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Gears of War 4 Beta |OT| Hello Chainsaw My Old Friend, I've Come To Rev You Up Again

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ShutterMunster

Junior Member
Little bit of Torque Bow fun.
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Anyone know if they're gonna add more content to this beta? I would love some more rewards for reaching higher than rank 20 or at least some new bounties.
 
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ShutterMunster

Junior Member
HateGames said:
Here are my conclusions after playing a few games.

- vibration needs to be upped, the guns just feel crap without it
- sound design is poor, cant hear footsteps, tork bow etc.
- that dropshot weapon is op, there should be an indicator either visual or sound to let people know you are in its radius. With the digger you could see it coming but this just falls from the sky out of the blue. Maybe they can have a buzzing sound follow tbe bullet and a coloured shadow on the ground
- dont like the glass cracking affect and blood on screen after every kill, just have it like it was in gears 3
- new active system is terrible and makes every gun op. A full clip of active lancer at your disposal without even firing a bullet is bad design.
- hammerburst is useless and serves 0 purpose. It should be a long range weapon like it was in gears 3. Bring back the semi auto and iron sights

Overall the game just feels off but that could be because its a beta. Hopefully they have another beta closer to game launch so we can see how polished it is.
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Damn, I agree with damn near all of this. I'm still enjoying the game, but yeah. Sound and vibration definitely need some serious attention. The Hammerburst is such a bust of a weapon, right now. It's simply too slow given its power, range, and accuracy.

I'm torn on the active reload criticism though. It's a response to seasoned players' behavior. We used to have to rattle off shots to get an active and now we don't have to. If they take it away, I'm still going to go into an encounter with actives, they just made it easier. There's no real penalty when doing it the old fashioned way, because you have plenty of ammunition or have already switched to a power weapon.
 
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ShutterMunster

Junior Member
HawksWinStanley said:
Torque is the perfect weapon. Can't hear it, can barely see it when someone is charging it and it hits with pinpoint precision.
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I do find that shots bounce off enemies inextricably every now and again. A guy rotate out of cover to charge me, I plink him with the bow and it just sort of skids off him. I know it usually does this when not charged all the way, but I find it will still happens other times.
 
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Grisby

Member
Figments said:
Anyone else noticing that the consecutive match bonus ain't working?

Or does it not work like I think it does?
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Xp stuff seems like it hasn't been working good today at all.

Edit- Wait, Figments. Are you already playing or do you want the code for a friend?
 
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Figments

Member
Grisby said:
Xp stuff seems like it hasn't been working good today at all.

Edit- Wait, Figments. Are you already playing or do you want the code for a friend?
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Code for a friend. He's interested, but doesn't have the UE. Or, well, didn't, in the required time period last year.
 
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daman824

Member
So I'm experiencing a glitch where all of the map geometry dissapears every 5 seconds or so. Anyone else having this issue?

I deleted and am re-installing the beta. I'll see if that fixes the issue
 
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malfcn

Member
Someone just spammed some wall bounces and 3 people with trained lancers couldn't put them down. Forgot to record, lol.
 
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FroJay

Banned
The game feels slightly faster and players seem to take less damage. I haven't played enough of it yet but I like the slightly faster pace.
 
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Dylan Sexbang

Banned
Gah. I love this game. It ain't the prettiest, but it works, runs beautifully, and is fun as fuck. I'm ready to preorder, but we have til October so we good.
 
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nOoblet16

Member
Why is Hammerburst even in the game btw?
I mean it's a Locust weapon, and the justification for them not having weapons like the Digger was because it was a Locust weapon.
 
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Barrow Roll

Member
nOoblet16 said:
Why is Hammerburst even in the game btw?
I mean it's a Locust weapon, and the justification for them not having weapons like the Digger was because it was a Locust weapon.
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The ammunition for the Digger Launcher were actually small creatures, which I assume were either wiped out along with the Locust or are unavailable to the humans. Still probably a lot of Hammerbursts just lying around after the war.
 
Dice

Dice

Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Never played Gears online before, barely played just a little Gears Ultimate campaign as my first Gears. This is kinda fun but rather odd after going hard on Halo for the last month. I keep aiming to the right of everything if it's kinda up close. I also often end up dive rolling out of cover when all I want to do is run around the corner quickly to flank someone.

