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Gears 5 |OT| "That's FIVE, motherfuckers!"
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I like this idea a lot and definitely feel it should be implemented.
Same for me, but I realized it in my first and only playthrough so far. I also believe it will be the canon outcome.
Glad you're loving the game man.
The stealth mechanics are very existent and that is the perfect area to execute them. It took me many tries to get the pathing behavior down and figure out a good order to approach all the enemies in there; I was seen by the very last enemy (not counting the heavy), so I only had to mop him up and then focus on the heavy, but I did it.
Here's how that run played out; I still can't get over how it ended!
I've been playing since launch and haven't experienced that once lol. Still classic Gears with the Gnasher being dominant. It's nice that the Lancer is actually useful now though. It's not really viable just sitting with the Lancer because it's so easy to rush with the Gnasher and flash.
Some people have been playing the game since day one. 12, 13 years Hardcore. They zoom around, move like smoke, and know all the tricks by heart. They've played so much, they could body in the dark.
We should play a round so you can carry my butt to the glory land, the top of the leader boards.
I got a level nine linda hamilton, level six Lahni, and level 5 Mac D. Everyone esle is lev one.
Is your GT the same as here?
Maybe it has something with my ranked level, but today I played 5 rounds, everyone is just camp and wait behind corners. My team, their team, all of them, just waiting with gnashers.
If someone tries to run to their "base", he can just be melted with Lancer. Yes, it is useful, but for keeping enemies at a distance while they try to bring some dynamic into the game.
KotH is, of course, different story, but unplayable with squad of mates.
Got my first re-up before, the achievement was at 1.39% of players.
The reward is a bit of an anti-climax.
The reward is a bit of an anti-climax.
Ugh, I was really enjoying this game until Act 2. The open-world thing is just crushing my enjoyment of what was previously a very linear experience. I get it, every game has this type of thing now, its a good way to get "buy in" from the masses but I just didn't expect it to be in Gears. All power to those who wanted the series to expand into this type of thing but I have no interest in driving a skiff from point-to-point just....because.
Multiplayer is phenomenal.
Multiplayer is phenomenal.
Ha ha - those pro strats!
I also managed to get most enemies there using stealth. It's certainly feasible to get them all down with practice.
As many others have posted over the last few days - I found Chapter 4 and 5 of act 2 pretty tough (only on "experienced" difficulty). I was expecting a bad boss in chapter 5 so was mentally up for it. I found the fight fairly straight forwards until the last section of health where loads of new moves come into play...plus some random bullshit deaths. I ultimately won by saving my grenades until the last part of health. That way I could "burst" down the boss with 1-2 freezes rather than having to do several.
Is Escape mode only set in one location?
Thank you for the info :)
Thank you for the info :)
You can just go to the main objective and ignore the side missions.
Yeah but I still have to drive the stupid thing around a faux-open world that really feels a bit pointless.
Not sure how long it will be before I move on from multiplayer. The flash grenades get old in koth. The breaker mace is so OP, it feels like it was only included to give new players a way to get a kill. If you don't see a frag grenade coming at you in the air or as soon as it lands it is simply too late, you're dead - same with the dropshot. The maps are average. It could be amazing, but these few things get old quickly.
No you cant. Actual gameplay abilities are tied to the side content. You will be at a literal gameplay disadvantage if you just stick to the main path. This is why I wish the Jack upgrades were linear progression not tied to collectibles. I can't ignore the exploration, and believe me with how it dragged down the pacing I wanted to.
And by the way some of those ultimate abilities proved to be bloody vital in my playthrough. I can't imagine how much I would have struggled if I had none of them.
Yeah, I also managed to stealth kill most of them after a few tries. That was on Experienced, however, I'll be there soon in my Insane run, so that will be interesting to revisit.
The video is great, by the way. I've also had luck using Shock Traps to slow Wardens down.
Ultimate abilities are a nice incentive for exploration, but depending on your chosen difficulty, you can get by without them. You can even get by with a limited amount of standard Jack upgrades, but you'll have to spend more time respecing Jack to better suit some of more difficult encounters. Many encounters can be won with just enough patience, and some tactical consideration, even on Insane.
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As far as I know, all Tours will be. Next one starts in December with free maps and characters.
