Gears of War 3 vs. Resistance 3 – So who won over the Critics?

"Two of the biggest blockbuster exclusives of the year, Gears of War 3 and Resistance 3, got released this month on Xbox 360 and PS3 respectively. Expectations were high as both these games were developed by two of the most talented studios in the industry. And if the review scores are any indication, both Gears 3 and Resistance have been a huge success already. But which title critics loved the most? Well we’ve compiled the scores of five of the biggest publications and are listing them below, just to give you an idea as to which game had an upper-hand as far as the reviews are concerned."

[fluffydelusions]

FPS vs TPS umm would be better if it was UC3 vs Gears 3

[RedDead]

R3= 8.6 average. G3= 9.3 average.

But yeah I agree, if any comparison is made it should be U3 v G3

Yeah Peaceful_Jelly I know, ya just gotta not trust the reviews really, they're all over the place. Personally gears for me anyway.

[Peaceful_Jelly]

R3 is actually 8.4, much lower than R2 even though it's miles away better. =/

edit: love the comment section of that site, it's almost as if I were on N4G.

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"Nostalgicgamer: Don't listen to these insecure PS3 Retards!

GFY!: Yeah NO! Gears of War 3 Eat Uncharted 3 up and S*** it out like the polish."
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[_Aarix_]

@peaceful_jelly

Gears 2 got better scores than gears 3 but gears 3 is miles away better too

[SoapShoes]

It is way better than R2 yet R2 is higher rated. You see, this is why I could care less about reviews, scores, or averages. Not to mention Meta has omitted many reviews for R3 that are high.

[Why o why]

Gears 3 is better than gears 2 from the online alone, not finished the single player to make a call on that but multiplayer alone beats its higher scoring laggy, ten minute to find game, weak matchmaking predecessor especially at time of release. Resistance 3 is so much better than the unengaging, copy cod but in space predecessor also. Both devs upped their games..... literally. Good for those who can play them all...game on lets not fight over this

[Tainted Gene]

Ahem brother

[SilentNegotiator]

With sites/mags like Edge, and hundreds of XOXOXbox.com sites, is such a result even vaguely surprising?

[JokesOnYou]

Generally it seems both games are better than the previous ones, personaly I only have Grears3, I just finished my first 2 hrs of the campaign and loving it(game looks amazing btw), but either way its clear despite R3's lower score that it is also a much better game than alot of scores indicate based on everthing Ive read and seen with my own eyes, so yeah we can all talk shiii about which is better to no end, but the 1 truth is if you can you should play both of these amazing games.

[Blogz4Fanboyz]

peaceful jelly. sounds like n4g, except that on n4g it is the sony fanboys who reign supreme..

on topic, what a terrible, shameless, hit-leeching blog.

BAN THIS RUBBISH!!!!

[THC CELL]

Still uncharted 2 beat gears 3 at 9.6 so what

Why do people trust reviews today since gamespot took back handers and most people are bias or say well its not call of duty so no good

[ApplEaglElephant]

article does nothing but fuel fanboyism.

if you want to compare ratings, PS3 exclusives are more highly rated and there are more of them.

[buddymagoo]

I think Resistance 3 is trying for a Half Life 2 feel and Geow3 trying for a Uncharted 2 feel.

[Picture_Dancer]

Scores from Gamerankings:

91% for Gears3
86% for Resi3

only 5% difference.

For example if one game have 71% and second one have 76% it doesn't make much of a difference.

Both games are almost equally good. If you prefer fps - play R3 if tps play Gof3.

[dabri5]

Even Uncharted 3 would be a bad comparison. It is a platforming/ exploring/ puzzle solving tps in the style of Tomb Raider. Gears is a TPS that concentrates entirely on the story and shooter action. If you only concentrated on the camera perspective of the game, you could compare U3 with Crash Bandicoot because they are both 3rd person. Heck they are both platformers as well.

[OpenGL]

I think another reason Gears and Resistance get compared is the fact that they have an almost identical development cycle.

Gears 1 released the same week as Resistance 1 in November 2006, in November 2008 Gears of War 2 released 3 days after Resistance 2, and in September 2011 Gears 3 launched 2 weeks after Resistance 3.

[Kleptic]

The new 'cool' thing for reviewers to do is this misplaced perception of something being 'better then, than this is now'...and that that somehow justifies a new game being BETTER than an older one in the same franchise...yet receives a lower score...

that is all fine and great...but it still destroys credibility of a numerical scoring system...

The first game I noticed this phenomenon effectively applied to was Killzone 3 earlier this year...almost every review stating 'clearly a leap ahead killzone 2'...of which that same reviewer awarded killzone 2 a perfect 10, or a 9.324 or whatever...and plops an 8 on killzone 3...

Resistance 3 has it everywhere...Gears 3 has at least to some degree, but still is reviewed very highly by any 'real' site...

either way...its just the new tactic to watch out for...Resistance 3 absolutely crushes Resistance 2 in every possible way...no questions...it looks better...it plays better...its a throwback to another Resistance title that was ALSO better than Resistance 2 (i.e.fall of man)...and imo is the real sequel to it...but whatever...

