Battlefield 3 - different strokes for different folks

So its been quite a long time since I've played a Battlefield game.  The last one was Battlefield Vietnam (not the DLC expansion of the bad company series).  I was hesitant at first at buying the game, but watching some amazing videos, and getting some playtime with the beta, I decided that this was worth the purchase.  The easy choice was picking the platform.  I have a relatively high-end rig (Dual EVGA GTX480 SC+'s), so Battlefield 3 will reside on my PC.  This game has always been a PC oriented game, and it shows.  Having a few friends who don't have gaming PC's, they had valid complaints with the console version.  The changes made to make the game work on consoles complete change the essence of Battlefield.

Gears of War 3 - end of the road for delta squad..?

Gears of War was one of the first games I played on my XBOX 360.  That game got me back into shooters, and eventually back into FPS games.  The cover system was new back then, and it was an interesting element to the game.  Fast forward to 2011, and we are at the third game of the trilogy.  I enjoyed the story in the first two games, so the third one was a must buy.  I knew that I wouldn't be getting into the competitive multiplayer side since its so dominated by the shotguns, which sadly still is the case today.  But I knew I'd still play the campaign at least twice, and do a lot of horde mode.