Gears of War: Chainsaw and Corpser gameplay videosOctober 30

To make a solid shooter title, you give the player lots of guns to blow up stuff with. To make a , you give the player a power tool or two to play with in the moments when he’s not blowing up stuff with the proprietary list of guns you’ve provided him with. This is just what Epic Games did with Gears of War (, ), and we see just that and more in these latest gameplay videos of the PC version.

Ever since Doom, Half-Life, and System Shock 2, shooters have always flirted with the idea of melee weaponry in games that feature gunplay-heavy combat. Gears of War, while being in third person, takes the concept of using a power tool to dispose of your enemies and takes it into an art form with the chainsaw bayonet. Not only does it sound awesome when Marcus is revving it up, it gives a very satisfying shower of gore and blood when it does make contact. Yes, you love the smell of chainsaw gasoline in the morning - it’s .

Check out the videos at the embeds below. Enjoy!