Gears Ultimate Beta Access

that's the other thing. Once the novelty of having Gears back wore off I was just playing a shitty version of Gears. can't really see myself sticking with it for long or at all tbh. might just skip this.

The beta isn't perfect. There is a decent size list of things that need tweaking but nothing really paramount. It's great as is but is really close to being a master piece. This is what me and a lot of my friends wanted from a Gears 1 remaster.

It's challenging and highly competitive. I love it
 
I hated that shit. Nearly impossible to dodge or detect. All it did was encourage camping and slowed down the pace of the game to a screeching halt. Terrible mechanic.

Again, I find it baffling people want Gears 2 and 3 features (which fundamentally change the game) in a Gears 1 remaster. Gears 1 fans had to adapt and deal with Gears 2 and Gears 3. It's only fair that the fans of those games realize that Gears 1 fans are long overdue for attention and that it only makes sense that Gears Ultimate, again a remaster of Gears 1, be as true to Gears 1 as much as possible.

Don't like that? Well you basically have three options

1) Don't buy Gears Ultimate
2) Play Gears 3
3) Buy Gears 4 when it comes out

My nigga knows what's fucking good.

It's a gears 1 remaster, let it be like gears 1.

All they really need to do for this beta imo is fix 1 shot downs from shotty at a far distance and active downs from sniper.

If anyone wants all that scrubby shit in gears2-J just wait for gears4. I can promise you that game gonna be ass for multiplayer (cause of all the stupid added shit, unless they decide they wanna go back to gears1 roots which I highly doubt)
 
My nigga knows what's fucking good.

It's a gears 1 remaster, let it be like gears 1.

All they really need to do for this beta imo is fix 1 shot downs from shotty at a far distance and active downs from sniper.

If anyone wants all that scrubby shit in gears2-J just wait for gears4. I can promise you that game gonna be ass for multiplayer (cause of all the stupid added shit, unless they decide they wanna go back to gears1 roots which I highly doubt)

The Coalition's course of action seem pretty clear. They want to establish two communities/ user bases/ player pools. One for the Gears 1 vets and those who prefer Gears 2, 3 and J. I don't see a problem with that at all. In the end, everyone wins.
 
The Coalition's course of action seem pretty clear. They want to establish two communities/ user bases/ player pools. One for the Gears 1 vets and those who prefer Gears 2, 3 and J. I don't see a problem with that at all. In the end, everyone wins.

If they can do that, that works for me too. I assumed they just wanted to choose 1 to stick with and if they did I'd want it to be gears1.
 
Just played a couple matches. Only thing going through my mind was, I wish they remade 2 instead of 1. 2 added so many features that make the gameplay loop more interesting and deeper.

Oh well, hopefully its not too long of a wait for Gears 2.
 
Man I hadn't played Gears since the first game came out. Joined a match and chainsawed a dude. Was alright.
CLiffy B was a genius when he attached a chainsaw to a rifle gun. Lancer is one of the best weapons of all time.

Me and some dudes had a chainsaw party when we were capping a hill tonight. Never fails to make me chuckle.
 
Just played a couple matches. Only thing going through my mind was, I wish they remade 2 instead of 1. 2 added so many features that make the gameplay loop more interesting and deeper.

Oh well, hopefully its not too long of a wait for Gears 2.
I can't believe these words can be constructed into a sentence this way. Gears 2 took everything that was right and made it wrong.

Another thing that people always found wrong with Gears was that you couldn't pick it up and be good immediately. If you are new, you play like a scrub. There's a learning curve to playing the right way (as in the way that makes you an asset to your team). You can't just pick it up and get *lots* of kills by accident. That immediate gratification doesn't exist and that's what makes it that much more satisfying for me.
 
It is extremely stupid that the only times you could play to get the Cole skin was within a three hour period where there was nothing different about the settings. No reason it couldn't have been an all day thing.
 
It is extremely stupid that the only times you could play to get the Cole skin was within a three hour period where there was nothing different about the settings. No reason it couldn't have been an all day thing.

They probably wanted to get tons of players on at one time to stress the servers. This is a beta after all.
 
The beta isn't perfect. There is a decent size list of things that need tweaking but nothing really paramount. It's great as is but is really close to being a master piece. This is what me and a lot of my friends wanted from a Gears 1 remaster.

It's challenging and highly competitive. I love it

THIS. There are some problems, but they are being voiced. Gears never appealed to me much after the first one. The darker tone and more intentional heavier gameplay was super satisfying.


If this beta had Warzone as a gametype I probably wouldn't get any sleep.
 
Anyone know what the beta rewards have been? Like an idiot, I never installed beta even though I got a code until day 3 and have missed 1 day since. I don't know if I got Cole Train football skin from two days ago? But again today only showed from 2-5 Pacific. Would really like to know what I missed.

I didn't want to really get this game. I played the hell out of Gears 1 in 06, almost every day until 07 when Halo 3 launched. I figured I wasn't going to play much, what with Destiny TTK, Halo 5 and Battlefront, but I got $25 off with the MS Store trade in any 5 games promotion. So it's basically a steal now. Can't wait to play come august. Every map as well from the start.
 
