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You know what, Gears of War was awesome.
- Thread starter Prolepro
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I loved the initial gears trilogy ! My friend used to bring his Xbox 360 and hook it up to my 2nd Tv (an old 32 inch fat tv) and we'd play 4 player horde mode locally for hours with some local 2 v 2 in between. Then, my parents bought a new HD Tv for the bedroom so we go in there take it and put it in the living room so we'd have 2 HD tvs lol.
Damn, I miss local multiplayer (Halo, Gears, Army of Two, Kane and Lynch etc...).
Damn, I miss local multiplayer (Halo, Gears, Army of Two, Kane and Lynch etc...).
yup.
The series lost its allure and identity after 3...infact it shares similarities to God of War with the Ascension stuple...but God of war had a triumphant combat, and gears is still a series i am not interested in playing after judgement
The series lost its allure and identity after 3...infact it shares similarities to God of War with the Ascension stuple...but God of war had a triumphant combat, and gears is still a series i am not interested in playing after judgement
Gears 1 was my fucking crack.
I was hooked in an obsessed unhealthy way for years and to this day 13 years later the series is still my fave shooter only matched by siege.
I was hooked in an obsessed unhealthy way for years and to this day 13 years later the series is still my fave shooter only matched by siege.
The people who actually think that Gears is a slow, plodding, tanky shooter with poor movement.
They exist, and I feel bad for them for having wrongbrains.
Me too, insanity
I lovr Gears. Last XB1 game I bought was Gears 4, the next will be Gears 5
Me too, downloads over 100 gigs and fails to install, last Microsoft store game I buy!!
Gears 1 blew my mind when it came out, could not believe what I was seeing. Wasn't a fan of the overly-gritty colour pallets, but the details, models and levels looked amazing. Good thing it was wrapped up in a fun game.
Everything thing else is luke-warm.I don't know why, but 2 did not grab me as much, 3 was trying a bit too hard and thematically all over the place. Don't get me wrong, they were fun I just did not care about anything outside of the encounters. 4 I have yet to play, but I plan on it, keep seeing it super cheap so I will bite eventually.
Everything thing else is luke-warm.I don't know why, but 2 did not grab me as much, 3 was trying a bit too hard and thematically all over the place. Don't get me wrong, they were fun I just did not care about anything outside of the encounters. 4 I have yet to play, but I plan on it, keep seeing it super cheap so I will bite eventually.
The original trilogy has everything I like in a game:
Variety in level design, enemy variety, and variety in weapons.
Variety in level design, enemy variety, and variety in weapons.
I never liked it much due to the machismo stylings but the first was definitely the best of the series imo. It incorporated a bit more horror and a little less dumb. But I quickly grew tired of its gameplay by the third. It was needlessly restricted in its movement and it's snap-to cover system was a frustration I could have done without.
it's camera is honestly the one thing I hope they have changed in the new game. Fixed over the shoulder cameras just feel so dated these days.
it's camera is honestly the one thing I hope they have changed in the new game. Fixed over the shoulder cameras just feel so dated these days.
Judgment had the best campaign. Declassified missions, well designed combat arenas, no stupid vehicle sections and only one boss fight. Perfection.
Why they did not protect their heads? Like, everyone has heavy armor but nobody uses a helmet..... ? (By the way I never played the series. Already tried Gears 4 (through gamepass) but got bored because of the robot enemies. Now, another cheap gamepass sub, and I am downloading 133 GB to try to finish the game this time and be ready for Gears 5).
the Carmine's did and look where it got them
Loved the gears games still need to finish gears 4
Gears (along with Bioshock) brought me back to regular gaming after a close to decade long hiatus. And I've been back since.
Gears of War is great. Gears 1-3 are instant classics for so many reasons.
Gears 4 is a shit show. If only the Coalition wasnt absolute trash and could fix the bullshit in multiplayer.
My xbox is essentially a Gears 4 machine and if they dont fix half the shit in Gears of War 5 (Im not calling it Gears 5) I'm just not going to commit like I always do. I have no faith in the single player campaign because we see how astonishing bland and uninspiring the Coalition can be but the multilpayer should be their main focus... I hope.
Gears 4 is a shit show. If only the Coalition wasnt absolute trash and could fix the bullshit in multiplayer.
My xbox is essentially a Gears 4 machine and if they dont fix half the shit in Gears of War 5 (Im not calling it Gears 5) I'm just not going to commit like I always do. I have no faith in the single player campaign because we see how astonishing bland and uninspiring the Coalition can be but the multilpayer should be their main focus... I hope.