Gears 3 seems to capitalized on everything over Gears 2 also...better visuals, more content, etc...I haven't played 3 yet, but did play 2...but its clear 3 at least looks better than 2...

[finbars75]

I think there both very different games especially tsp vs fps.I have played both and loved both of them just as equal.I love the mp for resistance but love horde mode on gears.both have great visuals and both play smoother then butter.I couldn't have been happier to play both games in the same month.instead of saying which one is better maybe we should say own both and enjoy two great power house games.

[JaredH]

I got Gears 3 and Resistance 3 and both are good.

[gameguru]

Guess it's more about PS3 exclusive vs. 360 exclusive than FPS vs TPS

[Nawabi]

Agreed!

[ssb3173]

True that!

[RandomDude655]

Games Journalists are usually philosophy/psych majors it seems, because they've repeated shown that they know more about how to rile people up then to know information about games. AKA games journalism is a shit hole

[NewZealander]

both games are awesome, resistance has always been average, but finally they nailed it with the third game, the graphics may not have been the best but game play wise they perfected it, it reminded me a lot of classic shooters like halflife.

gears on the other hand has always had great graphics, and while in gears 3 they have got better, i also find they look more washed out then the previous games, the gritty struggle for survival has almost become a comedy.

i would say R3 is probably slightly better, but only because its improved drastically over the previous games.

[morganfell]

Running R3 in 3D I have to disagree with you. It looks incredible.

They really nailed the feel of R3. It is the first title I have ever played that actually feels like an alien race just kicked the collective ass of the human race and there really isn't much hope left.

[Ju]

I think R3 looks great. What's different is the art style. One problem what R3 has - based on the art direction - this game has no straight walls. It is quite a challenge to model that and make it pretty (no straight edges for examples, debris everywhere), every single level in R3 is bombed out. In later "space ship levels" not so much, but in the early levels for sure. Also, R3 came pretty close to the concept art they had envisioned with the final rendition. I think that's quite an achievement.

[OpenGL]

@ Ju

Well that and it's 960x704 rendering resolution, quincunx anti-aliasing blur, and frequent frame rate drops.

[Blaine]

@OpenGL

Insomniac clearly sacrificed resolution for better character models and more detailed environments.

Honestly there's a few places in the game where it just looks like the textures haven't loaded in yet, but that's actually the final texture. But as soon as you get into the intricately detailed environments and the action starts, with so many great looking Chimera shooting at you, you instantly forget the lower res and the game really looks great.

[milohighclub]

Loving r3 and gears. If it wasn't for one of the biggest res drops in 3d I've seen to date then gears would have been the best 3d game on the market! Would of blown sonys 3d away, Like I said if it wasn't for the res drop that is, luckily I don't mind playing it in SD 3d

[Ju]

I have no issues with framedrops in R3. But I haven't played the MP a whole lot. Campaign twice, and I did no notice any frame drops. Runs silky smooth. I also see no Quincunx. Not blurry. They use a very pronounced depth/motion blur and selective AA. But is it Quincux? Most of the time its no AA at all.

[dabri5]

You guys know Gears 3 supports 3d also right? Seriously don't know why anyone hasn't mentioned this.

[otherZinc]

Its a Joke:

Giant Bomb was the only site that got it right.

Resistance 3 was given the absolute best score it could get grading on a super curve.

Gears 3 earned the best score it could possibly get: 10. With upgrades in every area, Horde Mode, Beast Mode, better graphics, better story line, more online play, And the most replay value in 2011 to date.

Resistance 3 should be a minimum of 2 points lower than Gears 3 in every video game review made.

Any site giving Gears 3 anything less than a 9, doesnt know games, period!

Sites will say something stupid to defend something like this: Saying, there were 2 different reviewers...cop out!

If said site had any pride, they'd have a team of reviewers;2 or more, to review the same genre of game (shooters, RPG, Action, & so on). This way they could avoid looking stupid & lose trust from those of us that know games better than the reviewer.

[Blogz4Fanboyz]

giant bomb is a decent site with a decent community... you dont see many annoying trolls over there

[JUDALATION]

LOL you have not played R3... the story and weapons are better.. snd multiplayer is more fun... The only people who like gears are people who grew up with it... to new gamers they cant stand Halo or Gears... I understand why you love the game... But R3 is more fun for new unbiased players.

[TheLastGuardian]

Resistance is more similar to Gears than Uncharted is. Resistance and Gears games always come out around the same time as eachother and have always been competitors. Xbox 360 has no exclusives worthy of competing with Uncharted quality wise.

[WrAiTh Sp3cTr3]

Gears 3 trumps everything I've seen of UC3, lol. Better luck next time...

[TekoIie]

Seen? really? seeing that its obvious you werent in the beta you have no idea how much they upped the MP into a very competitive game. Also the addition of a "point streak" system was very refreshing with very unique ideas and while i still love gears one thing drove me away from it which was the connection and its a shame its taken them this long to properly address the problem.

Heard the saying "too little, too late"?

[wsoutlaw87]

gears does have a ton of modes and even that it is pretty generic for some reason it feels unique and enjoyable. However R3 has the more engaging single player and kept me playing it until I beat it twice once coop even whit gears in the house. With all that said, why is this posted on here? what we cant go to metacritic and get more reviews?

