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Gears of War 3 |OT| BROTHERS TO THE END
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Got to Horde Wave 36 with a bunch of randoms. So good. Probably would have gone a good bit more had 2 people not dropped. Brumak on 30 was sick and it was a well earned kill. Once I get my regular friends together it's going to be on.
Red Alert at Richmond. Gears bringing down the house heh.
darthbob said:
Red Alert at Richmond. Gears bringing down the house heh.
wastedyears
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For me, one of the (many!) problems with the story is that they first expect the player to believe that humanity is taking its last stand against an overwhelming foe, yet again, just like we did in Gears 1, and again in Gears 2. Then a battle starts and everyone seems to be having fun killing the enemy. If the situation was anywhere near as bleak as the story wants us to believe, then why are the Gears gang running around shouting, "Nice!", "Whoo-hoo!", etc, and generally having a good time until the skirmish ends? And if the Locusts are such a terrifying foe, then why is it that only a handful of soldiers can take out entire armies by themselves?
That being said, the first two Gears games were great, and apart from the weird Dead Space/Killzone-esque part early in the game where you slowly walk around exploring the ship and setting the mood, what I've played of Gears 3 is a lot of fun, too.
That being said, the first two Gears games were great, and apart from the weird Dead Space/Killzone-esque part early in the game where you slowly walk around exploring the ship and setting the mood, what I've played of Gears 3 is a lot of fun, too.
sixteen-bit
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A month?Lunchbox said:
You're getting ripped off dude.
Don't reinstall games. I don't know why you feel compelled to do that.The_Monk said:
The latest games for the 360 will spin for about 2 minutes for games installed as this is the new security feature to make up for the 1GB security partition that previously existed. The disk will eventually stop spinning.
A May 2011 dashboard upgrade reflashed the firmwares of the Xbox 360 consoles to support XGD3, the new format.
Played some Gears 3 last night.
Fired up campaign and got to Act 1 Chapter 2. Will finish on the weekend.
Fired up Horde on Hardcore for a few rounds with some acquaintances. Didn't get very far (wave 6).
Switched to Beast mode on Hardcore, which we beat within an hour. Man, Beast mode seems like an afterthought. No wonder it's only 12 waves. Once you unlock the Berserker, man it's game over. :lol my team was ranked 200 when we finished. Seems like no one likes it enough to finish it.
My acquaintances hopped off, so I decided to join Horde random on Normal on the Trashball level. Got to level 30 before all my stranger allies left because they got frustrated. Horde mode is so much better than it was for Gears 2.
Fun stuff.
Fired up campaign and got to Act 1 Chapter 2. Will finish on the weekend.
Fired up Horde on Hardcore for a few rounds with some acquaintances. Didn't get very far (wave 6).
Switched to Beast mode on Hardcore, which we beat within an hour. Man, Beast mode seems like an afterthought. No wonder it's only 12 waves. Once you unlock the Berserker, man it's game over. :lol my team was ranked 200 when we finished. Seems like no one likes it enough to finish it.
My acquaintances hopped off, so I decided to join Horde random on Normal on the Trashball level. Got to level 30 before all my stranger allies left because they got frustrated. Horde mode is so much better than it was for Gears 2.
Fun stuff.
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sixteen-bit
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I think this is the best looking game in the seriesbtrboyev said:
The_Monk said:
If you are looking to play Horde, Multi, or Coop add one of the Gears 3 gamertags. You'll get invites occasionally and you can send invites too the people on that tag too. Feel free to add me too if you like: TW Jayzoos. I'll send the ocassional invite for MP or Horde or something. But probably not until this weekend because I'm gonna be busy with single player this week.
As far as the hard drive issue, I don't know what to tell you.
AndyMoogle
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I don't see how that could even be an opinion. Much better motion blur, much improved lighting, better textures and shadowing. It's clearly a better looking game._dementia said:
EteRnal PAL
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Gears of War 3 is incredible. I'm on the final act and wow, I am excited and sad that the end is coming. It's been quite the ride and can't wait to see how it all ends.
Blue Ninja
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Okay, I'm wondering, can you still use downed enemies as meat shields? I never seem to get the prompt to do so, I dunno. :lol
Seraphinianus
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_dementia said:
i think this is the best looking game this gen! across any system.
The image quality is pretty damn amazing, all at a stable frame rate, supporting shit loads of content.
My hype levels were at maximum last night, rushed home after work and eagerly started the campaign. It was great until I set foot in the Silverback, because right then my power decided to go out.
I just went to bed. Crying.
I'll definitely play ten shitloads of the game tonight though.
I just went to bed. Crying.
I'll definitely play ten shitloads of the game tonight though.
