It's been about two years since I played my Xbox with any regularity. While I was never one to sit down 5 nights a week for 5 hour sessions at a time, I always dabbled in video games.

So after a two year hiatus I decided to pick up Gears of War 3 on the way home tonight. A friend of mine grabbed it so I figured why not.

I haven't really played vids since Gears 2 so I asked him upon entering the game "so tell me what's new...what are some new controls, new moves...that kind of thing". His reply was "uh, nothing really...there's a few new guns but that's about it". So I played this blasted game for about 90 mins with him tonight and couldn't get over how nothing had changed in the past two years, but here I was shelling out $70 for a "new version".

Maybe I it's just me, but polishing the graphics and adding 2 new guns isn't really worth $70. The basic gameplay is exactly the same. I just don't get it.
I'm at the point now where the games I find fun are the one-off arcade games, not the constantly renewed shooter/sports title that just gets rehashed year after year after year. Pretty sure I'll be selling Gears immediately and putting my Xbox back on the shelf until someone can write something original.

/rant