The cut-scenes flash back periodically to Baird, Cole, and their two other forgettable new squad-mates Paduk and Sofia testifying in court because they all stole a huge missile against their superiors’ orders. It doesn’t help that much of the game’s dialogue takes place in voice-over. I can’t believe I’m calling Baird boring. Did lead writers Tom Bissell and Rob Auten forget to bring the funny? You’d think a younger version of Cole would be even more endearing and hyperactive than the grown-up one, but no-this Cole seems downright shy in comparison.
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I don’t think I cracked a smile this whole game. So Judgment won’t have the romance of, say, Marcus and Dom (go with it) or any sarcastic one-liners from Sam, but at least Baird and Cole will tell me some good jokes, right? If I couldn’t have Marcus and Dom, could I at least have Anya or Sam or Jace? No? Oh, well. I admit, I would have preferred different protagonists. Yes, Gears of War games are stupid, but they’re fun. No matter what, by the end of the game, there’s the same big spider-boss and the same unlockable chapter Aftermath, a 30-minute mini-campaign set during the time-line of Gears of War 3-which mostly just reminds me how much more fun Gears of War 3 was.ĭo I sound disappointed? I am disappointed. The dialogue, the cut-scenes, and the end of the game don’t change according to which enemies spawn or which missions have been played while declassified or not. And more importantly: Who cares? Gears of War: Judgment doesn’t seem to. Each level also begins with the option to play a “declassified” version of events, which basically makes the level harder.īut what really happens? Who knows. And yet, the game changes in subtle ways with each play-through, due to the machinations of a Left 4 Dead-inspired AI director that dictates which types of Locust will best provide a challenge, moment to moment, for the heroes.
Nothing happens for certain in Gears of War: Judgment, which is funny, because the campaign’s story operates on the premise that its main characters have testified to its events under oath in a court of law.