Anyone know what the beta rewards have been? Like an idiot, I never installed beta even though I got a code until day 3 and have missed 1 day since. I don't know if I got Cole Train football skin from two days ago? But again today only showed from 2-5 Pacific. Would really like to know what I missed.

I didn't want to really get this game. I played the hell out of Gears 1 in 06, almost every day until 07 when Halo 3 launched. I figured I wasn't going to play much, what with Destiny TTK, Halo 5 and Battlefront, but I got $25 off with the MS Store trade in any 5 games promotion. So it's basically a steal now. Can't wait to play come august. Every map as well from the start.

You missed the football Cole Train character skin and about 4 weapon skin colors that aren't anything special.
 
Anyone know what the beta rewards have been? Like an idiot, I never installed beta even though I got a code until day 3 and have missed 1 day since. I don't know if I got Cole Train football skin from two days ago? But again today only showed from 2-5 Pacific. Would really like to know what I missed.

I didn't want to really get this game. I played the hell out of Gears 1 in 06, almost every day until 07 when Halo 3 launched. I figured I wasn't going to play much, what with Destiny TTK, Halo 5 and Battlefront, but I got $25 off with the MS Store trade in any 5 games promotion. So it's basically a steal now. Can't wait to play come august. Every map as well from the start.

You never missed anything I don't think.
Because there was a problem getting the codes to everyone, as long as you played at some point, you get alll the rewards.
It's just weapon skins anyway.

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Except the Cole Train, you had to play at a certain time last night to unlock that skin.
 
The Gnasher is too powerful, It was fine in '06 with all the issues the game had at the time but now, on dedicated servers ? it's OP as Hell, you need to tone down it by at least 20%, it's a shotgun, not a "boomer", you're suppose to use it at close/medium range, It it also seriously inaccurate and inconsistent whilst blind firing.

I don't really care if my shots come to the barrel or the centered screen even if the first one is preferable, just make it more consistent, the hitbox on this game have serious issue too, I know it's a beta and thing can change but they need to really work hard to bring a better game in less than two mouth if it's not a old build.

Edit: In fact after seeing this, the shots needs to come from your gun and not from the center of your screen, take a look :

https://gearsofwar.com/en-us/forums/98be6d5e03f642a5b8b561883802d401/threads/please-include-the-option-to-shot-from-the-barrel---20-new-solution-new-gif-s/e602f53c-d793-443e-a29e-6101d914330c/posts

Weapons Feedback:

* The Boomshot is too weak. It rarely blows enemies apart and instead just downs them or even make no damage at all, it's suppose to be a power weapon but it's weaker than the Kaomax lol, you need to make it more effective.

* Frag Grenades have the same issue as the boomshot, the blast radius need to be wider.

* The Longshot is the worst, everything looks off from it, hit registration, damage, accuracy, terrible.

*Torque Bow, what the hell is happening ? easiest weapon to use ever, I can stick everyone, every where in every situation, GoW3 torque bow is the best, use it as a base for this one and please bring back headshot with it

Other:

* Blood effect are non-existent, the game is suppose to be gore, same for the "hit marker" I can't see properly if I hurt my target because he ain't bleeding.

* Active Reloads: Just let them off, it make the game more consistent.

* The sound of the game is weak, I can't hear enemies footsteps, need to fix this.

* The Stunned effect from melee need to go, it's ok for nades though.

* Respawn power weapon time need to be longer, too much power weapon on the same team hands can break a game pretty easily.



GoW UE is not a bad game but it's an old one, I don't understand why people want it to be exactly how it was with all its flaws and thing, the game has broken mechanics from a decade and it's fine for an '06 game but for a 2015 one ? I'm not that sure... I hope Devs will listening feedback from their community as much as possible, I don't want an another Judgement game.
 
I was so excited to play this after receiving a code yesterday. Stayed up late waiting for it to download so I could try a couple matches. Got into a game no problem, gunned down 2 people going for items. Awesome. Then one of them kills me. Then I respawn. Then I shut off the game.

When were respawns added to Gears 1 other than in Annex?
 
I was so excited to play this after receiving a code yesterday. Stayed up late waiting for it to download so I could try a couple matches. Got into a game no problem, gunned down 2 people going for items. Awesome. Then one of them kills me. Then I respawn. Then I shut off the game.

When were respawns added to Gears 1 other than in Annex?

Team death match mode for the remaster. I'm sure they'll have the original game types in the retail release.
 

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This exploit is fixed in Judgment, which also had center screen aiming.
 
I am returning to Gears after Gears 3. So its been a long time and I have played lot of shooters since then. My god. Controls are so hard at first. But I am liking it.
 
Got both codes, redeemed both, reset console once downloaded but all I'm getting is 'contacting gears of war services' constantly!

Have been away and was gutted Id be missing most of the beta, but happy to get one last day in it and it's not working for me.
 
that's the other thing. Once the novelty of having Gears back wore off I was just playing a shitty version of Gears. can't really see myself sticking with it for long or at all tbh. might just skip this.

I dont agree totally, but I do see what youre saying.

