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[Verendus]

Our Godzilla in the Pacific,
Hallowed be thy name.
Your TPS come,
Your will be done,
On PS4, as it is on Xbox One,
Give us on these days our desired metacritic score,
For Quantum, Uncharted, and Gears of War.
And forgive us our desire,
As we also have forgiven our transgressors.
And lead us not into first person,
But deliver us from open world.
We pray to you Lawd-Zilla,
Rock this world like the Thrilla in Manila.

Amen.

 

[Jito]

The stretch was making the comparison from a couple seconds of gameplay from gears to the older entry in the halo series.

Man you're really riding me, just gonna stop you there before you enjoy this too much.

 

[Iced Arcade]

REQ packs are garbage and would ruin Horde like the changes in Survival (Judgment) did. Ive been holding off on an Xbox One until Gears 4 hits and if REQ packs are in Horde, Im fuckin OUT.

quick someone should offer this man paid DLC

 

[shoreu]

quick someone should offer this man paid DLC

All he heard was microtransaction and ran

 

[Goodacre0081]

-New enemy is called "The Swarm"

Wait really? That doesn't sounds new, or original.

im hoping that means a slightly altered Locust and that we wont be going back to COG vs COG in MP

 

[Tatsumi Oga]

Sucks these days I have to hope SP in games will end up decent or not.

For me it's not so much if it's going to be decent, I have faith in that. But when I read things like that... It makes me scared that the campaign won't last too long and that would be a huge shame. I like Gears MP, but for me it's always been more about the campaign to be honest. I really do dig Horde though. None of the three Gears games were really short, so if Gears 4 is similar to those.... I'm good. I just don't get why they say the emphasis is bigger on MP, where it was only 10% with the first Gears. Why even mention the first one at all when the other three has a huge emphasis on MP already?

 

[Dragun619]

Not particularly hyped about the game, but I am curious to where they'll take it from here. Kinda just felt the third entry was enough gears for me.

This

Sounds like the opposite of fun. Nevermind the absurdity of it as far as physics are concerned but just why? Will be waiting to see this system inaction but reading about it like this I'm not a fan of the idea at all.

I mean, it seems like a mechanic to push the player forward into melee situations or try to shorten the distance between them and the enmey to land better shots, rather picking them off from a distance.

But I dont think gears ever needed a mechanic like that since levels were pretty enclosed/small areas, but maybe there's just big open areas in the game, that require this?

 

[Figments]

Our Godzilla in the Pacific,
Hallowed be thy name.
Your TPS come,
Your will be done,
On PS4, as it is on Xbox One,
Give us on these days our desired metacritic score,
For Quantum, Uncharted, and Gears of War.
And forgive us our desire,
As we also have forgiven our transgressors.
And lead us not into first person,
But deliver us from open world.
We pray to you Lawd-Zilla,
Rock this world like the Thrilla in Manila.

Amen.

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[Jack Scofield]

I realize I'm putting way too much thought into this, but is there a reason why humanity is an endangered species if they've already colonized multiple planets? Aren't there off-planet governments or people who can help?

Not sure how easy space travel is in the Gears universe.

 

[Wedzi]

Well with Mass Effect missing this year so I have a big emergence sized hole to fill this holiday. Really excited for couch co op. My brothers and I will really enjoy this.

 

[SmugSnake]

I realize I'm putting way too much thought into this, but is there a reason why humanity is an endangered species if they've already colonized multiple planets? Aren't there off-planet governments or people who can help?

Not sure how easy space travel is in the Gears universe.

What makes you think they've colonized planets? Their tech level isn't much more advanced than ours, space travel/colonies are never mentioned etc. Unless they mention space travel in the books or something I don't know why people would think they have space travel - or at least space travel advanced enough to colonize planets.

 

[Warxard]

I realize I'm putting way too much thought into this, but is there a reason why humanity is an endangered species if they've already colonized multiple planets? Aren't there off-planet governments or people who can help?

Not sure how easy space travel is in the Gears universe.

There hasn't been off world colonization at all. They're all they know of and even if they could travel out of Sera they have no fuel.

 

[Laws00]

I just want to know is Anya, JD Fenix mom?

I heard/read she had problems conceiving children

 

[Jack Scofield]

What makes you think they've colonized planets? Their tech level isn't much more advanced than ours, space travel/colonies are never mentioned etc. Unless they mention space travel in the books or something I don't know why people would think they have space travel - or at least space travel advanced enough to colonize planets.

The planet in Gears 1-3 is not Earth, it's one called Sera, I think. Home to the single most unlucky population of humans.

