highly detailed environments. When you combine these high-quality visuals with the mega soundtrack, there are some genuinely memorable moments, and times where you'll be in awe of what you just saw or encountered. Having rated the PlayStation 3-exclusive shooter Resistance 3 very highly in our review recently, there's only one score we can give Gears of War 3 - which ends up making Sony's shooter look positively shoddy. No doubt about it: Gears of War 3 is a polished, cinematic piece of work that is sure to go down in Xbox 360 history as one of the best shooters of this console generation.
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