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

JimiNutz

JimiNutz

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Would this work for the active reload?
Have it exactly the same as it was in the old games but you only get a damage boost on the perfect reload if you only had one round in the clip when you reloaded?

Adds a little more risk/reward. If you want the damage boost you need to wait until you are down to your last round in the clip (or you have to waste the entire clip).

Would reduce people being able to fire off a couple shots, active, fire off a couple shots, active etc.
 
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Strootman

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Diablohead

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A.D. Skinner said:
I just wish they would add a clear indicator that someone has Spawn Invincibility. If they know, I should too, especially in Dodgeball where they can spawn pretty close.

They should lose it when they take a shot too, come on!
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This had complaints at gears 3 launch toi, make the character glow and lose immunity when they shoot, but nope it's been left alone
 
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Diablohead

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bumpkin

bumpkin

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Six levels to go... The wife is going to be busy tomorrow doing a photography gig so I'm going to hit the beta hard. Can't wait!

Edit: Level 20 achieved. I claimed my rewards. I'm ready for October!
 
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Barrow Roll

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whitemex88 said:
As soon as you enter the sliding animation, immediately cancel it by moving the joystick in the opposite direction and repeat pretty goddamn fast.
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That, and using the Alternate control scheme where evade and enter cover are on different buttons helps.

But yeah, it looks fucking dumb.
 
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Danis Saur

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I hit Gears of War Nirvana this week, as in I now know how to play the game fluidly.

Been getting first and second top on my teams, all thanks to this thread suggesting one thing: Stick with your team. Other than that, I practiced again and again my movement (pressing A and turning here and there) and getting used to the shotgun with and without aiming.
 
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AndyMoogle

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HateGames said:
Anyone else not feeling the maps? They are huge. I hope gears 1/3 maps come down the road.
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Well, Gridlock is in on day 1. They've said that the 24 maps they are going to add over 12 months will be a mix of new and old maps. And why only Gears 1 and 3? Gears 2 had plenty of great maps. Especially the DLC maps.
 
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nOoblet16

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jay23 said:
So how do I learn to wall bounce like this?

http://m.imgur.com/rlyXMWt?r

That seems impossible to me, does switching controller settings help?
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You can't do it with normal control settings since you'll eventually end up rolling, in order to do it that fast you need to switch to a control setting that maps cover and dodge roll to different buttons.

It was somewhat useful in Gears 3 because of how fast you could do it, but the speed has been reduced quite a bit now and it's useless tbh, yea it makes it harder for you to get hit but also makes it harder for you to hit anything because you can't really aim. All it takes is just one hard aimed shot at the right time and they are toast. I've played Gears for years without doing it like that and never had any issues being good at the game.
 
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Scully Scully Scoo

Member
i got this awesome clip of me getting some head with the snipe but i cant share it on fb. fix ur shit ms
AndyMoogle said:
Well, Gridlock is in on day 1. They've said that the 24 maps they are going to add over 12 months will be a mix of new and old maps. And why only Gears 1 and 3? Gears 2 had plenty of great maps. Especially the DLC maps.
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gears 2 sucked. in terms of maps gears1>>>3>>>>>>>2 (judgement doesnt even count as gears imo). the only map i wouldnt mind having from gears 2 is blood drive but even that isnt really great.

i never played the dlc maps, i quit playing it long before the dlc arrived so cant really comment on them.
 
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Mr.Fletcher

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HateGames said:
i got this awesome clip of me getting some head with the snipe but i cant share it on fb. fix ur shit ms

gears 2 sucked. in terms of maps gears1>>>3>>>>>>>2 (judgement doesnt even count as gears imo). the only map i wouldnt mind having from gears 2 is blood drive but even that isnt really great.

i never played the dlc maps, i quit playing it long before the dlc arrived so cant really comment on them.
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I'd say the the general consensus within the community is that Gears of War 2 has the best maps. I've always been fond of Gears of War 3 myself. After playing hundreds of hours of the original (and more recently UE) I've come to the realisation that I hate most of the maps in the first game, lol

As for my Gears of War 4 beta experience, it ended last week unfortunately as I had to move house (predictably bad timing). But I got a solid few days in during the first week and managed to get to level 34.

How does everyone feel as the beta draws to an end?
 
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Scully Scully Scoo

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Mr.Fletcher said:
I'd say the the general consensus within the community is that Gears of War 2 has the best maps. I've always been fond of Gears of War 3 myself. After playing hundreds of hours of the original (and more recently UE) I've come to the realisation that I hate most of the maps in the first game, lol

As for my Gears of War 4 beta experience, it ended last week unfortunately as I had to move house (predictably bad timing). But I got a solid few days in during the first week and managed to get to level 34.

