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Gears of War 3 |OT| BROTHERS TO THE END
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canadian crowe
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I don't know. I love me some Uncharted 2, and nothing has topped the building climb yet, but thegeorge_us said:
highway chase scene
Good to know. I'll be starting Act 4 first thing after work tomorrow.canadian crowe said:
I'm also surprisingly decent at the MP, which is weird since I was horrible at Gears 2. Not the best, but usually among the top 3 in the lobby. The HB is a beast.
I said it before, and I'll say it again. Beast mode is tons of fun, but way too short and easy. I feel I've done everything after beating it a couple of times. Maybe add more waves, creatures and enemies?
firehawk12
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Wow, finished Horde mode... 3:43:40. God damn. :lol;
vodka-bull
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Have to ask it again, unfortunately I didn't get an answer:
What's the point in active reloading the longshot? Is it just a little bit more damage (tried it with a friend, with an active reload you need 2 instead of 3 pistol bullets additionally to down someone, doesn't seem like much of a difference) or is it true, that the rounds are bigger with an active reload, thus it's easier to headshot someone (not sure about that one)?
What's the point in active reloading the longshot? Is it just a little bit more damage (tried it with a friend, with an active reload you need 2 instead of 3 pistol bullets additionally to down someone, doesn't seem like much of a difference) or is it true, that the rounds are bigger with an active reload, thus it's easier to headshot someone (not sure about that one)?
Infamous Chris
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george_us said:
And Uncharted multiplayer is laughable compared to Gears 3. Gears shits on it so incredibly bad.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Fuck the sawed off. It sickens me.
mgviperman
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Just finished on Hardcore. Act 5... wow.
mickcenary
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vodka-bull said:
See, I recall one of the loading screen tips saying that a perfect Active Reload gives you a faster reload. Is there even a damage boost? Maybe it's an SP-exclusive perk.
vodka-bull
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Yeah, we tried it as a team of 3 for the past 3 hours and didn't success. I bet there's some strategy for this beast, as it was with Raam (alternating Torque Bow and Sniper Headshot) but we haven't figured out yet.Dug said:
Also, the most annoying enemies at this chapter are the little MG balloons, fucking bastards are literally everywhere shooting everyone to death, and if you happen to kill some of them a palace guard comes around the corner and gives you a headbutt, which instantly kills you.
There's three types of reloading, perfect active, active and normal reload. And we're talking about milliseconds (if not a single millisecond) between the perfect active and the active reload, I don't think that could be the only benefit.mickcenary said:
mickcenary said:
No, you get buffs as well. The longshot does get a bigger bullet for easier headshots. Lancer/hammerburst/retro do more damage. The scorcher is a weapon I never use but I think the active makes it really fucking good as well as boosting the distance it shoots.
I just got to Act IV now and nothing so far has even come close to any of Uncharted 2's set pieces. The scene you mentioned was good but doesn't hold a candle stuff like the first ten minutes of U2, basically the entirety of Nepal, the Train, Tibet, or especially Shambhala. Honestly the level design in this game hasn't really been all that impressive. I need to know what sort of devilry they pulled to get that lighting out of the Xbox 'cause holy shit.canadian crowe said:
Haha. I don't even want to think about that on insane. It was a pain in the ass on Hardcore, withvodka-bull said:
all the respawning enemies. But at least on hardcore, you could ignore them for the most part and concentrate fire on the queen. On insane, you wouldn't be able to take enough damage to go with that technique. Also, the fact that you can't aim that high vertically screws up your entire cover system when the queen attaches itself to the tower.
Gears 2 sniper rifle was extremely easy to use. Not so much in this game (at least for me).A27 Tawpgun said:
A27 Tawpgun said:
I am not that great an sniping, so personally I can't comment. But a friend of me completely shits on people with the sniper and boltok. Of his kills, 9/10 will be head shots. I don't know how he does it.
I think the detection is a lot better. Almost perfect (maybe just me). In Gears 2 it was bad, and they patched headshots once or twice. Even active reloads wouldn't always register. Gears of War 3 is almost too good.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Good games Shogun and your buddies.
Some of these matches I'm just not happy what Gears may be becoming.
A lot of times people will just sit in a spot (power weapons) with sawed offs and not budge, other times you have the sawed off brigade coming at you from all angles.