EDIT: It's probably just me overthinking things. For some reason I always assumed that Earth existed in the Gears universe, but maybe Sera is just a replacement for Earth.

 

[Kid Goku]

Incredibly excited for this. I mostly played Gears for Horde.

The only thing I really dislike with Gears is the running animation. I hope they improve that too.
Other than that, man the horror elements is exactly what I wanted. Hope to see some footage soon.

 

[Tatsumi Oga]

Usually GI releases the scans as high resolution screenshots later in the month, don't they? I saw some scans but you really can't see a lot.

 

[Zeta Oni]

The planet in Gears 1-3 is not Earth, it's one called Sera, I think. Home to the single most unlucky population of humans.

I'm pretty sure Sera IS earth, or at least the in universe equivalent.

They really don't have planet colonization level tech, at least in nothing I've ever played/read.

Edit: Saw edit, you got it.

 

[tuna_love]

maybe baird is the mum

 

[Badlucktroll]

I would LOVE a Gears of War FPS game that takes place during the pendulum wars. Like, a battlefield or call of duty clone. Who's with me? FINGERS CROSSED.

 

[JayWood2010]

-Big emphasis on multiplayer, saying original Gears development was 90% SP, 10% MP

No idea, it was only 10% but so glad its an even bigger focus now as that is what makes Gears imo xD

The weather effects also sounds similar to the Books Stormlight Archives.

 

[Goodacre0081]

I guess this is the Swarm. YT link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCDZWwzJblQ&t=0m16s

not sure if that could be used as MP opposition to the COG. maybe they'll bring back the Locust for MP only

 

[Moofers]

They are better than paid DLC. Never spent a cent on Halo 5 and never thought it was necessary. You earn point easily. People who played Halo 5, and thinks DLC is better than having RAQ system. Well, those people are just clueless.

So if having RAQ points system we get all new content for free. Fuck yeah, double down on that shit.

I strongly disagree. I would much rather pay for the occasional map than have to load up a game and not have all the weapons I want accessible to me at any time. When I play horde in Gears 3, I have a routine that I like to establish. I have certain weapons I rely on, certain fortifications, and certain strategies. When you lock those things behind burnable one time use cards or packs or whatever, you are restricting my opportunity to plan and Play the game the way that I want to play it.

I was on a team that chased the top of the leaderboards for horde mode. When you go into a game and you're not able to have all the weapons you want, I can see that feeling like a waste of time. You want every run to potentially be better than the last. These are 2+ hour commitments. So what if you had a great run using the sniper rifle or the boomshot and you load the game up again and you want to top that but you don't have any burn cards for boomshots or sniper rifles? Imagine being stuck with just a boltok pistol or some basic loadout weapon. You're either going to grind out some useless matches with this non-ideal loadout, or you're going to pay for some of the stuff via micro transaction. I'll take one time payment for maps over that shit any day of the week. At least with that system I can always count on being able to expect the same weapons, the same fortifications, and thus the same opportunities to play the game the way that I want to play it.

 

[Poodlestrike]

I guess this is the Swarm. YT link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCDZWwzJblQ&t=0m16s

not sure if that could be used as MP opposition to the COG. maybe they'll bring back the Locust for MP only

There's mention in the OP of an upgraded version that uses weapons, that'll probably be it.

 

[pizzacat]

There's mention in the OP of an upgraded version that uses weapons, that'll probably be it.

The upgraded version is just a locust drone. You can see with that image they put in the video it looked like a pre evolved rager from judgment

 

[PinkCrayon]

From the creators of "Razor Hail" comes the next big thing in harsh weather effects: Windflares.

 

[FUBAR McDangles]

Goddamn. That all sounded gud.

Thanks for the details.

 

[void666]

Sounds good. Looking forward to it.

 

[RexNovis]

I mean, it seems like a mechanic to push the player forward into melee situations or try to shorten the distance between them and the enmey to land better shots, rather picking them off from a distance.

But I dont think gears ever needed a mechanic like that since levels were pretty enclosed/small areas, but maybe there's just big open areas in the game, that require this?

That actually makes a lot of sense. Like I said at first glance this seems like a really odd mechanic but I'll have to wait and see it in action to tell for sure. If there are legit gameplay reasons for its addition like youve stated above then I would see no problem with it.

 

[AdamMcKraken]

The planet in Gears 1-3 is not Earth, it's one called Sera, I think. Home to the single most unlucky population of humans.

EDIT: It's probably just me overthinking things. For some reason I always assumed that Earth existed in the Gears universe, but maybe Sera is just a replacement for Earth.

Nope, Sera is the Gears universes versio of earth. They only can space travel like we do, but exploration of the universe was never a priority since they have always been at war.