[frostypants]

Did I miss something? Since when was Resistance 3 considered a blockbuster release?

[kamakaz3md]

its because these game came out around the same time. They both have that alien killing feel... think ppl think, of course U3 will eat gears UP

[YOUGOTOWNEDLOL]

People fu#k the scores, play the damn game!!!!!!!!!!! I played and beat both games, both games are great! lots of fun.

I have been gaming for 2 decades, I will say this gaming gen is the worst. People worry about everything else like reviews, scores and sales. Who cares just play the games.

[Maxned]

This entire site is a fucking ps3 circlejerk.

If Resistance 3 got better reception from critics, then all of you would be saying "YESSSSSSS RESISTENCE IS DE WINNAR! PS3 WINS!"

But no, its "FPS vs TPS? UNFAIR!"

Whats the fucking difference? The article is asking which game got better scores... Idiots.

[Silly gameAr]

Can't say I didn't see an article like this coming. I was just wondering which of the usual suspects would be the first to jump.

[farhsa2008]

Resistance all the way!
You got to laugh at all the double standards in reviews nowadays.

R3 gets punished for "doing nothing new" While Geow3 is "the same old gears that we love".

[OcularVision]

lol so true

AAA blockbuster games get credit for "building on the previous installment"

while other games get "same old formula that is boring"

[dalibor]

That's the way it's been for some time now. Nothing new. But personally, I love the weapon wheel, so different than any other shooter out there. It's the complete opposite of them all. The auger needs to be in every online game, great for campers. And as far as R3 and Gears go, same formula different story really. Don't think I didn't see that rodeo run in Gears3 thought they had that in the previous games, same for the weapon wheel in R3.

[smashcrashbash]

Yeah, like Ratchet and Clank gets put down for being the same formula over and over again while Mario gets away scott free. Ratchet has different weapons, devices, charaters, enemies, planets and storylines for almost every game while Mario has the green world, the lava world, the ice world, castle etc with recycled enemies with the 'Koops stole the princess plot'. And yet it's the Ratchet series that's boring. Go figure.

[JokesOnYou]

The only bias going on is from those unwilling to accept that Gears3 is just a better game for the majority of sites that reviewed both. lol, Whats with all the damage control comments....."aaawww how can they rate R3 lower for being more of the same?" uhm, way to overlook the obvious, just because you might have similiar gripes with 2 different games doesnt make them equal, or is it not possible to like a BMW better than the same class Mercedes, even though you hate the color of both? Please just play which ever game you like, they are obviously both great games but all the crying, pointing fingers, attacking reviews, blaming micro, telling your mommy etc is just ridiculous.

[RememberThe357]

Wow thats really true. Andt that is pretty f*cked up. I really have to wonder why that is...

[DrFUD]

Why?
Microsoft.

[-Alpha]

What? I've seen a couple reviews trash Gears for being "nothing new" too, one site I remember yesterday gave it a 7.5 for that reason specifically: http://n4g.com/news/848627/...

That double standard isn't there in this case, you're just not looking out for Gears 3 reviews the same way probably because you aren't invested in the game

[dalibor]

Perhaps you have, I don't discredit that but than how does Gears 3 get over a 9 still if that was the case? One has to ask. And another thing, I can say negative things about a game, still dismay them and still give it a great score overall. Who's to say reviewers don't do this.

[-Alpha]

Gears got a 7.5 from that site.

Some websites didn't feel the same way as the site that gave it a 7.5 so that's why it gets 9+ scores.

Point I'm making is that some people have confirmation bias when it comes to double standards because they aren't actively looking out for 360 reviews

[raztad]

Some sites actually complained about the lack of innovation, Eurogamer for instance, gave both games an 8. On the other hand "innovation hungry" (when game's PS3 exclusive) EDGE scored Gears with a resounding 9. No complaints about lack of innovation or the same old gameplay. R3 of course got the usual 7 from them.

I strongly disagree with reviews downing the score due to "no innovations". When game is awesome and fun, its score should reflect it.

[IHateYouFanboys]

did you even read any of the reviews of gears 3? basically the ONLY reason it wasnt scored higher than its already brilliant scores is because it didnt do much new with the basic gameplay.

if gears of war 2 never existed, they wouldve rated Gears 3 much higher.

[E2M]

I liked resistance 3 and the campaign was very entertaining apart from the ending but the resistance series just hasn't beein able to get get that AAA critical acclaim. Gears of war 3 is just better though, I read the reviews saying its very familiar but not having played much of the gears of war games made that irrelevant for me to add I was quite skeptical on gears but now I'm just loving it. I wouldn't be suprised if it won goty, resistance 3 shouldn't be compared to gears and neither uncharted, r3 is an fps and uncharted is in another genre as a pose to gears sci-fi, bloody game

[humbleopinion]

Gears 3 did offer new stuff which I haven't seen in the genre before: from completely new game modes like Beast mode to small refinements like the digger launcher. It deserves the recognition it gets for keeping the innovation going even on the third iteration.

[ljh217]

Clearly you haven't played Gears. You can't even get the acronym right.