The AI certainly doesn't pull any punches.
 
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nOoblet16

Member
I'm experiencing a LOT of stuttering now, especially mid fights, often I'll lose a battle because the game froze for a split second when I pressed the trigger button.
 
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Warxard

Banned
JumPeRJumPzZ said:
IMO they should have waited to provide a proper Beta with all the weapons and way better polished Maps and Graphics.
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You mean a marketing demo?

No, fuck that. Their intentions are clear for this. It's an early test, ALL games do early play testing.

nOoblet16 said:
Why is Hammerburst even in the game btw?
I mean it's a Locust weapon, and the justification for them not having weapons like the Digger was because it was a Locust weapon.
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Organic weapons like Digger and Inks are gone.
 
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JumPeRJumPzZ

Banned
Warxard said:
You mean a marketing demo?

No, fuck that. Their intentions are clear for this. It's an early test, ALL games do early play testing.
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Uhm they basicly sold us a "pre-alpha" us Beta... I would rather fuck that. I wonder how many are missing at the end, cant be only the Retro and Buzzkill.

I mean the game comes out in October. A proper Beta Build could have happened in July or August.
 
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nOoblet16

Member
JumPeRJumPzZ said:
Uhm they basicly sold us a "pre-alpha" us Beta... I would rather fuck that.

I mean the game comes out in October. A proper Beta Build could have happened in July or August.
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Beta in July/August when game would probably go gold in late August/early September. What are you even talking about? What you are playing now is beta as far as networking goes and alpha as far as tech and graphics goes...and they have been clear about that.

And they didn't "sell" us shit, this isn't a beta for consumer purposes it's a beta for the purpose of fixing the game.
 
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Gravemind IV

Member
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That first point blank active would have splattered me all over the map.

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And this just sums up every Gnasher battle I have had so far.

I seriously can't play this beta for more than 2 games at a time before I am wholly burned out by it.

I still have a spare beta code, anyone that still needs it?
 
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Ashes2Bashers

Member
JumPeRJumPzZ said:
Uhm they basicly sold us a "pre-alpha" us Beta... I would rather fuck that. I wonder how many are missing at the end, cant be only the Retro and Buzzkill.

I mean the game comes out in October. A proper Beta Build could have happened in July or August.
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Sorry but this is the real beta..There are some things ı dont like in the game aswell but we have time to give feedback and they have time to fix.
 
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Syinn

Neo Member
Gravemind IV said:
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That first point blank active would have splattered me all over the map.

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And this just sums up every Gnasher battle I have had so far.

I seriously can't play this beta for more than 2 games at a time before I am wholly burned out by it.

I still have a spare beta code, anyone that still needs it?
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Could do with one for a friend if you don't mind.
 
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m23

Member
JumPeRJumPzZ said:
IMO they should have waited to provide a proper Beta with all the weapons and way better polished Maps and Graphics.
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JumPeRJumPzZ said:
Uhm they basicly sold us a "pre-alpha" us Beta... I would rather fuck that. I wonder how many are missing at the end, cant be only the Retro and Buzzkill.

I mean the game comes out in October. A proper Beta Build could have happened in July or August.
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Uhhh no thanks. I would rather an early beta so they can take feedback seriously. Fix up balancing, change up maps if needed, etc. How do you know these changes or fixes would have been made if the beta was in July or August?
 
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Booker.DeWitt

Member
has the XP glitch being fixed? yesterday I was not getting any XP during my matches, or maybe 10% of what I made during team deathmatch. Will never be able to reach level 20 like that when most of my teammates suck (including me LOL)
 
VincentMatts

VincentMatts

Member
I have to say, here are some things that bother me:

- Lunge movement + shotgun is too strong. Thats what everyone does at all times; jump left and right and shotgun every 2 seconds. It would be better if your character got "tired" from the lunge and needed to recuperate after 1 or 2 lunges.

- Sticking on walls and getting off should take longer. Like that people arent going in and out cover super fast

- Make the lancer stronger by default

edit: And i have to say, after playing some Ultimate this weekend then this, i kinda prefer Ultimates gameplay.
 
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