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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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Kenagain240
Member
Is anyone else having problems with the beta? It won't let me even search for games and when it does the timer is in reverse when searching for games
"The Gears of War 4 servers are currently unavailable."
Gah.
Yeah, it's a true beta.
Gah.
This has to be an oversight. If they're gonna do cosmetic stuff then surely they would let you choose for the retail game. Every Gears has let you choose.
Lots of server errors. No match Xp being awarded and infinite map loading screens.
Yeah, it's a true beta.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Dylan Sexbang
Banned
I want to play Kait SO BAD. But it keeps making me play as Reyna or Oscar. Girls with slouchy beanies and short hair are cute as fuck, and I've played as Kait twice! D:
HawksWinStanley
Member
Can't get in a game to save my life tonight.
I really hope this isn't scheduled maintenance.
I really hope this isn't scheduled maintenance.
Thank you!! My friend says you are awesome lol
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
The code worked. The funny part: after I redeemed it I checked my messages and they finally sent me a code from playing UE.
WHO WANTS A CODE?
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
So I redeemed the coded that got emailed today on my PC, now it's still not showing in 'My Games' on my X1.....the wait continues lol.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Can I have one?
Check your PM.
It really doesn't seem that way to me tbh. Then again, Gears 4 is early beta, so could change a lot. Two of these comparison shots are actually from the Gears UE Beta.
That's not gears 3.... That's gears:UE, an Xbox one game...It really doesn't seem that way to me tbh. Then again, Gears 4 is early beta, so could change a lot. Two of these comparison shots are actually from the Gears UE Beta.
http://abload.de/img/were5gjlw.jpg[/IMG
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/I94ilgt.png
I get that, but isn't it based off of Unreal Engine 3 instead of Unreal Engine 4? Either way, for final release I'm expecting a far bigger jump from Gears 4.
NippleViking
Banned
You're using Ultimate Edition screens from the PC thread - not Gears 3 screens.
Though I won't disagree with you that UE is prettier than this beta.
Anyone who has actually played the beta should know that there is no way the final game will ship like this. We don't know how old this build is. But the developers have said there are graphical effects missing. The halo 5 beta ran at 720p and had more frame drops than the final arena multiplayer that ran at 900p (a 40% increase).
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Gears 3 actually holds up fairly well. As someone who's not very well versed in the differences between the Unreal engine's, at this point I'm not really seeing what Unreal 4 is actually bringing to Gears 4 that Unreal 3 couldn't.
Gears 3 still looks fucking amazing.
Would kill for a 1080p 60fps remaster.
The lighting was killer, even playing UE now, though I know it's technically superior, it doesn't feel as impressive.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
That bigger jump will maybe happen in campaign (so far the campaign screenshots didnt look impressive either).
And MP will probably stay that way. Using UE4 and then targeting 1080p60fps is IMO a mistake...
Fata1moose
Banned
Gears 3 and Halo 4 were both working some black magic on that old hardware.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Uhm the Gears 4 Maps are VERY blocky. I agree with the others. Gears 3 looks better. Sure its only 720p but Resolution isnt everything.
Shadows, Details etc look way more impressive in Gears 3 to me.
TurtleSnatcher
Member
This is due a suspend bug. If you suspend the game for 20+ seconds and go back in, this will occur.Has Anyone Else Have This Happen Yet?
They are aware. A full game restart fixes it.
Bits N Pieces
Member
How many UE4 games have you shipped to come up with that opinion?
ManUnkindH
Member
They sure did, Gears 3 was fucking spectacular when it came out. I might say and probably most of you won't agree, but it looks better than Uncharted 3.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
They are blocky, but they have much more geometry. I also agree there is a long way to go with the aesthetics, and I'm sure it will be there if UE is anything to go by. Gears 3 was ridiculously polished, a perfect harmony of technical and artistic design to completely maximize the 360, yet sharp eyes can see the clever tricks. Just walk around in it looking for all the flat things added for visual depth and clever textures. Things like metal grates you walk on, windows, structure reinforcement panels, etc. They are all completely flat but they are made to look nicer than they are. The textures are also very clever, making things look bumpier or rounder than they are. Comparatively, there is lots that is actually 3D in Gears 4 that wasn't before, but the effect of authenticity is less visually striking due to how good the illusion was before. Such are diminishing returns, just as with resolution.
I myself would often prefer 720p with nicer everything overall since I play on a 24" monitor 5 feet back.
Gears UE looks undoubtedly better, no question about it. It has AO, lighting seems to be complete, the PBR looks good and the map doesn't look as angular.
As for Gears 3, honestly it does look better in some areas. Mainly the lighting since the lightmass GI is completely implemented in it unlike Gears 4 and post processing effects (motion blur, crepuscular rays etc) which are completely absent in Gears 4. Other thing being the maps feel dense, less angular and seem to have a lot of stuff that make it alive like large moving flags or big waterfalls etc. Gears 3 also uses lots of shaders like PoM liberally Gears 4 doesn't.