[MOTY]

I think the answer is right there in the quotes you selected.

Maybe Resistance "isn't" the same old Resistance we loved.

Maybe, Gears was great from the start, and to continue with it's greatness makes it something that we all love while Resistance has never been a franchise that the majority all liked and thus with each Resistance game, it was all just more of the same

[Assassin Nawabi]

Both are great games IMHO!

[firelogic]

Gears falls into the same trap as Halo and CoD. Ridiculously high scores no matter what. The same faults they manage to pick out are fine in those games but game breakers in others.

It's just the way it is.

Uncharted 3. Marks off for being more of the same. Gears/Halo/CoD marks gained for being more of the same. Mark my words.

[SoapShoes]

Well R2 scored higher than R1 and we all know how people felt about R2. Yeah there were people who enjoyed it and even loved it but most people thought it wasn't as good as the first. R3 is the best of the three though.

[SonyStyled]

yea but nobodys going to read a 10/10 review for R3. but if its given a review of say... 7/10, more people are likely to click the link to visit the site to find out whats wrong with it. sadly, thats how websites get viewers and make money. thats buisiness- sadly. but with something like Geow (halo and cod too) anything written about it is going to be hot for visitors, no doubt. but review it poorly to get visitors, your website is going to be permanently bashed by the 360 fanbase. give R3 an untruthful review, a million gamers may be unhappy. do it to Geow, 8 million gamers want to run a lancer through the reviewers body. the news works the same way. its a fact that negetives attract people. nothing on the news is ever good news. if it was, nobody would watch it. so everyday the news is filled with the same old housefire, fatal accident, armed robbery etc.

[Bigpappy]

That is bull crap. UC always reviews higher than Gears, it just never sells as well. There are no bias reviews in favor of Gears. That is just fanboy envy. In fact, if it were not for some reviewers crying that "Gears is still Gears" (don't know what they were expecting), all the reviews would be over 9.

For those who say UC is like gears, I disagree strongly. Thats like saying Dragon Age is like Elder Scrolls. Gears and UC only have TPS and pop and shoot in common. UC has a lot of jumping around and climbing with stylish kill and cinematic game play. Gears is more of an aggressive push at the enemy, with brutal, gorey kills with fitting weapons. Gears is more of a war, where UC is more of a cops and robbers type game.

[thebudgetgamer]

didn't uncharted 2 sell around five million copies vs gears six or seven?

considering the higher install base of the 360 that is not bad.

[SonyStyled]

they are 2 seperate games but share the same genra. UC is more of a action/adventure with shooting elements, much like the way tomb raider was. geow is well, war

@thebudgetgamer

but few PS3 exclusives have sold around 5 million. i can only name LBP, UC2 and GT5/P off the top of my head. compared to what UC2 should have sold its still pretty low. theres nothing wrong with it keeping it from Geow, cod or halo sales numbers

[YodaCracker]

Uh... no. Uncharted does not "always score higher than Gears".

Metacritic

94 - Gears of War
93 - Gears of War 2
91 - Gears of War 3

88 - Uncharted
96 - Uncharted 2
?? - Uncharted 3

And for comparison's sake for this article:

86 - Resistance
87 - Resistance 2
84 - Resistance 3

There really isn't much of a competition here. Gears is a much higher rated series and is far, far more popular. Gears 3 had 6 times more pre-orders in the US alone than Resistance 3's worldwide first week sales. I mean, seriously... it's not even close.

[pocketaces11]

@YodaCracker

Ya and reviews and pre sales means it's the better game. The US has bigger install base of xbox and so some people are missing out on the other platform plain and simple. These are all impossible comparisons because of this fact. Sales are meaningless because of this. I might like to try R3 but don't have the money to buy a PS3 so I settle for Gears I may still enjoy gears 3 but really don't know what I'm missing with R3. and vice versa of course

As for reviews... read closely this is a little mind F&c#... They are useless to use as comparisons against each other. As the reviews were not made thinking about both games together and I may have compared other games to decide where I placed it in the score in other words both scores are not comparable as there are too many variables separating them... or if I did compared them when putting in my review scores I would also taint the scores based on potencial biases I place on either consol or game loyalty. again making the score useless for me to make an actual comparison...

In conclusion the only thing these scores are KINDA useful for is to help me decide if I want to give the game a try now, later, or never. and even then it may not be useful for that.

[MOTY]

@ pocketaces11

Oh come off it. Yodacracker used impartial data (FACTS) to base an argument off of. If Pre-orders/sales and reviews are not considered valid arguments then what arguments are you going to bring to the table that represents the masses and not based on your single opinion?

[KingSlayer]

I think it's who sent the reviewers swag packs vs who just sent the game.

[Kran]

I agree. Uncharted 3 vs Gears 3 would be best.

I mean they both are similar.

Both are exclusives.

Both are Third Person shooters.

Both multiplayers use characters from the main game.

Both are cinematic.

Both have 3D support ;D

Both are epic. (well... Gears 3 is epic and I know so will Uncharted 3)

[Kahvipannu]

Well, if you look that way.. but it could be R3 and G3:

- Both have non human humanoid enemies
- Big "mutant" enemies
- Both are humankind last battle over non human enemy
- Both have many fictional weapons
- Both don't happen in "current time"
- etc...
(couple from you)
- Both are cinematic
- Both are exclusives
- Really, almost anything can be put here if those count..

