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Gears of War 4 - Impressions and Previews
- Thread starter Theorry
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Honestly, hers is normal sized. It's just everyone else that have really large ones. I feel like most people would be wearing hers, not the others.
BleedOrange
Banned
Even the male armor ends high up on the chest and exposes the midriff.
Am I missing something here? What's offensive about this?
Her character looks great. Just a different armor design.
The Jackdog
Member
Samurai G0SU
Member
can't find anything bad about game. Talks about one Armour piece in a twitpic to derail thread.
Amazing.
Amazing.
dugdug
Banned
Y'all saying "it's just Anya's armor" like...you know this isn't a true story. They could change it if they wanted to. Also, I'm not criticizing her character design. Just the fact that the armor she uses covers two very specific things only, and, that's a shame.
Not saying the game is now terrible or anything of the sort. I'm still hyped as hell. Just, it's been 5 years since Gears 3. Shit has moved on in the social consciousness. Give her shoulder pads, FFS.
Sorry, am I only allowed to gush about games in here?
Not saying the game is now terrible or anything of the sort. I'm still hyped as hell. Just, it's been 5 years since Gears 3. Shit has moved on in the social consciousness. Give her shoulder pads, FFS.
Sorry, am I only allowed to gush about games in here?
As someone posted in this very thread:
This kind of invalidates your point. Since it shows there is a precedent for some characters to not have shoulder pads.
dugdug
Banned
As someone posted in this very thread:
This kind of invalidates your point. Since it shows there is a precident for some characters to not have shoulder pads.
Why does Cole get his entire chest covered up whereas Kait/Anya only get their boobs covered?
Indeed, sexist. Males being shown to be the weaker sex, requiring more protection.
Because they aren't? If you look at other pictures of Kait/Anya with their arms down, the armor clearly reaches their waist.
Unless you consider a woman's boobs 99% of their chest.
On armor: In the launch trailer JD says to Marcus 'You kept our armour!", suggesting the armory is from the Fenix family (including Anya). The armor could very well be Anya's and Kait just suits up with it. Let's wait til we see the context before we start drawing conclusions. Also, let's not forget combat roles. Smaller fighters are more nimble and would be slowed down significantly with heavier suits. The armor in this game doesn't objectify men or women - it protects them.
On topic: really excited for this game. Didn't expect it to come out looking as good as it does. I'll be checking it out myself next week so will share my thoughts!
On topic: really excited for this game. Didn't expect it to come out looking as good as it does. I'll be checking it out myself next week so will share my thoughts!
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Kait's armor is full-on body armor. It's not a bikini top.
dugdug
Banned
Because they aren't? If you look at other pictures of Kait/Anya with their arms down, the armor clearly reaches their waist.
Unless you consider a woman's boobs 99% of their chest.
Fair enough. Still think it's a bit unnecessary and could have been done better, but, maybe it's not as bad as I initially thought.
family_guy
Member
Still trying to find out whether the PC version has splitscreen. If not, no buy.
dugdug
Banned
You're in for a treat. 2's was great. 3's was better. This looks like an improvement on that one, too.
Bits N Pieces
Member
All these impressions of all these different modes and were talking about the armour of the female character.
As for the previews, they are all sounding pretty positive.....
As for the previews, they are all sounding pretty positive.....
Clark W Grizwald
Banned
Halo 5 is one of the best games of this console generation and they are still adding FREE content to the game 11 months post launch. Haters gonna hate
He is talking about Halo 4 i think.
dugdug
Banned
I'm mostly impressed with how they nailed Horde 3.0 on their first try honestly, it's the perfect evolution of all the versions before it.
Oh please.
That isn't going to save face after your post.
Kait has been shown since last year, she isn't wearing some kind of metal bra. The armor itself has been in existence since Gears 3. Aside from Gears 1 Cole, everyone in Gears 3 were sleeveless without shoulder pads due to the climate, but still wore under-padding as always. You could have seen it from before, but today's trailer confirmed it was Anya's.
It was a silly post.
Oh please.
That isn't going to save face after your post.
Kait has been shown since last year, she isn't wearing some kind of metal bra. The armor itself has been in existence since Gears 3. Aside from Gears 1 Cole, everyone in Gears 3 were sleeveless without shoulder pads due to the climate, but still wore under-padding as always. You could have seen it from before, but today's trailer confirmed it was Anya's.
It was a silly post.
Zank Frappa
Banned
I want this to succeed so badly.
Possumowner
Member
All sounds great to me,very excited for it
"It's great to see that the new studio for Gears of War is trying new things, but it's also clear to see that they are trying not to anger too many fans by keeping in what people loved originally"
i'd have rather they has completely done new things. gears was born, if not birthed the dudebro shooter, but times have moved on and i don't really want to go back to that. i think that's why 3 and judgement didn't sit so well with me. that transition was already happening everywhere else in the industry and gears was still big and dumb and it just felt tired, and i'm not really seeing anything here that looks like it's breaking away from that. having some of those old dumb characters return doesn't help either. i was honestly hoping we'd seen the last of marcus and co and we had a new group with some nuance and depth. but maybe i'm wrong. find out soon enough.
i'd have rather they has completely done new things. gears was born, if not birthed the dudebro shooter, but times have moved on and i don't really want to go back to that. i think that's why 3 and judgement didn't sit so well with me. that transition was already happening everywhere else in the industry and gears was still big and dumb and it just felt tired, and i'm not really seeing anything here that looks like it's breaking away from that. having some of those old dumb characters return doesn't help either. i was honestly hoping we'd seen the last of marcus and co and we had a new group with some nuance and depth. but maybe i'm wrong. find out soon enough.
