Gears of War
Dark's Metacritic: 85/100.

Graphically this game sets the bar for characters and environments. Very detailed bumpmaps, great shaders, lots of little touches. Mix in lots of particles and you have a render-geeks wet dream. Gameplay wise....the game doesn't advance the genre- it doesn't bring anything new to the table. If anything it falls down a little at rail car sequence (I've played that a few times now eh? Unreal, Soldier of Fortune, etc...its getting old).

Its a good game, I recommend it to anyone and it is great way reference for what good art looks like.

Dark.