Imo R2 and G3 have a lot more common than UC, I could never compare U2 and G2, they are way too different, and try to accomplish very different thing, besides the fact that both are cover based TPS.

I love both UC- and GeOW-series (not so much Resistance, it's good tought), and both do the thing they are trying to do top notch. That's all that matters, not some metacritic scores and dumb comparisons between few peoples opinions (read reviews).

[Unicron]

Gears 3 - reviews claim to be best Gears yet. Scores lower than Gears 1 and 2.

Resistance 3 - reviews claim to be best Resistance yet. Scores lower than R1 and R2.

Quick, let's compare review scores and not content! go go go!

[jmd138]

Apples and oranges, real comparison is Uncharted 3 vs Gears 3, still, reviews don't mean anything, Uncharted 2 scored a lot higher than Gears 2, yet many people enjoyed gears 2 more, same for lots of games.

[Aloren]

Hmm... I have R1 and 2, Gears 1 and 2, and Uncharted 1 and 2, and Resistance and Gears have a lot more in common than uncharted and Gears...In fact, I also happen to own KZ2 and 3, and I seriously think gears is like a TPS mix of KZ and R. I like them all though... Too bad i'm gonna have to wait to get R3, Gears3 , and uncharted.

[Number_13]

Gears of War 3 quite clearly won over the critics but more importantly the fans. The beta impressed and led to very high pre-order numbers. In the end, critics are just people with opinions, gamers vote with their wallets and 9/10 times they'll buy the game they WANT.

[thebudgetgamer]

i always found it funny that when critics praise some games gta4 or cod it does not matter until a game you like gets high sccores, then the critics are the beez kneez.

[horndog]

Lame comparison.

Lets compare R3 vs Haze. Which one will sell the worst???

[HelghastKid]

Don't know why I found that funny lol or why I'm replying to a 1 bubbler....I must be tired O.o

[HelghastKid]

Not gonna lie, I thought this thread was going to be a full on fanboy war. Good to see two sides being mature and realizing both games are really awesome.

[Motorola]

Are we reading the same comments here?

[HelghastKid]

Haha well yea there are the typical idiots here, but you get that in every article. What I'm saying is that it isn't nearly as bad as I thought

[Motorola]

yeah i agree. lol

[OllieBoy]

R2 has a higher metacritic score than R3? wow...lol

Just shows how much these review scores actually matter.

[Daver]

lol kinda true, Resistance 3 is much better

[GameOn]

Yep. And Judging by a comment above gears 3 is the lowest rated of the series. So far the campaign Is easily the best of the 3. Easily.

[InTheLab]

I don't give two sh**s about Gears but I can tell you that it's better than R3. R3's single player is absolutely fantastic but the MP is a steaming pile. It's like they took all of the hard work of creating the outstanding R2 mp and shat all over it. 60 to 16 players and the matchmaking and lag is somehow worse?

I'd give the SP an 8 thanks to broken Move controls and the mp a 6 for mediocrity.

[kikizoo]

Stop pretending you have a ps3...patch 1.03 = no lag or framerate problem, so 8/10, and SP = 10/10

[InTheLab]

PSN: Killersev

lvl 15

You could be right about the latest patch but I bought it and played it for over week. That's more than enough time to form an opinion on any game.

Stop with the fanboy bulls*** for a minute and you'll see that this is not Insomniac's best work.

[SoapShoes]

Uh the Lag is mostly gone now, it's non existent in most cases. Plus are you really complaining about having 16 players? Hmmm.... 60 player battles were too chaotic and were not fun. If player count is important to you then MAG is RIGHT up your alley!

[InTheLab]

"60 player battles were too chaotic and were not fun"

I disagree, and I know people that share your opinion are in the minority...

And MAG was awesome...

[DtotheRoc]

LOTS of ppl LOVE MAG fyi and even more so than socom4

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Is it ok to like both games?

Like f*** these "VS" game articles. How they compared Gears 3 and Resistance 3 is beyond stupid. Both games are fantastic, end of story. One is not better than the other, I'm directing it to all you Gears and Resistance fanboys. Have you even played both games?

[Jeff257]

Well I haven't played any of the Gears games yet. It is a situation I hope to change within the next few months. Also plan on seeing about getting some of the Halo titles since I haven't played but about half of the first one on the original XBOX. For the longest time this gen I just never really thought seriously about getting a 360. I don't agree with a lot of MS policies and there charging for online. That attitude may change as well once I have a 360 though. But for now my plan is to stick mainly to SP gaming and exclusives for the 360 once I get one. My main reason for wanting one is because frankly I'm tired of missing out on some awesome games like the Gears of War games. I already have a PS3 and most of the exclusives for it and I really enjoy them. But there is just something to be said for being an all around gamer and not just dismissing one system and the potential to experience more awesome games. It is just too bad that more people out there won't see that and choose to act like idiots instead of just enjoy gaming.

