Gears of War: Reloaded coming to Steam, Xbox and PS5

What are those low res crap for the OG and Ultimate?? Don't they run at 4k on Series X??
No.
Gears OG has FPS Boost, but never got an X enhancement, so still the 360 resolution.
Gears Ultimate was an Xbox One game. It's only at 1080p. But it also got FPS boost so it's 1080p/60.

Microsoft made a version of Ultimate already that was 4K, but at 30fps. It was only a prototype that they never released. I posted a delisted DF video that showed it off a while back.
 
Beta starts in 5 minutes.
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I recently played ultimate and the game feels old it looks better but the level design is old, gameplay is old. Let's wait for e day instead.
 
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ruined. absolutely ruined.
I wish we just got 4k120fps + HDR and DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE from 360 versions. The art was amazing.
Even the brumak level added to pc version (that carried over to UE) was crap and ruined pacing a bit
 
PlayStation players I give credit they were patient for gears of war, and when you play it play the story first, it's terrifying, it's a great campaign and sometimes I think it's better than Killzone or resistance. It's beautiful in a gritty way, and enjoy waking up from the loot and grinding open world game. Never a bad moment in gears 1.
I Have played both games. Gears of war was cool when it launched. But killzone 2 was way better more impressive and frantic. And the physics in killzone 2 were fucking awesome.
 
No luck getting into any matches on PS5 so far. Anyone in?
Nope. Keep getting all kinds of errors including "You can only access this feature [Versus] if you are the squad leader." Like wtf? Servers are absolutely knakered right now. Currently it just keeps trying to find opponents.

Wait! Signs of life! I got to "launching." It's launching! Currently just two of us in the lobby and "Waiting for player" for everyone else.
 
Nope. Keep getting all kinds of errors including "You can only access this feature [Versus] if you are the squad leader." Like wtf? Servers are absolutely knakered right now. Currently it just keeps trying to find opponents.

Wait! Signs of life! I got to "launching." It's launching! Currently just two of us in the lobby and "Waiting for player" for everyone else.
I'm also in the "Pregame Lobby" but it seems to be stuck in there. It's been 30 minutes already and I still haven't played a minute 😅

Edit: so I just played the first match, on Gold Rush, a map I've already totally forgotten. Gnasher feels a little bit too soft, don't know if it was the lag or if it's supposed to feel so unsatisfying, but I'd prefer if it feels like in Gears 3. Other than that, yeah, bunch of n00bs online so far 😅
 
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I'm also in the "Pregame Lobby" but it seems to be stuck in there. It's been 30 minutes already and I still haven't played a minute 😅

Edit: so I just played the first match, on Gold Rush, a map I've already totally forgotten. Gnasher feels a little bit too soft, don't know if it was the lag or if it's supposed to feel so unsatisfying, but I'd prefer if it feels like in Gears 3. Other than that, yeah, bunch of n00bs online so far 😅
It works now. Been playing for well over an hour. Everyone! GET IN HERE!
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Been stuck with 3 friends and unable to load into a game. Been about an hour now. The banter and catch up has been great. The not playing gears, less so 😬

Now trying solo 🤞
 
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We're officially in the timeline where we find out Marcus like smashing twinks in the VTOL between missions.

Check your notifications on the XBox app though. Microsoft gifted me a code for owning Gears Ultimate.
 
No, I saw the video. Whoever they put on GOW1 remaster duty thought it needed a little more punchy color. Blacks and greys are now green for some reason. Saturation on fire is punched up. Just looks weird
Now I see what you mean, with the slight saturation change. At least it's more subtle and not like an ENB mod or the Resident Evil 5 recolor mod.

I guess that's the tradeoff though, overuse of bloom vs a slight touchup in color.
 
Played a few matches on PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X.

Just based on an eyeball test on my LG C4, the PS5 Pro version looks slightly sharper than Series X, but the difference isn't drastic. Maybe the campaign will show more extensive visual differences, but on the MP side they're not worlds apart.
 
Played a few matches on PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X.

Just based on an eyeball test on my LG C4, the PS5 Pro version looks slightly sharper than Series X, but the difference isn't drastic. Maybe the campaign will show more extensive visual differences, but on the MP side they're not worlds apart.
Knowing how Ultimate Edition runs on PC and seeing what this new version offers, you've got every right to be disappointed if it's anything less than Native 4k Ultra 60fps for X and Pro. Hell maybe PS5 even. S at 1080p totally. Ultimate runs like that on a toaster.
 
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So now I played a few matches, and somehow, maybe with a lot of nostalgia mixed in, it feels as laggy as Gears 2. the gnasher is missing its oomph, I don't feel it as I remember it being in Gears 3, even though the overall feeling of the game is apparently supposed to be closer to Gears 3 than Gears 1. Also, running and moving through the map feels like a rubber band is constantly trying to pull me back, it's not as fluent as I remember it to be, I don't stick to the walls I want to stick at and sometimes I stick to walls I want to be released from.

Maybe it's net code, maybe it's intentional, maybe it's due to the servers sucking and everything being a test phase. But as it is, if that's the end result of what we're getting in 2 months, I doubt I'll play it passionately enough to earn the seriously trophy again…

Oh, and matchmaking sucks ass. Server list is just miles ahead. Let me choose the map without relying on this stupid match making BS, if I could choose it would be Raven Down and nothing else, Gold Rush is a map I didn't even remember because it was so bad back in Gears 1.
 
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So now I played a few matches, and somehow, maybe with a lot of nostalgia mixed in, it feels as laggy as Gears 2. the gnasher is missing its oomph, I don't feel it as I remember it being in Gears 3, even though the overall feeling of the game is apparently supposed to be closer to Gears 3 than Gears 1. Also, running and moving through the map feels like a rubber band is constantly trying to pull me back, it's not as fluent as I remember it to be, I don't stick to the walls I want to stick at and sometimes I stick to walls I want to be released from.

Maybe it's net code, maybe it's intentional, maybe it's due to the servers sucking and everything being a test phase. But as it is, if that's the end result of what we're getting in 2 months, I doubt I'll play it passionately enough to earn the seriously trophy again…

Oh, and matchmaking sucks ass. Server list is just miles ahead. Let me choose the map without relying on this stupid match making BS, if I could choose it would be Raven Down and nothing else, Gold Rush is a map I didn't even remember because it was so bad back in Gears 1.
The Gears multiplayer I have the most experience with is 4. This is sooooo clunky compared to that but that is due in part to a lot of mechanics from 4 simply not being present (air cancel, running mantle). The lack of other game modes is killing me. King of the Hill is the mode in this game and instead we have the most popular TD map (Gridlock), which I do not like for TD. Would have been nice if they added some of the more varied executions from the other games instead of just curbstomp as well. Still having fun, though.
 
Here is a better comparison video.



You'll see more subtle changes after the first example.

No wonder they're giving it away to people who had the ultimate edition. You could get the new version by adjusting the brightness and contrast settings on your TV.
 
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No wonder they're giving it away to people who had the ultimate edition. You could get the new version by adjusting the brightness and contrast settings on your TV.

You can't get 4x resolution and 2x the frame rate with just adjusting brightness.

$40 is a little high price tho, this should have been $19.99 to $29.99 max.
 
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Knowing how Ultimate Edition runs on PC and seeing what this new version offers, you've got every right to be disappointed if it's anything less than Native Ultra 60fps for X and Pro. Hell maybe PS5 even. S at 1080p totally. Ultimate runs like that on a toaster.
Microsofts efforts so far on the Pro have been disgraceful. Only game they actually did something of value is FH5 and even that isn't a big difference over the SX version
 
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