So in regards to cross-play, if I play on PC am I always matched with console and PC players? I'm finding a lot of bot lobbies in classic quickplay. Maybe I should just hop into ranked.
Is anyone getting the "video card stopped working" bug in Gears 5? It's happening to me and it always happens in loading screens. Weird.
Can someone explain to me how earning iron works?
I played for an hour in vs/escape and only got 20 iron....
I played for an hour in vs/escape and only got 20 iron....
They didn't know how to properly balance it in MP, it was either underpowered or overpowered, so they just removed it as a loadout option and put it on map as pick up weapon 1.5 years into Gears 4 because it was "over-effective when used by a team of players".
That's really great, will probably get me to play gears for a long time.
I got a couple since I updated my nvidia driver, I went back to an old one and haven't had a crash since but its only been 2-3 days.
I'm finding Escape to be the mode I want to play the most (sadly only in the top 5% of the leaderboards right now), but always leave my games a little disappointed.
- The load times at the beginning are brutal. You usually wait a minute after everyone's already in the lobby, then have to watch two cutscenes.
- It feels to me like the modifiers aren't in the proper order. enemies doing more damage and regeneration taking longer seem far harder modifiers to me than the gas moving quicker.
- I am really struggling coming from The Division/The Division 2 as my last 3rd person shooters. I find evading enemies, navigating cover effectively pretty frustrating in comparison. The biggest thing for me is having to detach from cover to switch sides on a piece of cover. In single player, no big deal, in Escape, it can mean insta-death with powerful snipers. I guess I'll get used to it.
But yeah...I hope the mode gets adjustments over time, not just new maps.
- The load times at the beginning are brutal. You usually wait a minute after everyone's already in the lobby, then have to watch two cutscenes.
- It feels to me like the modifiers aren't in the proper order. enemies doing more damage and regeneration taking longer seem far harder modifiers to me than the gas moving quicker.
- I am really struggling coming from The Division/The Division 2 as my last 3rd person shooters. I find evading enemies, navigating cover effectively pretty frustrating in comparison. The biggest thing for me is having to detach from cover to switch sides on a piece of cover. In single player, no big deal, in Escape, it can mean insta-death with powerful snipers. I guess I'll get used to it.
But yeah...I hope the mode gets adjustments over time, not just new maps.
You still can't see that you've re-upped besides the short 3 seconds while you search a team? I thought that was just a server problem?
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Why are Batista's glasses red in the character screen but then blue everywhere else?
You had one f'n job Coalition, wtf.
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Why are Batista's glasses red in the character screen but then blue everywhere else?
You had one f'n job Coalition, wtf.
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As Fahz said in Act 3... "8 out of 10, we do it again!" Personally, I loved the campaign and felt it was just as strong as Gears 2, if not the strongest in the series.
We really need a classic horde mode without the bullshit classes. I want to use Fahz but not be stuck with precision weapons. I want to rock a lancer GL with my boy.
Def a hard experience for a new players. Unfortunely i give up again because i have not really interest in keep get rekt everytime XD more like about have no patience to learn and master the game to be at a decent level to compete.
After re-upping a second time it's a bummer you don't get a cool emblem or colored number. Nobody even sees those blood splatters.
Just finished Act 3 yesterday,one thing I really love:
Really enjoyed Act 2 and 3 a lot, and they've already rocketed Gears 5 to my favorite in the series (along with story revelations and character motivation that feels like the strongest the series has had). Can't wait to close it out with Act 4!
Side node: really appreciating the soundtrack, and no surprise it's by Ramin Djawadi. Not a ton of views on youtube as I'm looking up the songs, so hopefully these tracks don't get overlooked, really love Kait's Theme!
how the rocket is this satisfying through-line for the entire act. You're finding the nose cone, delivering the rocket, and then taking it to launch, ending with a whole boss battle!
Side node: really appreciating the soundtrack, and no surprise it's by Ramin Djawadi. Not a ton of views on youtube as I'm looking up the songs, so hopefully these tracks don't get overlooked, really love Kait's Theme!
I've listened to it a few times on Spotify already, it's really good.
The choice? Hated that. One of the biggest blemishes on the game imo.