[DtotheRoc]

i playd both but r3 is more my cup of tea cuz i like fps over tps if it's just cover-to-cover like gears. that said gears looks great, was fun, and the AI was impressive, but just not for me that said i only spent about 1.5 hours with it and that was more than enough so there really isn't much variety in that style of game....however there isn't mcuh variety in most fps games but r3 has it. one minute you feel like a one-man army, the next you're working with AI teammates or COOP, and then for a lot of the game you're alone, surrounded, and playing it more like you would a resident evil or other survival horror type game, plus no health regen just makes you feel more invested in ur choices and punishes you for being stupid lol. MP wise though gears wins. r3 has some nice modes like breach and chain reaction, but still it is really laggy--probably as bad as crysis 2 was--and the matchmaking isn't very proficient yet. hopefully all that will be fixed in teh near future before bf3 and rage consume our lives :)

[TheDivine]

Both are awesome but gears 3 is the complete package that will be played for years.

Resistance 3 has a great campaign with 2 person co-op and mulyiplayer.

Gears 3 has a great campaign with 4 perosn co-op, arcade mode, a beast mode, a bad ass hoard mode, and multiplayer.

Imo what kz3 and r3 lack that would put them in the same leauge as halo is modes. They both need a hoard/firefight mode, kz3 need online co-op, possibly a map editor, and a theater mode. Theres just so much to do in gears an halo and theyre so polished, thats why theyre popular. R3 also has a stupid pass that wont let me try the multiplayer and i need a second one for my girl to play online with me. That made it a rental even though it was a great game.

[Beastradamus]

Why are these two even being compared? If anything they should compare Gears 3 and Uncharted 3. This is just stupid.

[Beastradamus]

Hmm did the author not like that comment?

[Ninjamonkey82]

stupid comparsion if i remember right didn't you guys pitch this against halo last lol :) fanboys do my head in. R3 is a good game GeoW3 is a good game but they are son far apart they are not even on the same genre. yet some numpty trys a comparsion and gets a crap load of fan fair forn it. I fail to see the sense.

Only game that can be compared atm surely has to be Uncharted 3 its not out yet and it could be runner for goty but then again so geow i think you should just hold your collective fanboy breaths till then and watch. BF3 kill them all. :D

[taijutsu363]

No No im not even gonna read this article comparing R3 to G3 hell no you know automatically which is gonna be better if ya havent read the latest n4g sales article! If ya wanna compare something with a "3" Lets wait for U3 ok? OK!!

[DiRtY]

Gears is my Goty. I knew this without reviews. I don't care about reviews. Do you make your buying decision because of other people's opinions?

[ForROME]

LOL - wow really as if Resistance is even in the same caliber class

Having owned both games, I've beat R3, just started Gears tonight, gears by a full grade letter or point.

for those who dont own an Xbox, this game is a reason to get one.

Just like Uncharted 2 convinced me to get a PS3

[Schism20]

Gears 3 online is awesome its runs so smoothly im loving the game.

[nano88]

Ps3 is only good for single player games and xbox360 dominates in the multiplayer area R3 single player is aight but the multiplayer is garbage gears 3 even tho is a 3rd person it still destroys it the multiplayer alone is better than the whole R3 game

[Treyb3yond]

I play multiplayer games on my ps3 with no issues. There is barely a difference in all honesty these days.

A common misconception, granted.

And I think gears will have tougher competition than r3 soon enough.

[BubloZX]

Fanboy at his greatest. I bet you only have gears. I liked gears 3 more but it wasn't that much better.

[MasterCornholio]

Resistance isnt the flagship exclusive for the PS3. They should compare it to Uncharted 3 to be fair. Now resistance you can compare to games like bulletstorm for example

[RAmar101]

unfair comparison, uncharted v gears is better

[Shadowaste]

Played both

Gears 3 is far and away a better game, looks better, runs better, multiplayer is loads better.

That said, I still enjoyed R3, but already took it back to blockbuster, gears may stay in my dusty 360 for some time to come (i give it about 2 weeks tops, gamepass rocks!)

But in 2 weeks I will have /Dark souls on whatever platfor reviews/looks/runs better and Rage on PC, so by then, gears I will be done with I imagine.

I bought my little brother the $400 gears 360 today as he sold his off a while ago, that is a SEXY looking console, lol. I told him he is crazy for wanting a $400 6 year old console, hell, the thing should be $200 tops!

Whatever, he's happy, I'm happy,

gears 3 is a solid 9/10
R3 is an 8/10

for me at least.

[StarWolf]

Im a ps3 guy and a FPS guy.

I played the R3 beta, I had some fun.....but

I bought Gears3 for my dusty 360. Just look at the sells to see which one people prefer . 275,000 copies..enough said. Gears is better than most Ps3 exclusives, if not all. But then again, its 1 game over like 6-7 so it evens out - no whining. Socom KZ3 MAG, I though these were terrible but once in a while you have a game like KZ2 and RFOM UNCHARTED which were good.

[KentBlake]

That's predictable, because Gears is the biggest 360 exclusive, and Resistance is far from being it on the PS3. It's the same as comparing, let's say, Crackdown 2 to Uncharted 2, except R3 did so much better than Crackdown 2 would.