Reluctant-Hero
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Good lord, this game is sooo good. Thoughts:
- MP: Holy shit, I actually ENJOY Gears MP now. Its so fun and smooth. It's amazing what dedicated servers have done for the game. TDM & KotH are my favorite modes
- Horde 2.0: Fuuuuuuck, so good. I played with a group of ransoms last night. Everyone was using their headsets and we made through 30 waves with a full team. The. One kid dropped out and the remaining four of us made it to wave 39. But then we were wiped out there and we all decided to call it a night. Can't wait to play more.
- Campaign: I played through Act 1 on hardcore with my wife last night. So good. As a fan of the Gears fiction and Karen Traviss' novels, I loved the focus on Cole.
Still haven't played beast mode, hopefully I can run through that tonight and get the achievement & avatar award.
And what's up with my Hanmerburst?! Wasn't it's rate of fire as fast as you could squeeze the trigger?! Now the ROF feels the same when feathering the trigger and just holding it down for semi-auto fire.
- MP: Holy shit, I actually ENJOY Gears MP now. Its so fun and smooth. It's amazing what dedicated servers have done for the game. TDM & KotH are my favorite modes
- Horde 2.0: Fuuuuuuck, so good. I played with a group of ransoms last night. Everyone was using their headsets and we made through 30 waves with a full team. The. One kid dropped out and the remaining four of us made it to wave 39. But then we were wiped out there and we all decided to call it a night. Can't wait to play more.
- Campaign: I played through Act 1 on hardcore with my wife last night. So good. As a fan of the Gears fiction and Karen Traviss' novels, I loved the focus on Cole.
The guy's only way to cope with the crazy world he lives in is to act as if he's still a sports superstar. That's some sad shut. And if you read the books, you'll find out that he routinely writes letters to his dead mother. She's been dead since E-Day (15 years?) and he writes her letters like he's just away from hone fighting a war.
Still haven't played beast mode, hopefully I can run through that tonight and get the achievement & avatar award.
And what's up with my Hanmerburst?! Wasn't it's rate of fire as fast as you could squeeze the trigger?! Now the ROF feels the same when feathering the trigger and just holding it down for semi-auto fire.
cuevas. PhD.
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Anyone want to trade Savage Kantus for Dom pre order codes?
I might try the campaign on Insane with randoms. Or maybe with some folks here on GAF? I'd probably only play one Act per evening, given the amount of time it took me to complete the campaign yesterday on Normal. Is it like Gears 2 where you can co-op with different levels of difficulty? I heard people used that to cheese through Insane.
I'm willing to go with a party of three that's all on Insane, but I don't want to suffer through it solo. The first Gears was plenty doable on Insane, but the second one inspired pure, vile hatred trying to go through mountain pass with Dizzy firing upon rockets and reavers. I freaking hate that part, never passed it, it was the section that made me decide I didn't need to beat the campaign on Insane since my sanity would me more intact without the experience.
I'm willing to go with a party of three that's all on Insane, but I don't want to suffer through it solo. The first Gears was plenty doable on Insane, but the second one inspired pure, vile hatred trying to go through mountain pass with Dizzy firing upon rockets and reavers. I freaking hate that part, never passed it, it was the section that made me decide I didn't need to beat the campaign on Insane since my sanity would me more intact without the experience.
AndyMoogle
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There is a fourth one coming soon.Sobriquet said:All three of the Gears GAF gamertags are full.
Proelite
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This.wastedyears said:
It's hard to make a game feel bleak when you're always fighting with a bunch of capable AI friends that seems invincible. Gears 1 felt bleaker because it's you and Dom against the entire locust horde, and everyone other character was either off screen for the majority of the game, dead, or about to die.
That said, I don't like to replay dark and bleak games. Everything is better with sunshine and friends.
Seraphinianus
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Reluctant-Hero said:
as a guy who hates almost all game narratives, ESPECIALLY when dudebro games try to tug on my heartstrings with typical American pride bullshit (conveyed in the metaphorical sense in Gears), i was pretty damn surprised by his characterization in the game. They hired them some writers, that's for damn sure. Gears has always felt like a hopeless, fucked up universe, but you can see it really wearing away at the team in this one.
Seraphinianus
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Sobriquet said:All three of the Gears GAF gamertags are full.
If you just add them and let the FR pend, you can still view the friends list and join games. but whoever is managing the lists keeps on deleting the requests because the list is full.
http://youtu.be/tIdIqbv7SPoProelite said:
It's all good.Heysoos said:I'm on my iPod it's easy to miss things man
AndyMoogle
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I still have some Commando Dom codes if anyone is interested. I'd preferably trade them for other skins.
sixteen-bit
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Blue Ninja
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Oh, I see, the buttons got changed. Or at least, that's what the manual tells me. :lol Thanks!enzo_gt said:
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