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Gears of War 3 |OT| BROTHERS TO THE END
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buttonsmasher
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X-factor when being the last man standing would be COOL. Fast roadie run, your gnasher turns into a SOS, your clips are all active rounds, and your health regens 10x as fast. Give everybody a shot.
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Live Free or Die
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Lima said:
Cool, thanks for the tips. I will try those out next time I play.
Adam Blade
WWKC
I disagree with the barrier part. The laser wires can be pretty helpful on non-boss waves.
Heavy's Sandvich
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I'm genuinely baffled why Epic are releasing Horde maps first.
It should be multiplayer maps, keeping the game relevant amongst Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3.
I feel like waiting till January will be too late.
It should be multiplayer maps, keeping the game relevant amongst Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3.
I feel like waiting till January will be too late.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Heavy's Sandvich said:
It will, at least for me.
Ghost Recon Future Soldier beta baby!
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
I'll be playing for a good while yet. Just needs a boost, needs to be current and on the consciences of the gaming public.
Get some maps in there.
Get some maps in there.
Robot Pants
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I'm up for finishing Beast on Insane without failing, yesKadey said:
Adam Blade
WWKC
Did someone say Beast on insane?
HawksWinStanley
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X-Frame said:
This. I was counting on a whole weekend of pumpkin-headed hilarity. Not boom/snipes which is fun for two games.
So I finished the campaign finally in co-op on hardcore. Enjoyed the game enough that I revisited Gears 1+2 right after.
I never completed Gears 2 as I forced my playthrough over the past few years to coincide with a friend for co-op, but never made it past Act IV due to conflicting schedules. Cleaned the rest up solo and dove back in for an Insane run. Final Act of Gears 2 was a HUGE help in filling many of the plot gaps I kept wondering about in Gears 3. Actually, despite the impressive technical/visual upgrade in part 3, Gears 2 still is hands-down my favorite campaign of the bunch. I have yet to play much of Gears 3 on Insane to directly compare, but the setpieces are even crazier and I really appreciate the focus on cooperative flanking tactics that bog standard arena layouts present. Gears 3 felt a bit lacking here, too much straightforward shooting galleries and not enough alternate routes to 'surprise' the enemy forces. The pacing felt tighter and more consistent, plus no lambent.
Gears 1 actually still holds up pretty well too. Normal battles feature some fantastic layouts to really get an edge on the enemy forces if you take a moment to explore the fighting arenas, and for the most part, the game moves equally well between major setpieces and slight gimmick moments without overstaying their welcome. Gears 1 suffers hugely in Act 4 and 5 however. The game truly feels rushed at that point as any narrative explanation for objectives all but disappears(heading to the Fenix mansion why exactly? Now I am on a train with the lightmass bomb?? Control stopped feeding me information about anything!) The final boss on Insane is bullshit too. Surprisingly lots of people are still playing co-op campaign, so it didn't take too long before a stranger jumped in to help kill that SOB. Funny how quickly I plowed through the game solo on Insane as well, the core gameplay is barely different among the three games, so my skill-set transferred easily and I truly felt far more competent at the game in 2011 compared to my first play in 2006.
Looking forward to a solo Insane run in Gears 3 now. I love all the subtle call-backs to previous games as well. One of the first collectibles in Gears 3 is the $20 Dom owes you, which is taken directly from a slight quote in Gears 1 Marcus mentions off-hand when you are first introduced to Cole-Train("Hey Marcus remember when we watched the Cougars win that big game? I remember you still owe me $20!"). Pretty cool.
I never completed Gears 2 as I forced my playthrough over the past few years to coincide with a friend for co-op, but never made it past Act IV due to conflicting schedules. Cleaned the rest up solo and dove back in for an Insane run. Final Act of Gears 2 was a HUGE help in filling many of the plot gaps I kept wondering about in Gears 3. Actually, despite the impressive technical/visual upgrade in part 3, Gears 2 still is hands-down my favorite campaign of the bunch. I have yet to play much of Gears 3 on Insane to directly compare, but the setpieces are even crazier and I really appreciate the focus on cooperative flanking tactics that bog standard arena layouts present. Gears 3 felt a bit lacking here, too much straightforward shooting galleries and not enough alternate routes to 'surprise' the enemy forces. The pacing felt tighter and more consistent, plus no lambent.
