Comments on: Gears of War Roadie Run Retrospective

By: castags

castags — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:59:27 +0000

Chad, I’m so sorry you had to drive to this lame @$$ state I live in. If this ever happens again i’ll gladly pick the game up for you and hand deliver it, just to get outta here. Or if you’re ever by Mohegan Sun drop by and i’ll show you Resistance 2. Much better game IMO.

By: The Whaler

The Whaler — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:21:57 +0000

@Dan: I work at a game place myself and we hold games for people who DON’T put money down for a certain amount of time (let’s say 24 hours) they don’t pick it up that’s their loss. So YOU my good sir lack sense and respect for calling someone you don’t even know a dumbass and an idiot though the internet just so you can try and be all badass when. it just makes you look and sound like a hoe
So good day to you sir :]

Anyways….I have yet to play COD4 but I agree with Chad, 3 wasn’t as great as the others. I played Brothers in Arms but to me that game is just a COD ripoff (no offense to any Brothers in Arms fans). I just hope (if I end up playing Gears 2 ) it won’t be as short as the first.

By: Dom

Dom — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:31:57 +0000

Actually, I worked at a GameStop in Rhode Island during the Gears of War launch. All the stores in RI didn’t receive the game on launch day due to a shipping error, except the store I worked for. Most people came from other stores in hope to pick the title up using their reservation from a different location and we had to turn them away due to lack of games. I know this extended outside of RI well into Mass — Seekonk didn’t receive their shipments either.

The problem was the lack of titles in the area. My store online received 75 copies and we had 65 preorders. We sold the 10 non-preordered copies in the first hour of getting shipment. All preorders had been processed shortly after. We had no copies left by 3PM that afternoon. It was one of the most horrifying game launches in New England.

Glad I don’t deal with GameStop anymore.

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:49:12 +0000

@MysterM,

Completely agree. COD2 was and still is a great game. I went right from COD2 to COD4. COD3 was a bit of a disappointment for me.

By: MysteryM

MysteryM — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:55:54 +0000

Played COD 2 to death, then went onto gears and now halo 3. We must have spent over 2 years playing COD 2, even with the crappy lobby system it was still a great game.

Roll on gears 2.

By: Bruce Almighty

Bruce Almighty — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:27:00 +0000

Great read. Thanks for sharing your story Chad.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:14:01 +0000

Gears of War will definately go down as one of this generations defying games, along with CoD4 and Peggle.

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:53:19 +0000

Thanks for the kind words Dan :)

It is not unheard of for a chain to call up another location to help out a customer. My hope was that providing proof of a pre-order with their chain would convince a store manager to part with a copy if their location had extra. In the end I found one willing to do so.

P.S. You should probably go take your meds now.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:25:30 +0000

Dude you are an idiot! Of course you wouldnt be able to pick up a preorder at another gamestop.. Duh u put money down on the game and each store has to account of its own income.. So lets say you put $20 down at one store and went to another store to pick up the game.. oh wait, they dont have your $20 because its on the game at another store! Can you imagine trying to close out over 4000 gamestops at the end of the night.. that would be alot of money to count in one night.. So ya dumbass makes sense that if u put money down on a game that you have to pick it up at the same location… Why do people lack sense!

By: The Whaler

The Whaler — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:44:00 +0000

I like the box art for it. I was hoping they’d use the image from the mags as the art.

Gears didn’t really tickle my fancy honestly, I mean I’ll try anything once so I might give this one a try.

By: PressStart

PressStart — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:21:01 +0000

Got a 360 after right after the original Gears came out, and yet haven’t even tried it yet. Looks like I just might skip onto Gears 2!

By: Sam Naylor

Sam Naylor — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:17:40 +0000

Let’s just hope a PC version comes out!

By the way, great article.

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:10:35 +0000

Aw come on Sam — how am I supposed to saw you in half if you don’t have a 360??

By: Sam Naylor

Sam Naylor — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:07:33 +0000

If I had a 360, I’d be there…