Gears of War talk and gameplay demo

(tags game, Xbox 360, FPS, presentation, E3 2006)

Joystiq brings the text and video of Cliffy B's demo of Gears of War for the Xbox 360. In a word, wow! This is my first "worth the system price" game on the Xbox 360, maybe.

I guess we could have seen it coming, though. Resident Evil 4 over-shoulder POV action coming from Epic Games, the first name in first person shooters (Unreal Tournament!!!!). I really like the duck-and-cover style running. I also really like the voice acting: "I'm ready to kick some ass.."

Granted, there are some parts that don't make much sense, like using the cover, but standing in the open and shooting like you're having all the time in the world, walking in front of your teammate's fire, chainsaws on guns. ("It's been 7 years since I've seen one of these.") I suppose most of it depends on the way the player runs around.

I have but one request. Please, Epic, do NOT put this run and gun movement into the next Unreal Tournament 2007. It will kill the hyper-frentic game play. Please!