Nothing wrong not liking a game, but giving baseless statements like this
"I have no faith in the single player campaign because we see how astonishing bland and uninspiring the Coalition can be"
Just seems like trolling.
I remember being so disappointed when I got my first HDTV and testing Gears. Until I realised I had to switch the output on the 360 dash...
I've said this before but playing gears for the first time felt similar to playing RE4 for the first time for me. The game just oozed atmosphere and everything about the controls and gameplay just felt right. It also was a bit like halo for me in that I just enjoyed fighting the AI and even though every encounter was similar it was still a blast. I don't think a game has ever been quite as satisfying when killing an enemy.
The reload thing was a stroke of genius IMO and again was addictive and oh so satisfying. I don't agree with the detractors about the graphics either. Gears was probably the first game since the 64 that truly 'wowed' me and made me feel like this was next gen. Especially that rain level, so awesome.
Loved the co-op. Loved the multi. Just a fantastic all around game. 2 and 3 were ok and I hadn't enjoyed it since but gears 1 was phenomenal.
The reload thing was a stroke of genius IMO and again was addictive and oh so satisfying. I don't agree with the detractors about the graphics either. Gears was probably the first game since the 64 that truly 'wowed' me and made me feel like this was next gen. Especially that rain level, so awesome.
Loved the co-op. Loved the multi. Just a fantastic all around game. 2 and 3 were ok and I hadn't enjoyed it since but gears 1 was phenomenal.
Great 4 games IMO, even if 4 is not as inspired as the masterful original trilogy, the more colorful aesthetic, new enemies and the environmental hazards are what the saga needed to deliver something fresh (even if it plays almost exactly like the older games) and I think that the game looks and plays really good.
Gears 5 has the big responsability of being something else, re-introduce again the epic tone and evolve the boring (compared to the original 4) characters from 4, but I can't see the game delivering what I expect from the 2nd chapter of the new trilogy.
Gears 5 has the big responsability of being something else, re-introduce again the epic tone and evolve the boring (compared to the original 4) characters from 4, but I can't see the game delivering what I expect from the 2nd chapter of the new trilogy.
What I'm saying is the entire single player campaign is as joke from a storytelling, world building, and narrative standpoint. The characters are poorly writtin and have no chemistry.
The only party of the campaign that was impressive was the very
beginning during the playable flashbacks to before and during the Locust war.
The locations were beautiful and detailed, the best looking and nicest colour pallet in the series, I liked the banter between the characters, it was not so "dudebro" felt more like Uncharted character banter.
But each to there own I guess.
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
Judgment is the most replayable of the Gears campaigns. Procedurally generated enemy spawns keep it fresh. I'd personally put it on par with Gears 3, but only because Gears 3 has better enemy variety.
Oh my God I still remember seeing this for the first time what a scene so fucked up
Gears of Wars is fucking fantastic. I played them all on release and I also played them all in a row in the Xbox One X (after receiving the 4K patches).
I even beat the original THEN the Remaster 2 times each last year, before going to 2-3-Judgment-4
The gameplay and action loop is fantastic. I even liked 4 and J.D. a lot.
I even beat the original THEN the Remaster 2 times each last year, before going to 2-3-Judgment-4
The gameplay and action loop is fantastic. I even liked 4 and J.D. a lot.
COG helmets don't seem to protect against sniper rounds, and they impair vision and hearing. This is discussed in Gears 2, as you see it happening in Gears 1.
(Believe it or not, the Gears games have very good storytelling in their dialogue and stages, and they respect their previous games rules and events. Its great to play them in a row and see all the details and throwbacks.)
Helmets do seem to help with dust, chemicals and other breathing scenarios, but the heroes don't mind.
Gears 4 is great. Just get past the robot enemies.
Ohh yeah, I even saw them in the reveal trailer.
Still def look better to shoot at than the damn DBs.....I wonder if they are gonna make the organic parts the Swarm-DBs weak spots?
E3 cant come quickly enough
It was a dark time when that game came out.
Looking back at the grey/brown era of gaming and alot of games just look weird by todays standards.
In a few years when Skin shaders take the next jump we will be looking at all the SSS on faces and thinking "why does skin look so see through?"
I love SSS I think its an amazing technique, but some games make things go beyond what skin actually does when light hits it. I dont think shaders in Game Engines are quite yet there with capturing SSS on skin.
The Gears Franchise is one of my all time favorite. One thing I loved were the trailers for them. Gears 1 with Marcus mowing down locust while corned. And 3 with the "ashes to ashes" trailer that ends with the "Brothers to the end" tag line.
