My Lancer rumbles,
Blood is on the floor,
The Locust is dead.
Gears of War has had a strong grip upon my gaming time since it was released. I had passed the first Gears game by in favour of Halo 2 and only played it because of Rob’s overwhelming enthusiasm a few months before Gears 2 was due.
Oh how I wish I had listened to him earlier, it was such an enjoyable game, and while the writing is not going to win any awards I found myself genuinely caring about the characters of Marcus Fenix and his merry band of miscreants as they threw themselves into danger again and again.
By the time I had finished the single player story of Gears of War on I was hooked, I had to know what happened next. fortunately for me, though less so for my wallet, I pass a video game store on the way to and from work every day and I was able to pre-order Gears of War 2 the next day.
Five days pass and release day is upon me and bright and early I pick up my copy as the store opens, for a brief moment all is good, then the reality that I have eight hours of work followed by an hour and a half commute to go before I can play hit me. Next time a big release is coming I will book a couple of days off work, like I did for Halo 3, and make an event out of it.
Still over the next two evenings I was able to sit back and enjoy the game on casual mode. Yeah I know what a wuss 
my excuse is the same as ever first off I want to enjoy the story, then if I enjoyed the game I will then go back for the challenge of the harder difficulties.
At the present moment I am on Act 2 Chapter 5 on Insane mode, and boy they weren’t joking with that descriptor. I have not played a game that has left me feeling such extremes of emotion.
My mind is filled with an inense feeling of disappointment in myself when I die after doing something stupid, furthermore when I hear that riff in the soundtrack signifying that the battle is over and I have emerged victorious, I actually feel proud of my accomplishment. I haven’t felt proud of myself for beating a game ever, I have felt satisfaction yes but pride, never.
It’s an amazing challenge I am loving the fact that not only am I pushing forward on Insane mode, but more importantly I am doing it solo. It’s even more fun because I am not really a hardcore gamer, I only got through Hardcore on Gears of War playing coop with Rob. He thought I wouldn’t be able to get through Gears of War 2 on Insane mode and was genuinely surprised when I told him how well I was doing, though to be fair I am surprised how well I am doing. Here’s to me continuing this streak all the way to the end of the game.
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