Hoping the community learns how to deal with this, or that the shit stops, but it's not fun when it happens.
Some of these matches I'm just not happy what Gears may be becoming.
A lot of times people will just sit in a spot (power weapons) with sawed offs and not budge, other times you have the sawed off brigade coming at you from all angles.
Hoping the community learns how to deal with this, or that the shit stops, but it's not fun when it happens.
LeonSKennedy90
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People really LIKED the Shambalia section in UC2? Even the developers admitted that was the weakest part of the whole thing. I mean I like UC2 as much as the next guy, but lets not act like its some flawless masterpiece of gaming design, here.
And why are we talking about this is a Gears 3 thread?
And why are we talking about this is a Gears 3 thread?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
That brings up another point. Did they nerf the stopping power on the lancer? I lancered the shit out of a guy running at me with sawed off (he wasn't wallbouncing) and he still got in range.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
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Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
vodka-bull said:
Bigger bullet resulting in an easier headshot.
Net_Wrecker said:
A lot of the maps are spawn camp heavy, checkout still is, that's for sure. And like you mentioned, Sandbar is bad for it too.
I don't like most of the maps, Drydock is terrible and again, it's way easy to spawn camp. All these maps need the trenches/thrashball treatment.
LeonSKennedy90
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Alienshogun said:
I don't know, it worked me fine yesterday. Stopped a lot of stupid sawed-off players rushing straight out at me or rolling.
Annihilator
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canadian crowe said:
Jam packed with set pieces?? More than uncharted?? I beat Gears 3 earlier and it wasn't much for set pieces...at least nothing really caught my attention. Fighting inside a huge beast in Gears 2 is more memorable than anything I can think of in Gears 3....different opinions I guess.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
LeonSKennedy90 said:
Could have just been the lag playing with a Euro party leader.
HIGH DEF JEFF
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Just finished Act 4..I'll be glad when it's over. I have been doing an Act at a time over the last few days and I don't find anything sticking with me in regards to the story, gameplay and more than anything, the characters.
It's cool to hear Wallace doing one of the voices, but never before have I been aware of a a game's dialogue being recorded in a sound booth. It's super nit picky, but the way everyone ends their sentences sound like a line reading, not a conversation.
Game looks great, so there's a positive.
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Another nitpick..I don't think the sound mix is very good. I thought it was just my TV speakers so I turned on the surround sound and the guns have no balls to them, volume wise. I even pushed the effects level to it's max. Dialogue and music are fine..maybe I'm spoiled by those BC2 guns. Each one sounds like a cannon.
It's cool to hear Wallace doing one of the voices, but never before have I been aware of a a game's dialogue being recorded in a sound booth. It's super nit picky, but the way everyone ends their sentences sound like a line reading, not a conversation.
Game looks great, so there's a positive.
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Another nitpick..I don't think the sound mix is very good. I thought it was just my TV speakers so I turned on the surround sound and the guns have no balls to them, volume wise. I even pushed the effects level to it's max. Dialogue and music are fine..maybe I'm spoiled by those BC2 guns. Each one sounds like a cannon.
mickcenary
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vodka-bull said:
Ohhhhh, okay. I thought nailing it in the tiny little white segment was both the Perfect Active and Active; that is to say, one and the same thing. I forget that you can actually stop it in the grey area to speed things up, which I'm guessing yields no benefit but timeliness.
Anyway, I was up until 3 in the morning playing TDM with seemingly flawless connections. And even though I may curse at SOSers/noob teammates or scream when I do something insanely stupid... It's just THAT good a game. I'm not going to take it out of my xbox.
DanielJr82
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So I tried a couple of matches of every Versus mode and I... don't really care any of them? (Rant ahead!) King of the Hill and TDM were ok, but the rest were not my cup of tea. There are too many nuances and quirks that seasoned veterans of the series exploit: wall hopping, timing rolls for that one-hit kill with the shotty of choice, corner view without cover, SOS camping, etc. Why do shotguns always feel like cheap kills? Why is that? Everybody bitches about the SOS, but the Gnasher does one-hit kills, too. Then there are power weapon pick ups. Why? It's literally a foot race to the same spots over and over to either: a) pick up the weapon or b) use weapon as bait. Or hey, if you're the clever type you can plant a frag in there! This exercise happens in every.single.mode! And more than half of the game modes is about eliminating other players. They can't come up with other goals or objectives?
