It's down to the way the game checks for unlocks. The first time you load it up on any given day, it scans your player data and checks if you've met any of the criteria. If not, it won't check again until the next day. Even if you've played first-week and unlocked the gold Lancer and Hammerburst, the game won't check for it automatically, just set the flag in your player data. Then, when you load it up the next day, it checks your player data, gives you the skin.Genesis Knight said:
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Gears of War 3 |OT| BROTHERS TO THE END
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dreamer3kx
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Kaizer said:
Why didn't you play the first two first if you wanted to get into gears?
PepsimanVsJoe
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The new Horde mode is obscenely good.
Like "This could have been the full game and I'd be 100% satisfied" good.
Like "This could have been the full game and I'd be 100% satisfied" good.
StriKeVillain
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Yup, I finally got to play some Horde tonight. Great fun even though we got blown up at level 10.PepsimanVsJoe said:
Genesis Knight
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Willeth said:
cabot said:
Certain character/weapon unlocks are the only thing that carry over. The only medal is the Beta Tester medal. Any other medals/executions/etc were beta-only. Did you delete your beta save file? Is that file still on your xbox HDD? Did you get the day one title update?
i deleted the beta and the beta save fileGenesis Knight said:
Certain character/weapon unlocks are the only thing that carry over. The only medal is the Beta Tester medal. Any other medals/executions/etc were beta-only. Did you delete your beta save file? Is that file still on your xbox HDD? Did you get the day one title update?
Genesis Knight
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cabot said:i deleted the beta and the beta save file
Sorry, bro. That sucks.
Genesis Knight
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Eye Drop said:Despite having actually played the beta I didn't unlock my 'played the beta' medal
I have a beta game save on my HDD but I deleted the actual beta itself. Could this be why?
No. I deleted the beta (not the save) but I have the medal. It didn't unlock until I got the Title Update that came out on the 20th. Did you download that?
Genesis Knight said:
I did. Weird.
Guess I'll do what ergo said and reload the game.
I'm also having a weird time with the disc being installed. I installed it day one before I started playing it, but occasionally it boots and the disc is still whirring heavily. I have a 360 Slim and this has never happened before. I'm currently re-installing it to see if it helps.
No affect on the awesome gameplay though, thank goodness.
sixteen-bit
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The disc spins for a while as an anti-piracy measure.Eye Drop said:
LeonSKennedy90
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Ok, so I just got 25+ kills in two TDM games and WE STILL LOST
I AM SO SICK OF RANDOM TERRIBLE PLAYERS
SOMEBODY GET ONLINE AND HELP KOOLAIDSHOTO OUT HERE
I AM SO SICK OF RANDOM TERRIBLE PLAYERS
SOMEBODY GET ONLINE AND HELP KOOLAIDSHOTO OUT HERE
Finally I feel like I've been able to have a proper game of Gears multiplayer since Gears 1. 2 was just unplayable for me and I never felt satisfied with a single match I played on it. Never worked properly, never felt right.
Tonight I remembered how kickass I used to be at Gears 1. I played 5 matches and got to 67 kills with a 2.0 KD ratio and had a blast throughout. Alot of people were just being idiots, rushing around gung ho getting torn to shreds. I'm tempted to cancel all plans and play as much Gears as I can before people start to get ridiculously good at it.
The only annoyance was when one team seemed to be spamming the sawn-off shotgun, I died to that like 10 times. Playing against it clearly isn't in my skillset yet - does it get easier?
I mean does it get to the point where you see what gun they're rocking and you know how to avoid it or stay alive?
Digger seems strange to use. People seem to dodge it fairly easily. Any tips on advanced usage?
Tonight I remembered how kickass I used to be at Gears 1. I played 5 matches and got to 67 kills with a 2.0 KD ratio and had a blast throughout. Alot of people were just being idiots, rushing around gung ho getting torn to shreds. I'm tempted to cancel all plans and play as much Gears as I can before people start to get ridiculously good at it.
The only annoyance was when one team seemed to be spamming the sawn-off shotgun, I died to that like 10 times. Playing against it clearly isn't in my skillset yet - does it get easier?
I mean does it get to the point where you see what gun they're rocking and you know how to avoid it or stay alive?
Digger seems strange to use. People seem to dodge it fairly easily. Any tips on advanced usage?
Genesis Knight
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kaizoku said:
Fire behind them. People usually roll backwards.
I'm no pro, though.
Demoncarnotaur
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I unlocked Thrashball Cole and met the criteria for getting him in the game but for some reason he hasnt unlocked.. Is this common or am I screwed? =(
Genesis Knight
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Demoncarnotaur said:
Look a few posts above. Did you delete your Beta save file?
Infamous Chris
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Trading a Com Dom skin for any other pre-order skin, PM me!
I couldn't disagree more what difficulty were you on? I had to do several rounds 2 or 3 times and i was just on hardcore. If you make money and buy the right beasts barriers shouldn't be a problem either, I think they add another layer that would be missed if they weren't there. It would certainly be 5 times easier without barriers.Rimfya said:
sixteen-bit
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Check your spam folder. It should have been sent on the 20th.rance said:
Gary Whitta
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Anyone else playing it in 3D? I'm giving it a try, the 3D effect is pretty cool but you lose a lot of brightness in what is already a dark game.
XANDER CAGE
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Man, this
is fucking terrible.
underwater segment
Gucci Messiah
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Just beat act III. Gears has finally got a story worth telling but more importantly, worth remembering. Hopefully Epic has some single player DLC planned for us along the line of "Road to Ruin" from Gears 2.
sixteen-bit
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Turbo controllers.cabot said:
Diablohead
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if its like gears 2 you mash the melee button, so Bcabot said:
XANDER CAGE
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Meisadragon said:
It's
boring, slow, and pointless. Mainly, though, the level design itself bothers me - you can rotate in all directions as the sub is also moving, so when you need to do something really important like shoot the mines, getting a frame of reference as to where the mines are can take way too long. It's like trying to play Shattered Horizon on rails. It doesn't help that the torpedoes and torpedo launchers are blue and white, in a blue and white environment.
BlueScrote
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What are everyone's thoughts on the included maps? Currently my only opinion is that Sandbar could use some tweaking. The fact that two Longshot's spawn on the level with the center mountain allowing free reign of the battlefield is kind of frustrating.
Spirit of Jazz
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BigJiantRobut said:
I didn't think it was too terrible because it looked so pretty. It might be pretty shallow but the combat got into a series of continuously escalating skirmishes that I was happy to have a break. If it was difficult then I think it would have been a real problem.
XANDER CAGE
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Spirit of Jazz said:
See, that was my problem. It didn't feel like a break because
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