Only reference there is about their solar system, is from Benjie in Gears 2, when they talk about the origin of the Locusts. "This one guy in Basic, he thought that they came from Risea or one of the moons." (Risea was an unknown celestial body, planet)

 

[Nuke Soda]

Our Godzilla in the Pacific,
Hallowed be thy name.
Your TPS come,
Your will be done,
On PS4, as it is on Xbox One,
Give us on these days our desired metacritic score,
For Quantum, Uncharted, and Gears of War.
And forgive us our desire,
As we also have forgiven our transgressors.
And lead us not into first person,
But deliver us from open world.
We pray to you Lawd-Zilla,
Rock this world like the Thrilla in Manila.

Amen.

This post gets two thumbs up.

 

[Jessie.Bristol]

Can't wait to see some actual gameplay from the Mutliplayer. Hopefully they announce the Beta date this month.

 

[Head.spawn]

I don't want to jinx it, but that sounds promising.

 

[rokkerkory]

Sounds great! Im in

 

[Igorlives]

This looks fantastic. Really hope they release a Gears 4 themed console

 

[Fahzgoolin]

cntrl+f PC. Hmmm, no mention of PC version?

Wish it was crossplatform. Queue with controller and it places you with Xbox players.

 

[il Diavolo]

I really like the sound of the setting.

The idea of the story taking place in a 24 hour time span is interesting. They're going to need to nail the pacing for it to work.

 

[Finaj]

Found some magazine scans in the wilderness. Won't post them, obviously.

 

[Fotos]

Found some magazine scans in the wilderness. Won't post them, obviously.

PM?

 

[whitehawk]

Want to get back to the "intimacy" and "boogeyman" feeling of the original Gears

Yesssss

 

[Finaj]

PM?

Sent it.

While I won't post them, there appears to be a weapon that fires saw blades. Given GoW's past arsenal, I'm surprised it wasn't added earlier.

 

[TurtleSnatcher]

I can't wait for all of this news to finally hit everyone.

 

[BananasWithGuns]

I guess this is the Swarm. YT link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCDZWwzJblQ&t=0m16s

not sure if that could be used as MP opposition to the COG. maybe they'll bring back the Locust for MP only

They're calling that a "Juvie" which can evolve into a "Drone" which sort of looks like a Locust Drone but mutated and almost zombie like.

 

[JimiNutz]

To be honest, I grew tired of Gears after 3 and I've moved away from the Xbox brand in general (barely use my Xbox One).

This however is exactly what I wanted to hear for Gears 4 though and I expect the series to draw me back in.

 

[matrix-cat]

Marcus has a blonde son and Anya can't be the mother? Only one other explanation:

 

[ResidentDante]

Game sounds great, I'm really looking forward to this title!

 

[Coalition-PezRadar]

Just to clarify ... Campaign is most def getting a great amount of love along with MP.

 

[krang]

Marcus has a blonde son and Anya can't be the mother? Only one other explanation:

Why hello, beautiful.

 

[mullet2000]

I strongly disagree. I would much rather pay for the occasional map than have to load up a game and not have all the weapons I want accessible to me at any time. When I play horde in Gears 3, I have a routine that I like to establish. I have certain weapons I rely on, certain fortifications, and certain strategies. When you lock those things behind burnable one time use cards or packs or whatever, you are restricting my opportunity to plan and Play the game the way that I want to play it.

I was on a team that chased the top of the leaderboards for horde mode. When you go into a game and you're not able to have all the weapons you want, I can see that feeling like a waste of time. You want every run to potentially be better than the last. These are 2+ hour commitments. So what if you had a great run using the sniper rifle or the boomshot and you load the game up again and you want to top that but you don't have any burn cards for boomshots or sniper rifles? Imagine being stuck with just a boltok pistol or some basic loadout weapon. You're either going to grind out some useless matches with this non-ideal loadout, or you're going to pay for some of the stuff via micro transaction. I'll take one time payment for maps over that shit any day of the week. At least with that system I can always count on being able to expect the same weapons, the same fortifications, and thus the same opportunities to play the game the way that I want to play it.

Amen man, amen.

I'm very worried that Gears 4 will implement a system like Halo 5 that hurts my overall enjoyment of the game. Time will tell, o don't want to jump to conclusions, but I'll be very, very sad if it has a req-type system.

 

[cordy]

Once this is out I'll finally get an X1. Been waiting for a new Gears.

 

[Dance Inferno]

This is coming to Windows 10 as well, yes? As a PC-only gamer, of all the XB1 exclusives, this is the one I'm really looking forward to playing on W10.