*May or may not apply to Gears of War on the PC and on the Mac. *This review is based on a play through with the content filter ON. With the filter on, it gets rid of a lot of blood in the game, and removes some of the more vulgar curse words. So, unless otherwise noted, all the content in this review is based with the content filter ON. *Thanks to Phazon for editing this review. Story: The planet Sera is under attack from a race of horrible aliens once thought to be mythical creatures. They are called The Locuste, and one day they assembled under every major city on Sera. They emerged from under the ground with devastating consequences. We play as Marcus Fenix, former soldier who, after disobeying orders so he could go back to save his dad from The Locust, was imprisoned for Dereliction of Duty for forty years. Now Sera faces complete annihilation at the hands of The Locuste, and Colonel Victor Hoffman, Fenix's former commander, has pardoned all prisoners on the basis that they need all the help they can get. So, under unlikely circumstances, Fenix sees himself out of his cell and straight back in the firing line as the fate of the world lies in his hands.

Unreal Tournament 2004 (Hear-after UT04) was a groundbreaking game in the first person shooter (hear-after FPS) genre that still holds its own four years after its release. The Unreal game engine has been used as the basis of many games since its release including Mass Effect, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, America's Army, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas, Red Steel, Gears of War, BioShock, and Tactical Ops. Without a doubt this series has been incredibly influential. Epic has been revolutionizing the market with the "Unreal" games for ten years now and has never failed to deliver a solid game, UT04 is no exception.