Sorry for bitching, it's a complaint I've had with the series since Gears 1. I'll keep playing Versus every once in a while but I won't be a regular. Horde 2.0 and Beast Mode are just right, though. I'll definitely keep coming back for those. Horde 2.0 in particular is a huge improvement: barriers, decoys, troikas, level up system, it's all awesome. Beast mode I only tried it twice, but will definitely come back for more. And the campaign is stellar, cheesy scenes and all.
I love Gears as singleplayer or co-op. For Versus stuff I guess I'm more of a Battlefield/CoD player, never cared for Halo either. =/
Sorry for bitching, it's a complaint I've had with the series since Gears 1. I'll keep playing Versus every once in a while but I won't be a regular. Horde 2.0 and Beast Mode are just right, though. I'll definitely keep coming back for those. Horde 2.0 in particular is a huge improvement: barriers, decoys, troikas, level up system, it's all awesome. Beast mode I only tried it twice, but will definitely come back for more. And the campaign is stellar, cheesy scenes and all.
I love Gears as singleplayer or co-op. For Versus stuff I guess I'm more of a Battlefield/CoD player, never cared for Halo either. =/
Alienshogun said:
Yeah good games. Dancake is a member here on Gaf but the others aren't just yet. Shame about that first match on Drydock and it really highlighted how powerful and effective the SOS can be when paired with camping tactics.
That was the first time I have ever lost on that map but after seeing the way it can be played Drydock will definitely be going on the shit list along with Sandbar. Hopefully we can play again sometime and have a better split of Euro/American players.
Our little team we have going nightly have something like 154 wins and 16 losses in ranked matchmaking so we are doing ok so far. Problem has been once we run into a very well organised team who lock down the map quickly we do tend to struggle and normally end up having to refocus and come from behind.
LeonSKennedy90
Banned
The thing about the Sawed-Off is I feel a lot of people are just using it wrong. Blindly rushing in? That's such a silly one-dimensional strategy, and we got rifles with stopping power, you're done. Hiding around a corner when you're the last man standing? Yeah ok, you got one cheesy kill, now you're dead while the other 4 point you out and hunt you down while you reload your gun for half a hour.
To me, I think its a defensive weapon. You don't rush them, they rush you, then you blow their damn face off. They try to approach your territory, be it a power weapon you and a teammate run towards, or the hill in KotH, you get a free shot to overrule their advances.
And when you're not doing that, you're being stealthy and taking advantage of the other team's bad situational awareness. I don't mean hiding behind a corner, I mean flanking and surprising people. There's no radar and no UAV in this, you have to look over your shoulder every few seconds, and if your opponents don't, there's no better weapon to handle it then the SOS.
But everyone is so content with rushing in and hiding behind corners :/
At any rate, sorry I couldn't make the Horde game tonight, Gaf. Real life has a way of coming in and taking importance, rude mistress she is. But, I'm gonna go in so HARD on this shit this weekend, and I like to finally play with PXG, Alienshogun, and the lot of you sometime. So SICK of randoms
To me, I think its a defensive weapon. You don't rush them, they rush you, then you blow their damn face off. They try to approach your territory, be it a power weapon you and a teammate run towards, or the hill in KotH, you get a free shot to overrule their advances.
And when you're not doing that, you're being stealthy and taking advantage of the other team's bad situational awareness. I don't mean hiding behind a corner, I mean flanking and surprising people. There's no radar and no UAV in this, you have to look over your shoulder every few seconds, and if your opponents don't, there's no better weapon to handle it then the SOS.
But everyone is so content with rushing in and hiding behind corners :/
At any rate, sorry I couldn't make the Horde game tonight, Gaf. Real life has a way of coming in and taking importance, rude mistress she is. But, I'm gonna go in so HARD on this shit this weekend, and I like to finally play with PXG, Alienshogun, and the lot of you sometime. So SICK of randoms
DanielJr82
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I guess I don't._tetsuo_ said:
What are other arena shooters?Goodacre0081
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last trade offer for the day. I have MechBaird, looking for Savage Grenadier Elite.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Shogun PaiN said:
Yeah, that was crap, I'm really hoping that isn't the route Gears is going. It is what it is though, we ran through the other 3 matches before I got off.
Good games overall though, and yeah, hopefully we can find a good medium for a server next time.
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