That said, I'll buy both and enjoy them for a long time.

[DaMist]

I am almost done with the campaign in R3 on insane in coop and i love it as well as the multiplayer. I've also plYed about three hours of gears 3 mp and so far is the best of the series yet. It is hard to compare them being that its a fps vs a tps, but if i had to pick a winner, i wouls most likely go with gears, if anything because of the sheer amount of gamemodes that should keep me pretty busy. Other than that they are both hands down fantastic, the best in their respective series, and excelled in their respective genres.

[monkeymagik]

Did i hear somebody saying GEARS3 will destroy UC3.

Seriously think again.

The new graphics engine, coupled with the new cache mode rivals pc graphics, trust me i've played more then the beta.

The level on the BOAT is AMAZING.

The MINE level are out of this world. Seriously it destroys UC2 in graphics.

From what i've seen and played. UC3 will become the highest rated game ever made.

[Zynga]

Right! So you have played the whole game huh so tells us how does it end then hmmmmm? But obviously you only care about graphics because its what your bragging about right? Gameplay > Graphics anyday buddy.

[NeloAnjelo]

A TPS and FPS? No. However, R3 for Story, Gears 3 for gameplay.

[tigertron]

Well both games are an improvement to their predecessors (although RFOM is better than R3). I can't really choose between the two so I'm just going to say they're both awesome. Its great to be a gamer right now - especially a PS3/360 gamer.

[hobohunterz]

Resistance a blockbuster everyone knows its not that strong of a title for ps3 id say uncharted is more on par with a series like gears of war

[maxmill]

I wanna play Gears3 so much

[Inzo]

This is a bit off topic but I will bet anything that Gears will become a PSVita title.

*wait for it*

[thehusbo]

Both good games which i have enjoyed playing. all credit to the developers here.

[peeps]

I haven't played Resistance 3 other than the beta so can't comment on the quality of the overall game. What I will say though is that Gears is a great game, full of content and lots of polish.

The downside to Gears 3 is it really doesn't do anything new, the upsides far out way this though imo.

The campaign is more of the same but so far has had tons of great moments and has excellent pacing.

and it's certainly not short on content when you can play co-op campaign, horde/beast and the vs mp is a big step up from gears 2 and actually really enjoyable online.

Overall Gears 3 is a great package

[GamerEuphoria]

Both titles are fine examples of action. I love both titles but i also think Resistance 3 is due more credit than it gets.

[Shadonic]

i go for gears

[CrimsonEngage]

There is nothing to argue here. R3 got an 84 on Metacritic and gears has a 91. Gears wins.

[KendrickGLS]

I like Resistance better, but must play Gears 3 since I only own an Xbox. But Gears is awsome too, but not as awsome as Resistance though. Righteous!

[iistuii]

Give a toss about reviews, I've got both consoles, played both games and it's about people's own opinions. I actually think Geras 3 as a complete package, with it's coop, campaign, beast & hoard modes is the most polished, perfect game I've played in years. Right now where's my Lancer....

[KendrickGLS]

Gears of War, and Uncharted aren't a good comparision because they aren't that comparable. Think about it. How much do those two have in common? Righteous!

[KontryBoy706]

they are just dumb for starting a flame war between an FPS and TPS. you should have waited until UC3 came out to do this. Oh wait... because it would be a fair fight then huh...

[Graey]

What people really should do is stop comparing these games as if the games themselves are a reflection of you. They are not! Why can't the games just be good. This debate back and forth between 360 and PS3 is ridiculous.

I want to play them both but due to monetary issues I can not atm. Are we seriously going to disregard a game that we might enjoy because of ridiculous bias, that is only there when someone writes an article like this.

[Evetssteve]

Only if the xbox game is better though, right?

[Graey]

Honestly I like them both...the series I mean. Resistance gives me nausea and I can't play for very long, but that might be due to the fact I don't play FPS very much.

I have both consoles but it really shouldn't matter. The consoles do not represent me in anyway. Just like a football/baseball/basketball team does not represent the fans.

This kind of thinking becomes a problem when people act upon it as if what is being sold/played is them. Its just an ego thing, and there in lies the problem.

V/R

[GoldenPheasant]

The review and article onslaught continues. Gears this...Gears that...Man takes dump looks like Gears logo, fans rejoice! Gears, gEarS, GEARS!

makes you think theres nothing else to play on the box than...wait for it...GEARZ!

Picking up R3 this Friday, and I can't wait! Next week, THE collection, then U3...jebus, I just remembered I didn't do a "good" run through through Infamous 2 yet. But you know what, next year, that's just gonna suck. Wait, oh yeah, Starhawk at the beginning of the year, and that gizmo that Sony might be releasing, something Zita...oh that's right, the Vita.

^right, and I wrote all that cuz I'm f**king jelly?! jebus, some of you clowns!

[floetry101]

I really don't need to say anything. This comment section pretty much encapsulates everything wrong with the N4G community.

