LinkToTheFuture
Member
Wait really is starting to burn now x.x i havent played any gears since 2012 ish lol been on hiatus waiting for the next installment and really wanna play some of this on xb1 >< Redeem still busted on my end rip
Gears Ultimate Beta Access
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I never get it when people say Gears 1 MP was the best of the bunch, it had it's own set of problems and a lot of it were bullshit problems (crab walking, chaining downs until you eventually get a kill, two piecing, can't remember what it's called but you could run and simply press RT to make your character stop and shoot, your enemy hits your toe or the fabric hanging off you with an active bullet and you are down). It had most of the best maps...but I personally liked the later games a lot more in MP, it also didn't help that Gears 1's movement was so clunky and sticky compared to the later games.
schlongdog
Banned
And yet it never bothered me, I can't really explain that, but yeah I adored Gears 1.
Warts and all. And there was plenty of warts.
Let me skydive one last time
Stil no message
I got the message, but I'm among those who cannot redeem. I think I'll have to wait for the store to recover
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
Stil no message
Still waiting...amateur hour over here.
kingwingin
Member
hopefully this version has you die on your third down. So many gang rapes before that patch. People would spend the whole round spanking you
B1gg_Randall
Member
Same here.It sucks
backflip10019
Member
I can't redeem either. Bummer.
Goodacre0081
Member
welcome to Gears
blue_phazon
Member
All I want is my code. Please Gears gods
Diablohead
Member
hah I remember those days, everyone would pop smokes on you and hump your bleeding out body.
The best thing was getting up and quickly shooting the shotgun to gib someone before they downed you again.
Not me.
Shoulda just opened the flood gates and let everyone in. always hate these kinda things.
AgentOtaku
Member
Just registered! 
Specter316
Neo Member
I'm talking about the build-up to Judgement. People whined about active downing, so they nerfed the heck out of the sniper. People whined about no respawns, so they created that team deathmatch garbage. Best of all, people whined about the weapon selection, so they introduced the sawed-off. (Cringe)
Scully Scully Scoo
Member
quick summary of the fuckery confirmed to be present in this 'ultimate edition'
- 2 piecing
- active downing
- weapon sliding
- crabwalking?? maybe
- invincibility while chainsawing?? not confirmed yet but it was in the original so maybe its in here
- 2 piecing
- active downing
- weapon sliding
- crabwalking?? maybe
- invincibility while chainsawing?? not confirmed yet but it was in the original so maybe its in here
exactly. gears 1 was good for its time but gears 3 destroys it in every department. only people blinded by nostalgia say otherwise
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
I even thought I was on the old Epic Games forums for a while when reading his posts.
Why would they take it out? Its Gears 1 at its purest.
LinkToTheFuture
Member
Annd just like that my hype died. I thought this would be the definitive version with all the patches =/ it is just a beta i suppose, but if the final game has all the broken things that make mp frustrating i'll just wait for gears 4. way to many other things to play in the meantime @.@
Wait does this also mean there's no stopping power at all in weapons? So that means you'll find people just rushing in open with the Gnasher?
Fuck that noise.
It's a remake, and it was never advertised as a remake with exactly the same gameplay engine as the first game (like the Halo remakes). Which is why it is expected of them to not include the flaws that were fixed in the later games.
Gears is different in the sense that the reason why the flaws were "fixed" was because of the community, the community does not want active down or two piecing so by bringing it back they are not making anyone happy.
Fuck that noise.
Yet it has TDM mode, a mode that only got first introduced in Gears 3.
It's a remake, and it was never advertised as a remake with exactly the same gameplay engine as the first game (like the Halo remakes). Which is why it is expected of them to not include the flaws that were fixed in the later games.
Gears is different in the sense that the reason why the flaws were "fixed" was because of the community, the community does not want active down or two piecing so by bringing it back they are not making anyone happy.
Active downs with the snipe were stupid as hell
Scully Scully Scoo
Member
i honestly never saw anyone demanding the return of active downing. and tdm is good for those that like it, i have no problem with it because they still have execution/kot etc. also had no problem with sawedoff once its range was nerfed to match that of gnashers
because gears 1 at it purest sucks especially when u have experienced gears 3
Doctor West
Member
I can't even get my app to connect.
If they are going to include stuff like TDM then it's no longer "Gears 1 at its purest". So that begs the question, why keep the flaws of the original then ?
Gears 3 was an improvement in gameplay in every single way. The Gears 3 that came to be after patches and is playable right now is the most stable and most balanced version of Gears that we've ever seen till date.
S0cc3rpunk
Unconfirmed Member
all downloaded and ready to go, now i have to wait for another message in order to let me play come on Microsoft 
DoomGyver
Member
What is the file size?all downloaded and ready to go, now i have to wait for another message in order to let me play come on Microsoft
Collateral22
Member
Anyone know how to get the Ready to Install section? Can't download it ((
((Scully Scully Scoo
Member
all this shit makes no sense to me, wtf is going on. i didnt think the devs would be this stupid
i like u
This.
GoW1 was amazing for its time, but feels dated now.
You can jump on GoW3 and it feels and even looks like it just came out yesterday
S0cc3rpunk
Unconfirmed Member
it's telling me 6.4GB
And none of that matters because it isn't fun.
Because people just want to just rush and run around in the open with their shotguns.
The game got worse the more it catered to those players. G1 is still best even with its issues.
I'll just say that you are in the minority here.
I have thousands of hours of playtime in Gears across all three games, and most of it in LAN (me and my friends who played this owned two consoles, one for how and one for this garage where we had a LAN setup, which is where we'd spend most of our time) and from my experience and the people I regularly played with it's always a choice between Gears 2 (post TU4) and 3.
The only ones who pick Gears 1 are the ones who are nostalgic. I can see someone liking it over others for the look and feel and the maps, but in terms of gameplay there is not a single thing...not one that Gears 1 does better than it's sequels. If you think otherwise then I want to ask you why you think so.
Specter316
Neo Member
Glad I'm not the only one that feels this way. I'll take active downs every day of the week over some moron using all my teams respawns or hiding in a room with smoke grenades on either doorway.
Gears 3 is the most polished and stable version out there, but I don't really think it is the most balanced. Stuff like Retro Lancer and the hammerburst messed with the balance that the lancer had.