Bits N Pieces
Member
Surely we let The Coalition make a game first, before we get the pitchforks out?
Make a Gears game (Gears 4), prove they know what they are doing and then for No. 5 they can do whatever the fuck they want?
Walk before you run and all that.
Its so great to read all these positive impressions of the game. I remember when they announced Gears 4 was coming, there were a lot of snotty "Gears is so tired" remarks and here we are on the verge of its release and the attitude has shifted dramatically. That's awesome. I haven't taken the day off work for a game launch in ages, I think its finally time once again.
Also, Halo 5 is fantastic. I assumed that comment was about Halo 4 because Halo 5 has quickly become my 3rd favorite Halo game (CE, Reach, 5, 2, 3, ODST, 4 for those of you wondering).
Also, Halo 5 is fantastic. I assumed that comment was about Halo 4 because Halo 5 has quickly become my 3rd favorite Halo game (CE, Reach, 5, 2, 3, ODST, 4 for those of you wondering).
The problem is that if you change up a series enough you can get backlash like with Halo 4.
Zank Frappa
Banned
This.. is pretty much my life. Gears of War on Xbox 360 were the happiest days of my life probably.. Gears will always be special to me.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I think you're perfectly, 100% wrong. This is the way 343 should have done it: make your first title a traditional one, assure people you know what you're doing, that you "get it," and only afterwards move on to more innovative/different entries from there. I have no doubt that the Coaltion will be doing great things with the series, but you gotta walk before you can run.
Forsythia
Member
Can we just keep this bullshit out of 1 fucking thread on GAF for once. Jesus fucking christ. And people wonder why GAF is a joke on the rest of the internet.
More importantly, the game looks fucking amazing. It seems the Coalition is doing everything right! Can't wait for next month!!
dugdug
Banned
Poodlestrike
Banned
See was that so hard
kappa
RE: Armorgate, I think it's just a question of perspective. The armor looks fine when she's wearing it, it's not at all a Chainmail Bikini/Boobplate situation. Just that the male armors (and, indeed, their wearers) are, as per Gears tradition, fuckhuege. So it looks puny by comparison, when in fact it's normal size and the dudes are the freaky-looking ones.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
There is a discussion one can have on Gears not having any female characters that look like the male muscle meatheads. Imagine someone like Zarya from Overwatch in Gears armor. But then I'd argue I would rather see less muscled looking body types this time around and I really wished they would let you play as Kait in the story. Nothing against JD but Kait looks way more interesting.
Skateboard P
Member
Finally! A game to take Overwatch's spot in my multiplayer rotation. Oct. 11th can't come fast enough.
you read my comments as getting the pitchforks out? lol.
JD is still a pretty buff dude but honestly I got the impression that both main male characters, JD and Delmont still seem skinner than their Gears 1 ~ Judgement counterparts.
Samurai G0SU
Member
Avi Quote please.
JK
OT: I'm really excited to see this game with the HDR enabled for single player.
The storms look quite amazing in that trailer. I also do not expect HDR for multiplayer. so im excited to see the difference between the two.
come on Coalition, make me sweat!PanicFreak
Member
Two words: Halo Four.
They should make a good Gears first before adding things to it. At the very least, it will prove to fans that the series is in good hands.
Ricky Ricardo
Member
I've been so busy with classes that I haven't immersed myself in the pre-launch hype around any of the games I'm really excited for, but the launch trailer and these previews are really giving me confidence in The Coalition. They seem to get it and while they won't be able to please everyone, I think Gears 4 is going to be fantastic.
My body is ready (If there's anything left once Applied Calculus ends)
My body is ready (If there's anything left once Applied Calculus ends)
Bits N Pieces
Member
Nah, I was just paraphrasing cause I keep seeing people say that The Coalition arent taking any risks and its the same old boring formula.
Let them get a game out the door first and prove that they can make a Gears game, then we start pestering them for dialogue trees, child protaganists and alternate endings and shit like that
shinobi602
Member
Why they showing Kait's sexy arms though?
Practically a supermodel.
Practically a supermodel.
Every time someone says that they should have done something new, I will bring up Gears Judgment, and I won't ever get tired of doing that.
Oh I am.
Creating an issue where it wasn't the case was stupid.
You don't even need to go back that far, look at Halo 5. People complaining that it doesn't feel like Halo anymore. Gears stayed true to the series and people complain that it feels too much like Gears.
Looks amazing, can't wait to play on PC thanks to Xbox Anywhere, anyway, do you know if the game will support preload of the full game on WIndows 10 too? cause it should be a pretty big file and my connection ain't that good, preload on Xbox One and Steam saved me already a few times, but what about Windows Store?