[modesign]

lol at this article piece. first off its comparing 2 different genres. epic fail right there.

there is a high bias for ps3 games to outshine its competitors and thats a double edge sword when 360 games get away with mediocrity. "resistance 3 does the same as its predicessors", SO DOES GEARS 3.

the only reason gears is getting higher scores is because people know cliffy b will cry and moan if it got low scores, insomniac is man enough to take what critic says and improve on there titles. they dont cry and moan and call them "haters".

most of the poor scores for resistance 3 come from blog sites, no name journalist that want hits, or even better 360 site, why a 360 site review a ps3 title baffles me.

[eridc3301]

Whats the deabte about? I played both and Gears three is the better game. People should reserve thier opinions till they actually played both games. Wow and in the graphics dept. Gears is the best looking game this year. While R3 is at the bottom in terms of graphics.

[Picture_Dancer]

Scores from Gamerankings:

91% for Gears3
86% for Resi3

only 5% difference.

For example if one game have 71% and second one have 76% it doesn't make much of a difference.

Both games are almost equally good. If you prefer fps - play R3 if tps play Gof3.

[Picture_Dancer]

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[Lord_Sloth]

Reviewers gave Monster Hunter (PS2) a 6.8 average but it was my favorite PS2 title so I don't pay attention to reviewers.

[gano]

I hate the box.
But i never got off of r1-3 noir g1-3.
but i'll give it to gears.
but i still won't buy a box

[Psychotica]

The lack of offline multiplayer vs bots is the reason I didn't buy R3. I want games where I can play offline multiplayer with my son and Gears 3 allows that.

[P_Bomb]

You know you can play splitscreen co-op campaign, right? How many games these days even have bots? I haven't seen one since KZ3 in February.

[Psychotica]

Yeah but playing campaign is the same thing over and over. Unfortunately not to many have bots now because they don't want to spend the time developing an AI.

[Tzuno]

Gears 3 is epic but that doesn't mean that Resistance 3 is not a good game to play too.

[alb1899]

It is about us and i think we like a lot Gears3.
I'll be playing this game sooo long and that is where my money works!

[blakstarz]

Stupid comparison, its a matter of personal choice, one is a FPS and the other is 3rd person. One is in the future and the other is in the early to late 40-s and 50's.

Both are kick ass titles to have if you are fortune enough to own both consoles.

[spike]

I have both consoles but I bought Gears 3 instead. Resistance 2 was just a major let down in my opinion. So I passed on 3.

[Shojin1]

Playing through Gow3 right now, have beaten R3. Boils down to R3 being complete eye candy and having weapon upgrades along with insane physics in game for me and varied gameplay.

Ive played the hell out of Gears over the last five years and its like eating too much mashed potatoes for me...

R3 >

[Sikct9a]

Dedicated servers, finally! I'll be picking up R3 and G3 soon. Tight on money right now :/

[Wizziokid]

why Resistance 3 vs GeOW3??

1] an FPS vs a TPS?
2] if you want compete top exclusicves why choose Resistance 3? nothing wrong with the game but Uncharted 3 is the contented
3] revert back to 1]

[mendicant]

This is why I hate scoring a game.

If gamers spent more time reading reviews instead of checking scores, they would learn who's writing to appreciate-those who can articulate their score, and those that should be avoided. It's about the quality of the writing.

The best thing to do is decide for yourself.

[Morgue]

Hey I'm sick of this F1 ad playing every time I view a page!

[_LarZen_]

The X360 finaly gets a exclusive game and people are going comparing it against all kinds of games.

Funny stuff...

[mendicant]

@blackstarz,

Why would I have to force myself to believe that? I have a ps3 and a 360 and I buy my own games. I think I'll decide what is or isn't good for me.

@larzen,

And you're a happy, happy man.

Wow, marked for trolling (and larzen wasn't?) and I lost a bubble? Gotta love the sdf. It's like a cult with you guys.

[blakstarz]

@mendicant

If that is the case why make a assumption like that as if the PS3 has nothing to offer but yet you own one?
Not one PS3 exclusive title that came out this year is on the level of Gears?!?

[lumley666]

im gonna go out on a limb here, but this shud be uc3 vs g3, and id bet my left leg u3 is gonna own gears, i mean, u1 and u2 ownd both g1 and g2, tho g3 looks absolutly great for its fans, back wen i had 360 just cudnt get into gears1 an never tried g2, enjoy it xboys :)

[Sarcasmology]

Talk about a cesspool of idiocy.

Why the hell do so many fcktards care about this trivial bs?

[ChronoJoe]

I don't really like this comparison.

It's obvious that UC3 and Gears 3 are the ones in competition. Gears and R3 aren't even the same genre of game.

[user858621]

The question is... which won over critics and sales??

[Jonah_Reese]

Yeah I'm not going to read the article, it just seems flamebait since you can go to Metacritic and see yourself.

[strifeblade]

gears rapes resistance enough said. Oh and so does halo. No Game FPS on ps3 comes close to Halo.

[Muffins1223]

Gears 3 has tons of content,how the hell can you comparesion first person shooter to 3rd?

[Neko_Mega]

In the end, it doesn't matter because I own Gears 3 and I played alot of resistance 3.

[Orionsangel]

This is ridiculous!

One is a generic shooter and the other is trying to innovate multiplayer shooters with beast mode, arcade and horde 2.0.