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Gears of War 3 |OT| BROTHERS TO THE END
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Still not sure with the Dedicated servers at the mo... ran into some awfully powerful Portuguese players last night on eu server and lets just say 50/50 battles were more like 80/20... Still made it more interesting
Sawn off shotguns on Drydock = Reeeeeeeeeeeeeally FML
Cannot believe how CAMPY that map has become in the space of days...
Still an epic multiplayer experience
***** Horde Improvements
***** Beastmode (shame it wasnt against human players online would make the game mode like L4D Gears style)
Sawn off shotguns on Drydock = Reeeeeeeeeeeeeally FML
Cannot believe how CAMPY that map has become in the space of days...
Still an epic multiplayer experience
***** Horde Improvements
***** Beastmode (shame it wasnt against human players online would make the game mode like L4D Gears style)
LeonSKennedy90
Banned
P2P, no social matchmaking so people can join Horde...
u dun fcked up cliffyb
u dun fcked up cliffyb
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
DaNcaKe said:
Yep, it's really fucking odd.
Also, I got blamed for a rapid controller last night in the game with Shogun Pain, lol.
Blue Ninja
Member
Man, fuck those Gunkers on Insane difficulty. They're tough enough alone, from far away, but then I get to face two on that bridge and then Epic gives me a Polyp and a Drudge (or that's what I think it is) to deal with, too. :lol I'm gonna need to upgrade to Gold like, now.
Arnie said:
This is it.
You can start off at long range, exchanging rifle fire from behind cover. Then use cover to get closer without being shot too much. Then switch weapons to shotgun and have a little close quarters scramble. Jumping around, over walls, round corners, running away, getting away with it, turning round and blowing someone's head off, or getting yours removed. Or maybe you get downed and you think it's all over, but then you see the dude's head implode and your friend runs in from off-screen and gets you up. WoooOOOoooOOOooo!!! It's all "Yay".
But then...
You can stay at long range and wait for support. Look out though, because that's when somebody else will pop out of nowhere and press a shotgun to your bumhole!
But then...
The part of the map you're in may be all twisty corridors, so you may bump into someone at close range. Switch to shotgun in this situation.
It's a case of fitting the gun to the current situation. If someone with a shotgun is nearby and you're clinging on to your Lancer, well good luck with that! Sometimes you'll win, but the chances aren't in your favour. Do the right thing, press left and do your best to investigate his innards.
I loved Gears1 and I'm loving Gears3. I find that I can't run around with the shotgun quite as much as I used to, but when I'm nearby then it's business as usual. Happy days...!
Honestly HATED gears 1/2 mp. Majority of matches were people basically rolling the entire match with shotguns or I'd explode due to grenade spam 10 sec after spawning.
Maybe it's only because I've played in the casual play list but I've been doing really well from midrange in cover and it's been much more enjoyable. Really really surprised.
Maybe it's only because I've played in the casual play list but I've been doing really well from midrange in cover and it's been much more enjoyable. Really really surprised.
Diablohead
Member
Bought the game today finally, had 2 hours before now to play as I have work but DAMN SON the online is legendary, outside of 3 laggy matches from problems my end the online is smooth as butter and the lag is near invisible most of the time, congrats epic you did a great job.
Love it.
Love it.
TheApatheticOne
Member
LuchaShaq said:
This could have very well been a post, word for word, by me. The first paragraph NAILS how I felt about the first two Gears' multiplayer. I tried the second one out a good deal, and that ALL it ever was in my experience. Just big lumberjacks rolling over and over with shotguns and sticky grenades.
But "so far", Ive actually had a great time with this one in limited play. We'll see if it holds up or if every game quickly breaks down to shotgun aerobics class.
GazzaScotland
Member
Starting to getting annoyed with Horde. Getting reset 12 or so waves is not fun. Espcially when the first thing the rest of the players do is buy the command point at the spawn. Looking forward to playing with some other folks and I'm sure it will work alot better.