Gears 1 actually still holds up pretty well too. Normal battles feature some fantastic layouts to really get an edge on the enemy forces if you take a moment to explore the fighting arenas, and for the most part, the game moves equally well between major setpieces and slight gimmick moments without overstaying their welcome. Gears 1 suffers hugely in Act 4 and 5 however. The game truly feels rushed at that point as any narrative explanation for objectives all but disappears(heading to the Fenix mansion why exactly? Now I am on a train with the lightmass bomb?? Control stopped feeding me information about anything!) The final boss on Insane is bullshit too. Surprisingly lots of people are still playing co-op campaign, so it didn't take too long before a stranger jumped in to help kill that SOB. Funny how quickly I plowed through the game solo on Insane as well, the core gameplay is barely different among the three games, so my skill-set transferred easily and I truly felt far more competent at the game in 2011 compared to my first play in 2006.
Looking forward to a solo Insane run in Gears 3 now. I love all the subtle call-backs to previous games as well. One of the first collectibles in Gears 3 is the $20 Dom owes you, which is taken directly from a slight quote in Gears 1 Marcus mentions off-hand when you are first introduced to Cole-Train("Hey Marcus remember when we watched the Cougars win that big game? I remember you still owe me $20!"). Pretty cool.
Really I doubt that's it. I think BF3 is more at fault in this case(at least I hope that's the case). Honestly even if you factor in the SOS and the Retro, the game is still the best Gears experience to date imo. The game isn't suddenly going to become much more amazing(it's going to be a lot less annoying though).Full Recovery said:
I honestly don't understand why more people aren't playing this, it's one of the better multiplayer games out there.
edit:We really do need more maps though.
I disagree with this. The annoyance is really what makes my sessions 2-3 matches instead of 8-10 matches. When dudes have the SOS all the time it makes me just say "What the fuck am I playing this shit for with this stupid ass gun in it for"2San said:
I think Gears 3 is the best Gears game but the inclusion of the SOS hampers my (and apparently others) experience just that much.
Played 2 games of the event playlist, laughed and went to a quick TDM.
Got unlucky that it was Overpass, and my last death in the game was beyond awful. I'm at the part where the rubble is on the top side of over pass. I had managed to rush up there and not get hit, and some guy with a SOS from right where the Scorcher is located, 1 foot closer to the steps that lead to the rubble, fired it off and killed me from there all the way to the rubble as I was firing Lancer at him.
Turned the game off, and I'm off to more BF3.
Only idiots defend that weapon.
Got unlucky that it was Overpass, and my last death in the game was beyond awful. I'm at the part where the rubble is on the top side of over pass. I had managed to rush up there and not get hit, and some guy with a SOS from right where the Scorcher is located, 1 foot closer to the steps that lead to the rubble, fired it off and killed me from there all the way to the rubble as I was firing Lancer at him.
Turned the game off, and I'm off to more BF3.
Only idiots defend that weapon.
I see what you mean, I guess it's just what is an annoyance for me is a deal breaker for you.Stat Flow said:
It's those few matches where you go against a full team and those matches where you see some amazing ultra offensive gnasher player that makes it worth it for me. They are so much fun that I can look past the matches where the SOS is screwing up the flow. The high are just so high in this game, the SOS does make the lows unnecessarily low. Still a great game all round though imo.
I see what you're getting at, and I agree that when CQC in Gears 3 is mostly Gnasher bases, it's probably the most fun you can have with Gears, because of how well the rifles are balanced with the Gnasher in this game (for the most part). But then it's a experience-by-experience basis on how often that happens.2San said:
StalkerUKCG
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enzo_gt said:
Sort of agree, alot of stuff got tweaked without cause and bloom+ player inertia are horrible additions as is reduced speed and jump height.
Any news on RAAMs shadow?