As for Gears 3, honestly it does look better in some areas. Mainly the lighting since the lightmass GI is completely implemented in it unlike Gears 4 and post processing effects (motion blur, crepuscular rays etc) which are completely absent in Gears 4. Other thing being the maps feel dense, less angular and seem to have a lot of stuff that make it alive like large moving flags or big waterfalls etc. Gears 3 also uses lots of shaders like PoM liberally Gears 4 doesn't.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I looked more closely at the GIF I made and WTF is going on here?
http://imgur.com/a/C4VUM
It seems right centered on his head then suddenly he is under the shot just one frame forward. If you save those two images and A-B them it's like he teleports. Man aiming in this is so confusing.
http://imgur.com/a/C4VUM
It seems right centered on his head then suddenly he is under the shot just one frame forward. If you save those two images and A-B them it's like he teleports. Man aiming in this is so confusing.
The game has stuttering causing stuff like that to happen, maybe you had it or he had it.
This is good news. Liking what Rod had to say and the direction they're going for the beta.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/gears-4-dev-slams-industry-s-twisting-of-multiplayer-betas/0165812
The industry has taken the word beta and twisted it to mean pre-release demo, he said. The community thinks they should be a highly polished demo. We are really focused on saying were pre-alpha right now. I even joked that we should call our beta an alpha just so people understand where we are and that we are actually looking for feedback and were actually testing systems.
They've been saying it's a true beta for a while now and that it's early tho. Good to have clarification for peeps.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/gears-4-dev-slams-industry-s-twisting-of-multiplayer-betas/0165812
The industry has taken the word beta and twisted it to mean pre-release demo, he said. The community thinks they should be a highly polished demo. We are really focused on saying were pre-alpha right now. I even joked that we should call our beta an alpha just so people understand where we are and that we are actually looking for feedback and were actually testing systems.
They've been saying it's a true beta for a while now and that it's early tho. Good to have clarification for peeps.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Gears UE looks undoubtedly better, no question about it. It has AO, lighting seems to be complete, the PBR looks good and the map doesn't look as angular.
As for Gears 3, honestly it does look better in some areas. Mainly the lighting since the lightmass GI is completely implemented in it unlike Gears 4 and post processing effects (motion blur, crepuscular rays etc) which are completely absent in Gears 4. Other thing being the maps feel dense, less angular and seem to have a lot of stuff that make it alive like large moving flags or big waterfalls etc. Gears 3 also uses lots of shaders like PoM liberally Gears 4 doesn't.
It really does look so great. Regret not buying UE right off the bat for the BC games. Tempted to buy it now, but it's 20 bucks, and I am sure it will pop up on GWG.
I can just dig up my old disc and throw it in though right?
The screenshots I posted are from Gears 3, which you can play just by using your own disc.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Yeah, Gears 3 looks so good. Almost done with UE which I picked up the other day, and the lighting is somehow more impressive IMO. Though I know UE is at the very least technically on par if not better in the lighting department.
Gears 4 looks bad compared to either Gears 3 or Gears Ultimate. I know it's early, but they've A LOT of work if it's to be impressive.
Enabling the lighting will help really alot already.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Have we got confirmation it is "disabled"? Because although it "looks" absent, here are signs of it being active to me.
Really hoping that the game will look wildly different on release, but I'm kind of skeptical.
Confirmation not. But DF said this.
" However, the main issue is lighting - or the curious lack thereof. There's a flatness to the look, suggesting that only a preliminary round of lighting has been implemented. Ambient occlusion appears to be absent, while Unreal Engine's pre-computed lighting system - Lightmass - isn't fully exploited. The scenes in general appear unfinished, which obviously they are. Microsoft tells us that this is an actual beta designed for testing purposes and to gauge feedback, so we're not unduly worried at the moment."
Why didnt they call it alpha then?
Haha
Cause it's a technical beta. They shouldnt go twisting the definition of these terms in the opposite direction to offset the confusion caused by industry trends. They should just set the record straight.
I imagine they've already done much of the work to deliver more impressive visuals. Their internal build is likely much further along than the build the used for the beta.
Johnny Cage
Member
What button do I press to do that stabbing animation after I grab someone over cover. I just always have this awkward stare at them afterwards.
Diablohead
Member
I still love the darker gritty look of gears 1, I know that's UE but still had more deep dark shadows then 4 betaIt really doesn't seem that way to me tbh. Then again, Gears 4 is early beta, so could change a lot. Two of these comparison shots are actually from the Gears UE Beta.
gears 1 still looks so much better than the others. i don't understand why they don't go back to that look