For starters, I think the improvements made to 2 and 3 were huge in terms of the meta/strategy of the game. After playing 2 and 3 for so long, there are certain things became staples for me. Without them, it feels like im playing a lesser Gears.

I understand that its sticking true to the original, I dont look down on it for that. I just think that there are some improvements that should be carried over into this version, regardless if its a remake.

I think they need to allow for grenades to be planted, they need to make the weapon spawning the same as gears 2 and 3, wall bouncing could be tweaked for better flow, add the guns from gears 2 and 3 (going back to only having 2 feels like a downgrade).

And before anyone says "its gears 1! its not supposed to have x and y!". If they were going to be hardcore about sticking to the original game, they wouldnt have team death match (only execution and warzone), they wouldnt have tagging, they wouldnt have this new glowy enemy/team mate effect thing, etc.

In the end, I know its a beta, I just hope that they do add some of the stuff from gears 2 and 3 into the multiplayer side of the final game. Whether it be improvements made in the sequels, or just maps and weapons, I honestly think it would make for a better experience in the end.
 
I used to play this game with live friends I played with since lives launch.

Jumping into it cold probably won't be as fun considering nobody talks anymore.

We will see but I might have to pass :(
 
I used to play this game with live friends I played with since lives launch.

Jumping into it cold probably won't be as fun considering nobody talks anymore.

We will see but I might have to pass :(

Geez way to make me feel sad. Play with some of us man! Im sure we could get a GAF room goin when it comes out!
 
I can't believe these words can be constructed into a sentence this way. Gears 2 took everything that was right and made it wrong.

Another thing that people always found wrong with Gears was that you couldn't pick it up and be good immediately. If you are new, you play like a scrub. There's a learning curve to playing the right way (as in the way that makes you an asset to your team). You can't just pick it up and get *lots* of kills by accident. That immediate gratification doesn't exist and that's what makes it that much more satisfying for me.

Its just personal preferance I guess. For me, Gears 2 has more mechanics for the player to use. Gears 2 added more weapons, and things like the human shield and grenade tagging. Made running around with shotguns harder to pull off with stopping power.

I don't think Gears 2 made the game more pick up and play. Its just has hard to master as Gears 1 and arguably more so with the added mechanics.

Will say this, I forgot how good Gears sounded. The headshot sound is so satisfying. Cant wait for release day, more Gears is all I want, and Gears 1 is my second favourite game in the series.
 
Geez way to make me feel sad. Play with some of us man! Im sure we could get a GAF room goin when it comes out!

That is a viable option.

I guess it comes down to if they nail the online.

Halo burnt me pretty badly as far as returning to a classic mp game I loved.

I freak not love gears game play tho, so won't be able to walk away if the reviews and online are stellar.
 
You never missed anything I don't think.
Because there was a problem getting the codes to everyone, as long as you played at some point, you get alll the rewards.
It's just weapon skins anyway.

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Except the Cole Train, you had to play at a certain time last night to unlock that skin.

Seems like I missed out on that stupid trashball skin yet again !
 
ive finished playing the beta, overall it will be a decent filler till gears4 drops. funny thing is i have the exact same k/d in gears 1 beta and gears 3, all this nonsense about gears 1 being more difficult is straight bs. its more clunky and frustratingly inconsistent but more skilful? hell no
 
ive finished playing the beta, overall it will be a decent filler till gears4 drops. funny thing is i have the exact same k/d in gears 1 beta and gears 3, all this nonsense about gears 1 being more difficult is straight bs. its more clunky and frustratingly inconsistent but more skilful? hell no

The shotgun is more random in this and the Lancer is terrible.
 
Good god gold rush must be the worst map in gears history. Please let us choose our maps, I miss the server browser.

Also, cannot wait to get back onto fuel depot and mansion... Oooooh yeeeeaaaaah
 
Good god gold rush must be the worst map in gears history. Please let us choose our maps, I miss the server browser.

Also, cannot wait to get back onto fuel depot and mansion... Oooooh yeeeeaaaaah

Gold rush >>> Courtyard

Map is trash for TDM and the hammer is stupid OP
 
Good god gold rush must be the worst map in gears history. Please let us choose our maps, I miss the server browser.

Also, cannot wait to get back onto fuel depot and mansion... Oooooh yeeeeaaaaah
Omggggg mansion is the best!
Gold rush >>> Courtyard

Map is trash for TDM and the hammer is stupid OP
Yeah, courtyard is a piece of shit. It's too open for Gears and in TDM the high ground gives teams too much of an advantage.
 
Good god gold rush must be the worst map in gears history. Please let us choose our maps, I miss the server browser.

Also, cannot wait to get back onto fuel depot and mansion... Oooooh yeeeeaaaaah
Oh man, love those two maps.

I also hate gold rush.
 
Yeah I agree with courtyard too. Awful map, get someone good on the hammer and it's basically game over.

There's not a map on the originally shipped gears that I dislike. Even the free dlc was immense (Raven down errbody). These two maps though are going to totally piss me off when I can't skip them haha. Fingers crossed there's an option in there somewhere.....
 
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