Gears of War: Judgment Thread

Phaethon360 - Mr Pant<s>s</s>ies
Phaethon360
Since 7422 Days
So I've put in a lot of time into the multiplayer of this game. Campaign is the worst in the franchise, content is completely lacking, but People Can Fly definitely improved the gameplay.

Story is lame so far. It would've been nice to see how these guys all met, but it just shows them on trial while they recount the events. It's impossible to care for anyone in this game this way, and if this was my first Gears, I'd probably wish they'd all die.

Changes:

-Sticky Grenade tagging (if the grenade hits you it sticks, duh)
-No more molasses legs (if you're getting shot you don't lose momentum, so you can actually move to a better spot)
-Gnasher whoring is back (if you played Gears 1 you remember the 1-2 combo)

It's still a first person shooter with a hulk of metal blocking a 1/3 of the screen, but it's much faster paced. Free-For-All is the best FFA in any game I've played this gen. So hectic I love it. You feel badass manipulating the situation to your advantage.

Overrun is like Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead Versus had a baby. It's sad they got rid of Horde for those that liked it (it should've been kept for more content) but I probably would've just played Survival instead anyway.

Anyway, Tinks hissed/barked and scratched/bit the game cover on his way to PAX East so give him a kick over a fence if you see him! Not every game has to be Natural Selection 2, cat/dog.
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BLackHawkodst
BLackHawkodst
Since 6463 Days
Should get my copy this week, how are the new weapons?
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Phaethon360 - Mr Pant<s>s</s>ies
Phaethon360
Since 7422 Days
Markza, Booshka, Breechshot are the only ones I've noticed and they are are nothing to write home about. There's the Tripwire Crossbow but I've not seen it in MP at all. Useful in campaign to defend points though.

Best weapon change so far is the Boomshield and that it can be used with any gun. New Stim and Radar grenades are interesting. As I said I like the new throw mechanic a lot.
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ManThatYouFear
ManThatYouFear
Since 7519 Days
so the reviews are full of it as usual?
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Phaethon360 - Mr Pant<s>s</s>ies
Phaethon360
Since 7422 Days
Meta scores are about right for this one. The gameplay is improved and the controls are tight, but if you never play multiplayer feel free to skip this one. I'm confident they won't reference the story in a sequel. Baird is just as boring and annoying as we all thought he was.
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ManThatYouFear
Since 7519 Days
apparantly he is a fan fave, never met any gamers who liked him let alone could recal his name.
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GriftGFX - He can also<br>ban your ass!
GriftGFX
Since 7576 Days
Free-For-All is the best FFA in any game I've played this gen.
Did you not play Call of Duty 4? Call of Duty 4 has the best FFA this generation.
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BLackHawkodst
BLackHawkodst
Since 6463 Days
Posted by Phaethon360
Markza, Booshka, Breechshot are the only ones I've noticed and they are are nothing to write home about. There's the Tripwire Crossbow but I've not seen it in MP at all. Useful in campaign to defend points though.

Best weapon change so far is the Boomshield and that it can be used with any gun. New Stim and Radar grenades are interesting. As I said I like the new throw mechanic a lot.
Cool, thanks.
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Phaethon360 - Mr Pant<s>s</s>ies
Phaethon360
Since 7422 Days
Posted by GriftGFX
Did you not play Call of Duty 4? Call of Duty 4 has the best FFA this generation.
I did, and running up on random people on Shipment is fun in bursts but neither of Halo or COD ever match up to this. Gears greatest weakness becomes it's strength in FFA. Teammates have always been mismatch for me, they don't know what they're doing or never travel in a pack, or rush in and die. Lone Wolf is where Gears shines.

As soon as you see someone in COD they're dead or vice versa. And there's always been vultures in Halo waiting to toss a grenade or put in the last headshot. Long distance kills are easy and it's all about finding a vantage point.

In Gears if you want a kill you need to get your hands dirty. Just trying to snipe will get you destroyed in a hilarious fashion. Gotta keep moving, and towards the action preferably. Tossing a Stim grenade into the fray gives you a point to recover health and a chance to take out weakened combatants.

This is the only multiplayer game I've had this much fun playing by myself since Halo 2's Rumble Pit.
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GriftGFX - He can also<br>ban your ass!
GriftGFX
Since 7576 Days
Fair enough. I don't think anything could match the twitch awesomeness of COD for me. I doubt I'd say the same of I played it on consoles though. I'd probably have gone to a Halo for that comment instead.
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Tinks
Tinks
Since 7506 Days
How dare you
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Phaethon360 - Mr Pant<s>s</s>ies
Phaethon360
Since 7422 Days
Finished the campaign. Aftermath is much better, but only about an hour or so. Defense points get old in the main game rather quickly, but the nice thing about many of the campaign sections is they are dynamic. If someone died and we restarted we'd find the level layout changed and new enemies and weapon drops. Kept things dynamic. I wouldn't mind this becoming a thing. But needs more variety and bring back the bosses.

Campaign felt like poor DLC and the Multiplayer only has 4 maps and then another 4 for Survival. Slim pickings. But it's fun, so I'll keep playing.
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