Adam Blade
WWKC
Yep, it was great, but I kinda feel bad for kiryani having only 1.5 hours of sleep.~ Zyzomys ~ said:
Grr, I can't Gears until Sunday though.
Mr. B Natural
Member
Game becomes more and more about shotguns as you progress out of casual play (which is dumb, I just want to play with other randoms not organized teams.) Why? Because good players aren't gonna let you down him from a distance. They can weave like crazy, and because you go 100 mph when snapping against walls despite only walking 2 mph, the mid to long range gameplay that doesn't involve a win-hit-kill power weapon becomes more and more obsolete.LuchaShaq said:
KOTH spawn time is too fast for the defending team. The attacking team gets spawn sandwiched too often. Spawning in general in some of these maps is just awful. COD awful.
The more I play these maps the less I like them, the more half of them kinda feel the same.
The lack of new modes is a damn shame.
Thank god I didn't buy this game.
AlphaTwo00
Member
Adam Blade said:Yeah, it was fun. There has to be an easier way to kill thosein Horde.Lambent Zerkers
Scrochers. They throw indicators up in my game.
TheApatheticOne said:
The first two weeks of Gears 1 were great. The game played exactly like I imagine it's supposed to, like a very tactical cover game. Two weeks later, it was discovered that you can roll around with the shotgun and eat everyone's lunch. I couldn't get back in to it after that, and moved on to Rainbow Six Vegas.
bumpkin
Member
PXG and co., sorry I haven't been accepting game invites. I want to get through the SP campaign before I move onto playing some multi.
Anyway, I found some time last night to continue playing the campaign; usually week nights are impossible for me to find gaming time, so I lucked out. I managed to get through to the end of Act 3. Holy. Fucking. Shit.
I'll definitely be firing it up tonight to start playing Act 4. Man, this game is incredible. Cliff and company, you guys did an astounding job. Thank you for putting all the love and care into the game that you clearly did.
Anyway, I found some time last night to continue playing the campaign; usually week nights are impossible for me to find gaming time, so I lucked out. I managed to get through to the end of Act 3. Holy. Fucking. Shit.
I honestly didn't see the human lambency angle coming, but Dom's actions surprised me more. For Marcus to have watched Carlos make the same sort of sacrifice at Aspho Fields, and then to watch his other friend - Carlos' younger brother - do something similar was just plain tragic. I tried my best not to get misty, but man, I'd be a fucking wreck if my best friend did something like that. Although I know this puts me in a minority, actually caring about the characters I mean. It must be from having read the novels or whatnot... I've got a lot more back story in my mind than the regular Joe who's just played the games.
I'll definitely be firing it up tonight to start playing Act 4. Man, this game is incredible. Cliff and company, you guys did an astounding job. Thank you for putting all the love and care into the game that you clearly did.
adversesolutions
Member
mp is amazing in this game
Blue Ninja
Member
Yeah, it's definitely a shitton harder than Hardcore.Duress said:
Kinda lame that you have to unlock executions now. I mean, seriously lame, even.
Reading this and seeing how Act 3 ends is making me want to read a book or 2.bumpkin said:PXG and co., sorry I haven't been accepting game invites. I want to get through the SP campaign before I move onto playing some multi.
Anyway, I found some time last night to continue playing the campaign; usually week nights are impossible for me to find gaming time, so I lucked out. I managed to get through to the end of Act 3. Holy. Fucking. Shit.I honestly didn't see the human lambency angle coming, but Dom's actions surprised me more. For Marcus to have watched Carlos make the same sort of sacrifice at Aspho Fields, and then to watch his other friend - Carlos' younger brother - do something similar was just plain tragic. I tried my best not to get misty, but man, I'd be a fucking wreck if my best friend did something like that. Although I know this puts me in a minority, actually caring about the characters I mean. It must be from having read the novels or whatnot... I've got a lot more back story in my mind than the regular Joe who's just played the games.
I'll definitely be firing it up tonight to start playing Act 4. Man, this game is incredible. Cliff and company, you guys did an astounding job. Thank you for putting all the love and care into the game that you clearly did.
