mickcenary
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Haha. OSCAR WORTHY! I think it was something along the lines of, "In life there will always be struggle, but there will also always be hope and happiness". I hate him. Where's my shotgu- oh.
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Haha. OSCAR WORTHY! I think it was something along the lines of, "In life there will always be struggle, but there will also always be hope and happiness". I hate him. Where's my shotgu- oh.
Hopefully someone can answer this question for me.
Has anyone with a US account living in the UK or Europe been able to download Raam's Shadow off Xbox Live without the use of a VPN? Basically is it region coded? I want to know because I don't want to waste buying MS points and it doesn't work.
Has anyone with a US account living in the UK or Europe been able to download Raam's Shadow off Xbox Live without the use of a VPN? Basically is it region coded? I want to know because I don't want to waste buying MS points and it doesn't work.
Hoya Destroyer
Member
It was good of Epic to give us those 2 free skins (Mint and Candy Cane). I hope they're permanent.
The new maps are really good too. I stopped playing Gears for a bit because the original 10 map rotation got so boring.
If the regular DLC weapon skins were'nt so damn expensive, Im sure I'd have bought some of those by now :/
The new maps are really good too. I stopped playing Gears for a bit because the original 10 map rotation got so boring.
If the regular DLC weapon skins were'nt so damn expensive, Im sure I'd have bought some of those by now :/
UpperCaseN
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3 friends and I played Insane Arcade Raam's Shadow last night. Luckily I was player 1 so I got to play Raam, mwahaha.
I really like the DLC, but I really hate Insane difficulty. It puts you in situations where there really isn't anything you can do, like shotgunners who are waaaaaay too accurate. We keep joking that they have scopes on the shotguns. I'm up for the challenge but the amount of times we've had to restart really sucks the fun out of it.
We got all the way up to I think the end of chapter 4 (?) where
We all wanted to do the DLC in 1 sitting, but it was 1am and we all had to work in the morning, so we're playing again tonight.
I hope the game lets us start at or near our checkpoint, and not at the beginning of this chapter. Either way, still glad to be playing more Gears. I just wish we weren't doing it on insane. Hardcore is the sweet spot for me, I guess.
I really like the DLC, but I really hate Insane difficulty. It puts you in situations where there really isn't anything you can do, like shotgunners who are waaaaaay too accurate. We keep joking that they have scopes on the shotguns. I'm up for the challenge but the amount of times we've had to restart really sucks the fun out of it.
We got all the way up to I think the end of chapter 4 (?) where
we use a loader as a shield to go through a hallway with 2 troikas at the end, then fight in a construction area arena.
I hope the game lets us start at or near our checkpoint, and not at the beginning of this chapter. Either way, still glad to be playing more Gears. I just wish we weren't doing it on insane. Hardcore is the sweet spot for me, I guess.
For a multiplayer that people are barely playing? Shit there is more people playing the campaign every night than people in MP.
This game is pretty much dead if you like to play ranked and something other than Team Crapmatch.
Game doesn't save checkpoints in Arcade for the DLC. So you will pretty much have to start from the beginning of the chapter.
sixteen-bit
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People ITT say it sucks. I've only played it for 3 minutes before going back to Gundamu.
UpperCaseN
Member
ah dangit, oh well. more playtime for us then, thanks.
All in all I enjoyed RAAM's Shadow. I finished the SP yesterday, and if I had to guess I'd put this campaign at 2.5 - 3 hours total, or in other words half the length of the entire Gears 1 campaign.
I liked that it had anything remotely horror-based, or at least I got that feeling prodding through certain sections of the game. The schoolhouse could be creepy, and if played solo on Insane could probably be downright stressful. The RAAM sections were fun at first, but after the first trip as our resident superpowerful killing machine I lost my enthusiasm for his near-invincibility.
So I lost a little luster for it after my first playthrough, but I chalk a good bit of that to me not playing these sections in Arcade. Gears 3 has conditioned me to play the campaign for points in 4 player co-op. After I was done enjoying the environments and destruction, I was wondering what was missing. Points for killing grubs, of course. They don't particularly mean anything, but I've become accustomed to earning numbers for just about anything I do in a Gears SP campaign.
I wonder how I'll feel after playing Act II of Gears 1 again. I'm a sucker for those Kryll sections, haters be damned.
I liked that it had anything remotely horror-based, or at least I got that feeling prodding through certain sections of the game. The schoolhouse could be creepy, and if played solo on Insane could probably be downright stressful. The RAAM sections were fun at first, but after the first trip as our resident superpowerful killing machine I lost my enthusiasm for his near-invincibility.
So I lost a little luster for it after my first playthrough, but I chalk a good bit of that to me not playing these sections in Arcade. Gears 3 has conditioned me to play the campaign for points in 4 player co-op. After I was done enjoying the environments and destruction, I was wondering what was missing. Points for killing grubs, of course. They don't particularly mean anything, but I've become accustomed to earning numbers for just about anything I do in a Gears SP campaign.
I wonder how I'll feel after playing Act II of Gears 1 again. I'm a sucker for those Kryll sections, haters be damned.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I would say not, but some have really enjoyed it.
Unregistered007
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for what? I can't even find a freakin RANKED GAME, I have to go in QUICK match to get into a game with 2 players and the rest BOTS.
I am sort of happy and sad at the same time at Gears of War 3's multiplayer.
I think the crowd was turned away from the utter SHIT Multiplayer of Gears of War 2.
Yeah it's good, It's not better than the singleplayer campaign but it's worth the price.