Pinnacle may be a strong word. I have a feeling you may have gripes about the combat design more than the game design as a whole, from what I remember from arguments in the Halo thread we've had ad nauseum before I stopped posting there, with you referencing the sandbox design and all. Presumably relating to bloom and all that as well, which are legitimate complaints discussed to death at HaloGAF. I'd rather not stir the year-old-pot.Ramirez said:
Alienshogun said:
lol I have been waiting for GR:FS for so long now (5 years since GRAW2) honestly i was huge into GRAW 1 & 2,
one of the most underrated games to come out so early in the "next gen" life cyle
so many Mp modes, Co-op missions along with a kick ass campaign, GRAW was practically the first to implement (16players)
Co-op Mission/bots or "Horde" as they call it nowadays
on topic, GoW3 is really suffering from Map selection and the urge to play it daily has started to pass on me now
3 withheld maps that should have been there in the first place just isnt going to do it for me
Another game I'm looking forward to aside from Ghost Recon FS, is Spec Ops: The Line. I was in the closed beta like 2 years ago now? Not sure how long it's been since that game has gone off the radar. If you like third person shooters like Gears mixed with some Ghost Recon elements, then people will be seriously impressed by the game.
No clue WHY they delayed it this long, because the product I played was a pretty close to finished game that played great aside from some balance tweaks needed for weapons. Hopefully this giant gap doesn't mean they decided to scrap all they had made and instead are working on something completely different.
No clue WHY they delayed it this long, because the product I played was a pretty close to finished game that played great aside from some balance tweaks needed for weapons. Hopefully this giant gap doesn't mean they decided to scrap all they had made and instead are working on something completely different.
zlatko said:Another game I'm looking forward to aside from Ghost Recon FS, is Spec Ops: The Line. I was in the closed beta like 2 years ago now? Not sure how long it's been since that game has gone off the radar. If you like third person shooters like Gears mixed with some Ghost Recon elements, then people will be seriously impressed by the game.
No clue WHY they delayed it this long, because the product I played was a pretty close to finished game that played great aside from some balance tweaks needed for weapons. Hopefully this giant gap doesn't mean they decided to scrap all they had made and instead are working on something completely different.
yeh i was in the Spec Ops Beta too, jeez that game had some serious potential really enjoyed the hell out of that beta.
im afraid it looks like its going to be cancelled because we haven't heard a peep ever since the beta broke loose,
David2k persists on their forums that the team is still working hard on the title
Heavy's Sandvich
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Last night it was
Drydock
Thrashball
Repeat.
Drydock
Thrashball
Repeat.
mickcenary
Member
Ha. The terrible map rotation is awesome when Overpass is the main map to get shafted. Fuck me, that map is just poorly designed and boring to both play and look at.
Seriously, though, I need some new maps. Any word on where they're at in terms of implementing the DLC maps into Versus and whatnot?
Seriously, though, I need some new maps. Any word on where they're at in terms of implementing the DLC maps into Versus and whatnot?
Goodacre0081
Member
this sounds ok. I played one round of boom/snipes before i went back to the regular playlist. horrible combo
Narpas Sword0
Member
enzo_gt said:
That's funny, since reach's multiplayer was headed up by a guy they picked up from the shadow run team and not a bungie long timer. And now longtime former bungie guys are busily undoing all his shit with title updates.
The Xtortionist
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Narpas Sword0 said:
Sage lost something in the transition. Shadowrun is very likely the deepest, most skillful, most balanced console FPS this gen.
Reach is...I don't even want to think about it.
ToyMachine228
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Anyone out there interested in the final boss on insane? I've been trying to finish it in a public for weeks but can't find a group good enough. We definitely need someone with the right mutators to host. If we could get an all GAF game to do it that'd be great. I can probably rope someone else in if we need to. So we'd only need two GAF members. PM me, or send me a message on Live. RyoGCH is the tag.
Played Boom Snipes playlist last night. After Two games I really hated it lol. Hope this pumpkin playlist be fun when it releases or is it going to be like the bunny mask thing they had for the beta when its for all playlist for one day?
Either way I'm still going to love it. That shit was cool when they did that.
Either way I'm still going to love it. That shit was cool when they did that.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
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