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Gears of War 4 - Rise of the Horde drops June 6th
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Dude, cowboy that drive up.
Wow! Great news. Tbh, I'm pretty busy these days so I haven't had time to go into Gears 4 yet. But it's been annoying seeing the size on my hard drive decrease each month. The last update didn't even download because I didn't have enough space on my HDD.
the reason is so big is because it includes all the other updates, with a better compression method.
i had to ask my mom to update the game, because i want to play it today, and at the time i arrive at home after work and with my internet speed it wouldnt be possible.
love my mom
Not that it's a tiny game (filesize or content-wise), but this is an awesome update. I like that they made it enough of a priority to bother.
Wait, what? I'm just about 100% sure I've played horde just fine offline, including split-screen. Has this changed (or am I remembering wrong)?
Collateral22
Member
So did they add crossplay for ranked? I'm 7:32 into a ranked execution search and not even a hint of finding a game...
SenseiAsad
Member
I don't think you can, it uses cloud servers for enemy AI.
now that the hype is gone, this fucking update is NOTHING
15 new skills that you probably wont have because the loot system
no new enemies,no new weapons, no new characters, no new options to play horde, nothing like 10.20,30 waves run, or join in progress,
just the fucking energy indicator and thats it
2 old maps that i already played religously on gears 2 and 3.
ironan is kinda cool but i will probably never touch it.
i was so hyped for this, but now that it is here, its fucking nothing.
15 new skills that you probably wont have because the loot system
no new enemies,no new weapons, no new characters, no new options to play horde, nothing like 10.20,30 waves run, or join in progress,
just the fucking energy indicator and thats it
2 old maps that i already played religously on gears 2 and 3.
ironan is kinda cool but i will probably never touch it.
i was so hyped for this, but now that it is here, its fucking nothing.
Leks
Member
I've found my first core and ranked matches since launch. I was the only PC player.
Collateral22
Member
Did you have to tick any box to enable it? I can get social matches fine, ranked seems as dead as ever.
Jacqil has the right of it. Previous Gears games allowed for offline Horde, but Gears 4 requires a connection to the server for it, even when playing a private game.
Your post sounds really negative, but god damn if I don't find myself in agreement for the most part. I fired it up yesterday and realized that while the new skills are very nice and in case of the Sniper and Soldier were very much needed for making the classes viable, the main meat is always enemies and weapons and variety, which is what the mode lacks most in Gears 4.
It also sorely needs a way to speed it up. No scoreboards between waves would go a long way for example, (just do them after a boss wave) but that didn't happen and neither did the shorter commitment options for a 10,20, or 30 wave session. I realize the more options we have the more split the player base will become, but I think they should tie difficulty options to these length selections. For example, casual goes private only, normal is 10 waves, hardcore is 20 waves, insane is 50, etc. Something like that. The game needs it ever so badly right now.
Like I said earlier in this thread, I think the improvements are great but they need to go harder at this.
Leks
Member
That option is only for Xbox One players if I'm not mistaken.
OK this is rad. May reinstall after all!
i love the game, and was hyped as fuck to play yesterday, and when i started playing, it was more of the same!
i know things have changed but man, to be called "the biggest update to horde ever" and to feel exactly the same as last week horde is big fucking reality check.
we need more weapons, enemies, fortifications, classes or something.
Gazoogleheimmer
Member
For XBox, I'm pretty sure you need Xbox Live Gold to get into Horde, I remember people complaining about no offline mode early on unless they did an update. I used to play solo Horde to see how far I can go, but always had Live so didn't effect me.
Sonavagun, I hadn't realized. Thanks for the responses, everyone.
sweetvar26
Member
Game is on sale for $20 where I live, worth it for the campaign?
I've played the first two quite extensively but I can't invest time in Co-op or Multiplayer anymore, so just the campaign run.
I've played the first two quite extensively but I can't invest time in Co-op or Multiplayer anymore, so just the campaign run.
I think so. But the game will have a trial starting tomorrow. You can play the first act then. See if you like it.
Clayton Carmine
Benjamin Carmine
Anthony Carmine
Weapon Skins
Carmine
King Raven
Emblems
Carmine
https://gearsofwar.com/en-us/community/news/carmine-gear-pack