How does everyone feel as the beta draws to an end?
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bro how can u hate gears 1 maps? it has some of the greatest mp maps of any game.

anyway, ive enjoyed my time with this beta. had a lot more fun with the gears 3 beta but that was essentially a finished product. gears 4 has a very good foundation, they just need to sort some issues out and it will make a fine game.

also, i miss not being able to trade weapons/give ammo with team mates, dont know why they took this feature out but they really need to bring it back.
 
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Mr.Fletcher

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AndyMoogle said:
I feel that it's way too long before the game is released. I doubt I can go back to Gears UE while waiting for Gears 4.
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I've told the story in another thread, but I recently binged on UE to snag the re-up achievement and couldn't wait to drop the game. The original (and by extension UE) will always have a special place in my heart but there's so many problems I can't play it anymore.

@HateGames: I'd take Mansion and War Machine from the original, otherwise I'd leave them all behind. Gridlock is fun but not essential and there's plenty of chaff in there like Rooftops, Canals and the like.

I don't think my opinion represents the norm though. My favourites maps in UE were the ones that didn't even appear in the original or ones which were added via DLC later on.
 
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Ashes2Bashers

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It's gonna be hard for me to wait for final release..This game feels even better if you completely get used to the mechanics..Pre ordered the ultimate version and waiting for 7th October..Coalition understand Gears way more than 343 understand Halo..
 
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Scully Scully Scoo

Member
ive hit lvl 20 think im done with the beta now, here are my final thoughts.

+ dodgeball is awesome, perfected combination of warzone/tdm
+ new control schemes, being able to roll/evade with lb feels much better than pressing a
+ movement feels solid and the framerate is great for a beta
+ being able to see planted grenades in the taccom vision is a great addition
+ smoke is much more useful now that u cant see through it using taccom

- sound needs a lot of work. footsteps are silent, torkbow sounds horrible, grenades make very little sound when hitting the floor and swarm hardly say anything
- delays in shooting weapons when running/taking cover
- new active system is horribe
- can't trade weapons or give ammo to teammates
- stopping power needs to be upped a little bit
- hammerburst is useless, make it semi-auto and include ironsights like gears 3
- pistol is also useless, it needs a buff
- dropshot is op, sound effect needs to be added to the bullet
- blood on the screen after gibbing someone and the screen cracking effect needs to be removed
- maps need to be made smaller

i love the gnasher as much as the next vet but there should to be a balance. in gears 3 64% of my kills were with the gnasher, 10% with hb and 8% with lancer. in this beta all i have used is the gnasher + power weapons.
 
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Dark_AnNiaLatOr

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Just clutched a 1v4, NOW I feel really good about this game haha. I do agree that the maps are slightly too big though and it also needs a bit more oomph in the sound department like more stomping sounds form the footsteps. Just wish my friend had an xbox as well so we could relive the glory days.
 
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D4Danger

Unconfirmed Member
FUBAR McDangles said:
That glitch happened to me again. This time I got gud. Sort of.


Seriously. Does this happen to anybody else? Is this a common glitch? It's really annoying. And I played through it for an entire match, then it carried over into the next one. Had to dashboard + quit the game (through start menu) to get it to stop. Super annoying. Makes it so I don't even want to play anymore.
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that happens when you put your xbox in sleep mode with the game running. the only fix is to quit it and relaunch.
 
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Strootman

Member
Please coalition, remove the fucking bots from dodgeball or I'll never be playing this mode in the final game.

The mode is actually fantastic, but bots ruin everything. As always.
 
bumpkin

bumpkin

Member
I hope they let you disable voice at some point other than just in the lobbies. I was playing a match and this dude showed up in the list and time ran out before I could mute him. He was like hacking up a lung in his mic the whole round.
 
Delt31

Delt31

Member
I'm just so surprised how absolutely terrible this game is for a top tier xbox one series. Beta yes but just like all betas - they're not going to change significantly and I can't imagine MS releasing this like this and expecting it to be good. The whole game feels and plays like GOW3.5 and that includes the SUPER underwhelming graphics. Where the hell is the evolution here. jesus.
 
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benicillin

Banned
Yeah no way I get to 20 tonight, sorry Vintage Kait I'll never know you :( Ran into a ton of issues during this beta, hope they get ironed out.
 
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AndyMoogle

Member
bumpkin said:
I hope they let you disable voice at some point other than just in the lobbies. I was playing a match and this dude showed up in the list and time ran out before I could mute him. He was like hacking up a lung in his mic the whole round.
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You can mute during matches the same way you would mute in the lobby.
 
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