Ironically I think the fact that they made the onyx medals super grindy is diminishing from the community as well since those players are just in private matches. If they wanted to get those players they should cut every other Onyx Medal requirement in half and triple what it takes to get lvl 100. I mean, I have 36 Onyx medals and number #36 was my wings. I played a ridiculous amount of Gears 2 online because the fastest way of getting veteran gear (the real seriously 2.0) was playing with other people, not against bots.
Garcia el Gringo
Member
You'll be refunded automatically within a few days.
https://twitter.com/#!/AceyBongos/status/146612922435633152
Or you can call MS support and they'll refund you now.
sixteen-bit
Member
lol, bot kims must override all other objectives for achievement hunters
Seth Balmore
Member
Unfortunately no, they're not. Epic say they only have two slots for special event skins so they'll presumably be gone after Christmas, use them while you can.
Got lucky today and joined a KOTH game with 3 Minhs on the opposing team. Foreshadowing achievement get. Good riddance...
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Can't you just make a private 1v1 lobby?
sixteen-bit
Member
Needs to be ranked according to this thread.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Fuck that shit.
Casual/Quick Match is supposed to work too. Essentially anything but Private.
Seth Balmore
Member
mernst is correct, anything but Private is fine. I got mine in Quick Match games.
StalkerUKCG
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Did you grind these in private? does its contribute alot to your rank in the long run.
Any tips on what i should be grinding?
sixteen-bit
Member
local counts as Private, right?
Seth Balmore
Member
Yep. Basically you need to do it in Public games. Both Quick Match and Ranked are fine and the game mode is irrelevant.
Just got through with my solo playthrough of the DLC - they really nailed the old feel, look and architecture of the period of Gears 1, as it's expected considering the timeline of the DLC.
Loved the battles as well, one particular one reminded me of a certain battle in Gears 1 too.
Especially loved the end - good stuff Epic.
Loved the battles as well, one particular one reminded me of a certain battle in Gears 1 too.
Especially loved the end - good stuff Epic.
RAAM's Shadow is excellent! I enjoy the throwback to simpler times where grub-holes and locust were the only things you had to worry about. Brings back Gears 1 memories.
The RAAM sections are just mindless fun, but I have to say I enjoyed them.
Would love to see more of this kind of DLC.
The RAAM sections are just mindless fun, but I have to say I enjoyed them.
Would love to see more of this kind of DLC.
I mean, i'm going for Onyx medals and seriously 3.0, so I play about 85% Private matches trying to get the medals and 15% versus for fun. In short, the Onyx Medals give you a good amount of experience, but if you aren't going for seriously 3.0 and only want to rank up quicker Ranked TDM is probably your best bet.
It all depends on what medal you are going for, when I was doing the pyro kill onyx and getting 130 kills in a 12 minute (150 to cap, 12 minute KOTH match) I was only getting 2k experience a match. But when I was doing leader saves for example a 12 minute match would give me like 300-400 xp, if even that. Then there are some medals like founder where you legitly get about 0 experience while going for and take 7-8 hours to get.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Im interested in seriously 3.0 so its something i will work towards. Im not the biggest fan of gears online i feel like im constantly getting stomped on. Sitting at lvl 60 now with 6 onyx medals so im wondering if id get the other 40 lvls working towards the onyx medals and could avoid the online.
sixteen-bit
Member
Sick pun.
I played through the first act with my bro. I'm liking it.
It starts at 11 for sure, goddamn.
backflip10019
Member
So as a more casual Gears fan who played through the campaign once and played about a dozen hours of multiplayer, is Raam's Shadow worth the price?
I don't really intend on picking up multiplayer anytime soon.
I don't really intend on picking up multiplayer anytime soon.
sixteen-bit
Member
How much do you like the campaign?
backflip10019
Member
I really enjoy the campaigns. How long is it? Like the length of one act?
sixteen-bit
Member
They promise 3 hours, so about 1.5-2 acts
i paid 30 dollars
I GOT RIPPED OFF SON
In other news, who wants to get the Horde Achievements? Zeta Squad and Onyx Guards today?
I should be home in a bit. Any idea when? I'm down if it's any time before 7-8pm EST.
Adam Blade
WWKC
I'm here too. I'd be down.
PinkCrayon
Member
I too would be down.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
So after playing RAAM's Shadow and Horde Command and knowing that you have 2 more content packs on the way (at least) Would people be up for Season Pass 2 offering the same amount of content or perhaps,
2 Story based DLC's
1 Larger Map pack (7-8 Maps?)
10-12 new characters in total
5-7 new skin sets
2400 points.
I certainly would, infact 2400 for something of that level sounds cheap to me. RAAM's Shadow was great id love to see more of Zeta or even a new squad. How about a "Skorge's Shadow" type DLC, I can imagine some unique executions using that dual chainsaw.
2 Story based DLC's
1 Larger Map pack (7-8 Maps?)
10-12 new characters in total
5-7 new skin sets
2400 points.
I certainly would, infact 2400 for something of that level sounds cheap to me. RAAM's Shadow was great id love to see more of Zeta or even a new squad. How about a "Skorge's Shadow" type DLC, I can imagine some unique executions using that dual chainsaw.
Can't play tonight :/
Just got out of two hours in traffic and had plans for the night. Enjoy fellas.
I'll get those points... some day.
I should be back around 1-2AM EST so some of you West coasters might still be on, I'll try to jump in then.
Played Raam's shadow and its alright, about on par with the standard campaign.
Tai needs to shut the fuck up though, his dialog is some of the worst shit I've heard ever. Meatheads aren't philosophers for a reason. The RAAM sections are bloody tedious after the first 2 minutes as well, who thought that was a good idea?
Tai needs to shut the fuck up though, his dialog is some of the worst shit I've heard ever. Meatheads aren't philosophers for a reason. The RAAM sections are bloody tedious after the first 2 minutes as well, who thought that was a good idea?
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