How many are there and which is the best to start with?
BlueScrote
Member
I seem to be regressing in skill in the multiplayer. I did pretty well the first couple nights, but last night I just got beat on over and over.
Also, it seems like my teammates have no sense of sticking together.
Also, it seems like my teammates have no sense of sticking together.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Jrmint said:
I felt the same way (although still just on Act 1).
It's loosely a 5 part series (last book isn't out yet). I'm starting at the first, Aspho Fields. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0345499433/?tag=neogaf0e-20
It takes place between Gears 1 and 2.
RE Retro: to be honest at close range with people rushing forward with the SOS or Gnasher, I just hard aim and hold the trigger. Even with the crazy recoil I just aim down and mash, if you've got an active there is absolutely no way they will survive and if they are good at wall bouncing you can blind fire and usually win. Even at medium long range you can shoot one or two shots at a time and get enough damage to offer support fire.
See You Next Wednesday
Banned
Ramirez said:
I would kill for a playlist exuding ALL shotguns.
See You Next Wednesday
Banned
Adam Blade said:Yeah, it was fun. There has to be an easier way to kill thosein Horde.Lambent Zerkers
I heard scorchers will take them down fast.
Also using the Retro Lancer on their glowing spot is 3 times more effective then the other rifles.
bumpkin
Member
They're all honestly really good and provide a decent amount of background information. Naturally I'd say read them all if you can/want to, but the long and short of the books (as I recall them) are like so:Jrmint said:
"Aspho Fields" - Covers a lot of pre E-Day events including some of the Pendulum Wars, talks about Marcus when he was younger, his friendship with Dom's older brother, explains Marcus' court marshall.
"Anvil Gate" - Talks about what took place at Anvil Gate back in the day, has a spattering of events that in the present (if I recall correctly), more about the Pendulum Wars.
"Jacinto's Remnant" - Picks up after the end of Gears 2, the beginnings of humanity's migration to Vectes, the slow appearance of lambent and the straggling locust who survived the sinking of Jacinto.
"Coalition's End" - Finishes bridging the events after Gears 2 and leading up to just before Gears 3, covers the events leading up to the collapse of the COG, Prescott's departure, the reasons for the evacuation of Vectes.
adversesolutions
Member
Wait a second wait a second
I just checked the medals list. There's one for "Beta Tester". If I don't get this, am I unable to get the last 100 point achievement?? I was not in the Beta.
I just checked the medals list. There's one for "Beta Tester". If I don't get this, am I unable to get the last 100 point achievement?? I was not in the Beta.
TangoAlphaLima
Member
See You Next Wednesday said:
I swear I tried using a scorcher on them last night, and it didn't even seem like it did a thing. Or at least that's what I assumed because they didn't look like they were burning like other things do when hit by the scorcher.
sixteen-bit
Member
I know the scorcher does that to Berserkers, but Lambent Berserkers?Willeth said:
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Vilix
Unconfirmed Member
_dementia said:
I thought the way to bring those down was to wait until their chest opens and to fire right into it? Their chest only opens when they're charging at someone, and that someone only has a second to fire.
What the FUCK Epic. Why did you retune the difficulty? I'm about 4 chapters away from the end with my Gears campaign friend, and I noticed how easily we were blazing through. My friend said I was imagining things until halfway. The game is almost over and the whole time I was hoping the difficulty would ramp up.
This morning I tried on Hardcore and NOW I have to take cover like I remember. I took a media and GAF blackout on purpose so I could conclude my favorite campaign of this entire generation and I'm practically done and had no challenge. Why is Normal now Easy? Why is Hardcore now Normal?
I feel so fuckin ripped off.
This morning I tried on Hardcore and NOW I have to take cover like I remember. I took a media and GAF blackout on purpose so I could conclude my favorite campaign of this entire generation and I'm practically done and had no challenge. Why is Normal now Easy? Why is Hardcore now Normal?
I feel so fuckin ripped off.
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