GEARS OF WAR 3 thread
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Lets get together for some games of gears
I'm a guy who enjoys gears but has no one on my list to play with, i can hold my own online, and enjoy horde
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I'm a guy who enjoys gears but has no one on my list to play with, i can hold my own online, and enjoy horde
Leave your gamertag in here and we can add each other and play!
sickside85 is my gamertag, add me, and i'll add you, add your gamertags guys
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I should be playing through game in co-op and trying out the other online modes soon (looking forward to getting stuck into beast mode, that looks fun) so I'll post my impressions on that when I've played more of it.
I'm sure i read somewhere (possibly IGN) that the skins that are available to buy on the Marketplace are all actually unlockable for free in the game if you just progress through the ranks normally. I think it's the same as those "Unlock Everything Quickly" DLC's for the EA Sports games, i.e. utterly pointless and for people without patience.
Some can be unlocked as you progress through the game, but sadly the others are purchase-only, as far as I'm aware. Not that I particularly give a hoot about what skin is on my weapon - the less flashy the better, tbh, I don't want a pink flowery gun sticking out as I crouch at the side - but it's a shame to see so much 'dlc' at launch.
Having good fun with the game this weekend, although I'm only on Act II at the moment.
Even though the ending seemed pretty final, I hope that's not the last we see of Gears, hopefully there's some more Locust hiding somewhere in need of a good chainsaw massage
Had a quick go on the multiplayer as well, it seems good (as a Beta participant, i was expecting as much), although i much prefer the close quarters maps to the snipe fests that occur on the more open maps.
Played campaign this weekend (interspersed with drinking, football and F1) got to Act 4, that sequence at the end of Act 3 had me on the edge of my seat, open mouthed. :eek:
I got up to Act 5 last night. Should get it finished later.
Yes it was. A perfect choice.
I hope this isn't the last we see of the franchise. Obviously we'll have to say goodbye to the old guard. But, get a new team of COGs, new world, new enemy.
Campaign was good and brought to a final conclusion though I do believe that there will be more Gears games in the future. Mostly along the line of a prequel to the original story, Pendulum wars anyone????
Horde is in two words the .....Mutts Nutts. Just awesome.
Beast mode was a one trick pony, far too short and only played to get the unlockables and achievement points, I am a score **** after all.
Multiplayer justs reminds me of how naff I actually am on Gears and quite regularly have my arse handed to me a plate by some prepubescent. Oh well practise makes perfect and all that........
My only niggles were story related:
- Some characters and events from between 2 & 3 could have been explained better, been fleshed out more. Not everyone will have read the three books set in that period... I ended up reading Wikipedia to find out more about who the hell Sam was, and what happened in the gap.
And, as Baird also wanted to know...
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Still, despite all that, I think the story was less shit than that of Gears 1 & 2.
I haven't finished the game yet but I suspected that was the case from Gears of War 2.
What surprises me is how young Bernie's voice sounds when she's actually Hoffman's age! Also it would've been nice (and a change for a Gears game) to be fighting along side Mac the dog!
Multiplayer tip: Don't bother aiming for the heads, aim for the legs and then quickly finish them off while they're defenseless on the floor. Doing this tactic i've been racking up quite a decent score on most games.
Deffo made it easier! I keep getting way more downs than I do kills which is annoying.
The thing that is most annoying is when the team spawns behind you, I'm not quick enough to realise. But practice makes perfect I suppose.
My tip... Play Horde on your own using any weapons except the Lancer or Hammerburst. The later waves (6-10, 16-20 etc) provide some good opportunities to sharpen your skills.